Moograbah. An Australian Aboriginal Legend. Re-told from the story recorded by Keith McKeown in 'The Land of Byamee'
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951. A Blue Wren Book. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951. A Blue Wren Book. More
Melbourne, Thomas Nelson, 1965/ 1964. Illustrations by Elizabeth Durack. 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
Adelaide, Printed and Published by David Gall, 1871 (thirty-second thousand). The outside rear cover lists nine titles (including this one) in Wickes' Educational Series for Australian Use. The works were 'specially compiled' by Edward Walter Wickes (1795-1868), 'formerly Secretary to the Board of Education', who had also conducted his own..... 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
London, John Wallis, 24 December 1794. An attractive Georgian board game, with the winner being the first player to reach London. The letterpress gives rules for playing the game and details of the history and manufactures of the 117 towns mentioned. It is not necessarily accurate; for instance, Henry VI..... More
London, Hodder and Stoughton, [1911] (first edition). The first edition of Barrie's best-loved work, and the fullest version of the Peter Pan story, it expands upon Barrie's play 'Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up', first performed in 1904 but not published until 1928. The character of Peter..... 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, Ward, Lock & Co., 1927. An Auckland, New Zealand, setting. More
Sydney, Publicity Press, 1938. More
London, Warne, [circa 1930]. Muir 604 (Wally the Kangaroo): 'Simple story about toy animals with no reference to Australia'. More
Melbourne, Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, [1919]. 'The Mite Merry Series'; the list of the three titles in the series (all three are books of children's verse written and illustrated by Gaze) is printed on the second page. Harold Gaze (1885-1962) was born in New Zealand, studied in London, lived and..... 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
The original gelatin silver portrait 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..... 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
Adelaide, William Kyffin Thomas, Printer, 1876. We successfully tendered for a large quantity of duplicate pamphlets from the SLSA in 2001; this is one of them, which we are finally getting around to processing. 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
Loughborough, Wills and Hepworth, 1947. School prize inscription from Brighton High School, 1950. A Ladybird Book, series 478. 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
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
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
London, Augener, 1911 [first edition]. With the presentation inscription (dated Christmas 1911) to Kendal, Archer and Dorothea [Kyffin Thomas] from 'Auntie Charles'. More
The albumen paper photograph (90 × 55 mm) is mounted as issued on the printed card of 'E.L. Sands, Artist Photographer'. Edmund L. Sands is listed in Davies and Stanbury (1985) and Barrie (2002) at Port Adelaide (with Barrie supplying the date July 1876). This image probably dates from around..... More
Melbourne, Government Printer, 1946. More
Harmondsworth, Kestrel Books, 1980. Inscribed and signed by the author 'For Midge and her friends', with two couplets of original doggerel, and with a small doodle by Atchison on the title page (his signature scruffy dog). The verse reads: 'Dear Midge, all dogs we think are fine / Although I'm..... More