Childrens Books from Lawrence Jones

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1947. 228pp. Blue coth in jacket. NOT price clipped. Spine slightly faded, short tears to jacket , light even toning to page edges. Nice English schoolgirl story. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1946. 215pp. Pictorial beige boards in jacket. Price clipped. Spine slightly faded, short tears to jacket with minor tape stain to top & bottom of spine , even toning to page edges, some toning/foxing to endpapers. Nice English schoolgirl story. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1947. 248pp. Brown cloth in jacket. NOT price clipped. Spine slightly faded, tiny chip at top of spine , even toning to page edges, school prize label on front free endpaper dated 1948. Nice English schoolgirl story. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1947. 277pp. Red coth in jacket. NOT price clipped. A couple of letters written on front flap, spine toned, short tears to jacket spines folds at top and bottom with minor tape stains, light even toning to page edges/margins. Nice English schoolgirl story. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1947. 288pp. Red cloth in jacket. NOT price clipped. Spine slightly faded, short tears to jacket with minor tape stain to top of spine , even toning to page edges. Nice English schoolgirl story. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: Geoffrey Cumberlege/Oxford University Press, 1947. 245pp. Blue coth in jacket. NOT price clipped. A couple of letters written on front flap, spine slightly faded, short tears to jacket with light tape stains, even toning to page edges and pages. Nice English schoolgirl story. . First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: The Folio Society, 2011. 194pp + 30pp bw plates of Shepard's sketches, col ills throughout, pictorial endpapers. Highly decoratibe pictorial red cloth, NO slipcase. One page corner creased. A most attractive edition of this 20th century children's classic.. Second Folio Impression. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Shepard, E.H.. 8vo.

London: Longacre Press, 1961. 192pp, index, num bw ills. Gray cloth in jacket. Jacket rubbed with a couple of very short tears and creases, price clipped. Offset toning to endpapers, occasional foxing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to.

Melbourne: Cole Publications, 1995. 32pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. Light edge wear to cover. From the Madly Thinking Books series (#3).. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Stepano-Ross, Anita (chief contributing artist). Small 4to.

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1954. 32pp, bw & col ills. Pictorial card with yellow cloth spine. Slight rubbing bot othereise very nice.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Soper, Eileen.. Square 12mo.

London: Hamish Hamilton 4pp, col ill with folding 'doors'/flaps. Pictorial card. Light toning to cover, light edge wear, small bug mark on one page, slightly pulled at staples. There is a numbered door or window for each of the 25 days to Christmas, each with a corresponding text. Attractive and scarce.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Wegner,… Read more about this item

Leicester: Brockhampton Press, 1958. 24pp, red/black/white ills. Pictorial card with red cloth tape spine. Hole punch at spine edge but otherwise very nice.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Brett, Molly.. Oblong 12mo.

London: World Distributors Ltd, 1967. 93pp, bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Pictorial glossy boards. A very nice bright clean copy- small bumps to top corners, slight lifting of cover laminate at spine groove, light foxing to page edges. The first of the Saint annuals based on the television series starring Roger Moore. Very scarce and extremely so in this… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1956. 190pp, 6 col plates. Blue cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, price clipped, minor foxing, corner clipped from front free endpaper. Jacket very bright with no fading. A nice copy of the science-fiction story by the author of the Biggles books.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Christchurch, NZ: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., 1952. 86pp, bw ills. White, green & black pictorial card. Very light even toning to cover otherwise near new. For children ages 10-12. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: The Australian Board of Missions, 1959. 63pp, bw ills. Pictorial card. Small bookseller label inside front cover, old price placked out on front blank. Fictional account of a Papuan boy from the village of Gisemu in Daga country, PNG and the coming of the missionaries for young people.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Murray, Jennifer.. 8vo.… Read more about this item

London: Catholic Truth Society., 1930. 45pp, bw ills. Pictorial blue stapled wraps. No date- c1930s. A bit pulled at staples, bottom corner creased. Juvenile title following the conversion of two young Africans to the Catholic faith. The language used is very politically incorrect with frequent use of the n* word.. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Publicity Press, 1938. 60pp, bw ills. Pictorial still card. Covers rubbed at spine and edges, 2 ink spots (bleeding through to last few pages) and foxing to rear cover, pages tanned. Nice vintage children's book.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good Plus. 4to.

Townsville: Townsville library Service, 2000. 44pp, index, num bw ills. Pictorial card. Bump/crease at to corner. Local history of Townsville designed for primary school children. Facts, dates, interesting stories and trivia.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: G. G. Harrap & Co., 1912. 261pp, 21 bw & col ills, pictorial endpapers. Decorated gray cloth in an Art Nouveau style. No date - 1912. Spine sunned, surface wear to board edges, moderate foxing throughout. Col plates quite clean. An undeservedly obscure children's fairy book beautifully illustrated by Willy Pogany.. Apparent First. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus.… Read more about this item