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
Children’s Books
John Mystery's In Blinkyland with Grimm
Sydney, Publicity Press, 1938. More
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
The Oxford Annual for Girls
London, OUP, 1929. A publisher's sample of the 11th issue; with the relevant tear-sheet from OUP's catalogue tipped in. More
Panorama of the Lord Mayor's Show
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
The Story of Kallum Kundira, the Strong Man
[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
Ullagulbra. A Picture-Story Reader
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1959. Not a bad book, if you like a bad book. When accident-prone Nama, a friend of Ullagulbra and his mate Tewarra, is bitten by a brown snake while out playing, hunting and gathering, the boys quickly kill the reptile and carry the young girl back..... More
The Constitution and By-Laws of the Adelaide Children's Hospital
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
City of Adelaide. Parks, Gardens, and Children's Playgrounds. Issued by the Corporation, 1928 [cover title]
Adelaide, The Corporation of the City of Adelaide, 1928. Provenance: 'Haddon Bowen 7/8/1928' is written in ink on the inside front cover. 1866 Private Haddon Lancelot Bowen, 50th Battalion AIF, became a prisoner of war during the attack on Noreuil on the Western Front on 2 April 1917, and was..... More
A Bundle of Nerves. Stories of horror, suspense and fantasy
London, Gollancz, 1976. More
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Airways [a picture book account of a journey from England to New York]
[London, circa 1920] (with 'Made in Germany' printed on the front cover). The ultimate fictitious voyage: the R37 was almost completed when production was cancelled in February 1921, and it was dismantled later that year. More
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Some Childrens' [sic] Songs by Marion Alsop & Dorothy McCrae. Designed by Edith Alsop
Melbourne, George Robertson and Company (Printed in Scotland), [1910]. The cover title is 'Some Childrens' [sic] Songs by Marion Alsop. Words by Dorothy McCrae. Designed by Edith Alsop'. Dorothy Frances McCrae (1879-1937) was a daughter of George Gordon McCrae, 'poet and man of letters', and sister of the poet Hugh..... More
Gesammelte Märchen mit Aquarellen von Alfred Thon
Berlin, Axel Juncker, [c.1920]. With the bookplate of Lorna Waterhouse. With illustrations by Alfred Thon. Text in German. More
Reynard the Fox. After the German Version of Goethe
London, Nimmo, 1887. The illustration stamped in gilt on the front cover, although based closely on the illustration on page 33 in the text, is clearly produced from a different engraving - this is possibly an unsigned designer binding of a very high standard. More
Met de 'Uiver' naar Melbourne. Een Actueel Boek voor de Nederlandsche Jeugd
[Amsterdam?], BH Jeugdbibliotheek, [1934]. Jeugdbibliotheek (Youth Library) Number 36A. An account of the MacRobertson International Air Race, London to Melbourne, 1934. Offered together with a companion piece (Number 38A) by the same author: 'Amsterdam-Batavia in 24 Uur. Een Spannend Verhaal voor Jongens' (pictorial wrappers showing trifling signs of use and..... More
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More Adventures of Ginger Meggs. Series 20. Sunbeams Book [cover title]
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Limited, 1943. More
Peter and Wendy
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
A Mother's Offering to her Children, by a Lady Long Resident in New South Wales
Milton, Jacaranda Press, 1979 [first thus]/ 1841. Marcie Muir's pamphlet, 'Charlotte Barton: Australia's First Children's Author' finally solved the mystery of the identity of the author, long misattributed by Ferguson (based on information pencilled in the Petherick copy in the National Library). The thirteen stories in the book are drawn..... More
The complete set of six booklets in the 'Out of the Ark' series. Individual titles are Ham and the Egg; Teddy's New Job; Wally the Kangaroo; Jennie the Big Giraffe; Grunty the Pig; and Jimmy the Baby Elephant
London, Warne, [circa 1930]. Muir 604 (Wally the Kangaroo): 'Simple story about toy animals with no reference to Australia'. More
Chai the Kangaroo
Melbourne, Heinemann, 1985/ 1985. Signed and inscribed by the artist. More
The British Toy Business. A History Since 1700
London, Hambledon Press, 1996. More
Jim and Wally
London, Ward, Lock, 1916 [first edition]. More
Humbert, Mr Firkin and the Lord Mayor of London
London, Jonathan Cape, 1965. More
A Course of Lessons on Longfellow's Poems. Authorised for use in Public Schools
Adelaide, Vardon & Sons, Printers, 1916. On the verso of the front flyleaf is an expansive thank-you note signed by the author (15 August 1916): 'Dear Mr Adey, May I ask you to accept of this little booklet as a memento of the improvement which has already shown itself in..... More
Wallis's Tour through England and Wales. A New Geographical Pastime
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