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
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
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. [49](including recto of the lower free endpaper), illustrated in colour throughout; pictorial papered boards; Tate Gallery, London, 2015. 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 sketched in coloured pencil..... 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. 242+[14](advertisements), frontispiece, plus 7 plates; cr. 4to; light brown pictorial cloth, lettered and decorated in black & brown, slightly soiled; the free endpapers lightly offset, hinge starting near centre, corners of a few leaves slightly creased, a little light foxing; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, London, 1923. First edition..... More
Pp. [x]+198(last blank); beige cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; price-clipped dust wrapper; Clarion Books, New York, 1996. First edition. 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
With illustrations by George Arnold, Max Middleton, Dudley Drew, Betty Paterson, Ambrose Griffin, Esther Paterson. Foreword by Dame Pattie Menzies. Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour and black & white; f'cap. 4to; pictorial papered boards; pages faintly browned; Herald Gravure, Melbourne, 1967. First edition. Muir 1870. *Signed by..... 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
Illustrated by John Richards. Pp. [22](including the pastedowns), illustrated in colour or part-colour throughout; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; title page faintly soiled; Golden Press, Sydney, 1970. First edition. An Australian Golden Book. Muir 1894. More
