Search Results: Children's Books from Tapsell's Books and Music

London: The Ace Publishing Company 248 pages Not dated (about 1936). Illustrated by Stanley Orton Bradshaw. Colour frontispiece and three other coloured plates. B/w text illusts and four b/w plates. Pictorial boards. Black titling on cloth spine. Water staining to boards, which are rubbed at extremities. Inscription on fly leaf dated 1940. Rare. *Includes four stories by W.E. Johns.. Hard Cover. Good.

No publishing details (1940s). Quarto. Not paginated (16 pages). Illustrated by Christie in colour and b/w. Gift inscription dated 1944. Pictorial card wrappers (staplebound). Very slight wear. Scarce. . Soft Cover. Very Good.

Melbourne: Murfett 16 pages. Not dated (1947). 36.5cm x 25cm. Illustrated in colour and b/w. Pictorial card wrappers (staple-bound). School presentation plate inside front cover. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Ilfracombe: Arthur Stockwell, 1961. 46 pages. Pictorial card wrappers. The covers (illustrated with various Australian native animals) are a little grubby. * "This is the story of Benny Bunny, the little rabbit who was befriended by the bunyips. Now, few people know anything about bunyips, those strange, mysterious creatures who are said to inhabit the swamps and water holes of the Australian bushland" (from the preface). An interesting and rare children's story.. Soft Cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

London: Ward Lock and Co, 1916. 319 pages, plus publisher's catalogue. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard and five b/w plates. Original pictorial cloth with titling on the spine and upper board. Lacks front free endpaper, so part of webbing is showing. School presentation plate on front pastedown. Minor foxing. . Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Ward Lock and Co, 1916. 319 pages, plus publisher's catalogue. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard and five b/w plates. Original pictorial cloth with titling on the spine and upper board. School presentation inscription on flyleaf. Preliminaries and several other page moderately foxed.. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1915. 255 pages plus 16 pages of book advertisements. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard and seven other b/w plates. Some foxing, especially on preliminaries and on each page that faces a b/w plate. Original pictorial cloth with a colour onlay on the upper board. The front free endpaper has various inscriptions by previous owners. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1915. 255 pages plus 16 pages of book advertisements. B/w frontispiece with tissue guard and seven other b/w plates. Original pictorial cloth with a colour onlay on the upper board. Gift inscriptions on prelims. Bookplate on front pastedown. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good.

London: Ward, Lock and Co, 1937. 254 pages. Frontispiece and three other b/w plates. Original pictorial cloth. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Collins, 1946. 242 pages. Frontispiece and many line drawings by the author. Gift inscription on flyleaf.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Melbourne: Gunn and Taylor. Not dated (about 1940s). 16 pages. 36.5cm x 25cm. No. 88, an Australian Production. Many illustrations in b/w and colour. Pictorial card wrappers (staple-bound). Scarce.. Soft Cover. Near Fine.

Melbourne: Nelson, 1972. 152pp. Two double-page locality drawings. Tape mark on ffep. *One of the author's many books for young readers.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Chambers, 1956. 203 pages. B/w frontispiece. Short gift inscription on half-title page. Pages browned from age. Very slight water stain on endpapers. Original blue boards with a patch of discolouration on upper board. The price-clipped dustwrapper is slightly chipped at head of spine. Scarce. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

Heatherton: Hinkler Books, 2010. Not paginated (12 pages). 24.7cm x 25.7cm. Four fairy stories, each with a large pop-up scene and many colour illustrations. . Reprint. Hard Cover. Near Fine. Illus. by Shelagh McNicholas.

London: Heinemann, 1956. 191 pages. Pictorial endpapers and many b/w text illustrations. Neat name of a previous owner on flyleaf. Original blue boards with silver titling on the spine. Very slight mark on bottom edge. The price-clipped dustwrapper is very slightly worn and has a brown mark on the lower rear panel. Bright, beautiful and scarce!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good. Illus. by Janet and Anne Grahame-Johnstone.

London: Longmans, Green and Co, 1935. ix, 182 pages. Colour frontispiece, 8 b/w plates and many b/w line drawings by E. Caldwell. Note and glossary. Original decorated fawn cloth (slight wear at extremities) with titling on spine and upper board. Gift inscription on an early blank page; previous owner's initials on verso of rear endpaper. A crisp, bright and very clean copy of this famous story adapted for school use.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Humphrey Milford/OUP, 1922. 288 pages. Colour frontispiece and four b/w plates. Original decorated cloth with titling on the spine and upper board. Front board rubbed on lower corner.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

St Catharines: Vanwell Publishing, 1995. Small quarto. 31 pages. Many full-page colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. No dustwrapper.. 1st Canadian Edition. Hard Cover. Fine.

Canberra: Primary English Teaching Association and Murray -Darling Basin Commission, 1997. Oblong quarto. 128 pages. Frontispiece map. Profusely illustrated in colour and b/w. Pictorial card wrappers. Scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1948. 18.3cm x 12.5cm. 104 pages. B/w illustrations and colour frontispiece by Lex Marshall. Gift inscription on flyleaf. Pictorial boards in a very good dustwrapper. *In The Bedtime Series.. 1st Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good.