The Bumper Book for Boys and Girls
London, Thomas Nelson, [no date, late 1920's]. The contemporary presentation inscription on the flyleaf is dated 25 March 1929. More
London, Thomas Nelson, [no date, late 1920's]. The contemporary presentation inscription on the flyleaf is dated 25 March 1929. More
[No Place, No Publisher, 1930s]. More
Sydney, Publicity Press, 1938. More
Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951. A Blue Wren Book. More
London, OUP, 1929. A publisher's sample of the 11th issue; with the relevant tear-sheet from OUP's catalogue tipped in. More
London, The Sunshine Press, [1930s]. Cover subtitle: 'Gay Tales for Young Folk'. More
London, The Religious Tract Society, [circa 1860]. 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
London, The Religious Tract Society, [circa 1860]. 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
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
Berlin, Axel Juncker, [c.1920]. With the bookplate of Lorna Waterhouse. With illustrations by Alfred Thon. Text in German. More
London, Humphrey Milford, and Oxford, Oxford University Press, [circa 1923]. A large 1936 Kilvington Girls' Grammar School, Ormond, prize plate is mounted on the half-title. The book was awarded to Betty Paterson; the plate is signed by Florence Muriel Fysh, the principal from 1934 to 1943. More
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
[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
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
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). Introduction by Andrew Birkin. More
Melbourne, The Lothian Book Publishing Co. Pty. Ltd., 1923. Front cover illustration by Victorian artist Eileen Pearcey. Muir 540: 'Although classified by the publishers as a children's book, this story of the activities of an imaginary adopted child does not appear to have been intended for children.'. More
London, Warne, [circa 1930]. Muir 604 (Wally the Kangaroo): 'Simple story about toy animals with no reference to Australia'. More
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
Melbourne, Heinemann, 1985/ 1985. Signed and inscribed by the artist. More
Melbourne, OPC Quality Productions, March 1949. The book also contains several illustrated stories on Australian aviation before, during, and just after the Second World War. More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1973 (first edition). From the first sentence ('Blooming Christmas here again!'), this is a classic. More
London, Hamish Hamilton, 1975 (first edition). The first book in the series, 'Father Christmas' (1973), was awarded the Kate Greenaway Medal. More