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
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
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
Guinness, 1952. Anthony Groves-Raines. Booklet : pp. 12 : Staple bound promotional booklet : Richly illustrated throughout : Protective plastic slip. Open tear to bottom corner on front : Very light foxing to cover, front and back. One of those rare moments in history where beer and Alice in Wonderland come..... More
London: Elkin Mathews & Marrot Ltd., 1927. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp. [4 blank], [1-8], 9-46, [47-52] : One of 250 copies : Inscribed by previous owner on free endpaper : Publisher's order form pamphlet laid in : Printed on hand-made paper : Faded decorative violet boards covered in 'paste-paper'..... More
New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1921. Fourth Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8 unpaginated], [1-2], 3-86, [87-88] : 7 of 8 colour plates (lacking frontispiece) by Wilfred Jones : pencil note on front free-endpaper, ''The Moving Finger writes''...p.72 : Apricot paper boards with gilt lettering and inside margin decoration..... More
Sydney: Beacon Press, 1939. Limited Edition. Hardcover : pp.[1-6], 7-64 : Limited edition of 500 signed and numbered copies of which this is no.302 : Pale green/blue cloth boards : Black lettering to spine : Previous owner's name written in pen on front free-endpper. Some staining and weer to boards... More