Poetical Works by John Milton edited by Douglas Bush, This edition includes all of John Milton's poetry in English, as well as in Latin, Greek and Italian, including scraps of verse in the prose works which Milton did not include in his collected edition, and two important personal passages from the prose.  This edition has been specially prepared with the student in mind - it has a substantial introduction dealing with Milton's life and thought and includes an account of the prose works, headnotes to the individual poems, succinct explanatory notes and a glossary of recurrent words and allusions in the poems. (12th Imp.,1990 Oxford Uni Press, Oxford) ISBN 0192810537 softcover, 570pp, cover lightly worn, a little dog-eared in corners, page ends tanned, else good.
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The Aviary, Poems (1975-1977) by Peter Skrzynecki (First Edition 1978 Edwards & Shaw, Sydney) ISBN 085510145 very good softcover, stiff boards, 99pp.
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The Ballad Of Cliff Young by Al Simmons, Australian marathon runner Cliff Young captured the imagination of the Australian people for the record-breaking 5 days, 15 hours & 4 minutes it took him to run the 875 kilometres from Sydney to Melbourne; this simple light-hearted poem tells the story; b/w illustrations (First Edition 1983) Used softcover booklet, 16pp, in excellent condition.
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The Ballad Of Reading Gaol and Other Poems by Oscar Wilde, illustrated with wood engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller (The Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, NY, no date) No ISBN. Used hardcover book, no d/j, 93 pages. Decorative covers grubby, some spots of foxing on first and last few pages, corners bumped, else very good. Contents are: The Ballad of Reading Gaol; Helas!; Ave Maria Gratia Plena; E Tenebris; On Hearing the Dies Irae Sung in the Sistine Chapel; Easter Day; Written in Holy Week at Genoa; Vita Nuova; Madonna Mia; Phedre; Santa Decca; Impression de Voyage; Sonnet on Approaching Italy; Italia; The Grave of Keats; The Grave of Shelley; Panthea; Rome Unvisited; The True Knowledge; Apologia; Silentium Amoris; Her Voice; My Voice; The Burden of Itys; The Harlot's House; Quia Multum Amavi; Serenade for Music; La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente; Endymion; Impression de Matin; The Dole of the King's Daughter; Theocritus; In the Gold Room; Canzonet; Requiescat; In the Forest; Impression - Le Reveillon; La Mer; Symphony in Yellow; Les Silhouettes; The Sphinx.
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The Collected Poems of James Elroy Flecker, edited with an introduction by Sir John Squire (Secker and Warburg, London, 1947) Used hardcover book, no d/j, 162 pages, good blue cloth covers worn on edges and bumped in corners, faded gilt lettering on spine. bookshop bookplate inside cover, foxing on first and last few pages and on edges of pages, else good.
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The Miracle of Mullion Hill, poems by David Campbell (First Edition 1956 Angus & Robertson) slim hardcover in  discoloured d/j, 69pp, fep & half title page neatly cut out, name & address on title page, foxing, pages are good
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The Poems of Arthur Hugh Clough edited by A L P Norrington (1968 Oxford Uni Press) hardcover, d/j covered with clear contact & supported underneath with brown paper, 320pp, name on fep, pencil margin notes, overall in good cond
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The Poems of Francis Thompson (reprint 1945, Humphrey Milford, Oxford Uni Press) hardcover, no d/j, marked dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 368pp, foxing, inscription on fep, pages are good
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The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold 1840-1869 intro by Michael William Rossetti (1st Edition 1913 Ward Lock & Co) 5"x7-1/2", xxiv+496pp, tissue guarded portrait photo frontis, edges gilt, publisher's alligator binding, gilt title "Matthew Arnold" on darkened spine, blue & gilt "MA" cartouche on front, bevelled edges, rounded corners, gilt freeze inside covers along edges, pale marble eps lightly stained at top, binding firm, pages clean overall in very good condition.
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore intro by Michael William Rossetti (1st Edition 1911 Ward Lock & Co) 5"x7-1/2", xxiv+532pp, tissue guarded portrait photo frontis, edges gilt, publisher's alligator binding, gilt title "Moore" on darkened spine, red & gilt "MA" cartouche on front, bevelled edges, rounded corners, gilt freeze inside covers along edges, pale marble eps lightly stained at top, neat inscription on first blank page dated 21.2.21, binding firm, pages clean overall in very good condition.
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The Poetry Of Canberra -edited by- Phillip Mackenzie, -illustrated by- David Hodges (Polonius, Cook, A.C.T., 1990) ISBN 0646014102. Used softcover book, 98 pages. Corners bumped. Front cover creased. Else very good.
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The Poetry of Robert Lowell edited by Vivian Smith. Lowell is seen as the foremost formalist US poet of the 1940s, one of the instigators of the new freedoms and relaxation in form of verse in the 1950s, and simply the premier poet of the 1960s; a lucid and informative guide to Lowell's poetic career as well as an introduction to his work and an interpretation that will interest the Lowell expert (First Edition 1974, Sydney Studies in Literature, Sydney Uni Press) ISBN 042406510X good hardcover in fair d/j, 124pp, small tears in d/j along edges.
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The Poet's Manual And Rhyming Dictionary by Frances Stillman (Thames & Hudson, London, reprint, 1985) ISBN 0500270309. Used softcover book, 363 pages, laminated surface is peeling off front cover and is almost entirely absent on rear cover, rear cover is soiled, remains of sticker on front cover, light foxing on edges of pages, text is very good.
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The Portable Elizabethan Reader, the Portrait of a Golden Age. A rich array of 132 works by 40 of its most representative authors, including 2 complete plays, poetry & song, history & essays, religious & scientific writings, personal memoirs edited by Hiram Haydn (2nd Printing June 1955, The Viking Press, NY) mass market softcover, 688pp, name on first page, foxing on page edges, in good cond
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The Roaring Days poem by Henry Lawson illustrated with art by the author's great-nephew Peter Lawson, The paintings capture the scenes of the bush and the gold diggings evoked by the verse and convey the same sense of longing for past times (J M Dent, Melbourne, 1987) ISBN 0867700688. Very good hardcover in d/j, 47pp.
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The Song of Hiawatha -by- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow with illustrations from designs by Frederic Remington. A facsimile reprint of the 1890 edition. 387 illustrations. The Frederic Remington Illustrated Edition. (E & W Books Limited, London, 1969) Used hardcover book in d/j, 242 pages. D/j is grubby, worn on edges with small chips and tears. Gift inscription written on fep. Foxing on edges of pages. Pages are very good.
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T S Eliot, Poems Written In Early Youth, originally collected by John Hayward & privately printed in 1950 in a limited edition of 12 copies (5th printing 1976 Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY) SBN 374507082, softcover, 30pp+notes, scribble on half title page, else in good cond
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