Pp. 242+[14](advertisements), frontispiece, plus 7 plates; cr. 4to; light brown pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in black & brown, slightly soiled; the free endpapers lightly offset, hinge starting near centre, corners of a few leaves slightly creased, a little light foxing; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1923. First edition..... More
Pp. [172], illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2005. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 19.5.05) on verso of upper wrapper. Born in London, Neil Curtis (1950-2006) emigrated to..... More
Pp. [x]+198(last blank); beige cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; Clarion Books, New York, 1996. First edition. More
Pp. [vi]+122; qr. tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt, brown papered boards, upper board decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin, New York, n.d.[1995]. Second impression. *Winner of the Newbery Medal in 1996. More
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; small demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; WilliamHeinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1988. First Australian edition. More
A story for children about a family's holiday spent on an Australian sheep station. With illustrations by leading Australian artists . . .. Foreword by Sir Robert Menzies. Pp. [48], illustrated in colour and black & white (several full page), artist biographies; square 4to; pictorial boards, slightly soiled, corners a...... More
With illustrations by George Arnold, Max Middleton, Dudley Drew, Betty Paterson, Ambrose Griffin, Esther Paterson. Foreword by Dame Pattie Menzies. Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour and black & white; pictorial papered boards; a trifle foxed and soiled; Herald Gravure, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. Muir 1870. *Signed by..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; narrow demy 4to; bottom edge of boards lightly shelf worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, a little faint soiling and offsetting, edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Dennis Dobson, London, 1969. Second impression. *The story of..... More
Illustrated by Terry Denton. Pp. [ii]+138+[2](advertisements), headpiece decorations; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3448. *A Roger Thesaurus book. With the author's signed inscription to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin on verso of upper free endpaper. More
Featuring "Glen's Recipes". Illustrated by David Pearson. Pp. [ii]+136, title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page); pictorial glazed papered boards; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1984. First edition. *'Ernest Pickle, loner and computer whiz-kid, builds himself a robot, Glen, whose talents include cookery and home renovation' [publisher's blurb]. More
Illustrated by David Pearson. Pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 2031. More
His Life in Africa. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorative initials printed in red & blue; wide post 4to; bottom fore-corner of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, the laminate lifting at a coupler of points, short closed tear from top edge into back panel; Chatto & Windus, London, 1959..... More
His Life in China. His Life in China. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorations printed in yellow & blue; wide post 4to; corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, the laminate lifting at a couple of points, backstrip slightly faded; small tear near top fore-corner of..... More
Pp. [48], black & white photographic illustrations by the author, the title and several text decorations printed in blue; wide demy 4to; cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, spine slightly faded and foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; AndrewDakers, London, n.d.[1950s]. First edition? More
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Pp. [96], comic strip format, illustrated throughout, the pictorial title page printed in red & black; tall cr. 4to; tape backed pictorial glazed paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed; hinges tender, a little faint foxing and soiling; D. C. Thomson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, 1981. *Originally drawn by cartoonist Dudley..... More
A Selection from Victorian Children's books. With an Introduction by Elizabeth James. Pp. 126, frontispiece, text illustrations, floral patterned endpapers; small cr. 4to; red cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, edges chipped and split; publisher's ink stamp on verso of title page, occasional slight..... More
Illustrated by Leonard Vosburgh. Pp. 128, title page vignette, text illustrations (some full, one double page); pictorial papered boards, a trifle canted, the spine extremities lightly bruised; dust wrapper, back panel slightly soiled; pages browned; Nelson, New York, 1960. Weekly Reader Children's Book Club edition. More
Variations on a Folk Rhyme. Pictures by Brinton Turkle. Pp. [40], illustrated throughout in red, brown, & black, printed music; small oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards, the spine a trifle bruised at extremities; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel slightly soiled; upper pastedown slightly buckled;..... More
An Anthology of Native American Tales and Legends. With decorations by Donald Crews. Pp. x+214(last blank), decorations printed in grey & black, notes and sources; qr. red/brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, beige papered boards, the upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; small square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; Scholastic, London, 1988. English edition. More
Pictures by P. J. Gouldthorpe. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards with Children's Book Council of Australia Honour Book sticker on upper wrapper; Walter McVitty Books, Brisbane, 1992. Paperback edition, second impression. See White (Volume 3) 3552, footnote. *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator..... More
Pictures by P. J. Gouldthorpe. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly scuffed; Walter McVitty Books, Sydney, 1991. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3551. *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on verso of half-title page. Illustrated version of a...... More
Story and Drawings by Donald G. Dent. Pp. 56(including the free endpapers), illustrated (some full page); demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly soiled and worn, corners lightly bruised; child's ownership inscriptions on lower endpapers, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; D. G. Dent, 1971. First edition. *Not..... More
Text by Tomie de Paola. Pp. [64], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; large oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Addison House/Black Ice Publishers, Danbury, N.H., 1978. *The black & white photographs are by the Canadian artist B. A. King; the coloured illustrations are..... More
