Children’s Books
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# 50596
ROWLING, J. K.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (First Australian edition)
London : Bloomsbury, 1997 [1998]. Printed and bound in Australia by Australian Print Group, Maryborough, Vic. First issue of the first Australian edition. Octavo, laminated boards (corners slightly bumped, slight bruising at head and foot of spine) in illustrated dust jacket ((light edge wear, very light stain at head and foot of spine, only visible …
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# 50729
CARROLL, Lewis, (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), 1832-1898
Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there (first edition, first issue)
With fifty illustrations by John Tenniel. London : Macmillan and Co., 1872 (actually printed December 1871). First edition, first issue. Octavo, gilt-lettered red cloth with gilt rule and image of the Queen of Hearts to upper and lower boards (edges rubbed, stained), all edges gilt, hinges cracked, contemporary owner’s name to endpaper dated 1876, pp. …
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# 50574
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
The Magic Pudding. Being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff (first edition, second issue)
Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1918. Quarto, black lettered quarter blue cloth over papered boards (a few small stains, rebacked, repairs to head and foot of spine), in original illustrated dust jacket (creased and town, paper repaired and replaced at spine and folds), plain cream endpapers, owner’s name to endpaper, colour title page, 171 pp, …
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![[CHILDREN’S] L’Océanie d’après les voyageurs les plus célèbres, par un homme de lettres](https://douglasstewart.com.au/app/uploads/2026/06/2026_DSFB_4001-300x300.jpg)
# 50537
Anon.
[CHILDREN’S] L’Océanie d’après les voyageurs les plus célèbres, par un homme de lettres
Lille : L. Lefort, 1849. First edition. Small octavo, publisher’s papered cartonnage binding with gilt decoration, frontispiece (Prise de possession des Iles marquises), previous owner’s name to front pastedown, pp. 201,a fine copy. Accounts of European exploration and discovery of and early settlements in the Pacific, with chapters on the Malay archipelago, Melanesia (includes New …
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# 50570
WOOD, Rev. J. G.
My feathered friends
With illustrations by Harrison Weir. London : G. Routledge, 1858. Octavo, gilt pictorial cloth by Leighton, lightly rubbed, armorial bookplate to front pastedown, owner’s name to title page, pp. xii; 396, wood engraved illustrations, a fine copy. Includes the cassowary, emu, falcon, kestrel, kite, ostrich, parakeet, etc. A charming work.
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# 50629
MUIR, Marcie and HOLDEN, Robert
The Fairy World of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Sydney : Craftsman House, 1985. First edition. Quarto, boards in illustrated dustjacket (light sunning to spine), 171 pp. extensively illustrated. The definitive reference on Outhwaite, one of Australia’s and Britain’s most loved children’s authors and illustrators. A very good copy of the first edition.
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# 50316
LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)
The Magic Pudding (1951 printing)
: being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1918 [1951 reprint]. Octavo, illustrated blue cloth (lower edge slightly rubbed), in good original illustrated dust jacket (small chips to corners, price clipped), pp. 171, illustrated throughout by Lindsay, some illustrations printed with colour blocks, …
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# 49951
LUCAS, E. V.
Playtime & Company
Pictures by E. H. Shepherd. Quarto, quarter-cloth over papered boards, lightly marked, printed title label, pp. 95, mostly unopened, edges uncut, beautifully illustrated by Ernest Shepherd, best known for his enchanting illustrations for the Winnie-the-Pooh series. The deluxe edition, on fine hand-made paper, limited to 100 copies signed by both the artist and author.
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# 49991
GUYOT, Charles; RACKHAM, Arthur
Le printemps sur la neige, et d’autres contes du bon vieux temps
Illustrations de A. Rackham. Paris : l’Editions d’Art, 1922. Quarto, finely bound in half crushed levant morocco over marbled papered boards, ruled in gilt, the spine in compartments with prominent raised bands, lettered in gilt with ornamentation and contrasting morocco leather inlays, small chips to head and food of spine, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, …
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# 50000
"PUCK"
Puck’s Yule Faggot. A selection from Puck’s Post-bag for 1871 & 1872
Winchester : James Pamplin, 1873. Octavo, gilt-lettered cloth, pink endpapers, hand-coloured illustrated title page, letterpress title, illustrated contents leaf, pp. viii; hand coloured plates, scattered foxing. Uncommon collection of short stories, verse with charming illustrations, for enjoyment by a Victorian family at Christmastime.
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# 49999
de CHATELAIN, Madame (translator)
Tales and fairy stories by Hans Christian Anderson
Illustrated by Henry Warren. London : George Routledge, 1853. First edition, second issue of this English translation (some issues have the date of 1852). Duodecimo, half calf over marbled papered boards (recased, the original spine laid down, edges rubbed), bookplate to front pastedown, pp. iv; 401, engraved plates with tissue guards, internally fine, a very …
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# 49780
MOORE, Alice and Richard LANDON
All in the golden afternoon : the inventions of Lewis Carroll.
An exhibition selected from the Joseph Brabant Collection by Alice Moore and Richard Landon. Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 20 September1999 – 28 January 2000. Toronto : Thomas Fisher rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 1999. Quarto (280 x 190 mm), pictorial wrappers, pp. 108, profusely illustrated in colour and b/w; an excellent copy …
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![The story of the boundless universe and all it's [sic] wondrous worlds.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2019/07/17110802/2019_DSFB_3362-300x300.jpg)
# 22602
PETERS ICE CREAM
The story of the boundless universe and all it’s [sic] wondrous worlds.
A series of sixteen announcements giving interesting facts about this world and the universe. Presented with the compliments of Peters Ice Cream (Vic.) Ltd. [Melbourne] : Peters Ice Cream, circa 1950. Quarto, printed wrappers (lightly marked), pp, [16], illustrated; a good copy. Post-war promotional booklet for Peters Ice Cream, ‘the health food of a nation’. Aimed …
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# 47313
[HOFMANN, Karl Friedrich]
L’homme cultivé, ou Tableau des différentes périodes de culture et de civilisation,
que le genre humain a parcourues depuis l’origine des sociétés jusqu’à nos jours. Ouvrage destiné à entretenir la jeunesse en l’instruisant et en lui formant le coeur. Enrichi de 50 gravures enluminées et de deux Cartes géographiques. Traduit de l’allemand d’après la seconde edition revue et augmentée. Leipzig : Bruder et Hofmann, [1812]. Square duodecimo (140 x 120 …
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# 40135
WAGNER, Hermann; LEUTEMANN, Heinrich (1824-1905) (illustrator)
Zonen-Bilder. Nach Aquarellen von Heinrich Leutemann.
Mit erklärenden Schilderungen für die Jugend von Hermann Wagner. Stuttgart : K. Thienemann’s Verlag (Jul. Hoffmann), [1867]. First edition. Oblong quarto (230 x 290 mm), publisher’s cloth-backed pictorial papered boards (superb), pp. [4], 40 (text in German in Fraktur), plus [20] magnificent chromolithographic plates of animals from different regions around the globe; pristine throughout. An …
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![[CHILDREN’S GAME] Voyage dans les cinq parties du monde.](https://dsfb-wp.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/app/uploads/2022/05/30143312/2022_DSFB_4158-300x300.jpg)
# 35516
BUSSIÈRE (publisher); MATENET, Jules Xavier (designer); COUDERT, B. (illustrator); JANNIN, H. (lithographer)
[CHILDREN’S GAME] Voyage dans les cinq parties du monde.
Paris : Bussière, [between 1870 and 1880]. Original cartonnage box, 235 x 295 x 40 mm, the lid with hand-coloured lithographic onlay of a scene on the Amazon with printed game title above and picture caption below, along with the publisher’s imprint ‘Bussière, Ed. Paris’, framed by an embossed paper border (scattered silver fishing at …