This charming collection comprises: 1. The final preparatory artwork for the bookplate by George Perrottet under Muir's maiden name, Marcie Collett (India ink and watercolour on card, 105 × 77 mm), tipped-in inside a small card bifolium inscribed 'Sketch for lino cut Bookplate' and signed by Perrottet on the front..... More

London, Andre Deutsch, 1970 and Ultimo, Hutchinson Australia, 1976 (Australian edition; first published in London the same year). Superseded, albeit by an unillustrated volume, thus still very much worthwhile. [2 items]. More

Adelaide, Book Collectors Society of South Australia, 1993. Number 157 of 250 copies (200 for sale) signed by Marcie Muir. The second publication of the Society, being a history of Harry Muir's private press and its eleven publications. Provenance: Juliana Bayfield (1938-2011), the influential librarian at the Children's Literature Research..... More

Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, 1992. The first volume, by Marcie Muir, is an extensively revised edition of the author's pioneering two-volume bibliography (1970 and 1976), incorporating new material previously unidentified, including 2,000 new titles and authors and newly discovered editions of previously recorded works. The second volume, by Kerry White..... More

Peake 3891. Provenance: Marcie Muir (1919-2007); by descent. More

Peake 1057. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated 1941. George David Perrottet (1890-1971), 'although technically an amateur artist..... More

Peake 1057. This attractive bookplate, featuring a vase of Australian native flowers, is usually seen hand-coloured. The plate is featured as the frontispiece to Harry Muir's 'The Bookplates of G.D. Perrottet' (Adelaide, The Wakefield Press, 1942), where it appears as number 161 in the checklist, dated 1941. George David Perrottet..... More