Manifold john (13 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 90pp. 21.5cm. Attractive private bookplate. A shop rubber stamp on end paper. Hard cover in worn and slightly soiled dust jacket. A good clean copy [247g].

8vo; pp. 176; original cloth in dustjacket, a very good copy. First edition.

89pp. 8vo. Original cloth in dustwrapper, backstrip sunned, . A very good copy. First edition.

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Book is tight and the pages are clean with some foxing. Covers show heavy fading / sun bleaching and various other light wear and tear. Please see photos.

90pp. 8vo. Original cloth, backstrip a little faded, in dustwrapper. Faint foxing to edges. A very good copy. . First edition. Signed by the author.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition. 7.5" x 5"; 15pp.; saddle-stapled in printed green wraps. Sunning to perimeters of wraps; light bumping to yapped corners; soft crease at top front corner. Contents fine. An early collection of nine poems by the Australian poet, critic, and musicologist. Manifold (1915-1985) studied at Cambridge in the late 1930s, then served as a British intelligence officer during WWII, before returning to Australia in 1949. There he divided his time between literary and leftist political organizations--Manifold had embraced communism in the 1930s--while collecting material for several books on Australian folksong. Much of the work in The Death of Ned Kelly exemplify Manifold's interest in the traditional bush ballad ("The Griesly Wife," "The Bunyip and the Whistling Kettle," etc.), though he also demonstrates his affinity for traditional forms ("Prefatory Sonnet") and poems with social themes ("Nightpiece"). An uncommon publication.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good+. 1st Edition. A very clean copy with only minor signs of wear.

8pp. Original loose sheet music in folder. Folder somewhat sunned and edgeworn. Black and white illustrations to sheet music. A very good copy. First edition. With letter from the Press owner Ron Edwards dated 1955.

8pp. Original loose sheet music in folder. Folder somewhat sunned and edgeworn. Black and white illustrations to sheet music. A very good copy. Signed and inscribed.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Octavo, pp. 16; original printed wrappers (faded as usual). Scarce. We will advise postage costs and delivery times, which will vary from those quoted by ABE.

, 16 pages First Edition , fading to margins of wraps, slight rubbing to edges and small mark to fornt cover, small marks to title page, good condition , printed wraps , 19 cm x 13 cm Paperback ISBN.

Paperback. Zustand: Very good overall. Limited edition. Two limited edition loose leaf folders of ballad broadsheets of Australian folk songs, with lino-cut illustrations by Ronald George Edwards. The first 8 titles have hand colored illustrations, in a folder marked Special Edition, no. 43 of 100, and signed and dated by the artist. The 8 titles are: 1. The Wild Colonial Boy. 2. The Banks of the Condamine. 3. The Death of Ned Kelly. 4. Van Dieman's Land. 5. The Drover's Dream. 6. Andy's Gone with Cattle. 7. Bold Jack Donahue. 8. Moreton Bay. The second folder of ballads, issued in 1955, includes titles 9 through 16: 9. Bound for South Australia. 10. Farewell to the Ladies of Brisbane. 11. Widegoara Joe. 12. The Overlander. 13. The Old Bark Hut. 14. The Sheepwasher. 15. The Stockman's Last Bed. 16. Bill the Bullocky. The second folder with couple of closed tears at edges, one chip, sunned at perimeter. 'Bound for South Australia' is slightly marked, otherwise all broadsheets bright and clean. 4to, pictorial stiff paper wrappers. Trove 3961894. …

Lower Ferntree Gully, Vic : Rams Skull Press,1955. "This set is no. 24 of 100 handcoloured. R.G. Edwards '55" (manuscript limitation). Quarto, card portfolio, front cover with illustration and title in red (sunned along edges), containing 8 loose leaf ballad broadsheets of Australian folk songs, with hand coloured lino-cut illustrations by Ronald George Edwards; the ballads are: 9. Bound for South Australia. 10. Farewell to the Ladies of Brisbane. 11. Widegoara Joe. 12. The Overlander. 13. The Old Bark Hut. 14. The Sheepwasher. 15. The Stockman's Last Bed. 16. Bill the Bullocky; inside front with printed list of contents; ex libris of G. & N. Ingleton; a fine set. …