Illustrated by Stephen Gammell. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel; Knopf, New York, 1988. Second printing. *Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1989. More
Pp. [vi]+190(last blank); boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper; Viking, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. White 99. *Winner of the Ethel Turner Prize for young people's literature in the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards 1986. More
Illustrations by James Barkley. Pp. [x]+118(last colophon), full page illustrations; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in silver, grey papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly worn, edges rubbed and a trifle split; Harper & Row, New York, 1969. First edition. *Winner of the Newbery Medal in 1970; the basis for a...... More
Pp. 112; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; text block slightly browned; Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1984. First Australian edition. White (Volume 2) 662. *Signed by the author on the upper free endpaper. Winner of the 1983 Kathleen Fidler Award for new authors of fiction for children in the 8-12 age..... More
Pictures by Jane Tanner. Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; square 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; dust wrapper; Viking Kestrel, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. White (Volume 2) 680. *Joint winner of the Children's Book Council of Australia Picture Book of the Year award in 1989. 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
Pp. [vi]+186(last blank), two-tone papered boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Margaret K. McElderry Books, New York, 1997. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated June 29, 1997) on the upper free endpaper. Sequel to The Boggart. Best known for the acclaimed..... 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. 128; dust wrapper; Methuen, London, 1986. First edition. *Winner of the Carnegie Medal for 1986. More
Pp. [48], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, patterned endpapers; wide post 4to; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in white; dust wrapper with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel, edges a trifle rubbed and split; Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., New York, n.d. Twenty-third impression. *First published in 1948..... More
An Armenian folktale. Pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white, pictorial endpapers; square 4to; pictorial papered boards, a trifle soiled; edges of leaves faintly browned; Hamish Hamilton, London, 1977. First U.K. edition. *A Caldecott Honor book for 1977. More
Illustrated by the author and Lucille Webster Holling. Pp. 88(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; demy 4to; green cloth, lettered and decorated in yellow, edges a trifle discoloured and rubbed, corners lightly worn; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges and backstrip worn, with large piece torn from..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout; oblong 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards with CBCA Short-listed Book sticker on upper board, fore-corners of boards a trifle bruised; Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1996. First edition. White (Volume 3) 6357. *Winner, Picture Book of the Year, Children's Book Council Awards, 1997. More
Pp. [32](including endpapers), illustrated in colour throughout; cr. 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards with Hans Christian Andersen medal printed on the upper board; Lothian Books, Melbourne, 1986. First edition. White (Volume 2) 4343. *Inscribed and signed by the author [to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated Sept '86] on the title..... More
Pp. [70], illustrated (many full page), pictorial endpapers printed in yellow; demy 4to; pictorial boards, lettered and decorated in red; price-clipped dust wrapper with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel, silverfished and faintly soiled, edges slightly rubbed and chipped; edges of leaves lightly foxed; Viking Press, New York, 1959. Tenth..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated throughout in colour and black & white; narrow med. 4to; qr. black cloth, spine lettered in white, grey papered boards, the upper board decorated in blind; price-clipped dust wrapper, a trifle scuffed, backstrip slightly browned; title page faintly soiled; Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1990. First edition. *Winner..... More
Pp. 32, illustrated in colour throughout, plus a few black & white text figures, patterned endpapers, bibliography; demy 4to; pictorial papered boards, bottom fore-corner of lower board slightly bruised; Lothian, Melbourne, 1995. First edition. White (Volume 3) 10891. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated..... More
A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles. Pp. [64], illustrated in colour throughout; tall post 4to; turquoise cloth, lettered and decorated in black, with small surface graze to bottom edge centre of lower boards; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed, with slight traces of small sticker removal from foot of..... More
Pp. [32], illustrated in colour throughout, pictorial endpapers; demy 4to; pictorial glazed papered boards; price-clipped dust wrapper with Caldecott Medal sticker on front panel; P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1995. Third printing. *Winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1996. More
Pp. [vi]+170; boards slightly discoloured; dust wrapper; text block browned; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. White (Volume 2) 7648. *Inscribed and signed by the author (dated 26.8.88) on the title page, and with the publisher's With Compliments slip loosely inserted. Winner of Australian Children's Book Council Book of the..... More
Adapted for the stage by Richard Tulloch. Pp. [xii]+98(last blank); pictorial glazed paper wrappers, faintly scuffed, bottom fore-corner of upper wrapper creased; text block browned, the first couple of leaves slightly creased; Omnibus/Puffin, Adelaide, 1990. First edition. *Inscribed and signed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin, dated 19.5.90)..... More
Pp. [viii]+184; price-clipped dust wrapper with Newbery Medal sticker on front panel; Little, Brown & Company, Boston, 1990. Third impression. *Winner of the 1990 Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for fiction, and the Newbery Medal in 1991. More
Pp. 96, pictorial double title page, numerous text illustrations, endpaper map; small cr. 4to; pictorial boards; dust wrapper; Hyland House, Melbourne, 1985. First edition. White 2, 8586. *Inscribed by the author (to Melbourne bookseller Albert Ullin) and signed by her on verso of upper free endpaper. Author's first book, winner..... More
