The jacket is lighrly bumped ed at the head and tail, nd the pages lightly tanned, else a clean,unmarked and solid copy.Includes as a loose insert a first day issue envelope for Australia Day 1985. The two stamps are of a painting by Drysdale and anbother by Nolan. 342 pages. Overseas cutomers please note the book weighs over a kilo and will attract additional postage. The Heritage of Australian Poetry was first published by Rigby in 1976 as: Australian verse from 1805 : a Continuum. Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-108) and an index.