Childrens Books
AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAIRIES.
Hobgoblins, brownies, bogies, and other supernatural creatures. Pp. xiv+482, 16 plates, text illustrations, book lit, index of types and motifs; med. 8vo; black cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges a trifle rubbed and split, the front flap vertically creased; bookseller's sticker at foot of... More
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. More
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... More
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... More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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..... More
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... More
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. More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
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. More
POPPY PIG GOES TO MARKET.
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), full page coloured illustrations, the title page printed in green & black, cherry patterned endpapers; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly soiled; Methuen, London, 1981. First U.K. edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 19.9.1981) on the title page. More
WHEN I'M BIG.
Pp. [26], full page coloured illustrations, the title page printed in red & black; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled, the top fore-corners lightly bruised; Methuen, London, 1981. First U.K. edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 19.9.1981) on verso of upper board. More
HUFF PUFF HICKORY HILL.
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