Splendid Hour by Collopy Kevin (7 results)

Hardback. 1st Edition. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. The dustjacket is chipped at edges with some loss to upper edge and lower rear edge. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 54 pages. The author, with Roland Robinson and Nancy Cato. was a founding member of Lyre Bird Writers, founded in Sydney as a writers' publishing cooperative. This collection was a record of his wartime experiences and written whilst he was serving as an airman with RAAF in combat areas.…

8vo, 54pp. A very good hardback copy in good dust jacket. 3cm clean tear near top of dust jacket spine.

pp., x, 54, or. cl., good in torn d.j. WWII poetry.

Hardback. Kevin E. Collopy, Australian War Memorial, Canberra. Author: Kevin E. CollopyBinding: HardbackPublished: Australian War Memorial, Canberra, 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Splendid Hour is a poignant collection of poetry published by the Australian War Memorial. Written by Collopy, who served as an airman in the Royal Australian Air Force during World War II, the poems reflect the emotional depth and reflective tone of a soldier grappling with the realities of war and the fleeting beauty of peace. With 54 pages of verse, the collection captures moments of introspection, loss, and hope, offering readers a lyrical glimpse into the wartime experience from an Australian perspective. Hardback.…

1st edition chipped dust jacket Near Fine octavo x + 54pp., frontis., index, Poems of an Australian Airman in WWII. Owner's bookplate & postage stamp tipped-in o/w nice copy.

First edition. 54 pp w/index of first lines. Light offsetting to endpapers, else near fine in very good plus dust jacket that is toned at extrems.

Condition: Poor. First Edition, green cloth pp. x, 54; portrait frontispiece; a nice copy in same dustwrapper.