Children’s Books

  • Fuzzy, Wuzzy, and Buzzy

    # 23171

    OSBORN, A.R.

    Fuzzy, Wuzzy, and Buzzy

    Melbourne : Whitecombe, [1918]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers (rubbed), inscription to verso frontispiece, pp 44. Illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Some black and white images have been coloured. Willie Winkie Zoo Books series. Muir 5550.

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  • Gumnuts

    # 22920

    GIBBS, May

    Gumnuts

    Sydney : Angus and Robertson, [194-]. Oblong quarto, illustrated colour wrappers (some edge tears, water stain around lower half of spine most apparent on front and back lining papers and title), illustrated lining papers, 48 pp (clean and sound), monochrome illustrations in green, sepia or black. Muir 2780. Scarce. Presented in a felt lined gilt-lettered …

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  • Legends from the outback

    # 23168

    POWER, Phyllis M. / Ida OUTHWAITE (illustrator)

    Legends from the outback

    London : J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, 1958 (1st edition). Octavo, blue cloth boards in illustrated dust jacket, 127 pp, colour frontispiece and black and white line drawings by Ida Outhwaite. A fine copy.

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  • The rainy day : gift book of the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia

    # 22987

    WALL, Dorothy (1894-1942)

    The rainy day : gift book of the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia

    “Story and illustrations by Dorothy Wall.” (p.[1]). [Sydney] : John Sands [for The Bank], [c.1925]. Octavo, original pictorial wrappers in orange and black, [18] pp, monochrome and colour illustrations, a good copy. Muir, 7843, recorded only with green and black wrappers, we have also handled copies printed in pink and black, and here in orange. …

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  • The sentry and the Shell fairy.

    # 22623

    [MARTIN, George W.].

    The sentry and the Shell fairy.

    Melbourne: British Imperial Oil, [c. 1922]. Quarto, illustrated card wrappers, 16 pp., six colour plates by Outhwaite; two very light vertical creases, else fine. A scarce promotional booklet produced for Shell. The better variant issue with additional Outhwaite illustration on p.16. Muir 4851.

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  • The story of the boundless universe and all it's [sic] wondrous worlds.

    # 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, pp, [16], illustrated. Promotional book for post-war Australian children, with features on atomic energy, volcanoes, the Aurora Australis, all of which …

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  • Old Mother Hubbard

    # 21062

    NOYES LEWIS, J.

    Old Mother Hubbard

    Drawn by J. Noyes Lewis. London : Dean & Son Quarto, illustrated cards (edges rubbed, upper wrapper nearly detached), pp. [12], chromolithographed plates with text to the nursery rhyme, a charming publication. Dean’s Sunshine Series, Nondestructibly mounted, No. 4. Scarce.

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  • Three little kittens

    # 21063

    DEAN & SON

    Three little kittens

    London : Dean & Son, [n.d.]. Octavo, illustrated wrappers, cloth spine, pp. [12], 4 chromolithographed plates, a very good copy. Dean’s Giant Penny Popular Series No. 23.

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  • Who killed Cock Robin?

    # 21997

    DEAN & SON

    Who killed Cock Robin?

    London : Dean & Son Octavo, illustrated wrappers, cloth spine, pp. [12], 4 chromolithographed plates, a very good copy. Dear’s Giant Penny Popular Series No. 23.

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  • A Christmas missionary exercise : illustrated with scenes from our Foreign Mission Fields.

    # 22195

    PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. BOARD OF FOREIGN MISSIONS (USA)

    A Christmas missionary exercise : illustrated with scenes from our Foreign Mission Fields.

    Cover title: A Christmas missionary exercise and album. New York : The Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1894. Oblong octavo, original cloth backed printed stiff wrappers (lightly creased and marked), pp [24], illustrated with numerous half-tone photographic plates of various missions in China, Japan, Korea, Siam, Laos, India, Chile, …

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  • More Australian songs for young and old

    # 22285

    RENTOUL, Annie R.; PETERSON, Georgette; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul

    More Australian songs for young and old

    More Australian songs for young and old. Melbourne: George Robertson & Company, [1913]. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers (white-out to upper wrapper, repeated verso), original string ties, bookplate, 36 pp., illustrated.  Muir 6349.

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  • Bush songs of Australia for young and old.

    # 22284

    RENTOUL, Annie R.; PETERSON, Georgette; OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul

    Bush songs of Australia for young and old.

    Words by Annie R. Rentoul. Music by Georgette Peterson. Illustrations by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Melbourne : George Robertson & Co., n.d. [c. 1910]. Oblong quarto, illustrated wrappers (signed in the image I.S.R.O.), upper wrapper with previous owner’s name erased with white-out, repeated verso, original string ties, bookplate, presentation inscription dated 1919, pp. 36, numerous full …

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  • [HONG KONG]. Catechetical scenes. Confirmation

    # 21859

    COEREZZA, Rev. M.

    [HONG KONG]. Catechetical scenes. Confirmation

    Hong Kong : Salesian Catechetical Centre, 1957. Octavo, embossed cloth, twenty lettered cards each accompanied by a pop up diorama illustrating a scene of religious instruction. A charming and scarce Hong Kong imprint.

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  • Cinderella's party : a fairy story. (Publisher's presentation copy)

    # 21560

    LISTON, Maud Renner; O'HARRIS, Pixie [pseud. Rona Olive HARRIS] (illustrator)

    Cinderella’s party : a fairy story. (Publisher’s presentation copy)

    by Maud Renner Liston ; illustrations by Pixie O. Harris. Adelaide : Rigby Limited, [1923]. First edition. Quarto, original wrappers (heavily stained, paper loss along spine, lower wrapper with unsightly tape repair); a presentation copy inscribed on the half title ‘With compliments from “The Fairy Publisher” J.M. Rath [?], 25/11/22’ (i.e. before official publication date); pp. 31, …

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  • Sunny days at Apple-Tree Farm

    # 21557

    OLIVER, Jocelyn; BUTLER, B. (illustrator)

    Sunny days at Apple-Tree Farm

    by Jocelyn Oliver. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, [1946?]. Series: Animal picture story books /​ edited by Mrs. Herbert Strang. Quarto, pictorial stiff wrappers (detached, with mild creasing and wear, mostly to the lower wrapper), pp [24], with 4 full page colour illustrations and monochrome drawings in the text; original child owner’s graphite signature and her …

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  • Miss Bobbie

    # 21959

    TURNER, Ethel (Mrs. H. R. Curlewis) (1870 - 1958)

    Miss Bobbie

    Illustrated by Harold Copping. London, Melbourne and Toronto : Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, n.d. [circa 1910]. Octavo, gilt-decorated pictorial blue cloth, foxing to edges and preliminaries, black and white frontispiece, pp. 316, black and white plates and text illustrations, one plate loose, a very good copy. Scarce edition Reference : Muir 7516; Burnet 6.3 …

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