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TALES OF MAGIC & MYSTERY

By: N/A

Price: $15.20

Publisher: Newmarket, England, Brimax Books: 1990

Seller ID: 010007

ISBN: 0861126440

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

157pp., colour-art illustrations throughout by Eric Kincaid. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, gloss boards negligibly scuffed only. Numerous contents commence with "Nils in The Forest (A Danish Story)' and close with 'The Drummer'. Book weight approx. 820g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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EAGLE

By: Allen, Judy

Price: $16.15

Publisher: London, Walker Books: 1998

Seller ID: 008308

ISBN: 0744562260

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Unpaginated (28 pages). Colour art illustrations throughout by Todor Humphries. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated boards undamaged. A stand-alone volume in the 'Animals At Risk' series. "This compelling story, by award-winning author Judy Allen, features one of the world's most endangered animals - the Philippine eagle. At the end of the story find out how you can help eagles from becoming extinct." Book weight approx. 370g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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SPECKY MAGEE & THE SEASON OF CHAMPIONS. (Signed Copy)

By: Arena, Felice and Lyon, Garry

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Penguin Group Australia: 2004

Seller ID: 005611

ISBN: 0143300628

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

222pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed, in bold black felt pen, by co-author Garry Lyon, on half-title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear only. "Simon 'Specky' Magee and his Under 14s football team, the Booyong High Lions, return to battle out the second half of their league's season . . . Meanwhile, he'll have to deal with his rival and worst enemy, Screamer Johnson, and he will meet the mysterious Tiger Girl, and the Great McCarthy . . . " Book weight approx. 260g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weig...
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MADELINE AND THE GYPSIES

By: Bemelmans, Ludwig

Price: $23.75

Publisher: London, Andre Deutsch: 1979

Seller ID: 012018

ISBN: 0233955925

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

56pp., colour-art endpapers, plus like-full page art-illustrations (some two-colour only), all by Ludwig Bemelmans, throughout. Book clean, mildly canted spine and shelfwear. Colour-art illustrated (Bemelmans) boards lightly bumped on lower foredge corner of front board, else very good. Textblock unmarked. Art-illustrated (identical to boards), loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, nipped and edgeworn, with a closed tear on rear panel. (Indicated on jacket flap is 'third impression' - book is fifth impression - however the boards/jacket imagery is identical). A title in the ever-po...
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ROMANY WOOD

By: Beshlie, with Walser, David

Price: $17.10

Publisher: St Albans, Herts., and London, Granada (Hart-Davis): 1974

Seller ID: 012680

ISBN: 029812047X

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

Unpaginated (24 pages). Monochrome, sketch-illustrated endpapers. Colour-art illustrations (Beshlie) on recto pages, with text and small colour illustration on verso pages throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain green boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Art-illustrated (Beshlie), loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, and slightly bumped only. Travelling the countryside living a gypsy life, together with her Romany husband, they live in a caravan with innumerable small creatures for company. A keen eye for botany, and an immense artist...
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THE TWILIGHT BOOK

By: Boatfield, Jonny

Price: $9.50

Publisher: London, Bloomsbury: 2000

Seller ID: 010967

ISBN: 0747544700

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good +

Unpaginated (28pp.). Colour illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Colour illustrated boards undamaged. Leaves clean and crisp. Like-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket softly edge-creased only. "Read on and enjoy this very interactive, inventive picture book. It is more than a story about a boy trying to rescue a little girl. It is also a game of search and find. A taxing, challenging adventure sure to give you hours and hours of fun . . . ." Book weight approx. 440g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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THE WONDERFUL TOYS

By: Braune, Anna, with Sloan, Savilla

Price: $16.15

Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1990

Seller ID: 007491

ISBN: 0060206187

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Near Fine

119pp., small, b/white, chapter-heading sketch-illustrations by James Graham Hale. Book clean and square. Grey quarter-cloth spine, and plain, blindstamped boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Art-illustrated (James Graham Hale), loose-plastic protected dustjacket near fine. With the assistance of her friend Savilla Sloan, Miss Braune completed this story just months before her death, at the age of eighty. It is the story of seven toys; White Bunny, Cow, a doll - Rebecca, Velvi, a black velvet cat, Teddy Bear, Sheep and Alli, a tin alligator. All lived happily in an attic trunk for many years . ...
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THE WITCH OF WITCHERY WOOD

By: Cass, Joan

Price: $17.10

Publisher: Seven Oaks, Kent, England, Hodder & Stoughton Childrens Books: 1987

Seller ID: 013663

ISBN: 0340168714

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

88pp., b/white sketch-art frontispiece, and like, intext illustrations by Ferelith Eccles Williams throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, minimally bumped head and heel. Colour-art illustrated (Ferelith Eccles Williams) gloss boards nominally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. This title was the first in the 'Molly Millikins' series by Joan Cass. It features Molly Millikins, a witch who, with her elderly and dissatisfied broomstick and her temperamental cat, comes to live in the lovely village of Witchery Wood. To her delight she discovers Princess Jasmine Rose who lives in a nearby cast...
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THE DAY MY FATHER DANCED AGAIN

By: Chambers, Gordon Lee

Price: $16.15

Publisher: Surry Hills, N.S.W., Australia, Box Press Pty, Limited: 1996

Seller ID: 006330

ISBN: 1876233001

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Unpaginated (32 pages). Pattern-print endpapers. Full page illustrations (each of two colours) throughout by Alison Kubbos, who used particular techniques, including drypoint, to create the plates used within. Book is clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves and boards unmarked. No dustjacket. The author was inspired to write this story following his extensive travels to over twenty-five different countries. It is the story of an indigenous boy from an unspecified country, who attempts to find his father, lost to him since birth . . . Book weight approx. 560g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" t...
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AFRICA TRAIL: Or John Forrest's Adventure

By: Clinton, Iris A.

Price: $10.45

Publisher: London, Livingstone Press: 1947

Seller ID: 000116

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

64pp., b/w text, pictorial boards with attractive illustration on front. Light foxing throughout text; corners lightly bumped. No damage to front cover. Printed for, and a presentation copy of, the London Missionary Society. [Sydney, NSW]. Book weght approx. 120g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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THE GOOD PEOPLE

By: Cockayne, Steve

Price: $16.15

Publisher: London, Atom (Imprint: Time Warner): 2006

Seller ID: 007746

ISBN: 1904233929

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

343pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. " . . . Steve Cockayne's first novel for younger readers is both a spellbinding adventure story, and an extraordinarily powerful novel of growing up . . . " Deep in the English countryside, Kenneth Storey and his older brother have discovered the land of Arboria - a kingdom of adventure . . . Contents of this bookproof copy include: Prelims., 10 chapters. Book weight approx. 370g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.
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ELMER RIDES THE RAILS

By: Cook, Patrick

Price: $26.60

Publisher: Ringwood, VIC, Australia, Puffin Books (Penguin Books): 1991

Seller ID: 012436

ISBN: 0140346457

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

87pp., plus (iii). Intext, b/white sketch-illustrations by Patrick Cook. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated (Patrick Cook) gloss card wrapper nominally edgeworn, plus a minor storage pressure mark on front wrap. Textblock lightly tanned, else unmarked. The fourth title in author/cartoonist/columnist Patrick Cook's 'Elmer' series finds Elmer the rat and his friend Alma living in the country. They soon find themselves far from home and in peril from a hungry hawk, some silly mice, a rat hunt, a nasty engine-driver, and lots of other assorted dangers . . . Book weight appro...
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GOOD NIGHT, ME

By: Daddo, Andrew

Price: $8.55

Publisher: Sydney, NSW, Australia, Hachette Children's Books: 2006

Seller ID: 010730

ISBN: 0733621120

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Near Fine

Unpaginated (32pp.). Colour-art illustrations by Emma Quay. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper near fine. "Someone's ready for bed, but it's going to take a long, long time to say goodnight! . . . " Book weight approx. 205g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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A DAY IN ANIMAL TOWN

By: Derrick, Freda

Price: $17.10

Publisher: London and Glasgow, Blackie & Son:

Seller ID: 000356

Binding: Cloth Spine, Pictorial Boards

Condition: Fair+

Unpaginated [32 pages]. Very colourful illustrations on recto pages, text on versos. Cloth spine reasonably tight, illustrated pages are clean, a degree of foxing on endpapers and minor spots on half-title page. Original seller's sticker affixed to front paste-down. Minor silverfish nibbling to edges of illustrated boards, else corner bumped top foredge. Identically illustrated dustjacket crudely price-clipped, several open and closed tears to head, foot and spine, small chips to spine. Author Freda Derrick, maker of the 'Ark Book'.Book weight approx. 360g. Postage charge will be reduced as th...
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HAIRY MACLARY AND FRIENDS : 5 More Lynley Dodd Stories

By: Dodd, Lynley

Price: $25.65

Publisher: London, Puffin [Penguin]: 2003

Seller ID: 008695

ISBN: 0141380233

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

165pp., colour-art illustrations (Lynley Dodd) to verso pages, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and crisp. Illustrated gloss boards negligibly bumped. Here are five more charming and exuberant stories from award-winning authors Lynley Dodd: Schnitzel von Krumm's Basketwork, Hairy Maclary, Sit, Scnitzel von Krumm Forget-Me-Not, Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack, Hairy Maclary's Showbusiness. Book weight approx. 620g.
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ON COUNTRY : Stories of Nyrlotte

By: Doyle, Fiona

Price: $15.20

Publisher: St Lucia, Queensland, Australia, University of Queensland Press: 2006

Seller ID: 009505

ISBN: 0702235458

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good +

109pp., b/white illustrations throughout by Lionel Doyle. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Colour-art illustrated (Lionel Doyle) card wrapper negligibly scuffed, small, soft crease to rear panel. "Nyrlotte lives with her family on their land in the West Cape York region of Northern Queensland. Her Granny is a powerful woman, who knows all the stories and can sing a cyclone away and Nyrlotte knows that she should listen always to her Granny's warnings . . . " Book weight approx. 130g. Postage charge will be reduced as this book will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12m...
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KENDALL, MIM AND TEMPORARY FRED

By: Edwards, Hazel

Price: $20.90

Publisher: Lane Cove, N.S.W., Australia, Hodder & Stoughton (Australia), in Association with Hodder & Stoughton Children's Books U.K.: 1980

Seller ID: 008652

ISBN: 0340246006

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Very Good

(ii) + 132pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain red boards mildly bumped. Textblock unmarked. Art-illustrated (Astra Lacia), loose-plastic protected dustjacket slightly edgeworn and nipped, plus a minor contusion. The author's second novel for juveniles finds Saul, the group leader, uniting the teenage members in protest when the Drop-in Centre is threatened with closure . . . Contents include: Prelims., 12 chapters. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾&...
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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S THUMBELINA

By: Fienberg, Anna

Price: $24.70

Publisher: Sydney, Pan Macmillan: 2002

Seller ID: 009335

ISBN: 0732911338

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good +

Unpaginated (32 pp.). Colour-art illustrations throughout by Mark Jackson and Heather Potter. Duo-tone art-illustrated endpapers. Book clean. Spine firm, very lightly bumped at head. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated matt boards undamaged. Hans Christian Andersen's delightful story of Thumbelina, the 'little girl as big as your thumb', retold by Anna Fienberg. Book weight approx. 425g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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TWIG BOY

By: Gammell, Stephen

Price: $10.45

Publisher: San Diego, CA, Silver Whistle [Harcourt]: 2000

Seller ID: 003240

ISBN: 015202137X

Binding: Illustrated Boards HB & DJ

Condition: Very Good +

Unpaginated [30 pages]. Full page, colour-art illustrations throughout by Stephen Gammell. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Minor bump on head of backstrip, and top of rear board, otherwise gloss art-illustrated boards undamaged. Identically-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. In summary: Twigboy has everything a twig could wish for-except a best friend. That changed when, having wandered into dangerous weedland, Twigboy is saved by Rockwell, a rolling rock, and together the two set out to get revenge.Book weight approx. 540g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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THE STORY OF REYNARD

By: Genevoix, Maurice

Price: $8.55

Publisher: London, Hamish Hamilton (Penguin Australia): 1959

Seller ID: 003135

Binding: Hardcover and Dustjacket

Condition: Good+

vi, + 244pp. Intext, b/w sketch-illustrations throughout by Andre Pac. Book clean, mildly cocked. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Lightly bumped lower foredge corner. Flecked text-blocked edges, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated [Andre Pec], loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, mildly edgeworn, flecked and soiled on rear [text] panel. Translated [1959] by Margaret Crosland from the French 'Le Roman de Renard' 1958, this hotch-potch from the Middle Ages revolves around Reynard the Fox, his litter and his realm in the woods.In 'parts', contents include: Reynard's tra...
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Category: Children's Fiction