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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
A select list. Pp. 32, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1962. Second edition. More
A select list. Pp. 92, illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Children's Book Council of Victoria, Melbourne, 1966. Fourth edition. More
A broken run of 115 issues, from December 27th, 1924 to December 18th, 1948. Comprising numbers 1, 791, 2,004-015, 2,018, 2,021-23, 2,025-29, 2,031-32, 2,034-36, 2,038-39, 2,041-42, 2,044, 2,209-11, 2,213-20, 2,222-25, 2,229, 2,231-42, 2,244-46, 2,248-54, 2,256-60, 2,313-18, 2,323-32, 2,335-36, 2,338-41, 2,344-47, 2,350-53, 2,355-61, 2,623, 2,646, 2,826, 2,829, 2,833, 2,851. Each issue..... More
[Illustrated by] Salvatore Zofrea. Pp. 48, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; narrow demy 4to; corners of boards lightly bruised; dust wrapper; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1989. First edition. White (Volume 3) 2370. *Story about the search for the fourteenth Dalai Lama. More
Illustrated by Paul Lantz. Pp. 144(last blank), title page vignette, plus text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers printed in brown; f'cap. 4to; turquoise cloth, lettered and decorated in black, a trifle soiled, corners faintly bruised; top edges green; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple..... More
Written by Jadwiga Mary Clark. Illustrated by Rodford Belcher. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. White (Volume 2) 1705. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the upper free endpaper. More
A Fantasy. Designed & illustrated by George Sharp. With Typography by Ken Wilson. Pp. [vii]+89, illustrated in colour throughout (some double page); tall demy 4to; red cloth, spine lettered in gilt, upper board in blind; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney, 1986. First Australian edition. *'A..... More
Written and illustrated by Glenise Clelland. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, slightly browned, corners a trifle rubbed;Ripples Pty. Ltd., Brisbane, 1981. First edition. White (Volume 2) 1783. Sunshine Kids series. More