Author: Walter Stone
Binding: Hardback
Published: Ure Smith, Sydney, 1992

Condition:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings

This paired poetry volume presents a confident union of two foundational voices in Australian literature, assembling Paterson’s ballads of open country and Lawson’s sharply observed portraits of working life to illustrate the contrasting temperaments that shaped the nation’s early poetic identity. It details the narrative drive, vernacular energy and social insight that continue to define their place at the centre of Australia’s cultural tradition.