Pp. 80, illustrated in colour throughout; small oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards with CBCA Children's Book of the Year Shortlisted sticker on upper board; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2014. Second printing. *Short-listed in 2015 for the Children's Book Council of Australia awards in two categories: Picture Book of the Year... More
Illustrated by Barry Moser. Pp. 50(including the lower free endpaper), printed in red & black and illustrated in colour (mostly full page); demy 4to; qr. red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, beige papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper; Morrow Junior Books, New York, 1993. First edition. *With the author's inked presentation... More
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Illustrated by Fred Marcellino. Pp. [72], illustrated in colour throughout, dark green textured endpapers; small square 4to; 'tiger skin' patterned papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled; Michael Di Capua Books/HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1996. First edition thus. *A new edition of The Story of Little Black Sambo, in which... More
Illustrated by Diz Wallis. Pp. 80, illustrated in colour throughout (some full page); med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the laminate lifting slightly at bottom fore-corner of back panel; Kingfisher, London, 1995. First edition. *Giselle, Swan Lake, Petrushka, The Nutcracker, etc., including brief... More
Children's Anthology. With a Foreword by Field-Marshal Earl Wavell. Pp. [136], frontispiece, plus 14 plates, index; f'cap. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, the backstrip browned, torn at extremities and slightly tape marked; name in ink on upper... More
Illustrated by Penny Dann. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; roy. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Conran Octopus, London, 1990. First edition. First Activity Books series. More
Pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, endpaper map; demy 4o; pictorial papered boards, edges lightly rubbed, the upper board slightly foxed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Macdonald & Janes, London, 1976. First edition. Worlds of Yesterday series. More
A sequel to The Lord of the Rushie River. Pp. 48, coloured frontispiece and 10 full page illustrations, black & white tailpiece, pictorial endpapers printed in brown; small cr. 4to; brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, backstrip lightly faded; Blackie... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour and black & white, glossary, bibliography, index; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle scuffed; Macmillan, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1020. Aboriginal Art Series. *For younger readers. More
Illustrated by Lynda Taylor. Pp. [32] illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Viking Kestrel, Melbourne, 1987. First hardback edition. White (Volume 1) 782 *First published in paperback in 1986. More
By a Lady Long Resident in New South Wales. With an Introduction by Rosemary Wighton. Facsimile edition. Pp. xxii+216; f'cap. 8vo; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, small surface graze near centre of front panel, edges lightly rubbed and split; Jacaranda Press, Brisbane, 1979. White (Volume 2) 791. *Facsimile of the first... More
Story told by Albert Barunga. Transcription by Stephen Muecke. Illustrations by Julie Dowling. Pp. [28], illustrated in colour throughout, patterned endpapers; small post 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, the bottom fore-corners a trifle creased; Magabala Books, Broome, WA, 1999. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1075. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap. folio; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, the back panel faintly scuffed; Viking Kestrel, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 1986) on the title page, together with his small blue ink drawing of a lion. More
A Curious Mystery. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; f'cap. folio; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle rubbed at head and foot of backstrip the back panel faintly scuffed; Viking Kestrel, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. White (Volume 2) 807. *With publicity postcard loosely inserted. More
Pp. [44], illustrated throughout in colour and sepia; narrow med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, fore-corners of upper wrapper a trifle creased; Puffin Books, Melbourne, n.d.[198-]. Puffin edition, reprinted. [See White, Volume 2, 797]. *Signed on the half-title page by the author/artist. Originally published by Nelson in 1983. More
Pp. [44](including the free endpapers), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers; narrow med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. First edition. White (Volume 2) 795. *The first book written and illustrated by Graeme Base. More
Text and illustrations by Graeme Base. Paper engineering by John Baker and Keith Moseley. Pp. [18](including the endpapers), 5 coloured double page pop-ups (3 with tab operated movables), 4 double page black & white illustrations, rhyming text; narrow demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled; Penguin Books Australia... More
A tale of greed and high adventure in two acts. Pp. [40], illustrated in colour throughout, endpaper map; med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, edges lightly creased; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1992. First Australian edition. White (Volume 3) 1145. More
Pp. [48], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Penguin Books/Viking, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. White (Volume Three) 1159. *'Includes bonus music CD featuring selections form the Worst Band in the Universe Competition, written and performed by sonic manipulators and soundfield technicians from... More
Illustrated by Judith Crabtree. Pp. [24](including the endpapers), illustrated throughout in yellow & black, cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly soiled; bookseller's sticker at foot of title page; Wren, Melbourne, 1975. First edition. White (Volume 2) 823. More
Illustrated by Lisbeth Zwerger. Pp. 104(last blank), illustrated in colour throughout; wide demy 4to; turquoise cloth, lettered in red, with coloured pictorial onlay at centre of upper board; dust wrapper; within matching cloth slipcase, one side lettered in red, with die-cut section at centre revealing part of the dust wrapper... More
