Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Picture Corgi Books, London, 1999. Paperback edition, sixth impression. *Winner of the Kurt Maschler Award in 1998, this copy is inscribed and signed by the author/artist on the title page: 'For dear Albert' [Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin]..... More
Pp. 254, tinted frontispiece; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in navy, boards slightly canted and soiled, the edges rubbed, with a light surface graze to fore-edge of upper board, the spine cloth faintly faded and creased; hinges tender, scattered light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press, London..... More
Pp. 252+[4](advertisements), frontispiece; pictorial green cloth, lettered and decorated in brown & black, faintly soiled, top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised, tiny puncture to lower board near head of spine; dust wrapper [number 244 printed at foot of backstrip], slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly creased and rubbed..... More
Pp. 256, frontispiece by J. F. Campbell; beige cloth, spine lettered in black and faded to light brown, edges slightly rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1957) at head of upper free endpaper, the half-title page offset, a little light foxing; Ward Lock &..... More
Illustrated by J. Macfarlane. Pp. 250+[6](advertisements), frontispiece, plus 2 plates; cr. 8vo; olive green pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in red & black, boards lightly flecked and marked, edges a trifle rubbed, spine faintly faded; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, ink gift inscription on upper free endpaper, hinges..... More
Illustrated by J. MacFarlane. Pp. 312(last blank)+[8](advertisements), frontispiece plus 3 plates; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in black, a trifle soiled and slightly silverfished; dust wrapper [number 242 printed at foot of backstrip], worn and silverfished, lightly soiled and foxed, the edges and backstrip heavily chipped and with a...... More
Pp. 192, frontispiece; red cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards a trifle warped, spine faded; price-clipped dust wrapper [number 251 printed at foot of backstrip], edges slightly rubbed and split, the back panel faintly soiled; three small name stamps on upper endpapers (one upside down), the free endpapers slightly..... More
Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell, pictorial dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in black, flecked (especially the upper board) and slightly soiled; long Sunday School prize inscription (dated 1939) on upper pastedown, a little light foxing and occasional faint soiling; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited..... More
Pp. 108(last advertisement), frontispiece plus 3 full page text illustrations by Esther Paterson, pastedown advertisements; pictorial cloth over card, slightly sprung, the cloth a trifle creased and flecked, edges lightly rubbed; inked gift inscription (dated 1924) on the half-title page, hinges starting, very faint blue pencilled colouring to frontispiece, corners..... More
Pp. 248(last blank)+[8](advertisements), frontispiece plus 3 plates; pictorial dull olive green cloth, slightly soiled and rubbed, edges lightly worn, corners a trifle frayed; Sunday School prize bookplate on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers faintly offset, hinges tender at a couple of points, corners of a few leaves faintly creased..... More
Pp. 234(last colophon), frontispiece; light blue cloth, lettered in black, slightly soiled and scuffed, edges lightly worn; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, inked gift inscription (dated 1928) on upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, hinges tender at a couple of points, the final blank lightly creased, scattered..... More
Pp. 256, frontispiece plus 7 plates by Balliol Salmon; red cloth, lettered and decorated in black, boards a trifle canted, faintly soiled and flecked, edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded; price-clipped dust wrapper [number 239 printed at foot of backstrip], slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a few small..... More
Illustrated by J. Macfarlane. Pp. 252+[4](advertisements), frontispiece plus 2 plates; dark green cloth, lettered and decorated in black, the lower board faintly scuffed, edges slightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with several small tears; inked number at head of upper free endpaper, the..... More
Pp. 254+[2](advertisements), frontispiece plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell; pictorial cloth light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in black, a trifle foxed and lightly flecked, small chip to top edge of upper board; minimal remains (back flap only) of dust wrapper; inked gift inscription (date 1940) to upper free..... More
Pp. 256, frontispiece plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell; pictorial olive green cloth, edges a trifle rubbed, spine cloth faintly creased; price-clipped dust wrapper [number 256 printed near foot of backstrip], foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split; bookseller's stamp and Sunday School prize inscription (dated 1934) on upper free..... More
Pp. 256(last blank), frontispiece plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in black, the upper board a trifle foxed, spine cloth faintly creased; dust wrapper [number 261 printed at foot of backstrip], worn and slightly soiled, edges and backstrip heavily silverfished, the back flap..... More
Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell; pictorial light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in darker brown; dust wrapper [number 260 printed near foot of backstrip], silverfished (heavily on backstrip, causing some loss of titling), slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back flap..... More
Pp. 252+[4](advertisements), frontispiece plus 3 plates; pictorial beige cloth, lettered and decorated in red & black, lightly soiled and worn, fore-corners and spine extremities slightly frayed; free endpapers offset, hinge starting near centre, a couple of tiny edge splits, short closed tear to fore-edge margin pp. 113/4, corners of a...... More
An anthology of Australian prose. Selected and edited by Donald McLachlan. Pp. viii+296, biographies; olive green cloth, lettered in darker green, soiled and flecked, edges and spine browned and worn; pencilled ownership inscription on upper pastedown and annotation on lower pastedown, the free endpapers lightly offset, small surface graze to..... More
Pp. [12](including the covers), illustrated in colour throughout; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, tiny stain near centre of lower board; Macmillan Children's Books, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. *A board picture book, with no text. More
Pp. [12](including the covers), illustrated in colour throughout; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered card; Macmillan Children's Books, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. *A board picture book, with no text. More
Pp. [32](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; tall post 4to; boards a trifle marked, corners lightly worn; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; inked inscription (dated 1956) at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Lothrop..... More
Pp. [viii]+136(last blank), text illustrations, pictorial endpapers; cr. 4to; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, lightly worn; a couple of spots of foxing; The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1971. First edition. Muir 1195. *Story of a family living in Melbourne in the 1860s. More
Illustrated by David Christiana. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; impl. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper; Koala Books, Sydney, 1997. First Australian edition. More
With twenty-one line drawings by Fulvio Testa. Pp. 120, frontispiece, plus 20 full page illustrations, marbled endpapers; small cr. 4to; edges of boards slightly flecked and rubbed, the bottom fore-corner of lower board lightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed, with small tape repair to short split at..... More