Australian Verse. An Illustrated Treasury

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: State Library Of Nsw Press
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 1996
Edition: Reprint

Description: 332 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Revised edition of a work first published in 1984 as The Illustrated Treasury of Australian Verse selected by Beatrice Davis, well-known Australian literary figure and senior editor of Angus & Robertson from 1937 to 1973. The collection scans the Australian scene from first settlement to the present day. Arranged chronologically, it covers the works of Adam Lindsay Gordon, James McAuley, Judith Wright, Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson as well as modern day poets. Includes an index of authors with brief biographies and select bibliographies, an acknowledgment of sources and sources of illustrations.

ISBN: 9780730589068