Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3074. *Inscribed and signed by the author/artist (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 17.10.90) on verso of upper free endpaper. The date is when th book was officially launched in..... More
Illustrated by Walter Crane. Pp. [40], illustrated in colour throughout, patterned endpapers printed in green; small square 4to; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, with slight signs of sticker removal at foot of front flap; Green Tiger Press, New York, 1993. *The text and illustrations were selected from..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; tall demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Benchmark/Cygnet Books, in association with University of Western Australia Press, Melbourne, 1999. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3234. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page and the upper free..... More
Illustrated by Gareth Floyd. Pp. title page vignette, text illustrations (some full page); cr. 8vo; pictorial grey paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed, small staple near top fore-corner of upper wrapper; Andre Deutsch, London, 1988. Proof copy. *One of the Runners-up for the 1969 Carnegie Medal, The Night-Watchmen later won..... More
Illustrated by Gareth Floyd. Pp. 144, pictorial title page, text illustrations; post 8vo; pictorial blue paper wrappers, edges a trifle faded and rubbed, bottom fore-corner of lower wrapper slightly creased; bottom fore-corner of several leaves faintly creased, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1971. Uncorrected Proof..... More
A novel. Pp. [vi]+186(last blank), 2 text illustrations; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned, a little light foxing; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3242. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page..... More
A novel. Pp. [vi]+186(last blank), 2 text illustrations; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; William Heinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. *Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year for Older Readers, 1991. More
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2004. First edition. *Robert Ingpen is the only Australian to have won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for illustration. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2003. Paperback edition. White (Volume 3) 3298. *With publisher's publicity sheet for this edition loosely inserted. First published in 1999; winner of the Australian Publishers Association Design Award in 2000, and a Children's Book Council..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards with Children's Book Council of Australia Notable Book sticker near bottom fore-corner of upper board, the upper board featuring several die-cuts in the style of a kaleidoscope viewer which reveal the title on the page beneath; Lothian, Melbourne..... More
Pp. 48, illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered board, the top fore-corners bumped, and with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; top fore-corners of leaves faintly creased; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2000. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3303. More
Pp. [iv]+172(last blank); dust wrapper, faintly scuffed; Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994. First edition. More
Illustrated by Charles Keeping. Pp. 216(last blank), text illustrations; demy 8vo; patterned orange paper wrappers, edges slightly rubbed, top fore-corner of lower wrapper creased; several leaves lightly creased; Macmillan, London, 1965. Uncorrected Proof Copy. *The story is based on a medieval poem. More
Pictures by Peter Melnyczuk. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Orchard Books, London, 1989. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; pictorial papered boards; Tate Gallery, London, 2014. First U.K. edition. *With the author/artist's signed inscription [to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin] in red pencil on the upper free endpaper. Beneath her inscription, Kitty Crowther has drawn in coloured pencil a sketch of Mia reading a...... More
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; small demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; WilliamHeinemann Australia, Melbourne, 1988. First Australian edition. More
A story for children about a family's holiday spent on an Australian sheep station. With illustrations by leading Australian artists . . .. Foreword by Sir Robert Menzies. Pp. [48], illustrated in colour and black & white (several full page), artist biographies; square 4to; pictorial boards, slightly soiled, corners a...... More
Illustrated by Terry Denton. Pp. [ii]+138+[2](advertisements), headpiece decorations; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1990. First edition. White (Volume 3) 3448. *A Roger Thesaurus book. With the author's signed inscription to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin on verso of upper free endpaper. More
Illustrated by David Pearson. Pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; small square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 2031. More
His Life in Africa. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorative initials printed in red & blue; wide post 4to; bottom fore-corner of boards a trifle rubbed; price-clipped dust wrapper, the laminate lifting at a coupler of points, short closed tear from top edge into back panel; Chatto & Windus, London, 1959..... More
His Life in China. His Life in China. Pp. [48], photographic illustrations, decorations printed in yellow & blue; wide post 4to; corner of boards slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly foxed on reverse, the laminate lifting at a couple of points, backstrip slightly faded; small tear near top fore-corner of..... More
Pp. [48], black & white photographic illustrations by the author, the title and several text decorations printed in blue; wide demy 4to; cloth backed pictorial glazed papered boards, spine slightly faded and foxed; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper free endpaper; AndrewDakers, London, n.d.[1950s]. First edition? More
Illustrated by John Richards. Pp. [32](including the endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; wide demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, the lower board faintly marked; Golden Press, Sydney, 1970. First edition. An Australian Golden Book. Muir 1896. More
