A Collection of Australian Bush Verse by Gary Lewis

A Collection of Australian Bush Verse

Photography by Gary Lewis

Peter Antill-Rose and Associates, 1989
First edition
Colour photographs throughout
ISBN 1862820341
Hardcover with glossy illustrated boards, dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine
minor edge and shelf wear with minor rubbing and bumping to corners and covers.  Dustjacket very good with minor chips, small tears (see photographs)

“Today, most Australians live in cities, caught up in the frenzy of twentieth century life.  Very few of us would read Byron, Shelley or Chaucer; it seems poetry is not the most popular subject for Australians.  But what about Henry Lawson and ‘Banjo’ Paterson?  Now that’s different!
Even through the traditional Australian way of life has almost disappeared, we all love to identify with it; the little Aussie battlers, the swaggies, the shearers, the cattlemen and the old bush characters.  It’s all part of our heritage.”