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. 256, frontispiece by J. F. Campbell; blue cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards slightly canted and faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed, small faded patches to spine extremities; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed and soiled, edges rubbed and chipped, the backstrip torn, with pieces missing from head and foot..... 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
Pp. 256, frontispiece; orange cloth, spine lettered in black, the boards a trifle canted, lower board slightly soiled; dust wrapper [number 246 printed at foot of backstrip], faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; a little foxing; Ward Lock & Co., Limited, London, n.d.[c. 195-?]. This edition not in Muir..... More
Pp. 252, frontispiece by J. F. Campbell; yellow cloth, spine lettered in blue, the boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper [number 257 printed at foot of backstrip], slightly foxed on reverse, edges a trifle rubbed; name and date (1962) in ink at head of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves..... 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
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
Pp. 184, pictorial double title page, text illustrations; top fore-corner of boards slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small tears; text block slightly browned; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Paul Hamlyn, Sydney, 1974. Paul Hamlyn Action series. White..... More
Illustrated by Randolph Caldecott. Series Editor: Elizabeth Rudd. Pp. [20], illustrated in colour and black & white; oblong 4tgo; pictorial glazed papered boards, edges a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, back panel faintly soiled; Hutchinson, London, 1987. Golden Classics series. More
Pictures by Roger Duvoisin. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour and black & white, cr. 4to; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, the free endpapers faintly offset, a little light foxing; Wordsworth Editions, Kingswood, Surrey, 1963. U.K. edition. More
Pp. [x]+194(last blank), title and headpiece decorations; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper (illustration by Trina Schart Hyman), slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; edges of leaves lightly foxed; E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., New York, 1973. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on..... 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
Illustrated by Declan Lee. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Penguin/Viking, Melbourne, 2006. Second printing. More
A post-apocalyptic fairy tale. Pp. 134(last colophon), illustrated in colour throughout; pictorial papered boards, a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; Windy Hollow Books/Helen Chamberlin, Melbourne, 2015. First edition. *Graphic novel, inscribed and signed by the illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page. With related ephemera..... More
