Description

• Scarce First Printing [Australian National University, Canberra, 1965]; 72 pages; blue cloth, gold titling to spine, light silverfishing along top & bottom edges, block top lightly foxed, a few spots on edge, an excellent copy; in like illustrated dustjacket, unclipped, black titling to front & spine, 1cm light fade top front & on spine, rubbed with gentle bumping at extremities
• Murray’s first of almost 30 volumes of poetry
• One of Australia’s most revered literary figures, Les Murray [1938-2019] was known as The Bush-Bard
• Lehmann (1940- ) has had a more varied career practicing as a solicitor in addition to his poetry works
• Fun fact: Australia converted to decimal currency in February 1966 – this publication in late 1965 has dual prices for the Australian Retail Price on the front flap – 21s. ($A2.10)