{"product_id":"2026100009693-secondhand-black-and-white-onyx-new-and-selected-poems-1988-2011-signed","title":"Black And White Onyx: New And Selected Poems \/ 1988–2011 (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed with inscription\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Signed letter by the author laid-in. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the quiet intensity of Melbourne's literary margins emerges Black and White Onyx: New and Selected Poems \/ 1988–2011, a comprehensive retrospective that gathers over two decades of Peter Gebhardt's poetic output into a single, authoritative volume. The collection spans a remarkable creative arc, presenting verse that charts the personal, political, and philosophical preoccupations of one of Australia's quietly persistent poetic voices — from the late 1980s through to the early 2010s. Gebhardt's poems move with measured precision, drawing on the textures of everyday Australian life while reaching toward something more universal in their emotional and intellectual ambition.\n\nThe signed title page — a personal inscription to a Donaldson with admiration and respect — speaks to the intimate world this poetry inhabits, one where the relationship between poet and reader is understood to be a meaningful and reciprocal exchange. Gebhardt's style is restrained yet resonant, favouring clarity over ornamentation and sincerity over spectacle, placing him in a tradition of Australian poetry that prizes observation and authenticity above all else. For readers drawn to verse that rewards patience and attentiveness, Black and White Onyx is an invitation into a body of work that has quietly accumulated its own distinct gravity over thirty years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203231293659,"sku":"2026100009693-SECONDHAND","price":30.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/d7391f3d-f2b9-4910-99c2-19931bc1f90c.png?v=1788146321","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009693-secondhand-black-and-white-onyx-new-and-selected-poems-1988-2011-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}