Childrens

[ALPHABET BOOK] ANON.
The Alphabet of Animals.
London, Frederick Warne and Co., circa, 1890.

Quarto, chromolithographs; very good in original pictorial wrappers.

Charming animal-themed alphabet book for children:

K is a kangaroo hopping along;
L stands for Lions,...

Australian: $1200 (Approx. US $768, Euro €614) Quote ref.

[AUSTRALIAN POST] STRANG, Mrs Herbert (ed.).
Storytime A Little Book for Little People.
London, Henry Frowde, Hodder & Stoughton, circa, 1906.

Small quarto, full colour frontispiece and one plate, 18 leaves, illustrated, printed in red and black; a pristine copy...

A lovely and attractive rarity: an almost unrecorded Rackham title, in pristine condition and still with its original...

Not in Gumuchian.

Australian: $6950 (Approx. US $4449, Euro €3556) Quote ref.

[BATAVIA] CATCH-PENNY PRINT.
Aardrijkskunde: Prenten-Magazijn voor de jeugd.
Leiden, Van D. Noothoven Van Goor, 1860.

Single printed leaf, 440 x 310 mm., simply handcoloured; in good condition.

Scarce news-sheet publication for Dutch children. One of a long series (this is number 78), this is devoted to...

Australian: $175 (Approx. US $112, Euro €90) Quote ref.

BEAULIEU, Mme Malles de.
Le Robinson de Douze Ans...
Paris, E. Ducrocq, 1850.

Octavo, with eight chromolithographs (including frontispiece); a fine copy in the original black grained cloth, spine...

A good example of one of the later Robinsonades. First published around the same time as the now more famous Swiss...

Gumuchian, 4949.

Australian: $485 (Approx. US $311, Euro €248) Quote ref.

BEDELET, Leonie C.
Le Monde en Estampes: Types et Costumes des principaux Peuples de l'univers...
Paris, Bedelet, circa, 1858.

Oblong quarto, with 24 coloured lithographs with explanatory text; original quarter morocco gilt-decorated, all edges...

Very scarce; this handsome work on world costumes, derived from voyage accounts and intended mainly for children,...

Colas, 2153; Lipperheide, 70.

Australian: $4850 (Approx. US $3105, Euro €2481) Quote ref.

BLAKE, H.S.
A Back-Answer with all good wishes...
Sydney, Angus & Robertson, n.d. 1932.

Oblong octavo, handcoloured illustrations; fine in original wrappers.

Booklet of humorous verses, designed to be sent to the "Old Country" from new immigrants to Australia. This copy, sent...

Muir, 724.

Australian: $450 (Approx. US $288, Euro €230) Quote ref.

BOYD, Hannah Villiers.
Letters on Education.
Sydney, W. and F. Ford, 1848.

Duodecimo, with a folding table and errata slip; contemporary half roan with ribbed cloth sides, rebacked, spine...

An important and rare Australian educational work. This is one of the earliest Australian educational treatises,...

Ferguson, 4717.

Australian: $3450 (Approx. US $2209, Euro €1765) Quote ref.

BOYS AND GIRLS LIBRARY.
Natural History of Fishes [and] The Peace Maker.
Worcester, Lazell, circa, 1830.

16mo, with wood-engravings; slight damage to spine but a very good copy in the original stiff pictorial wrappers.

Two works in one. The first, The Natural History of Fishes, is a primer for children describing twelve species...

Australian: $275 (Approx. US $176, Euro €141) Quote ref.

[CHILDREN] ESPIESSE, A.
Les Buffon des Enfans ou Histoire des Animaux...
Paris, Martial Ardant freres, 1851.

Small octavo, woodcuts throughout; fine in original embossed boards.

French natural history primer with two pages dedicated to the kangaroo.

Australian: $575 (Approx. US $368, Euro €294) Quote ref.

[CHILDRENS LITERATURE] [PORTER, Mrs G.R.].
Alfred Dudley; or, The Australian Settlers.
London, Harvey & Darton, 1830.

Duodecimo, with an engraved frontispiece and three plates; small ink stain on front endpaper, else a very good copy, in...

First edition: considered the first novel of Australia. This is an exemplary copy of the very scarce first edition,...

Ferguson, 1313; Muir, 6077; People, Print & Paper', 196.

Australian: $6750 (Approx. US $4321, Euro €3453) Quote ref.