Childrens

Biggles of the Special Air Police – Captain W.E. Johns

Published by Dean & Son, no date but early 1960’s. Octavo, 183 pages. Quite page toned internally otherwise clean. Dust jacket, edge wear but quite complete.

A Biggles collection including some of the earlier ones – our favourites include “the Blue Devil”, “the Case of the Too Successful Company” and “the White Fokker”. What is a “Balloonatic?”

Biggles a mixed bag of adventure

$20.00

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The Black Bar – George Manville Fenn

A very nice copy of prolific writer George Manville Fenn’s “The Black Bar” a story of the British ship Nautilus patrolling the coast of West Africa deterring American slave ships.

Published by Sampson Low, London, octavo, 312 pages with the odd illustration. No date, a prize label at front suggests 1930’s – at the rear we have a Jules Verne promotion that suggest before 1928. The prized was given in Battery Point – maybe an indicator as to how long it took books to arrive at these distant parts.

Beautifully written as expected from Fenn. The story not at all uncivilised and a reminder of things that go on in the world – to this day.

The Nautilus off the Coast of Africa doing good work ..

$30.00

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Admiral of the Ocean-Sea (Columbus) – Mary Johnston – 1927

A very good copy of the 1927 edition published by Butterworth, London. Rare with the dust jacket.

A novelisation of the adventures and achievements of Columbus. Octavo, 319 pages, red cloth covered boards protected by a pretty good dust jacket – as we say a scarcity. Double page chart of the voyages near the front. Some age to page edges otherwise super.

The discovery of America funded by Isabella of Spain. Told through the eyes of Jayme de Marchena a common seaman who rises to be ship’s physician and Columbus’s trusted friend and adviser.

Columbus and his adventures and discoveries.

$40.00

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The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman – First Edition Signed by the Author

Published by Knopf, New York in 2000. A true first edition, the USA preceding the UK first.

Thick octavo, 518 pages. Super fine condition, signed nicely mid title page above the author’s name.

The third and final book in “His Dark Materials” series which included The Golden Compass and The Subtle Knife.

Lyra has been hidden away by her Mother and Will is determined to find her. The pair on a pilgrimage to a realm devoid of all light and hope, embroiled in battles between forces of good and evil – the destiny of the Cosmos is at stake.

Winner of the 2001 Whitbread Book of the Year award and more. Sixth in the Guardian’s best 100 books since 2000.

Special book nicely presented and signed

$90.00

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Flannel Flowers – May Gibbs c1920

Published Sydney: Angus Robertson no date but an early printing circa 1920, printer Penfold noted at the rear.

Original wrappers, unpaginated but 28 pages in total. Bound with original green cord. Colour pictorial overlay to front of several pretty flannel babies. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece and 11 full page sepia illustrations. Nice condition, apart from a couple of marks to the front and a a name papered over inside front. Otherwise pretty clean inside, free of children’s often found markings. A scarce one in early form for some reason; although later reproduced. Reference authority Muir 2742.

As well as the Flannel Babies we have the Christmas Bell Babies; Bracken Babies; Pea-flower Babies; Mushroom Babies; Fuschia Babies and Tea-tree Babies.

May Gibbs – harder to find early Flannel Babies.

$50.00

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Little Ragged Blossom and more about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie – May Gibbs – First Edition c 1920

Published Sydney: Angus Robertson no date but 1920 and a First Edition.

Quarto. Cloth backed pictorial boards with a colour vignette of Little Ragged Blossom pasted on with some wear. The odd mark – on the whole a very good copy.

The wonderful fantasy world of the gum-nut babies portrayed in glorious detail. Illustrated by Gibbs with two full colour plates and twenty wonderful sepia plates as well as pictorial end papers and many line illustrations in-text. Scarce in any condition. Reference the authority Muir 2752.

Little Ragged Blossom a May Gibbs Delight

$240.00

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Biggles of the Special Air Police – Captain W.E. Johns

The Black Bar – George Manville Fenn

Admiral of the Ocean-Sea (Columbus) – Mary Johnston – 1927

The Amber Spyglass – Philip Pullman – First Edition Signed by the Author

Flannel Flowers – May Gibbs c1920

Little Ragged Blossom and more about Snugglepot and Cuddlepie – May Gibbs – First Edition c 1920

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