THE CLINKER.
Pp. [iv]+140, endpaper sketch map; edges of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper; Houghton Mifflin Australia, Melbourne, 1989. First edition. White 2108. More
Childrens Books
THE WISE MEN OF GOTHAM.
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
ALICE IN POP-UP WONDERLAND.
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
ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND.
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
THE RHYTHM OF OUR FOOTSTEPS.
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
MADATAN.
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
THE BALLAD OF AUCASSIN AND NICOLETTE.
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
WHO KILLED COCKATOO?
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
BREAKTIME.
Pp. 140, double page illustration; price-clipped dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Bodley Head, London, 1978. First edition. *Signed by the author on the title page. More
CYCLE SMASH.
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
DANCE ON MY GRAVE.
A Life and a Death in Four Parts, One Hundred and Seventeen Bits, Six Running Reports and Two Press Clippings, with a few jokes, a puzzle or three, some footnotes and a fiasco now and then to help the story along. Pp. 254; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle..... More
THE MOTHER'S GIFT.
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
COCKATOO SOUP.
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
ANGEL IN A GUM TREE.
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
PETER PAN'S POSTBAG.
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
WINGS.
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, tiny scratch near centre of upper board; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 2004. First edition. *The dedicatee's copy. Inscribed and signed by author and illustrator on the title page. The inscriptions are to Melbourne Bookseller Albert Ullin, to whom the book..... More
THE SHAMAN'S APPRENTICE.
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
CHILDREN'S STORIES FROM TENNYSON.
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
HUSKIES.
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
THE POT BELLY BEARS.
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
BOX AND COX.
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
GUJI-GUJI.
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
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
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
AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
A select list. Pp. 32, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1962. Second edition. More
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN.
A select list. Pp. 92, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1966. Fourth edition. More