COLUMBIA SNEEZES!
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.
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WISHBONE.
Pictures by Kilmeny Niland. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards; signs of bookplate or label removal from upper pastedown; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, 2002. First edition. *With folded publicity sheet loosely inserted.
THE SNOWMAN.
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.
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS.
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...
PASTURES OF THE BLUE CRANE.
Illustrated by Annette Macarthur-Onslow. Pp. [iv]+224(last blank), frontispiece, plus text illustrations; inner edges of boards a trifle flecked; price-clipped dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, lower pastedowns offset from a loosely inserted newscutting (extant); Oxford University Press, London, 1964. First edition. Muir 978. *Signed by the...
BIANCA & ROJA.
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.
EVERYWHERE.
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.
KISSING THE RAIN.
Pp. 336(including advertisements); faint bruise to fore-edge of upper board; dust wrapper; The Chicken House, Frome, Somerset, 2002. First edition.
LUCAS.
Pp. 362(last blank); dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; The Chicken House, Frome, Somerset, 2003. First edition.
DRAWN FROM THE HEART.
A memoir. Pp. viii+328, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; med. 8vo; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the lower board faintly scuffed; dust wrapper; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 2010. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author, dated 9 December 2010, on the half-title page. The inscription...
THE GARDEN OF EDENS.
Illustrated by Roderick Shaw. Pp. [vi]+34(last blank)+[2](colophon, printed in red, the verso blank), hand-coloured frontispiece, plus 7 full page linocuts printed in various single colours, and numerous line drawings, the title page printed in red & black; cr. 4to; bound by Leo Cullin in floral patterned linen with printed paper.....
INTO THE FOREST.
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour and black & white; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper; Walker Books, London, 2004. First edition. *Anthony Browne has won the Kate Greenaway Medal twice and the Kurt Maschler Award three times. In 2000, he received the highest international honour for...
THE SHAPE GAME.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Picture Corgi, London, 2004. First Corgi edition. *Originally published by Doubleday in 2003.
THE TUNNEL.
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Julia MacRae Books, London, 1989. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the verso of the upper free endpaper.
DIMSIE - HEAD GIRL.
Pp. 232, coloured frontispiece, plus black & white title page vignette and 4 full page illustrations, pictorial series endpapers; blue cloth, spine lettered in black, boards a trifle sprung, with a little light foxing and mottled faded, the lower board slightly tape marked, spine lightly faded; top edges blue; dust...
DIMSIE GOES TO SCHOOL.
Pp. 262; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in navy, the boards a trifle soiled and bowed, fore-corners bruised, tiny surface graze at head of spine; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of closed tears; the free endpapers lightly offset, upper free endpaper slightly...
DIMSIE MOVES UP.
Pp. 254, coloured frontispiece, black & white decorative border to title page; yellow cloth, lettered and decorated in green & black with a pattern of swans, the boards faintly soiled, spine slightly foxed and faintly creased; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, the edges rubbed and slightly chipped, with...
THAT BOARDING-SCHOOL GIRL.
Illustrated by R. H. Brock. Pp. [iii]-190, coloured frontispiece, plus 4 full page black & white text illustrations; red cloth, lettered and decorated in black & blind, faintly soiled; dust wrapper, edges rubbed and silverfished, with a few small chips and tears, the back panel slightly soiled; lacking the half-title...
FROM BILLABONG TO LONDON.
Pp. 320, frontispiece, plus 7 plates; beige cloth, spine and upper board lettered and decorated in black, a trifle soiled and flecked, edges lightly rubbed, fore-corners of boards slightly bruised; the free endpapers lightly offset, hinges starting, the lower hinge cracked, corners of a few leaves faintly creased, a little...
B IS FOR BEAR.
An ABC by Dick Bruna. Pp. [57](including recto of lower free endpaper), illustrated in colour throughout; small f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, bottom fore-corner of upper board very faintly bruised; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; Methuen Children's Books, London, 1973. Second U.K. edition, reprinted. *Inscribed and...
GOOD MORNING.
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.
GOOD MORNING.
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.
GOOD NIGHT.
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.
MIFFY IS PLAYING!
Pp. [16](including verso of boards and four shaped leaves), illustrated in colour throughout, with brief text; small square 4to; pictorial glazed card with rounded fore-corners, a trifle soiled, edges slightly rubbed; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, 1997. First Australian edition. Flip-book series.
MIFFY'S BICYCLE.
Pp. [28], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial upper endpaper; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Sydney, 2001. Australian edition, reprinted. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the upper pastedown.