The Family Amuser. The best child's picture book in the world. To delight the children and make home happier. First published 1879. The family favourite for over 100 years. Collected and arranged by 'Professor' Cole. Pp. 200, printed in sepia, profusely illustrated, including 12 pages in colour, patterned endpapers; small..... More
Illustrated by Peter Solomon. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; The Macmillan Company of Australia, Melbourne, 1988. New edition. White (Volume 2) 1843. *First published in the Southern Cross (Macmillan) series, in 1987. More
Illustrated by Vera Jarman. Pp. x+170, frontispiece, plus 5 full page illustrations; cr. 8vo; blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, the boards a trifle sprung, bottom fore-corners faintly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges lightly creased and split; the free endpapers slightly offset, a couple of tiny edge..... More
Pictures by Laszlo Gal. Pp. 40, illustrated in colour throughout; small demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; MethuenChildren's Books, London, 1986. First U.K. edition. *First published in America in 1985. *Born in Hungary in 1933, Laszlo Gal emigrated to Canada during the Hungarian Revolution. He has illustrated over 40 books..... More
Illustrated by John Sykes. Pp. 64, illustrated in colour throughout, double page map, index; roy. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled, the spine slightly chipped at extremities; a little faint foxing and soiling; Paul Hamlyn, London, 1971. First U.K. edition. Muir 1747. *The story of the Robert O'Hara..... More
Illustrated by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Pp. [x]+118, frontispiece, title page vignette and most of the text illustrations printed in green & black (several full page), endpaper map; pictorial papered boards, slightly soiled and a trifle sprung, the crest and motto of the Presbyterian Ladies' College (Melbourne) stamped in gilt on..... More
[cover title]. Pp. [8](including the pastedowns), illustrated in colour throughout, 2 double page pop-ups (of cars at a service station and planes at an airport); oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed, the fore-corners and spine extremities slightly chipped; Mulder & Zoon, printers, Amsterdam, n.d.[c. 1960s?]..... More
quadrilinguis. Hoc est: omnium fundamentalium, in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclaruea latina, germanica, hungarica, & bohemica.... [Facsimile edition]. Pp. [318], numerous illustrations; canvas boards, the upper board lettered and the spine decorated in black; top edges red; Nakladatelstvi Albatros, [Prague?], 1979. *Facsimile of the first Czech..... More
Pp. 56(last colophon, verso blank), 23 illustrations by the author (4 full page); oblong 8vo; tan cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; a little light foxing;Gryphon Books, Melbourne, 1979. First edition, limited to 1,500 copies. White, 1877. More
Illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. Pp. [40], illustrated in colour throughout; roy. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, slightly scuffed; Walker Books, London, 1994. First edition. *Winner of the Smarties Book Prize (0 to 5 Years category) and the Kurt Maschler Award, both in 1994. The Kurt Maschler Award was established in..... More
[cover title]. Drawings [by] Garrey Foulkes. Pp. [16], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed;Thunder & Co., Melbourne, 1976. First edition. White (Volume 2) 1901. *'Once upon a time in the north of Victoria/ a horse..... More
Pp. vi+168(last blank); demy 8vo; printed blue paper wrappers, fore-corners a trifle bruised; top fore-corner of several leaves lightly creased; The Bodley Head, London, 1983. U.K. edition, uncorrected proof copy. In 2012 Cooper won the American Library Association's Margaret A. Edwards Award for her ' significant and lasting contribution to..... More
Pp. 64, illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pale yellow papered boards, lettered and decorated in green, a trifle foxed, with 2 tiny surface grazes above title on upper board; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, backstrip a trifle faded; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1981. *'A collection of traditional nursery rhymes illustrated..... More
Pp. 64, illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pale yellow papered boards, lettered and decorated in green, slightly foxed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed and creased, the backstrip a trifle faded and with short closed tear at head; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed; Hodder & Stoughton..... More
Illustrated by David Armitage. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; post 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Andre Deutsch, London, 1988. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the upper free endpaper. More
Being the Fourth and Last Book of The Magician's House. Pp. [viii]+288(last blank), full page sketch map; pictorial glazed papered boards, a trifle soiled and scuffed; The Bodley Head, London, 1992. First edition. More
Pp. 160(last blank); boards a trifle canted; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, backstrip faintly faded; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1976. First edition. More
Pp. [x]+236(last blank); qr. beige cloth over grey papered boards, spine lettered in red and upper board in blind, the boards a trifle warped; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; edges of leaves faintly soiled; Pantheon Books, New York, 1979. First edition. More
Stories. Pp. [x]+174; qr. plum cloth, spine lettered in gilt, cream papered boards, upper board lettered in blind; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, signs of sticker removal from front flap (offset onto free endpaper); a little light foxing; Pantheon Books, New York, n.d.[1980]. First edition, library binding..... More
Illustrations by Gregory Rogers. Pp. 72,illustrated throughout; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1996. First edition thus. Masterpiece series. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 1996) on verso of upper wrapper. Short story, originally published in Women's Day..... More
Pp. [x]+230; tiny bruise to bottom edge of upper board; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; Delacorte Press, New York, 1997. First edition. *Robert Cormier (1925-2000) was an American author, columnist and reporter, whose books explored themes such as abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal and conspiracy. Tenderness was the basis for..... More
Printed in Venice by Vindelinus de Spira in 1476, with a translation, 'The Story of Lionbruno', by Beatrice Corrigan. Pp. 40, 2 illustrations; pale blue cloth, lettered in silver and decorated in pink, edges and spine faintly faded; Friends of the Osborne and Lillian H. Smith Collections/Toronto Public Library, Toronto..... More
Pp. [28](including the free endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; Bodley Head, London, 1984. U.K. edition. *Australian author. More
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
