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
The Children's Bumper Book. [Cover title]
[No Place, No Publisher, 1930s]. More
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
Sixpenny Toy Books. Pretty Pictures for Little Eyes. [Cover title]
London, The Religious Tract Society, [circa 1860]. 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
A Visit to The Tower
London, The Religious Tract Society, [circa 1860]. 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
Children's Nursing. 'In Our Day'
[Adelaide], The author, 1995. Signed by the author. A personal history of the Adelaide Children's Hospital, now called the Women's and Children's Hospital. 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. 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
Catharine Susan and Me goes Abroad
London, Castell Brothers Ltd., [1909]. More
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales. With Illustrations by W. Heath Robinson
London, The Folio Society, 1995 [first thus]. 'The text of this edition is taken from a selection of the fairy tales ... published by Constable & Co. Ltd in 1913'. Loosely inserted is the publisher's flyer for the William Heath Robinson Trust. More
Bunny-Go-Lucky
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
I Can Picture the Old Home So Clearly. The Commonwealth and 'Half-caste' Youth in the Northern Territory, 1911-1939
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
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More Adventures of Ginger Meggs. Series 23. Sunbeams Book [cover title]
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1946. More
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More Adventures of Ginger Meggs. Series 24. Sunbeams Book [cover title]
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1947. More
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More Adventures of Ginger Meggs. Series 25. Sunbeams Book [cover title]
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1948. More
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More Adventures of Ginger Meggs. Series 25. Sunbeams Book [cover title]
Sydney, Associated Newspapers Ltd., 1948. More
The Garden of Edens. Illustrated by Roderick Shaw
[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
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
Peter Pan, or the Boy who Would Not Grow Up
London, The Folio Society, 1992 (first thus). Introduction by Andrew Birkin. More
The Transit of Nan
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
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