London and Glasgow: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. H. Coller. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. [4] 5-256 : frontispiece and three other black and white plates : original yellow cloth : illustrated dust jacket. Unclipped jacket lacking a small piece on front panel and a little grubby on lower cover. A..... More
Melbourne: E.W. Cole, n.d. First Edition. Stiff card covers (stapled) : 48pp. : 8 full page colour illustrations : numerous intext illustrations : cover illustration of a clown juggling letters. Top edge of top cover has a closed tear (5mm); creasing to spine; vertical tear to tail of spine (with..... More
London: Frederick Warne & Co, 1904. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp. [5] 6-[371] [1] (blank), [4] advertisements : brown pictorial cloth : gilt and black and white lettering to upper board and spine : frontispiece and 15 other full-page black and white plates. Very light extremity wear. Part of..... More
London: W. & R. Chambers, Limited, [1898?]. W. S. Stacey. Reprint. Hardcover : pp. [7] 312 : blue pictorial cloth boards : red and black lettering on upper board and spine : frontispiece : five other full-page black and white plates. Lacks both free endpapers and the 32 pages of..... More
London, New York: Blackie & Son, Limited, Charles Scribner's Sons, [188?]. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. vi, 320p., 32. (adverts of Charles Scribner's Sons' Catalogue of Books for Young People) : frontispiece and seven other full-page plates : all edges dyed olivine : pictorial boards with bright gilt lettering and blocking..... More
London: J. M. Dent and Sons Ltd., 1927. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo : [186]pp. : original cream pictorial cloth, coloured frontispiece, six other full-page colour plates, black and white textual illustrations. Bump to lower corner top board; foxing predominantly to preliminaries and page edges else a bright first edition. Muir..... More
Sydney, Young Australia Office, 1905. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. [xii] 188 : 12 full-page black and white plates : original blue pictorial cloth : gilt lettering. Scattered foxing, light wear to extremities, spine darkened slightly. Muir, 2595. More
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. ( 2, half title) 80 : panel illustrations (i.e. comic strips) : illustrated eps : publisher's decorated cloth boards. [Muir 2773] Lacking illustrated dust wrapper; the boards are discoloured and a trifle sprung; light foxing to edges of block; light..... More
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1925. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. ( 2, half title) 80 : panel illustrations (i.e. comic strips) : illustrated eps : publisher's decorated cloth boards. With rare dustjacket. [Muir 2773] Contemporary gift inscription in pencil to half title; small stamp of previous owner to..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, nd [1920]. First Edition. illustrated boards. Hardcover : pp. 98 : dec. t.p. : coloured frontis and 1 coloured illustration. : 20 full page sepia and white illustrations : line drawings in text : green cloth spine over pictorial boards with coloured picture onlay on top..... More
Guildford and London: Lutterworth, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 172 [4 blank] : map : illustrations with-in text : index of Maori words : green cloth boards : gilt to spine : olive green endpapers : price clipped illustrated dust jacket. Light foxing to head and tail..... More
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1885. Second Edition. Hardcover. Octavo : pp. [vi] 360, 32 (publisher's illustrated adverts) : original gilt, silver and black blind-stamped illustrated blue cloth with gilt lettering : all edges gilt : neat hand-written school prize presentation on preliminary. Stain to rear cover, some darkening to spine..... More
London: Sunday School Union, n.d. Second Edition. Hardcover. Post octavo : pp. 292, 16 (adverts) : frontispiece : five full-page black and white plates : other textual illustrations : patterned endpapers : t.e.g. : illustrated green cloth with gilt-blocked title on upper board and spine. Pencilled inscription on verso of..... More
New York: Lodestar Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : 21.5 cm : pp. [x] [100] : original light tan boards. Small remainder mark to bottom edge, neat gift inscription on front free endpaper. Summary: "Wendy and her mother move to Key West, Florida, to enrol Wendy's three-year-old brother, who..... More
London: Gale & Polden, 1915. 1/2 cloth. Revised and eglarged edition. Small 12.5 x 9cm, [2 blank], x, 180pp, fold out diagrams. Rebound, half red buckram with decorative paper boards, with disbound original boards loosely inserted. Minor lean to spine, a shade off sharp corners, some soiling to edges of text..... More
Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 133 : colour frontispiece : 11 full page b/w illustrations : b/w drawings throughout : faded orange paper boards with small oval illustration : 1st prize sticker to front endpaper : remnant of front dust jacket and inside flap..... More
London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd., 1949. Stuart Tresilian. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [iv] vi, 248 [250] : colour frontispiece : eight full-page black and white illustrations by Stuart Tresilian : red illustrated cloth with black lettering : red dye to top edge. Prize label on front endpaper; head..... More
London: Oxford University Press, 1945. Isabel Veevers. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : pp.[ii] v [vi] 182 : lacks the coloured frontispiece called for by Muir : four full page black and white illustrations : gift inscription on title page : pale yellow cloth covered boards with blue illustration to top..... More
Lane Cove, NSW: Hodder and Stoughton, 1981. Kilmeny Niland. First Edition Second Reprint. Hardcover : pp. [32] : full page colour illustration as well as small black and white vignette to accompany each text section : green cloth boards : gilt lettering to spine : white dust jacket with pigmy..... More
Melbourne: Dent, 1988. 1st Edition. Hardcover. [24]p. Pictorial laminated boards, eight full-page and two double-page colour illustrations by Pixie O'Harris. First printing in excellent condition. More
Adelaide: Rigby, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Hardcover : 119pp. : original olive cloth : profusely illustrated with coloured and black and white illustrations and photographs. Includes an appendix of books written and illustrated by O'Harris. Light edge-wear to bottom edge. A delightfully presented autobiography of one of Australia's favourite illustrators..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & World, Inc., 1966. Clyde Pearson. First American Edition, 1st Printing. Hardcover : pp. [10] 191 [192] : black and white line drawings by Clyde Pearson : mustard cloth boards illustrated : price clipped illustrated jacket. Board corners slightly pressed; block edges lightly tanned; jacket margins..... More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1965. Clyde Pearson. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [8] 174 [176] : black and white line drawings and jacket illustration by Clyde Pearson : mustard yellow boards : price clipped jacket. Previous owner name on front free endpaper; slight lean; block edges a little foxed; board corners..... More
London: Andre Deutsch, 1967. Robert Hales. First Edition. Hardcover : pp. [7] 128 : black and white illustrations : bright yellow cloth boards : jacket design by Jillian Willett. Previous owner's name in ink to front endpaper; head and tail of spine gently pushed; tanned block edges; margins of jacket..... More
Melbourne: George Robertson & Co., n.d. [1911]. First Edition. Oblong hardcover : pp. (6) 189 (1, final illustration) : full page and intext b&w illustrations : illustrated green boards lettered in red [Muir 1907]. Contains six stories by Tarella Quin [later Daskein] and illustrated Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. More