{"product_id":"1888-australian-poets-1788-1888-by-d-b-w-sladen-antique-poetry-reference-book","title":"1888 Australian Poets 1788-1888 by D.B.W Sladen Antique Poetry Reference Book","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n  \u003cb\u003e\n   1888 Australian Poets 1788-1888 by D.B.W Sladen Antique Poetry Reference Book\n  \u003c\/b\u003e\n \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\n \u003cfont face=\"Arial\"\u003e\n  \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18.6667px;\"\u003e\n   \u003cbr\u003e\n  \u003c\/span\u003e\n \u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        Australian Poets 1788-1888\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \u003ci\u003e\n         Being A Selection Of Poems Upon All Subjects Written In Australia And New Zealand During The First Century Of The British Colonization With Brief Notes On Their Authors And An Introduction By Patchett Martin.\n        \u003c\/i\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        Edited by Douglas B.W. Sladen\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n        Published by Griffith, Farran, Okeden \u0026amp; Welsh: London \u0026amp; Sydney 1888 1st Edition\n       \u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: large;\"\u003e\n        \u003cstrong\u003e\n         In Original Red Cloth Bindings\n        \u003c\/strong\u003e\n       \u003c\/span\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cbr\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \"Published in the centenary year of British settlement, Australian Poets 1788-1888 is a substantial early anthology of poetry written in Australia and New Zealand during the first hundred years of colonisation. Edited by Douglas B. W. Sladen, it was conceived as a broad survey of Australasian verse regardless of subject, expanding beyond Sladen's earlier anthologies, which had concentrated chiefly upon poems inspired directly by colonial scenery and experience. The volume opens with Arthur Patchett Martin's important introductory essay, \"Concerning Australian Poets,\" examining the emergence and character of a distinct colonial literary tradition.\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         Extending to more than 600 pages, the anthology presents work by a remarkably wide range of writers from the Australian colonies and New Zealand. Major literary figures such as Adam Lindsay Gordon, Henry Kendall, Marcus Clarke and William Charles Wentworth appear alongside journalists, public figures, bush poets and now largely forgotten colonial writers. Each poet is accompanied by a brief biographical or bibliographical note, making the book not merely a collection of verse but an invaluable contemporary record of the people, publications and literary culture that shaped nineteenth-century Australasian writing.\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         \u003cbr\u003e\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n         Published jointly in London and Sydney by Griffith, Farran, Okeden \u0026amp; Welsh in 1888, this first edition remains an important landmark in the early documentation of Australian and New Zealand literature. The volume retains its original red cloth binding, lettered in gilt to the front board and spine, and bears the attractive pictorial bookplate of J. B. Prentice. Both a sweeping anthology and a centenary survey of colonial literary achievement, it is a significant work for collectors of early Australian poetry, bibliography and cultural history.\"\n        \u003c\/div\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        \u003cbr\u003e\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n      \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n       \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" size=\"4\"\u003e\n        General wear, fading and light staining to covers and spine as shown. Binding is decent and there are no loose pages. Pages clean and well presented with odd age mark. Complete in 612 pages. A nice copy in good condition overall. Please study photos to further understand condition.\n       \u003c\/font\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n     \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n   \u003cfont face=\"Arial\" rwr=\"1\" size=\"4\" style=\"\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     \u003cbr\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv style=\"\"\u003e\n     Size 19.5cm x 14.5cm x 4cm - 612 Pages\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n   \u003c\/font\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n","brand":"Antique Books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48492139839627,"sku":null,"price":64.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0607\/0770\/0875\/files\/8d8a6af1-f28d-4ccd-8c5b-5710253277b4.jpg?v=1784627788","url":"https:\/\/antiquebooksaustralia.com.au\/products\/1888-australian-poets-1788-1888-by-d-b-w-sladen-antique-poetry-reference-book","provider":"Antique Books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}