Robert Adamson Selected Poems 1970-1989
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [iv] ix [x] [2] 267 [270 : cream paper covers with drawing of author by Gary Shead. More
Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, 1990. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [iv] ix [x] [2] 267 [270 : cream paper covers with drawing of author by Gary Shead. More
Frenchs Forest ; Wellington: AH & AW Reed, 1982. First Edition / Limited. Hardcover : pp. [ii] [7] 143 [144] :profusely illustrated : limited edition of 100 collector's copies, of which this is numbered 9 : signed by the author and artist : foreword by A. Alvarez : photography by..... More
London: Eyre Methuen Ltd, 1976. Hardcover : xv11 (2) 627 (628) : claret e.p.s : steel blue cloth covered boards with Brecht's initials in argent to top board and red title panel on spine lettered in gold : paper jacket lettered in black and red : SIGNED by John Willett..... More
Napoli, Italy: Electra, 2004. First Edition. Softcover: pp. [1-14] 15-262 [263-268]; Richly illustrated throughout with two folding illustrations; Translations by Marguerite Shore; Softcover with French flaps; Cover illustration detail of artist's work. Light foxing on top edge; Spine has centre crease; Slightly separated at gutter but spine intact; a good square..... More
London; Bassingstoke: Macmillan, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [v] xxiii [xxiv] [3] 232 : map : black cloth boards : gilt to spine : maroon jacket illustrated with embroidered image : top edge black dye. Bump to lower board at tail; light foxing to block fore-edge and front endpaper;..... More
San Francisco: North Point Press, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [iv] [8] 145 [152] : pale blue cloth boards : gilt to spine : aqua green dust jacket illustrated by author. A few fox spots to cloth at top edge; dust jacket faintly rubbed with minor edge-wear. ''Anyone who..... More
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1970. 1/4 cloth. Square book with illustrated boards and cloth spine, pp [8], 16, with 45rpm record of Dobson reading her own poems in sleeve at the front paste-down. A little edgeworn and scuffed. More
Durham: Pig Press, 1986. Softcover : pp. [ii] [6] 42 [4 blank] : dark brown and yellow cover. Ken Edwards (b. 1950) is a poet, editor, writer and musician who has lived in England since 1968. He is associated with The British Poetry Revival. More
Cremorne: Talkarra Press, 1959. First Edition. Softcover : pp. 20 : limited edition of 275 copies : pale yellow stapled booklet with black lettering : signed by author and publisher : bookseller's sticker to verso of front cover. Some age toning to cover. More
London: Pan Books, 1959. First Pan paperback, third printing. Softcover : pp. (6) 7- [208] : G229 to base of spine and Pan logo to top corner of top cover : pictorial cover. Slight lean; edges rubbed; lower cover and leading edge lightly stained. A first Pan paperback: unpriced international..... More
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade. Softcover : pp. [7] 85 [88] : brown covers. Remnant of sticker to verso of front cover; light scratch marks to bottom edge of block. More
Melbourne: Roberts & Mullens, 1944. Softcover : pp. [7] 190 : frontispiece : 26 illustrations : pink illustrated cover. Age toning to margins of cover and edges of block; fold crease at back; inked initials to cover near head; tide mark to tail of lower cover and throughout. Abridged and..... More
Guildford and London: Lutterworth, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 172 [4 blank] : map : illustrations with-in text : index of Maori words : green cloth boards : gilt to spine : olive green endpapers : price clipped illustrated dust jacket. Light foxing to head and tail..... More
Canberra: Molonglo, 1993. First Edition. Softcover in a paper slipcase : pp (1-10) 11-67 (68-72) : graphics by Romola Templeman : midnight blue card covers lettered in light blue : midnight blue paper slipcase with graphic of beached row boat in light blue : numbered and signed by the poet..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1791. marbled calf. Two volumes : octavo : pp. [4] [i] viii [3] 495 [508] : [vi] [3] 473 [456] : six engravings including one by Blake after Stothard, " Orlando in a Fury Tearing up Trees" : contemporary bindings in marbled calf with gilt stamping to..... More
London: Trigram Press, 1972. First Edition. Softcover : 64pp : two green leaves at front and back of block : black and white photo illustrated covers lettered in white. Top edge flecked; light edgewear. Bryan Stanley William Johnson (5 February 1933 – 13 November 1973) was an English experimental novelist..... More
Oxford: Bruno Cassirer, 1959. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [4] 9-319 [5 blank] : burgundy cloth boards : argent to spine : faded brown dust jacket with drawing of running monk : jacket not price clipped. Very light fox marks to endpapers as well as first and last couple..... More
Stockholm: Kamini Press, 2009. Henry Denander. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Kamini Press Poetry Series No. 5. Stapled small press chapbook with illustrated front cover by Henry Denander, unpaginated (42pp comprised of 10 sheets of cream pages folded between dove grey endpapers). Signed by Denander on the copyright page and by..... More
Sydney: Ure Smith, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. vii [viii] 318 [2] : illustrated title page : bordeaux cloth boards : gilt to spine : colourful dust jacket designed by Frank Broadhurst with drawing by Lindsay : portrait of author on back by Harold Cazneaux : partial bookseller stamp..... More
London: James Nisbet and Co., 1862. Hardcover : pp. [2 blank] (6) [ii] xxv [xxvi] 97,98,98*,99*,99,100 - 347 [348] [2 blank (would be blank but for pasted on hymns to last blank)] : more hymns pasted on to endpapers : dark brown leather boards with gilt : blind stamped triple..... More
Melbourne: Georgian House / Jindyworobak, 1945. First Edition. Softcover : pp. [8]30 [32] : olive textured stapled paper booklet with black lettering and palm tree illustration. Age toning to margins of cover. More
London: G. Bell and Sons, 1926. Limited Edition. Hardcover : large paper edition : SIGNED by Shepard at the limitation page : pp. xxiv, 570 : 60 illustrations with captioned tissue guards and four maps of England in the 1660s to the endpapers : t.e.g. : other edges untrimmed... More
Northcross, Georgia: Desperado, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [5] 310 [312] : illustrated : introduction by Dave Gibbons : illustrated throughout : white illustrated boards. More
Melbourne: Gryphon, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [6] 131 [132] : limited edition of 100 copies signed by Jeffery Smart, this copy is an out of series copy : sadly lacks original signed etching : frontispiece, portrait of artist in his Tuscany studio : richly illustrated throughout some being..... More
University of Queensland Press and Open door Press, 1973-1988. First Edition. nu-plastik fanfare red (UQP, 1973) : softcover : pp. (5) 55 : cover design by Cyrelle with the colour red by British Paints. Inscribed at the head of the title page. Water Life (UQP, 1976) : hardcover : pp..... More