Sydney: New Century Press, 1940. First Edition. Pp 122, 10 full page part coloured illustrations, illustrated paper covered boards, decorated endpapers, illustrated paper dust wrapper. Dust wrapper with a small (5mm) tear at bottom of front cover, a little edgeworn along the top, a few foxmarks (10) scattered across top... More about The House That Beckons; Decorated by Pixie O'Harris and Author
Sydney: 1951. First Edition. No publisher named but printed by Winn & Co., Sydney. Paper covered boards with illustration pasted on top board, 26pp.,6 colour plates, 2 full page black and white illustrations and several in text illustrations. Head of spine chipped and foot of spine abraded, corners tender, plate... More about Magic in the Pool
London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1925. First Edition. Pp. 247, decorated title page, colour frontispiece, 7 full page colour illustrations, 12 full page b&w illustrations & b&w drawings in text, original grey cloth with navy lettering and silhouette images, decorated endpapers, dust light green wrapper with illustration pasted onto the... More about The Merry Piper; or the magical trip of the sugar bowl ship
London: John W. Parker, 1842. Fourth Edition. Cloth. In two volumes. Original cloth, blind embossed borders, gilt stamped illustrations to top boards, gilt design and title on spines, a.e.g. Vol 1: viii, 260pp, 6pp [adverts]. Vol 2: vi, 252pp, 8pp [adverts]. Corners turned in, spines slightly faded, otherwise very good... More about Tales and Stories from History
London: Jarrold and Sons, n.d. Cloth. New edition. Green cloth and gilt with black border, a.e.g., floral eps, Stacy Norwich binder’s sticker, colour frontis, (8), 257pp, (4) publisher’s advertisements. Head and food of spine a little tender. Otherwise fine. “Miss Strickland was the first woman to force an entry into..... More about Historical Tales of Illustrious British Children
London: Harry Quilter, 1898. Harcover, (dimensions 32 x 26cm), 56pp (unpaginated), each separated by a tissue guard, 25 decorative borders and 25 designs, red cloth covered boards with elaborate gilt blocked design to top board, gilt lettering to spine. Large spot (3.5 x 3cm) on spine and wrapping around to... More about The Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Child's Story by Robert Browning. Set forth in a series of designs...
Amsterdam: Joannes Pauli, 1720. First Thus. cloth covered boards. Small octavo (15x10.5cm), 14pp (includes engraved allegorcal title plate), 149 of 150 plates (lacks pl.149), 24pp (A8 - B4, Solutions). In worn fabric covered boards with barely visible embossed pattern and "Prent Bijbel" in gilt on spine. Text block detached except... More about De Kleine Print-Bybel; Waar in door verscheide afbeeldingen een meenigte van Bybelsche spreuken...