McCRAE DOROTHY FRANCESThe Clear Call.
(Patriotic poems from W.W.I.) illus. with dec. title page & text,
pub. Melb. George Robinson nd.191-? or. grey illus. stiff wps. by
Walter Seed 8vo.obl. pp.40. Some originally published in "The Argus"
and "The Bulletin." Sunned to spine and fading into covers, small holes
where item was bound, otherwise v/good. Price: $45.00
McCRAE HUGHStory-Book Only.
Stories personal anecdotes etc. with e/paper illus., dwgs by author
t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1948 1st.ed. or. red cl.
lge.8vo. pp.415. Slight shelf wear, otherwise very good
copy. Price: $35.00
McCUBBIN A.Quafiz. The Quatrains Of Quafiz.
pub. Melbourne Alexander McCubbin n.d. c.1920 or. printed boards text
printed in red/black ink 12mo. pp.38. rough-cut. Price:
$40.00
McCULLOUGH COLLEENThe Thorn Birds. published N.Y. Harper & Row 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. lge.8vo. pp.533. short closed tear to d/w. otherwise fine. Price: $35.00
McCULLOUGH COLLEENA Creed For The Third Millennium. pub. Syd. 1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.346. signed by Colleen McCullough. v/fine. Price: $45.00
McDOUGALL J.K.The Trend Of The Ages.
And Other Verses. Poems. pub. Melb. Labor Call Print 1922 or. grey
stiff wrappers, cr.8vo. pp.304. silverfish damage to top of first few
pages and front wrapper, otherwise very good copy, text complete and
undamaged. Price: $35.00
McKELLAR J.A.R.Collected Poems Of J.A.R. McKellar.
pub. Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1946 or. light blue bds, blue cloth
to spine, 8vo. pp.124. The young poet who died in 1932 when only
27; silverfish mark to rear board, sl. sunned to spine, neat
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MACARTNEY FREDERICKFurnley Maurice.
(Frank Wilmot). illus. with frontis. & 6 full page plates t/out.
pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1955 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.102. biography of Frank Leslie Thompson Wilmot, who wrote as
Furnley Maurice, in addition to his significance as a poet, was
prominent throughout the transition period from horse-and-buggy days to
our own times. Macartney was a close friend of his fellow poet Frank
Wilmot (1881-1942). Chip to lower of d/w. slight shelf wear else
v/good. Price: $35.00
MACARTNEY FREDERICKProof Against Failure.
Autobiography of a poet & critic. illus. with frontis. plates
t/out. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.194. Presentation copy signed by author. Near fine copy Price: $35.00
MacDONALD ANNIEAt The Sign Of The Southern Cross.
with full page illus. by Margaret Baskerville and Douglas Richardson
pub. Melb. George Robertson & Co. nd.191-? or.glt.cl. 12mo. pp.148.
ex. Postal Institute Lib. else fine bright copy.
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MacDONALD WILLIAM JOHNAustralian Songs.
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sl. water marked to front wrapper, spine sl. chipped, very good
otherwise. Price: $45.00
MALOUF DAVIDJohnno.
pub. St Lucia, University of Queensland Press 1975 1st Edition original
plum boards with white and orange lettering and orange endpapers d/w.
8vo. pp.170Malouf's first novel set in Queensland. Extremely difficult
to find in fine condition because the dustwrapper is very prone to
fading. A lovely copy with very minor fading to the dustwrapper's spine
& tiny chip to reverse of d/w. near spine, otherwise fine
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MALOUF DAVIDEvery Move You Make pub. London & Australia Chatto & Windus. 2007 1st UK edition. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.244. Mint copy. Signedby the author. Price: $60.00
MARIE MONA [Georgina Marie Tickner] Ballarat Chimes.
verse. illus. with photograph of author frontispiece and dec. title
page with vign. pub. Ballarat E. E. Campbell, nd.1891? or. maroon
cl., plain spine, blk.ltg. to front bd. 16mo. pp.190,26 advts. previous
owner's name in nib pen to f/free e/paper, else near fine. Price:
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MARSHALL ALANThese Are My People.
e/paper illus. & decorations by Nutter Buzacott pub. Melb. Cheshire
1944 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.208 slight w/stain to rear of d/w.
otherwise a very good copy in very clean bright boards with
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MARSHALL ALANThese Are My People.
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1944 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.208 Dustwrapper two long tears along
spine, inscription to title page, chip in d/w. at spine, otherwise a
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MARSHALL ALANThese Are My People. e/paper illus. & decorations by Nutter Buzacott pub. Melb. Cheshire 1946 or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.208Signedby
author " To Bernadette regards Alan Marshall Oct. 49" Long closed tears
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MARSHALL ALAN Tell Us About The Turkey Jo-
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12mo. pp.210. dustwrapper is chipped and torn and is missing most of
the rear, boards slight flecking at spine otherwise good copy.
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MARSHALL ALANHow Beautiful Are Thy Feet.
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short closed tear to d/w. very sl. spotting, else fine.
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MARSHALL ALAN and NOEL COUNIHANPull Down TheBlind.
with text dwgs by Noel Counihan pub. Melb. Cheshire 1949 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.118. Author's first collection of newspaper sketches. Near
fine in the slightly chipped d/w. Gift inscription to f/free
e/paper. Price: $35.00
MARSHALL ALANI Can Jump Puddles.
illus. by Alison Forbes pub. Melb. F.W. Cheshire 1955 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.255. Dustwrapper slight shelf wear top and bottom at spine
& rear, short closed tear at return of d/w. old bookseller's
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MARSHALL ALANI Can Jump Puddles.
illus. by Alison Forbes pub. London Secker & Warburg 1956 1st.ed.
First UK Edition; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.255. Dustwrapper slight shelf
wear bottom of spine, slightly browned to rear, short closed tears at
returns of d/w. old bookseller's sticker to past/down e/paper else near
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MARSHALL ALANThis Is The Grass.
pub. Syd. Aust. Book Soc. 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. sm.8vo. pp.214.
Irremediably crippled by polio, The author's moving story of his youth
in the roisterous society of Victoria of the 1920's. Very slight edge
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MARSHALL ALANThis Is The Grass.
pub. Melb./Sydney Cheshire 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.214.
Irremediably crippled by polio, The author's moving story of his youth
in the roisterous society of Victoria of the 1920's. Price clipped,
short closed tear at spine, very slight edge wear to d/w. else
fine. Price: $35.00
MARSHALL ALANAlan Marshall Talking.
with several text illus. & dwgs t/out. pub. Melb. Longmans
1978 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.190. Short essays and
biographical pieces. Chip to d/w. top-edge, short closed tear else
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MARSHALL ALANThe Complete Stories Of Alan Marshall.
with 6 full page reproduced pen dwgs. by Noel Counihan pub. Melb.
Nelson 1977 1st. this ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.498. fine.
Price: $55.00
MASS NURIDonna Roon. with e/paper illus. pub. Syd. Alpha Books 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.258. Price: $35.00
MATHER J.B. The Knight Of ToggenburgAnd
other Verse. pub. Adel. Advertiser Newspapers 1935 1st. ed. or. grey
boards black titles to front board 8vo. pp.30. Slightly browned else
v/good. Presentation copysigned by author. Price: $40.00
MATHER J.B. My Queen Elect And Other Verses. pub. Adel. Advertiser Newspapers 1937 1st. ed. or. light brown boards 8vo. pp.98. Presentation copy signedby author. some sl. spotting else v/good. Price: $40.00
MATTHEWS BRIANLouisa.
Biography of Louisa Lawson. illus. with 2 maps pub. Melb. McPhee
Gribble 1987 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.422. Biography of Louisa
Lawson, publisher, journalist, poet, inventor, women's rights agitator
and mother of Henry Lawson. Very tiny chip to d/w. at fore-edge else
fine copy. Price: $35.00
MEAD PHILIPThe Spring-Mire.
Poems. illus. with 6 b/w. dwgs. by Ian Sharpe some full page pub.
Canberra The Brindabella Press 1982 or. crm. & grey cl. dk. brown
cf. to spine, glt.ltg. to spine, clear mylar dustwrapper roy.8vo pp.32.
This edition signed by
both author and illustrator, of 240 copies was hand-set and bound by
Dove Bindery Melb. This being copy no.201. Fine. Price:
$100.00
MEADEN J.W.Poetical Works Of.
Edited, and with Biographical Sketch by John Vale. illus. with frontis.
with tissue guard & one full page plate with tissue guard pub.
Melb. The Victorian Alliance Temperance Book Depot 1899 1st. ed.
or.dk.grn.cl. 12mo. pp. rough cut to edges, 112 fine.
Price: $80.00
MEARS AINSLIEHow Distant The Stars.
Case Notes and other poems. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1949 or. dark beige cl.
8vo. pp.21. limited to 150 copies, this copy unnumbered. Small mark to
front board otherwise fine. Price: $55.00
MENZIES J. L. By Gordon's Grave
- And Other Verses. illus. with one plate; pub. Melbourne Brown, Prior
& Co., 1926. or. illustrated, limp wrappers 8vo. pp.46 First
edition of author's first book. very good copy. Price:
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MILLER MORRIS E. Pressmen And Governors.
Australian Editors and Writers in Early Tasmania. pub. Sydney Angus
& Robertson 1952 1st.ed. original cloth d/w. roy.8vo.
pp.X.308. This Edition is limited to 250 copies numbered and signed by the author this being No. 157. Near fine copy. Price: $175.00
MILLER MORRIS E. Australian Literature.
A Bibliography To 1938 Extended to 1959. pub. Syd. Angus &
Robertson 1956 Revised and Extended ed. or. blue cl. roy.8vo. pp.X.504.
Alphabetical listing of Australian authors. Fine. Price: $150.00
MOORE T. INGLISBayonet And Grass. Poems. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X.78. Fine copy. Price: $30.00
MOORHOUSE FRANKFutility And Other Animals.
published Australia 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.162. 2001 Miles
Franklin Award-winner's first published book - a collection of short
stories in his then-distinctive 'discontinuous narrative' style of
interlinked fictions. Minor wear to dustwrapper edges. A very good
copy. Price: $50.00
MOSES JACK Nine Miles From Gundagai.
with one illus. pub. Syd. 1938 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.116.
Moses was one of Australia's most famous bush poets and travelled
Australia's shows for many years selling Australian wine and reciting
his poetry. Small mark to rear of d/w. else near fine copy.
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MOSES JACK Nine Miles From Gundagai.
with one illus. pub. Syd. 1942 or.illus.wps. 12mo. pp.124. sl.
silverfished to spine and browned otherwise v/good copy. Price: $30.00
MORANT H.H. (The Breaker) The Poetry Of 'Breaker' Morant
From The Bulletin 1891-1903. pub. Sydney; Golden Press 1980 original
illus. laminated boards 8vo. pp.XII.62. Fine copy. Price:
$40.00
MORRIS EDWARD E.Austral English.
A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages. With those
Aboriginal Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in
the language and the commoner scientific words that have had their
origin in Australia. pub. London Macmillan & Co. 1898 1st.ed. or.
dark blue cl. 8vo. pp.XXIV.526.2. Slightly faded to spine else almost
fine. Price: $150.00
MORRIS MYRAWhite Magic. illus. with frontis. pub. Melb. E.A. Vidler 1929 1st.ed. or.dk blu.cl. cr.8vo. pp.165. very sl. rubbed else v/good. Price: $40.00
MUDD CHRISTOPHER Tales And Trails Of Austral Bush
And Plain. illus. with frontis. portrait, pub. Melb.
Spectator Pub. Co. nd.1910? or. grey wps. 12mo. pp.130.
almost fine copy. Price: $55.00
MUDIE IAN Poems: 1934-1944.
pub. Melbourne Georgian House (The Georgian House Poets Series). 1945
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.122. covering a period of ten years, and
containing the poems from Corroboree to the Sun, This is Australia,
Their Seven Stars Unseen, The Australian Dream, and Unabated Spring;
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MUDIE IAN Selected Poems: 1934-1974. pub. Melb. Nelson 1976 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.190. fine. Price: $35.00
MUNRO CRAIG Wild Man Of Letters.
The story of P.R. Stephensen. illus. with 20 half-tone plates with num
drawings & facsimiles in text, pub. Melbourne MUP 1984 or.bds. 8vo.
pp.320 One of Australia's most remarkable men of letters, Stephensen
was admired by D.H.Lawrence, parodied by Aldous Huxley, trailed by MI5,
and denounced as a traitor to his own country during WWII. Biography of
'Inky Stephensen.' Very fine. Price: $40.00
NEILD J. M. - Lawson - and His Critics
An Address delivered before The Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary
Society, portion of which was also given at a Lawson annual gathering
at Footscray, Victoria. with 2 b/w illustrations; pub. Melbourne, The
Henry Lawson Memorial and Literary Society, 1945. stiff stapled
wrapper; cr. 8vo; pp.22; good copy. Price: $25.00
NEILSON JOHN SHAW (1872-1942) The Autobiography of.
Neilson the poet was the son of a small settler and contract labourer.
Introduced by Nancy Keesing. pub. Canberra National Lib. of Aust. 1978
1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.176. John Shaw Neilson's autobiography,
describing the tough life that he and his family spent working a number
of disastrous selections, and of how he came to write some of
Australia's finest lyric poetry in his spare time; Fine
copy. Price: $45.00
NEVILLE RICHARDPlay Power.
Note: Author was sentenced to six-months hard labour for publishing an
obscene magazine (OZ) in N.S.W. Acquitted after two years, and left for
Lond. (1966) continuing to publish. pub. Lond. J. Cape 1970 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.361. Collection of essays about the counterculture
by the former publisher of OZ magazine. "Headopoly, an underground
almanac poster-game" in pocket is not included in this book. It
contains a notice from Australian Customs and Excise detailing its
Prohibition Notice. sl. chipped d/w. else fine. Price:
$45.00
NILAND DARCYThe Big Smoke
pub. Sydney Angus and Robertson 1959 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo.
pp.224. A novel of working class Sydney in the first two decades of the
20th century. slight foxing to edges, sellotape marks to e/papers
otherwise v/good. Price: $35.00
NILAND D'ARCYThe Shiralee.
published London Michael Joseph 1965 or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.224. A
swagman's travels through New South Wales with his daughter. The book
was first filmed in 1957 starring Peter Finch as Jim Macauley.
d/w. sl. chipped top and bottom of spine else near fine.
Price: $35.00
NILAND D'ARCYDead Men Running.
pub. Syd. & Lond. Hodder & Stoughton 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.350. This story of friendship and archaic disaster is played
out against a remote landscape during a flare-up of nationalist rage
and hysteria. This was Niland's last novel, finished only a short time
before he died. d/w. by Russell Drysdale. Two very small insect marks
to spine & corner to return on rear of d/w. else near
fine. Price: $35.00
NOLAN CYNTHIA Outback
illus. with with five drawings by Sidney Nolan, and 12 mono photos,
illustrated endpapers, bibliography, pub. London Methuen &
Co, 1962 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. square pp.224. Written by the wife
of Sidney Nolan, this is an account of a journey they both made into
the Australian Outback June-Sept 1948. Fine in the price clipped
d/w. Price: $60.00
NOLAN CYNTHIA Outback
illus. with with five drawings by Sidney Nolan, and 12 mono photos,
illustrated endpapers, bibliography, pub. London Methuen & Co, 1962
1st. ed. "reprinted before publication 1962"; or.cl. d/w. 8vo. square
pp.224. Written by the wife of Sidney Nolan, this is an account of a
journey they both made into the Australian Outback June-Sept 1948. Fine
in the price clipped d/w. Price: $45.00
NOLAN CYNTHIAOne Traveller's Africaillus.
with 12 of Sidney Nolan's colour paintings. pub. London Methuen 1965
1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. square pp.254. Price
clipped, Christmas gift sticker to f/free e/paper otherwise fine. Price: $50.00
NOLAN CYNTHIAA Bride For St. Thomas. pub. Lond. Constable 1970 2nd.imp. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224. Near fine in the price clipped d/w. Price: $35.00
NOLAN CYNTHIAA Sight Of China.
illus. with 4 full page dwgs. by Sydney Nolan & one map pub. Lond.
Macmillan 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.166. Slightly foxed to
edges, price clipped else near fine. Price: $40.00
NORMINGTON-RAWLING J.Charles Harpur
An Australian. Charles Harpur was the most important of the first
generation of Australian nineteenth-century poets. illus. with frontis.
& 5 plates pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.334.XIII. previous owner's name to f/free e/paper, else near
fine. Price: $40.00
OAKLEY BARRYLet's Hear It For Prendergast. pub. Melb. Heinemann 1970 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
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O'BRIEN JOHNAround the Boree Log and Other Verses.
pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1921 1st.ed. or. red cl. cr.8vo. obl.
pp.162. Front board has a little fading to lower corner at
fore-edge otherwise very good copy. Price: $95.00
O'BRIEN JOHNAround The Boree Log and Other Verses. pub. Syd. Cornstalk Pub. 1925 4th
ed. or. red boards d/w. 12mo. pp.168. Dustwrapper Slight chip lower
spine and two short closed tears otherwise fine. Price:
$35.00
O'DOWD BERNARDThe Seven Deadly Sins.
(A Series Of Sonnets) and other verses. pub. Melb. T.C. Lothian 1909
1st. ed. or. wrappers with yapp edges, 12mo.obl. pp.54. Lacks small
piece top edge front of wrapper otherwise very good. Price:
$45.00
O'DOWD BERNARDPoems Of Bernard O'Dowd.
Collected Ed. illus. with frontis. pub. Melb. Lothian Pub. 1941 or.cl.
d/w. 12mo. pp.XVIII.286.12 advts. This volume contains all the poems in
the "DawnWard", "Silent Land", "Dominions of the Boundary", "Seven
Deadly Sins", "the Bush", and "Alma Venus". "Poetry Militant" is
included as a preface. In addition many other poems are now published
for the first time Fine in sl. chipped d/w. Price: $35.00
OGILVIE WILL H. The Australian And Other Verses.
illus. with end paper, frontispiece and title page vign. pub. Angus
& Robertson, Sydney, 1916 2nd. imp. pp .174 followed by pp.24
book catalogue. Lacks f/free e/paper else, unobtrusive inscription to
f/free e/paper, else very good copy. Price: $50.00
O'GRADY JOHN Aussie English
An Explanation of the Australian Idiom illus. with b/w drawings by Wep
pub. Sydney Ure Smith 1965 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.104.
Collection of the Australian idiom, mostly as spoken by the man in the
bar, or the man in the bush - a useful phrase-book of Aussie slang.
Near fine. Price: $25.00
O'HARA JOHN BERNARD Odes & Lyrics.
collection of poems pub. Melb. Melville & Mullen 1906 1st. ed. or.
moss green cl. cr.8vo. pp.164. second e/paper cut otherwise near
fine. Price: $40.00
O'LEARY P.I. Bard In Bondage. Essays of P.I. O'Leary selected and edited by Joseph O'Dwyer. pub. Melb. Hawthorn Press 1954 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.254. Price: $30..00
OLLIF LORNALouisa Lawson.
Henry Lawson's Crusading Mother. illus. with 8 full page plates t/out.
pub. Adel. Rigby 1978 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.148. biography
of Henry Lawson's mother, re-assessing her place in Australian history,
following her activities as an activist for women's rights and votes
for women; created her magazine "The Dawn." Fine. Price:
$30.00
OSBORNE W.A.Essays And Literary Sketches.
illus. with frontis. Melb. Lothian 1943 or.cl. d.w. 12mo. pp.138.
Includes essays on Brett Harte, Carlyle as scientist, Goldsmith as
scientist, The Brontes, Poe etc. Fine copy. Price: $30.00
PALMER VANCEThe World Of Men.
pub. Melb. Cheshire. 1962 or.cl. 8vo. pp.54. "This is the new edition
of his earliest published collection of prose. First published in 1915,
re-issued in this new format 1962." Price: $25.00
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PARK RUTH and D'ARCY NILANDThe Drums Go Bang.
pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.196.
Illustrated by Phil Taylor. Autobiographical account of the authors'
first five years together concentration on the merry side of marriage
and the hilarious side of literary life. Price clipped, Gift
inscription to f/free e/paper else almost fine copy. Price: $35.00
PARK RUTHCome Danger, Come Darkness.
illus. with e/paper maps, pub. Syd. Hodder & Stoughton 1978 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.164. Fine copy. Price: $35.00
PARK RUTHMissus.
Missus is the first book in the Harp in the South Trilogy. pub. Melb.
Nelson 1985 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.247. a fine
copy. Price: $25.00
PARK RUTHSwords And Crowns And Rings.
pub. Lond. 1977 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.436. Winner of the Miles
Franklin Award in 1977. A baby born in a small Australian town at the
beginning of the century turns out to be a dwarf. His father rejects
him in disgust, but his mother, determined to make his life as normal
and happy as possible, comforts him with stories of the magic past, of
the enchanted dwarves of folklore. Slight marks to end of pages at top
otherwise fine. Price: $35.00
PARTRIGE SYDNEY (Kate Margaret.) The Lie
And Other Lines. pub. Adel. The Koolinda Press 1913 1st. ed. or. cream
stapled wrappers, 12mo. tall pp.44. Name to front wrapper, slight
foxing else very good copy. Price: $45.00
PATERSON A.B.The Animals Noah Forgot.
Enlarged and Redesigned Edition text illus. by Norman Lindsay pub.
Melb. Lansdowne 1970 or.cl. d/w. lge. 8vo. pp.72. fine.
Price: $35.00
PATERSON A.B.Rio Grandes last Race And Other Verses.
pub. Syd, Angus & Robertson 1902 1st. ed. or. green cl. glt. ltg.
to spine, top page edges gilt. cr.8vo. pp.XII.178,32 advts. Contains
classic poems such as Mulga Bill's Bicycle, Father Riley's Horse, etc.
Inscription to inside cover, otherwise very good copy.
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PATERSON A.B.Rio Grandes last Race And Other Verses.
pub. Syd, Angus & Robertson 1902 1st. ed. Third Thousand or. green
cl. glt. ltg. to spine, top page edges gilt. cr.8vo. pp.XII.178,32
advts. Contains classic poems such as Mulga Bill's Bicycle, Father
Riley's Horse, etc. Lightly rubbed cloth, otherwise very good
copy. Price: $35.00
PATERSON A.B.The Collected Verse Of A.B. Paterson.
illus. with frontis. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1940 or.cl. 8vo.
pp.344. D/w. little browned to spine, slight foxing otherwise
v/good. Price: $40.00
PATERSON A.B. Saltbush Bill J.P. Trench Edition with illus. e/papers frontis. & title page vign. by Lionel Lindsay pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson smaller Trench Edition 1917 or.illus.cl. 18mo.obl. pp.138. Gift inscription to f/free e/paper, little foxed else very good. Price: $60.00
PATERSON A.B.Three Elephant Power.
And other stories. illus. e/papers published Sydney Angus &
Robertson 1917 or.cl. 8vo.obl. pp.138. These stories appeared
originally in The Bulletin & various Australian newspapers and
journals. Slight foxing to e/papers else very good. Price:
$50.00
PATERSON A.B."Singer Of The Bush 1885-1900
& Song Of The Pen 1901-1941. " profusely illus. with plates/text
dwgs. t/out. pub. Syd. Lansdowne Press 1984 or.cl. sm.4to. 2
vols.pp.vol.I.XXVI.723. vol.II.XXVI.790.
v/fine. Price: $100.00
PATERSON BANJO Poet By Accident.
biography by Colin Roderick. illus. with several text plates, 2 maps,
endnotes, select bibliography, index; pub. Sydney, Allen & Unwin
1993 1st ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.264. Very fine. Price:
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PENTON BRIANLand-Takers.
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in 1934) or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.360. Pioneering and crime novel set in
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PHIPPS WILLIAM HERVEY Bush Yarns And Town Sketches
illus. with 7 full page plates by G. C. Benson. frontis. (photo) of
author and friends in Rabaul. pub. Melbourne Gay & Tout, nd. 1921?
or. white/orange/black printed wrappers, (paperback), 8vo. pp.134.7
advts. William Hervey Phipps, an Australian journalist who was a
lieutenant and censor in Rabaul in 1915. George Courtney Benson
was born in Melbourne Victoria in 1886. He studied in Melbourne and
worked for the Bulletin in Sydney. In Melbourne he was employed by the
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cartoonist. In 1914 he enlisted and served at Gallipoli and in France.
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PIERCE PETER Ed. by. The Oxford Literary Guide To Australia.
profusely illus. with text plates t/out. 8 full page col. plates &
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pp.XVI.344. Comprehensive account of the places that were
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PITT MARIE E.J. The Horses Of The Hills.
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112mo. pp.115. Gilt titles little faded, slight browning to pages else
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PIZER MARJORIE (Ed.) Freedom On The Wallaby.
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green cl. sm.4to. pp.208. Price:
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POLITZER LUDWIG LOUISAutumn Leaves.
Verses and Letters. illus. with pencil drawings by Harold B. Herbert 11
full page and double page. pub. Melbourne Pan Publishing House nd. c.
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on front cover roy.8vo. (pp. unpaginated approx. 64). Gift inscription
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PORT Mrs. S.J. Victoria's Centenary And Other Loyal Poems. illus. with text decorations t/out. pub. Vic. Geelong 1934 or.grey & red illus.wps. 12mo. pp.14. fine. Price: $30.00
PORTER HAL The Tilted Cross.
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PORTER HALThe Watcher On The Cast-Iron Balcony.
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PORTER HALThe Watcher On The Cast-Iron Balcony.
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PORTER HALThe Clairvoyant Goat.
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pp.224. fine copy. Price: $35.00
POWELL S. W. The Pearls Of Cheong Tah
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pp.186,8. Novel of pearling; sl. chipping at lower spine, pages tanned
with age, else v/good. Price: $50.00
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pp.386. Sequel to "The Roaring Nineties". back strip sl. sunned
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PRICHARD KATHERINE SUSANNAH -N'goola And Other Stories
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PRICHARD KATHARINE SUSANNAHSubtle Flame.
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PRICHARD KATHARINE SUSANNAHChild of the Hurricane.
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PRICHARD KATHARINE SUSANNAHWild Weeds And Wind Flowers.
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Prichard and Hugo Throssell. Fine. Price: $40.00
PROUT DENTON Henry Lawson. The Grey Dreamer. with col. frontis. & 17 full page plates t/out. pub. Adel Rigby 1963 or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.306. Denton Prout is a pseudonym for Charles Walter Phillips. sl. chipped d/w. else fine. Price: $40.00
QUADRANT Ed.
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QUICK M. Green Crowns.
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author, text-drawings, locality map; pub. Sydney Juniper Press, 1955
1st.ed. or. boards d/w. 8vo. pp.VI,38 Limited "Special" edition of 150
numbered copies, fully signed "Mary Quick" this being No.40.
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Burradoo: illus. with frontis. , 12 original wood engravings by the
author, text-drawings, locality map; pub. Sydney Juniper Press, 1955
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QUINN RODERICPoems.
frontis. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1920 or.cl. 8vo.obl.
pp.194. Quinn (1867-1949) was of Irish extraction, he studied
law, became a country schoolteacher, and eventually freelance
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RAYMENT TARLTONEagles And Earthlings.
Poems. A Metrical tribute to the Aircrews in the War. with frontis.
& text illus. by author pub. by Author 1945 illus.wps. 12mo. pp.94.
signed presentation copy "22nd may 1946". Price: $45.00
REES CORALIE CLARKE Silent His Wings
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author's brother, a pilot killed in the war. Price:
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REED CYNTHIALucky Alphonse. pub. Melb. Reed & Harris 1944 or.illus.bds. d/w. 12mo.obl. pp.232. d/w. sl. silverfished to front-edge. Price: $35.00
REYNOLDS JOHN & MARGARET GIORDANOCountriesOf The Mind.
The biographical journey of Edmund Morris Miller (1881- 1964). illus.
with frontis. & 12 full page plates pub. Hobart Melanie Prod. 1985
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RICHARDSON HENRY HANDEL The Way Home.
Being the second part of The Chronicle Of The Fortunes Of Richard
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stamps to back bds., top & bottom. Backstrip fraying - fair copy. Price: $25.00
RICHARDSON HENRY HANDELThe Young Cosima.
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on spine in gilt cr.8vo. pp.340. Her last novel - based on the life of
Cosima Liszt, later Cosima Wagner. light internal spotting otherwise
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condition. Price: $60.00
RIENITS REXWho Would Be Free
pub. Melbourne Truth and Sportsman 1944 original illustrated paperback,
cr.8vo. pp.150. Historical novel of the Eureka Stockade. eureka
stockade. Name to top of title page else very good
copy. Price: $30.00
RODERICK COLINAn Introduction To Australian Fiction. published Sydney Angus & Robertson 1950 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.184. a fine copy. Price: $35.00
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RUDD STEELE Arthur HoeyDavis. Our New Selection!
illus. with (16 publisher's ads), b/w illus. including Norman Lindsay,
Lionel Lindsay, pub. Sydney, The Bulletin 1903 1st ed. or. red &
green illus. cream cl. 8vo.,all edges red, pp.VII 212. previous
owner's name to f/free e/paper, slightly soiled boards, some foxing
t/out. otherwise very good copy. Price: $175.00
RUDD STEELE - Sandy's Selection With
illustrations by Lionel Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Nuttall, Dyson etc.
(The frontispiece is a photographic study of 'Steele Rudd' posed with a
polo pony ), pub. Sydney The New South Wales Bookstall Co. 1904 1st ed.
or. red illus. cream cl. all edges red, 8vo. pp.VIII.224. very sl.
foxed to e/papers, else fine clean copy. Price: $150.00
RUDD STEELE (A. H. Davis). Back At Our Selection.illus.
with num. b/w illus. by Ruby Lindsay, Norman Lindsay, Ruth Simpson and
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grey blue pictorial cloth cr.8vo. pp.216. Small neat, name on f/free
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pictorial wrappers 8vo. pp.188.16 Blue pencil inscription of e/papers,
rubbed, little browned/soiled, reasonable copy only. But complete and
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RUDD STEELEThe Book Of Dan.
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New South Wales Bookstall Co. 1912 Original pictorial wrappers 8vo.
pp.148, 12 pages of adverts. And 4 lovely colour pages of ads of
Bookstall books. Lightly chipped to spine, rubbed cover crease marks,
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RUDD STEELE with illustrations byBen Jordan (10) On An Australian Farm. pub.
Sydney N.S.W. Bookstall Co. Ltd, nd. C. 191-?. Tenth ed. original
pictorial wrappers 8vo. pp.148.10 adverts. Crease to front wrapper else
very good copy Price: $55.00
RUDD STEELE The Romance Of Runnibede
Illustrated film edition. illus. with 8 b/w photo plates (film stills
from the Phillips Film Production). pub. Sydney N.S.W. Bookstall (c.
1927) or. blue cl. cr.8vo. pp.208 Set on a farm station in Queensland.
sl. foxing to edges, neat inscription to past-down e/paper else very
good copy. Price: $60.00
RUDD STEELThe Poor Parson And Dad In Politics. with illus. by Syd Smith and Harry Julius pub. Qld. Uni. of Qld. Press 1968 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.264. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
RUHEN OLAFWriting.
The Craft of Creative Fiction. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1964 1st.ed. or.cl.
d/w. 8vo. pp.112. fine copy signed by author. Slightly silverfished to
for-edge & rear of d/w. else v/good. Rear e/paper has prior owner's
writing, (poem?) signed by author "Manley 1965". Price: $50.00
RUSSELL LINDSAY Souls In Pawn. illus. with frontis. pub. Melb. Ward Lock & Co. 1913 1st.ed. or.dk.blu.cl. cr.8vo. pp.340. little rubbed else v/good. Price: Price: $45.00
RUSSELL LINDSAYThe Years Of Forgetting.
illus. with frontis. pub. Lond. Ward Lock & Co. Lond. & Melb.
1914 1st.ed. or. grey blk. & red dec. wps. cr.8vo. pp.320. short
closed tear at spine otherwise very good. Price:
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SCOTT BILL Compiled and annotated by. Complete Book Of Australian Folk Lore. illus. with plates, facsimile eng. t/out. pub. Syd. Ure Smith 1976 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.430. Price: $35.00
SLESSOR K. Backless Betty from Bondi.
Ed. by Julian Croft. illus. with num. b/w text-illus. by V. Reilly, F.
Dunne and J. Morrison. pub. Sydney Angus & Robertson 1983 or.cl.
d/w. 4to. pp.X.36. All verses and drawings orig. appeared in Smith's
Weekly. Fine. Price: $35.00
SEMMLER CLEMENTThe Banjo Of The Bush.
The work, life and times of A.B. Paterson illus. with 2 full page
plates t/out. pub. Melb. Lansdowne 1975 or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XII.267. Very good copy. Price: $35.00
SEYMOUR ALAN The One Day Of The Year.
published Sydney Angus & Robertson 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12.mo.
pp.108. Historical novel of Australian soldiers who fought in the First
World War. d/w. short closed tear to rear of d/w. price clipped, else
very fine copy. Price: $60.00
SEYMOUR ALAN The One Day Of The Year
pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 12.mo. pp.108.
Historical novel of Australian soldiers who fought in the First World
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SHUTE NEVILBeyond The Black Stump.
pub. Melbourne Heinemann 1956 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.298.
American geologist is sent to Australia to prospect for oil and meet
the natives. fine in the sl. chipped d/w. Price: $40.00
SHUTE NEVILOn The Beach.
pub. Melb. Heinemann 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.312. Stanley
Kramer's 1959 film of this apocalyptic novel was nominated for two
Academy Awards. Two signatures second free e/paper, lacks corner from
margin page one, little shelf wear otherwise v/good. Price:
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SHUTE NEVILTrustee From The Toolroom
pub. London Heinemann 1960 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.312.
dustwrapper designed by Fratini. Novel about a man who journeys 200
miles across the Pacific in a small boat with only one companion.
Slightly foxed dustwrapper with two short closed tears and wear at top
of spine, slight foxing to front free e/paper otherwise
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SHUTE NEVILStephen Morris.
pub. Lond. Heinemann 1961 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.274. Minor
rubbing to d/w. at extremities otherwise v/good. Price:
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SLADEN DOUGLASAdam Lindsay Gordon.
The Life and Best Poems of the Poet of Australia. The Westminster Abbey
Memorial Volume, with description of unveiling of the Adam Lindsay
Gordon Memorial in Westminster Abbey to mark the 100 years since his
birth. illus. with frontis. & 7 full page plates t/out. published
London Hutchinson 1934 1st.ed. or.cl. 8vo. pp.288. pp.64 advts.
Black cloth cover has light insect damage to the edges, rear cloth has
insect damage to fore-edge and top edge. Good otherwise.
Price: $40.00
SLADEN DOUGLAS B.W. Ed. by. A Century Of AustralianSong.
Authors inc. Thomas Bracken, John bright, Jennings Carmicheal, Ethel
Castilla, Alfred T. Chandler, Marcus Clarke, Arthur Patchett Martin,
Henry Parks. pub. Melb. E.W. Cole, Book Arcade nd.190-? or.dec. blu.cl.
glt.ltg. to front cl. & spine 8vo. pp.XVI.584,16,advts.
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SORENSEN JACK The Collected Poems Of 1907-1949. pub. Perth 1950 or. overlapping wps. 8vo. pp.94. Near fine. Price: $30.00
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SPARK MURIEL The Driver's Seatpub. London
Macmillan, 1970 1st. ed.or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.160. Fine copy. Price:$100.00
STEAD CHRISTINAHouse Of All Nations.
pub. Lond Peter Davies 1938 1st. ed. Second Printing. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XII.794. portrayal of the world of high finance at a Paris bank
"during the rise of fascism in Germany and Republicanism in Spain."
Some spotting to d/w. and e/papers slightly browned to spine.
Booksellers sticker on front pastedown, price clipped otherwise v/good
copy, boards very fine. Price: $300.00
STEADCHRISTINADark Places Of The Heart.pub. NY Holt,
Rinehart and Winston 1966 1st. ed.or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.352. Near fine condition.Price: $50.00
STEADCHRISTINAThe Little Hotel.pub. Angus
& Robertson 1973 1st. ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.192. Fine condition. Price: $55.00
STEAD CHRISTINAI'm Dying Laughing.
The Humourist. pub. Lond. Virago Press 1986 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.448. Posthumous publication of a novel Stead began work on after the
second World War, and one drawn from her political involvement in
America prior to and during the war period. Edited and with a preface
by R.G. Geering. Edges slightly browned due to poor quality
paper. Price: $35.00
STEPHENS J.B. - The Black Gin And Other Poems.
pub. Melbourne George Robinson 1873 1st ed. sm.8vo. or.cl. pp.4,96
pages of adverts. removed at rear, otherwise complete, sl. stain to
free e/paper, sl. rubbed else v/good. Price:$75.00
STEPHENS J. B.Convict Once and Other Poems.
pub. Melbourne, George Robertson & Company 1885. or. red cl. gilt.
t.e.g. and other edges uncut. 8vo. pp.IV.340. Although the title-page
states "new Edition", according to "Morris Miller" this is the 1st ed.
A later ed. appeared in 1888. Includes: Convict Once, My Chinese Cook,
Adelaide Ironside, A Brisbane Reverie, The Antipodes, Macaulay's New
Zealander, The Dominion of Australia, Cape Byron, The Famine in Ireland
1878-80 etc. A collection of poems written in Australia by J. Brunton
Stephens (1835-1902), the poet, novelist, critic, schoolteacher and
public servant. Little rubbed and flecked otherwise very
good. Price: $65.00
STEPHENS J. BRUNTONA Hundred Pounds.
A Novelette to which is added Bailed Up with a Whitewash Brush. pub.
Melbourne E. W. Cole Arcade 1897 or. grey/pinkcard wrappers, with title
and decoration in black on front wrapper & up spine, cr.12mo.
pp.202, Lacks rear wrapper else very good. Price: $200.00
STEVEN ALEXANDER G.Lures. (poems) pub. Melb. nd. inscript. 1923 or. dark blue grey wps. 8vo. pp.50. little spotted otherwise v/good copy. Author's signedpresentation copy. Price: $30.00
STEVEN ALEXANDER G. Poems. pub. Melb. nd.192-? or.crm. stiff wps. 8vo. pp.36. Near fine copy. Price: $25.00
STEVEN ALEXANDER G.Revolt. Poetry pub. Melb. The author. nd.1919? original stiff dark green wrappers 12.mo. pp.38. Fine. Price: $30.00
STEWART DOUGLASSonnets To The Unknown Soldier.
illus. with frontis. by Norman Lindsay, pub. Sydney, Angus &
Robertson 1941 or. pink bds. maroon cloth to spine, cr.8vo.obl. pp.30.
light spotting else fine. Price: $60.00. Convert CurrencyParcel Costs
STEWART DOUGLAS Sun Orchids
and Other Poems. With Pen-drawings by Norman Lindsay. pub. Sydney Angus
& Robertson 1952 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.72. Two short
closed tears to d/w. else near fine. Price: $110.00
STEWART DOUGLASFour Plays.
The Fire on the Snow (a radio drama), presents with austere beauty and
power Scott's fatal journey to the South Pole; - The Golden Lion is a
comedy of Maori life and legend; - Ned Kelly is a play of swift,
exciting action and a penetrating character study;- Shipwreck tells the
appalling story of the wreck of the Batavia' off the west coast of
Australia in the 17th C. pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1958 1st.ed.
or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.310. fine in the slightly browned to spine
d/w. Price: $50.00
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STEWART DOUGLASCollected Poems 1936-1967.
index; pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo.
pp.XVIII.340. felt-pen mark & slight sellotape marks to f/free
e/paper else near fine copy. Price: $45.00
STIVENS DAL Jimmy Brockett:
Portrait of a notable Australian pub. London, England Britannicvs Liber
Limited 1951 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 12mo. pp.312. Novel set in Sydney
early this century. Authors First book. Very good in the chipped d/w.
(lacks piece at top of spine). Price: $30.00
STIVENS DALThe Gambling Ghost And Other Stories. with text illus. by H.J. Rothe pub. Syd. Angus & Robertson 1953 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.114. collection
of Australian tall tales, fables and fantasies. V/good in the d/w.
which lacks small piece lower spine. Price: $30.00
STOKES EDWARDThe Novels Of James Hanley. pub. Melb. Cheshire 1964 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.204.VI. Very good copy. Price: $30.00
STOW RANDOLPHAct One.
Poems By Randolph Stow. pub. Lond. MacDonald 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.
8vo. pp.76. small neat name to f/free e/paper short closed tear to d/w.
otherwise near fine. Price: $100.00
STOW RANDOLPHTo The Islands. pub. Lond. MacDonald 1958 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.206. near fine copy fine. Price: $155.00
STOW RANDOLPH Midnite.
The story of a Wild Colonial Boy. illus. by Ralph Steadman pub.
Melbourne Lond. Cheshire 1967 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.140. Story of
a boy bushranger from WA. tiny piece torn from rear free e/paper, where
pages were parted, else fine in near perfect d/w. Price:
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STOW RANDOLPHTourmaline.
pub. MacDonald 1963 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.224. d/w. design by
Sidney Nolan. Fine - v/slight spotting to d/w.
Price: $35.00
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STURGES A.E.Flaherty's FallPublisher:
Hobart, Tasmania: Cat and Fiddle Press, 1975 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w.
cr.4to. pp.212. Short stories. Light edgewear else near fine.
Price: $35.00
SOMERSET W.A. Arranged and Edited by. Literary Gems I LoveAnd Why!
Selected by the readers of "Everybody's Journal." illus. title page
vign. & b/w. dwgs. t/out. pub. Melbourne T. Shaw Fitchett nd.193-?
or. grey grn. cl. cr.4to.obl. glt.ltg. to front bd. pp.188. a fine
copy. Price: $50.00
SUTTON JOHNThe Literary Work Of John Sutton.
Sir Harrison Moore, C.A. Scott and R.P. Franklin (ed.'s) pub. Melb.
M.U.P. 1925 or.cl. backed boards, printed paper label on spine cr.8vo.
pp.VIII.124. Poetry and essays by writer who died at age 20; Pages
rough-cut. Water stain to inside boards, and free e/papers, pages
clean, name to front free e/paper otherwise a good copy.
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SUTTON JOHNThe Literary Work Of John Sutton.
Sir Harrison Moore, C.A. Scott and R.P. Franklin (ed.'s) pub. Melb.
M.U.P. 1925 or.cl. backed boards, printed paper label on spine d/w.
cr.8vo. pp.VIII.124. Poetry and essays by writer who died at age 20;
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TAYLOR ANDREWSelected Poems. 1960-1980. pub. Brisbane Uni. of Queensland Press 1982 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.182. Fine. Price: $35.00
TAYLOR CHARLES E. The Girl Who Helped Ned Kelly. illus.
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TEMPLE M.S. and H. TEMPLE KERRAustralian Poetry.
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TOMASETTI GLEN Thoroughly Decent People. A
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VLEESKENS CORNELISThe Day The River.
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WARUNG PRICETales Of The Isle Of Death.
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WEST MORRISDaughter Of Silence.
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WHITE PATRICKThe Tree Of Man.
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WHITE PATRICKThe Tree Of Man.
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WHITE PATRICKVoss.
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WHITE PATRICKRiders In The Chariot.
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WHITE PATRICKMemoirs Of Many In One.
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WHITE PATRICKMemoirs Of Many In One.
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WHITE PATRICK A Life.
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WHITE PATRICK Letters
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WHITEMAN JOHNSparks And Sounds From A ColonialAnvil.
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WILDE WILLIAM H. JOY HOOTAN BARRY ANDREWSThe Oxford Companion To Australian Literature.
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WILKINSON MARY E. Gathered by. Gleanings From Australasian Verse. Love Poems.
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WILKES G.A. A Dictionary Of Australian Colloquialisms
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pp.370.or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.182 This dictionary offers a systematic
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WOLLASTON TULLIE C. The Spirit Of The Child
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board and smaller illustration on spine, 8vo. square, top edge gilt,
pp.228 and 12 publisher's advertisements. Includes opals & opal
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WRIGHT DAVID McKEEAn Irish Heart.
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WRIGHT JUDITHThe Generations Of Men.
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pp.222. Story of her forebears in Australia, who were pioneers of the
wine-growing and cattle-raising industries in New South Wales and
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WRIGHT JUDITHThe Moving Image.
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WRIGHT JUDITHCollected Poems 1942-1970.
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WRIGHT JUDITHBecause I Was Invited. Collection of prose over twenty years 1954 to 1974. pub. Melb. Oxford Uni. Press 12975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.258. A
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WRIGHT JUDITH Text by W.N. Scott. Focus On Judith Wright.
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WRIGHT JUDITH - Half A Life Time.
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