8vo. 234pp, [8]. With four terminal leaves of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's brown cloth, lettered in black to spine. Lightly rubbed and marked, spine dulled. Contemporary inked ownership inscription to recto of FFEP, scattered spotting.

A collection of bush poetry by Henry Lawson (1867-1922), often called Australia's 'greatest short story writer'. A nationalist and republican, much of Lawson's work focused on Australian realism, and contributed to popularising Australian vernacular.