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| *a01 [Rogers, Hunter] |
| My Trip by ‘Bunty’ |
| (Melbourne: Hall’s Book Store Pty. Ltd.: 1964) First Edition. Quarter cloth pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 99. Illustrated by Hunter Rogers who has signed it on the verso of the half-title page. Autobiography by a toy Pomeranian of an overseas trip. A near fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is sunned on its spine. |
| $20 |
| *a02 Edwards, Sylvia |
| Sally Baxter – Girl Reporter: The Greek Goddess |
| (London: World Distributors (Manchester) Limited: Copyright 1960) Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 185. Sally Baxter and ‘Coral Quinn, a roving Australian teenager with a fabulous treasure in her duffle bag’ share ‘adventure and danger on the lemon-coloured beaches of the Greek Isles’. An owner’s name on half-title page. A near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a03 Blyton, Enid |
| Five on Finniston Farm |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton: Copyright 1960) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 184. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. Edges a little foxed otherwise near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a small chip to the head of its spine (removing part of the word ‘Five’) and which has a few short tears to its edges. |
| $50 |
| *a04 Forest, Antonia |
| The Thuggery Affair |
| (London: Faber and Faber Limited: 1979) First Fanfares edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 220. An annotation on rear free endpaper. A little rubbed on spine and corners of wrappers; a very good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a05 Fox, Mem |
| Koala Lou |
| (Bayswater, Victoria: Ian Drakeford Publishing Pty Ltd: 1988) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 40 inclusive of the boards (235 x 235 mm). Illustrated by Pamela Lofts. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. A near fine copy. |
| $25 |
| *a06 [Disney, Walt] |
| Donald Duck Transfers |
| ([London]: Tower Press By Permission Walt-Disney Mickey Mouse Ltd.: no date) T.P. 254. A Tower Press Product. Pictorial shaped wrappers including an unused concertina-folded (extending to 550 mm) captioned narrative series of 36 small transfers (160 x 12Melbournem). Instructions for use on verso of front wrapper. A little foxing to lower margins; otherwise near fine. |
| $50 |
| *a07 Kenneally, J.J. (written by) |
| The Authentic Story of Ned Kelly in Pictures |
| (Cheltenham, Victoria: Standard Newspapers Pty. Ltd.: no date) Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 48 (275 x 207 mm). Told in panel form by Stan Ballard with ‘over 400 pictures illustrating the career of Australia’s most famous bushranger’. A very little light creasing and soiling to wrappers, with a small silverfish hole near the foot of the front panel and a very little silverfishing to margins of rear wrapper; a little rubbing to spine with a neat repair near its foot; a tiny worm hole to upper margin of the final five leaves and rear wrapper; still a very good copy. |
| $250 |
| *a08 Irving, Washington |
| Rip Van Winkle |
| Retold by Shirley Goulden. (Sydney: Golden Press: Copyright 1965) First Edition thus. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 66 inclusive of the boards (340 x 250 mm). Illustrated by Nardini. A very good copy in the very good clear gilt-lettered price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $20 |
| *a09 Johns, Captain W.E. |
| Biggles takes a Holiday |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited: January, 1950) Second impression. Pictorial blue boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 191. Illustrated by Stead. Spine a little sunned; a near fine copy in good dust-jacket which is a little marked on its rear panel, has a few short tears and is frayed on its lower edge. |
| $20 |
| *a10 Provensen, Alice and Martin |
| Our Animal Friends at Maple Hill Farm |
| (London: Walker Books: 1984) First British Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 64 inclusive of the boards (320 x 240 mm). Illustrated by the Authors. A near fine copy. |
| $25 |
| *a11 Rochester, George E. |
| Porson’s Flying Service |
| (London: The Popular Library: no date) Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 247. Illustrated. An inscription dated 1939 on front free endpaper. Corners of boards worn; a little damage to the cloth at the leading edge of the front board and light dampmark to front board; a couple of small marks to fore edge; otherwise a good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a12 Brent, John |
| ‘Just Us’ |
| (Rotorua, N.Z.: The Morning Post Printing House: no date) Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 48 inclusive of the boards (275 x 215 mm). Illustrated, including coloured plates, by Stop Wrathall. Gift inscription dated 1948 on title page. Corners and edges of boards rubbed; small discoloration from sticker (?) on front board; old tape marks on fixed endpapers; text pages lightly browned; a very good copy. |
| $50 |
| *a13 Allen Pamela |
| Who Sank the Boat? |
| (Melbourne: Thomas Nelson Australia: 1982) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 40 inclusive of the boards (220 x 255 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Child’s name on front free endpaper. Inner hinges reinforced; a very good cancelled ex-library copy in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a14 Mackenzie, Kathleen |
| Nigel Rides Away |
| (London: Evans Brothers Limited: 1960) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 192. Illustrated by Violet Morgan. An about fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $20 |
| *a15 Vipont, Elfrida |
| The Lark on the Wing |
| (London: Oxford University Press: 1957) Reprint. Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 234. Awarded the Carnegie Medal for an outstanding children’s book of 1950. Spine and edges of cloth a little flecked or foxed; otherwise near fine in very good dust-jacket which has a little silverfishing on its spine and light dampmarks, mainly visible on its blind side. |
| $45 |
| *a16 Price, Willard |
| Amazon Adventure |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1955) Third Impression. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 256. Illustrated from drawings by Pat Marriott. Foot of spine and lower corner of front board a little bumped; a couple of very light marks to top edge; otherwise near fine in very good dust-jacket which has a couple of short tears and creases. |
| $45 |
| *a17 various authors |
| Under the British Flag |
| (London: John F. Shaw and Co. Ltd.: no date) Quarter cloth pictorial boards of Scottish piper (that is, hard covers) pp. 112. Illustrated including tipped-in colour plates. The first story is ‘The Story of Dargai’ by Duncan McClaren and the book includes ‘A Football Feud’, a bushranging story set in Western Australia with illustrations by J. MacFarlane dated [18]95. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine and corners and edges of boards worn; light creases to boards; spine faded and dampstained at head; scattered marks internally; still a good, sturdily bound copy. |
| $40 |
| *a18 Gibbs, May (Pictures and Words by) |
| Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Their Adventures Wonderful |
| Cover title: Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. (Sydney: Angus and Robertson Ltd.: 1939) Muir 2747. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 88 (245 x 185 mm). Gift inscription on front fixed endpaper. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; small white (paint?) spot near foot of front board; spine sunned and a little slanted; a very good, and internally near fine, copy of the last ‘quality’ edition before war-time austerity measures affected paper and print. |
| $125 |
| *a19 O’Harris, Pixie |
| Marmaduke The Possum |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson Ltd.: 1942) First Edition. Muir 5502. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 166 (248 x 185 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Lacks the paper of the backstrip; the inner hinges are cracked, and the boards attached only by the binder’s cloth, but the contents remain securely stitched; spine slanted; corners of boards rubbed; lacks front free endpaper; internally otherwise near fine; an elusive first edition suited to professional restoration. |
| $60 |
| *a20 O’Harris, Pixie |
| Marmaduke The Possum |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson Ltd.: 1947) Reprint. Muir 5502. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 166 (248 x 185 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Top edge foxed and small mark to fore edge; a very good copy in very good repaired dust-jacket. |
| $100 |
| *a21 Dennis, C.J. |
| Roundabout |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson Limited: 1935) ‘This is a re-issue [i.e. new edition] of Mr. Dennis’s A Book for Kids’. Muir 2011. Decorated boards, stylishly art deco, (that is, hard covers) pp. 114 (245 x 190 mm). Illustrated, including coloured frontispiece by Hal Gye and black and white drawings by the Author. Gift inscription on half-title page. Spine slightly slanted; foot of spine and lower corners of boards rubbed and lower corner of rear board bumped; a few light marks to head of spine; a little scattered foxing internally; otherwise near fine. |
| $200 |
| *a22 Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. |
| The Chalet School and the Island |
| (London: W. and R. Chambers Limited: 1950) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 296. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine sunned; edges foxed; a very good copy. |
| $50 |
| *a23 Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. |
| The Chalet School in Exile |
| (London: W. and R. Chambers Limited: 1950) Reprint. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 334. Frontispiece. Top edge foxed; a very good copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $60 |
| *a24 Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. |
| The Lost Staircase |
| (London: W. and R. Chambers Ltd: 1946) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 224. Frontispiece. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Top edge foxed; a very good copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which has old tape reinforcements to its edges. |
| $100 |
| *a25 Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. |
| Three go to the Chalet School |
| (London: W. and R. Chambers Ltd: 1949) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 287. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine a little sunned; edges foxed; a very good copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which has old tape reinforcements to the head and foot of its spine and some short tears to its edges. |
| $100 |
| *a26 Lum, Vivian (Words and Music) |
| Sugar Lumps For Little Boys and Girls |
| (Melbourne: Allan and Co. Pty. Ltd.: Copyright 1933) Muir 4400. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 16 (235 x 313 mm). Drawings by Joan Arthur. Imperial Edition No. 363. Price 3/6. ‘Important Note’ on verso of front wrapper. An owner’s name at head of front wrapper. A music teacher’s neat scattered annotations in biro within; spine starting to split at head and foot; otherwise very good. |
| $25 |
| *a27 Chauncy, Nan |
| Devils’ Hill |
| (London: Oxford University Press: 1958) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 159. Illustrated by Geraldine Spence. Signed ‘Nan Chauncy’ on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine a little sunned otherwise a very good copy in damaged price-clipped dust-jacket, chipped at its edges, the largest chip at the head of its rear panel and spine, and with the rear flap partly torn away. |
| $60 |
| *a28 no author |
| Adelaide Introductory Reader |
| (Melbourne and Sydney: Whitcombe and Tombs Pty. Ltd. for the Education Department, South Australia: no date) Printer’s Code G1795. 21 Apr 1941 stamped at head of title page. Pictorial wrappers of small children leaving school and looking at their (new?) readers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 120. Illustrated. Mother Goose on title page holds balloons which read ‘Happy Hours’. The first story is ‘What the Bells Say’. A fine copy. |
| $60 |
| *a29 Dennis, C.J. |
| A Book for Kids |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: no date) Muir 2010. First Edition. Quarter cloth pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 118 (245 x 185 mm). Illustrated by the Author, but with a coloured frontispiece and illustrated title page by Hal Gye. Gift inscription on half-title page and an owner’s name at the head of the front free endpaper. Front and rear boards detached; lacking the blue cloth backstrip, corners and edges of boards worn, a few scratches to front board, loose gatherings and a few loose leaves, old tape stains to the inner margins of a number of leaves where a previous owner has attempted futilely to hold the book together; the colouring-in on many black and white illustrations is generally neat, but there are inkstains on one page; there are a few marginal tears and marks; in summation a copy suitable for professional restoration. |
| $150 |
| *a30 Wynne, May |
| Who was Wendy? |
| (London: George Newnes, Limited: no date) Red boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 255. Girl’s school story given as a prize in 1937 to a pupil at Lyndwood House, Tusmore, a private school for girls and small boys catering for the middle classes of Adelaide’s Eastern suburbs, founded and run by Mrs. E.J. Woods between 1929 and 1939 and affiliated with the Parents National Educational Union and espousing the Mason methods of education. Loosely included is a card inviting the prize recipient’s parents to an earlier ‘Annual Break-up Demonstration’ in 1935. Edges of boards rubbed, spine slanted, fore-edge foxed; a light dampstain to front board; a very good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a31 Paddle Bros. Pty. Ltd. |
| The Paddle Painting Book |
| (North Fitzroy, Victoria: Paddle Bros. Pty. Ltd.: [1949]) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 8 (240 x 180 mm). Illustrated. Several poems extolling in humorous ways the virtues of Paddle shoes for children. Incorporating both illustrated catalogue and ‘Paddle Colouring Competition for Children’ both practice pages neatly painted, and the page which was intended to be cut out and entered in the competition started but not completed. Light dampstain to lower corners of leaves; a very good copy. |
| $100 |
| *a32 Mayne, William |
| The Man from the North Pole |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1963) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 94. Illustrated by Prudence Seward. Antelope Book for young children. An about fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a33 no author |
| The Giant Book of Speed |
| (Sydney: Offset Printing Coy. Pty. Ltd.: no date ) Muir 2729. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 16 (360 x 245 mm). Illustrated. OPC Publication Series A.88. A gift inscription and sticker on verso of front wrapper. A little silverfishing to head of front wrapper; otherwise a near fine copy. |
| $30 |
| *a34 no author |
| The Story of Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp |
| (Melbourne: Printed by The Specialty Press Pty. Ltd. for Georgian House Pty. Ltd.: no date) Muir 7131 suggests 194-? Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 16 (245 x 195 mm). Illustrated in colour and black and white by J. Hughes. Spine and edges of wrappers rubbed; a few light creases to rear wrapper; otherwise very good. |
| $25 |
| *a35 Schonell, Fred J. and Serjeant, Irene |
| The Happy Venture Readers Introductory Book Fluff and Nip |
| (Edinburgh and London: Oliver and Boyd Ltd.: 10.57) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. iv, 24. Illustrated by McCall. Australian Edition. An owner’s name on front wrapper and child’s writing on p. i. A good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a36 Your favourite pony authors |
| The Armada Pony Box |
| Comprises ‘Six super adventures’: ‘Ten Ponies and Jackie’ and ‘Jackie and the Misfit Pony’ both by Judith M. Berrisford; ‘For Love of a Horse’ and ‘The Summer Riders’ both Original Armadas by Patricia Leitch; ‘We Hunted Hounds’ by Christine Pullein-Thompson; ‘Pony Club Team’ by Josephine Pullein-Thompson. (London: Fontana Paperbacks) All very good copies in very good box. |
| $25 |
| *a37 no author |
| Sunny South Series |
| Untitled Koala Shape Book. (Sydney: John Sands Ltd.: no date) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 8 (285 x 120 mm). Illustrated. A baby koala sees the world from the top of a gum tree and recounts his experiences in rhyming quatrains. Prize inscription dated 1931 on verso of front wrapper. Small tear to front wrapper neatly repaired; spine rubbed; otherwise near fine. |
| $400 |
| *a38 Sewell, Anna |
| Black Beauty |
| (London: Ward, Lock and Co. Ltd.: 1964) Fourth Impression. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 223. Illustrated with 24 colour plates by Lionel Edwards, R.I. A near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a39 Aiken, Joan |
| Midnight is a Place |
| (London: Jonathan Cape: 1974) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 303. Illustrated by Pat Marriott. A near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which is bruised at the head of its spine and at the upper corners of its flap folds. |
| $40 |
| *a40 Price, Willard |
| Elephant Adventure |
| (London: The Children’s Book Club: Copyright 1964) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 192. Illustrated by Pat Marriott. Some damage and sunning to the boards near the head of the spine; edges foxed and a little scattered foxing internally; otherwise very good in fair dust-jacket which has a large chip to the head of its spine. |
| $15 |
| *a41 Miozzi, Lillian |
| The Adventures of Tommy The Cat Who Went to Sea |
| Translated from the Italian by Rose Fyleman. (London: The Bodley Head: 1950) First Edition. Pictorial blue boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 80. Illustrated by Charlotte Hough. An old price in texta and an owner’s name blacked out on front free endpaper. Spine sunned and worn at foot; boards marked; front inner hinge cracked; scattered marginal marks; a good study or reading copy. |
| $20 |
| *a42 Blyton, Enid |
| The Wishing-Chair Again |
| (Melbourne: Budget Books Pty. Ltd.: 1984) First Australian Edition thus of the De Luxe Edition Illustrated by Georgina Hargreaves, with the pictorial boards displaying from rear board to front board the wrap-around panoramic view of the Wishing-Chair above fairyland (that is, hard covers) pp. 120 inclusive of the boards (280 x 220 mm). Gift inscription and sticker on front free endpaper. Lower corner of front board rubbed; a very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a43 De Brunhoff, Laurent |
| Picnic at Babar’s |
| (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.: 1965) New Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 48 inclusive of the boards. Illustrated by the Author. Head and foot of spine rubbed; scratch to front board; a very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a44 Lenski, Lois |
| Cowboy Small |
| (London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press: Copyright 1949) Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 56 inclusive of the boards (183 x 183 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Oxford Books for Boys and Girls. A near fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is lightly dampmarked and chipped and reinforced at the head and foot of its spine. |
| $40 |
| *a45 Bond, Geoffrey |
| Carry on, Sergeant Luck: A Junior Novel |
| (London: Hutchinson: no date) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 200. Frontispiece. Prize label with inscription dated 1956 on front free endpaper. A near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which is sunned on its spine and a little frayed at its top edge. |
| $40 |
| *a46 Gibson, Michael D. |
| Tables Turned |
| (London: A. and C. Black Ltd.: Autumn 1939) First Edition. Decorated cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 250. Retired from the R.A.F, but still youthful, Captain James Bell foils a plot which would have embroiled Europe in war. A very good copy in fair repaired dust-jacket which is chipped at its edges. |
| $25 |
| *a47 Avery, Gillian |
| The Elephant War |
| (London: Collins: 1960) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 256. Illustrated by John Verney. Old tape marks and labels to endpapers otherwise a very good cancelled ex-library copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a48 Blyton, Enid |
| Scamp and Caroline |
| (London, Sydney: Hackett’s: no date) Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 28 (195 x 155 mm). Illustrated by Pierre Probst. Little Gift Books series A piece 60 x 15 mm missing from the lower left corner of the front board along the spine; a child’s rubber stamp on title page; otherwise a very good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a49 Whistler, Charles W. |
| King Olaf’s Kinsman: A Story of the Last Saxon Struggle against the Danes in the Days of Ironside and Cnut |
| (London: Blackie and Son Ltd.: 1898) Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 320, 30 (of 32) publisher’s advertisements. With six illustrations by W.H. Margetson. All edges olivine. Prize label on front fixed endpaper. Cloth flecked and a little marked; head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; a very good copy lacking the final leaf of advertisements. |
| $30 |
| *a50 Manley, Ruth |
| The Plum-Rain Scroll |
| (Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton: 1980) First paperback edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 279. Illustrated by Marianne Yamaguchi. Glossary. The Children’s Book Council of Australia Book of the Year A near fine copy. |
| $20 |
| *a51 Ardizzone, Edward |
| The Adventures of Tim: Six Delightful Stories by the Award-Winning Author and Illustrator |
| Tim and Ginger; Tim and Charlotte; Tim’s Friend Towser; Tim to the Lighthouse; Tim in Danger; Tim All Alone. (London: Chancellor Press: 1985) First Edition thus. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 300 (257 x 197 x 30 mm thick). A near fine copy in very good dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a52 Enright, Elizabeth (Written and Illustrated by) |
| Thimble Summer |
| (New York, Toronto: Farrar and Rinehart Incorporated: 1938) First Edition. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 124 (220 x 180 mm). Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine sunned; corners of boards mildly bumped; small mark to front board; a very good copy. |
| $60 |
| *a53 Enright, Elizabeth (Written and Illustrated by) |
| The Sea is all Around |
| (New York, Toronto: Farrar and Rinehart Incorporated: 1940) First Edition. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 124 (220 x 180 mm). Gift inscription dated 1940 on front free endpaper. Spine a little sunned; corners of boards bumped; a very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a54 no author |
| Mystery of Faraway Isle |
| (London: Fleetway Publications: 1962) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 64 (176 x 134 mm). Schoolgirls Picture Library No. 155. Story told in panel form. Small scuff and mark to spine; a very good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a55 no author |
| A Minx called Shiney |
| (London: Fleetway Publications: 1967) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 60 (176 x 134 mm). June and Schoolfriend and Princess Picture Library No. 433. Adventures of an Australian girl in England. Story, first published in 1961, told in panel form. Small scuff and mark to spine; a very good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a56 no author |
| Sue Saves the Band |
| (London: Fleetway Publications: 1963) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 60 (176 x 134 mm). Princess Picture Library No. 57. A Sue Day Adventure. Story told in panel form. Wrappers a little chipped and marked with stress tears at upper staple; a good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a57 Rey, H.A. |
| Feed the Animals |
| (London: Chatto and Windus: no date) Price 5/- net. Wire-spined boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 22 (140 x 165 mm). David and Caroline visit the zoo, and beneath each flap is discovered the recipient of each meal. A child’s name on front board, corners of boards rubbed and a little worn; otherwise a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a58 L.F.P.B., Brighton |
| Billy and Bobbie: A Story for Children |
| (Adelaide: Sharples Printers Ltd.: no date) Muir suggests 1948. Decorated wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 16 (175 x 185 mm). Illustrated. A few small marks to wrappers; otherwise a near fine copy. |
| $75 |
| *a59 Roughsey, Dick (Written and Illustrated by) |
| The Giant Devil Dingo |
| (Sydney: Collins: 1974) Third Printing. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 44 inclusive of the boards (260 x 245 mm). About this Legend. An ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Scuff near head of front board; foot of spine worn; otherwise very good in fair chipped and repaired dust-jacket. |
| $20 |
| *a60 Webb, Marion St. John |
| Mr. Papingay’s Ship |
| (London: Collins: 1957) First Edition thus. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 224. Illustrated by Jean Walmsley Heap. Top edge tinted. Edges foxed; otherwise near fine in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a long tear to its front panel and small chips, fraying and creasing to its edges. |
| $100 |
| *a61 Thatcher, Dora |
| Tommy Joins the Navy |
| (Leicester: Brockhampton Press: 1957) First Edition. Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 88. Drawings by Biro. Gift inscription on front fixed endpaper. Edges foxed and a little foxing internally; lower corners of boards bumped; otherwise near fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which is a little rubbed on its spine and frayed at the head of its spine. |
| $60 |
| *a62 [Hoffmann, Dr. Heinrich] |
| Struwwelpeter Or, Merry Stories and Funny Pictures |
| (London: Blackie and Son Limited: no date) Suggest 1930s. Quarter cloth pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. ii, 24 (260 x 203 mm). Illustrated by the Author. From the library of South Australian educationist and creator of picture books for small children Kathleen Mellor with her ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Corners and lower edge of boards rubbed; a few light marks to rear board; a very good copy. |
| $40 |
| *a63 Goode, Evelyn |
| Days That Speak: A Story of Australian Child Life |
| (London: Ward, Lock and Co. Limited: no date) Muir 2862. Gilt pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 249, 6 publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated by J. Macfarlane. Presentation inscription on half-title page. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a near fine copy. |
| $45 |
| *a64 Thompson, C.K. |
| Warrigal the Warrior |
| (Sydney: Dymock’s Book Arcade: 1948) Muir 7339. Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 130. Illustrated with four full-page plates. The story of a dingo. A good cancelled ex-library copy. |
| $15 |
| *a65 Alger, Horatio, Jr. |
| A Boy’s Fortune or, the Strange Adventures of Ben Baker |
| (Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Co.: no date) Pictorial cloth of telegram boy (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 325, 6 publisher’s advertisements. An ownership stamp on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a66 Johnstone, Janet and Anne Grahame (Illustrated by) |
| Merlin’s Magic |
| (London: Young World Book Productions: no date) Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 32 inclusive of the boards (315 x 233 mm). A Gold Token Book. Head and foot of spine and lower corner of front board rubbed; the gold token has not been snipped from the title and there is no ownership inscription in the space provided; a near fine copy. |
| $45 |
| *a67 Roughsey, Dick (Written and illustrated by) |
| The Giant Devil Dingo |
| (Sydney: Collins: 1974) Third Printing. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 36 (260 x 245 mm). An ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Scuff to head of front board; foot of spine worn; otherwise very good in fair chipped and repaired dust-jacket. |
| $22 |
| *a68 Lenski, Lois |
| Davy’s Day; Spring is Here; Surprise for Davy; Now it’s Fall; Animals for Me |
| 5 titles. (New York, London, Toronto: Printed in the United States of America for Oxford University Press: Copyright 1943, 1945, 1947*, 1948 and no date respectively) The first two titles are pictorial cloth, the third cloth lettered in blue and the fourth and fifth pictorial boards. The sole title* dated on the title page is ‘Surprise for Davy’ 1947 and bears ‘New York’ as the only place of publication. All pp. 48 (125 x 145 mm) illustrated by the Author. From the library of Kathleen Mellor, Australian pre-school educator, with her signature, K.M. Mellor, on the front free endpaper of each volume. Presumably Kathleen Mellor derived more than simply pleasure from the work of highly esteemed picture-book writer and illustrator Lois Lenski, for from 1945 she was pioneering a series of her own for Australian kindergarten children. (She expressed gratitude for the enthusiasm of another American, Christine Heinig, Federal Officer of the Australian Pre-School Association, in encouraging the publication of her own stylish books, which started out as manuscripts in the library corner of the Lady Gowrie Child Centre.) ‘Davy’s Day’, ‘Spring is Here’ and ‘Surprise for Davy’ are a little soiled on their cloths and rubbed at their extremities; only ‘Davy’s Day’ is without a jacket; the dust-jackets are worn, chipped and repaired but largely present; altogether a good to very good group of Lenski picture books from the 1940s from the collection of an Australian children’s author of note. |
| $120 |
| *a69 Lenski, Lois |
| Let’s Play House |
| (London, New York, Toronto: Printed in the United States of America for Oxford University Press: 1946) Third Printing. Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 40 (160 x 215 mm). Charmingly illustrated by the Author. ‘Molly and Polly like to play house. They feed their large families, they put them to bed, they do the laundry, the shopping, the housecleaning.There are tea parties and illnesses [unrelated?], dress-making and cooking to fill the time of Molly and Polly’. From the library of Kathleen Mellor, Australian pre-school educator, and picture-book author, with her signature, K.M. Mellor, on the title page. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a few scattered mainly marginal marks; a very good copy in chipped and worn dust-jacket which is largely complete. |
| $40 |
| *a70 Lenski, Lois |
| The Little Fire Engine |
| (New York: Printed in the United States of America for Oxford University Press: 1946) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 48 (180 x 215 mm). Charmingly illustrated by the Author, ‘The Little Fire Engine’ is perhaps Lenski’s most popular picture book, featuring her series character, Mr Small, here as Fireman Small, hero of Tinytown. From the library of Kathleen Mellor, Australian pre-school educator and picture-book author, with her signature, K.M. Mellor, on the front free endpaper. A few light, mainly marginal, marks, otherwise very good in good dust-jacket which is rubbed at its folds and has small chips and short tears to its edges. |
| $100 |
| *a71 Rees, Leslie |
| Danger Patrol: A Young Patrol Officer’s Adventures in New Guinea |
| (London: Collins: 1954) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 255. Top edge tinted. Prize label on front fixed endpaper and school emblem on front board. Top edge flecked; a near fine copy with the vivid chipped front panel and price-clipped front flap of the dust-jacket loosely inserted. |
| $30 |
| *a72 Oxenham, Elsie J. |
| Expelled from School |
| (London: Collins’ Clear-type Press: no date) Decorated blue boards (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 320, 4 publisher’s advertisements among which is listed Expelled from School, No. 51 in Collins’ Boys’ and Girls’ Library. Unillustrated except for the attractive endpapers. Prize label dated 1926 on front fixed endpaper. External hinges and corners of boards rubbed; rear inner hinge cracked; a very good copy. |
| $35 |
| *a73 Mylrea, Norah |
| Unwillingly to School |
| (London: Collins: March 1942) Reprint. Pictorial blue cloth lettered and illustrated in silver (that is, hard covers) pp. 287. Frontispiece. A near fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is chipped at the head of its spine and has a couple of creases and short tears. |
| $75 |
| *a74 Dubois, Suzanne |
| Robe’s Special Visitor |
| Foreword by Verne McLaren. (Kingston, S.E., South Australia: S.E. Kingston Leader: no date) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 15 (145 x 222 mm). Illustrated from photographs by Steven Notman. Picure book with captions in verse about an elephant seal born off the coast of Robe in 1986. Light marks to wrappers; a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a75 Donnelly, Barry (Written by) and Mealing, Ronald (Based on an original idea by) |
| Adventures in The Lost Kingdom of Radish: A story for children and others |
| (Sydney: Printed in Australia by Webprint Pty Limited for R.W. Mealing Enterprises Family Trust/Loyal Kingdom of Radish Pty Ltd: 1984) First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 68 (295 x 208 mm). Illustrated by Jon Ellis. Design by Amber Ellis. Remnants of stickers on front wrapper; otherwise very good. |
| $60 |
| *a76 Augustine, Geoff |
| Billy Whiskers |
| (Richmond, Victoria: William Heinemann Australia: 1987) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 32 (260 x 235 mm). Illustrated by the Author. An about fine copy. |
| $45 |
| *a77 Mellor, Kathleen |
| How it Happened: Told to Kindergarten Children in South Australia |
| Foreword by Lillian de Lissa. (Adelaide: The Advertiser Printing Office for The Kindergarten Union of S.A. Jubilee Year: 1955) Muir 4945. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 24 (170 x 190 mm). Illustrated by the Author. The Story of the Kindergarten Movement written for small children. Vertical crease to wrappers with old tape reinforcement to rear wrapper; a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a78 no author |
| Return of the Grey Ghosts |
| (London: Fleetway Publications: 1960) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 64 (176 x 134 mm). Schoolgirls Picture Library No. 101. Story told in panel form. Staple rusted; a very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a79 no author |
| Case of the Runaway Duke |
| More adventures of that daring girl sleuth, Jancy Martin. (London: Fleetway Publications: 1964) Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 60 (176 x 134 mm). Schoolgirls Picture Library No. 262. Story told in panel form. Staple rusted; a very good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a80 Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. |
| The Condor Crags Adventure |
| (London: W. and R. Chambers, Ltd.: 1955) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 201. Frontispiece. Spine sunned and a little marked; scattered library stamps and a few marks internally; a good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a81 Brent-Dyer, Elinor M. |
| A Chalet Girl from Kenya |
| (London: W. and R. Chambers, Ltd.: 1955) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 201. Frontispiece. Edges a little foxed; old tape marks to endpapers; stains to inner margins of frontispiece and title page; otherwise very good. |
| $25 |
| *a82 Turner, Philip |
| Dunkirk Summer |
| (London: Hamish Hamilton: 1973) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 160. Edges foxed and the fore edge a little marked; light creases to front free endpaper and half-title leaf; a good cancelled ex-library copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a83 Dillon, Eilis |
| A Family of Foxes |
| (London: Faber and Faber: 1964) First Edition. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 126. Illustrated by Richard Kennedy. A good ex-library copy with a number of large ‘Deleted’ stamps front and rear, in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a scuff near the foot of its spine. |
| $20 |
| *a84 Blyton, Enid |
| The Yellow Story Book |
| (London: Methuen and Co. Ltd.: 1954) Reprint. Gift inscription dated 1957. Illustrated by Kathleen Gell. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. Spine sunned; light marks to lower edge; otherwise near fine. |
| $22 |
| *a85 Attwell, Lucie |
| Lucie Attwell’s Annual |
| (London: Dean and Son Ltd.: no date) Suggest 1940s. Pictorial boards of a girl and a boy with white puppy opening a door to allow a group of pixies, toys and small animals to enter (that is, hard covers) pp. 125 (255 x 195 mm). Illustrated. The first story is ‘A Present for Josephine’. An ownership inscription at the head of the title page. Head and foot of spine, external hinges, corners and edges of boards worn; lacks front free endpaper; a little neat colouring-in on the ‘Picture to Paint’ page and less tidy on the ‘Picture to Colour’; a little lower marginal damage to pp. 33-58; a good study or reading copy. |
| $30 |
| *a86 Gibbs, May |
| The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie Including Little Ragged Blossom and Little Obelia |
| (Pymble, Sydney: Angus and Robertson An imprint of HarperCollins Publishers: 2007) Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. xii, 260 (245 x 225 mm). New Edition, using ‘original artwork … sourced and re-scanned’ of ‘Snugglepot and Cuddlepie’ and its two sequels, ‘while keeping the integrity of May Gibbs’original writing’, and, at the end of the volume, a delightfully illustrated biographical insight into the Author and her world. Near fine in near fine dust-jacket. |
| $45 |
| *a87 Shaw, Jane |
| Susan at School |
| (London: Collins: 1958) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 192. Illustrated including coloured frontispiece. A near fine copy in good dust-jacket which is frayed at the head of its spine, a little chipped at the foot of its spine and corners of flap folds, and has an owner’s name and lines pencilled on its rear panel. |
| $30 |
| *a88 Lindsay, Norman |
| The Magic Pudding Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle and Sam Sawnoff |
| (Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1960) Reprint. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 171. Illustrated by the Author. Jacket displays circular illustration of the three pudding owners pursuing a breakaway pudding. A few digits written on rear fixed endpaper. Light marks to rear board otherwise near fine in good repaired dust-jacket which is chipped at the foot of its spine and is lacking its rear flap. |
| $20 |
| *a89 Smale, Fiona |
| Tales and Rhymes for Tiny Tots |
| (Ilfracombe, Devon: Arthur H. Stockwell Ltd.: 1969) First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 19. Illustrated by Cora E.M. Paterson. Author’s signed and inscribed presentation copy. A very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a90 Baden-Powell, Lord |
| Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys |
| With an Introduction by Lord Rowallan K.B.E., M.C., T.D. Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire. (London: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.: October 1961) Thirty-third Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. xiv, 330. Illustrated. Appendices. Index. Prize label and related gift inscription on front free endpaper signed H.W. Rymill, Chief Commissioner S.A. An about fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is unevenly sunned. |
| $30 |
| *a91 Thatcher, Dora |
| Henry the Hero |
| (Leicester: Brockhampton Press: 1960) First Edition. Decorated boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 88. Drawings by Biro. Prize inscription on half-title page. Edges a little foxed; otherwise near fine in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which is a little crumpled, and frayed at the head and foot of its spine. |
| $25 |
| *a92 no author |
| The Doyle Fairy Book. Consisting of Twenty-Eight Fairy Tales, Translated from various languages, by Anthony R. Montalba |
| (London: Richard Edward King, Ltd.: no date) Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 310. Frontispiece and one other plate by Richard Doyle. Prize inscription dated Dec. 20/ [19] 01 on front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine rubbed and corners of boards bumped and worn. A few small marks to lower edge; a very good copy. |
| $150 |
| *a93 O’Reilly, Mrs. |
| Holiday Tasks |
| (London: George Routledge and Sons: 1890) Pictorial cloth lettered in gilt (that is, hard covers) pp. 253, i, 2 publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated by M.E. Edwards. Gift inscription dated Xmas [18]89 on half-title page. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; front inner hinge cracked; edges lightly foxed and a little scattered foxing internally; a very good copy. |
| $45 |
| *a94 By the Author of ‘Biddy the Maid of All Work’, ‘Joseph Pilmor’, ‘Lucy Smith’ etc. etc. |
| The Old Oak and its Treasure or, Aline Carruthers and her Friends |
| (Edinburgh: Oliphant, Anderson, and Ferrier: 1884) New Edition. Pictorial gilt cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 224. Illustrated. All edges gilt. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; lacks tinted front free endpaper, otherwise a near fine copy. |
| $40 |
| *a95 no author |
| Little Eric |
| (London: Blackie and Son Limited: no date) Pictorial blue cloth of two Attwellian children reading while another looks at them over a wall (that is, hard covers) pp. 64, 12 publisher’s advertisements. Coloured frontispiece. Prize inscription dated 20-12-[19]11 on front free endpaper. Small mark to fore edge otherwise near fine. |
| $25 |
| *a96 Chatterton, E. Keble |
| The King of the Air |
| (London: The Sheldon Press: no date) Pictorial blue cloth of dirigible (that is, hard covers) pp. 245, i, 8 publisher’s advertisements. Spine sunned, cloth flecked; edges a little foxed; scattered foxing within, mainly to early and late leaves; a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a97 Jones, Raymond F. |
| Son of the Stars. A Science Fiction Novel |
| (London: Hutchinson and Co. [Publishers] Ltd.: no date) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 216. Striking dust-jacket by R.S. Embleton. Two small marks to fore edge; a near fine copy in very good dust-jacket which is a little chipped and torn at the head of its front panel. |
| $40 |
| *a98 Jackson, G. Gibbard |
| Arctic Air Terror |
| (London: Sampson Low, Marston and Co. Ltd.: no date) Pictorial red cloth of monoplane on front and parachutist on spine (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 250. Illustrated with frontispiece and one other plate. Head and foot of spine rubbed; a near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which is chipped at the head of its spine and a little frayed along its edges. |
| $30 |
| *a99 Wood, Lorna |
| Rescue By Broomstick |
| (London: Dent: 1963) New Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 124 (188 x 124 mm). Illustrated by Kiddell-Monroe. No. 25 in the Pennant series Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; lacks front free endpaper, otherwise a very good copy in good price-clipped dust-jacket which is rubbed on its spine and flap folds. |
| $20 |
| *a100 Maltby, Peg |
| Ben and Bella in the Gardens |
| (Melbourne: Murfett: no date) Muir 4765 suggests 1951. First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 16 (365 x 250 mm). Illustrated by the Author. A Murfett Production. Spine a little rubbed; a few light creases to wrappers; a few marks to rear wrapper; otherwise near fine. |
| $50 |
| *a101 Cowell, Ruth (Edited by) |
| The Hunchback Colt |
| (Sydney: Mastercraft Printing and Publishing Company for Pagoda House Publications: Copyright 1945) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 52 (300 x 240 mm). Illustrations from the original paintings by the Russian artist, A. Afinogenov. Re-reproduced for this publication by Keith W. Huntingdon. Written in folkloric rhyme by Peter Ershov ‘within sight of the great range of the Ural Mountains in Siberia the year 1856’. Head and foot of spine and corners of wrappers a little rubbed; a couple of light marks to rear wrapper; a very good copy. |
| $75 |
| *a102 no author |
| The Reader’s Digest Junior Omnibus |
| (London: The Reader’s Digest Association Pty. Ltd.: no date) Suggest about 1960. First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 171 (288 x 214 mm). Illustrated. A near fine copy (even the puzzle pages are unused) in good dust-jacket which is rubbed and dampstained on its spine. |
| $30 |
| *a103 no author |
| The Reader’s Digest Young People’s Annual |
| (Sydney: The Reader’s Digest Association Pty. Ltd.: Copyright 1964) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 304 (282 x 204 mm). Illustrated. Crossword neatly completed otherwise a near fine copy in its original pictorial box which is worn at its corners but is generally very good. |
| $45 |
| *a104 Cairns, Sylvia (told by) |
| Uncle Willie Mackenzie’s Legends of the Goundirs |
| (Brisbane: The Jacaranda Press: 1967) First Edition. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 46 (220 x 280 mm). Illustrated by Fred Cobbo. A few small marks to boards and edges; a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a105 Leigh, Roberta |
| Twizzle’s Adventure Stories: The Lovable T.V. Character |
| (London: Birn Brothers Ltd: Copyright 1958) Pictorial boards of Twizzle and Footso in the foreground, with the garage man, Chalky and the breakdown van behind (that is, hard covers) pp. 96 inclusive of the boards (280 x 210 mm). Illustrated, including a colour frontispiece. An owner’s name on front free endpaper and another inscription on its verso. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; old tape reinforcements to the inner margins of pp. 32-33, 48-49 and 64-65, and Twizzle’s crossword has been completed in pencil; a very good copy. |
| $150 |
| *a106 no author |
| Buster Book 1965 |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Limited: Copyright 1964) Pictorial wrappers of Buster on top of a Christmas tree (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 96 (268 x 194 mm). Illustrated in panel form. A little extra colouring to the front wrapper and a child’s name in red texta on the fore edge and at the lower margin of page one; otherwise a very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $35 |
| *a107 no author |
| TV Comic Annual |
| (London: TV Publications Limited: Copyright 1964) Pictorial boards of characters crowded onto the No. 1 podium against an Olympic background (that is, hard covers) pp. 104 inclusive of the boards (280 x 207 mm). Illustrated, including panel stories of Supercar and Fireball XL5, both of which are also featured respectively on the front endpapers and rear endpapers. Head and foot of spine and corners and edges of boards a little rubbed otherwise a near fine copy. |
| $75 |
| *a108 Disney, Walt |
| Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse Annual |
| (London: Dean and Son Ltd.: Copyright 1960) Authorized Edition. Pictorial boards of Mickey and cuckoo clock (that is, hard covers) pp. 96 inclusive of the boards (260 x 205 mm). Illustrated. ‘More adventures of your television favourites’. An owner’s name at head of title page. Head of spine a little worn; light marks to rear board; a very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $25 |
| *a109 Coudrill, Francis |
| Hank’s Camera Capers: A Colour Photo Book |
| (London: Publicity Products Ltd: no date) Suggest 1960s. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 32 (265 x 205 mm). Illustrated. A near fine copy. |
| $40 |
| *a110 Blyton, Enid |
| The Dog who would go Digging |
| (London: Sandle Brothers Ltd.: Copyright 1966) Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 20 inclusive of the boards (265 x 190 mm). Illustrated. A Blyton Tulip Book. Spine slanted; an about fine copy. |
| $15 |
| *a111 O’Harris, Pixie |
| The Pixie O’Harris Fairy Book |
| (Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Limited: 2007) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 114 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Stories selected from ‘The Pixie O’Harris Fairy Book’ 1925, all ten chapters from ‘Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie’ 1935, ‘The Pixie O’Harris Story Book’ 1940 and ‘The Pixie O’Harris Gift Book’ 1953. Gift inscription at head of half-title page otherwise an about fine copy in very good dust-jacket. |
| $22 |
| *a112 Schonell, Fred J. and Serjeant, Irene |
| The Happy Venture Readers Book Two: Our Friends |
| (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd: 1967) Australian Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) pp. iv, 60. Illustrated by William Semple. A very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a113 Morgan, C.W. |
| Whitcombe’s History Plays for Grade V. |
| Specially written to meet the requirements of the Revised Course of Study in Victorian Elementary Schools. (Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs: 1938) Price 1/-. Wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 80. An ownershp stamp on front wrapper and title page; a near fine copy. |
| $30 |
| *a114 Troughton, Ellis, C.M.Z.S., F.R.Z.S. |
| The Solvol Animal Book: 55 Australian Animals |
| (Sydney: J. Kitchen and Sons: no date) Muir 7446. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) plus pp. 28 (120 x 183 mm). Illustrated in full colour by Neville W. Cayley. Spine split at head and foot; mark to front wrapper; light dampstaining throughout, mainly to lower margins, but in some instances more widespread, and affecting the colour plates as well; a good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a115 Steadman, Ralph |
| Teddy! Where are You? |
| (London: Andersen Press: Copyright 1994) Reprint. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 32 inclusive of the boards (235 x 205 mm). Illustrated by the Author. A near fine copy. |
| $20 |
| *a116 no author |
| Malties Bird Album |
| (Melbourne: Barker and Co.: no date) Suggest 1940s. Pictorial wrappers (320 x 190 mm) folding out to 760 mm on which are laid down the full complement of 40 cards depicting Australian birds in full colour. The cards were swap cards included in the packets of Malties ‘whole wheat flakes’ breakfast cereal. Split to spine neatly reinforced; a couple of short tears; a very good copy and the cards fine. |
| $60 |
| *a117 Jung, Suzanne |
| La Lanterne Magique pour les Enfants Sages |
| ([Paris]: Librairie Grund: Copyright 1947) Pictorial boards (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 24 (230 x 180 mm). Illustrated. Foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a very good copy. |
| $40 |
| *a118 My-Van, Tran |
| Indochinese Folk Tales |
| (Northern Territory, Australia: The Northern Territory Multicultural Education Co-Ordinating Committee: no date) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. viii, 59 (250 x 176 mm). Illustrated by Nguyen Thanh Buu and Do Thu Truong. A near fine copy. |
| $30 |
| *a119 Perrault |
| Le Chat Botte: Conte de Perrault |
| (Paris, Limoges: Chez Martial Ardant Freres: 1855) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 32 (110 x 155 mm). Illustrated with frontispiece and tinted engravings additional to pagination. Head and foot of spine chipped and corners and edges of boards worn; both boards detached; lacks front free endpaper; scattered foxing; still a good copy. |
| $45 |
| *a120 Coonan, Wayne; Worsley, Anthony and Maynard, Edward |
| Life. Be in it. Body Owner’s Manual for primary students and their parents: An easy-to-follow plan covering fitness, nutrition and relaxation |
| (South Yarra, Victoria: Life. Be in it. Publishing: June 1988) Reprint. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. iv, 292 (280 x 208 mm). Illustrated by Ian Robertson. An unused, near fine copy. |
| $22 |
| *a121 Walker, Elizabeth |
| Red Lancer Comes Back to Mount Gambier |
| (Naracoorte, South Australia: Hansen Printing House: Copyright 1976) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 28 (137 x 222 mm). Illustrated. No. 947 of an unspecified edition. Red Lancer, Adam Lindsay Gordon’s horse, reappears in Mt Gambier for its Centenary, culminating in a repetition of his famous leap. Author’s signed and inscribed presentation copy. An ownership stamp at head of the title page, A near fine copy. |
| $45 |
| *a122 no author |
| The Adelaide Primers: Primer 1A |
| (Adelaide: W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: 1966) Revised Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 44. Illustrated. Scuff to one page; a few neat clear tape repairs; a very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a123 Littlewood, Jean |
| The Adventures of Bren |
| The Delightful Story of a Real Little Dog With Every Page in Full Colour. (Melbourne: Alpha Printing Company: 1947) First Edition. Muir 4341. Cloth backed pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 24 inclusive of the boards (143 x 143 mm). Illustrated by Ivan G. Pagett. Gift inscription on front fixed endpaper with some biro doodling below. Corners of boards rubbed; old tape reinforcement to the rear inner hinge; a very good copy. |
| $45 |
| *a124 Ord, Marion |
| Donovan and the Lost Birthday AND Donovan Saves the Skates |
| (Melbourne: William Heinemann Limited: 1968 and 1970) First Editions. Both pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) plus pp. 32 (242 x 240 mm). Both illustrated by Penelope Janic. Donovan and the Lost Birthday has a small scuff to front board and an old price in biro on its front free endpaper but is otherwise very good; Donovan Saves the Skates is in near fine order in a fair chipped and repaired dust-jacket. |
| $50 |
| *a125 Baxter, Valerie |
| Elizabeth: Young Policewoman |
| (London: The Bodley Head: 1955) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 190, 1 publisher’s advertisement. Bodley Head Career Books for Girls. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. A very good copy in fair dust-jacket which is chipped at the head and foot of its spine and has some discoloration to its blind side. |
| $100 |
| *a126 no author |
| Destination Moon: The Story of Man’s First Venture into Space |
| (Sydney: Litho by Deaton and Spencer Pty. Ltd. for Sanitarium Health Food Company: no date) Suggest about 1960. Pictorial wrappers (that is, paper covers) pp. 12 (196 x 245 mm). Illustrated including full complement of 50 pasted down imaginative swap cards. Spine a little rubbed; short tear to front wrapper; a little foxed; a very good copy. |
| $75 |
| *a127 [Carroll, Lewis] |
| Alice in Wonderland |
| (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.: 1988) First Edition thus. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 64 (275 x 225 mm). Illustrated from twenty-four reproductions of glass slides originally used in the mid-1880s. Introduction by Brian Sibley. An about fine copy in like dust-jacket. |
| $30 |
| *a128 Smythe, Pat |
| Three Jays Lend a Hand: The Seventh Adventure of the Three Jays |
| (London: Cassell: 1961) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 181. Illustrated by Keith Money. A very good copy in fair dust-jacket. |
| $20 |
| *a129 Disney, Walt |
| Walt Disney’s Mary Poppins |
| (London: Young World Productions Ltd.: no date) Printer’s code 264/1. A Gold Token Book. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 24 inclusive of the boards (255 x 195 mm). Illustrated. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a near fine copy with the Gift Token still attached to the corner of the title page. |
| $25 |
| *a130 Willmot, Haidi |
| The Castles of Tuhbowgule |
| The story of Pemulwuy retold for children. (Sydney: Weldon Publishing: 1992) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 80. Frontispiece. An about fine copy in about fine dust-jacket. |
| $20 |
| *a131 Westerman, Percy |
| The Secret Channel and Other Stories of the Great War |
| (London: S.W. Partridge and Co.: no date) Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. vi, 250. Coloured frontispiece. Prize label with inscription dated 1944 on front fixed endpaper. A near fine copy in good dust-jacket which is sunned on its spine and chipped at the head and foot of its spine. |
| $25 |
| *a132 Westerman, Percy F. |
| The Treasure of ‘San Philipo’ |
| (London: ‘The Boy’s Own Paper’ Office: no date) Uniform pictorial cloth of boy reading (that is, hard covers) pp. 248, 8 publisher’s advertisements. Frontispiece. Lacks front free endpaper; a very good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a133 Allan, Mabel Esther |
| Changes for the Challoners |
| (London: Ward, Lock and Co.: no date) Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 160. Frontispiece. Herald Library No. 4. An owner’s name on recto of frontispiece and at the head of the title page. Lacks front free endpaper; edges foxed; a very good copy in very good dust-jacket. |
| $15 |
| *a134 Disney, Walt |
| A Walt Disney Picture Story Book |
| (Sydney: Ayers and James Pty. Ltd.: no date) Pictorial wrappers of Donald Duck on a Golf course and on the rear the three little pigs escaping into the house of bricks (that is, flexible covers) pp. 12 (255 x 245 mm). Illustrated. Gift inscription dated 1945 on verso of front wrapper. Spine rubbed, and worn at head and foot; wrappers lightly rubbed and creased; a very good copy. |
| $40 |
| *a135 Cummins, Keira Quinn (story and concept by) |
| Keira’s Kobbers go to the Opera House: Introducing Keira Koala, her brother Kembla and their kobbers |
| (Balmain, Australia: Commercial Printing House: 1979) First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 32 (210 x 295 mm). Characters illustrated by Kathryn Smith. Sydney drawings by John van Vliet. Wrappers a little rubbed; a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a136 Shaw, Charles |
| The Treasure of the Hills: A Tale of Adventure and Mystery in the Bush for Boys and Girls of all ages With which is included ‘The Green Token’ |
| (Sydney: Dymock’s Book Arcade Ltd.: 1944) Muir 6697-8. Red boards (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 126. Gift inscription on front free endpaper. A very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a137 Shaw, Jane |
| Fivepenny Mystery |
| (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd: 1963) First Edition thus in the Triumph Series. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 215. Illustrated by Gilbert Dunlop. Pages a little tanned, otherwise near fine in very good dust-jacket which has a small chip and a little fraying to the head and foot of its spine. |
| $45 |
| *a138 no author |
| Tiger Annual 1957 |
| (London: Fleetway House) Cloth backed pictorial boards pp. 160 plus coloured frontispiece (272 x 195 mm). Illustrated. Corners of boards rubbed; a very good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a139 Thiele, Colin |
| River Murray Mary |
| (Willoughby, NSW: Weldon Publishing: 1990) Reprint. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 72 (251 x 222 mm). Illustrated by Robert Ingpen. An about fine copy in about fine dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a140 Hughes, Jean |
| Nod Cottage |
| (London: Frederick Warne: 1949) First Edition. Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. 160. Illustrated by A.W. Knott. An owner’s signature on front free endpaper. An about fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $35 |
| *a141 Bancks, J. |
| The ‘Sunbeams’ Book: Adventures of Ginger Meggs |
| Inner title: Introducing Us Fellers. ([Sydney: Sun Newspapers Ltd.: 1924]) Muir 433. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 24 (310 x 248 mm). An owner’s name on front wrapper. Lacks rear wrapper, front wrapper chipped along the spine and at the top corner; final leaf of text a little discoloured and with two neat repairs; some marginal marks but the comic pages generally in very good condition. |
| $350 |
| *a142 Bancks, J. |
| The "Sunbeams" Book: Further Adventures of Ginger Meggs - Series 2 |
| (Sydney: Printed for Sun Newspapers by Marchant & Co.: 1925) Muir 434 and 435. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (312 x 248 mm) Spine rubbed and split and with a small chip but neatly reinforced on the blind side; soiling to the wrappers mostly marginal; rear wrapper has a small chip to the leading edge; competition pages both present and untouched, (the return address being "The Saturday Express", Adelaide); a few scattered marks internally but generally the comic pages in good to very good order. |
| $200 |
| *a143 Bancks |
| The 'Sunbeams' Book: More Adventures of Ginger Meggs Series 3 |
| (Sydney: Sun Newspapers Ltd.: 1926) Muir 436. Pictorial wrappers of cricketing theme on front and rear plus pp. 32 (311 x 248 mm) Spine rubbed and wrappers somewhat fingered and soiled; light pencil doodling on an early and late blank leaf; internally very good. |
| $150 |
| *a144 Bancks, J. |
| The Sunbeams Book: More Adventures of Ginger Meggs - Series 6 |
| (Sydney: Printed for Sun Newspapers Limited by Mortons Limited: 1929) Muir 439. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (310 x 248 mm). Spine reinforced with clear tape on inner margin; neat tape repairs to inner margins; some scuffing from adhesion between pp. 6 and 7; light soiling and soiling to wrappers; but still an attractive copy of a Meggs annual printed on superior (art) paper. |
| $150 |
| *a145 Bancks, J. |
| The Sunbeams Book. Ginger Meggs in a 7th Series of Adventures |
| (Sydney: Printed for Sun Newspapers Limited by Mortons Limited: 1930) Muir 440.Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (310 x 248 mm). Gift inscription on verso of front wrapper. Spine rubbed and splitting at foot; a few light marks to wrappers; a very good copy. |
| $175 |
| *a146 Bancks, J. |
| The Sunbeams Book. More Adventures of Ginger Meggs - Series 8 |
| (Sydney: Printed for Sun Newspapers Limited by S. Bennett, Limited: 1931) Muir 441. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (309 x 250 mm). Corner crease to rear wrapper; split to head of spine; the wrappers have pulled away from the contents which remain firmly stapled; triangle 160 x 60 x 170 mm torn from the lower corner of ‘The Town Brightens’ and ‘Night Time Nerves’ with loss of text and picture; otherwise a very good copy. |
| $60 |
| *a147 Bancks, J. |
| The Sunbeams Book. Ginger Meggs In a 9th Series of Adventures |
| (Sydney: Printed by Sun Newspapers Limited: 1932) Muir 442. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (310 x 252 mm). Spine rubbed and a little chipped, and split at its foot; light marks to wrappers; a very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $175 |
| *a148 Bancks, J. |
| The 'Sunbeams' Book: More Adventures of Ginger Meggs - Series 10 |
| (Sydney: Printed by Sun Newspapers Limited: 1933) Muir 443. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (307 x 246 mm). Light marks to wrappers; a very good copy. |
| $150 |
| *a149 Bancks, J. |
| The Sunbeams Book: Further Adventures of Ginger Meggs. Series 11 |
| (Sydney: Sun Newspapers: 1934) Muir 444. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (302 x 248 mm). Staples rusted; otherwise near fine. |
| $175 |
| *a150 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs: Sunbeams Book Series 13 |
| (Sydney: Sun Newspapers: 1936) Muir 446. Pictorial wrappers featuring Ginger and animals on surf board plus pp. 32 (304 x 242 mm). Staples rusted; small chip to foot of spine; short clean tear to lower edge of front wrapper; leading edges of some leaves frayed; otherwise a vey good copy. |
| $150 |
| *a151 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs: Sunbeams Book - Series 14 |
| (Sydney: Printed by Associated Newspapers Limited: 1937) Muir 447. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (305 x 246 mm). Pencilled ownership inscription on verso of front wrapper. Split to the spine and some inner margins neatly reinforced with clear tape; staples rusted; vertical crease to front wrapper and light marks and a chip to rear wrapper; otherwise a good copy and internally very good. |
| $125 |
| *a152 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs: Sunbeams Book - Series 15 |
| (Sydney: Printed by Associated Newspapers Limited: 1938) Muir 448. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (305 x 246 mm). Chip to foot of spine and chipping and splitting to the the spine neatly reinforced with clear tape; replacement staple rusted; wrappers lightly creased and marked; marks and silverfishing to margins of early leaves; otherwise a good copy and internally very good. |
| $100 |
| *a153 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs: Sunbeams Book - Series 18 |
| (Sydney: Printed by Associated Newspapers Limited: 1941) Muir 451. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (305 x 245 mm). Spine rubbed and splitting at head and foot; a very good copy. |
| $150 |
| *a154 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs: Sunbeams Book - Series 19 |
| (Sydney: Printed by Associated Newspapers: 1942) Muir 452. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (305 x 245 mm). Spine rubbed; a light mark to lower corner of front wrapper; a very good copy. |
| $125 |
| *a155 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs - Sunbeams Book Series 20 |
| (Sydney: Associated Newspapers Ltd.: 1943) Muir 453. Pictorial wrappers plus pp. 32 (271 x 211 mm). Tape repair to inner margin of centre-spread otherwise very good copy. |
| $100 |
| *a156 Bancks, J. |
| More Adventures of Ginger Meggs - Sunbeams Book Series 21 |
| (Sydney: Associated Newspapers Ltd.: 1944) Muir 454. Pictorial wrappers of Ginger on skis plus pp. 32 (271 x 211 mm). An owner’s signature at the head of front wrapper. A very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $100 |
| *a157 Aria |
| The 'Aria' Kids From the Comic-Kids Series by 'Aria' appearing in The Australian Woman's Mirror |
| (Sydney: The Bulletin Newspaper: no date) Suggest 1932. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 24 (310 x 242 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Head and foot of spine worn; a few light marks to wrappers; otherwise very good and internally near fine. |
| $150 |
| *a158 Nicholls, Syd. |
| Middy Malone, A Book of Pirates |
| (Sydney: The Supertone Co. for the Publisher, Syd. Nicholls: 1941) First Edition. Muir 5345. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 24 (357 x 245 mm). The colour printing on eight of the pages is slightly out of register. Spine rubbed and a few light creases to corners of wrappers; otherwise very good and internally near fine. |
| $100 |
| *a159 Nicholls, Syd |
| Middy Malone and the South Sea Pirates |
| (Sydney: Printed by Supertone for the Publisher, Syd. Nicholls: no date) First Edition. Muir 5346. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 20 (357 x 240 mm). A few light creases to corners of wrappers; otherwise a very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $125 |
| *a160 Nicholls, Syd |
| Middy Malone in the Lost World |
| (Sydney: Printed by Deaton and Spencer Pty. Ltd.: no date) First Edition. Muir 5349. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 20 (355 x 242 mm). Diagonal crease to wrappers. Small chip to upper corner of rear wrapper; otherwise a very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $125 |
| *a161 [Falk, Lee] |
| The Phantom The 1000th Issue! |
| (Sydney: Frew Publications: 1991) Pictorial wrappers pp. 292. Plus pp. 32 facsimile of ‘Frew’s First Edition (1948)’ Free! Inside. This issue is ‘officially’ No. 972. Not to be confused with No. 1000. Corner creases to rear wrapper otherwise a near fine set. |
| $25 |
| *a162 Shiell, Annette (Edited) |
| Bonzer: Australian comics 1900s-1990s |
| (Redhill South, Victoria, Australia: Elgua Media: 1998) First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 188 (295 x 237 mm). Checklist by Mick Stone. A near fine copy. |
| $20 |
| *a163 Baker, W. Howard |
| Tiger Tim’s Own Comic Collection |
| (London: Howard Baker: 1977) First Edition thus. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 176 (337 x 245 mm). Illustrated. An about fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $25 |
| *a164 Holden, Robert |
| A Birthday Celebration for Ginger Meggs Congratulations to the Little Aussie Battler! |
| Cover title: Ginger Meggs Souvenir Book. ([Sydney]: Blaxland Gallery, Grace Bros.: 1986) Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 12 (297 x 210 mm). Illustrated. An about fine copy. |
| $25 |
| *a165 no author |
| Express Super Colour Annual – 1959 |
| (London: Beaverbrook Newspapers Ltd.) Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 160 inclusive of the boards (280 x 210 mm). Illustrated including stories in panel form. Extremities of boards a little rubbed; external hinges starting to split at foot; repaired clean tear to front free endpaper which is also price-clipped; a very good copy. |
| $25 |
| *a166 Langley, Noel (written and illustrated by) |
| The Land of Green Ginger |
| (London: Arthur Barker: 1947) Second Edition. Green cloth lettered in gilt (that is, hard covers) pp. 123 (217 x 165 mm). Gift inscription (in green) laid down on front free endpaper. Spine mildly sunned through the jacket; a near fine copy in good price-clipped dust-jacket which is a little sunned on its spine, has a chip to the head of its spine, a small chip and two short tears to the upper edge of its rear panel and a small mark to the foot of its spine. |
| $500 |
| *a167 Leyland, Eric |
| The Captain Intervenes |
| (London: Herbert Jenkins: 1951) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 206, 2 publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated. An owner’s name blacked out on front fixed endpaper. A near fine copy in good chipped and price-clipped dust-jacket. |
| $20 |
| *a168 Edwards, Monica |
| Operation Seabird |
| (London: Collins: 1957) First Edition. Red boards lettered in silver on spine (that is, hard covers) pp. 256. Illustrated including maps on endpapers. In the ‘Stories of Romney Marsh’ series. Small remnant of prize label on front free endpaper; a near fine copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a couple of short tears to the head of its rear panel. |
| $45 |
| *a169 Blyton, Enid |
| Four in a Family |
| (London: Lutterworth Press: 1956) First Edition. Boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 87. Illustrated by Tom Kerr. Old tape marks to free endpapers; a very good copy in very good price-clipped dust-jacket which has old tape marks to its flaps. |
| $20 |
| *a170 Shapiro, Irwin |
| Walt Disney’s Davy Crockett: King of the Wild Frontier |
| Adapted by Mel Crawford. (Sydney: The Golden Press: no date) First Edition thus. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 28 WITH ‘Davy Crockett’s Keelboat Race’ pp. 24. Pictures by the Walt Disney Studio. The Little Golden Library D34 and D36 Gift inscriptions dated 1956 on verso of front board of each. Small nick near head of spine of second title; otherwise near fine copies. |
| $25 |
| *a171 Kemsley |
| The Comic Adventures of Ginger Meggs: Collector’s Series No. 36 |
| (Melbourne: Lilyfield Publishers Pty Ltd.: 1986) First Edition. Pictorial wrappers (that is, flexible covers) plus pp. 32 (210 x 275 mm). Created by Bancks. Written and Drawn by Kemsley. Carrying on from the 27 numbered annuals plus the 8 published in the 1950s. A near fine copy. |
| $15 |
| *a172 Blyton, Enid |
| Five get into Trouble |
| (London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited: October 1949) First Edition. Red boards with the trade-mark Blyton signature (that is, hard covers) pp. 190. Illustrated by Eileen Soper. A little light foxing to top edge; a near fine copy. |
| $20 |
| *a173 Martin, Robert |
| The Mystery of the Friendly Forger |
| (London: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd: Copyright 1958) First Edition. Green boards lettered in black (that is, hard covers) pp. x, 177. Illustrated by George Lane. Edges foxed and a little foxing internally; a near fine copy in good price-clipped dust-jacket which has a chip and some bruising and tears to its edges. |
| $20 |
| *a174 Tourtel, Mary |
| Rupert: Three Stories of the Little Bear’s Adventures |
| Magician’s Umbrella; Black Dwarf; Beppo Again. (Great Britain: Marks and Spencer Limited: no date) Suggest early 1950s. Quarter cloth pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 96 inclusive of the boards (252 x 215 mm). Illustrated by the Author. Ownership inscription in the space provided partly blacked out. Cloth of spine flecked and corners and edges of boards worn; a few scattered marginal marks; a good copy. |
| $20 |
| *a175 Allen, Mabel Esther and others |
| For All Girls |
| (London: Blackie and Son Ltd.: no date) Suggest 1940s. Quarter cloth pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 192 (250 x 185 mm). Illustrated including coloured frontispiece. Lower corners of boards rubbed; a very good copy. |
| $15 |
| *a176 Avery, Gillian |
| The Peacock House |
| (London: Collins: 1963) First Edition. Boards pp. 256. Illustrated by John Verney. Prize label on front fixed endpaper and school emblem stamped on front board. A near fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket which is mildly sunned on its spine and has a few old tape marks, mainly noticeable on its blind side. |
| $60 |
| *a177 Avery, Gillian |
| The Greatest Gresham |
| (London: Collins: 1962) First Edition. Boards pp. 256. Illustrated by John Verney. Spine sunned through the jacket; a near fine copy in near fine price-clipped dust-jacket which is mildly sunned on its spine. |
| $40 |
| *a178 Disney, Walt |
| The Little Golden Library |
| i.e. Fifteen volumes in Golden Books in the D series: nos. D. 3 Cinderella; D6 Mickey Mouse’s Picnic; D7: 30 Santa’s Toy Shop; D.13 Donald Duck’s Toy Train; D14 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs; D19 Peter Pan and Wendy; D28 Chip ’n’ Dale at the Zoo; D33 Lady; D38: 30 Robin Hood; D46: 30 Perri and her Friends A Mickey Mouse Club Book; D47: 30 Sleeping Beauty; D48: 30 Scamp The Adventures of a Little Puppy; D67: 30 The Flying Car; D69: 30 Babes in Toyland; D72: 30 Ludwig von Drake. (Sydney: The Golden Press: about 1950-1962) All pictorial boards (approx 200 x 170 mm). Available for sale at $10 each. A few ownership inscriptions and some rubbing to a few spines but generally good to near fine. |
| $120 |
| *a179 various authors |
| Little Golden Books Nos. 111:30 My Kitten; 137 Roy Rogers and the Mountain Lion; 173:30 Fury; 209:30 Aladdin and his Magic Lamp; 220:30 The Blue Book of Fairy Tales; 221:30 Four Puppies; 227:30 Chicken Little; 242:30 The Flintstones; 243:30 Jack’s Adventure; 245:30 My First Counting Book |
| (Sydney: The Golden Press: about 1950-1962) All pictorial boards (approx 200 x 170 mm). Available for sale at $10 each. A few ownership inscriptions and some rubbing to a few spines but generally good to near fine. |
| $80 |
| *a180 Strang, Herbert |
| Burton of the Flying Corps |
| (London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press: 1917) Reprint. Pictorial cloth lettered in gilt on spine and front (that is, hard covers) pp. 292. Illustrated by C.E. Brock. All edges tinted. Spine and rear cloth a little rubbed; corners of boards worn; lacks front free endpaper; leading edge of frontispiece a little frayed; a good copy. |
| $35 |
| *a181 Strang, Herbert |
| Tom Willoughby’s Scouts |
| (London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press: 1919) ‘Printed 1918’ on verso of title page. Pictorial cloth lettered in gilt on spine (that is, hard covers) pp. 298, 2 publisher’s advertisements. Illustrated by Wal Paget. All edges tinted. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a very good copy. |
| $30 |
| *a182 no author |
| The Girls’ Own Annual Vol XXV |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: [1904]) Pictorial cloth of Windsor Castle (that is, hard covers) pp. 832 (280 x 215 mm). Illustrated. Index. Includes the complete serialisation of Ethel Turner’s “A White Roof Tree’. Prize label and overlaid inscription on front fixed endpaper. Cloth worn, most heavily on the spine and corners of boards; inner hinges cracked; lacks rear endpaper; gatherings beginning to loosen; otherwise internally very good. |
| $45 |
| *a183 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume XXXIII |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of pastedown of girl holding golf stick (that is, hard covers) pp. 768 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. Ownership inscription dated 1912 on verso of front free endpaper. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn; inner hinges cracked; a very good copy. |
| $75 |
| *a184 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume XXXVIII |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of pastedown of woodland scene (that is, hard covers) pp. 680 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; vertical split at a central gathering, although stitching still holds; a very good to near fine copy. |
| $60 |
| *a185 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume XXXIX |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of pastedown of floral woodland scene (that is, hard covers) pp. 680 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a very good to near fine copy. |
| $75 |
| *a186 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume XLIV |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of girl with birds (that is, hard covers) pp. 704 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. A near fine copy in chipped but largely complete dust-jacket which has ensured the survival of the volume in remarkable condition; the dust-jacket has tape reinforcement to the blind side of its spine. |
| $150 |
| *a187 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume 45 |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of girl with gifts (that is, hard covers) pp. 704 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. Includes serialisation of Mary Gaunt’s ‘Pioneering for Women’. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards worn and tear to cloth of spine neatly repaired; otherwise very good. |
| $60 |
| *a188 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume 46 |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of girls with holly (that is, hard covers) pp. 704 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; front inner hinge cracked and rear inner hinge splitting repaired; otherwise very good. |
| $60 |
| *a189 Klickmann, Flora (Edited by) |
| The Girl’s Own Annual Volume 48 |
| (London: 4, Bouverie Street: no date) Pictorial cloth of girls with doll (that is, hard covers) pp. 704 (280 x 220 mm). Illustrated. Index. Small nick to foot of spine; front inner hinge cracked; a near fine copy in chipped but largely complete pictorial dust-jacket over ricepaper jacket which together have ensured the survival of the volume in remarkable condition. |
| $150 |
| *a190 Knowlton, J. Burnett (Edited by) |
| The Girl's Own Annual: Stories of Adventure, Mystery, School and Sport, and interesting Articles on Handcrafts, Hobbies, Sports and Travel, all fully illustrated. Volume LIII |
| (London: ‘Girl’s Own Paper’ Office: no date) Pictorial cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 576 (279 x 212 mm) 'Fully illustrated with Four Coloured Plates'. Inner hinges cracked; lacks illustrated front free endpaper; chip to corner of title page; otherwise internally very good. |
| $40 |
| *a191 Spratt, Gladys M. (Edited by) |
| The Girl's Own Annual: Stories of Adventure, Mystery and School. Articles on Handicrafts, Hobbies, Science, Sport and Travel, all fully illustrated. Volume LVI |
| (London: ‘Girl’s Own Paper’ Office: no date) Blue cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 576 (279 x 212 mm) 'Fully illustrated in monochrome and with four coloured plates'. Head and foot of spine and corners of boards rubbed; a little marginal silverfishing to front free endpaper; a very good copy and internally near fine. |
| $60 |
| *a192 Spratt, Gladys M. (Edited by) |
| The Girl's Own Annual: Stories of Adventure, Mystery and School. Articles on Handicrafts, Hobbies, Science, Sport and Travel, all fully illustrated. Volume Fifty-Seven |
| (London: ‘Girl’s Own Paper’ Office: no date) Red cloth lettered in gilt on spine (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 624 (279 x 212 mm) 'Fully illustrated’. Includes the serialisation of ‘Peggy and the Brotherhood’ by Elsie Jeanette Oxenham, illustrated by J. Mills. Foot of spine and lower corners of boards worn; rear inner hinge cracked; loss of a little text from marginal chip pp. 89-90 and from spots of adhesion to pp. 24-5, but the Oxenham serial is unaffected; otherwise very good. |
| $75 |
| *a193 Spratt, Gladys M. (Edited by) |
| The Girl's Own Annual: Stories of Adventure, Mystery and School. Articles on Careers, Handicrafts, Hobbies, Sport and Travel. Volume Fifty-Nine |
| (London: ‘Girl’s Own Paper’ Office: no date) Cloth lettered in gilt on spine (that is, hard covers) pp. iv, 624 (279 x 212 mm) 'Fully illustrated’. Head and foot of spine, external hinges and corners of boards rubbed; nick to lower external hinge; cloth a little marked; otherwise very good. |
| $75 |
| *a194 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: A Sunshine Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 18th March – 29th April, 1961) The first seven issues of a weekly for schoolgirls, including, from March 25th, the free gift album ‘Royal Pets’ complete with the swap cards given away in subsequent issues. A near fine run. |
| $75 |
| *a195 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: A Sunshine Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 8th July, 26th August, 2nd September, 9th September, 23rd December, 30th December, 1961) Six issues of a weekly for schoolgirls. A couple of scuffs to the rear wrapper and an owner’s name on the front wrapper of 30th Dec.; otherwise very good. |
| $30 |
| *a196 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: A Sunshine Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 6th January – 3rd February 1962) Five issues of a weekly for schoolgirls. An owner’s surname neatly on the front wrapper of each issue. A very good run. |
| $25 |
| *a197 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: A Sunshine Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 19th May – 16th June and 30th June 1962) Six issues of a weekly for schoolgirls. An owner’s surname neatly on the front wrapper of each issue. All very good. |
| $30 |
| *a198 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: A Sunshine Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 29th September, 13th October, 20th October, 10th November, 8th December 1962) Five issues of a weekly for schoolgirls. An owner’s surname neatly on the front wrapper of each issue. Very good. |
| $25 |
| *a199 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: The Most Popular Schoolgirls’ Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 12th January – 8th June 1963) A near run of 20 issues, lacking only the issues for April 27th and June 1st. Individual copies available at $5 each. An owner’s surname neatly on the front wrapper of each issue. Generally very good. |
| $100 |
| *a200 Fleetway Publications Ltd. |
| June: The Most Popular Schoolgirls’ Weekly |
| (London: Fleetway Publications Ltd.: 15th June – 3rd August 1963) A run of 8 issues. An owner’s surname neatly on the wrapper of each issue. Very good. |
| $40 |