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By: N/A
Price: $15.20
Publisher: Newmarket, England, Brimax Books: 1990
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 010007
ISBN: 0861126440
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 View more info
Price: $61.75
Publisher: New York, The Vanguard Press: 1966
Edition: First U.S. Edition.
Seller ID: 012105
Condition: Very Good +
159pp., tinted endpapers. Book clean and square. Bright silver title and decoration over nominally bumped blue, original cloth boards. Text-block (untrimmed at foot) yellow-tinted top edge, leaves clean and unmarked. Art-illustrated (Paul Frame), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, plus an original seller's sticker affixed to front flap which partially masks one word ('author). First published in the U.K. in 1961, this first American edition is a story for older schoolgirls and is set on a tiny island, 'Lindra', situated in the Outer Hebrides area of Scotland. Helen, an eightee... View more info
By: Allen, Judy
Price: $16.15
Publisher: London, Walker Books: 1998
Edition: Reprint.
Seller ID: 008308
ISBN: 0744562260
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. View more info
By: Arena, Felice and Lyon, Garry
Price: $26.60
Publisher: Penguin Group Australia: 2004
Edition: First Edition.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 005611
ISBN: 0143300628
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... View more info
By: Baillie, Allan
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Australia, Penguin Books: 1997
Edition: 2nd Impression
Seller ID: 007361
ISBN: 0140381473
Condition: Very Good +
168pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Mark Sofilas) card wrapper mildly indented. "Something strange is happening outside the dusty town of Jacks Marsh, but Brendon seems to be the only one to have noticed. For years the mysteries of Walden have remained unsolved - mysteries of the goldrush, of Thunderbolt the bushranger. But Walden is coming back - and some people will stop at nothing to unearth its secrets . . . " Book weight approx. 180g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Barne, Kitty
Price: $16.15
Publisher: London, Thomas Nelson:
Edition: 1st Edition Thus
Seller ID: 004777
Condition: Good
Original cloth. No publication date [c. 1950s]. Colour-art frontispiece, plus intext b/white sketch-illustrations throughout, all by 'Kiddell-Monroe'. Book clean and square. Red cloth slightly shelfworn and colour flecked. Gilt title on backstrip lightly patinated. Text-block edges foxed, with random splotches within. Art-illustrated [Kiddell-Monroe], loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn, with jagged closed tears, and general soiling. Juvenile adventure fiction, originally published by Wm. Heinemann under the title 'The Easter Holidays', tells the story of a lively family... View more info
By: Barry, Margaret
Price: $8.55
Publisher: London, Kingfisher Books: 1961
Edition: 1st. U.K. Edition,
Seller ID: 001615
Condition: Good
153pp., b/w sketch frontispiece. Book clean, square. Slight bumps to corners. Original seller's stamp, foot of title-page, else leaves mildly uniformly tanned. Loose-plastic protected, art illustrated, price-clipped dustjacket edgeworn with several closed tears. A 'sequel' to 'Julie Westaway', the setting is in Bottlebrush Bay, Australia, with characters; Lexie, Adrienne, Alice, Andy, David Sterling, Murray and Julie [Westaway]. Book weight approx. 280g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall View more info
By: Beshlie, with Walser, David
Price: $17.10
Publisher: St Albans, Herts., and London, Granada (Hart-Davis): 1974
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012680
ISBN: 029812047X
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... View more info
By: Blyton, Enid
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Leicester, Great Britain, Brockhampton Press: 1959
Edition: Reprint
Seller ID: 003624
Condition: Very Good
158pp., b/white sketch-art illustrated frontispiece, and intext illustrations by Eileen Soper, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated boards lightly bumped on foredge corners.Art-illustrated [Soper], plus author-portrait rear, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with several jagged closed tears and soiling, plus old tape stain on reverse. A stand-alone, Volume Six, in the series, first printed in 1947. Contains 19 exciting 'Lucky' stories. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Boatfield, Jonny
Price: $9.50
Publisher: London, Bloomsbury: 2000
Edition: Second Impression.
Seller ID: 010967
ISBN: 0747544700
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 View more info
By: Bone, Ian
Price: $8.55
Publisher: Dingley, Victoria, Australia, Mammoth [Reed For Kids]: 1996
Edition: First Edition
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 003470
ISBN: 1863307559
Condition: Very Good +
115pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Signed by author on half-title page, otherwise leaves mildly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on lower foredge corner. A stand-alone, Volume 13, in the 'Mammoth Mystery' series, finds a confused Grace, uncertain who to trust or believe; is rock & roll icon Johnny Savage really dead? Or is he the mysterious Karl in disguise? With Gino, who is sure he knows, is Grace able to solve this mystery.?" Contents include: 22 compelling chapters. Book weight approx. 140g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. 8vo... View more info
Price: $19.00
Publisher: Crows Nest, N.S.W., Australia, Allen & Unwin: 2008
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 007619
ISBN: 1741755891
Condition: Very Good +
283pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, small section with soft corner crease. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. The thrilling sequel to 'The Name of this Book is Secret'. "The Midnight Sun has been waiting 500 years for the homunculus to rise. Now the dazzling but dangerous Ms Mauvais and evil Dr L are going to throw Cass and Max-Ernest to the sharks unless they reveal its whereabouts . . . " Book weight approx. 290g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
Price: $17.10
Publisher: London, University of London Press: 1958
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 007292
Condition: Very Good
176pp., sketch-art frontispiece, plus like, intext art illustrations throughout, all by 'Nejad'. Book clean. Bright gilt title over slightly cocked and bumped spine. Plain green boards undamaged. Small, original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, a nondescript inscription on ffep., else leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Nejad), loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn, lightly soiled, with a spray of red (pink) pen ink on front. Originally published in France, 1955, and awarded the prestigious 'Prix Enfance du Monde' award for 1956. This first English translation by Monica Bur... View more info
By: Braune, Anna, with Sloan, Savilla
Price: $16.15
Publisher: New York, Harper & Row: 1990
Edition: First Edition, First Impression.
Seller ID: 007491
ISBN: 0060206187
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 . ... View more info
Price: $52.25
Publisher: London, Chambers: 1956
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 008448
Condition: Good
203pp., b/white sketch-art frontispiece. Book clean and square. Blue-titled spine firm, light bumps there-on. Plain blue boards crunched on lower foredge corners (obviously dropped), else very good. Original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown. Front free endpaper cleanly removed with no weakening of the first signature (section). Leaves noticeably tanned. No dustjacket. A Chalet School title from the collectable juvenile fiction author, Elinor Brent-Dyer (1894-1969). Book weight approx. 340g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
By: Brown, Devin
Price: $14.25
Publisher: Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A., Baker Books: 2005
Edition: Second Printing
Seller ID: 005949
ISBN: 0801065992
Condition: Very Good +
255pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has negligible edgewear only. A riveting analysis of C.S.Lewis' magical world of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, which explores symbols, hidden meanings, and many easily missed details . Contents include: Preface, Intro., 17 chapters, plus Reference List. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. View more info
Price: $80.75
Publisher: London, Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press: 1942
Edition: First Edition.
Seller ID: 012307
Condition: Good +
192pp., colour-art frontispiece, and b/white art plates throughout by Margaret Horder. Book clean and square. Green title and art decoration over very lightly bumped and marked ochre cloth boards. An award presentation label affixed to ffep., foxing flecks on text-block edges, else leaves clean. No dustjacket. First edition of this schoolgirl fiction by ever-popular Dorita Fairlie Bruce (1885-1970), third title in the 'Toby' series, set on a south coast farm in Southshire, which finds a grown-up Tabitha 'Toby' Barrett happily working on a farm in war-torn England when a strange disease spreads... View more info
By: Carey, Annie
Price: $26.60
Publisher: London, Cassell & Co.:
Seller ID: 002847
Condition: Good
[1891]. viii, + 292pp., plus 16 page publisher's promotional section. Unpaginated, b/w engraved, tissue-guarded frontispiece, and like [unguarded] plates throughout. Book square, lightly shaken. Splash stains, and mild abrading on decorated, bevelled boards, gilt titles partially patinated. Patterned endpapers. Seller's blindstamp on ffep. Presentation label, dated Christmas 1892, on front paste-down, random flecks and specks throughout. The author of this book did not live to see its publication: She wrote it during short intervals of years of illness, pain and weakness constantly gaining upo... View more info
Price: $8.55
Publisher: Glebe, NSW, Walter McVitty Books: 1991
Edition: First Edition
Seller ID: 003643
ISBN: 0949183520
Condition: Very Good +
151pp. Book clean, nominally askew. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Leaves clean. Trivial bump on heel of backstrip. Art-illustrated [Arthur Boothroyd], loose-plastic protected dustjacket negligibly edgeworn only. An 'adventure' story, with a lesson to be learnt, finds 'Tam growing up believing the magnificent ships that sailed the searoads, beyond the wild and untamed shore on which he lived with his father, were like the seed heads of rushes, ready to burst open and strew the beaches-not with rush seeds, but with riches beyond their wildest dreams. He and his father only had to bring... View more info
By: Carroll, Lewis
Price: $34.20
Publisher: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Carroll Foundation: 1990
Edition: First Thus
Seller ID: 013245
ISBN: 1875244042
Condition: Very Good +
128pp., intext b/white illustrations throughout by Australian illustrator Gavin O'Keefe. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped head and heel. Monochrome (red) illustrated (Gavin O'Keefe) boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Like-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket mildly edgeworn and bumped only. Published by the Carroll Foundation, Melbourne, this edition of the classic Lewis Carroll story should have a place on the shelf of any Alice collection . . . "Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank . . . " Contents include: Prelims.... View more info
