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. xii+270(last colophon)+[6](advertisements), frontispiece with tissue guard, title page vignette and text illustrations (several full page), decorative initials, patterned endpapers; pictorial grey cloth over bevelled boards, lettered and decorated in gilt, black & blind, slightly soiled and flecked, the edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly chipped at extremities; inked gift inscription..... 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
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
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
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
An 1865 printing re-described and newly identified as the Publisher's "File Copy". With a revised and expanded Census of the Suppressed 1865 "Alice" compiled by Selwyn H. Goodacre. To which is added, a short-title index identifying and locating the original preliminary drawings by John Tenniel for Alice and Looking-Glass, catalogued... 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
Texte de Caumery. Illustrations de J.-P. Pinchon. [Text in French]. Pp. [ii]+62, illustrated in colour throughout; narrow roy. 4to; cloth backed pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled, edges lightly worn, spine lightly chipped at extremities; text block browned, hinge starting near centre, tiny chip to bottom edge pp. 15/6, occasional slight... 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
