Poetry from Lems Bookshop

37 Plays, and 7 Poems. 1,229 pages with some black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with some light tanning. This is a larger book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Signed by Pro Hart. A selection of the most well-known and best-loved of Paterson's poems with accompanying paintings by Pro Hart. 136 pages with 51 colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with slight creasing on back.

Part of New Oxford English Series. Poems chosen and edited by Michael Millgate. A biography of Tennyson followed by 35 of his poems. Book in very good condition with some minor references on first contents page otherwise clean.

Twenty of Henry Lawson's poems each with an accompanying colour painting by Ninon Phillips. 64 pages with 20 colour paintings. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition.

Poems and works of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson selected by David Forsythe. Two volumes both 752 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Both copies in as new condition in slip case. Combined weight 3.5kg but no increase in postage in Australia

Eight Lays and nine Miscellaneous Poems and Appendix. 359 pages. Book in good+ condition with inscriptions on second and title page, drawing on short title page, some red colour from cover on small section of margin on first ten pages, stamp embossed on front endpaper, cover has some wear (see photo).

Fifty of Burns' songs, poems, epistles and letters - grave and gay, religious and frivilous, divine and human - with comment and reference to the original. 160 pages with 24 illustrations. Book in very good condition with some minor wear.

The story of Bertha Strehlow in verse - her life centering on the years she spent with her husband in Australia's Central Desert region, adventures and trials and the transforming nature of the desert and the Aboriginal people she meets. 150 pages with 6 illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

Illustrated by twelve etchings executed by L Schiavonetti from the original inventions of William Blake 1808. This issue is founded on the Edition published by R H Cromek in the year 1808. Twenty pages of preamble followed by 44 pages plus the etchings. Book in good condition despite the stain to cover which extends to bottom of first twelve pages… Read more about this item

A collection of Australian Bush Verse bringing to life the characters of the bush through the words of Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Adam Lindsay Gordon and others. 112 pages with colour photographs by Gary Lewis throughout. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on front endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear.

Banjo Paterson is a symbol of the outback for most Australians - his 41 poems capture the spirit of the bush people, celebrate the vast distances and the harsh and beautiful places. Pro Hart's paintings reflect the moods of the poems. 136 pages with 50 colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on front endpaper.… Read more about this item

W S Gilbert began to contribute verses under the name Bab when he was twenty five and ten years later started his wonderful collaboration with Sullivan which produced twelve operas which were revived at the Savoy Theatre. Selected by Compton, extracts from the Operas and some Bab ballads. 214 pages with 10 illustrations and some drawings in the text. Book… Read more about this item

Milton's work was bound to the events of his time including the English Civil War and the restoration of the monarchy. Nearly all his poems are mentioned but mostly Paradise Lost. Few poets have produced such conflicting critical opinions as Milton did. 136 pages with colour illustrations on 36 pages and many black and white illustrations. Book and dust jacket… Read more about this item

This edition reset with an Introduction, Bibliography and Notes by Owen Knowles. The most striking fact about Owen's career as a poet is the astonishing speed of his development. The book prints his work in approximately chronological order and so allows the reader the opportunity to follow this development from the apprentice to the last poems written just before he… Read more about this item

The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, the representative poet of a whole epoch, with an Introduction by Laurence Binyon. Undated publication but presented to sticker on first page dated 1929. 720 pages with frontispiece illustration. Book bound in red soft leather with gold letters for front and spine titles, and red marbled endpapers and gilt edges. Cover shows some wear… Read more about this item

Perhaps the most famous Padre serving in the First World War the author was known as Woodbine Willie on the Western Front - his poems moved the hearts of thousands of people - they said what the soldiers wanted to say and brought home the truth to the people in England. 180 pages. Book in very good condition with inscription… Read more about this item

Discovered by T S Eliot, Auden forged a new poetic voice that stirred the political and intellectual communities of his day. The book examines the progress of his career both as writer and teacher and is an intimate portrait of the man behind the reputation. 336 pages with 48 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition… Read more about this item

A collection of verses inspired by the great Milne following his rhymes and rhythms to remind those getting on in years of the wit, wisdom and whimsy he conjured up for those who were very young. 112 pages with numerous illustrations. Book in near fine condition as is dust jacket price clipped.

Lovable cat poems written by T S Eliot for his godchildren and friends in the 1930's. 64 pages with 14 colour pictures by Nicolas Bentley. Book in very good condition with previous owners name and a date on first page.

The author introduces poems by Tennyson using various parts of the day in narrative. 48 pages with 6 colour paintings. Book in good+ condition with inscription to previous owner on first page, one picture loose, some tanning. Cover missing to spine but all intact and some wear.