Fiction

The Theatre of P.G. Wodehouse – David Jason

Published by Batsford, London in 1979 a first edition. Small quarto, 120 pages, many illustrations as required by the subject.

A very good copy in a very good dust jacket.

The author was a Wodehouse nut, lived next to him, authored his bibliography and other works.

Those that read Jeeves et al may not know that Wodehouse, particularly in his earlier years was equally famous in the Theatre word particularly Broadway …

If you are thinking of entering Mastermind with a P.G.W. subject matter then you need this ..

The other side of Wodehouse a theatre reference.

$30.00

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Tasmanian Literary Landmarks [Identites] – Giordano and Norman

Only edition of this very interesting and handy book on a number [29] of the best Tasmanian writers starting at the very beginning – finishing before the modern age.

Published by Shearwater Press, Hobart in 1984. Softcover, perfect bound, 202 pages, some useful illustrations … the best of which, in our mind, is the house that Alan Villiers was brought up at … 318 Liverpool Street, Hobart.

We have just decided to get something by everyone of them … book collecting has to be a passion or is it obsession … some kind of “ssion” anyway.

Nothing compares with this work – it will be a while before AI [or SI] catches up.

$30.00

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To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

Octavo, 255 pages, published by J.B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia & New York in 1960. Very good near fine condition.

The collectable first book club edition with all the points covered – photo of the author by Truman Capote on the rear, vivid yellow colour to top edge, Jonathan Daniels review inside dust jacket.

Harper Lee’s classic – it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird because mockingbirds harm no one and give great pleasure. For many years her only novel – something maybe makes us wish that was still the case.

Collectable and gift worthy

$180.00

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[Australian Poetry] The Lee Shore – John Couper

Published by Edwards and Shaw, Sydney in 1979, who did so much for Australian poetry and poets.

Soft cover but with a stiff paper jacket – upmarket presentation. Octavo, 90 pages – fours groups titles as to group … Versions of Horace; A Few Nice Letters to John Dunmore Lang; Elegies and Executions and Shade Across a Summer.

Witty and satiric with an intellectual shine … not only Horace but we have references to Villon [see our Villon] and Wordsworth – seemingly as savage as Swift … big shoe

The Lee Shore – a full course and fine meal.

$30.00

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Australian Poetry 1959 – Selected by Nancy Keesing

Published by Angus and Robertson, in 1959 – their annual celebration of Australian poetry selected by the well qualified Nancy Kessing.

Octavo, 96 pages and near as many poems by the likes of Douglas Stewart, Vincent Buckley, Mary Finnin, Mary Gilmore and Peter Hopegood.

Super selection, perhaps our favourite by Olive Pell – “I don’t give a damn’ …. But we do of course.

Australian Poetry 1959 a super year for it!

$25.00

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Australian Poetry – The Hooded Lamp – Roland Robinson

Published by poetry experts Edwards and Shaw, Sydney in 1976 a first and only edition.

Born Irish but came to Australia at the age of nine, Roland Robinson [192-1992] is recognised as one of Australis’s great poets.

This book of verse is the eighth published by Robinson since his first in 1944 when enlisted.

A lyrical writer in touch with the Australian landscape and its spiritual significance to aboriginals.

Winner of numerous literary awards.

Octavo, 56 pages, 42 poems in total

Roland Robinson maybe out there by himself in his era.

$30.00

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The Theatre of P.G. Wodehouse – David Jason

Tasmanian Literary Landmarks [Identites] – Giordano and Norman

To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee

[Australian Poetry] The Lee Shore – John Couper

Australian Poetry 1959 – Selected by Nancy Keesing

Australian Poetry – The Hooded Lamp – Roland Robinson

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