Australian Children's Book Illustrators
Melbourne, Sun, 1977. Signed by the author on the title-page, and by the former owner, Christobel Mattingley, on the verso of the front cover. More
Children’s Books
A Peep into Ceylon. A Book of Travel Written for Children
London, Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [No date]. With the ink ownership signature of Jeannie Stirling, daughter of Sir Edward Charles Stirling, later wife of Professor Thorburn Brailsford Robertson. More
![Item #129274 The Demon McGuire! [cover title]. Francis H. GRUNDY](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/129274.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1656646203)
The Demon McGuire! [cover title]
Sydney, 'Lithographed by Gibbs, Shallard, & Co.', [1872]. A very rare early illustrated Australian children's book, in which a monstrous demon rampages through the streets of Sydney. Identifiable landmarks in the illustrations include the Hyde Park Obelisk, Woolloomooloo, North and South Heads, and Government House. Many more are mentioned in..... More
The Garden of Edens. Illustrated by Roderick Shaw
[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
Yeye Apme Kwelaye-Iperre. The Rainbow Serpent
Alice Springs, Yipirinya (Yeperenye) School Council, 1988. Parallel text in Western Arrernte and English. Transcribed and Illustrated by Jennifer Inkamala. More
Kimberley Warrior. The Story of Jandamarra
St Leonards, A Little Ark Book/ Allen & Unwin, 1997. More
The Wilderness
Sydney, Angus & Robertson Ltd., 1922. More
How to Make Aboriginal Arts and Crafts
Sydney, Paul Hamlyn, 1974. More
A Nursery Companion. Provided by Iona and Peter Opie
Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1980. More
Early Children's Books and their Illustrations
New York, The Pierpont Morgan Library/ Oxford University Press, 1975. More
Children's Pleasures. Books, Toys and Games from the Bethnal Green Museum of Childhood
London, V&A Publications, 1996. More
Mollie's Staircase
Melbourne, M.L. Hutchinson, [1906]. Twelve verses by Annie Isobel Rentoul, with illustrations by her daughter Ida Sherbourne Rentoul (later Outhwaite). Ida Rentoul Outhwaite's second book (after 'Mollie's Bunyip', 1904). Muir 6333. More
![Item #128447 A History of Australian Childrens [sic] Book Illustration. Marcie MUIR](https://treloars.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/128447_01.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1649812034)
A History of Australian Childrens [sic] Book Illustration
Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 1982. Provenance: Juliana Bayfield (1938-2011), the influential librarian at the Children's Literature Research Centre at the State Library of South Australia from 1982 until her retirement in 2001. The title page is inscribed 'For Juliana' and signed by the author. More
Father Christmas goes on Holiday
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975 (first edition). The first book in the series, 'Father Christmas' (1973), was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal. More
I Can Picture the Old Home So Clearly. The Commonwealth and 'Half-caste' Youth in the Northern Territory, 1911-1939
Canberra, Aboriginal Studies Press, 1993. 'A history of child welfare in the Northern Territory as it affected Aboriginal children in the period to the Second World War [discussing] the development of government policy ... including a remarkable attempt, in the 1930s, at ethnic cleansing through biological assimilation in the North'..... More
Story about Intjartnama. A Healing Place. An account of work in progress at Injartnama Outstation. Ntaria-Hermannsburg-Alice Springs, April 1994. [National Drug Strategy. Innovative Projects. An Occasional Series. (cover subtitle)]
Alice Springs, Intjartnama Village, Barry & Elva Cook, 1994. Presentation copy. Dated (1996), inscribed and signed 'from Barry and Elva Cook'. 'To develop and run an Aboriginal Rehabilitation Unit and to revive and preserve the Aboriginal culture of clients and families participating in the program, with minimum Government sponsorship' (Statement..... More
Listen to Our Stories. An Anthology of Writing by Aboriginal and Islander Women of Australia
Nakara, Nungalinya College, [1993]. 'Tales, autobiographical writings, and stories written as part of the English and literary component of the women's studies course at Nungalinya College' (Trove). More
Father Christmas
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1973 (first edition). From the first sentence ('Blooming Christmas here again!'), this is a classic. More
The Kate Greenaway Treasury. An Anthology of the Illustrations and Writings of Kate Greenaway. Introduction by Ruth Hill Viguers
London, Collins, 1968. With hundreds of colour illustrations. More
Trubloff. The Mouse who wanted to play the Balalaika
London, Red Fox, 1993 (first thus)/ 1964. Inscribed and signed by the author to 'Juliana' [Bayfield], State Library of South Australia children's collection librarian. More
Pollock's History of English Dolls and Toys
Enderby, PRC, 199 (reprint)/ 1979. More
Yesterday's Children. The Antiques and History of Childcare
Woodbridge, Antique Collector's Club, 1994 (first paperback edition)/ 1991. More
Tears Often Shed. Child Health and Welfare in Australia from 1788
Rushcutters Bay, Permagon Press, 1978. With the loosely-inserted single-leaf 'Welcome!' by John Beveridge, then Clinical Director of the Prince of Wales Children's Hospital. More
Billy Bluegum, or Back to the Bush. Illustrations by Norman Lindsay
Sydney, The Shepherd Press, 1947. More
The Little Book of Children, being the Child Stories of Dr John Brown
Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, [1920s]. Illustrations, including several in colour, by H.C. Preston Macgoun, RSA. More