Foreword by Harry Butler. Pp. [vi]+128(last blank); dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1981. First edition. White 2, noting that this book 'does not appear to have been written solely for children'. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin), on the upper free endpaper. Also inscribed and...
Pp. [927]-950, text figures, references; [bound with] ROBERT ABBE: PIONEERS IN NEUROSURGERY, by Herbert Parsons. Pp. [57]-76, text figures, references; [and] ROBERT ABBE: FOUNDER OF RADIUM THERAPY IN AMERICA, by Sidney M. Silverstone. Pp. [157]-168, bibliography; each article within printed stiff orange paper wrappers; roy. 8vo; gilt lettered yellow cloth...
Pp. 72; printed glazed paper wrappers with flap folds; Red Deer College Press, Alberta, Canada, 1987. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Australian writer Thomas Shapcott) on title page.
Pp. [vi]+266, 32 plates, list of other works by Patsy Adam-Smith; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, faintly soiled; hinges tender at a couple of points; Viking Press, Melbourne, 1994. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page.
Ireland, 1848, and the seven patriots banished; their adventures, loneliness and loves in three continents as they search for refuge. Pp. xiv+370(last blank), numerous illustrations, sources, index; tall cr. 4to; corners of boards a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly scuffed, edges lightly rubbed and split; a couple of spots of...
Pp. viii+240(last blank), title page vignette, numerous text illustrations (some full page), pictorial endpapers, text maps; tall cr. 4to; tiny damp stain near bottom edge of upper board dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves faintly marked, the last few leaves a trifle creased; Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. New one...
Pp. xvi+448, 48 plates, double page map, appendix, bibliography, references, index; upper board a trifle marked, edges slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly rubbed, edges lightly worn; one leaf lightly marked (pp. 311/312); Tambo Shire Council, Bruthen, Victoria, 1981. First edition. *Presentation copy, inscribed and signed by the Shire President, the...
Illustrated by Nicola Bayley. Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, tiny surface graze below publisher's device at foot of spine; Jonathan Cape, London, 1976. First edition. *Signed by the illustrator on the title page.
Stories in Verse by Allan Ahlberg. Illustrated by Charlotte Voake. Pp. 48, frontispiece, plus text illustrations; post 8vo; pictorial glazed papered boards; Viking Kestrel, Harmondsworth, 1988. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the half-title page. Poems. 'Here, in verse, are stories of...
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, and with seven circular die-cuts; oblong 4to; pictorial papered boards; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, the backstrip a trifle faded; Kestrel Books, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1981. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by author Allan Ahlberg (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated March '86) on the upper...
Janet Ahlberg 1944-1994. A Memento. Pp. 64, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; patterned endpapers; small oblong 4to; cream cloth, spine lettered in gilt, with sepia pictorial onlay (photograph of Janet Ahlberg) on the upper board; within green card slipcase with circular die-cut revealing part of the portrait...
Pp. 170(last blank); dust wrapper; Jonathan Cape, London, 1980. First edition. *With the author's signed inscription (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) on the title page.
Pp. [viii]+344; ribbon marker; dust wrapper; Bloomsbury, London, 2006. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page.
Illustrated by Evelyn Clouston. Pp. [vi]+48, text illustrations; med. 8vo; pictorial papered boards, the fore-corners of upper board very slightly bruised; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled, edges lightly rubbed and split; text block faintly browned, bookseller's stamp at foot of upper free endpaper, a couple of spots of foxing; Angus...
The Anglo-American Relationship since 1783. A revised and enlarged edition of Part I of "Great Britain and the United States: A History of Anglo-American Relations, 1783-1952." Pp. 248(last blank), index; edges of boards bruised and faded at a couple of points, the spine a trifle rubbed and split at extremities;...
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, edges slightly split, the backstrip faintly faded; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White (Volume 2) 158. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 13/19/85) on the upper free endpaper. Pamela...
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with CBCA prize sticker on front panel; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1983. Third printing. White (Volume 2) 140, footnote. *Signed by the author (dated 26.7.83) on the title page. Winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year 1983.
with Peter Alliss. Pp. 192, illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several full or double page), index; cr. 4to; dust wrapper; Boxtree,London, 1997. First edition. *Signed by Peter Alliss on the half-title page.
Pp. [x]+276, double page map; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; John Murray, London, 2007. First edition. *The author's first novel, signed by her on the title page.
[Illustrated by Ulf Lofgren]. English version by Linda M. Jennings. Pp. [28](last colophon), illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards, the top fore-corners faintly bruised, upper board a trifle discoloured; Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1980. First edition thus. *Inscribed and signed by the illustrator (to Melbourne bookseller...
Pp. [viii]+48 pictorial stiff paper wrappers, edges and backstrip lightly worn; top edges of leaves a trifle foxed;North Brisbane College of Advanced Education, Brisbane, 1978. *From the collection of Australian writer Thomas Shapcott, with his signature at head of title page, as well as the poet's signed presentation inscription to...
An intimate biography. Pp. viii+362, frontispiece portrait, plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), appendices, index; edges of boards a trifle rubbed, the bottom fore-corners slightly bruised; dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and split, with several closed tears and a couple of small chips; occasional faint soiling; Melbourne, n.d.[1959].....
Pp. [48], illustrated in colour throughout, including several die-cut pages; post 4to; pictorial papered boards, faintly soiled; The Bodley Head, London, 1982. First U.K. edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (in English and Japanese, dated 21st September 1983) on the upper free endpaper. A counting book. One by one...
By Mitsumasa Anno and Raymond Briggs, Ron Brooks, Eric Carle, Gian Calvi, Zhu Chengliang, Leo and Diane Dillon, Akiko Hayashi, Nicolai Ye. Popov. Pp. [24](including the lower endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled; Philomel Books, New York, 1986. First U.S....
Pp. x+134, illustrated; the spine a trifle faded at extremities; dust wrapper, rubbed, backstrip faded; bookplate of Melbourne architect Peter Corrigan on upper pastedown, the text block faintly browned; the author, Melbourne, n.d.[c. 1970]. First edition. *Signed by the author on the upper free endpaper. The story of the Menzies.....
