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. [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
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
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
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
Pp. [viii]+120; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, two tiny splits to fore-edge of upper wrapper, the lower wrapper vertically creased; Contents page faintly creased; McPhee Gribble, Melbourne, 1979. First edition. *The basis for the 1981 Australian film directed by Bruce Beresford, and for a television series first aired in 2012. This..... 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
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
