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. [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
Pp. 128; demy 8vo; printed blue paper wrappers, slightly soiled, the top fore-corners lightly creased, backstrip slightly rubbed; text block browned; The Bodley Head, London, 1983. Uncorrected proof copy. *For his 'lasting contribution to children's literature', Aidan Chambers was awarded the biennial international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2002. More
By A Lady. Pp. 16 (including wrappers), illustrated with 12 woodcut vignettes plus a larger woodcut on the lower wrapper; 48mo; pale yellow self wrappers, stabbed & tied, faintly faded and soiled, with early [York] bookseller's stamp ( J. H. Carr, printer & stationer, 31 Fossgate) on the upper wrapper..... 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
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
Letters to Pauline Chase. With illustrations by Albert Rothenstein. Pp. xvi+[16](facsimile letters)+64, coloured frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, black & white pictorial title page and numerous text illustrations, folding map of The Never Never Land at end; light brown pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in red, white & black, slightly..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; fore-corners slightly bruised, with a couple of tiny indentations to upper board; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2004. First edition. *Although there are no ownership markings, this copy is from the collection the dedicatee, Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin. More
'Let us set off again'. Illustrated by Brian Wildsmith. Pp. [x]+180, title page vignette, text illustrations (one double page), pictorial head & tailpieces; demy 8vo; maroon cloth, spine lettered in silver, boards a trifle sprung, edges slightly rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges chipped and split, with small pieces..... More
A Tale of the Amazon Rain Forest. Illustrated by Lynne Cherry. Pp. [40](including the endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with publisher's publicity sticker on front panel; Harcourt, Brace & Company, San Diego, CA, 1998. First edition. More
Illustrations by John H. Bacon, Arthur Dixon & others. Edited by Edric Vredenburg. Pp. 122+[4](pictorial advertisements), 8 coloured plates (including frontispiece), black & white full page portrait of Tennyson and numerous text illustrations; small cr. 4to; cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and slightly..... More
Polar Sledge Dogs. Pp. 42(including the lower free endpaper), illustrated in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers, 2 maps, glossary, further reading list, index; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Margaret Hamilton Books, Sydney, 1994. First edition. White (Volume 3) 2332. More
Illustrated by Lezlie Tilley. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; small demy 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1987. First edition. White (Volume 2) 1653. *Signed by the illustrator on verso of half-title page. More
Illustrated by David Small. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; qr. cream cloth, spine lettered in black, red papered boards, upper board decorated in black, with a faint indentation to upper board near top fore-corner; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Bradbury Press, New York, 1990. First U.S...... More
Pp. [viii]+230(last colophon), frontispiece; cr. 8vo; orange/red cloth, lettered and decorated in black, bottom fore-corners slightly rubbed, small faded patch at foot of spine, the cloth a trifle bubbled along fore-edge of lower board; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges rubbed and split, with a few short closed tears;..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, black & white pictorial endpapers; narrow demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; inked gift inscriptions on verso of upper free endpaper; Gecko Press, Wellington, 2006. First New Zealand edition. *Chih-Yuan Chen, three-time winner of the prestigious Hain Yi Picture Book Award, is an illustrator and..... More
Pp. 38 (including wrappers), illustrations, index; pictorial paper wrappers, tiny chip at head of backstrip, short closed tear from top edge into front panel; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1967. Third edition. More
A select list. Pp. 32, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1962. Second edition. More
A select list. Pp. 92, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1966. Fourth edition. More
A broken run of 115 issues, from December 27th, 1924 to December 18th, 1948. Comprising numbers 1, 791, 2,004-015, 2,018, 2,021-23, 2,025-29, 2,031-32, 2,034-36, 2,038-39, 2,041-42, 2,044, 2,209-11, 2,213-20, 2,222-25, 2,229, 2,231-42, 2,244-46, 2,248-54, 2,256-60, 2,313-18, 2,323-32, 2,335-36, 2,338-41, 2,344-47, 2,350-53, 2,355-61, 2,623, 2,646, 2,826, 2,829, 2,833, 2,851. Each issue..... More
Illustrated by Florence Choate and Elizabeth Curtis. Pp. xiv+240, illustrated throughout (several full page), index of titles and first lines; demy 4to; red papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, slightly creased and scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots..... More
Illustrated by Paul Lantz. Pp. 144(last blank), title page vignette, plus text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers printed in brown; f'cap. 4to; turquoise cloth, lettered and decorated in black, a trifle soiled, corners faintly bruised; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple..... More
Written by Jadwiga Mary Clark. Illustrated by Rodford Belcher. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. White (Volume 2) 1705. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the upper free endpaper. More
A Fantasy. Designed & illustrated by George Sharp. With Typography by Ken Wilson. Pp. [vii]+89, illustrated in colour throughout (some double page); tall demy 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board in blind; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1986. First Australian edition. *'A..... More