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190780 "MYSTERY, JOHN" (pseud. Lester Sinclair).
John Mystery presents His Little Dog, The Cranky Pranks of Puppy Smut: Piggy's Tale.
circa 1940 (Sydney: Lonsdale & Bartholomew Specialty, n.d. circa 1940). Oblong sm. 4to. Orig. pictorial wrappers stapled as issued. (12 pp. incl. covers). A pictorial work of text and illustrations. Fine. NOTE:...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


192342 "MYSTERY, JOHN"(pseud. Lester Sinclair).
Romantic Hour for Girls. A John Mystery Book.
ab.1943 Sydney: Lonsdale & Bartholomew, n.d. (ab. 1943). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. limp boards. (64pp.). With num. illusts. Printed in double-column. Muir 5298.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


198202 (AUSTRALIAN CHILD'S BOARD GAME).
Around the Commonwealth by Aeroplane. A Highly Interesting and Educational Game. Copyright No. 3271.
n.d. Coloured folding board with a decorative map of Australia and printed paper coloured titling-label on verso. Measurements 36.5 x 36.5cm. Slightly worn. Complete.
$150.00 USD plus postage.


168400 (DASKEIN,) TARELLA QUIN.
Freckles.
1910 Lond: Alexander Moring, 1910. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (VIII,154pp.). With frontisp., 4 full-page plates, and text-drawings. 1st ed. Fine. Muir 1906.
$190.00 USD plus postage.


170462 (HOFFMAN, H.).
The English Struwwelpeter or Pretty Stories and Funny Pictures. ...
N.P. (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.) n.d. (ab.1910). Sm.4to. Or.qtr.cl. Illust. boards. (covers marked & soiled). (48pp.). With illust. title-page & num. col. illusts. Printed on one side of page onl...
$105.00 USD plus postage.


171498 (MILNE, A.H.).
Ulysses; or, de Rougemont of Troy. By A.H.M.
1899 Lond: Methuen, 1899. Sm.4to. Or.hf.cl. with illust. front board. (slightly soiled). With col. title-page illust., and 23 full-page col. illusts.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


171623 (MORTIMER, MRS. M.).
Far Off; or, Asia and Australia Described.
1856 With Anecdotes and numerous illustrations. Pt. I. By the Author of "The Peep of Day", &c. &c. ... Lond: T. Hatchard, 1856. Sm.8vo. Or.blind embossed cl. (rebacked). Gilt. Spine gilt. (XVI,334,2,32pp....
$415.00 USD plus postage.


175565 (PYE, MOIRA P.).
Bratling Chatter. By Miss Doublecleff.
1946 (Melbourne: The Hawthorn Press, 1946). 8vo. Or.illust.wrappers. (28pp.). With num. drawings. Fine. Muir 6183.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


192343 (WATKINSON, V.)
The King of the Jungle, and other stories for boys.
ab.1945 Sydney: Offset Printing Co., n.d. (ab. 1945). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. limp boards stapled as issued. (32 pp.). Copiously illustrated. Fine. NOTE: This juvenile is not recorded by Muir.
$60.00 USD plus postage.


134018 A.B.C. CHILDREN'S HOUR ANNUAL.
Nos. 1 and 3-5.
1961 Published by the Educational Press for the Australian Broadcasting Commission. (Sydney 1956-1961). 4to. Or.cl.d.w. With num. full-page plates, and text-illusts.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


154718 A.L.O.E.
The Olive-Branch, and Other Stories.
1879 Lond: T. Nelson and Sons, 1879. Sm.8vo. Or.dec.cl. With col. oval plate on front cover. Spine gilt. (120pp.). With col. frontisp., and text-vigns. End-papers browned. Previous owner's signature on fr...
$45.00 USD plus postage.


134294 ABBOTT, J.H.M.
Dogsnose.
1928 Sydney 1928. 8vo. Or.cl. (soiled). (10,238pp.). With frontisp., and 2 full-page plates. 1st ed.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


194985 ABBOTT, J.H.M.
Dogsnose.
1928 Sydney 1928. 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly flecked). Dustjacket. (10, 238pp.). With frontisp. and 2 full-page plates. 1st ed. Signed 'Elizabeth Abbott, May 1929'. Scarce in its illustrated dustjacket.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


161884 ADAMS, W.H.D.
The Forest, the Jungle, and the Prairie;
1873 or, Scenes with the Trapper and the Hunter in Many Lands. ... Lond. 1873. Sm.thick 8vo. Or.illust.cl.with bevelled boards. Gilt. (506,6pp.). With col. chromo-litho. frontisp., addit. col. title-page ...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


149519 ADVENTURES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
By "one who was born there".
1930 Lond: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (circa 1930's). 8vo. Or.blind stamped cl. (228pp.). With col. frontisp. Original owner's inscription on fly-leaf.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


148781 ANDERSEN, HANS C.
In Sweden, and Other Stories.
1887 Transl. by H.W. Dulcken. Lond: G. Routledge & Sons n.d. (circa 1887). Sm.8vo. Or.dec.cl. (VI,120,4pp.). With col. frontisp., num. text-illusts., and adverts. at end. Some foxing. Lacks front fly-leaf...
$10.00 USD plus postage.


139437 ANDERSON, E.
Adventures in Appleshire.
1944 Sydney 1944. Sm.8vo. Or.boards d.w. (10,98pp.). Slightly foxed.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


155391 ANDERSON, H. Ed.by.
The Singing Roads. a Guide to Australian Children's Authors and Illustrators.
1965 Sydney: Wentworth Press, 1965. Sm.4to. Or. printed wrappers. (XIV,118pp.). Illust. Fine.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


83456 AUDSLEY, J.
The book of ballet.
1954 Lond. (1954). Roy.8vo. or.qtr.cl. illust.boards d.w. (64pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., 6 full-page plates of which 3 c ol., and text-illusts. by Grace Golden.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


188088 AUSTEN, JANE.
Volume the Second. Ed. by B. C. Southam.
1963 Oxford 1963. Sm. 8vo. Orig. qtr. cloth with grey papered boards and printed titling label on spine. Dustwrapper. (XIII, 238pp.). With frontisp., and a fold. plate at end. Uncut and unopened copy. Fin...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


163840 AUSTRALASIAN GIRL'S ANNUAL ... Ed. by Eric Wood;
Continued as "The Australian Girl's Annual" --- and again continued as "The Empire Annual for Australian Girls". A complete run; Nos. 1-13.
1928 Lond. 1916-1928. Sm.4to. & Roy.8vo. Or.illust. & dec. cloth. (4 vols. in their orig. illust. dustwrappers, albeit with slight chipping). Illustrated throughout with both col. & b/w plates, and num. t...
$1100.00 USD plus postage.


155699 AUSTRALIAN GIRL'S ANNUAL, THE.
Ed. by E. Wood.
1920 Lond: Cassell & Co., (ab.1920). Roy.8vo. Or.dec. cloth with col. plate on front cover. Gilt. (232pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page, 3 full-page col. plates, and num. b/w illusts. Printed ...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


158299 BARKER, A.R.
Hidden Gold. A book of Woodcuts. A Story of Exciting Adventure told in Verse.
1930 Lond: John Lane The Bodley Head, n.d. (ab.1930). 8vo. Or.qtr.cl. with dec. papered boards. (128pp.). Copiously illust. with woodcuts most of which are col. Colophon: Printed by Edmund Evans Ltd. Some...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


154621 BARKER, MRS SALE. Ed.by.
Little Wide-Awake. An Illustrated Magazine for Children.
1888 Lond: George Routledge and Sons, 1888. Sm.4to. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. Edges bevelled. E.g. (extremities a little rubbed; lower back corner of spine starting). (VI,376,10pp.). With col. frontisp. by Kate...
$80.00 USD plus postage.


84938 BARNARDO, T.J.
Barnardo of Stepney.
1953 The father of nobody's children. (By) A.E.Williams. Lond. (1953). 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (XII,9-234,2pp.). With frontisp. and 26 full-p age plates.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


167756 BARR, DONALD.
Warrigal Joe. A Tale of the Never Never.
1946 Melbourne: Cassell, (1946). Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (extremities rubbed). (256pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page illusts. 1st ed.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


178657 BARRETT, C.
The Penguin People.
1948 (Melbourne 1948). Sm.4to. Or.illust.boards. d.w. (64pp.). With col. frontisp., num. plates of which 7 are col., text-illusts., and illust. end-papers. Name on front fly-leaf, otherwise fine. 1st ed.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


191769 BARTON, C. Charlotte Barton. (By M. Muir).
Australia's First Children's Author.
1980 Sydney 1980. 8vo. Orig. wrapper. (36pp.). With 2 full-page portrs. Bookplate on front end-paper. Limited edition of 500 copies. Signed by the author.
$60.00 USD plus postage.


148085 BARTON, CHARLOTTE.
A Mother's Offering to Her Children.
1979 By A Lady Long Resident in New South Wales. With an introd. by Rosemary Wighton. Facsimile edition. (Brisbane 1979). Sm.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (XIV,VIII,216pp.). NOTE: First printed 1841.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


148011 BASSER, V.
Bright-Eyes, The Glider Possum.
1957 Sydney (1957). 8vo. Or.cl. In slightly marked d.w. (72pp.). With frontisp., and 22 illusts. by R. Richardson. 1st ed.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


163014 BEAUMONT, CYRIL W.
Puppets and the Puppet Stage.
1938 Lond: The Studio Ltd., (1938). 4to. Or.illust.wrapper. (144pp.). With num. plates on multi-col. paper, and text-illusts. Fine and scarce.
$205.00 USD plus postage.


175594 BEAUMONT, CYRIL W.
Puppets and the Puppet Stage.
1938 Lond: The Studio Ltd., (1938). 4to. Bound with the or.illust.wrapper bound-in. (144pp.). With num. plates on multi-col. paper, and text-illusts. Fine and scarce. ADDED: A theatre programme entitled -...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


157954 BEDE, CUTHBERT.
Little Mr. Bouncer and his friend, Verdant Green.
1870 Lond: James Blackwood, n.d. (ab.1870). 8vo. Or.illust.cl.Gilt. (Covers discoloured). (200,32pp.). With num. illusts. by the Author. End-papers soiled & marked.
$65.00 USD plus postage.


135595 BEDFORD, H.L.
A Home in the Bush.
1913 Lond: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. (1913). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (120,8pp.). With col. frontisp., and full-page drawings. 1st ed. A good copy with prize-label on front fly-leaf. NOTE:...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


150535 BEIER, ULLI.
Compl.by. When the Moon Was Big, and other legends from New Guinea.
1972 Sydney (1972). Sm.4to. Or.cl.d.w. (64pp.). With num. drawings by Georgina Beier. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


57775 BELL, C.D.
Arnold Lee;
1870 or, rich children and poor children. Lond.: Frederick Warne and Co. n.d. (ab. 1870). 12mo.Or.cl. (slightly worn). Gilt. E.g. (8,186pp.). With frontisp. title-vign. and 2 plates.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


92125 BELL, E.T.
Fifty figure and character dances.
1923 Lond., (1923). Sm.4to.Or.cl.Spine gilt. (222pp.). With frontisp., num. full-page plates, and text-illusts. NOTE: UNIFORM WITH: Bell, E.T. Music for Fifty figure and character dances. Lond., (1925). (...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


139141 BELL, L.
Breakers on the Beach.
1926 Sydney 1926. 8vof. Or.cl. (X,288pp.). With 3 full-page plates by E.A. Holloway. 1st ed. Book-plate on fly-leaf.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


175642 BELLOC, HILAIRE.
More Beasts for Worse Children. Verses.
Lond: Duckworth and Co., n.d. Sm.4to. Or.illust.grey paper boards (spine extremities a little rubbed). (48pp.). With illust. title-page and num. illusts. by B.T.B. Name on front fly-leaf, otherwise a...
$85.00 USD plus postage.
 


196676 BEMELMANS, Ludwig.
Madeline in London.
1962 (London: Andre Deutsch, 1962). 4to. Orig. illustrated boards. Dustjacket. (56pp.). Copiously illustrated throughout by the author in both colour and sepia and pictorial endpapers. 1st edition. A fine...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


176913 BERNDT, C.H. Arr. & Transl. by.
Land of the Rainbow Snake.
1981 Aboriginal children's stories and songs from Western Arnhem Land. Sydney (1981). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (slightly soiled). (118pp.). With num. text-illusts. by Djoki Yunupingu. Fine.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


57774 BERTIE LEE;
or, the threshold of life.
1870 A boy's book. ... Edinburgh: William Oliphant & Company. n.d. (ab. 1870). 12mo.Or.green cloth. Gilt. (190,2pp.). Frontisp., Colophon at end. : Schenck & M'Farlane, Printers, Edinburgh and 2pp. of boo...
$10.00 USD plus postage.


156314 BIRMINGHAM, KARNA.
Skippety Songs.
1934 Sydney: The Endeavour Press, 1934. Roy.8vo. Or.illust.wrappers (small stain on front cover). (36pp.). With illust. title page, and num. illusts. by the Author. Muir: 708. Fine. NOTE: Verses for child...
$45.00 USD plus postage.


193449 BLOXHAM, H. K.
On the Fringe of the Never-Never.
1906 Sydney: The N.S.W. Bookstall Co., 1906. 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly rubbed and soiled). (VIII, 194, 18pp.). With frontispiece by Lionel Lindsay. 1st edition. Some foxing, and a clean tear on title-pag...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


191600 BLUE BEARD.
Published in the Aunt Kate's Series.
1884 New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1884. Sm. 4to. Orig. coloured pictorial wrappers stapled as issued. (16pp.). With illustrated title-page, 8 coloured chromo-litho plates, and pictorial back cover. 1st edi...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


193714 BLYTON, ENID.
Three Cheers Secret Seven.
1956 (Lond: Brockhampton Press, 1956). 8vo. Orig.illust.cloth. In slightly chipped and price-clipped dustjacket. (120pp.). With sepia frontisp., numerous text-illusts. of which some are in sepia, and illu...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


137795 BONE, W.H.
Hoppity. (Being the adventures of an Albino Kangaroo).
1933 (Sydney) 1933. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards. (II,70pp.). With 12 full-page illusts. by the author. Slightly foxed. Author's inscribed present. copy to his wife.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


135353 BONE, W.H.
Hoppity.
1933 (Being the adventures of an Albino Kangaroo). (Sydney) 1933. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards. (II,70pp.). With 12 full-page illusts. by the author.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


196901 BOOTHBY, Guy.
Billy Binks-Hero, And other Stories.
1898 London: Macmillan, 1898. 8vo. Orig. printed wrapper (covers slightly soiled). (x, 244pp.). With frontispiece and illust. title-page by W.H.C. Groome. 1st edition: Colonial Library Issue. Slightly fox...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


69146 BOWEN, W.
Philip and the Faun.
1926 NOTE: Boston 1926. 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (6,144pp.). Illust. by N. Choate. 1st ed.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


192947 BOWES, JOSEPH.
The Jackaroos. Life on a Cattle Run.
1923 Lond: O.U.P., 1923. 8vo.Orig.illust.cloth. (288pp.). With col. frontisp., and 3 full-page col. plates. School presentation plate on front end-paper.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


195456 BOYD, A. J.
The Earth's History for Boys: or, Geology in Verse.
1889 Brisbane: Watson, Ferguson and Co., 1889. 12mo. Orig. purple cloth boards with printed paper titling label on front cover. (viii, 68, 16pp.). Includes 16pp. of illustrations of animals at end. 1st ed...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


196772 BOYES, Howard. G.
A Collection of Three (3) complete stories appearing in "The Boy's Journal," a weekly magazine. Issues: vol.1, nos 9-12, published in London, weeks ending November 15, 22, 29, 1913.
1913 The stories are: "In the Last Hour. The Story of a Britisher in the Land of the Kangaroo", "From Out The Dark; Or, The Temptation of Chilvers. A Thrilling Story of the Australian Bush" and "Carthay's...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


180465 BOYS WEEKLY, THE.
A collection of 4 issues, being Nos' 28, 29, 46 and 47 from October 22, 1926 to March 4, 1927.
Sydney. 4to. In Orig. col. front and back covers. Edges slightly frayed as per normal for newspapers of this age, and some minor foxing. With num. illusts. and adverts. NOTE: An interesting insight i...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


191307 BRADFORD-WHITING, MARY.
Wallaby Hill.
ca.1905 Lond: Religious Tract Society, n.d. (ca.1905). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. (128pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page plates. Presentation inscription dated 1905 inside front cover. 1st ed. Not recorded...
$300.00 USD plus postage.


175801 BRERETON, F.S. (Capt.).
With French at the Front.
1914 A Story of the Great European War down to the Battle of the Aisne. Lond: Blackie and Son Limited, (1914). 8vo. Or.illust. cl. (VIII,292pp.). With frontisp., and 6 full-page plates by A. Webb. Contemp...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


195951 BRERETON, F.S. (Capt.).
Kidnapped by Moors. A Story of Morocco.
1913 London: Blackie and Son, 1913. 8vo. Orig. illust cloth (spine extremities worn). (400pp.). With col. frontisp. and 7 full-page col. illusts. Prelims foxed and book plate on front endpaper, otherwise ...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


195953 BRERETON, F.S. (Capt.).
One of the Fighting Scouts. A Tale of Guerilla Warfare in South Africa.
1903 London: Blackie and Son, 1903. 8vo. Orig. illust cloth (spine extremities slightly worn). (352, 32pp.). With frontisp., 7 full-page illusts and 1 map. Book plate on front endpaper, otherwise a very g...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


185600 BRINSMEAD, H.F.
Isle of the Sea Horse.
1969 Lond: O.U.P., 1969. 8vo. Or.cl In price clipped d.w. (VI,192pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. by Peter Farmer. 1st ed.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


35136 BRITT, M.
Pardon my boots.
1963 Melbourne (1963). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (154pp.). With text-illusts.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


171053 BROCK, H.M. (Illust. by).
Jack the Giant Killer.
Lond: George Newnes Ltd., n.d. (ab.1930). Large 4to. Or.cl. with col. illustrated front cover. Gilt. (slightly marked). (IV,26pp.). With 8 full-page tipped-in col. plates by H.M. Brock each with a de...
$145.00 USD plus postage.


181276 BROOKS, EDWY SEARLES.
The Demon Cricketer!
1938 (Lond. 1938). Sm.8vo.Or.illust.wrapper (defective with adhesive tape reinforcing spine). (96pp.). With a text-illust. Printed in double columns. Some minor foxing. (Schoolboys' Own Library No. 342.)....
$40.00 USD plus postage.


181579 BRUCE, MARY GRANT.
The Houses of The Eagle.
1925 Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1925. 8vo.Or.illust.cl. (248pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page plates. Previous owner's inscription on front fly-leaf. Some minor foxing. 1st ed.
$65.00 USD plus postage.


152410 BRUCE, MARY GRANT.
Back to Billabong. ...
1921 Lond. 1921. 8vo. Or.illust. cl. (spine edges slightly worn). (252,4pp.). With frontisp., and 4 full-page plates. 1st ed.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


177976 BRUCE, MARY GRANT.
"SeaHawk".
1934 Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., (1934). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (spine slightly rubbed and faded, and top spine extremity skillfully reinforced). (256pp.). With frontisp., and 2 full-page plates. 1st ed.
$95.00 USD plus postage.


181578 BRUCE, MARY GRANT.
Mates at Billabong.
Lond. n.d. 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (extremities slightly rubbed). (252,4pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates by J. Macfarlane. Owner's signature on page 9, and some minor foxing.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


175807 BRUCE, MARY GRANT.
Jim and Wally.
1916 Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., 1916. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (256pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates. Some minor foxing. Previous owner's inscription on front fly-leaf. 1st ed.
$95.00 USD plus postage.


192864 BRUCE, Mary Grant.
Bill of Billabong. With illusts. by A.A. Kent.
1931 Lond: Ward,Lock & Co.Ltd., 1931. 8vo.Original illust. cloth. (256pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page plates. Slight foxing of preliminaries and end pages otherwise a good bright copy of the rare 1s...
$110.00 USD plus postage.


151580 BRYANT, J.
The Story of Australia for Boys and Girls.
1919 Lond. n.d. (ca.1919). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (XII,232pp.). With frontisp., and 6 plates. Owner's inscription and name stamp on prelims.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


197198 BUBBLE BOOK, THE.
Nos 1 and 2 in 2 vols. The Harper-Columbia Books that Sings. Story by Ralph Mathew and Burges Johnson. Pictures by Rhoda Chase.
1917-1918 Records by Columbia Graphophone Co. (New York): Harper & Brothers, 1917-1918. Oblong sm. 8vo albums. Orig. illust boards with repaired spine to No. 2. Comprising text, coloured illustrations and a to...
$275.00 USD plus postage.


165946 BUCKLAND, A.R. (Ed. by).
The Empire Annual for Girls. ...
1909 Lond. 1909. Thick 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (extremities rubbed). (384pp.). With col. frontisp., protective tissue guard, 7 full-page col. plates and 16 full-page b/w plates. Foxed. Contemporary owner...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


125998 BULLEN, F.T.
The Log of a Sea-Waif.
1899 Being Recollections of the first four years of my sea life. ... Lond.1899. 8vo. Or.cl. (spine slightly darkened). Gilt. (XII,35 0,6pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates. 1st ed. Uncut. NOTE: I...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


180356 BUNYAN, JOHN.
The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to That Which is to Come, delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. ...8 parts. ...
1810 Chelsea: Printed by J. Tilling, ab. 1810. Sm. 8vo. Each part with an illustrated vignette. COLLATION: Pt.1 - Shewing the manner of his setting out: his dangerous journey and his safe arrival at the d...
$190.00 USD plus postage.


193401 BURNETT, FRANCES HODGSON.
The Secret Garden. Illustrated by Charles Robinson.
1911 London: William Heinemann, 1911. Square 8vo. Original gilt illustrated cloth (slightly rubbed and spine slightly darkened). (VIII, 306, 6pp.). With 8 full-page coloured plates each with protective ca...
$750.00 USD plus postage.


156525 BURROW, A.L.
The Adventures of Melaleuca.
1929 For children aged 9 to 10 years. Sydney 1929. Sm.8vo. Or.printed wrappers (slightly marked). (94pp.). Illust. by Neelia. (The Gumnut Readers Series). 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


149949 BUSHMAN, J.
(C.H. Sayce). In the Musgrave Ranges.
1922 Lond. (1922). Sm.8vo. Or.cl. In slightly chipped & soiled d.w. (284,4pp.). With frontisp.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


117597 CALDECOTT, R.
Come Lasses & Lads.
... Lond. Frederic Warne & Co. n.d. 4to. oblong. Or.cl. backed col. illust. wrappers. (24pp.). Profusely illust. including 6 full-page col. plates.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


124004 CALDECOTT, R.
A collection of 9 of Caldecott's Picture Books,
1884 bound with the illust. wrappers (one lower wrapper missing) in 1 vol. (Lond: Routledge and Sons, 1878-1884). Roy.8vo. Half buck ram. With col. and other drawings. The titles are: Elegy on the Death o...
$175.00 USD plus postage.


170009 CALDECOTT, R.
A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott's. Reproduced by Edmund Evans, the Engraver & Printer.
Lond: George Routledge & Sons, n.d. (ab.1880). Oblong 4to. Or.qtr.cl. dec. boards (covers worn and soiled). (48pp.). Profusely illust., many in col., by R. Caldecott. Printed in script. NOTE: Randolp...
$205.00 USD plus postage.


169054 CALDECOTT, R.
R. Caldecott's collection of Pictures & Songs; containing, The Diverting History of John Gilpin; ... The House that Jack Built; etc. (8 pieces in one vol.).
All exhibited in beautiful Engravings, many of which are printed in colours. Drawn by R.C. Engraved and Printed by E. Evans. Lond: Frederick Warne and Co., n.d. (ab.1880). Sm.4to. Or.illust.cl. bevel...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


169053 CALDECOTT, R.
Second Collection of Pictures and Songs.
1895 Containing The Milkmaid, Hey Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting. The Fox jumps over the Parson's Gate ... The Great Panjandrum Himself. 8 pieces in 1 vol. Drawn by R.C. Engraved and printed by E. Evans...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


145375 CAMPBELL, FRANCES.
Two Queenslanders and their friends.
1904 Lond. 1904. 8vo. Or.cl. Gilt. (VIII,284pp.). Fine.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


187786 CARROLL, LEWIS.
The Hunting of The Snark.
1916 An Agony in Eight Fits. Lond: Macmillan, 1916. Sm. 8vo. Later quarter oasis. Spine gilt and with raised bands. (XIV, 84, 2pp,). With frontispiece, and 8 full-page illustrations by Henry Holiday. Fine...
$600.00 USD plus postage.


173567 CARROLL, LEWIS.
Alitji in Dreamland.
1992 Alitjinya Ngura Tjukurmankuntjala. An Aboriginal version of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Adapted and Transl. by N. Sheppard. Notes by B.K. Wilson. (Sydney): Simon & Schuster, (19...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


150627 CARROLL, LEWIS. (C.L. DODGSON).
Rhyme? and Reason? ...
1883 Lond: Macmillan, 1883. Sm.8vo. Or.green cl. Gilt. (spine extremities strengthened; covers slightly rubbed & discoloured). (XII,216pp.). With frontisp. protected by foxed tissue-guard, 65 illusts. by ...
$330.00 USD plus postage.


185714 CARROLL, LEWIS. (C.L.DODGSON).
Sylvie and Bruno.
1889 Lond: Macmillan, 1889. 8vo. Or.red.cl. Gilt. (recased strengthening spine extremities). E.g. (XXIV,400,4pp.). With 46 illusts. by Harry Furniss. 1st ed. Previous owner's name on verso of frontisp., o...
$350.00 USD plus postage.


56614 CASTLE, H.G.
Ed.by. The boy's book of the air.
1954 Lond. (1954). Sm.4to. Or.cl. (stained) (152pp.). With col. frontisp., and num. illusts.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


155531 CAWTHORNE, WM. ALEXANDER.
Who killed cockatoo? By W.A.C.
1870 Adelaide (ca.1870). (Reprinted Surrey Hills, Vic. 1978). 8vo. Or.illust.boards (spotted). (IV,20pp.). Illust. Ed.lim. to 1000 copies. Facsimile of one of the earliest children's books written, printe...
$25.00 USD plus postage.


176307 CHALLANDS, M.E. AND K. MYLNE.
The Way of the Golden Dawn. Some Simple thoughts and Stories for Mothers and Their Children. ...
1929 (Brisbane 1929). Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards (soiled). (II,100pp.). Contemp. owner's inscription on front fly-leaf. Some minor foxing. 1st ed. Muir 1360.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


182157 CHALMERS, J.
Greatheart of Papua.
(James Chalmers). By W.P. Nairne. Lond. 1920. 8vo. Or.cl. (8,230pp.). With col. frontisp., 8 full-page plates and front end-paper map. (Pathfinder Ser.).
$55.00 USD plus postage.


159756 CHANEL, P.
In the Land of Taboos.
1957 The Life of St. Peter Chanel, Marist, the first martyr of Oceania. By J. Cloupeau. Trans. from the French by James M. Darby, Marianist. (Drawings by Harry Harodeck). Paterson, New Jersey: St. Anthony...
$35.00 USD plus postage.


28015 CHAPMAN, F.
Open-air studies in Australia.
1929 Lond. (1929). 8vo. Or.cl. (XX,170pp.). With frontisp., and num. illusts.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


192760 CHATER, MARY.
Comp. by. A Brownie's Dozen. 14 Singing Games and Songs.
1955 (Lond. 1955). Sm.8vo.Original illust. wrappers. (32pp.). With words and musical scores. 1st ed.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


182929 CHEYNE, I.
Annette of River Bend.
1941 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1941. Sm.8vo.Or.illust. cl. In price clipped d.w. (VIII, 230pp.). With frontisp. Previous owner's signature on front fly-leaf and top of page one, otherwise fine. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


168957 CHITTY, A.W.I.
Fourteen Safety First and other Good Advice Songs for Little Children.
1946 Sydney: W.H. Paling & Co., (1946). 4to. Or.illust.wrapper. (16pp.). With title-vign., and musical scores.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


150260 CILENTO, R.
Moreton Bay Adventure.
1961 Lond. (1961). Sm.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (144pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. by Margaret Cilento. Owner's inscription on front end-paper. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


138009 CLARKE, MRS. HENRY.
The Bushranger's Secret.
1920 Lond: Blackie & Son, n.d. (1920). 8vo. Or.cl. In slightly marked d.w. (192pp.). With frontisp.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


197443 CLELAND, E.D.
The White Kangaroo. A Tale of Colonial Life. Founded on Fact.
1891 London: Wells Gardner, Darton and Co., (1891). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. (viii, 178, 6pp.). With frontisp., tissue guard and 7 full-page plates. 1st edition. Muir 1613. Prelims and fore-edge slightly...
$250.00 USD plus postage.


194818 CLIFTON, Meda C. Leschen.
Pandora's Box. A Book of Family Verse.
1940 Perth, W. A.: Patersons Printing, (1940). 8vo. Orig. cloth backed illust. boards. (24pp.). With numerous b/w drawings by B. L. C. Clifton. 1st edition. Muir 1618.
$115.00 USD plus postage

 

158617 CLODD, EDWARD.
The Childhood of Religions: Embracing a Simple Account of The Birth and Growth of Myths and Legends. ...
1875 Lond. 1875. Sm.8vo. Or. half cf. with marbled boards and raised bands on spine. T.e.g. (X,288pp.). With marbled end-papers. Fine copy. NOTE: Intended for younger readers as a follow on from the autho...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


165468 COBB, JAMES F.
Martin the Skipper. A tale for boys and seafaring folk. ...
Lond: Wells Gardner, ... n.d. (ab.1883). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (spine extremities & corner points slightly rubbed). Gilt. (VI,404,8pp.). With frontisp., and 4 other full-page plates. Title-page printed .
$165.00 USD plus postage.


181536 COLE'S FUNNY DRAWING BOOK.
Specially written and illustrated by J.W.Sampson.
Melbourne: E.W.Cole, (ca.1951). Sm.4to.Or.illust.wrapper stapled as issued. (48pp.). With col.illusts., and b/w drawings throughout. Muir 1708.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


192290 COLE, E.W.
Cole's Happy Time Picture and Nursery Rhyme Book. By Lillian M. Pyke.
1920 Melbourne: E.W. Cole Book Arcade, n.d. (1920). Sm. 4to. Orig. dec. wrappers (slightly worn). (48 pp.). With 8 full-page brightly coloured plates, and 35 b/w line illusts. all by Percy Leason. 1st ed....
$125.00 USD plus postage.


199179 COLE, E.W. (Compl. by).
Cole's Funny Picture Book. Nos 1-2 in 2 vols ...
n.d. Melbourne n.d. 4to. Orig. qtr cloth with illust. boards. With col. plates, numerous text-illusts and illust. endpapers.
$150.00 USD plus postage.


197677 COLE, E.W. (Ed. by).
Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 2. ...
c.1919 Melbourne n.d. (circa 1919). Small 4to. Orig. col. illust. boards. (198pp.). With col. title-page illust., 3 col. full-page plates, numerous text-illusts, a double-page map and illust. front endpaper...
$80.00 USD plus postage.


5024 CONDER, P.
Toad Forest.
1979 Melbourne 1979. 8vo. Oblong. Or.full crushed morocco. (by Zaehnsdorf of London). Inside dentelles. E.g. Silk-wove end-papers. ( 56pp.). Illust. by the author. Lim. ed. P. Conder
$190.00 USD plus postage.


173220 COOK, James. (By G. Finke).
James Cook. Royal Navy.
1987 Sydney (1987). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. (slightly rubbed). d.w. (224pp.). With num. text-illusts., many full-page, a full-page map, and end-paper maps by C. Goodwin. NOTE: Book was a runner-up for the Austral...
$35.00 USD plus postage.


191388 COX, PAUL.
The Great Eucalyptus Mystery. The Adventures of Archibald Koala.
1992 Lond: Jonathan Cape, (1992). Folio. Orig. cl. backed illustrated boards. (VI,38pp.). Copiously illustrated in colour. Text printed in script. 1st ed. Fine.
$150.00 USD plus postage.


190441 CRADOCK, Mrs. H.C.
The Bonny Book of Josephine.
ab.1920 Lond: Blackie and Sons, (ab.1920). 4to. Modern quarter ochre coloured crushed oasis. Spine gilt and with raised bands. Pictured by H.C. Appleton with num. full-page coloured plates, and b/w text-illu...
$500.00 USD plus postage.


169241 CRANE, WALTER.
Pan Pipes: A Book of Old Songs, newly arranged, & with accompaniments by Theo Marzials; Set to pictures by Walter Crane; Engraved and printed in colours by Edmund Evans.
1883 Lond: George Routledge, 1883. 4to. oblong. Or.cl.backed illust. bevelled boards. In chipped d.w. (52pp.). Pictorial work, copiously illustrated throughout in both col. & sepia, incl. dec. end-papers.
$205.00 USD plus postage.


198784 CRANE, Walter (Decorated by).
A Flower Wedding described by Two Wallflowers.
1905 (London): Cassell & Company, 1905. Sm. 4to. Orig. illustrated boards with cloth spine (edges slightly rubbed). (40pp.). With illustrated title-page, colour illustrations throughout and decorated endp...
$300.00 USD plus postage.


180516 CRIPPS, ARTHUR SHEARLY.
The Two of Them Together. A tale about Africa of to-day. ...
1910 Lond: A.R.Mowbray & Co. Ltd., (1910). Sm.8vo.Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (extremities very lightly rubbed). In chipped and slightly worn d.w. (XII, 212pp.). With col. frontisp., and 5 full-page col. plates b...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


193643 DAHL, ROALD. (Flight Lieutenant).
The Gremlins. A Royal Air Force Story. From the Walt Disney Production.
1944 (Sydney: Ayres & James, 1943). 4to. Orig. linen backed red pictorial boards. Copiously illustrated in both colour and b/w, and with illustrated end-papers. 1st Australian edition of Dahl's first boo...
$900.00 USD plus postage.


167462 DANE, JEANIE G. and EDITH G. WALKER.
Song Stories of Australia for Little People. With an Appreciation by Frances E. Newton. ...
1905 (Sydney: William Brooks & Co., 1905). 4to. oblong. Cloth backed orig.illust.boards (corners worn). (54pp.). With illust. title-page, and illust. throughout some of which are col. Comprising words & m...
$330.00 USD plus postage.


47086 DANIELSSON, B.
Terry in Australia.
1961 Transl. from the Swedish By R. Spink. Lond. (1961). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (180pp.). With 9 full-page illusts., and title-vigns. by P. Heyman.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


7680 DAVISON, F.
Storm Bradley - Australian.
1932 A story of yesterday, today and tomorrow. Sydney 1932. Sm.8vo. Or.board. (282pp.).
$10.00 USD plus postage.


184528 DE BRUNHOFF, JEAN.
Le Roi Babar.
1933 Paris: Editions due Jardin de Modes, (1933). Folio. Orig. cl. backed illust. boards (slightly rubbed and soiled; corner points bumped). (48pp.). With col. illusts. throughout and col. illust. end-pap...
$265.00 USD plus postage.


154548 DE BRUNHOFF, LAURENT.
Babar goes to America.
1969 Transl. from the French by M. Jean Craig. Lond: Collins, (1969). Folio. Or.illust.cl. (slightly marked). (64pp.). Profusely illust. in col. incl. illust. end-papers. 1st Engl. ed.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


192327 DE FOE, DANIEL.
The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe. With a Memoir of the Author, and an Essay on his writings.
1844 Lond: Henry G. Bohn, 1844. Roy. 8vo. Contemp. hf. calf (front hinge starting but sound). Spine with raised bands and morocco titling-label. (XVIII, 638pp.). With mounted frontispiece, num. plates, an...
$275.00 USD plus postage.


159602 DENNIS, C.J.
The Ant Explorer. Illustrated by Rita Hall.
1988 (Melbourne 1988). 4to. oblong. Or.illust.boards. With num. col.illusts. Fine.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


190442 DETMOLD,E.J. (Illust. by).
The Book of Baby Birds. Descriptions by Florence E. Dugdale.
ab.1925 Lond: Henry Frowde, n.d. (ab.1925). Large 4to. Modern quarter green crushed oasis. Spine gilt and with raised bands. (120pp.). With 19 mounted coloured plates.
$550.00 USD plus postage.


194552 DIMMOCK, F. H.
Collection of 4 Boy Scout Detective Stories: Bruce the Troop Dog; Hazard Hike; Bruce Again; Carry on Hilbury.
c. 1940 London: The Boy Scouts Association, n.d. (circa 1940). Sm. 8vo. Orig. illust. wrappers. (128pp.). Very good copies.
$225.00 USD plus postage.


147737 DJUGURBA:
Tales from the Spirit Time.
1975 Canberra 1975. Oblong 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (64pp.). With col. frontisp., and num. col. illusts. throughout.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


158326 DOWNIE, J.M.
The Flying Doctor Mystery.
1954 Lond. (1954). 8vo. Or.cl. (covers soiled). (256pp.). With frontisp., and title-vign. 1st ed.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


185651 DOWNIE, JAMES M.
Warrigal. The Story of a Wild Horse...
1938 Lond: Hutchinson & Co., (1935). Roy. 8vo. Or. cl. In chipped and slightly faded d.w. (190pp.). With col. frontsip., title-vign., and num. illusts. most full-page and 1 of which is col., by J. C. Down...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


178890 DRUCE, KAY.
Little Duffy at the Farm.
Sydney: Offset Printing Co., n.d. (1948). 4to. Or.col. illust.wrapper stapled as issued. (16pp.). With col. illusts. throughout. Muir 2152. A fine crisp copy.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


191253 DUGAN, M. Compl. by.
The early dreaming. Australian Children's authors on child hood.
1980 (Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1980). 8vo. Or. cl. d.w. (VI,114 pp.). Illust. Fine. NOTE: Ten of Australia's best-known authors for children.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


196516 DUKE, Madelaine.
The Secret People.
1967 (London: Brockhampton Press, 1967). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (128pp.). With illusts by M. Killpack and endpaper maps. 1st ed. NOTE: An adventure story of the Red Centre of Australia.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


133177 DURACK, M.
To ride a fine horse.
1965 New York 1965. 8vo. Or.illust.cl.d.w. (VIII,138pp.). With text-illusts., and illust. end-papers by E. Durack.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


141560 DURACK, M.
To Ride a Fine Horse.
1963 Melbourne 1963. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (VIII,138pp.). With text-illusts., and illust. end-papers by E. Durack. Durack, E.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


151363 DWYER, V.G.
A War of Girls.
1915 Lond. 1915. 8vo. Or.illust. cloth (rear cover slightly marked). (320,XVIpp.). With frontisp., and 6 full-page plates by Ella Dwyer. 1st ed. Lacks front fly-leaf. Nice copy.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


150390 DYSON, EDWARD.
Billy Bluegum; or, Back to the Bush.
1947 Sydney 1947. Roy.8vo. Or.illust. boards. In chipped d.w. (IV,66pp.). With 69 illusts. by Norman Lindsay. 1st ed. Fine.
$205.00 USD plus postage.


167391 EADY, K.M.
Two Barchester Boys. A Tale of Adventure in the Malay States.
Lond: S.W. Partridge, n.d. (ab.1910). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (slightly soiled and worn). (330,32pp.). With frontisp., 5 full-page illusts. by W. Paget, and adverts. Slightly foxed. Previous owner's...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


152891 EARNSHAW, E.H.
Eaglehawk: Chief of the Tribes of Arunta.
1929 Sydney 1929. Sm.8vo. Or.illust. wrapper. (48pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. (Boys' Bookstall Ser. 1st Book). Fine. 1st ed. Muir 2240. NOTE: The author's first book.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


191989 EISHOV, PETER.
The Hunchback Colt. (The Russian fairy poem "Konek-Gorbunok" written within sight of the great range of the Ural Mountains in Siberia in 1856).
1856 Edited for this edition by Ruth Cowell. Sydney: Pagoda House Publications, 1945. 4to. Or. illust. wrapper. (52pp.). With num. illustrations some of which are coloured, from drawings by the Russian ar...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


153885 ELIOTT, L.S.
Kangaroo Coolaroo.
1950 Lond. (n.d.) (ca.1950). 8vo. Or.illust.cl.d.w. (VI,116pp.). With illust. title-page, frontisp., and num. illusts. by Joyce Horne. Muir 2293. Previous owner's inscription on front fly-leaf.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


165774 ELIOTT, L.S.
Little Teddy Bear. With a foreword by F.L. Edwards. Drawings by A. Wright.
1939 Lond: Collins, (1939). Sm.4to. Or.illust.linen cl. (80pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., num. col. and b/w illusts., and 2 maps. ADDED: Two assoc. pamphlets loosely inserted. NOTE: Children's book ab...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


194174 EMMETT, IAN.
All About Sangin. The Garoland Painting Book.
1951 Melbourne (1951). Oblong royal 8vo. Orig. illust. wrapper (slightly shelf-soiled). (40pp.). With 15 full-page text-illusts. Previous owner's inscription on top of title-page.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


171497 EWING, J.H.
We and the World. A Book for Boys.
1901 Lond: George Bell and Sons, 1901. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards. (rubbed and soiled). (VI,118pp.). With frontisp., and 6 text-illusts. by W.L. Jones. Printed in double-column.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


191278 FABIAN, S. and M. LOH.
Children in Australia: An Outline History.
1980 Melbourne: Hyland House, (1980). Royal 8vo. Orig.illust.cloth. Dustjacket. (248pp.). With title-page illust., numerous illusts., and illust. end-papers. 1st edition.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


86804 FABIUS-CREMER EINDHOVEN.
Een vreemdeling uit Transvaal.
1191 Een boek voor jongens. Amsterdam n.d. (ca.1910). 8vo. Or.pictorial cloth (worn). (4,216pp.). With frontisp., and illusts. NOTE: Juvenile story.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


169738 FARWELL, G.
Riders to an Unknown Sea. The story of Charles Sturt; explorer.
1963 Melbourne 1963. 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (8,176pp.). With title-vign., text-illusts. and end-paper maps, by Frank Beck. (Great Stories of Aust.). 1st ed.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


135942 FAVENC, E.
Marooned on Australia.
Being the narration by Diedrich Buys of his Discoveries and Exploits in Terra Australis Incognita about the year 1630. London: Blackie & Son, n.d. Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. (224,32pp.). With frontisp., 3...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


187399 FAVENC, E.
Marooned on Australia.
1905 Being the narration by Diedrich Buys of his Discoveries and Exploits in Terra Australis Incognita about the year 1630. ... London: Blackie & Son, 1905. Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. (slightly discoloured) (2...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


151573 FENN, G.M.
Bunyip Land: A Story of Adventure in New Guinea. ...
Lond: Blackie & Son, n.d. (ca.1930). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (384pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page plates by G. Brown. Some minor foxing.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


113133 FENN, G.M.
First in the Field.
1924 A story of New South Wales. Lond: Dean & Son, n.d. (ab.1924). 8vo. Or.cl. (soiled & rubbed). (248pp.). With col. frontisp.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


133868 FENN, G.M.
Mass' George; or, A boy's adventures in the old savannahs.
... Lond.n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (554,6pp.). With frontisp., and four other illusts. by W.T. Smith. W.T. Smith
$20.00 USD plus postage.


182143 FENN, GEORGE MANVILLE.
Nat the Naturalist; or, A Boy's Adventures in the Eastern Seas.
Lond: Blackie & Son Ltd, n.d. Sm.8vo. Or. illust.cl. (slightly rubbed). Gilt. (320, 16pp.). With frontisp., and 5 full-page plates by Gordon Browne. Bookplate inside front cover. Foxed. 1st ed? NOTE:...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


198353 FENNER, Ruth.
The Story House.
1960 (Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1960). Oblong sm. 4to. Orig. illustrated boards. Dustjacket. Profusely illust. in colour with pictures by Elisabeth Macintyre. Fine. Muir 2470
$45.00 USD plus postage.


133612 FERGUS, R.M.
Little Australian Pioneers.
1928 Lond. n.d. (ab.1928). Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (spine partly faded). (256pp.). With col. frontisp., and 5 full-page plates. Rubber school stamp on front pastedown. 1st ed.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


180937 FERGUSON-DUELL, JULIE.
Bush Sprites of Australia. Vol.I: Featuring Regie and the Ridgetop Sprites. (all published ?)
(Kincumber, N.S.W.) 1986. Folio. Or.cl.backed illust. boards (42pp.). With title-vign., and num. text-illusts., by the author, most in col, some full-page. Lim.1st ed of 500 copies, of which this is ...
$95.00 USD plus postage.


144855 FEW, F. AND B.
The Boomerang-maker.
1963 Adelaide (1963). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.cl. d.w. (46pp.). With full-page illusts. (Alcheringa Ser.).
$20.00 USD plus postage.


184315 FINKEL, GEORGE.
The Singing Sands.
1966 (Sydney): Angus & Robertson, (1966). 8vo. Or. cl. In slightly chipped d.w. (IV, 176pp.). 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


129513 FITZGERALD, M.A.
Australian Furs and Feathers.
1889 Sydney: Edwards, Dunlop & Co., 1889. Sm.4to. Or.cl. backed illust. boards. With map and 25 full-page illusts. by W.T. Anderson. A repaired copy with some defects including front cover, repaired & reb...
$220.00 USD plus postage.


190958 FITZGERALD, MARY A.
King Bungaree's Pyalla and Stories, illustrative of Manners and Customs that prevailed among Australian Aborogines.
1891 Sydney: Edwards, Dunlop & Co., 1891. Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. front wrapper preserved and mounted on later stiff paper boards. (80pp.). With 6 full-page plates printed in dark brown ink. Title-page & p...
$350.00 USD plus postage.


151345 FORBES, GEORGE.
Adventures in Southern Seas.
1927 A Tale of the Sixteenth Century. Lond. (1927). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (slightly marked). (252,4pp.). With col. frontisp., and 4 full-page plates by G.H. Evison. NOTE: Boy's romance based on Dirck Hartog's V...
$30.00 USD plus postage.


131863 FORBES, GEORGE.
Adventures in Southern Seas. A Tale of the Sixteenth Century.
1928 Lond: John F. Shaw, (1928). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (slightly marked). (252pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page plates by G.H. Evison. NOTE: Boy's romance based on Dirck Hartog's Voyage.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


175501 FORBES, GEORGE.
Adventures in Southern Seas.
1927 A Tale of the Sixteenth Century. Lond: George G. Harrap, (1927). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (extremities slightly rubbed). (252,4pp.). With col. frontisp., and 4 full-page plates by G.H. Evison. NOTE: Boy's rom...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


191315 FRASER, A.A.
Daddy Crips' Waifs. A Tale of Australasian Life and Adventure.
ab.1900 Lond: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (ab.1900). Sm. 8vo. Orig. dec. cloth. (192,6pp.). With frontisp., 2 full-page plates, and illlust. chapter headings. A good copy.
$75.00 USD plus postage.


185699 FRAUCA, HARRY.
Striped Wolf. A Bush Adventure.
1969 Melbourne: Heineman (1969). 8vo. Or. illust. cl. d.w. (VIII, 110pp.). With frontisp., and text-illusts., most full-page by Genevieve Melrose. 1st ed.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


154088 FRIEND, DONALD.
An Alphabet of Owls et cetera.
1981 With a text suitable for all children, grown-ups, non-readers, ornamental hermits, et alia. (Melbourne): Gryphon Books, 1981. Folio. Or. full buckram with illust. morocco title-label on front cover. ...
$2750.00 USD plus postage.


147013 FROST, ANNIE.
Stories Told by "Little Miss Kookaburra" of 3 L.O., Melbourne.
1925 Written by "Idie". Melbourne: Lothian, (1925). Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards. (96pp.). With portr., and num. drawings by Guthrie Grant. 1st ed. Nice copy.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


142829 GHOSE, S.N.
Folk Tales and Fairy Stories from India.
1961 Lond: the Golden Cockerel Press, 1961. Folio. Or. full buckram. Gilt. (148pp.). With decorations by Shrimati E. Carlile. Ed. lim to 500 numbered copies. Uncut. Fine.
$150.00 USD plus postage.


163539 GIBBS, MAY.
Wattle Babies.
1918 Sydney n.d. (ab.1918). 8vo. Or.illust.wrapper (sewn as issued). (26pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page and num. illusts. by the author. 1st ed. Fine.
$40.00 USD plus postage


191243 GIBBS, MAY.
Gum-Blossom Babies.
1922 Sydney (1922). 8vo. Or.illust.wrapper sewn as issued. (26pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page, and num. illusts. by the author. Fine.
$200.00 USD plus postage


191242 GIBBS, May.
Gumnut Babies.
1916 Sydney n.d. (1916). 8vo. Or.illust. wrapper sewn as issued. (24pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page, and 11 full-page illusts. by the author. 1st ed.?
$200.00 USD plus postage


169775 GIBBS, May.
Prince Dande Lion.
1953 A garden whim-wham by May Gibbs. (Sydney 1953). Sm.4to. Or.cl. backed illust. boards (covers soiled). In repaired d.w. (VI,118pp.). With illust. title, col. frontisp., 3 full-page col. plates, full-p...
$415.00 USD plus postage


199362 GIBBS, May.
Little Obelia, and Further Adventures of Ragged Blossom, Snugglepot & Cuddlepie.
1921 Sydney: Angus & Robertson, n.d. (1921). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. boards with cloth spine. In the orig. rare illustrated dustjacket. (vi, 92pp.). With coloured frontispiece, illustrated title-page, 20 f...
$950.00 USD plus postage


135974 GIBBS, May.
Gumnut Babies.
1916 Sydney n.d. (1916). 8vo. Or.illust. wrappersewn as issued. (24pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page, and 11 full-page illusts. by the author. 1st ed.?
$150.00 USD plus postage


198292 GIBBS, May.
The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie.
1950 Sydney: Angus & Robertson, (1950). Sm. 4to. Orig. qtr cloth with illustrated boards (slightly rubbed). (vi, 220pp.). With coloured frontispiece, illustrated title-page, 4 full-page coloured plates, n...
$175.00 USD plus postage


198458 GIBBS, May. (By M.Walsh).
The May Gibbs Collection. 2 vols. Vol. 1: Mother of the Gumnuts. Her Life and Work. Vol. 2: Gumnut Classics. The Famous Gumnut Adventures.
1985 (Sydney 1985). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. Profusely illust., some in colour. In slipcase. Fine.
$150.00 USD plus postage.


172323 GILBERT, W.S.
The Story of The Mikado. ...
1921 Lond: Daniel O'Connor, 1921. Sm.4to. Or.illust.cl. (slightly faded spine). (XII,116pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page in red/black, 5 full-page col. plates, text-illusts., and illust. end-...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


140273 GILBERT, W.S.
The "Bab" Ballads.
1869 Much sound and little sense. Lond: John Camden Hotten, 1869. Sm.8vo. Or. gilt-dec.cl. (corner points slightly rubbed). Gilt. E.g. (222,4pp.). With title-vign., frontisp., and over 150 text-illusts. b...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


145034 GILBERT, W.S.
The "Bab" Ballads.
1869 Much sound and little sense. Lond: John Camden Hotten, 1869. Sm.8vo. Or. gilt-dec. cl. Gilt. E.g. (222,4pp.). With title-vign., frontisp., and over 150 text-illusts. by the author. 1st ed. A nice cop...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


195113 GILMORE, D. H.
The Tale of Christopher Cricket.
1946 Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1946. Small 4to. Original illustrated boards (lower front cover slightly soiled). (48pp.). With coloured frontispiece, illustrated title page, 5 full-page colour plates, 10...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


191812 GINGER MEGGS:
The Most Important Boy in Australia - 75 Years of Ginger Meggs. By Lindsay Foyle.
1996 (Sydney: The Australian Black and White Artists' Club, 1996). Large 4to. Or. illust. limp boards. (20pp.). With num. illusts. Printed in double - column. Fine. NOTE: Introduction by Bill Peach.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


192762 GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION.
A Baker's Dozen. 13 Singing Games for Brownies.
1950 Ed. by M. Chater. Lond: Girl Guides Association, (1950). Sm.8vo.Original illust. wrappers. (28pp.). With musical scores.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


169076 GOLDING, HARRY.
Our Animal Friends.
Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. (ab.1930). 4to. Or.cl. backed illust.boards (corners slightly rubbed). (176pp.). Illustrated by Margaret W. Tarrant with 24 full-page col. plates incl. one entitled "Mrs....
$105.00 USD plus postage.


185129 GORDON, T.
Milbi. Aboriginal Tales from Queensland's Endeavour River.
1980 Told and illustrated by Tulo Gordon. Transl. by J.B. Haviland. Canberra: Australian National University Press, (1980). 8vo. Oblong. Or.cl. d.w. (VI,60pp.). With frontisp., half title-vign., map and n...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


191858 GRABHAM, EDITH., MARY HAMILTON, etc.
The Little New Zealander. Stories & Verses.
ab.1900 Pictured by F.Holms, etc. Lond: Dean & Son, n.d. (ab.1900). Sm. 4to. Orig. glazed colour pictorial boards (skilfully rebacked). (32pp.). Copiously illustrated including a fine dec. title-page. (Dean'...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


159197 GRAHAME, KENNETH.
Dream Days.
1902 Lond: John Lane The Bodley Head, (1902). 8vo. Or. multi-col. illust.cl. Gilt. T.e.g. (VI,228,6pp.). With frontisp. & captioned tissue-guard, illust. title-page, 8 full-page plates with captioned tiss...
$250.00 USD plus postage.


188449 GRAHAME, KENNETH.
Dream Days.
1899 Lond: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1899. 8vo. Orig. illustrated yellow cloth (covers rubbed and soiled). (VI, 278, 16pp.). Includes 16pp. of publishers' adverts. at end dated 1898. 1st edition. Uncut. ...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


141044 GRAHAME, KENNETH.
The Golden Age.
1928 Lond: John Lane, The Bodley Head, (1928). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (back cover a little soiled). (XII,168,4pp.). With illusts., and decorations by E.H. Shepard, including frontisp., and num. text-ill...
$25.00 USD plus postage.


123071 GREENAWAY, K.
Kate Greenaway.
1905 By M.H. Spielmann and G.S. Layard. Lond. 1905. Roy.8vo. Cloth (rebound) (XX,302,2pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., 51 ful l-page col. plates each with a captioned tissue guard, b/w plates, and ...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


184322 GUNN, JOHN.
Sea Menace.
1958 Lond: Constable, (1958). 8vo. Or. cl. In chipped and price clipped d.w. (192pp.). With title pages illusts., and text-illusts., by Brian Keogh. 1st ed.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


91878 HALE, E.
The joyous adventures of little Kumalo.
A South African story. Lond. n.d. Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (144pp.). With col. frontisp., and text-illusts. by Savile Lumley. Lacks front fly-leaf. Savile Lumley
$10.00 USD plus postage.


171243 HANKY-PANKY:
The Story of Hanky-Panky. Illustrated by Rufus Morris.
1942 (Sydney: W.H. Honey Publ. Co., n.d. circa 1942). Sm.4to. Or. stiff illust.boards. (16pp.). Illust. throughout in both col. & b/w. Fine. Muir 3269.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


174910 HARPER COLUMBIA.
The Animal Bubble Book: The Harper Columbia Book that Sings.
1918 Singing by The Three Little Kittens, The Three Little Piggies, The Three Blind Mice. By Ralph Mayhew & Burges Johnson. N.P. Harper & Brothers, (1918). Oblong Sm.8vo. Or.illust.boards (slightly worn a...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


190443 HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER.
Uncle Remus; or, The Story of Mr. Fox and Brer Rabbit.
ca.1920's Lond: Thomas Nelson, n.d. (ca.1920's). Folio. Modern quarter crushed mauve oasis. Spine gilt and with raised bands. (112pp.). With 12 full-page coloured plates by Harry Rowntree, and 84 pen & ink dra...
$750.00 USD plus postage.


156088 HARRISON, H.C.
The Windmill.
1947 A book for boys (young and old). Melbourne 1947. Sm.4to. Or.cl. In chipped d.w. (76pp.). With frontisp., 4 full-page plates and text-illusts. Author's signed present. copy. With small library stamp.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


160168 HAVERFIELD, E.L.
Queensland Cousins.
1908 Lond: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. (1908). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (spine extremities slightly rubbed). (238,16pp.). With col. frontisp., 1 full-page col. plate, and publishers' adverts. at end. 1st ed. A...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


86824 HAY, WILLIAM.
An Australian Rip Van Winkle, and other pieces.
1921 ... Lond. (1921). Sm.8vo.Or.cl. boards (top spine slightly torn). with printed paper title-labels on spine & front cover (200pp .). 1st ed.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


98586 HAY, WILLIAM.
An Australian Rip Van Winkle, and other pieces.
1921 ... Lond. (1921). Sm.8vo.Or.printed wrappers. (200pp.). 1st ed.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


163264 HEATH, E.
Illust. by. My Village in Rarotonga.
1961 Wellington 1961. Sm.8vo. oblong. Or.illust.wrapper. (46pp.). with title-vign., 5 full-page plates, 15 full-page line drawings, and 2 maps. NOTE: For younger readers.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


135360 HEDDLE, E.M.
How Australian literature grew.
1962 Melbourne (1962). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.cl.d.w. (6,90pp.). With title-vign., text-illusts., and illust. end-papers by Iris Millington. Top edge of text stained.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


143470 HEDDLE, E.M. (Ed. by).
The Boomerang book of legendary tales.
1957 Lond. (1957) 8vo. Or.illust.cl. In torn d.w. (X,150pp.). With text-illusts. by N. Parker.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


196155 HENTY, G.A.
Won by the Sword. A Tale of Thirty Years' War.
London: Blackie & Son, n.d. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. (384, 16pp.). Illustrated by Charles M. Sheldon with a frontispiece, 11 full-page plates and 4 bottle plans. Some foxing in text, scool-pri...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


189346 HENTY, G.A.
Out of the Pampas; or, The Young Settlers. ..
Lond: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. 8vo.Orig. illust.cloth binding (slightly rubbed). (302,16pp.). With col. frontisp., and 5 full-page col. plates by A.J.Gough. Some minor foxing. With ...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


195894 HENTY, G.A.
Held Fast For England. A Tale of the Siege of Gibraltar (1779-83).
c. 1900 London: Blackie and Son, n.d. (circa 1900). 8vo. Orig. pictorial cloth. Gilt. (352pp.). With frontisp., 6 full-page illusts by Gordon Browne and 3 sketch maps. Slightly foxed.
$100.00 USD plus postage.


182706 HENTY, G.A.
By Pike and Dyke. A Tale of the Rise of the Dutch Republic.
1890 Lond: Blackie & Son, 1890. 8vo. Or. pictorial cl. (a little rubbed). Gilt. (384, 32pp.). With frontisp., 9 full-page plates by Maynard Brown and 4 maps. Previous owner's inscription on half-title pa...
$130.00 USD plus postage.


167526 HENZELIN, EMILE.
Quand Nos Grands Marins etaient petits. Images d'Albert Uriet.
1931 Paris: Librairie Delagrave, 1931. Folio. Or.illust.boards with cloth spine (corners bruised and rubbed). (48pp.). With 7 full-page col. plates each with a protective tissue-guard, and num. b/w text-i...
$415.00 USD plus postage.


160701 HILL, W.T.
The Magic Spear; or, Camped with the Blacks.
Melbourne n.d. (ca.1929). Sm.8vo. Or.illust.wrapper. (64pp.). Illust. by R. Wenban. (Australian Young Folks' Story Books).
$30.00 USD plus postage.

 

171678 HIND, J.R. Ed. by.
Collins' Railway Annual ...
Lond: Collins, n.d. (ab.1928). Sm.thick 4to. Or.illust.boards cl. spine. (corners rubbed; back cover spotted). With col. frontisp., col. title-vign. 1 double-page and 2 full-page col. plates, 8 full-...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


129970 HIRST, G.
So They Played Together.
193? (Goulburn) n.d. (193?). Sm.4to. Or.illust.wrapper. (40pp.). With num. text-illusts. by the author.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


7724 HISLOP, J.
History of Knox Church Dunedin.
1892 Dunedin 1892. 8vo. Or.cl.(poor) (XVIII,160,23pp.). With portr.and 5 plates.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


178729 HODGKIN, L.V.
A Book of Quaker Saints.
1918 Lond. & Edinburgh: T.N. Foulis, (1918). 8vo. Or.cl. (covers slightly soiled & rubbed). (XIV,548pp.). Illust. by F. Cayley-Robinson with 7 tipped-in col. plates each with a tissue-guard, and illust. e...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


144145 HOFLAND, MRS.
The Young Crusoe; or A Boy's Adventures on a Desolate Island.
1878 Lond. 1878. Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (224pp.). With text-illusts. NOTE: Set in the Pacific.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


168940 HOLDEN, Robert
Koalas, Kangaroos and Kookaburras.
200 Australian Children's Books and Illustrations 1857-1988. Sydney n.d. (ab.1988). 4to. oblong. Or.illust.wrapper. (88pp.). With title-vigns., and num. illusts., most in col. NOTE: A brief survey of...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


192027 HOLDEN, Robert
The Golden Age of Australian Fantasy.
1985. Children's Book Illustrations: 1910-1950. Sydney 1985. 4to.Or.illust.wrapper.(12pp.). With title-page illust., and text illusts. NOTE: Catalogue for an exhibiton held at S.H.Ervin Gallery, National T...
$20.00 USD plus postage.
 


192026 HOLDEN, Robert
Koalas, Kangaroos and Kookaburras.
ab.1988 200 Australian Children's Books and Illustrations 1857-1988. Sydney n.d. (ab.1988). Oblong sm. 4to. Or.illust.wrapper. (88pp.). With title-vigns., and num. illusts., most in col. NOTE: A brief survey...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


160250 HOLDEN, Robert
A Golden Age. 2 vols.
1992 1. Visions of Fantasy. Australia's Fantasy Illustrators; Their lives and works. 2. Through the Magic Door. A collection of Australia's Classic Fantasy Writing. (Sydney 1992). 4to. Or.cl.d.w. In illus...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


179993 HOLDEN, Robert
The Golden Age of Australian Fantasy.
1985. Children's Book Illustrations: 1910-1950. Sydney 1985. 4to.Or.illust.wrapper.(12pp.). With title-page illust., and text illusts. NOTE: Catalogue for an exhibiton held at S.H.Ervin Gallery, National T...
$15.00 USD plus postage.


155904 HONEY, W.H.
Another Story of Towser. The Second Episode in the Life Story of This Delightful Pup.
Sydney n.d. (194?). Folio. Or.illust.wrapper. (8pp.). With text-illusts. by L.G. Jordan.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


36241 HOPE, R.M.
Nous.
1930 An antidote for business inertia. Sydney 1930. 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (X,218pp.). Author's signed compl.copy.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


142275 HORNADAY, W.T.
The Man who Became a Savage.
1896 A story of our times. ... Buffalo, N.Y.: the Peter Paul Book Co., 1896. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (inner hinges strengthened). (X,413,3pp.). Illust. by C.B. Hudson with 16 full-page plates, and 2 maps. 1st ...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


142262 HOUSTON, E.J.
Wrecked on a Coral Island.
1908 Philadelphia: The Griffith & Rowland Press, (1908). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (416pp.). With frontisp., 4 full-page plates, and text-illusts. 1st ed. Fine. (The Pacific Series, II).
$40.00 USD plus postage.


187581 HUME-GRIFFITH, M. E.
Tales of the Arabs. ...
ab 1920 Lond: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (ab 1920). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth binding. (180, 12pp.). With a col. frontisp., and a full-page col. plate by Hilda Gagett. Inscription on front fly-leaf. So...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


142629 HURLIMANN, B.
Three centuries of children's books in Europe.
1967 Transl. and ed. by B.W. Alderson. Lond: Oxford U.P., 1967. Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (XVIII,298pp.). With 28 full-page plates some of which are col., and num. text-illusts. Fine.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


156822 HUTCHINGS, M.
Modern Soft Toy Making.
1971 Lond. 1971. Sm.4to.Or.cl. (246pp.). With col. frontisp., & num. text illusts., many of them fold.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


160702 INGAMELLS, R.
Aranda Boy. An Aboriginal story.
1952 Lond. (1952). Sm.8vo. Or.illust. wrappers. (160pp.). Illust. by Leong Pak Hong. 1st ed.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


150786 INGOLDSBY, THOMAS.
The Ingoldsby Legends: or, Mirth and Marvels.
1862 Lond: Richard Bentley, 1862. Sm.8vo. Or. blind-stamped cl. Spine gilt. (XII,530,2pp.). With illust. engrv. title-page. Fine.
$65.00 USD plus postage.


127331 IRVING, WASHINGTON.
Old Christmas.
1878 From The Sketchbook of Washington Irving. Lond.1878. Sm.8vo. Or.gilt-illust. cl. E.g. (XVI,166pp.). With frontisp., illust. title-page, 5 full-page plates, and num. text-illusts. by R. Caldecott. Som...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


192779 JACK AND THE BEANSTALK.
J.C. Williamson's Grand Spectacular Pantomime Jack and the Beanstalk. Adapted by J. James Hewson. Performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, Sydney.
(circa 1910) Sydney (circa 1910). Small 4to. Original illustrated wrappers (slightly foxed). (58pp.). With numerous illustrations and advertisements, including full page plates of the cast members. Very good cond...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


180762 JAMES, A.
My Day. By Anthony James aged 7 months. Sketches by Unkle White.
(Sydney) n.d. (ab.1944). Roy.8vo.Or.illust.limp boards (slightly chipped and soiled). (20pp.). With num. text-illusts.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


168985 JAMES, HARRY A.
The Doll-Man's Gift.
Lond: George Newnes Ltd., n.d. (ab.1900). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. Gilt. (extremities slightly rubbed). (198,IIpp.). With illust. title-page, and num. text-illusts. some full-page, by K.M. Skeaping. Bookplate...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


170140 JAMES, MARION.
Yabba-Yabba. (An Aboriginal word meaning "talks"). Stories and verses of Australia. Birds - Bush - Blackfellows. ...
1944 (Westmead, N.S.W.) 1944. 8vo. Or.illust.boards (slightly soiled). (124pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. Lacks front fly-leaf.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


170433 JARL, MOONIE.
(W. Reeves).The Legends of Moonie Jarl.
1964 (Brisbane 1964). Sm.4to. Or.illust.cl. In chipped & slightly soiled d.w. (44pp.). With title-vign., and 9 full-page col. illusts. by Wandi (Olga Miller). Small rubber stamp on front fly-leaf, rear en...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


198522 JARL, Moonie. (W. Reeves).
The Legends of Moonie Jarl.
1964 (Brisbane 1964). Sm.4to. Orig. illust.cloth.Dustjacket. (44pp.). With title-vign. and 9 full-page col. illusts by Wandi (Olga Miller). Fine.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


182016 JEANS, T.T.
Ford H.M.S. Vigilant. A Tale of the Chusan Archipelago.
Lond: Blackie & Son Limited, n.d. Sm.8vo.Or.illust.cl. (slightly flecked) (352pp.). With frontisp., 3 full-page plates by William Rainey, a full-page map and text-illusts., by the author. Previous ow...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


168511 JENNINGS, R.G.
Told in the Dormitory.
1911 Melbourne: Thames C. Lothian 1911. ... 8vo. Or.cl. (238,16pp.). With col. frontisp. Slight foxing. 1st ed. Muir 3758.
$60.00 USD plus postage.


186474 JERROLD, W.
The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes.
Lond: Blackie and Son, n.d. (ab. 1903). Sm. 4to. Orig. gilt dec. cl. (slightly discol. and edges slightly rubbed). (320pp.). With 8 full-page col. plates, 12 full-page tri-colour plates, and num. tex...
$300.00 USD plus postage.


196476 JOHNS, W.E. (Capt.).
Biggles and the Black Peril.
c. 1940 London: Dean & Son Ltd., n.d. (circa 1940). 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket (edges slightly rubbed). (184pp.). Pages slightly discoloured but a very good copy overall.
$75.00 USD plus postage.


183678 JOHNS, W.E. (Capt.).
Sinister Service. The Adventures of Lance Lovell, Counter-Espionage Officer, told by his Brother and Unofficial Assistant, Rodney Lovell.
1949 (Lond.): Geoffrey Cumberledge, O.U.P., (1949). Sm. 8vo. Or. cl. In price clipped and slightly chipped dust-soiled d.w. (192pp.). With 4 full-page illusts., by S. Tresilian. Previous owner's inscript...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


181584 JOHNS, W.E. (Capt.).
Biggles in the Cruise of the Condor.
Lond: Dean & Son. n.d. 8vo. Or.cl. In chipped and slightly soiled d.w. (184pp.). Some slight browning to pages.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


96753 JOHNSTON, H.
Pioneers in Canada.
1912 Lond. 1912. 8vo. Or.cl. Gilt. T.e.g. and other edges uncut. (2,238pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., 7 full-page col. plates, b/w illusts., and 3 maps. (Pioneers of Empire Ser.). Fine.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


181664 JOHNSTON, WILLIAM.
Tom Graham, V.C. A Tale of the Afghan War.
1900 Lond: Thomas Nelson and sons, 1900. 8vo.Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (slightly worn). (260pp.). With frontisp., and its protective tissue guard and 5 full-page plates. Some minor foxing. School present. plate...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


187406 JUNIPER, ROBERT.
Asphodel. (Text by Lilla Cole).
1982 Fremantle Arts Centre Press, (1982). 4to. Orig. illust. cloth binding. In illust. slip-case. (X, 78pp.). With 39 full-page illustrations, and illust. end-papers by the artist. Limited First Edition o...
$250.00 USD plus postage.


157339 KALLUM KUNDIRA:
The Story of Kallum Kundira, the Strong Man.
N.P. n.d. (Publ. by The Texas Company (Australasia) Ltd.). Sm.8vo. Or.illust.wrappers (annotated on cover and in text). Illust. NOTE: Folk lore of the Australian aborigines.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


184664 KAY, TIMOTHY.
Koo-Loo The 'Roo.
Sydney: Colourtone, n.d. (ab.1947). Sm. 4to. Or. cl. backed illust. boards (rubbed). (32pp.). With title-page illusts., and text-illusts., some full-page and in col., by Rufus Morris. Previous owner'...
$25.00 USD plus postage.


141736 KERRY, P.
Cobbers of the A.I.F.
1940 Sydney 1940. Sm.8vo. Or. wrapper. (30pp.). Foxing throughout. With frontisp, and illusts.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


82603 KINGSTON, W.H.G.
Saved from the Sea.
Lond.n.d. 8vo. Or.pictorial cloth (318,2pp.). With col.frontisp., col.title-page and 4 full-page col.plates. Lacks front fly-le af.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


93424 KINGSTON, W.H.G.
Mark Seaworth.
A tale of the Indian Ocean. Lond.n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cloth. (320,20pp.). With frontisp. Lacks hf.title.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


159750 KINGSTON, W.H.G.
Peter The Whaler. His early life and adventures in the Arctic Regions.
Lond. n.d. (ab.1900). 8vo. Or.gilt dec. cl. (spine partly discoloured). E.g. (332,IVpp.). With frontisp. and num. full-page plates.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


191457 KINGSTON, W.H.G.
In the Wilds of Florida.
Lond.n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cloth. (400pp.). With additioinal colour illust. title-page, and 5 full-page col.plates. School prize label inside front cover. Fine.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


181267 KINGSTON, W.H.G.
A Voyage Round the World.
Lond: Thomas Nelson and Sons, n.d. 8vo.Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (416, 2pp.). With col. frontisp., and 4 full-page col. plates. School prize label on front fly-leaf. Some minor foxing.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


134775 KINGSTON, W.H.G.
Peter Trawl. The Adventures of a Whaler.
1905 ... Lond. 1905. Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (IV,350,2pp.).With frontisp., and 6 full-page plates. Prize label on front pastedown. Some foxing.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


183637 KIPLING, RUDYARD.
Land and Sea Tales for Scouts and Guides.
1923 Lond: Macmillan, 1923. 8vo. Or. illust. cl. (slightly rubbed) (VIII, 282, 2pp.). 1st ed.
$95.00 USD plus postage.


198499 KIPLING, RUDYARD.
The (Two) Jungle Books. 2 vols.
Lond: Macmillan, 1894 & 1895. 8vo. Orig. illust. blue cloth binding. Gilt. Edges gilt. With numeous illusts. by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake & P. Frenzeny many of which are full-page. 1st EDITIONS of b...
$2250.00 USD plus postage.


198112 KNATCHBULL-HUGESSEN, E.H.
The Princess with the Pea-Green Nose.
1927 New York and London: Harper & Brothers, 1927. Sm. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth (edges slightly rubbed). (vi, 114pp.). With col. frontisp., 8 full-page illusts, text-illusts and illust. endpapers by Myra ...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


170905 KNIGHT, H.C.
The Railway Pioneers; or, The Story of the Stephensons, Father and Son. A Book for Boys.
1890's Lond: Wesleyan Conference Office, n.d. (1890's). Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (spine faded and extremities slightly worn). (94,10pp.). With portr., and text-illusts., by H. Prater, and adverts. Previo...
$35.00 USD plus postage.


178166 KNOX, THOMAS W.
The Boy Travellers in Australasia.
1889 Adventures of Two Youths in a Journey to the Sandwich, Marquesas, Society, Samoan, and the Feejee Islands, and through the Colonies of New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Tasmania, an...
$245.00 USD plus postage.


175350 KYNE, PETER B.
Never the Twain Shall Meet.
Lond: Hodder and Stoughton, n.d. Sm.8vo. Or.red cloth with black lettering. (318pp.). 1st ed.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


166534 LAKE, JOSHUA.
Compl. and ed. by. Childhood in Bud and Blossom.
1900 A Souvenir Book of the Children's Hospital Bazaar. Melbourne; The Atlas Press, 1900. 4to. Or.cl. backed dec. boards (corners rubbed and a little soiled). (122pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., full-p...
$330.00 USD plus postage.


143467 LAMBERT, ERIC.
The Tender Conspiracy.
1965 Lond. (1965). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (80pp.). With text-illusts. by Iris Schweitzer.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


122885 LANG, A. Ed. by.
The True Story Book.
1893 Lond.1893. 8vo. Or.dec.blue cloth. Gilt. (extremities slightly rubbed). E.g. (XVI,338,2pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., full- page plates, and text-illusts. Some slight foxing, otherwise fine.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


189738 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Violet Fairy Book.
1901 Lond: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1901. Sm. 8vo. Orig. extra gilt stamped cloth (spine skilfully rebacked preserving the orig. spine strip). E.g. ((XII,388pp.). With col. frontispiece, title-vign., 7 f...
$400.00 USD plus postage.


189262 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Blue Fairy Book.
1912 Lond: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912. 8vo. Or. dec. blue cloth (slightly rubbed). Spine gilt. T.e.g. (X, 390pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., 7 full-page plates, and num. text-illusts. by H.J. Ford ...
$250.00 USD plus postage.


189043 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Crimson Fairy Book. ...
1909 Lond: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1909. 8vo. Orig. cloth binding. Extra gilt illustrated on front cover and spine (slightly rubbed). E.g. (XII, 372pp.). With coloured frontispiece & accompanying tissue...
$350.00 USD plus postage.


189835 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Red Fairy Book. ...
1901. Lond: 1901. Sm. 8vo. Orig. red cloth (lightly flecked) with gilt illust. on front cover & spine. E.g. (slightly rubbed). (X,368pp.). With frontisp. & accompanying tissue-guard, title-vign., and num. ...
$300.00 USD plus postage.


189042 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Grey Fairy Book.
1900 Lond: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1900. 8vo. Orig. grey cloth with gilt illust. on front cover & spine (lightly rubbed). E.g. (XII, 388pp.). With frontispiece & accompanying tissue-guard, title-vign., ...
$350.00 USD plus postage.


189836 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Pink Fairy Book. ...
1901 Lond.: Longmans, Green, 1901. 8vo. Or.pink buckram stamped in gilt.(spine faded). E.g. (X,360,4pp.). With frontisp. and tissue-guard, title-vign., and num. illusts., 32 being full-page, by H.J. Ford....
$300.00 USD plus postage.


189833 LANG, ANDREW. Ed. by.
The Green Fairy Book. ...
1911 Lond: 1911. 8vo. Or. gilt-illust. cl. (slightly rubbed). E.g. (XIV,366pp.). With frontisp. and tissue-guard, title-page illust., and num. illusts., many being full-page.
$300.00 USD plus postage.


181877 LEIGHTON, ROBERT.
Coo-ee! A Story of Peril and Adventure in the South Seas.
1922 Lond: C.Arthur Pearson Ltd., (1922). 8vo.Or.illust.cl.(slightly rubbed). (256pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates by E.P.Kinsella. School present. plate on front end-paper.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


122372 LESTERMAN, J.
The Second Mate of the 'Myradale'.
1929 Lond.(1929). 8vo. Or.cl. In illust. chipped d.w. (320pp.). Illust. by Rowland Hilder with a col. frontisp., title-vign., num. full-page illusts., text-figs., and illust. end-papers. 1st ed. NOTE: A b...
$20.00 USD plus postage.


198530 LINDSAY, Norman. (By Edward Dyson).
Billy Bluegum; or, Back to the Bush.
1947 Sydney: The Shepherd Press, 1947. Royal 8vo. Orig.illust. boards. In shelf-soiled and chipped dustjacket. (iv, 66pp.). With 69 illusts by Norman Lindsay. 1st edition. Contents fine.
$125.00 USD plus postage.

191428 LINDSAY, NORMAN.
The Flyaway Highway.
1973 (Melbourne 1973). Small 4to. Orig. cloth. In dustjacket with faded spine. (IV,108pp.). With numerous text-illusts.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


192686 LISTER, G.
The Little Round Garden.
1946 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1946). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.boards. (VIII,112pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., num. illusts., some full-page and illust. end-papers. NOTE: Colour frontisp. illust. b...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


167707 LISTER, G.
The Song Goes On. Foreword by Her Excellency The Lady Gowrie. Words of Song by M. Osborne.
1941 Sydney: New Century Press, (1941). 8vo. Or.illust.boards (spine slightly chipped). (60pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., and num. text-illusts. by R.M. Thompson and the Author.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


189288 LISTER, GLADYS.
The House That Beckons.
1940 Decorated by Pixie O'Harris and a few drawings by the author. Sydney 1940. Sm. 4to. Or. pictorial boards (partly faded). In slightly chipped dustwrapper. (124pp.). With num. blue/black illustrations ...
$115.00 USD plus postage.


190667 LISTER, GLADYS.
The House That Beckons.
1940 Decorated by Pixie O'Harris and a few drawings by the author. Sydney: New Century Press Pty. Ltd., 1940. Small 4to. Orig. pictorial boards (partly faded). In slightly defective dustwrapper. (124pp.)....
$115.00 USD plus postage.


175878 LITTLEJOHN, AGNES.
Star Dust and Sea Spray.
1918 Sydney: Edwards, Dunlop & Co. Ltd., 1918. Roy.8vo. Or.cl. backed illust. boards (rubbed). (VIII,84pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., half-title page illust., and num. text-illusts., by Sydney Ure Smi...
$115.00 USD plus postage.


160073 LYTTEL BOOKE OF NONSENSE, A.
(By) R.D. Kensington:
1925 The Cayme Press, 1925. Sm.4to. Or.illust.boards (rebacked preserving the orig. spine strip; covers slightly soiled). (VI,76.leaves). With illust. title-page, 76 wood-cut illusts., and publisher's dec...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


192088 M.A.C.
The Bullfinch and Canary. With embossed pictures in chromo colours.
ab.1880 Lond: Dean & Son, n.d. (ab. 1880). Sm. 4to. Orig. pictorial cloth (skilfully rebacked). Printed in sepia coloured ink incl. text-illusts., title-page in red/black, 8 full-page coloured chromo-lithogr...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


164673 MACARTHUR-ONSLOW, A.
Minnie.
1971 Sydney (1971). 4to. Or.cl.d.w. (64pp.). With double title-page illust., num. illusts., some in col., and illust. end-papers. 1st ed. NOTE: Children's book about the adventures of a cat.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


164558 MACARTHUR-ONSLOW, A.
The Giant Bamboo Happening.
1982 Sydney 1982. 8vo. Oblong. Or.cl.d.w. (32pp.). With double-page col. title-illust., num. col. illusts., and illust. end-papers. Author's inscription on front fly-leaf. 1st ed. Fine. NOTE: Author won t...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


185309 MACDONALD, A.
The Invisible Island. A story of the Far North of Queensland.
1911 Lond. 1911. 8vo. Or.pictorial cloth. (360pp.). With col. frontisp., and 5 full-page col. plates. 1st ed.
$175.00 USD plus postage.


142606 MACDONALD, A.
The Island Traders. A Tale of the South Seas.
1908 Lond. (1908). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (top spine slightly worn). (292pp.). With 6 full-page plates by C.M. Sheldon. 1st ed. NOTE: Muir cites the later 1909 edition only.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


138006 MACDONALD, A.
The Lost Explorers. A story of the Trackless Desert.
1906 Lond. n.d. (ab.1906). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (380,2pp.). With frontisp., and 5 plates by A.H. Buckland.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


192326 MACDONALD, ALEXANDER.
The Hidden Nugget. A Story of the Australian Goldfields.
1910 Lond: Blackie and Son, 1910. 8vo.Or.illust. red cl. Gilt. (284, 16pp.). With frontisp., 5 full-page plates, and a full-page plan (all illustrated by William Rainey). 1st ed. Slight foxing as usual. ...
$300.00 USD plus postage.


140735 MACDONALD, D.
At the End of the Moonpath.
1922 Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs, n.d. (ab.1922). Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (144pp.). With frontisp., and 10 full-page plates by C.E. James. 1st ed. Fine. Muir 4475.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


146161 MACDONALD, D. AND J.F. EDGAR.
The Warrigals' Well.
1901 A North Australian Story. Lond. 1901. 8vo. Cloth. (IV,308,8pp.). Illust. by J. Macfarlane with a frontisp., and 3 full-page plates. Title-page printed in red/black ink. 1st ed. Rare.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


91066 MACDONALD, L.
Bud the Monkey and other tales of Soldiers' pets.
1932 With an introd.by General Sir Ian Hamilton. Sydney 1932. 8vo. Or.cl. (XII,128pp.). With frontisp.and num.illusts.by A.MacDonald .
$10.00 USD plus postage.


159838 MACK, A.E.
Bushland Stories.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson, n.d. (ab.1921). Sm.4to. Or.red cl. with black lettering on front cover and in gilt on spine (slightly soiled). (VIII,184pp.). With 7 full-page col. plates, num. text-illust...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


164368 MACK, A.E. (Mrs. Launcelot Harrison).
The Wilderness. ...
1922 Sydney (1922). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.wrapper. (26pp.). With col. frontisp., and num. text-illusts. 1st ed.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


192620 MACK, AMY ELEANOR.
The Fantail's House and other Australian Nature Stories.
1929 For Children aged 8 to 9 years. Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing Co., 1929. Sm.8vo.Original decorated wrappers(little soiled). (62pp.). With illust. frontisp. Previous owner's signature and stamp on fron...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


156008 MACK, Louise. (Mrs. J. Percy Creed).
Teens: A Story of Australian Schoolgirls.
1897 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1897. 8vo. Orig. pictorial cloth (covers a little dull). Gilt. Spine gilt. Edges gilt. (viii, 266, 16pp.). With frontisp. and 13 full-page plates by F.P. Mahony. 1st ed: ...
$620.00 USD plus postage.


152906 MACKANESS, J.S. AND G.
Chosen by. Frolic Fair.
1932 A Book of Australian Verse for Children under Ten. ... Sydney 1932. Sm.8vo. Or.illust. wrapper (spine extremities a little frayed). (XII,88pp.). Slightly foxed and with previous owner's sign. on fron...
$30.00 USD plus postage.


191347 MACKENZIE, GERALDINE.
The First Australian's First to Fifth Book. 5 vols. (complete).
1951 Melbourne (1951). oblong 8vo. Or. illust. wrappers. Profusely illust. throughout by Roma Thompson. Fine. The author had been a missionary since 1925 at Aurukun, Nth. Queensland, and these series of r...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


153938 MACKENZIE, KENNETH R.H.
The Marvellous Adventures and Rare Conceits of Master Tyll Owlglass.
1869 Newly collected, chronicled and set forth, In our English tongue ... Melbourne: George Robertson, 1869. 8vo. Or.gilt dec cl. (front cover slightly flecked). E.g. (XLIV,256pp.). Title-page printed in ...
$205.00 USD plus postage.


133615 MACKNESS, C.
Growing Up.
1926 Lond. and Melbourne n.d. (1926). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (spine faded). (256pp.).
$20.00 USD plus postage.


172101 MACKNESS, CONSTANCE.
Gem of the Flat.
1914 Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd., n.d. (ab.1914). (X,322,32pp.). With col. frontisp., 7 full-page plates, and adverts. Presentation plates on front end-papers. Foxed. A nice copy.
$100.00 USD plus postage.


191464 MAHONEY, B.E. and E. WHITNEY. Compl. by.
Contemporary Illustrators of Children's Books.
1930 Boston: The Books for Boys and Girls, 1930. 4to. Orig. cloth with morocco titling-labels on spine. In chipped dustwrapper. (XII,136pp.). With frontisp., title-vignette, full-page col. plates, and num...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


194054 MALTBY, P.
Nursery Rhymes.
(Melbourne) n.d. Folio. Orig. illust limp boards (slightly chipped). (20pp.). With 10 full-page col. illusts. and text-illusts.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


190413 MARCHANT, BESSIE.
The Unknown Island. A Tale of Adventure in the Seychelles. ...
n.d. Lond: Blackie & Son, n.d. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth (slightly shelf-soiled). (256pp.) With col. frontisp., and 3 full-page b/w plates by Wal Paget. School prize label on front fly-leaf.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


192625 MARRYAT, CAPTAIN, R.N.
The Settlers in Canada.
1886 ... Lond: Frederick Warne & Co., 1886. 8vo. Original illust. cloth. Gilt. (VIII,372,24pp.).Little foxing on some pages. With frontisp. and tissue-guard, title-vignette and num. illusts. by F.A. Frase...
$110.00 USD plus postage.


158209 MARRYAT, Capt. F.
Mr. Midshipman Easy.
1938 Sydney: Publicity Press, 1938. Sm.8vo. Or.illust. wrappers. (VI,212,6pp.). With illust. title-page, and 4 full-page illusts. (John Mystery Pocket Book Series).
$25.00 USD plus postage.


140011 MARTIN, D.
Mister P and his remarkable flight.
1975 Sydney (1975). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (XII,146pp.). With illusts. by A. Lacis. 1st ed. Fine.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


129692 MARTIN, D.
I rhyme my time.
1980 A selection of poems for young people. (Brisbane 1980). Sm.4to. Or.cl.d.w. (VI,58pp.). With illusts. by Robert Ingen. 1st ed.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


139156 MASS, N.
China - the Waking Giant.
1965 Summer Hill, N.S.W.: The Writers' Press, n.d. (ab.1965). Sm.8vo. Or.cillust.cl. (104pp.). With text-illusts., and end-paper maps by Tess Mass.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


191346 MASS, NURI and CELESTE.
The Silver Candlestick.
1956 Sydney: The Writers' Press, n.d. (1956). 8vo. Or. illust. wrapper. (16pp.) With num. drawings by Celeste Mass printed in blue coloured ink. 1st edition. Fine. NOTE: The first publication from the Wri...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


166600 MASS, NURI.
Magic Australia.
1947 Sydney 1947. Sm.4to. Or.printed boards (spine extremities a little worn). (8,164pp.). With col. frontisp., 3 full-page col. plates, num. b/w illusts. some of which are full-page by Celeste Mass, and ...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


145996 MCINTYRE, E.L.
Pin Money. A story for children.
1936 Sydney 1936. 8vo. Or.limp boards in torn d.w. (104pp.). Illust. by J.W. Smith.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


152961 MCKILLOP, M.
Derring-do Mary.
1965 The story of Mary McKillop, an Australian girl ... by Sister M. Margaret. Sydney (1965). Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (8,88pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. by Sister M. Mildred.
$30.00 USD plus postage.

133527 MCNAIR, W.A.
Starland of the South.
1961 Sydney (1961). 8vo. Or.illust. boards. (XIV,96pp.). With 10 full-page plates by William R. Taplin of which 9 col.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


165473 MEILLON, C.
The New Surf Club. Illustrated by J. Murray.
1959 (Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1959). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (VI,202pp.). With frontisp., text-illusts., and illust. end-papers. 1st ed.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


189371 MEREDITH, L. A.
Loved, and Lost! The True Story of a Short Life. Told in gossip verse, and illustrated, by Louisa Anne Meredith.
ab. 1860 Lond: Day and Son, (ab. 1860). 8vo. Orig. embossed green cloth with bevelled boards. Extra gilt illustrated front cover and spine. E.g. (96pp.). With 16 full-page lithographs, and dec. initials. Some...
$1750.00 USD plus postage.


148490 MEREDITH, L.A.
Some of my Bush Friends in Tasmania.
1860 Native Flowers, Berries and Insects. ... Lond. 1860. Folio. Or.tooled cl. with bevelled boards (corners repaired; spine extremities strengthened). Ornamented in gold on front cover & spine. E.g. (4,I...
$1925.00 USD plus postage.


148491 MEREDITH, L.A.
Some of my Bush Friends in Tasmania.
1860 Native flowers, berries and insects. ... Lond. 1860. Folio. Or.tooled cl. with bevelled boards. Ornamented in gold on front cover & spine. E.g. (4,II,106pp.). With col. engrv. half title-page, lithog...
$1650.00 USD plus postage.
 


189378 MEREDITH, L.A.
Waratah Rhymes for Young Australia. With photo-etched illustrations by Mrs. E.M. Boyd, Mr. R. Andre, and the Author.
1891 Lond: Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, (1891). Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth backed illustrated boards (covers lightly marked; inner hinges strengthened.). (VIII, 64pp.). With frontispiece, num-illusts. of which so...
$2750.00 USD plus postage.


6047 MEREDITH, L.A.
Last Series Bush Friends in Tasmania,
1891 native flowers, fruits and insects, drawn from nature with prose descriptions and illustrations in verse. Lond. (1891). Folio. Or.green tooled cl. with bevelled boards. Ornamented in gold on front co...
$2750.00 USD plus postage.


186974 MEREDITH, L.A.
Some of my Bush Friends in Tasmania.
1860 Native flowers, berries and insects. ... Lond. 1860. Folio. Or.tooled cl. with bevelled boards. (slightly rubbbed) Ornamented in gold on front cover & spine. E.g. (4,II,106pp.). With col. engrv. half...
$950.00 USD plus postage.


189177 MEREDITH, Mrs. (L.A.)
Grandmamma's Verse-Book for Young Australia. Part I (all published).
1878 Hobart Town: Printed for the Author by W. Fletcher, 1878. Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth backed boards with red printed title on front cover within a decorative border. (VIII, 56pp.). Title-page and text print...
$4000.00 USD plus postage.


191364 METCALFE, W.C.
Ice-gripped; or, The Tomboy of Boston.
Lond: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d. 8vo. Or. illust. cl. (252,2,16pp.). With col. frontisp., and 2 full-page col. plates by W.S. Stacey. Slightly foxed. Set in the South Seas and A...
$115.00 USD plus postage.


112487 MICKLE, A.D.
The trio from Rio, and other quaint folk.
1942 Melbourne (1942). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.cl. (120pp.). With frontisp., and num. illust. Author's inscribed & signed present.copy.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


179103 MILES, T.A.
The Anzac Story for Boys and Girls.
1957 Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press, 1957. Sm.4to. Or.illust.boards. (48pp.). With num. text-illusts. by J.L. Curtis and end-paper maps. Muir 5021. NOTE: Author was an officer in the Gallipoli campaign wh...
$30.00 USD plus postage.


192273 MILNE, A.A.
The Holiday Round.
1912 Lond: Methuen & Co., (1912). 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly discoloured). (X,312,32 pp.). First Edition, Colonial Issue.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


160127 MINCHAM, H.
Vanished Giants of Australia. Illust. by Terry Houston.
1966 (Sydney 1966). 8vo. Or.illust.boards. (84pp.). With double illust. title-page and num. illusts. throughout.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


184152 MINIATURE BOOK:
Janeway, James. A Token for Children:
ab.1850 Being an account of the Conversion, Holy Lives and Joyful Deaths, of several Young Children. In two parts. ... Lond: Christie's Bible-Warehouse, n.d. (ab.1850). Measurements 5 x 3cm. Or. full dark gr...
$300.00 USD plus postage.


184150 MINIATURE BOOK:
The Infant's Library ...
Lond: Printed and Sold by John Marshall, n.d. (ab.1800). Measurements 5.8 x 5cm. Or. pink paper boards (extremities skilfully strengthened) with printed oval titling lables on front & rear covers. (3...
$265.00 USD plus postage.


191120 MONTGOMERY, L.M.
Pat of Silver Bush.
1933 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1933. Small 8vo. Orig.cloth. In very good pictorial dustjacket. (VIII,336pp.). Some minor foxing. 1st Australian edition.
$200.00 USD plus postage.


142323 MOORE, F.F.
The Fate of the "Black Swan". A Tale of New Guinea.
1890 ... Lond: S.P.C.K., n.d. (ab.1890). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (slightly marked). (320,16pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-page plates illust. by W.H. Overend. Prize-label set down on front end-paper, dated Dec....
$100.00 USD plus postage.


158876 MOUNTFORD, C.P.
The Dreamtime. Australian aboriginal myths in paintings by Ainslie Roberts.
1965 With text by C.P. Mountford. Adelaide (1965). Sm.4to. Or.cl.d.w. (80pp.). With num. illusts. of which some col. 1st ed.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


189300 MUIR, M.
A History of Australian Childrens Book Illustration.
1982 Melbourne (1982). 4to. Orig. cloth binding. Dustjacket. (160pp.). With numerous illusts. many of which are col. 1st edition.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


184104 MUIR, M. (Ed. by).
Strike-a-Light, the Bushranger, and other Australian tales.
1972 Lond: Hamish Hamilton, (1972). 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (VIII,152pp.). 1st ed.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


122639 MUIR, P.
English children's books, 1600 to 1900.
1985 Lond.(1985). Sm.4to. Or.cl.d.w. (256pp.). With frontisp., illust.title-page, num.plates, and text-illust.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


181604 MUIR, P.
English Children's Books, 1600 to 1900.
1954 Lond. (1954). Sm.4to.Or.cl. (extremities lightly rubbed). In chipped d.w. (256pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page, num. full-page plates some in col., and text-illusts. Bookplate on front e...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


195761 MacDONALD, Robert.
The Pearl Lagoons; or, The Lost Chief.
c. 1912 London: S.W. Partridge & Co., n.d. (circa 1912). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. (320, 32pp.). With col. frontisp. and 5 full-page plates. 1st edition. Slightly foxed. Muir 4496.
$100.00 USD plus postage.


194101 McFADYEN, ELLA.
Pegmen Tales.
1946 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1946. Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth backed illust. boards. (142pp.). With col. frontisp., col. title-vign., and numerous text-illusts., some in col., by Edwina Bell. Previous o...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


194468 McLOUGHLIN BROS. (Published by).
The Three White Kittens.
c. 1890's New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. (circa 1890's). Sq. 4to. Orig. col. illust. wrapper. (20pp.). wITH 6 full-page, col. chromolithographs, each accompanied by a poem on the opposite page. Slight discol...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


191599 McLOUGHLIN BROS:
The Pumpkin House; or, The Adventures of Little Flora and Jack. By Uncle John.
ca1880 New York: McLoughlin Bros., n.d. (ca.1880). 4to. Orig. pictorial wrappers (spine repaired and lightly soiled). Complete with 8 coloured chromo plates mostly full-page. Printed in double-column. A mar...
$225.00 USD plus postage.


168462 McMILLAN, R.
("Gossip"). The origin of the world.
1913 Sydney 1913. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (196pp.). With frontisp. portr., and text-illusts. Slightly foxed.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


185513 NANBAREE.
Nanbaree by Isobel.
1994 (Perth) 1994. Roy. 8vo. Or. illust. limp boards. (168pp.). Profusely illust., most in col., from "The Watling Collection" of the Natural History Museum, London. NOTE: Nanbaree was a six year old Abor...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


153265 NEAL, A.V.
Compl. & Illust.by. A Poetry Book for Papua and New Guinea.
1950 Book I. Issued by the Dept. of Education, Territory of Papua and New Guinea. N.P. n.d. (ab.1950). 4to. Or.printed wrappers. (VIII,64pp.). An illust. roneod work printed on one side of page only. Ex-l...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


192296 NEEDHAM, GEORGE.
The Bosun and Choclit Funnies No. 65.
ab.1950 Sydney: Elmsdale Publications, n.d. (ab. 1950). Sm. 4to. Orig. illust. wrapper. (24pp.). A fine Australian Comic Book, which today would be considered racist.
$65.00 USD plus postage.


196113 NICHOLSON, Joyce.
Sir Charles and the Lyrebird.
1966 (Melbourne): Lansdowne, 1966. Royal 8vo. Orig. illust. boards. Dustjacket (chipped). (32pp.). With frontisp. and numerous full-page photographic illusts by B. McArdle.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


197860 NIGHTINGALE, Madeleine.
Ring a Ring o' Fairies.
n.d. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, n.d. Sq. 8vo. Orig. boards with illust. laid down on front cover (slightly soiled with library stamp on spine). (48pp.). With numerous woodcuts by Charles T. Nightingale. Ex-...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


193894 NOEL, A.
Footsteps in the Dark.
1948 London: The Boy Scouts Association, 1948. Sm. 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (175pp.). Map and text-illusts. Translated from the French 'Les Patrouilles de la Nuit' by L. T. Leighton. Very good.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


177353 NOONAN, MICHAEL.
Flying Doctor on the Great Barrier Reef.
1962 Lond: Hodder & Stoughton, (1962). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (190pp.). With 6 full-page text-illusts., by R.E. Hicks. 1st ed.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


150005 NORMAN. LILITH.
The Flame Takers.
1973 Sydney: Collins (1973). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (126pp.). 1st ed. Fine.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


153952 O'HARRIS, PIXIE.
Songs for Children.
1940 Lyrics and illustrations by Pixie O'Harris ... Special Musical Arrangements by Dorothy R. Mathlin ... Sydney: D. Davis & Co., n.d. (ca.1940). 4to. Or.col. illust. wrapper. (25pp.). With illust. title...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


191787 OPIE, I. & P.
Three Centuries of Nursery Rhymes and Poetry for Children. An Exhibition held at The National Book League, May 1973.
1973 (O.U.P. 1973). Sm. 4to. Or. illust. wrapper. (II,70pp.). Illustrated. Records 829 items with full descriptions.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


154662 OPIE, I. AND P. (Ed. by).
The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes.
1952 Oxford (1952). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. In chipped d.w. (XXVIII,468pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., 23 full-page plates, and text-illusts.
$85.00 USD plus postage.


155725 OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul
The Other Side of Nowhere. Stories by Tarella Quin Daskein. ...
1934 Melbourne (1934). 8vo. oblong. Or.illust.cl. (IV,172pp.). Profusely illust. with drawings many of which are full-page, by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. 1st ed.
$415.00 USD plus postage.


192430 OUTHWAITE, I.R.
The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. By Marcie Muir and Robert Holden.
1985 Sydney (1985). Folio. Or.cl.d.w. (172pp.). Profusely illustrated. Fine. 1st ed.
$200.00 USD plus postage.


195872 OUTHWAITE, I.R. (By Marcie Muir and Robert Holden).
The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
1985 Sydney (1985). Folio. Orig. patterned cloth with printed paper titling label on front cover. In slipcase. (172pp.). Profusely illustrated. Lim. edition of 50 numbered copies only.
$200.00 USD plus postage.


192418 OUTHWAITE, I.R. and A.R. RENTOUL.
The Little Green Road to Fairyland.
1948 Lond: A.& C. Black, (1932) 4to. Or.cl. (covers soiled). (VIII,104pp.). With 16 full-page plates eight of which are col., illust. end-papers, and text-figs. (Illust. by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite). Slightl...
$650.00 USD plus postage.


192409 OUTHWAITE, I.R. and G.
The Enchanted Forest.
1936 Lond: A. & C. Black, (1936). 4to. Or. illust.cl. (a little soiled; spine skilfully repaired). (VIII,94,2pp.). With illust. title-page, 16 tipped-in col. plates, 15 full-page b/w plates, text-illusts....
$650.00 USD plus postage.


192303 OUTHWAITE, IDA RENTOUL.
Musical Nursery Rhymes Picture Book. To Sing and Play with the Watcher-Bird.
1945 (Melbourne): Murfett Pty. Ltd. in conjunction with V.B. Harmony Hits, (1945). 4to. Orig. illust. limp boards depicting the contents of the 8 nursery rhymes. (16pp.). With 8 full-page coloured illustr...
$250.00 USD plus postage.


195591 OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul and Grenbry.
The Little Fairy Sister.
1923 London: A. & C. Black, 1923. 4to. Orig. qtr blue cloth over patterned paper boards with mounted illust. titling label on front cover. (viii, 92, 4pp.). With coloured frontispiece, title-vignette, 15 ...
$1250.00 USD plus postage.


170040 PAGANINI, NICOLO.
Paganini, Master of Strings. By O. Wheeler.
1952 Lond: Faber and Faber, (1952). Sm.4to. Or.cl. In chipped d.w. (160pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts., by H.S. Gillette, and musical score excerpts. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front ...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


184267 PALMER, H.G. & J. MACLEOD.
The first hundred years.
1954 Melbourne (1954). 8vo.Or.cl. d.w. (XII,176pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. by Harold Freedman. Book plate on verso of front fly-leaf. 1st ed.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


173518 PARKER, B.
The History of the Hoppers.
1979 Verses by B. Parker. Illustrated by N. Parker. Sydney: The David Ell Press, (1979). Large 4to. Or.col. pictorial board. (54pp.). With illust. title-page, 12 full-page col. plates and many sepia drawi...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


122525 PARKER, K.L.
Coll. by. Australian legendary tales.
1897 Folklore of the Noongahburrahs as told to the piccaninnies. With introd. by A. Lang. Lond.1897. 8vo. Or.illust. cl. (XVI,132,12pp.). With text-illusts. by a native artist, and a specimen of the nativ...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


157356 PARKER, K.L. Collected by.
Australian Legendary Tales.
1897 Folk-lore of the Noongaburrahs as told to the Piccaninnies. With introd. by A. Lang. Lond. and Melbourne 1897. 8vo. Or.illust.cloth. (XVI,132,12pp.). With text-illusts. by a Native Artist, and a spec...
$290.00 USD plus postage.


184210 PATCHETT, M. E.
The Venus Project.
1963 (Leicester): Brockhampton Press, (1963). 8vo. Or. cl. In shelf soiled d.w. (160pp.). With double-page title-illust., and text illusts. by Roger Payne. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


159018 PATCHETT, MARY.
Wild Brother.
1954 Lond. 1954. 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (256pp.). With text-illusts. by J. Rose and end-paper maps. Assoc. newspaper clipping loosely inserted.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


155934 PATCHETT, MARY.
In a Wilderness.
1962 Lond: Hodder and Stoughton, (1962). 8vo. Or.printed wrapper. (156pp.). Uncorrected proof copy issued 28th March 1962, before the published issue dated 19th July 1962.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


178937 PATERSON, A.B.
('Banjo') The Animals Noah Forgot.
1970 (Melbourne 1970). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. In price clipped d.w. (dustjacket spine faded). (72pp.). With portr., and num. illusts. throughout text by Norman Lindsay.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


160565 PATERSON, A.B.
The Man from Snowy River.
1967 Designed and illustrated by D.I. Stone. (Brisbane 1967). Folio. Or.boards d.w. Profusely illust. in colour. Ed. lim. to 2000 numbered copies, fully signed by the Artist.
$85.00 USD plus postage.


165580 PAUL, A.
It Could Be So. Drawings by D. Annand.
1944 Melbourne: Georgian House, 1944. Roy.8vo. Or.illust. boards (bottom of spine slightly rubbed). In chipped d.w. (28pp.). With num. illusts., and illust. end-papers. Previous owner's inscription on tit...
$35.00 USD plus postage.


171240 PEARSON, MARGARET MARY.
The Story of Australia.
1946 Sydney: Australasian Publishing Company, (1946). Oblong 8vo. Or.illust.boards. In slightly chipped d.w. (86pp.). With col. title-vigns., num. col. text-illusts., and col. illust. end-papers by the au...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


167584 PEDLEY, EthelC.
Dot and the Kangaroo.
1934 Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1934. Sm.4to. Orig. boards (spine extremities slightly worn). (VIII,104pp.). With col. frontisp. and 12 full-page plates by Frank P. Mahony. Some foxing / staining, ot...
$45.00 USD plus postage.


177831 PEDLEY, E.C.
Dot and the Kangaroo.
1920 Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1920. Sm.4to. Or.cl. backed illust. boards. (VIII,82pp.). With col. frontisp., and 18 full-page plates by Frank F. Mahony. A good copy.
$205.00 USD plus postage.


194250 PEDLEY, E.C.
Dot and the Kangaroo.
1934 Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1934. Sm.4to. Orig. boards (spine extremities and corners slightly worn). Dustjacket (chipped, now protected). (viii, 104pp.). With col. frontisp. and 12 full-page pla...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


191577 PHILLIPS, JESSIE.
The Story of Wango.
1913 Lond: Stead's Publishing House, n.d. (1913). Sm. 8vo. Later plain paper wrappers. (56 pp.). With num. full-page illusts. by Brinsley Le Fanu. Muir 783. NOTE: A tale of the Australian Bush.
$60.00 USD plus postage.


147970 PHIPSON, JOAN.
A Tide Flowing.
1981 (Sydney 1981). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (IV,156pp.). 1st ed.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


142271 PICKERING, E.
The Adventures of David Oliphant.
1904 Lond. 1904. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (VIII,336,8pp.). With frontisp., and 6 full-page plates by Lancelot Speed. 1st ed. Fine. NOTE: Set in the West Indies.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


160515 PIRANI, L.
A saga of the River Murray. The Old Man River of Australia.
1945 Sydney, John Sands Pty. Ltd. 1945. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards d.w. (40pp.). With map frontisp., illusts. in the margins, and tailpieces by W. Cunningham. Fine.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


170726 PIRANI, L.
A Saga of the River Murray. The Old Man River of Australia.
1945 Sydney, John Sands Pty. Ltd. n.d. (ab.1945). Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards d.w. (40pp.). With map frontisp., illusts. in the margins, and tailpieces by W. Cunningham.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


198333 POIGNANT, Axel.
Bush Walkabout.
1972 (London): Angus & Robertson, (1972). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (64pp.). With illust. title-page, numerous full-page plates and endpaper maps. Fine. NOTE: Formerly known as 'Piccaninny Walkabout'.
$70.00 USD plus postage.


161483 PORTEOUS, R.S.
Tambai Island.
1955 Sydney (1955). 8vo. Or.cl. In slightly chipped d.w. (VI,178pp.). With frontisp. & num. illusts. 1st ed. NOTE: A fictitious story set on a Pacific Island.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


160637 POTTER, B.
The Art of Beatrix Potter.
1956 With an appreciation by Anne Carrol Moore. Lond. (1956). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Gilt. In chipped d.w. (336pp.). With col. frontisp., illust. title-page, and prolifically illust. throughout with full page pl...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


195414 POTTER, Beatrix.
The Pie and The Patty-Pan. ...
1905 London: Frederick Warne and Co., (1905). Sm. 8vo. (18.3 x 14cm). Orig. printed mauve boards (spine slightly frayed; back cover soiled) with mounted oval illust. in front cover. (52pp.). With col. fro...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


156517 POWER, M.F.
Little Brothers.
1945 Sydney (n.d.) (circa.1945). Sm.8vo. Or.wrappers. (II,48pp.). With text illusts. by the author. The author's signed inscribed personal copy. Muir 6101. NOTE: this copy belonged to "The Studio Library"...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


192043 PRATT, MORA L.
People and Places: Here and There. Volume I - Australasia.
1892 Boston: Educational Publishing Co., (1892). Sm. 8vo. Orig. cl. backed pictorial boards (slightly rubbed). (II,220pp.). With num. illustrations many of which are full-page. Muir 6142.
$75.00 USD plus postage.


173463 PRENTICE, J. AND B. BIRD.
Dromkeen: A Journey into Children's Literature.
1987 Melbourne (1987). 4to. Or.cl.d.w. (176pp.). Profusely illust., some in col. 1st ed. NOTE: History of the publishing of children's books in Australia, based on a unique collection housed at Dromkeen, ...
$25.00 USD plus postage.


189546 RACKHAM, ARTHUR. (Illust. by).
A Midsummer-Night's Dream. By William Shakespeare.
1908 Lond: William Heinemann, 1908. 4to. Orig. illust.full vellum with silk ties. Gilt. Spine gilt. T.e.g. other edges uncut. (VI,136pp.). Illustrated by Arthur Rackham with illustrated title-page, 40 ful...
$2750.00 USD plus postage.


189795 RAIT, L.
Through the Nursery Window. A History of Antique and Collectable Dolls in Australia, 1788-1950.
1989 O.U.P. (1989). 4to. Orig. cloth. Dustjacket. (X,246pp.). With numerous illusts., many of which are col. Fine.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


119137 RAYMENT, T.
The Prince of the Totem.
1933 A simple black tale for clever white children. Melbourne 1933. 8vo. Or.illust.wrappers. (132pp.). With frontisp., and text-illusts. by the author. 1st ed. Fine.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


81635 READ, R.H.
Dora. A girl without a home.
1900 Lond.: Blackie & Son, Ltd., n.d. (ca.1900). 8vo. Or.illust.cloth. (284pp.). With col. frontisp. and 6 full-page plates. Some foxing.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


165508 REDGRAVE, L.A.
"Scratch Cocky!".
1933 A booklet of the bright birds of our Bushland pictured in colour and rhyme for the children. Sydney 1933. Sm.4to.Or.boards. In chipped d.w. and illust. protective wrapper (also chipped). Unpaginated....
$85.00 USD plus postage.


147907 REES, LESLIE.
Panic in the Cattle Country.
1974 (Adelaide 1974). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (174pp.). 1st ed. Fine.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


183078 REES, LESLIE.
The Story of Kurri Kurri, the Kookaburra.
1950 Sydney: John Sands, n.d. (1950). Sm.4to. Or. illust. boards. In slightly chipped and rubbed d.w. (44pp.). With decorations and col. illusts. throughout by Margaret Senior, and end-paper maps.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


171988 REES, LESLIE.
The Story of Karrawingi, the Emu.
1946 Sydney: John Sands, (ab.1946). Sm.4to. Or.boards. Gilt (soiled). (44pp.). With num. illusts. including full-page col. plates by W. Cunningham. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


167993 REES, LESLIE.
Quokka Island.
1951 Lond: Collins, 1951. 8vo. Or.cl. In slightly chipped d.w. (256pp.). With frontisp., 10 text-illusts., and end-paper maps by A. Horowicz. 1st ed.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


143272 REES, LESLIE.
The Story of Wy-Lah, the Cockatoo.
Sydney: John Sands Pty. Ltd. n.d. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards. (44pp.). With 10 full-page plates and other illusts. by Walter Cunningham.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


198716 REES, Leslie.
The Story of Kurri Kurri, the Kookaburra.
c.1950 Sydney: John Sands, n.d. (1950). Sm. 4to. Orig. boards.Dustjacket. (44pp.). With decorations and col. illusts throughout by Margaret Senior and endpaper maps. Fine.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


82659 REID, M. CAPT.
The war trail.
Or the haunt of the wild horse. Lond. n.d. 8vo.Or.pictorial cloth (damp-stained). (2,418pp.). Name on front flyleaf.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


166968 RENTOUL, A.R. AND G. PETERSON.
Bush Songs of Australia for Young and Old.
Melbourne; Allan & Co., n.d. (ab.1920). 4to. oblong. Or.illust.wrapper sewn as issued (covers creased). (36pp.). With num. illusts. by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite most of which are full-page, and musical s...
$250.00 USD plus postage.


177456 RENTOUL, A.R. AND I.R. OUTHWAITE.
The Little Green Road to Fairyland.
1932 Lond: A. & C. Black, (1932). 4to. Later marble-paper limp boards with yapp edges and with title on front cover and spine. (VIII,104pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., 15 full-page plates of which...
$370.00 USD plus postage.


191583 RENTOUL, A.R. and G. PETERSON.
Australian Songs for Young and Old.
1924 ... Melbourne: Allan & Co., n.d. (ab.1924). Oblong small 4to. Or.illust. wrapper. (28pp.). With num. full-page illusts. by Ida S. Rentoul (Outhwaite). Previous owner's name on title, otherwise fine....
$300.00 USD plus postage.


193893 REYNOLDS, E. E.
Round the Camp Fire.
1950 London: Oxford University Press, 1950. Sm. 8vo. Orig cloth. Dustjacket not price-clipped. (160pp.). With frontisp. and six full-page b&w illusts by Jack Matthew. Some edge foxing, but very good overa...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


191358 RICHARDSON, ROBERT.
Black Harry; or, Lost in the Bush.
1877 Edinburgh: William Oliphant and Co., 1877. 12mo. Orig. red cloth with black dec. title on front cover & spine (covers rubbed). (96, 16pp.) Some name stamps in text, soiled and lacking fly-leaf. 1st e...
$115.00 USD plus postage.


69963 RICHMOND, W.K.
Krark.
1950 Lond. n.d. (ab.1950). Sm.8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (4,188pp.). With frontisp. and 14 full-page plates.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


181458 RIVERS, A.R.
Mention 'In' Patches.
Cabarlah, Queensland n.d. (ab.1918). 8vo.Or.cl.backed illust.boards. (32pp.). With text-illusts. Contemp.owner's signature on title-page. Muir 6404. NOTE: A delightful children's book of sketches on ...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


151745 ROBINSON, W. HEATH.
Illust.by. Arabian Nights.
1940 (Lond: The Children's Press, n.d.). (ab.1940). 4to. Marbled paper boards with morocco titling-labels. Profusely illust. with 8 full-page col. plates and num. text-illusts. Printed in double-column.
$225.00 USD plus postage.


20157 RODERICK, Colin. (Ed. by).
Wanderers in Australia.
1950 A book of travels. Sydney (1950). 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (XII,276pp.). With frontisp., num. plates, many of which full-page and map end-papers.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


162026 ROSE, RONALD.
Ngari, the Hunter.
1968 Lond. 1968. Large 4to. Or.illust. boards (slightly shaken). Profusely illust. in colour. 1st ed. ADDED: 2 large photographs loosely inserted: one of an Aboriginal painter which is signed "R. Rose" on...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


156153 ROUGHSEY, DICK.
The Giant Devil-Dingo.
1974 Sydney (1974). Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards. In torn d.w. (36pp.). With num. full-page col. illusts. by the author.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


149713 ROWAN, CHARLES C.
The Silver Boomerang.
1977 (Melbourne 1977). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (136pp.). With text-illusts. NOTE: A children's story of a fantastic journey into Ayers Rock.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


128914 ROWCROFT, CH.
The Australina Crusoes;
or, The adventures of An English Settler and his Family in the Wilds of Australia. From the sixth London ed. Boston: Lee and Shepard, n.d. Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. (512pp.). With frontisp., and 3 full-p...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


162589 RULE, H. AND S. GOODMAN.
Compl. by. Gulpilil's Stories of The Dreamtime.
1981 Illustrated by Allan Hondow. Photography by S. Goodman. (Sydney 1981). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.boards. (128pp.). With double-page title-illust., num b/w and col. text-illusts., and profusely illust. with ...
$35.00 USD plus postage.


194293 RUSKIN, JOHN. (Ed. by).
Dame Wiggins of Lee and her Seven Wonderful Cats: A Humorous Tale written principally by a lady of ninety. ...
1885 Orpington, Kent: George Allen, 1885. Sm. 4to. Orig. cloth (spine extremities repaired). Gilt. (2, iv, 4, 20pp.). With 22 woodcut illusts by Kate Greenaway. Text printed on one side of page only. Uncu...
$75.00 USD plus postage.

 

177379 RUSSELL, ARTHUR.
Dream Isle. An Australian Story.
1926 Lond: The "Boy's Own Paper" Office, n.d. (1926). 8vo. Or.illust.blue cl. In worn d.w. (150,2pp.). With col. frontisp., and 2 full-page illusts. by R.B. Ogle. Foxed, otherwise a nice copy of the rare ...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


158151 RUSSELL, ARTHUR.
Dream Isle. An Australian Story.
1926 Lond: The "Boy's Own Paper" Office, n.d. (1926). 8vo. Or.illust.blue cl. (150,2pp.). With col. frontisp., and 2 full-page illusts. by R.B. Ogle. Front fly-leaf corners cut; slightly foxed, otherwise ...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


146124 RUSSELL, ARTHUR. (A.R. GOODE).
Twenty-Six Australian Stories.
1934 Lond: "The Boy's Own Paper" Office, n.d. (1934). 8vo. Or.cl. (covers a little discoloured; corners rubbed). (256pp.). With col. frontisp., and 4 full-page plates., 1st and only edition.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


170389 SAINT-PIERRE, B. de.
Paul und Virginie. Mit einer einleitung von F. Lotheissen.
1887 Leipzig: C.F. Amelangs, 1887. Tall 4to. Or. illust.cl. E.g. (XXIV,238pp.). Copiously illust. by M. Leloir with illust. half-title page, frontisp., title-vign., full-page plates, and text-illusts. Dec...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


122041 SALWAY, L.
Selected and ed.by. A peculiar gilt.
1976 Nineteenth Century Writings on Books for Children. (Lond.1976). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (574pp.). Illust. Fine.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


191615 SARGENT, G.E.
Frank Layton: An Australian Story.
1865 With an introd. by Samuel Mossman. Lond: Leisure Hour Office, n.d. (1865). 8vo. Or. blue cloth with gilt crest on front cover. Spine gilt (top spine discoloured). (286,2pp.). With frontisp., and full...
$130.00 USD plus postage.


146454 SARGENT, G.E.
Frank Layton: An Australian Story.
1865 With an introd. by Samuel Mossman. Lond: Leisure Hour Office, n.d. (1865). 8vo. Or. blue cloth with gilt crest on front cover. Spine gilt. (top spine discoloured). (286,2pp.). With frontisp., and ful...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


159404 SAXBY, H.M.
A History of Australian Children's Literature: 1941-1970.
1971 With suppl. chapters by M. Cotton. Sydney: Wentworth Books, 1971. Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (XII,316pp.). With 12 full-page plates. Top corner of front fly-leaf cut, otherwise fine.
$80.00 USD plus postage.


174217 SAXBY, H.M.
A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1970.
1971 2 vols. Sydney (1969-1971). Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. With 16 full-page plates, and text-illusts. Ex-libr. copies. 1st ed.
$225.00 USD plus postage.


196736 SAXBY, H.M.
A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1970. 2 vols.
1971 Sydney (1969-1971). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth in dustjackets. With 16 full-page plates and text-illusts. 1st edition. Fine.
$175.00 USD plus postage.


196950 SAXBY, H.M.
A History of Australian Children's Literature 1841-1970. 2 vols.
1971 Sydney (1969-1971). Royal 8vo. Orig. cloth. Dustjackets (slightly rubbed). With 16 full-page plates and text-illusts. 1st editions. Fine.
$175.00 USD plus postage.


197385 SAXBY, Maurice.
The Proof of the Puddin'. Australian Children's Literature 1970-1990.
1993 Sydney: Ashton Scholastic, (1993). Royal 8vo. Orig. limp boards. (xiv, 770pp.). A near fine copy.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


140472 SCHARF, RON.
The Ugly Princess and Other Tales.
1981 (Published by the Author. N.P. 1981). 4to. Or.illust. boards. (VIII,46pp.). With illusts. by Bill Coleman. ADDED: Or. letter by the author re book review.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


183274 SERVENTY, VINCENT.
Turtle Bay Adventure.
1969 (Lond): Andre Deutsch, (1969). 8vo. Or. cl. d.w. (120pp.). With text-illusts. by Faye Owner. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


141606 SHAW, F.H.
Outlaws of the air.
1927 Lond. (1927). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (VIII,216pp.). (foxed). With col. frontisp., and 3 full-page plates. 1st ed.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


187205 SHAW, FRANK H.
Treasure Trove of the Southern Seas.
1919 Lond: Cassell, (1919). 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth binding (slightly shelf rubbed). (VIII, 312pp.). With col. frontisp., and 3 full-page col. plates. 1st ed. Slightly foxed. Not in Muir.
$75.00 USD plus postage.


165459 SHEAD, I.A.
Sandy. Illustrated by N. Syers.
1935 Lond: Hutchinson, n.d. (ab.1935). Thick 8vo. Or.cl. (slightly flecked). (288pp.). With frontisp., and 4 full-page illusts. 1st ed. Muir 6701. NOTE: Novel of a young man set in Australia.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


149724 SHEPHERD, C.
Tasmanian Adventure.
1964 Lond. (1964). Sm.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (156pp.). With text-illusts. by Grace Huxtable. 1st ed. Fine.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


36209 SHEPHERD, C.
Daybreak.
1942 A play in three acts. Melbourne U.P. 1942. Sm.8vo.Or.board (68pp.). NOTE: 1st ed. ADDED: Playbill announcing the performance of the play by the Federation Players.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


196709 SHOOSMITH, F.H.
Trips Abroad: VIII - A Trip to Australia Part 1.
1912 London: Charles & Dible, (circa 1912). Bound in contemp. half cloth with the orig. printed wrapper bound in. (32pp.). With col. frontispiece and numerous illusts. Review copy. The bookplate of James ...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


188309 SITWELL, OSBERT.
Who Killed Cock-Robin ? Remarks on Poetry, on its criticism, and, as a sad warning, the story of Eunuch Arden .
1921 Lond: C. W. Daniel, 1921. 8vo. (21cm high). Orig. boards with illustrated dustwrapper pasted at spine (lightly soiled & chipped) (32pp.). 1st ed. Slight offsetting on end-papers.
$150.00 USD plus postage.


160261 SMILES, SAMUEL. Ed.by.
A Boy's Voyage Round the World; including a Residence in Victoria, and a Journey by Rail across North America. ...
1890 Lond: John Murray, 1890. Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (spine extremities worn; corners rubbed; hinges weak). (XVI,304,32pp.). With frontisp., 5 illusts., and 8 maps.
$85.00 USD plus postage.


166502 SMITH, I.
The Death of a Wombat.
1972 (Melbourne 1972). Sm.4to. Or.cl. d.w. (62pp.). With num. paintings, etchings and line drawings by Clifton Pugh. Original pen drawing depicting a wombat on title page, fully signed and dated by Clifto...
$165.00 USD plus postage.


142142 SMITH, J.A.
Children's Illustrated Books.
1948 Lond. 1948. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards d.w. (50pp.). With 4 full-page col. plates, and 33 b/w illusts. 1st ed.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


62134 SMITH, K.
A word from children.
1960 Adelaide (1960). 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (10,176pp.).
$10.00 USD plus postage.


167482 SMITH, PATRICIA R.
Modern Collector's Dolls.
1973 (By) Patricia R. Smith. Photography by D. Smith. Edited by Dorothy Westbrook. Paducah: Collector Books (1973). 4to.Or.cl.d.w. (IV,310pp.). Profusely illust.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


162541 SOUTHALL, IVAN.
Chinaman's Reef in Ours.
1970 (Sydney 1970). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (160pp.). 1st ed. NOTE: Australian novel for younger readers.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


175515 SOUTHALL, IVAN.
Josh.
1971 (Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1971). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (VIII,180pp.). 1st ed.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


135103 SOUTHALL, IVAN.
Finn's Folly.
1969 (Sydney 1969). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (VI,158pp.).
$10.00 USD plus postage.


175516 SOUTHALL, IVAN.
Bread and Honey.
1970 (Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1970). 8vo. Or.cl. In slightly chipped d.w. (IV,118pp.). 1st ed.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


170494 SPAULL, G.T.
Pook-a-Noo. Stories by.
1948 (Sydney 1948). Roy.8vo. Or.qtr.cl. with illust. front board. In slightly defective d.w. (106pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., 5 col. full-page plates, text-illusts., and illust. end-papers, by .
$125.00 USD plus postage.


140189 SPOLTON, L.
Ninety North. (The Story of Arctic Exploration).
1963 Edinburgh (1963). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (faded & soiled). (112pp.). With 36 maps & diagrams, and 36 plates.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


191601 ST.NICHOLAS:
The Night before Christmas; or, A Visit of St. Nicholas.
1896 New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1896. Large 4to. Orig. colour illustrated limp boards (spine strengthened and slightly soiled). Printed on linen backed paper and copiously illustrated throughout with col...
$200.00 USD plus postage.


196428 STABLES, (W.) Gordon.
Kidnapped by Cannibals.
1900 London: Blackie and Son, 1900. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Gilt. (288, 30pp,). With frontispiece and 5 full-page plates by J. Finnemore. Slightly foxed, otherwise a tight and complete copy of the 1st e...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


179768 STABLES, G.
To Greenland and the Pole. A Story of Adventure in the Arctic Regions.
1895 Lond: Blackie & Son, 1895. 8vo. Or. illust.cl. (rubbed and faded). (350, 32pp.). With frontisp., 7 full-page plates by G.C.Hindley and a double-page map. Foxed. 1st ed.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


165276 STABLES, GORDON.
In the Great White Land.
A tale of the Antarctic Ocean. Lond: Blackie & Son, n.d. (ab.1902). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (288,16pp.). With 6 full-page plates by Ambrose de Walton, a full-page map, and book adverts. at end. A cl...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


158825 STABLES, GORDON.
The Pirate's Gold.
Lond: Nelson & Sons, n.d. 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (VIII,137,7pp.). With frontisp., two full page paltes and adverts. at end. Some foxing. Previous owner's inscription on front fly.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


180037 STABLES, GORDON.
The Cruise of the Snowbird. A Story of Artic Adventure. ...
1910 Lond: Henry Frowde Hodder and Stoughton, 1910. 8vo.Or.illust.cl.(VIII, 366, 16pp.). With col.frontisp., and 3 full-page col.plates by W.B.Handforth, and a diagram. Foxed. 1st ed.
$70.00 USD plus postage.


169773 STEVENS, L.
Animals of Australia in Colour.
Melbourne n.d. Roy.8vo.Or.illust.boards.d.w. (62pp.). With title-vign. and col. illusts., of which most full-page, by Deirdre East.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


171674 STIVENS, DAL.
The Bushranger.
1978 Sydney: Collins, (1978). Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (72pp.). With text-illusts. by Bruce Treloar. 1st ed. Fine.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


168546 STOCKLEY, CYNTHIA.
The Leopard in the Bush. A sequel to Dalla the Lion-Cub.
1928 Lond: G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1928). Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (VIII,242pp.). 1st Engl.ed.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


155483 STOKES, D.S. AND B.K. WILSON.
The Turtle and the Island. Folk Tales from Papua New Guinea. Illust. by Tony Oliver.
1978 Sydney (1978). Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (144pp.). With illust. title-page, num. illust. and illust. end-papers. Fine.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


184026 STOKES, VERNON and CYNTHIA HARNETT.
Mountaineers.
1941 (Lond): Collins, (1941). 4to. Or. cl. In shelf-soiled d.w. (48pp.). With col. frontisp., title-vign., and num. text-illusts., some in col. 1st ed.
$65.00 USD plus postage.


192761 STRANG, HERBERT.
Sel by. Fifty Poems for Infants.
1944 Lond: OUP,1944. Sm.8vo.Original illust. wrappers. (46pp.). With text-illusts. throughout by V. Kimber.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


164040 STRANG, MRS. HERBERT.
The Girl Crusoes. A Story of the South Seas.
1912 Lond: Henry Frowde, 1912. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (back cover a little soiled). (312,8,16pp.). With col. frontisp., and 5 full-page col. plates by N. Tenison. 1st ed. Slight foxing, otherwise fine a...
$60.00 USD plus postage.


92805 STRONG, H. (Ed. by).
In search of the Southland.
1925 Australia's story. Lond. n.d. (ab.1925). 8vo.Or.illust.cl. (IV,160,16pp.). With col. frontisp., 3 full-page col. plates, map, and illust. end-pape rs.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


192675 SWINBURNE, Mrs. GEORGE.
Buzziwig. With illustrations by Elma H. Kilgour.
1931 (Melbourne: Lothian Publishing Co., 1931). Oblong 8vo. Orig. illust. wrappers ribbon tied as issued. (79 single-sided pp.). With num. illust., mainly full-page. Fine. Muir 7230.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


102720 TALES OF ADVENTURE.
A book for boys.
1884 Boston 1884. Sm.8vo. Or.dec.cl. (300pp.).
$10.00 USD plus postage.


186701 TASMAN, A. J.
Sailing With Tasman.
Christchurch: Whitcombe and Tombs, n.d. Sm. 8vo. Or. illust. limp boards (98pp.). With title-vign., and text-illusts. (Whitcombe's Historical Story Books No. 538).
$25.00 USD plus postage.


168977 TAYLOR, ANN & JANE, AND ADELAIDE O'KEEFFE.
The "Original Poems" and Others. Ed. by E.V. Lucas.
Lond: Wells, Gardner, Darton & Co., n.d. (ab.1900). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. T.e.g. other edges uncut. (XL,412pp.). With col. frontisp., col. title-page, and num. text-illusts., many of which full-pa...
$85.00 USD plus postage.


187052 TAYLOR, ISAAC (Rev.)
Scenes in England. For the Amusement and Instruction of Little Tarry-at-Home Travellers.
1822 Lond: J. Harris, 1822. 12mo. Orig. calf backed pictorial boards with printed title on front cover (spine extremities and corner points rubbed). (XVI, 152pp.). With folding hand-coloured map, illustra...
$550.00 USD plus postage.


171786 TEAGUE, V.
Night Fall in the Ti-Tree.
1988 Canberra: Australian National Gallery, 1988. Roy.8vo. Or.illust.limp boards. cl. spine. With title-vign., num. illusts., most in col., some double-page, and illust. end-papers by G. Rede and V. Teagu...
$30.00 USD plus postage.


156359 TEMPLE, F.
Shopping in Creepyville. Illustrated by M. Corrigan.
1946 Melbourne: Georgian House, 1946. Sm.4to. Or.illust. boards with cloth spine. With illust. title-page, 11 full-page col. illusts. b/w drawings and illust. end-papers. Muir: 7278.
$65.00 USD plus postage.


117484 TEMPLE, N.
Sel. and introd. by. Seen and not heard.
1970 A garland of fancies for Victorian children. Lond. (1970). 8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (272pp.). With num. illusts. of which some are coloured.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


183320 THIELE, COLIN and CLIFTON PUGH.
Yellow Jacket Jock. Story by Colin Thiele. Illustrations by Clifton Pugh.
1969 Melbourne: F.W.Cheshire, (1969). 4to. Or. cl. In price clipped d.w. (40pp.). With 9 double-page col. illusts., and col. illust. end-papers. 1st ed.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


157157 THOMAS, W.J.
Some Myths and Legends of the Australian Aborigines.
Melbourne n.d. Sm.8vo. Or. wrapper. (80pp.). With frontisp. and 5 full-page illusts.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


181581 THOMES, W.H.
The Bushrangers. A Yankee's Adventures during his Second Visit to Australia.
1884 Chicago: Henry A. Sumner & Co., 1884. Thick 8vo.Or.illust. cl. (recased strengthening spine extremities). (480, 4pp.). With frontisp., additional illust.title-page, and full-page illusts.
$190.00 USD plus postage.


183911 THOMPSON, C. K.
Warrigal the Warrior.
1948 Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade Ltd., 1948. Sm. 8vo. Or. cl. (VI, 130pp.). With 4 full-page plates. Previous owner's inscription on front fly-leaf.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


105360 THOMPSON, C.K.
Tiger Cat.
1952 Sydney 1952. Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (little rubbed). (II,94pp.).
$10.00 USD plus postage.


142072 THWAITE, M.F.
From Primer to Pleasure in Reading.
1972 an introduction to the history of children's books in England from the invention of printing to 1914 with an outline of some developments in other countries. Boston (1972). Roy.8vo. Or.cl.d.w. (X,340...
$20.00 USD plus postage.


128478 TIMPERLEY, W.H.
Bush Luck.
1892 An Australian story. Lond. n.d. (1892). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (250,8pp.). With col. frontisp., a full-page col. plate by E. Frater , a text-illust., and adverts. at end. NOTE: The copy described in Muir...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


151540 TINDALE, N.B. AND H.A. LINDSAY.
The First Walkabout.
1954 Lond. (1954). 8vo. Or.illust. cl. In defective d.w. (XII,130pp.). With frontisp., title-vign., and text-illusts. by M. Boyce. 1st ed.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


146037 TODD, TREVOR.
Mason Judy.
1977 (Sydney 1977). 4to. Or.illust. boards. d.w. (76pp.). With col. double-illust. title-page, num. illusts. in col. and b/w by R. Juniper, and illust. end-papers.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


191305 TRAVERS, P.L.
Mary Poppins In the Park. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
1952 New York: Harcourt, Brace and Co., (1952). 8vo. Orig. pale blue illust. cloth. (XVI, 236pp.). With frontisp., num. text drawings some of which are full-page, and illust. end-papers. 1st American edit...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


191292 TRAVERS, P.L.
I Go by Sea, I Go by Land. With Drawings by Gertrude Hermes.
(ca1940) Lond: Peter Davies, (ca.1940). Sq. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Author's annotated and corrected proof copy with copious corrections in both red and black ink; with photocopied title-page, and all the f...
$500.00 USD plus postage.


191302 TRAVERS, P.L.
Mary Poppins. Illustrated by Mary Shepard.
1934 New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, (1934). 8vo. Orig. illust. pale blue cloth (slightly discoloured). (XII,206pp.). With frontisp. num. drawings throughout text, and illust. end-papers. Previous owner's n...
$700.00 USD plus postage.


191304 TRAVERS, P.L.
I go by Sea, I go by Land. With Drawings by Gertrude Hermes.
1941 New York: Harper & Brothers, (1941). 8vo. Orig. cloth (slightly rubbed) with printed paper titling label on spine. (VI,234pp.). With coloured frontisp., and num. full-page plates. 1st edition.
$115.00 USD plus postage.


192029 TRAVERS, P.L.
Guide to the Papers of P.L. Travers in the Mitchell Library, State Library of N.S.W.
1991 Arranged and described by L .Anemaat. Sydney 1991. F/scap folio. Orig. illust. wrapper with cloth spine. (3,III,50pp.).With portrait. A stencilled work printed on one side of page only. (Mitchell Lib...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


178222 TURNER, ETHEL.
Mother's Little Girl.
1904 Lond: Ward Lock & Co., 1904. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (extremities slightly rubbed). (256,2pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates by A.J. Johnson. Foxing. Inscription on verso of frontisp. 1st ...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


181731 TURNER, ETHEL.
Jennifer J. ...
1942 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1942. Sm.8vo. Or.cl.(slightly rubbed and soiled). (X, 236pp.). With frontisp. Previous owner's inscription on half title-page. Pages browned.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


152456 TURNER, ETHEL.
Fugutives from Fortune.
Lond. n.d. 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (254,.2pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates.
$35.00 USD plus postage.


153449 TURNER, ETHEL.
The Little Larrikin. ...
1896 Lond: Ward Lock & Co., (1896). 8vo. Or.dec.cl. (344,8pp.). With frontisp., 3 full-page plates, and text-illusts. by A.J.Johnson. 1st ed. A little foxed. Previous owner's inscription on verso of front...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


156000 TURNER, ETHEL.
Mother's Little Girl.
Lond. n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (256pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates. Lacks front fly-leaf.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


160591 TURNER, ETHEL.
Gum leaves. With oddments by others.
1900 Sydney n.d. Roy.8vo. Or.illust. boards with cloth spine. (covers slightly bumped). (220,4pp.). With frontisp., illust. title-page, and num. illusts. of which many full-page by D.H. Souter. 1st ed. A ...
$1100.00 USD plus postage.


143339 TURNER, ETHEL.
The Family at Misrule.
Lond.n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (256pp.). With frontisp.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


135239 TURNER, ETHEL.
The Cub:
Six months in his life. ... Lond. n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (256pp.). With frontisp., and 7 full-page plates.
$20.00 USD plus postage.


178223 TURNER, ETHEL.
Betty & Co.
1903 Lond: Ward Lock & Co., 1903. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (slightly rubbed). (310,10pp.). With frontisp., tissue guard, and 23 full-page plates. Inscription on half title-page. Foxing. 1st ed.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


168843 TURNER, ETHEL.
St. Tom and the Dragon. ...
1918 Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., 1918. Sm.8vo. Or.cl. (covers shelf soiled). (250,VIpp.). Illust. by Harold Copping with frontisp., and 5 full-page plates. 1st ed. Muir 7619. Book-plate on front end-paper.
$85.00 USD plus postage.


199011 TURNER, Ethel.
Jennifer, J. ...
1922 London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1922. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. (250, 6pp). With frontispiece and 4 full-page plates by Harold Copping. 1st edition. Slight foxing but fine. Muir 7631.
$60.00 USD plus postage.


198799 TURNER, Ethel.
First and Second Book of Ethel Turner, being (1) SEVEN LITTLE AUSTRALIANS; and (2) THE FAMILY AT MISRULE.
1894 & 1895 Both in their 1st Edition First State, in their original gilt illustrated cloth bindings, fully illustrated by A.J.Johnson, and both collating entirely complete including the publisher's book adverti...
$3500.00 USD plus postage.


83778 TURNER, Ethel.
Miss Bobbie.
Lond. n.d. Sm.8vo.Or.illust.cl. (256pp.). With frontisp. and 3 full-page plates by Harold Copping.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


168844 TURNER, Ethel.
Miss Bobbie.
Philadelphia: David McKay, n.d. (ab.1898). 8vo. Or. multi illust.cl. with white printed title on front cover. (316,VIIIpp.). Illustrated by Harold Copping with frontisp., 3 full-page plates, and num....
$165.00 USD plus postage.


97808 TURNER, Ethel.
Miss Bobbie.
Lond. n.d. Sm.8vo. Or.illust.cl. (rubbed). (316,4pp.). With frontisp., 7 full-page plates & text.illusts. Lacks front fly leaf.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


169013 TURNER, Ethel.
Miss Bobbie.
1897 Lond. 1897. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (top spine repaired). (316,4pp.). Illustrated by Harold Copping with frontisp., full-page plates, and text-illusts. 1st ed. Early inscription on half-title page; ...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


194847 TURNER, Ethel.
Captain Cub. ...
1917 Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., 1917. 8vo. Or.dec.cl. with oval col. onlay on front cover (slightly rubbed). (256,16pp.). With frontisp., and 5 full-page plates illust. by Harold Copping. 1st ed. Muir 7617.W...
$100.00 USD plus postage.


166246 TURNER, Ethel.
The Diaries of Ethel Turner.
1979 Compl. by P. Poole. Sydney (1979). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Gilt. d.w. (288pp.). With portr., and num. illusts. NOTE: Ethel Turner (1872-1958) was the author of the best-selling children's novel, Seven Little...
$50.00 USD plus postage.


156006 TURNER, Ethel.
A White Roof-Tree.
Lond. n.d. 8vo. Or.cl. Gilt. (342,10pp.). With 16 full-page plates.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


182681 TURNER, Ethel.
Flower o' the Pine.
1915 ... Lond: Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. (ab.1915). 8vo. Or.illust.cl.(slightly flecked) (280pp.). With col. frontisp., and 2 full-page col. plates. Some minor foxing.
$70.00 USD plus postage.


195349 TURNER, Ethel.
Jennifer J. ...
1942 London: Ward, Lock & Co., n.d. 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. In slightly chipped dustjacket. (250, 6pp.). Illustrated by Harold Copping with a frontispiece and 4 full-page plates. School prize label on f...
$75.00 USD plus postage.


181728 TURNER, Ethel.
A White Roof-Tree.
1906 Lond: Ward Lock and Co.Limited, 1906. 8vo.Or.illust.cl. (rubbed). Gilt.(342,10pp.). With frontisp., and 14 full-page plates. School present.plate on front end-paper. Some minor foxing.
$40.00 USD plus postage.


111135 TURNER, LILIAN.
Three new chum girls.
1910 Lond. 1910. 8vo. Or.illust.cl.Gilt. (256pp.). With frontisp., and 6 full-page plates by J. Macfarlane. 1st ed. J. Macfarlane
$10.00 USD plus postage.


171558 VERNE, JULES.
Les Enfants du Capitaine Grant. Voyage Autour du Monde.
1868 Paris: J. Hetzel & Cie, s.d. (circa 1868). Roy.8vo. Or.qtr.red morocco (spine extremities rubbed) with marbled boards. (IV,624pp.). With half-title illust., engrv. frontisp., title-vign., num. steel-...
$330.00 USD plus postage.


192285 VICTORIAN EDUCATION DEPARTMENT:
The Primer. Illustrated.
1898 Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain, 1898. 12mo. Orig. printed wrapper (spine lightly chipped). (IV,66pp.). With num. illusts. Rare Victorian school primer for the teaching of reading. Not in Muir. From the Gr...
$150.00 USD plus postage.


150922 WALKDEN-BROWN, BRUCE.
Children of Papua.
1964 A true story of the children of the coast and islands of South-East Papua. Sydney (1964). 8vo. Or.illust. wrapper. (62pp.). With full-page map, and text-illusts.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


195666 WALKER, Kath.
Stradbroke Dreamtime.
1972 (Sydney 1972). Oblong 8vo. Orig. illust. cloth. Dustjacket. (120pp.). With illust. title-page and numerous text-illusts, many of which are full-page, by Dennis Schapel. 1st edition.
$50.00 USD plus postage.


181216 WALL, DOROTHY.
The Rainy Day. Gift Book of the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia.
(Sydney) n.d. 8vo.Or.illust.wrappers.(16pp.). With num. text-illusts., some in col., by the author. Printed by Patterson & Beck Pty Ltd. Muir 7842.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


199019 WALL, Dorothy.
The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill. Including Blinky Bill; Blinky Bill Grows Up; and Blinky Bill and Nutsy. 3 books in 1 vol.
1942 Sydney: Angus & Robertson, (1942). Sm. 4to. Original cloth-backed illustrated boards (edges slightly rubbed). (x, 118pp.). With colour frontisp., illustrated title-page and numerous b/w illustrations...
$225.00 USD plus postage.

188578 WALL, DOROTHY.
Blinky Bill Grows Up. ...
1935 Sydney 1935. Sm.4to. Orig. illustrated boards (spine extremities slightly worn). (8,84pp.). With title-vign., 16 full-page plates and text-illusts. by the author. Some minor foxing. Lacks front fly-l...
$65.00 USD plus postage.


196774 WALLACE, Gordon.
Cameron's Last Chance! A New Series of Complete Adventure Tales from The Australian Bush. Nos 1-8 complete. Published in the first 8 consecutive issues of the ' The Boy's Journal'. A weekly magazine published in London.
1913 Vol. 1, No.1 (published week ending September 20, 1913). Vol.1, No.8 (published week ending November 8, 1913). Small 4to. Original illustrated wrappers (a little edge worn; some copies slightly chipp...
$400.00 USD plus postage.


175718 WALLER, O.D.A. AND J.M. FRASER.
Songs from the Dandenongs. Mountain Nursery Rhymes set to Music for the Young of all Ages.
1940 Words by Olga D.A. Waller, Music by Jean M. Fraser. (Melbourne 1940). Roy.8vo. Or.illust.wrapper (chipped and a little soiled). (24pp.). With text-illusts., and musical scores.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


142579 WARNE, FREDERICK & CO. LTD:
The House of Warne.
1965 One hundred years of Publishing. Told by A. King and A.F. Stuart. (Lond. 1965). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (X,108pp.). With portr., num. plates of which some are col., and text-illusts. Fine.
$25.00 USD plus postage.

 

179093 WATSON, INA.
Silvertail. The Story of a Lyrebird.
1946 Sydney: John Sands, 1946. Sm.4to. Or.boards (slightly soiled). d.w. (44pp.). With 6 full-page col. plates, text-illusts., and col. end-papers by Walter Cunningham. Bookplate on front end-paper. Inscr...
$45.00 USD plus postage.


191602 WEATHERLY, FRED. E.
The Book of Gnomes. Illustrated by E. Stuart Hardy.
Lond: Ernest Nister, n.d. (ab.1890). Oblong 4to. Orig. cloth backed coloured pictorial boards (corners slightly rubbed). Comprising illustrated title-page, 8 beautifully coloured captioned chromolith...
$800.00 USD plus postage.


15754 WEEKS, G.F.
California copy.
1928 Washington 1928. 8vo.Or.cl. (hinges weak)_. (346pp.). With 11 plates. NOTE: Authors signed present. copy.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


165356 WELLS, A.E.
Tales from Arnhem Land.
1959 (Sydney 1959). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. (XII,98pp.). With double-page title illusts., num. illusts., some of which are full-page, and illust. end-papers, by M. Paice. 1st ed.
$55.00 USD plus postage.


141627 WESTERMAN, P.F.
The secret battleplane.
1920 Lond: S.W. Partridge & Co., n.d. (ca.1920's). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (spine faded). (254pp.). With frontisp.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


182142 WESTERMAN, PERCY F.
The Fight for Constantinople. A Story of the Gallipoli Peninsula.
Lond: Blackie & Son Ltd., n.d. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (slightly rubbed). (256pp.). With col. frontisp., and 4 full-page b/w plates by W.E.Wigful. Foxed.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


182374 WESTFIELD, ROBERT.
Tim and his Dog. A thrilling story of how a dog saved his young master's life.
Sydney: Alpha Book, n.d. (ab. 1940). 8vo.Or.illust.limp boards. (32pp.). With title-page illust., and num. test-illusts. some full-page, by Walter Cunningham.
$30.00 USD plus postage.


117955 WHITE, D.N.
About books for children.
1958 Lond. (1958). 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (XII,222pp.). With interest. assoc. newspaper cuttings loosely inserted.
$10.00 USD plus postage.


182132 WHITFELD, J.M.
The Colters. An Australian Story for Girls.
1912 Lond: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, 1912. 8vo.Or.illust.cl. (slightly soiled). Gilt. (320pp.). With col.frontisp., and 5 full-page col. plates by George Soper. Slightly foxed. 1st ed. School pr...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


157955 WHITFELD, J.M.
The Spirit of the Bush Fire, and other Australian Fairy Tales.
1898 Sydney 1898. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. Gilt. (covers discoloured). (XII,314,16pp.). With frontisp., and 31 illusts. by G.W. Lambert. Slight foxing.
$205.00 USD plus postage.


181355 WHITFELD, J.M.
The Spirit of The Bush Fire. Book IV.
1916 Sydney: Edward Lee & Co., 1916. Sm.8vo.Or.wrappers (slightly faded). (VIII, 94pp.). With frontisp., and 3 text-illusts., by G.W.Lambert.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


182131 WHITFELD, J.M.
Tom Who Was Rachel.
1911 Lond: Henry Frowde, Hodder and Stoughton, 1911. 8vo.Or.illust.cl.Gilt. (320, 16pp.). With col.frontisp., and 5 full-page col.plates by N.Tenison. Rubber stamp on front fly-leaf. School present. plate...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


188499 WHITFIELD, J. M.
The Spirit of the Bush Fire Series. Part III.
n.d. Sydney: William Brooks, n.d. Sm. 8vo. Orig. qtr. cl. boards, with paper title label on front cover (slightly shelf soiled). (II, 94pp.). With text-illusts., most full-page, by G.W. Lambert.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


191468 WIESE, KURT.
Karoo, the Kangaroo.
1929 (New York): Coward-McCann, 1929. Sm. 4to. Orig. green cloth with black outlined illustration on front cover (back cover slightly soiled). (36pp.). With 15 full-page col. lithographs, b/w text-illusts...
$150.00 USD plus postage


191579 WIGNELL, EDEL.
The Midnight Monster.
1998 (Adelaide 1998). 8vo. Or. illust. limp boards. (48pp.). Illustrated by Rory Stapleton. 1st ed. Author's inscribed and signed present. copy. Fine. NOTE : The aboriginal people of the Hunter Valley war...
$30.00 USD plus postage.


154701 WILLIAMS, A.
A Book of the Sea.
1900 Lond. n.d. (ab.1900). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. (480pp.). With col. frontisp., a full-page col. plate, and num. illusts. throughout. A nice copy.
$45.00 USD plus postage.


178697 WILLIAMS, R.C.
The Aboriginal Story.
1959 Sydney: Shakespeare Head Press, 1959. Roy.8vo. Or.illust.boards (rubbed). (46pp.). With title-vign., num. text-illusts., and illust. end-papers by Rhys Williams.
$25.00 USD plus postage.


171797 WILLO AND BILLO. (pseud. Wm. Haynes and W.H. Williamson).
Wongabilla and his Baby Wallaby.
1943 Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1943. Sm.4to. Or.illust.boards with later cl. spine. (X,78pp.). With col. frontisp., and num. text-illusts., 8 of which are full-page. Muir 8041. NOTE: Adventures of a l...
$105.00 USD plus postage.


155233 WILSON, H.H.
The Letters of Huang Hu.
1946 Perth, West. Australian Newspapers Ltd. n.d. (1946). Folio Or.illust. wrapper. (24pp.). With text-illusts. by Clive Gordon. NOTE: Verses from a dog to a small boy. Fine. Muir: 8064.
$95.00 USD plus postage.


178146 WILSON, R.
The First Year of the Great War.
1916 Being the Story of the First Phase of the Great World Struggle for Honour, Justice and Truth. Told for Boys and Girls of the British Empire ... Lond: W. & R. Chambers, 1916. 8vo. Or.cl. (slightly rub...
$25.00 USD plus postage.


195513 WODEHOUSE, P.G.
Mike. A Public School Story.
1909 London: Adam and Charles Black, 1909. Thick 8vo. Orig. olive green cloth with multi-coloured illustration on front cover and spine. (xii, 340pp.). Complete with 12 full-page plates by T.M.R. Whitwell...
$2500.00 USD plus postage.


158189 WOOD, A. (Capt.).
True Blue.
1926 Lond: Nelson, n.d. (1926). 8vo. Or.illust.cl. In chipped illust.d.w. (249,6pp.). With frontisp., illust. title, and full-page illusts. by A.S. Forrest. 1st ed. Muir 8135. A particularly fine crisp co...
$55.00 USD plus postage.


86323 WORISHOFFER, S.
Een wederzien in Australie.
1900 Gouda n.d. (ca.1900). Roy.8vo. Or.cl. (slightly worn). (VIII,544pp.). With 16 full-page engrs. by Joh. Gehrts. 1st ed. in the Dutch language. Lacks front fly-leaf. Some foxing. NOTE: "Muir" only cit...
$40.00 USD plus postage.


197127 YOUNG, I.S. Hunter.
Victorian Geographical and Biographical Charades. Intended as a pastime for winter evenings, combining Amusement with Instruction.
1870 Melbourne: Stillwell and Knight, 1870. Sm. 4to. Orig. blue blind-stamped cloth with gilt title on front cover and spine (slightly marked). (xii, 100pp.). Text printed within a border. Complete. Fergu...
$125.00 USD plus postage.


146047 YOUNG, NOELA.
Flip, the flying possum.
1963 Lond: Methuen, (1963). 8vo.oblong. Or.boards d.w. Fully illust. by the author. 1st ed.
$15.00 USD plus postage.


92084 ZELIGS, D.F.
The story of modern Israel.
1961 For young people. New York (1961). 8vo.Or.cl.d.w. (XVIII,438pp.). With num. text-illusts. and end-paper maps.
$10.00 USD plus postage.