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
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
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial papered boards, faintly scuffed; Collins, London, 2004. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist [to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 25/10/05 ] on the upper free endpaper: 'For Albert ... A little light reading for your retirement!' Beneath his signature..... More
Five fairy stories. Pp. [viii]+280, pictorial headpieces; small cr. 8vo; black cloth, lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards slightly canted, faint bruise to fore-edge centre of lower board; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; Chatto & Windus, London, 1994. First edition. *Signed by the author (dated January 5th 1995)..... 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
Pp. [48], illustrated in colour and sepia throughout, leaf patterned endpapers; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2001. First edition. *Inscribed by author and illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page. A short story in graphic novel form, with text by Carmody illustrated by Steven..... 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
The 125th Anniversary Edition. Illustrated by Pixie O'Harris. Pp. 128, 14 full page line drawings, silhouette text decorations; small cr. 4to; pictorial paper wrappers; Carroll Foundation, Melbourne, 1990. First edition thus. *The drawings are intended to be coloured-in by the owner, and the book includes 6 blank leaves for extra..... 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
A Life and a Death in Four Parts, One Hundred and Seventeen Bits, Six Running Reports and Two Press Clippings, with a few jokes, a puzzle or three, some footnotes and a fiasco now and then to help the story along. Pp. 254; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle..... More
