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Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Red cloth with gilt spine lettering. Light wear to edges, corners and a bit of bumping to spine ends. Previous owner's markings to ffep. Text with some underlining and notes in the margins, mostly confined to the first third of the book. Binding and hinges solid. This copy has 2 dustjackets, one within the other. Outer jacket with wear to edges, spine ends and folds, soiling and sunning to the top of flaps. Jacket inside outer jacket has the same edgewear, but none of the soiling. 367 pp., b/w photos, indexed. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Australia: Alice Springs Printing and Publishing. Later Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Yellow stapled wraps - a small collection of verse. Very good condition with light soiling to covers, interior clean and staples firmly set in. The Gorey family has apparently been an integral part of the Yambah Hill/Alice Springs area with ties to the Kindergarten, the railway and a cattle station. A nice little piece of Australian history and poetry. No date given for this printing, original date of 1951, unpaginated. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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Sydney, Australia: Paul Hamlyn, 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/No Jacket. McNeil, Arthur. Pictorial boards with illustration by McNeil. Mild edgewear and light soiling to covers. Interior clean, tight and unmarked. 43 pp., a collection of Lawson's Australian tales and verse geared toward children. He was one of Australia's national treasures. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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Sydney, Australia: Australasian Publishing Co.. Hard Cover. Very Good Minus/Good. Cream colored boards with brown titles. Signed by Moll on the title page without inscription. Bumping to corners and spine ends, darkened top edges. Interior with price erasure to ffep, otherwise a clean and unmarked copy in solid binding. Jacket browning and sunned with wear to extremities. 84 pp., undated publication. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New York, NY, U.S.A.: J. B. Lippincott, 1982. First Edition. Cloth Backed Boards. Good/Good. Slote, Elizabeth. Blue boards with brown cloth spine and blue spine-lettering. Signed and inscribed by Slote on the title page. The child Slote signed to has written her name in a child's hand on the ffep, otherwise interior is clean, tight and unmarked. Heavy bump to top of spine, and light wear to edges. Dustjacket clipped with 2 tears about 2" long to bottom of front panel, taped with clear tape; shorter tears and chipping to folds. Cover bright with 2 Einstein-looking clones facing each other. 155 pp., a young adult mystery/adventure. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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New South Wales: Jacaranda Press, 1968. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Mollie Horseman. Illustrated cloth with white titles. A fascinating collection of poetry, mostly British and Australian with 2 45 rpm records sleeved at pastedowns - in good condition. Wear to edges and spine ends with a 1/4" tear to head of spine. Previous owner's stamp to ffep, rfep damaged at bottom edge due to stickyness from dustjacket. Text clean and unmarked. Dustjacket priceclipped, has been amateurishly repaired with scotch tape around edges and a white piece of paper taped on back panel to cover a silver dollar size chunk out of top center. An unfortunate effort, but otherwise clean and bright. 304 pp., indexed, monochrome illustrations throughout by Horseman. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. more information

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