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ABC

ABC

by HANSEN, Ernst & PEDERSEN, Hans Hartvig Seedorff

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Denmark: Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, 1927. First edition. Hansen, Ernst. Bold and striking Danish language early reader abecedarium, an animal illustrating each letter of the alphabet, with K for Kangaroo. Decorated by noted Danish woodblock artist Ernst Hansen with verses by Hans Hartvig Seedorff Pedersen. Quarto, 32pp, string tied in original colour illustrated wrappers; externally a little browned and worn at the extremities, otherwise fine.
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The ABC of Animals

The ABC of Animals

by [VALENTINE, Laura] McLOUGHLIN BROS

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New York: McLoughlin Bros, 1885. American imprint of an old favourite. American reissue of the Alphabet of Animals from series titled Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books published by Warne in London. However, the format of this American edition is a little smaller, with different lithographic printing of the original images, and reset letterpress. Large octavo, bound in the original colour pictorial wrappers, six fully chromolithographed leaves, wrappers rubbed, good copy overall.
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An Alphabet of Quadrupeds, partly selected from the Works of Old Masters, and partly drawn from...
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An Alphabet of Quadrupeds, partly selected from the Works of Old Masters, and partly drawn from Nature

by COLE, Henry

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London: Joseph Cundall, 1844. First Edition. Berghem, Durer, Everdingen, Hondius, A. Karl du Jardin, Le Ducq, Paul Potter, Fraser Redgrave, Rembrandt, Stoop, Tempesta, Teniers, Vandervelde. First edition, uncommon. An attractive illustrated alphabet, with a charming image of a Kangaroo. Among the other plates are etchings after Rembrandt and Albrecht Durer. [Percy Muir, English Children's Books, p. 180.] Handsome chapter initials decorate the accompanying text which is enchantingly written. ‘Fox. Look at this cunning, cruel fellow, making ready to spring among the chickens... But he will be punished tomorrow I think, for I heard uncle Tom order his red coat to be ready for hunting...' The Kangaroo entry remains the highlight, ‘The Kangaroo is brought from New Holland: we have some in England in the Zoological Gardens. Their Nature is not at all savage.' Henry Cole, who published this and other children's books under the pseudonym F.S. (Felix Summerly), was a notable figure of… Read More
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Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books: The Alphabet of Animals
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Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books: The Alphabet of Animals

by [AUNT LOUISA] VALENTINE, Laura

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London: Frederick Warne and Co, 1885. A title from the series "Aunt Louisa's London Toy Books", this alphabet is entirely composed of exotic animals; for example, we read: "K is a kangaroo hopping along; L stands for Lions, loud-roaring and strong. M is for Monkey, most mischievous he, N is a Nylghau from India, you see". "Aunt Louisa" was the pseudonym of Laura Valentine who wrote several children's titles for Frederick Warne during the 1880's. Quarto, chromolithographic illustrations; original pictorial wrappers, some repair of the spine, very good condition.
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Australians All. Land and Sea Folk in Rhyme

Australians All. Land and Sea Folk in Rhyme

by COOPER, Nelle Grant

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Sydney and London: Angus & Robertson, 1939. Signed First Edition. WALL, Dorothy. A collection of poetry about Australian birds and animals. Nelle Grant Cooper has composed a cheery Christmas ditty on the front endpaper and dedicated this copy to fellow Australian poet, Jack Moses, signed and dated December 1939. Quarto, pictorial papered boards, dust jacket torn along spine with moderate foxing throughout.
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Australians All. Bush Folk in Rhyme
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Australians All. Bush Folk in Rhyme

by [WALL, Dorothy] COOPER, Nelle Grant

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. First Edition. Dorothy Wall. Scarce title illustrated by Dorothy Wall with an extremely early depiction of the famous Blinky Bill. Large octavo, illustrated title page, line drawings throughout; recased, quarter cloth over illustrated papered boards; boards are thumbed, scattered foxing, a very good copy.
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Bear Party
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Bear Party

by DU BOIS, William Pène

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Viking Press: New York, 1951. First Edition. Rare American children's book. The action takes place in Koala Park where real teddy bears live in trees: Beautifully written and illustrated by William Pène Du Bois. Du Bois was arts editor for 'The Paris Review'. "Bear Party" won the Caldecott Medal in 1952. Octavo, bound in cloth-backed pictorial boards with original illustrated dustwrapper, 140 mm x 210 mm, 48 pages, colour illustrations throughout; a near fine copy.
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Ben and Bella Down on the Farm
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Ben and Bella Down on the Farm

by MALTBY, Peg

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Melbourne: Murfett and Company, 1947. Inscribed and signed by Peg Maltby. Slim folio in original illustrated colour card wrappers, 16 pages, full-page colour plates, a very good copy.
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The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes
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The Big Book of Nursery Rhymes

by ROBINSON, Charles

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London: Blackie and Son, 1903. ROBINSON, Charles. Edited by Walter Jerrold, this edition is distinctive for the vibrant and energetic drawings; each nursery rhyme in this large collection is illustrated, and the full-page colour plates feature some joyfully rendered eccentric characters. A 'must-have' last century accesory for the picture perfect grandparent. Delightful. Quarto, six colour plates (including the fronstispiece) and 12 plates in Robinson's distinctive three colour style; publisher's cloth, gilt spine ornament, blind blocked front board. A child has coloured one of the thousands of line drawn ornaments in crayon, previous owner's Chistmas gift insciption on front free endpaper, otherwise clean and bright throughout, an excellent copy.
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Bird Behaviour; A contribution based chiefly on a study of the Black-Headed Gull

Bird Behaviour; A contribution based chiefly on a study of the Black-Headed Gull

by Kirkman, F.B.

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London: T. Nelson & Sons, 1937. A contribution based chiefly on a study of the Black-Headed Gull. "The Black-headed Gull owes its name to its hood. As the hood is brown, although it may seem black from a distance, the name is not happily chosen. It stresses, moreover, a feature that serves as identification mark in the breeding season only. Outside the breeding season the bird's head is white, with a few dark flacks. A better means of recogition, present at all seasons, is the red legs and beak... The assumption kept in view throughout the book is that the gull, and birds in general, have a mind as well as a body." Quarto, bound in dark blue cloth boards with gilt title, 232 pages, photographic illustrations, stamped 'Wellington College Natural History Society', a very good copy.
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Blinky Bill Grows Up
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Blinky Bill Grows Up

by WALL, Dorothy

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1935. Story and decorations by Dorothy Wall. Endearing early edition of an Australian children's classic. Second edition. Quarto, full page black and white plates, additional line drawings throughout; original green lettered papered boards; small elegant 'Margaret Hilder' ownership stamp on front free endpaper, stationeer's stamp on lower margin of title page, half-title quite browned, a very good and handsome copy nonetheless.
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Blinky Bill Magic Action Book

Blinky Bill "Magic Action" Book

by WALL, Dorothy

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Racine (Wisconsin): Whitman Publishing, 1935. First Edition. Rare pirate 'pop-up' edition of Dorothy Wall's classic story about the young koala called Blinky Bill. This text is taken from the first Blinky Bill story, with all the associated images, and includes "magic action" pop-up interpretations of three of these. Such was the international appeal of Dorothy Wall's character that only two years after the appearance of the first Blinky Bill story, this pop-up book was published in America. Ironically this pirated publication, which never appeared in Australia, was protected by copyright and two separate patents! [Muir, 7845.]. Small square octavo, three double-page colour pop-up plates; a very good copy in the original stiff pictorial wrappers.
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Bound volume of coloured separately-issued prints, including the Australian kangaroo and emu
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Bound volume of coloured separately-issued prints, including the Australian kangaroo and emu

by [Educational Menagerie]

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London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1860. Attractive collection of coloured zoological plates prepared for British schoolchildren during the mid-nineteenth century, including two Australian species (an emu and a kangaroo). The plates were issued by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, the publishing arm of the Anglican mission that during the early decades of the nineteenth century diversified its output from religious and theological texts to encompass a broad range of educational material, such as the present example. The plates were originally issued separately, priced at two pennies apiece when coloured, and the present bound volume represents a good portion of the entire series (of the 119 plates here, 53 are numbered). The explanatory text reflects a spirit of benevolent pedagogy. Take the description of the Emu for example: ‘These birds are widely spread over the southern part of New Holland, and the neighbouring islands. They are met with at Port Philip and King… Read More
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Bushland Stories
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Bushland Stories

by MACK, Amy Eleanor

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Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1921. Joyce Dennys. A collection of short nature tales that capture the spirit of the Australian bush. Home reviewed the new edition of Amy Mack's Bushland Stories in December 1921 and praised the 'entirely new illustrations in colour and black and white by Joyce Dennys... so admirably suited to their subjects, so beautiful in their delicacy of tone and drawings'. (Joan Kerr, 1995). Quarto, frontispiece and full-page colour plates, line drawings and vignettes; original publisher's attractive red cloth with gilt spine lettering and patterned endpapers; back board damp-stained. Gifted copy with a list of signatures of teachers from the North Newtown Demonstation School. A very good copy.
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Child's exercise book with decorated Kangaroo covers
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Child's exercise book with decorated Kangaroo covers

by SPECHT, Friedrich

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Denmark, 1880. Very good. Charming children's exercise book with engraved illustrated covers depicting a group of five kangaroos titled "Kaempekaenguru". This idyllic bushland scene, complete with a joey and its mother and two emus in the distance, comprises the entire rear cover of the booklet (a serene contrast to the front cover depicting a group of hyenas fighting over a kill). Both engraved covers are signed "F. Specht"; Friedrich Specht (1839-1909) was a German natural history illustrator who produced images for both popular and scientific publications. Slim lined booklet, writing exercises completed in a cursive hand, original decorated wrapperss, very good.
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Chilitoes
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Chilitoes

by READING, Jacqueline

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Sydney: Jons Productions, 1945. First Edition. Jacqueline Reading. Scarce and charming Australian children's story about Peter the Penguin who protects the ice-floe. [Muir, 6254]. Oblong octavo, 28pp., 12 full-page colour plates and other black & white drawings; early gift inscription on inside cover, else a very good copy in cloth-backed pictorial boards.
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Collection d'Animaux. [Labelled:] Histoire naturelle... Ensemble de 41 planches dessinées par...
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Collection d'Animaux. [Labelled:] Histoire naturelle... Ensemble de 41 planches dessinées par Guerin et Lith. en couleurs par E.F. Noel..

by [NOEL, E.F. after P.L. OUDART and P. GUERIN]

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Paris: Noel aîné, 1827. A splendid collection of expressive coloured lithographs depicting the animals of the world. This attractive album includes the entire run of 41 consecutive separately-issued plates; at which point, despite the charm and quality of the scenes, the publisher seems to have closed the series, making this a rare collection, and all the more impressive given that even individual plates are uncommon. Colour lithography did not have its full flowering as a medium for printed illustration until adopted by Paris publishers in the 1820s: this album thus dates from the infancy of the truly commercial process, which may also explain the individual rarity of the plates. Because it was never formally completed, no title-page nor accompanying letterpress for the series was produced, though the title ‘Collection d'Animaux' appears in the publisher's 1827 catalogue of plates available for individual purchase (at a franc each, or 75 centimes uncoloured). The images were produced by… Read More
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Coppertop

by GAZE, Harold

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New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1924. First Edition. Gaze, Harold. Signed by Harold Gaze on the half-title, this is the first American edition of an Australian classic. A story about a young girl called Cecilia who visits the clerk of the weather with her imaginary brothers Tibbs and Kiddiwee. They visit the Castles of the Four Winds, the Himalayas and the Blarney Stone. Large octavo, coloured frontispiece, 11 coloured plates, 13 black & white plates, 6 drawings in text; original boards.
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The Guinea Pig that Wanted a Tail
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The Guinea Pig that Wanted a Tail

by [OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul] OSBORN, Mrs A.R.

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Melbourne: Whitcombe and Tombs, 1920. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. From the series Whitcombe's Story Books for Children Aged 8 to 9 years, illustrated by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. A rare title in the highly collectible Outhwaite canon. Octavo booklet, 32 pages, spine worn, small closed tear affects title page, otherwise a good copy.
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Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never
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Gum Tree Brownie and other Faerie Folk of the Never-Never

by [OUTHWAITE] QUIN, Tarella

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Melbourne: George Robertson, 1925. OUTHWAITE, Ida Rentoul. With a foreword by Ethel Turner and delightful illustrations by a nineteen-year old Ida Rentoul (later Outhwaite). "The subject matter was still that of fairies, elves and children... Although this was a world of the imagination there were some Australian motifs such as spider-orchids, monk-hoods, or blow-fly grass which she had seized on for their qualities" (Muir, 'The History of Australian Children's Book Illustration'). Third Edition. Oblong small quarto, original pictorial papered boards with red cloth backstrip, plates and vignettes throughout; light scattered foxing, a very good copy.
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