Author: FURPHY, JOSEPH. [Tom Collins].
Title: The Poems Of Joseph Furphy. Collected and Edited by K.B. [Kate Baker].
Description: First Edition; Sm. 4to; pp. 56; portrait frontispiece, 1 b/w photographic plate; bookplate of noted collector J.B.Prentice on front endpaper, original quarter cream cloth, title on spine and front board, flecking to spine and page edges, corners bumped, a good copy. Melbourne, Lothian Book Publishing Co. 1916. "Joseph Furphy (1843-1912) is widely regarded as the 'Father of the Australian novel'. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym Tom Collins, and is best known for his novel Such Is Life (1903), regarded as an Australian classic."

Keywords: Australia Australian literature poems poetry