Hudson Flexmore Editor (3 results)

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Octavo. 52pp. Stapled decorated wrappers. Modest age-toning and light wear on the wrappers, near fine. Slip laid in presenting the issue from Hudson.and associate editor Clive Turnbull.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Adelaide, Economy Press, 1947. Octavo, 60 (first and last blank) pages. Original wrappers an excellent copy. Inscribed, dated (1962) and signed in pencil by the editor on the first page. Preface by William Carlos Williams. Signed.

Paperback. First Edition. Adelaide, Economy Press, [1941] to 1947. Octavo, 24 issues (Number 23-24 is a double number), with pagination ranging from 12 to 64 pages. Numbers 1-8 saddle-stapled in the original wrappers (some tanning; one issue with chips to the overlapping edges; Number 1 with two small ink emendations); Numbers 9-25 bound in three volumes of black cloth, lettered in gilt on the spines (all but five lacking the wrappers; a few issues shaved at the head or foot; some tanning to the paper; a few ownership signatures and pencil annotations); an excellent run. Number 18 is inscribed and signed by the editor 'For Miles Franklin, with best wishes from Flexmore Hudson'. A 'with compliments' slip inscribed and signed by Hudson, and a subscription form, are loosely inserted. The subtitle later changed to 'The Quarterly of Australasian Verse' (Numbers 13-14), 'The Australian Quarterly of Verse (Numbers 15-16), and finally 'The Australian International Quarterly of Verse' as the publication expanded to include a significant amount of material from international poets. Signed.