London, Cassell and Company, November 1916 (second impression)/ September 1916. Edith Annie Howes (1872-1954), teacher, writer and educationalist, was born in England but emigrated to New Zealand at a young age. 'In all she wrote about 30 books for children, some of which were reprinted many times. The most famous..... More
London, Cassell and Company, July 1916 (third impression)/ September 1912. Edith Annie Howes (1872-1954), teacher, writer and educationalist, was born in England but emigrated to New Zealand at a young age. 'In all she wrote about 30 books for children, some of which were reprinted many times. The most famous..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1957 (second edition)/ 1948. 'This boys' book is for your dad as well as for you'. More
The photograph (visible image size 313 × 237 mm) is behind glass in the original polished wooden frame (external dimensions 525 × 450 mm). We have no details about the photographer, the child, or where and when the photograph was taken, but we suggest somewhere in South Australia in the..... More
London, John Lane The Bodley Head, [1890s]. Whimsical equestrian art. More
Adelaide, Omnibus Books, 1982. The author also wrote Conquest of the Ngarrindjeri. More
Melbourne, Murfett, [1946]. More
'Made in Australia', Ace, [circa 1941]. The bomber illustrated on the front cover is a Consolidated B-24 Liberator, emboldening us to suggest the date. Muir 7023 (undated). More
Melbourne, Gunn and Taylor, [1944]. Muir 3175. Aboriginal content. More
London, The Pilgrim Progress, [circa 1926]. More
New York, DC Comics (for UNICEF), 1998. 'Superman and Wonder Woman Have Come to Help the Children of Central America! But even when they can't be here, you can keep yourself and others safe from landmines' (rear cover blurb). Help line numbers for Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica are listed..... More
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1963 ('New edition')/ 1918. Norman Lindsay has added to the front flyleaf a charming original pencil drawing of Bunyip Bluegum, and a signed inscription - 'A Slice of Pudden' for [Carl Strehlow] from Norman Lindsay' (overall dimensions 120 × 115 mm). The recipient was the son..... More
London, Howard Baker, 1975. More
Covent Garden, H.G. Clarke and Co., [circa 1870s]. 'In the 1870s H.G. Clarke sold ... a paper panorama of the Lord Mayor's Show, complete with instructions on how to construct your own toy panorama proscenium for performance. Panoramas of the Lord Mayor's Show, crudely printed and often hand-coloured, were sold..... More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1932. General Sir Ian Hamilton states in his introduction: 'Major Lin MacDonald's book (shows) the real Digger as he became known to the British officers at the Dardenelles'; however, the book seems to have been overlooked by the military bibliographies (but certainly in Muir!). More
London, J.M. Dent, 1986/ 1985. Inscribed, with a doodle and signed by the author. More
Melbourne, Printed by Queen City Printers for Murfett, [1945]. Includes 8 full-page colour illustrations (5 full-page) by the author. More
New York, Harper and Row, 1976. Written and illustrated by 'the great mime'. More
London, J.M. Dent and Sons, 1938/ 1914. 8 Arthur Rackham illustrations coloured by W. Cubitt Cooke. In the Tales for Children from Many Lands series. More
Hornsby, Hodder and Stoughton, 1975. Signed by the author on the title page. More
Leicester, Brockhampton Press, 1975/ 1971. Signed and dated (19 October 1978) by the author on the title page. Illustrated by Gavin Rowe. More
New York, Simon and Schuster, 1979. Signed by the author on the flyleaf. More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1930 (twentieth edition)/ 1924. An attractive unsigned binding, with a gift inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf to 'Andrew with best wishes always. E. Toohey 8th February 1931' (perhaps a member of the Toohey family of brewery fame?). More
