Illustrated by Lex Bell. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; The Macmillan Company, Melbourne, 1991. First edition. White (Volume 2) 2972. *Signed by the author (dated July '91) on the upper free endpaper, and with the folded pictorial invitation to the Melbourne..... More
Pp. [vi]+186(last blank), two-tone papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, 1997. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated June 29, 1997) on the upper free endpaper. Sequel to The Boggart. Best known for the acclaimed..... More
Illustrated by David Armitage. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Andre Deutsch, London, 1988. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the upper free endpaper. More
Being the Fourth and Last Book of The Magician's House. Pp. [viii]+288(last blank), full page sketch map; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled and scuffed; The Bodley Head, London, 1992. First edition. More
Pp. 160(last blank); boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, backstrip faintly faded; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976. First edition. More
Pp. [x]+236(last blank); qr. beige cloth over grey papered boards, spine lettered in red and upper board in blind, the boards a trifle warped; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Pantheon Books, New York, 1979. First edition. More
Stories. Pp. [x]+174; qr. plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, upper board lettered in blind; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, signs of sticker removal from front flap (offset onto free endpaper); a little light foxing; Pantheon Books, New York, n.d.[1980]. First edition, library binding..... More
Illustrations by Gregory Rogers. Pp. 72,illustrated throughout; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1996. First edition thus. Masterpiece series. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 1996) on verso of upper wrapper. Short story, originally published in Women's Day..... More
Pp. [x]+230; tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Delacorte Press, New York, 1997. First edition. *Robert Cormier (1925-2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, whose books explored themes such as abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy. Tenderness was the basis for..... More
Printed in Venice by Vindelinus de Spira in 1476, with a translation, 'The Story of Lionbruno', by Beatrice Corrigan. Pp. 40, 2 illustrations; pale blue cloth, lettered in silver and decorated in pink, edges and spine faintly faded; Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections/Toronto Public Library, Toronto..... More
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Bodley Head, London, 1984. U.K. edition. *Australian author. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3074. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 17.10.90) on verso of upper free endpaper. The date is when th book was officially launched in..... More
A book of old rhymes with new dresses by Walter Crane. The music by the earliest masters. Engraved & printed in colour by Edmund Evans. Pp. 56, printed and illustrated in colour throughout (11 full page, including the frontispiece), with music scores to 36 nursery rhymes; small square 4to; red..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; tall demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Benchmark/Cygnet Books, in association with University of Western Australia Press, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3234. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page and the upper free..... More
A novel. Pp. [vi]+186(last blank), 2 text illustrations; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, a little light foxing; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3242. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page..... More
A novel. Pp. [vi]+186(last blank), 2 text illustrations; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. *Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers, 1991. More
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2004. First edition. *Robert Ingpen is the only Australian to have won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2003. Paperback edition. White (Volume 3) 3298. *With publisher's publicity sheet for this edition loosely inserted. First published in 1999; winner of the Australian Publishers Association Design Award in 2000, and a Children's Book Council..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards with Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book sticker near bottom fore-corner of upper board, the upper board featuring several die-cuts in the style of a kaleidoscope viewer which reveal the title on the page beneath; Lothian, Melbourne..... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered board, the top fore-corners bumped, and with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; top fore-corners of leaves faintly creased; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3303. More
A boy's adventure. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Lothian, Melbourne, 2005. First edition. *The true story of fifteen-year-old John Murphy, who was one of the survivors of Ludwig Leichhardt's ill-fated Northern Territory expedition in 1844. With publisher's publicity sheet loosely inserted. More
Pp. [iv]+172(last blank); dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994. First edition. More
Pictures by Peter Melnyczuk. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Orchard Books, London, 1989. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
