Children’s Books

# 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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# 50757

BLIGH, William

The dangerous voyage performed by Captain Bligh, with a part of the crew of His Majesty’s ship Bounty, in an open boat, over twelve hundred leages of the ocean; in the year 1789.

To which are added, an account of the sufferings and fate of the remainder of the crew of said ship. Dublin : R. Napper, 1824. Duodecimo, contemporary full calf corner and edge wear, outer front hinge with splits at head and foot), spine with gilt rule and lettering (worn at ends); edges speckled red; woodcut …

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# 50731

CARROLL, Lewis, (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), 1832-1898

An Easter greeting to every child who loves “Alice” (first edition, first issue)

Oxford : the author, 1876. Folded sheet printed on Towgood watermarked paper (135 x 90 mm), pp. [4], pale foxing, with (fittingly) juvenile arithmetic in pencil to the lower panel. First printing, with the word ‘My’ in Roman type face, instead of italics, at line twelve of the third page (altered in the second printing). …

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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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# 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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# 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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# 50015

OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul (1888-1960)

Fairyland of Ida Rentoul Outhwaite

Verses by Annie R. Rentoul. Stories by Grenbry Outhwaite and Annie R. Rentoul. London : A. & C. Black, 1931. Folio, lettered cloth (corners rubbed, slightly flecked, slightly frayed at head and foot of spine), illustrated endpapers, 128 pp, 50 tipped-in colour and black and white plates (one detached, a couple of the black and …

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# 49865

CAMPE, Joachim Heinrich

[COOK] Nuttig en leerzaam onderhoud, in fraaije verhalen, voor de lieve jeugd; door J. H. Campe.

Amsterdam : Ten Brink & De Vries, 1827. Second edition. Small octavo (160 x 100 mm), contemporary marbled papered boards (rubbed and worn at corners and spine ends); pp. viii, 96; title with engraved vignette, illustrated with [2] engraved plates; text in Dutch; includes a ‘true account of a curious event on Cook’s last voyage’ …

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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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# 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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