Children Books at Dial a Book Sydney

The Little Green Road to Fairyland
Rentoul, Annie R.; Rentoul Outhwaite, Ida
Book Number: 66239
ISBN:
Adam & Charles Black, London 1954. Small 4to. cloth hardcover. 94pp. 8 b/w plates, 8 colour plates including frontis. Cover faded from moisture damage on back panel and front edges, cover worn on corners. Very good inside, some pages have tiny creases on bottom corners. Light foxing to endpapers.
Price: $180.00

Light Horse to Damascus
Mitchell, Elyne
Book Number: 66212
ISBN: 0091060400
Hutchinson, London, 1971 8vo. Hardcover. 192pp. Illustrated with some in-text line drawings. Very good, some light foxing. / Very good d/w. Elyne Mitchell was brought up knowing every detail of the desert campaign, for her father was General Sir Harry Chauvel - a great hero from WWI, who appears in this story. It is authentic and gripping, combining her great love of horses with magnificent action scenes.
Price: $45.00

Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens
J.M.Barrie., Illustrated by Arthur Rackham
Book Number: 66187
ISBN:
London: Hodder & Stoughton. n.d. circa 1910. 4to. green cloth decorated gilt. 126pp. 24 tipped-in colour plates. Fair, crease on bottom corner of a few pages, one plate creased on bottom corner, one plate damaged on edges and creased, two other plates damaged on edges. Top cover corner bumped, spine sunned, some foxing. Binding repaired.
Price: $45.00

Edmund Dulac's Fairy Book
Dulac, Edmund
Book Number: 66079
ISBN:
Hodder & Stoughton, London, n.d. circa 1916. 4to. Hardcover. 170pp. + 15 tipped-in colour plates. Good,wear to top of spine, bottom cover corners bumped, rubbing to cover edges, spine sunned, owner's inscription verso of frontis dated 1916, small tear to top edge of page 23. Some foxing, boards slightly bent. Frontis foxed on rear side otherwise all plates in excellent condition.
Price: $95.00

Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne, with Decorations by Ernest H. Shepard
Milne, A. A.; Shepard, E.H. [Illustrations]
Book Number: 66170
ISBN:
Methuen, London, 1926. First edition. Small 8vo. green cloth. top edge gilt, other edges uncut. 158pp. b/w illus. Good, cloth lifting in spots on front board, endpapers toned, some foxing, mainly to the page edges, rubbing to cover corners with a little wear to top front corner, small bump to cover at bottom rear edge near spine. Hinges are solid.
Price: $750.00

Jack the Giant Killer
Doyle, Richard
Book Number: 66080
ISBN:
Eyre and Spottiswoode, London. 1888. Large 8vo. hardcover. 48pp. Colour illus. Fair. 7cm tear on page 46(repaired). Some foxing and light soiling. Wear to cover corners.
Price: $250.00

Babar's Travels
Brunhoff, Jean De
Book Number: 66081
ISBN:
Methuen, London 1936. 2nd edition. Folio hardcover illustrated boards with red cloth spine. 48pp colour illus. Good, wear to cover edges, toning to page edges.
Price: $95.00

The Story of Babar
Brunhoff, Jean De
Book Number: 66082
ISBN:
Methuen, London 1934. 2nd edition. Folio hardcover illustrated boards with blue cloth spine. 48pp colour illus. Good, wear to cover edges, some foxing and toning to page edges.
Price: $95.00

Babar The King
Brunhoff, Jean De
Book Number: 66083
ISBN:
Methuen, London 1936. Folio hardcover illustrated boards with black cloth spine. 48pp colour illus. Good, wear to cover edges, some foxing and toning to page edges, tear to bottom of front hinge.
Price: $95.00

Peter Duck
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66030
ISBN: 0140303405
Pufin Books 1988. 8vo. softcover. 397pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

Coot Club
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66031
ISBN: 0140303928
Pufin Books 1988. 8vo. softcover. 346pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

Swallodale
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66032
ISBN: 0140303391
Pufin Books 1986. 8vo. softcover. 441pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

The Big Six
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66033
ISBN: 0140304495
Pufin Books 1988. 8vo. softcover. 364pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

Pigeon Post
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66034
ISBN: 0140303936
Pufin Books 1988. 8vo. softcover. 382pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66035
ISBN: 0140304142
Pufin Books 1988. 8vo. softcover. 333pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

Winter Holiday
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66036
ISBN: 0140303413
Pufin Books 1987. 8vo. softcover. 334pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

Secret Water
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66037
ISBN: 0140304134
Pufin Books 1987. 8vo. softcover. 373pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

Missee Lee
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66038
ISBN: 0140304509
Pufin Books 1986. 8vo. softcover. 347pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

The Picts and The Martyrs
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 66039
ISBN: 0140304797
Pufin Books 1986. 8vo. softcover. 347pp. b/w illus. Good+, page edges toned, spine slightly slanted.
Price: $8.00

The World of Peter Rabbit - The Complete Collection of Original Tales 1 - 23
Potter, Beatrix
Book Number: 65963
ISBN:
Warne / Penguin 2002. 8mo. hardcovers in illustrated box, colour illus. Very good+. / Very good+ d/ws. Some light toning to some dustcovers.
Price: $75.00

Catherine Certitude
Modiano, Patrick
Book Number: 65913
ISBN: 087923959x
David R. Godine, Publisher, USA 2015. 4to. hardcover. 59pp. colour illus. Near Fine./ Very good d/w.
Price: $18.00

REVOLVING PICTURES. A reproduction of an antique picture book by Ernet Nister.
NISTER, ERNEST
Book Number: 65876
ISBN:
Collins in 1979. Square 8vo. Laminated pictorial boards, Reproduced from the original of 1892. 6 col. revolving pictures. Very good, owner's inscription on fep.
Price: $15.00

Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women.
Favilli, Elena and Cavallo, Francesca.
Book Number: 65683
ISBN: 9780141986005
Particular Books, UK 2017. Large 8vo. illustrated boards, hardcover. 212pp. colur illus. Near Fine.
Price: $12.00

The Classic Tales of Beatrix Potter: Complete Adventures of Peter Rabbit and Friends
Potter, Beatrix
Book Number: 65658
ISBN: 0723236186
Warne 1994 4to. hardcover. 384pp. colur & b/w illus. Very good+. / Very good d/w.
Price: $30.00

The Ungardeners
Turner, Ethel
Book Number: 65650
ISBN:
Ward Lock & Co., Melbourne 1925. 8vo. hardcover. 256pp. 3 colour plated + frontis. Good+, some foxing.
Price: $25.00

The Big Six
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 65601
ISBN:
Jonathan Cape, London 1965. 8vo. hardcover. 399pp. b/w illus. illustrated endpapers. Very good+. / Very good+ d/w.
Price: $35.00

Swallowdale
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 65606
ISBN:
Jonathan Cape, London 1960. 8vo. hardcover. 453pp. b/w illus. illustrated endpapers. Very good. Toning to outer edge of text block, light foxing to first and last few pages. / Very good d/w with lightly toned spine.
Price: $30.00

Peter Duck
Ransome, Arthur
Book Number: 65608
ISBN:
Jonathan Cape, London 1958. 8vo. hardcover. 432pp. b/w illus. illustrated endpapers. Very good. Light foxing to outer edge of text block. / Very good d/w with lightly toned spine.
Price: $25.00