Search Results: Australian Fiction & Poetry from Lawrence Jones

Kurrajong: RMT Publishing, 1992. 299pp. Some foxing of prelims, endpages and edges. This epic story, blending fact and fiction, of the Kokoda Campaign in the jungles of Papua New Guinea includes a vivid description of the crossing of the Owen Stanley Ranges by the intrepid 'B'Company.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1962. 273pp, supplement, col frontis portrait. Or blue cloth in jacket. Jacket spine toned, front and rear panels stained. Originally published in 1921 in an edition of only 100cys, not to be reprinted until this edition incorporating the author's revisions. A sustained feat of story telling in prose by one of Australia's major poets. Its theme is the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915.. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

London: Privately Printed, 1921. 288pp. Or gray card. A near perfect copy- unread, unopened and uncut. No doubt at all that this is the best surviving copy. Published in an edition of only 100 copies and not reprinted until the colected works of 1963. A sustained feat of story telling in prose by one of Australia's major poets. Its theme is the Gallipoli Campaign of 1915. Using the Chaucerian device of a band of story-tellers, Blocksidge has nine Gallipoli veterans each tell their stories. Blocksidge was an Australian writer, poet and political theorist. In 1925 changed his name to Baylebridge and consciously cultivated the air of a mysterious and reclusive prophet-poet. This involved not only the archaic style of his poetry and prose, but also his eschewing of all forms of conventional publicity.. While acclaimed as a poet of the highest order he is largely forgotten now, due in the main to his shunning of publicity. Of some literary importance and extremely scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover.… Read More

London: Chatto & Windus, 1988. 306pp. Papered boards in lightly edge-worn dust-jacket. A novel of Bomber Command in World War II.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Canberra: Mulini Press, 1992. (Unpaginated)11pp. Cream stapled card. As new. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Melbourne: Longman Cheshire, 1988. 180pp, index, notes, bw ills. Or card. Slight fading at spine, large publisher's sample copy stamp on half-title page. Biography of Australian poet Bruce Dawe.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Doubleday, 1983. 508pp, map. Or boards in jacket. Edges toned, slightly cocked spine. Dust jacket has extremely light edge wear. The 5th volume in the Australians series of Australian historical fiction. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo.

Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1966. Translated by Rodney Livingstone.128pp, four b/2 plates, notes. Green cloth boards in dust-jacket. This book was written by a German woman in 1793 just five years after the first settlement At Sydney Cove. It is the first novel written with an Australian background.. New Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: The Wentworth Press, 1975. 16pp. Or orange stapled card. Very light bend to front cover.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Spinefex Press, 1991. xi, 270pp. Soft cover. Feminist writers from Australia, Canada and the USA write fiction, drama and poetry around the issue of new reproductive technologies.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Wollongong.: Five Islands Press Associates, 1994. 181pp, bw ills. Or card covers. Slight edge wear. Published in association with Illawarra Writers and the University of Wollongong. Leading writers and artists create the spirit of the region. Contributors include Judy Bourke, Peter Corris, Kathy Orton, Guy Warren, Jean Bedford, Bert Flugelman, John A Scott, Deb Westbury and many more.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Currawong Publishing, 1944. 64pp. Or red, black and white card cover. Some minor rubbing and small stress creases at spine, some minor toning. Scarce wartime Australian short novel.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Roma, Qld.: The Author, 1987. v, 111pp, bw ills. Pictorial blue and white card. Light edge wear. A collection of the author's verses about the Maranoa region of SW Queensland.. Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Alpha Books, 1971. 486pp. Or black cloth in jacket. Damp stain along bottom of jacket, two 2cm tears at top front ofjacket, booksellerbabel on rear jacket panel.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good Plus. 8vo.

Perth: Ocean Publishing, 2006. 156pp, col ills. Or pictorial card. Near new. Memories of long had hours spent in the mines, to heartfelt stories of the Aussie battler in the bush are relived in this Western Australian's poetry. A recurring thread tells of Irish immigrants.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Blinco, Gary (photographs). 4to.

Glen Huon, Tas.: The Author, 1999. 74pp, bw ills. Or card. Near new. Tasmanian poets sixth book of poems.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Wood, Syd.. 8vo.

Canberra: Mulini Press, 2002. 19pp. Pale yellow stapled card. As new. . First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.

Kings Meadows, Tas.: Silvereve Publications, 1995. 64pp. Or stapled card covers. Printed in brown on cream paper. Collection of poems by Tasmanian poet.. Fifth Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Brisbane: Jacaranda Wiley , 1993. xiv, 417pp. Index, bibliography. Glossy boards. As new. A guide to Australian children's literature arranged by subject matter. Approx 3520 titles (with further 400 related titles referenced in notes) in hundreds of subjects. The subject guide is followed by a bibliography giving biliographic information on each title mentioned in the subject guide. Then follows a genre guide, title index, illustrator index. This is an indispensable reference for collectors/students/dealers in childrens books/literature and indeed all childrens books.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. 4to.

Sydney: Ure Smith, 1975. 64pp, col plates. Or red boards in jacket. Light edge wear and slight fading to spine. Selection representing some of the most vital and impressive work in contemporary Australian art and poetry.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.