The House at Pooh Corner. With Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition). More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition). More
Adelaide, The Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1928. The last 12 plates depict playgrounds: the Glover Playground, South Terrace (4); the Glover Playground, North Adelaide (3); the West Terrace Playground (3); and the East Terrace Playground (2). Clearly visible at the entrance to the charming North Adelaide precinct are..... More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1928 (first edition thus). 'This Edition on Hand-made Paper, published in 1928, is limited to 350 numbered and signed copies, of which this is number 137' (statement of limitation on the verso of the title page, signed by both the author and the artist). The..... More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1928]. 'No Nursery is complete without ...'. More
London, Methuen & Co. Ltd., [1928]. 'More "Very Young" Songs' is listed as a 'new collection'; 'When We Were Very Young' is in its 189th thousand; 'The House at Pooh Corner' is in its 105th thousand (and its three deluxe editions are still available, including the 'edition on vellum, signed..... More
London, OUP, 1929. A publisher's sample of the 11th issue; with the relevant tear-sheet from OUP's catalogue tipped in. More
North Melbourne, Vidler, [1929]. One of the Australian Young Folks' Story Books series. Muir 3514 (supplying the date). More
London, Cassell, 1929. With 259 illustrations and diagrams. More
London, Elkin Mathews & Marrot Limited, November 1929 (second impression)/ September 1929. A collection of stories for children featuring animals native to Borneo. More
New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc., [1929]. Apart from the cover-title leaf, there is a leaf for each month of the year, with a verse from Milne's 'When We Were Very Young'. More
[Sydney?], The Shell Company, [1930?]. Muir 3752 (with 192-? as the date; we base our date on the code at the foot of the last page, K-W 4/30). An advertising booklet issued by the petroleum company. More
London, Warne, [circa 1930]. Muir 604 (Wally the Kangaroo): 'Simple story about toy animals with no reference to Australia'. More
[No Place, No Publisher, 1930s]. 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
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, Lovat Dickson, 1935. Illustrated by Mary Shepard. More
London, Faber & Faber Ltd., 1935. A delightful children's book in verse by Bernard Darwin, better known for his writings on golf (and for being a grandson of the more famous Charles); the charming colour lithographs are by his wife Elinor. More
London, Grayson & Grayson, 1935. Number 177 of only 285 copies of the first edition, of which 250 are numbered and signed in ink by the author. More
St Louis, The C.V. Mosby Company, 1935 (second, revised, edition)/ 1930. 'A complete revision of the book ... certain chapters, as, for example, the one on the Vitamins, have been almost completely rewritten ... A chapter on Allergy has been added' (Preface to the Second Edition). More
London, William Heinemann, 1936. Inscribed and signed by the author on an early blank to Ethelwynne Giles. Shirley Cameron Wilson, the author's niece, has written her name at the head of the half-title. Loosely inserted is a flyleaf detached from another (smaller) book; it is signed 'Nell. G. Strawbridge' (Allan's..... More
London, Ward, Lock and Co., Limited, [1936]. More
Akron, Saalfield Publishing Company, 1936. More
Akron, Saalfield, 1937. Authorized Edition Number 1766. Offered with two other uniform titles: Shirley Temple through the Day (Authorized Edition Number 1716; 32 pages; 1936; edges slightly rubbed and bumped, with creases to the leading edge of the last three leaves); and How I Raised Shirley Temple, by Her Mother..... 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
Sydney, Publicity Press, 1938. More
Chicago, L. Gould & Co., 1939. An extensive and most appealing toy catalogue issued by this major wholesaler on the eve of the Second World War. More
[Sydney], 'Imprinted by Richard Edwards & Roderick Shaw at the Barn on the Hill, over St Columbkille's', [1939]. A collection of stories for children, told from the perspective of a young girl, Juditheden. The exuberant design of the book matches its eccentric prose style. One of only 600 copies of..... 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
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
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Limited, 1943. More
Melbourne, Gunn and Taylor, [1944]. Muir 3175. Aboriginal content. More
Sydney, The Boy Scouts' Association, 1944. Scout Shop Service Library, No. 3. 'This little book is to be the first of a Series on the Legends of the Australian Aborigines. Most of the stories have been published previously, but all are now out of print or very difficult to obtain..... More
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1945. More
Melbourne, Hamish Hamilton, 1946 (first Australian edition). More
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1946. More
Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1946 [first edition]. With the ownership signature (dated 25 October 1946) of [Sir] Herbert Mayo (sometime judge of the Supreme Court of South Australia). Laid down on the flyleaf is a handwritten letter signed by Herbert Mayo's son, George. The book's description, neatly clipped from the..... More
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1946. More
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1946. More
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1946. More
Loughborough, Wills and Hepworth, 1947. School prize inscription from Brighton High School, 1950. A Ladybird Book, series 478. More
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947. More
Sydney, The Australasian Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1947. Loosely inserted is a contemporary purchase receipt made out to local doctor F.R. Wicks. More
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1948. More
[No place], The Texas Company (Australasia), [1950s?]. In the foreword, the Company (producers of the Texaco range of oils and fuels) 'feels it is rendering a service' by presenting some topical side-lights on the vanishing race, particularly as the 'problem of exploiting [the Northern Territory's] commercial possibilities' is at hand..... More
Melbourne, Colorgravure Publications, 1950. 'A Little Wonder Book', Australia's answer to the 'Little Golden Book' phenomenon, and decidedly uncommon in our experience. Muir 2919. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951. A Blue Wren Book. 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, Geoffrey Bles, 1954 (first edition). The fifth volume of 'The Chronicles of Narnia' series. 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