London, Thomas Nelson, [no date, late 1920's]. The contemporary presentation inscription on the flyleaf is dated 25 March 1929. More about The Bumper Book for Boys and Girls

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1951. A Blue Wren Book. More about Moograbah. An Australian Aboriginal Legend. Re-told from the story recorded by Keith McKeown in...

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 about Panorama of the Lord Mayor's Show

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, complete with the very rare dustwrapper. This edition expands upon Barrie's play 'Peter Pan; or, the Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up', first performed in 1904 but not... More about Peter and Wendy

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 about Ullagulbra. A Picture-Story Reader

Sydney, Whitehall Productions, June, 1960. Signed at the head of the front cover by the playwright's wife, Thelma Afford; Max Afford died in 1954. Number 21 in the Drama and the School series, edited by C. Fenton. 'Awake my love, is rewritten from Colonel Light, the founder, South Australian Centenary... More about Awake my Love

[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 about Airways [a picture book account of a journey from England to New York

Berlin, Axel Juncker, [c.1920]. With the bookplate of Lorna Waterhouse. With illustrations by Alfred Thon. Text in German. More about Gesammelte Märchen mit Aquarellen von Alfred Thon

[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 age). More about Met de 'Uiver' naar Melbourne. Een Actueel Boek voor de Nederlandsche Jeugd

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 about A Mother's Offering to her Children, by a Lady Long Resident in New South Wales

London, The Shakespeare Head, 1947. 'A Novel for Boys and Girls by the Authoress of 'The Overlanders''; the location is given as 'Newcastle district, New South Wales'. More about Pioneer Shack

Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1950 [third impression]/ 1943. Inscribed 'To Chris, Wishing you a very Happy Birthday. Don Bradman 1/11/51'. We know this to be a present from Don to a child the Bradmans fostered, as we bought it in 2002 from the recipient (and have just got around to cataloguing it!). More about Marmaduke the Possum

London, Ward, Lock, 1929 [first edition]. More about The Happy Traveller