Children’s Books

  • The fairy story that came true.

    # 38927

    [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul].

    The fairy story that came true.

    Melbourne: British Imperial Oil, [c. 1922]. Quarto, illustrated wrappers (silverfished, handling wear, edges with small chips, also along spine), 16 pp., five colour plates, black and white decorations, map. A delightful illustrated story by Outhwaite, created as a promotion for Shell oil, ‘few copies of these booklets have survived’ (Muir and Holden, p. 58). Muir …

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  • King Solomon's mines

    # 38994

    HAGGARD, [Sir] Henry Rider (1856-1925)

    King Solomon’s mines

    London, Paris, New York and Melbourne : Cassell & Company, Limited, 1898. Octavo (220 x 150 mm), publisher’s buff-coloured wrappers with titles and illustration in blue to upper wrapper, lower wrapper with publisher’s advertisement (wrappers with light staining and foxing, some paper loss at foot of spine); pp. 128, with five in-text illustrations by Walter …

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  • Allan Quartermain : being an account of his further adventures and discoveries in company with Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John Good and one Umslopogaas.

    # 38997

    HAGGARD, [Sir] Henry Rider (1856-1925)

    Allan Quartermain : being an account of his further adventures and discoveries in company with Sir Henry Curtis, Commander John Good and one Umslopogaas.

    London, New York and Bombay : Longmans, Green & Co., [1891]. Octavo (215 x 150 mm), publisher’s red wrappers with titles and illustration in black to upper wrapper, lower wrapper with advertisement for Van Houten’s cocoa (wrappers a little darkened, spine rolled and with some paper loss at the ends); frontispiece portrait of the author’s …

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  • Animal sagacity

    # 39044

    HALL, Mrs. S. C. (editor); WEIR, Harrison (editor)

    Animal sagacity

    London : S. W. Partridge, [1868]. First edition. Large octavo (210 x 170 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked green cloth (corners bumped), upper board with chromolithographic illustration inlaid within gilt border (very good), spine decorated in gilt (short split to cloth at tail), pastedowns and endpapers with publisher’s advertisements, original owner’s name in ink to verso of …

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  • Seaside treasures

    # 39042

    MILMAN, Constance

    Seaside treasures

    London : Ernest Nister ; New York, E. P. Dutton [1900]. Small quarto (245 x 180 mm), publisher’s cloth-backed pictorial papered boards (lightly rubbed), tipped-in colour frontispiece plate, pp. [30], with 5 full-page b/w plates and numerous text illustrations; centre-pages loosened (but present), occasional handling marks to the margins, otherwise internally sound and clean. Rare …

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  • Circus animals : puzzle pictures for boys and girls

    # 38957

    CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP COMPANY

    Circus animals : puzzle pictures for boys and girls

    California : California Fig Syrup Co., [ca. 1900]. Duodecimo, illustrated wrappers (featuring circus animals including a kangaroo), pp. 12, illustrated, a fine copy. ‘Ephemeral item promoting California Fig Syrup a laxative of children. Each of the nine animals, including the kangaroo is described and pictured. In order to win a free bottle of fig syrup …

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  • The Wonder World Fairy Tale Book

    # 38976

    BOURNE, Gwen; GAZE, Harold

    The Wonder World Fairy Tale Book

    By Gwen Bourne. Drawings by Harold Gaze. London : Cecil Palmer, 1931. Quarto, decorated cloth (lightly rubbed), illustrated endpapers by Harold Gaze, pp. xii; 122, nine colour plates, border illustrations, small stains to a few leaves, a very good copy. A rare children’s book filled with Harold Gaze’s inventive illustrations.  Harold Gaze was born in …

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  • The Magic Pudding. (Signed first edition)

    # 32422

    LINDSAY, Norman (1879-1969)

    The Magic Pudding. (Signed first edition)

    / Being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1918. Quarto, quarter-cloth over papered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, in fine original illustrated dust jacket (corners rubbed, Japanese paper reinforcements to a few splits), patterned green A & R endpapers, colour title …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] Papuan school reader. 1943.

    # 38914

    SAVILLE, W. J. V. [TERRITORY OF PAPUA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIVE EDUCATION]

    [NEW GUINEA] Papuan school reader. 1943.

    At head of title: Territory of Papua. Native Education.Canberra : L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Govt. Printer, 1943. Second edition. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), original printed stiff wrappers, colour frontispiece plate with flags of Great Britain, Australia and Papua, pp [8], 173; extensively illustrated with line-drawn text figures and several photomechanical process plates (and a second …

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  • The Flyaway Highway

    # 38802

    LINDSAY, Norman.

    The Flyaway Highway

    Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936. First edition. Large octavo, Lindsay decorated papered boards (some light fading), 120pp., occasional light scattered foxing (as usual), with numerous Lindsay illustrations. First edition of Lindsay’s second children’s book, the first being The Magic Pudding.

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  • Coppertop Cruises : The wonderful voyage of the good ship “Queercraft”

    # 15389

    GAZE, Harold (1884 - 1963)

    Coppertop Cruises : The wonderful voyage of the good ship “Queercraft”

    Melbourne : Melbourne Publishing House, [1920]. Large octavo, papered boards with pasted on illustration, in illustrated dust jacket (foxed and stained, small loss to rear panel), paper adhesion marks to front free-endpaper, pp 133, illustrated with colour plates and line drawings; scattered browning and foxing, last plate with corner crease. Rare in the dust jacket. …

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  • Kate Greenaway

    # 20566

    SPIELMANN, M. H. and LAYARD, G. S.

    Kate Greenaway

    London : Adam and Charles Black, 1905. Octavo, gilt-lettered pictorial cloth (spine faded); top edge gilt; illustrated endpapers with early owner’s signature to front pastedown; pp. xx; 301; numerous colour and b/w plates, with tissue guards intact; spine very slightly rolled, fore- and bottom edges with heavy spotting, text leaves with occasional light foxing (including …

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  • Humpty Dumpty

    # 37747

    DEAN & SONS

    Humpty Dumpty

    London : Dean & Sons, circa 1870. Narrow folio (25 x 13 cms), chromolithographed diecut cards, lightly rubbed, pp. [8], illustrated in colour, staples rusted else a very good copy. Dean’s Holiday Series No. 1. A rare and charming Victorian children’s book, printed on ‘unbearable’ paper.

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  • Buckle my shoe. Or, One, two three, who a dunce would be?

    # 37765

    DEAN & SON

    Buckle my shoe. Or, One, two three, who a dunce would be?

    In costumes of the various countries. London L Dean & Son, c. 1880. Quarto, colour lithograph wrappers, light edge wear, pp. [16], illustrated in blue and sepia. Illustrated children’s nursery rhyme illustrated with stylised images of children from various countries including Italy, France, Japan, England, India, Zanzibar, Morocco, Scotland, Spain, Germany, Holland, Switzerland, China, Turkey, …

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  • [BOARD GAME] A Motor Ride For 2, 3 or 4 Players.

    # 37843

    NATIONAL GAME COMPANY

    [BOARD GAME] A Motor Ride For 2, 3 or 4 Players.

    [Ballarat and Melbourne], The National Game Company, [ca. 1940]. Folding game board printed directly onto thin card, 250 x 250 mm; in fine condition. A very good example of one of the later editions of this game. A scarce Australian-made and designed board game which reflects what it was still like to drive on Australian …

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  • William the wizard who wasn't

    # 37024

    SIBLEY, Irena (1943-2009)

    William the wizard who wasn’t

    Albert Park, Vic. : Lilly Pilly Books, 1986. ‘The first edition … is limited to six copies only (and two Artist proofs). This edition is hand written on hand made paper and hand bound. The book is illustrated with forty-three original Lino prints, that are hand-coloured by the artist. This book is copy No. 5’. …

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