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Penguin Australia, Ringwood, Victoria, 2001. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. an nice clean copy with the occasional foxing on the edge of the pages, and an example of bad handwriting on the title page ( Shame Mr Gleitzman, shame ), along with previous owner's name on first page. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Children's Books; Fiction; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0141308370. ISBN/EAN: 9780141308371. Dewey Code: A823.3. Inventory No: 0261957. . 9780141308371

Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1977. Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Mary Milton. 665 g.; not paginated. The text is illustrated with coloured photography and coloured illustrations. Photographic/illustrated front cover. The text is illustrated using a combination of photography and coloured illustrations. There is a three-quarter inch crack at the bottom left of the front panel, and bumping to the upper external corners. The front free end page has a couple of grubby marks. The adventures of Humphrey B. Bear from going to the zoo to visiting a hospital. Based on a long-running Australian children's television programme. . Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Mary Milton. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Popular Culture; TV Tie-in; Children's Books; Australia; ISBN: 0851798195. ISBN/EAN: 9780851798196. Inventory No:… Leer más

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XVI, 304 pp., foreword by author, acknowledgements, notes, chronology and index. The text is illustrated with contemporary black-and-white photographs. Brown the coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and some browning to the paper edges. There is an erasure mark the top right-hand corner of the free from endpaper. The dustwrapper is plain text, with a brown background and orange and white writing on the front panel and spine. A little rubbing and chipping to the top dustwrapper edge and a little marking to the back panel. Anne Caroll Moore, complex, sometimes difficult, always fascinating woman, who did so much for children and their books, emerges strongly as a brilliant personality from the pages of this definitive biography by her lifelong friend and associate. The book has much to interest the general reader,as well as members of the library… Leer más

The Religious Tract Society, London, No date. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Not Credited. 200 g; 108 pages, decorated throughout with part page engravings, artist not credited, bound in blind stamped decorated green buckram with gilt decoration and title on front panel and spine. Bumping and rubbing of the corners and head and tail of the spine, loosening of the sewn binding with the webbing visible, sticker at the bottom left-hand corner of the rear paste down indicates that the book was bound by Davison binders of London. Foxing scattered through the book. Flecking of the rear panel. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Not Credited. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; Children's Books; Christianity; Inventory No: 0226910. .

Georgian House, Melbourne, 1945. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Marjorie Rankin. 108 pp., last three blank, acknowledgements, coloured plates. Coloured frontispiece, by Marjorie Rankin, showing all animals described within book. In the book there are nine full-page coloured illustrations along with numerous black and white marginal illustrations and decorative capitals. Illustrated boards, showing a possum, dark blue background with white and blue writing on front panel. The corners are rubbed and there is edge wear to the boards. There is a discolouration of the back panel, closest to the spine, measuring 0.5", running the full length of the book. Illustrated dustwrapper, the same as for illustrated boards, which is rubbed and faded. There is chipping to the top dustwrapper edge and dustwrapper corners, most noticeable on the back panel, and on bottom dustwrapper edge and front panel. The spine has been affected by insect activity, with the top 1/2… Leer más

André Deutsch, London, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Facsimiles. 1.6 kg; 1038 pages, includes 41 illustrations, mostly in black-and-white, but some are full-page plates. After the introduction and the normal notes etc, the book is divided into two sections: A Bibliography of Australian Children's Books, & A Select Bibliography of the South-West Pacific Area. Original illustrated dust jacket, with the usual fading of the spine section. Slight rubbing to the base edge of the boards, top edge of the text block has been tinted a dark red. The standard work on children's books printed in Australia. although the author, and Kerry White have issued 3 volumes in the 1990s on Australian Children's Books, this book remains an essential part of any children's book collectors reference library. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s).… Leer más

Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Ben Cropp -- Photographer. VIII, 52 pages, last page blank. Aqua coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black-and-white photography. Photographic covers, showing dolphins performing against a green background and white title to the backstrip. Bumping rubbing to the corners of the backstrip and to the book corners. Shelf wear to both the top and bottom edges. Spine is slightly cocked and there is light browning to the text block edges. On opening the book there is a distinct musty smell. Photographic dustwrapper, with white titles to the front panel and backstrip. The dustwrapper is in really poor shape. Author photograph to the rear fold over panel. The top rear dustwrapper edge has been torn in a rough V shape, with the entire edge being affected, at the deepest point of V shape it is 1.5 " deep. The top edge of the front panel is creased and there is… Leer más

La Alameda Press. Very Good. 2001. No Edition Stated. Trade Paperback. 1888809310 .

Collins, London and Glasgow, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Various. 810 g.; VI, 208 pages, list of illustrations. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, by D.Osborne. The text is illustrated with five full coloured illustrations, by various artists and three halftone photographs. Along with the above mentioned illustrations, there are numerous black-and-white line drawings throughout the book. Illustrated front cover by Mills, showing a young girl guide with flags and another Girl Guide lying on her stomach, with yellow and blue titles to the front panel and black titles to the back strip. 1/4 orange coloured back strip with illustration and 3/4 illustrated boards. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the back strip, the top front board edge, the lower front board edge and quite a significant bump to the front fore edge of the front panel. Light browning and foxing to the text block edges. Browning, offset tanning and very faint foxing to the… Leer más

Penguin Australia, Ringwood, Victoria, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. , On the title page in blue pen is "good on you" and then signed by Morris Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 168 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Children; Children's Books; Fiction; Fiction. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0143307754. ISBN/EAN: 9780143307754. Dewey Code: A823.3. Inventory No: 0266446. . 9780143307754

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Airdrie Thomsen. Illustrated end pages and the coloured and black-and-white illustrations within the text have all been drawn by Airdrie Thomsen. Blue coloured cloth covered boards with another illustration by author, and coloured titles to the backstrip Illustrated dustwrapper, again by author, blue coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A very sweet book of the alphabet with angels romping throughout the alphabet with picnicking, going to sea, making jams or just being kind. Rubbing of the edges and there are a couple of marks to the front panel. Remainder mark to the lower text edge which has also affected the lower left-hand corner of the rear panel. Ruffling of the dustwrapper edges with sunning to the panels. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Not paginated (36 pages).. Please refer to… Leer más

Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: The Author. 350 g; not paginated (40 pages), with illustrated free end pages, illustrated half title page, illustrated title page (both in colour), illustrated dedication page in memoriam of Elisabeth Cleaver, body of book is illustrated with black-and-white drawings, with colour titles and borders. Colour illustrated dustjacket. The inside of the top edge of the dustjacket shows minor water damage, and a small adhesion to the cloth of the binding. There is on the front edge of the text block 2 1/2 inches from the bottom a small red spot, which may have been accidental, or maybe in indication of remaindering. This book shows us angels romping through the celestial alphabet. angels dancing, sailing, riding elephants and sunbathing in seashells, and around inglorious profusion line drawings of butterflies, ladybirds and rabbits all utterly charming and rendered with exquisite… Leer más

Angus and Robertson, Pymble, New South Wales, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover (in Slipcase). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. Volume 1: – Visions of Fantasy – [8], 192 pages, acknowledgements, Introduction: Elves and Fairies versus Bib & Bub, chronology, bibliography, original illustrations and index. Faux marble coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white reproductions of the various artists drawings. Pale apricot coloured boards with white coloured titles and illustration to the backstrip. Dark red coloured place marker in situ – which has some fraying of the end. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by May Gibbs, with red, black and white coloured titles to the front panel and dark pink, black and green coloured titles to the backstrip. Volume II: – A Collection of Australia's Classic Fantasy Writing – [6], 455, [1] pages, sources, and index. The text is illustrated with… Leer más

Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, New York, 1975. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Charles Robinson. there is on the front panel of the illustrated dust jacket a shadow from a price sticker, and a quarter inch tear at the top right of the front panel. There is no other damage to detail. The tale of two unlikely companions, a prince and a poor date grower's sun set in the renowned town of Amaziz in Morroco. Second Impression. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 47 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Charles Robinson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: children; Children's Books; North Africa; ISBN: 015270101X. ISBN/EAN: 9780152701017. Library of Congress No: 75011996. Dewey Code: [E]. Inventory No: 0261864. . 9780152701017

Scholastic, London, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. previous owner's details on the 1st page, no other damage to describe. First softcover edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 352 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Children's Books; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Spine-Chilling Horror; ISBN: 0439994527. ISBN/EAN: 9780439994521. Inventory No: 0262952. . 9780439994521

Brockhampton Press, London, 1972. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. foreword by author, index -- titles, authors and illustrators. The text is illustrated with numerous examples of illustrations used to decorate children's books. Orange coloured boards with black writing on the spine. Illustrated dust wrapper showing, a small girl sitting at a desk reading, with a white and orange background and black and white writing on the front panel and black on the spine. A revised edition of a classic work first published in 1961 on children's books. " Intent upon Reading is a fascinating book to read. It is also a vital work of reference for anyone interested in children and their reading. Mrs Fisher discusses every kind of fiction for Children, and there's no book mentioned, either in the text or the valuable reading lists at the end of every chapter that she has not read herself, and in many cases re-read." -- from the front fold over blurb. A little bumping to… Leer más

Amalgamated Press, London, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 190 pages. Coloured illustrated frontispiece, being a reproduction of J. C. Dollmans' painting " The Hunter ". The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white illustrations, games, and cartoon strips. Illustrated front cover, showing Frank Richards' creation, Billy Bunter, ordering a meal, with yellow and black writing on the front panel. Green cloth spine. An activity book for children ( with a claim of for boys ) from 1955. Includes short stories by Frank Richards and his Greyfriars crew the first called " Billy Bunter -- Not Guilty ", a Sexton Blake story by John Drummond plus much more. Fun read from the past. Rubbing to all edges of the book, with underlying board visible to the rear front fore edge. Insect damage to the spine and rubbing to the rear book panel. A few marks to the front panel. Browning and foxing to the text block edge. Browning and foxing… Leer más

Vacuum Oil Company Pty. Ltd, Melbourne, No date. Edition Unstated. illustrated Paper. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Johanne Alsop. Both full-page and part page illustrations in black and white throughout the book , as done by the author. The covers are likewise illustrated by author. The book was published as a promotional tool by the Vacuum Oil Company ( Mobile ] in the early ? 1950s. This booklet was printed when the author was 21. Inspired by meeting her first aboriginal child when she went on holidays in New South Wales, Nunee resulted. "This story -- inspired by an aboriginal boy's fondness for all animals, and the authoress's love for horses -- has resulted in a fantasy that will prove a worthy addition to Australian literature." Author's first published work. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. A tape mark can be seen across the top edge of the front panel. There is a rubber stamp stating "Garden… Leer más

John Sands Propriety Limited, No Details, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Fair/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Bill Davies. non paginated. The text is illustrated with numerous full coloured illustrations by Bill Davies. Illustrated front cover, again by Bill Davies, with black and red writing on the front panel. The corners of the book are bumped and rubbed. The entire book has, at some stage, been in a moist environment and has the resultant effect: the pages are somewhat buckled, as are the front and back panels. Slight insect activity has happened to the edges of the front cover and previous owners stamp on the front panel as well. The printing of the book is slightly "off", causing blurring of the pictures and text. A delightful, circa 1950s, children's nursery rhyme book with Australian themes. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Bill Davies. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500… Leer más

the bodley Head, London, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Derek cousins. a 2nd impression, but contains now a world Gazetteer. The dustjacket is slightly faded on the spine, there is no other damage, and the book has the feel of not having been opened for many a year Second Impression. Size: Small Hardcover. 64 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Derek cousins. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Children's Books; ISBN: 0370012496. ISBN/EAN: 9780370012490. Inventory No: 0263453. . 9780370012490