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
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
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. [viii]+280; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Dial Books, New York, 1993. First U.S. edition. *Joint winner of the Children's Peace Literature Award Best Book (1993) ; winner of the C hildren's B ook C ouncil of A ustralia Book of the Year Award: Older Readers (1994). 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
Pp. [iv]+140, endpaper sketch map; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Houghton Mifflin Australia, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. White 2108. 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
from Through the Looking Glass. Illustrated by Graeme Base. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly scuffed; The Macmillan Company of Australia, Melbourne, 1987. First edition thus. White (Volume 2) 804. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; narrow med. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly scuffed, with Children's Book Council of Australia Short-listed book sticker on upper board; Random House Australia, Sydney, 1995. First edition. White (Volume 3) 2136. More
Illustrations and design by J. Otto Seibold. Paper engineering by James R. Diaz. Pp. [14](including the endpapers), 7 elaborate double page coloured pop-ups, with several lift-up flaps and tab-operated movables; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards, the corners lightly bruised; Scholastic, New York, 2003. First edition. *With the original pictorial publicity... More
[Alice in Wonderland, text in Swedish, illustrated by Tove Jansson]. Pp. 112, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (a couple full page); med. 8vo; dark brown cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt, top fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges and backstrip... More
[Text in French]. Illustrees par by Nicole Claveloux. Traduits par Henri Parisot. Pp. 96(last colophon), printed in sepia and illustrated throughout in colour and sepia (several full page), pink & green endpapers; pictorial glazed papered boards, faintly soiled, corners a trifle rubbed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper... 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
A Play in Three Acts. With music by Stephen McNeff and illustrations by Yvonne Gilbert. Introduction by Richard Williams. Pp. 118, frontispiece, text illustrations (some full page), printed music; med. 8vo; dust wrapper, bookseller's sticker a t foot of front flap; Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1981. First edition. *'Translation and... More
Illustrated by Rodney McRae. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; black cloth, spine lettered in white, edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Margaret Hamilton Books, Sydney, 1988. First trade edition thus. White (Volume 2) 1558. *Originally published in the 1870s, Who Killed Cockatoo was... More
Pp. 140, double page illustration; price-clipped dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Bodley Head, London, 1978. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. [vi]+68; lower board a trifle warped; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split, backstrip slightly browned; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Heinemann, London, 1967. First edition. Pyramid Books series. More
Illustrations by Alison Kubbos. Pp. [32], printed and illustrated in colour; square 4to; pictorial papered boards; Box Press Publication, Sydney, 1996. First edition. White (Volume 3) 2229. *Winner of the APA Scholastic Award for the best designed illustrated children's book, 1997. More
Illustrated by Rodney McRae. Pp. 160, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, index; cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1987. First edition. White (Volume 2) 1625. *Anthology of stories, songs, rhymes and activities which 'reflect the... More
Pp. [44](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and spilt; bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper; Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London, 1961. First edition. *Michael Foreman's first book, with... More
Illustrated by Heather Hummel. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; med. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, edges lightly rubbed, the bottom fore-corners slightly creased; a few corners faintly creased; Sandcastle, Fremantle, 1999. More
