Pp. 256(last blank), frontispiece by J. F. Campbell; cr. 8vo; olive green cloth, spine lettered in navy, boards a trifle canted, both top fore-corners and bottom edge of upper board slightly bruised, the lower board faintly marked; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and split, the back panel faintly soiled;..... More

Pp. 256, frontispiece, plus 3 plates by J. F. Campbell; cr. 8vo; pictorial light brown cloth, lettered and decorated in darker brown, edges of boards a trifle rubbed, fore-corners faintly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper [number 260 printed near foot of backstrip], slightly foxed, lightly rubbed and chipped, the back panel..... 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; Macmillan Children's Books, London, 1983. First U.K. edition. *A board picture book, with no text. 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

About books for children and young adults. Poster, illustrated in black & white and lettered in green; 61 cm x 41.5, including margins; Horn Book, New York, 1988. Edition limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by the artist. *From its foundation in 1924, The Horn Book magazine retained a similar..... More

Translated from the French by Robert Linker. Drawings by Charles Keeping. Pp. 112(last blank), illustrations (some full page), glossary; narrow demy 8vo; pale blue paper wrappers, lettered and decorated in black, lightly foxed, edges slightly faded and rubbed, tiny snag at head of backstrip; corners of a few leaves faintly..... More

With illustrations by M.A.C. Pp. 32, chromolithographic frontispiece, title page and text illustrations throughout, floral patterned endpapers; small cr. 4to; blue cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn; lower hinge starting, early inked gift inscription in the intended place on the first page, beneath the printed..... More

Pictures by Nancy Ekholm Burkert. Pp. [x]+148+[2](blank, colophon), pictorial double title page, plus numerous text illustrations; pictorial boards, lightly foxed, fore-corners a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and slightly chipped, with signs of sticker removal (including small surface graze) to backstrip and front panel..... More

Pp. 48, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; tall cr. 4to; pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; outer leaves faintly offset; Collins, London, 1973. First edition. *Stories based on a fifteenth century chapbook, The Foles of Gotyam. More

A collection of modern verse by Australian children. Pp. 88(last blank), index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lightly browned; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Lowden Publishing Co., Kilmore, Victoria, 1969. First edition. More

Illustrated by Victor G. Ambrus. Pp. [vi]+208(last blank), text illustrations, full page map; boards a trifle canted, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edge of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges slightly creased and with thin strips of the original lamination remaining on reverse, the flaps a trifle..... More