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Rainbow Round My Shoulder [The Blue Trail of the Black Ulysses] – Howard Odum – 1928

With special illustrations by Harry Knight.

The scarce Grosset & Dunlap dated 1928. Large octavo, 323 pages. A couple of nicks to the dust jacket, otherwise a very good copy

An African American tells of his wanderings through 40 States over 20 years. Written in the vernacular. Rare, unusual maybe of or maybe ahead of its time up to interpretation.

1928 edition thought provoking

$60.00

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The Hunted – Albert Guerard – First Edition 1944

First Edition published by Alfred Knopf, New York in 1944. Octavo, 288 pages. Dust jacket design by Arthur Hawkins. A very good if not fine copy.

Albert Guerard was in the US Army when this book was published. It was his second novel of the published in his lifetime. He also published many works on literary criticism. Educated at Stanford and Harvard he would go on to be Professor of Literature at Stanford after the whole and was highly influential in developing the Stanford program in modern writing. His father also an author held the same position.

the author was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 1956 and received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in Literature in 1964.

The Hunted is a physiological thriller. Claire Harcha, a singing waitress of New England marries a Cambridge English graduate (an odd ball). She becomes ostracised from the fraternity group and sympathetic to a hunted violent outlaw “Bomber”.

First edition 1944 – distinguished author.

$70.00

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The Boy Biggles – Captain W.E. Johns – First Edition 1968

First edition 1968 published by Dean, London. Octavo, 182 pages, dust jacket edge chips, internally very good and clean.

Retrospective of Biggles early life in India where nerves are tested, thugs and intruders abound, and a Foolish Tiger mixes with the Big Bad Bear.

Scarce Biggles in his early and no less adventurous years

$30.00

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Australian Poetry – Apocalypse in Springtime – Lex Banning – 1956

A first edition of what we believe is Lex Banning’s final published collection

Arthur Alexander [Lex] Banning (1921-1965) had a difficult upbringing. He has cerebral palsy to an extent that he had little control over his arms. His studies could only be completed by dictation. Thoughtful and thought provoking and some hard reality.

Slim octavo, published by Edwards and Shaw, Sydney in 1956. 34 pages. Top of decorative dust jacket a tiny bit damaged as it is cut just too large for the book. Otherwise, a very good copy.

Lex Banning had something to say …

$25.00

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Mining Medal – Centenary of The Deep Navigation Coal Mine – 1979.

The Deep Navigation Colliery was a major underground mine at Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales. It was the deepest of all South Wales cola mines. It produced high quality “steam coal” which powered the Mauretania and the Lusitania in successful Blue Riband attempts for the fastest Atlantic crossing.

Opened in 1879 after much effort sinking shafts, many lives were lost. Throughout its life it suffered from huge amounts of water ingress and massive pumps were used constantly to keep it manageable. The quality of the coal ensured its profitability until the early 1990’s when the geology became more challenging and it was closed and the area reclaimed as public sports fields.

This medal was given to each miner in the workforce in 1979 at the 100-year anniversary of the mine opening – so about 500-600 were likely struck. A fine example, gilt finished, haunched miner figures to both sides – one an early 19thC miner with mandrel and Davey lamp, the other a modern miner with safety helmet vs cloth cap. 40 mm diameter fine condition, high relief 25 gm.

Scarce Coal Mining Commemorative

$60.00

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Australian Poetry – Light -Margaret Diesendorf – 1981

A first edition of Margaret Diesendorf’s first published collection of poetry. A very special collection by a special person.

Margaret Diesendorf (1912-1993) escaped Austria in 1938 and made her way to Australia. Her Jewish partner, an engineer, left separately and they came together and made a life first in Sydney. She was a highly respected translator … she taught languages and did translations for the likes of the ABC. Later in life she concentrated more of original poetry and was to write upwards of six hundred poems.

An unusual, interesting and exciting style drawing on her understanding of the arts and the World outside Australia. She had a passion for writing poems stimulated by great art works and great artists. This book is set out in two section – the first “On Canvas” represents this them with poems about works by Monet, Picasso, Modigliani, Klimt [the Kiss] and also Australian artists Brett Whiteley [soup Kitchen] and Lloyd Rees [the Pinnacle Mount Wellington].

Slim octavo, published by Edwards and Shaw, Sydney, 1981. 79 pages. A very good copy of another nice production.

Gift worthy poetry and a Voyager favourite

$30.00

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Rainbow Round My Shoulder [The Blue Trail of the Black Ulysses] – Howard Odum – 1928

The Hunted – Albert Guerard – First Edition 1944

The Boy Biggles – Captain W.E. Johns – First Edition 1968

Australian Poetry – Apocalypse in Springtime – Lex Banning – 1956

Mining Medal – Centenary of The Deep Navigation Coal Mine – 1979.

Australian Poetry – Light -Margaret Diesendorf – 1981

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