Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8], 48 : signed by author : brown cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine : bright orange endpapers : illustrated dust jacket by Ray Crooke : SIGNED by author on the title page. Faint foxing to inside of jacket : jacket..... More
Paris: Pierre Seghers, 1967. First French Edition. Hardcover : pp (6) 7-91 (96) : poems in English and French : canary yellow boards with white hourglass design and black lettering : cover design repeated on dustjacket. Jacket slightly soiled. First French edition of Child with a Cockatoo and other poems... More
Mesilla, New Mexico: Wild Sheep and Goat International, 1988. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover : pp (8) 9-270 (2) : illustrated : No339 of 1000 : signed by the author on the limitation page/titlepage : faux leather boards with embossed design : paper dustjacket. Light corner wear to the jacket. More
Brisbane: Queensland Book Depot, 1932. Second Edition. Hardcover : pp. [xi], xxii, [xvi], [1], 323, [326 : 18 Plates, including frontispiece, portrait of Tom Petrie and fold-out map of Brisbane Town : Green cloth boards : Blind embossed border and circled P to top board : Gilt lettering and four..... More
Rutland and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1964. First Edition,Tenth Printing. Hardcover : pp. [6], 495, [1] : Abundantly illustrated throughout including 167 plates and 78 figures : Foreword by Walter Gropius : Olive cloth boards with black and white embossed design : Black embossed lettering to spine : Textured..... More
New Mexico: 1985. First Edition. Hardcover : pp.[8],v, [vi], 212, [2] : Colour frontispiece by John P. Boone : Photo illustrated throughout : Foreword by S. Dillon Ripley : Map : Signed by author : Number 196 of limited edition (1000 copies) : Stamped and signed by previous owner verso..... More
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1998. Variorum Edition. Hardcover : pp. Vol 1 [v], vi,[viii], 534, [2 blank] : Vol 2 [6], 535-1118, [2 blank] : Vol 3 [6], 1119 - 1654, [2 blank] : Half cloth beige : Green paper boards : Dark..... More
East Sussex: Ivy Press, 2014. John Weinstein (photographer). First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [5], 655,[656] : Abundantly photo illustrated throughout : Index of common names : Index scientific names: Pale green paper illustrated boards : Dust jacket illustrated with various eggs : Illustrated endpapers. Both visually stunning and scientifically engaging..... More
Berkeley: The Beguine Library, 1974. First Edition. Softcover : (3) iv (v) 150 (12) : Covers illustrated in blue and brown and lettered in black and cream : light blue spine lettered in black : holograph note by Jones on the inside covers describing an encounter with Brabazon. Edgeworn and..... More
Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1983. First Edition. Softcover : pp. (8) 9-100 (3) : Photo-illustrated top cover : photo of the poet lower cover : publisher's invitation to the launch of Steps for Astaire tipped into the verso of top cover : INSCRIBED BY ROBERTS TO JONES on first half..... More
Ringwood Victoria: Penguin Books Australia, 1985. First Edition. Softcover with vinyl 45 r.p.m.record in back pocket : pp. (iv) (3) 4- 204 : cover illustrations by Chris Payne. Light edgewear; lower corner of top cover lightly bumped and lamination lifting (2mm); top corner softened; light foxing to the edges of text..... More
Sydney: Prism Books, 1978. Softcover : 68pp. : front cover and spine lettered in black : front cover red and black pattern from Maori blanket design "loosely meaning 'Stairs to the sky' : INSCRIBED by Beaver to Jones on the title page. Lower corners bumped, top edge top cover lightly creased;..... More
Glebe: Wild and Woolley, 1979. First Edition. Softcover : Unpaginated (116pp) : lettered and richly illustrated by Jones : Top cover lettered and illustrated by Jones : lower cover partially lettered by Jones. Light edgewear; top cover rubbed near joint towards head of spine; lower corner of last few leaves and..... More
Brisbane: Soi 3 Modern Poets/ papertiger media, 2006. First Edition. Paperback : pp. (9) 10 - 247 : richly illustrated with Jones' distinctive line drawings : top cover illustrated with a detail from A Crimson Rosella by Bill Bachman : lower cover photo of Jones by Stephen Booth : Edited..... More
Melbourne: Fling Poetry, 1987. First Edition. Stapled chapbook : unpaginated (24pp) : blue card covers illustrated by Jones. Hint of sun to the spine. More
Melbourne: Collective Effort, 1978. First Edition. Soft cover : 148pp. : photo illustrated covers : INSCRIBED TO JONES. Covers lightly edgeworn and abraded, lettering on spine legible but abraded in small patches : Jones has written across the [anti-] copyright page and added his signature squiggle star marks and open brackets..... More
Cameray, N.S.W. Saturday Centre Poets, 1977. First Edition. Soft covers : 60pp. : lime green free e.p.s, signed by Beach “for nothing” and with a note in Billy Jones’s distinctive hand “August 26, ’78 Eric gives me this at Nigels”. Otherwise unmarked by Jones except he has circled the acknowledgement..... More
St Lucia: Makar Press, 1975. First Edition. Stapled chapbook : 24pp. : recto of lower cover with poet's bio and list of Gargoyle Poets : cover designed by Jennifer Cohen with photographic material provided by Eric Perdraut : Jones has written across title page. Covers lightly rubbed; handful of fox..... More
Rockhampton: C. W. Teece, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8], 227, [3] : Frontispiece portraits of author and Lorna Teece (author's wife) : Blue boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Pictorial dust jacket : Photo to back of jacket of the author 1946 : Insribed by author free-endpaper..... More
Cambridge-Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. Vol 1 [6], xiii, [xvi], 573, [5], 28 pages of plates containing 66 b&w illustrations : Frontispiece 'Roger van der Weyden : Peter Bladelin' : 11 Diagrams : Vol 2 [6], xxvi, 334 pages of plates containing 496 b&w illustrations..... More
South Africa: 1992. Jane Four, Aileen Hinrichsen and George Buckland. Nyala Wildlife Publications Trust. Hardcover : pp. [viii], xviii, [2], 292, [2 blank] : Illustrated throughout : Signed by author on title page : Brown boards : Gilt lettering to spine :. More
New York: Cornell University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [6], 256, [2] : Translation by D. F. Pears and B. F. McGuinness : Historical introduction by G. H. von Wright and a facsimile of the author's manuscript : Black cloth : Gilt lettering to spine : Faded blue..... More
Tokyo: Enderle, 1963. Hardcover : pp. [2], vi, 290, [2 blank] : Cream paper boards : Gilt lettering to spine : Red stamp free-endpaper : Card loosley inserted : Dust jacket in blue,black and olive : Slip case : Previous owners blind embossed name stamp : Paper price note attached..... More
Arizona: Wolfe, 1988. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp. [12], 284, [2 blank] : 4 pages of photo illustrations : Limited edition of 1000 : Cream textured boards : Rose lettering to spine : Speckled endpapers. Some small raised marks to lower board. Originally published in 1926. More
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815. Eleventh edition (vol 1) ; New edition (vol 2) ; Third edition (vol 3) ; Second edition (vol 4). Twelvemo : Vol 1 pp. [2 blank], vi, [1], 2-370, [6, index] : 16 pages of plates including 7 hand coloured : Inscribed..... More