Five volumes in the 'Swallows and Amazons' series
London, Jonathan Cape, 1968 to 1976/ 1934 to 1947. The titles are; 'The Big Six', 'Coot Club', 'Great Northern?', 'Secret Water' and 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea'. More
London, Jonathan Cape, 1968 to 1976/ 1934 to 1947. The titles are; 'The Big Six', 'Coot Club', 'Great Northern?', 'Secret Water' and 'We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea'. More
Adelaide, Hussey and Gillingham, 1912. Muir 6266 (not identifying the author). The dedication to this pseudonymous work is by 'Aunt Sissie', whom we have identified as Lavinia Mary Scammell (1859-1915), the second of twelve children of Luther Scammell of Fauldings fame. This attribution appears not to have been made before..... More
London, Howard Baker, 1976 [facsimile edition]/ 1940 [serialised in The Magnet]. Howard Baker Magnet Volume 41. More
London, Howard Baker, 1975 [facsimile edition]/ 1933 [serialised in The Magnet]. Howard Baker Magnet Volume 31. More
London, Howard Baker, 1975 [facsimile edition]/ 1929 [serialised in The Magnet]. Howard Baker Magnet Volume 36. More
London, Howard Baker, 1975 [facsimile edition]/ 1935 [serialised in The Magnet]. Howard Baker Magnet Volume 34. More
London, Howard Baker, 1975 [facsimile edition]/ 1938 [serialised in The Magnet]. Howard Baker Magnet Volume 32. More
London, Howard Baker, 1974 [facsimile edition]/ 1912 [originally appearing in The Magnet]. Howard Baker Omnibus Volume. More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [circa 1930s]/ [1912]. The book was first published in 1912, before his name began to become synonymous with illustrations of fantastic and humorous contraptions. More
[London], W.H. Allen ('Printed in Finland by Uusi Kivipaino Oy'), 1959 [first edition]. The first edition of the first book in the famous 'This is ...' series, written and illustrated by Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980), the exiled Czech architect and graphic artist. More
Loughborough, Wills and Hepworth, 1947. School prize inscription from Brighton High School, 1950. A Ladybird Book, series 478. More
Melbourne, William Ramsay, 1927 (second, completely rewritten and enlarged, edition)/ 1920. 'The book has been completely rewritten ... The endeavour has been made ... to eliminate whatever is useless, and to put forward the present state of our knowledge, briefly and yet reasonably fully' (Preface to Second Edition). More
Glasgow, William Maclellan, [circa 1951]. Lavinia Derwent was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Dodd (1909-1989), a Scottish broadcaster and author, mainly of works of fiction for children. 'Thousands of young people follow the comic strip adventures of Tammy Troot from day to day and know the other fascinating little Scots characters..... More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1942 (first Australian edition)/ 1940. The first Australian edition, 'Printed by Morris & Walker, Melbourne, for George Jaboor ... Australasian Representative of Hamish Hamilton Ltd., London'. The first edition was published by Random House in New York in 1940; the first UK edition was published by Hamish..... More
Alice Springs, Yipirinya (Yeperenye) School Council, 1988. Parallel text in Western Arrernte and English. Transcribed and Illustrated by Jennifer Inkamala. More
Alice Springs, Yipirinya (Yeperenye) School Council, 1988. Inscribed and signed by the artist. More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd. ('in Association with the Proprietors of "Punch"'), 1927. Number 80 of 150 copies of this deluxe edition signed by the artist (with 50 copies reserved for sale in the United States). The illustrations were originally published in 'Punch' magazine; the colour plates feature verses by..... More
London, J. Saville & Co. Ltd., 1927. Number 145 of only 160 copies signed in ink by both the author and the illustrator. More
Oakland, The Scrimshaw Press, 1977. Photographs taken at the section of the Stanford Children's Hospital devoted to cancer therapy 'to record on film the inner spirit of the place'. More
London, Lovat Dickson, 1935. Illustrated by Mary Shepard. More
London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, November 1929 (second impression)/ September 1929. A collection of stories for children featuring animals native to Borneo. More
London, Angus and Robertson, 1972 (first edition). Signed in ink by the author on the title-page. More
Adelaide, printed by Vardon and Sons [for the State Children's Council], 1907. 'This book is a labour of love. It was written by Miss Spence as a recognition of the services to the children of the State rendered by her friend, Miss C.E. Clark. The two ladies have been friends..... More
Adelaide, printed by Vardon and Sons [for the State Children's Council], 1907. 'This book is a labour of love. It was written by Miss Spence as a recognition of the services to the children of the State rendered by her friend, Miss C.E. Clark. The two ladies have been friends..... More
London, Oxford University Press, 1928. Rare with the dustwrapper. More