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
[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
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
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
London, Gollancz, 1976. More
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
London, Cobden-Sanderson Ltd, 1935. More
Berlin, Axel Juncker, [c.1920]. With the bookplate of Lorna Waterhouse. With illustrations by Alfred Thon. Text in German. 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, Associated Newspapers Limited, 1945. 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, 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
Edinburgh, T.N. Foulis, [1920s]. Illustrations, including several in colour, by H.C. Preston Macgoun, RSA. More