Early English lotto game, manufactured in Germany. Comprising: six coloured lithographed oblong card sheets, 18.3 cm. x 23.5 cm., each incorporating eight removable pictorial disks representing the native animals of the different continents; contained within the original card box with decorative sides and pictorial title label on lid, edges of... More
With illustrations by Hans Poppel. Translated by Robert and Rita Kimber. Pp. [24](including the endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; small oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Barron's Educational Series, Inc., New York, 1985. First English language edition. *Originally published in Germany in 1984. More
Translated by Gunnar Poulsen. Pp. [vi]+186; bottom fore-corner of upper board bumped; med. 8vo; price-clipped dust wrapper, the front flap vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; Anthoensen Press, New York, 1975. First U.S. edition. *Originally written for Ethiopian children and first published in East Africa. Cecil... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, the top fore-corners lightly soiled and worn; Nelson, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. White (Volume 2) 958. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 16th October, 1981) on the title page. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, tiny closed tear to front panel near backstrip; Viking Kestrel Australia, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1493. More
Illustrated by Madeleine Winch. Pp. [36], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; small demy 4to; boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, short split at head of front flap fold; Angus & Robertson, London, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 967. More
Illustrated by Bob Pickup. Pp. [28], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, corners a trifle rubbed, the upper wrapper faintly scratched; Goobooks, Sydney, 1996. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1591. More
Introduction by Gerald Gottlieb. Pp. 56, oblong 4to; navy cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1981. First U.K. edition thus. *Originally published in Paris in 1896. 'The French text written by Boutet de Monvel was first translated into English in 1897, by A.... More
Illustrated by Kim Gamble. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled; Puffin Books, Melbourne, 1997. First edition. White 8711. More
Illustrated by Rowan Barnes Murphy. Pp. [iv]+52, illustrated; pictorial glazed papered boards; Piccadilly Press, London, 1989. *The second book in the Bluebeards series. More
Illustrated by Chris Riddell. Pp. [132](including the endpapers and a folding central spread), illustrated in colour throughout; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards; Canongate, London, 2014. First edition. Russell Brand's Trickster Tales series. *The comedian's first book for children. The illustrator, Chris Riddell, has won numerous awards, including two Kate Greenaway... More
Pp. [28], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial pastedowns; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Thomas C. Lothian, Melbourne, 2003. First edition. More
Illustrated by Jane Tanner. Pp. [36](including the free endpapers), illustrated throughout in colour and occasional black & white; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2017. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author and the artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the dedication page. Loosely inserted... More
Illustrated by Maurice Sendak. Translated from the German by Doris Orgel. Pp. 144, numerous black & white illustrations (several full page), coloured pictorial endpapers; small cr. 4to; qr. teal cloth, spine lettered in black and decorated in gilt, black papered boards, upper board decorated in teal & blind, faintly scuffed... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; small post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; pencilled gift inscription on upper free endpaper; Omnibus/Scholastic Australia, Sydney, 2008.First edition. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, no text; tall demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, the top fore-corners faintly creased; Puffin Books, London, 1987. Reprinted. More
Pp. [48], illustrated in colour throughout, mostly in comic-strip format; tall demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, corners slightly creased, original Australian price sticker on lower wrapper; Penguin Books, London, 1983. Paperback edition. *Graphic novel, described by the publishers as Raymond Briggs 'first "adult" book'. The... More
Illustrations by Andrew McLean. Pp. 108, frontispiece, text illustrations; pictorial glazed papered boards, fore-corners and head of spine slightly bruised; dust wrapper; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1702. More
Pp. [28], illustrated in colour throughout; wide post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle scuffed; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. White (Volume 3) 1708. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 2000) on the title page. After the inscription, Broekstra has drawn a.... More
[Text in German]. Pp. [26](including the lower free endpaper), illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, edges faintly scuffed; K. Thienemann, Stuttgart, 1982. Second impression. *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated April 1989), on the title page. Above his signature Reinhard... More
Pp. [vi]+70; qr. blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, pale grey patterned papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper; Harper & Row, New York, 1990. First edition. More
Pp. 336(including advertisements); faint bruise to fore-edge of upper board; dust wrapper; The Chicken House, Frome, Somerset, 2002. First edition. More
