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Vintage Hardbacks $ AUD
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BY TITLE A - Z
"Angel's Brother" Eleanora H. Stooke c.1925 HB $15.00
"Alice in Orchestra Land" Ernest La Prade 1955 HBdj VG $12.00
"Blackadder" John Keir Cross Collins Seagull 1961 HBdj VG+++ $14.00
"Elsie at Ion" Martha Finlay c.1925 HBdj $40.00
"Mission Impossible: The Money Explosion" a Whitman's HB 1970 TV tie-in Fine $14.00
"My Bible Book" Joyce Lankester Brisley 1957 HBdj G+ $16.00
"Robin Kane The Candle Shop Mystery" a Whitman's HB 1967 Fine $8.00
"Shanghaied" Arthur Catherall The Childrens Press HBdj G++ $7.00
"Susan Pulls the Strings" Jane Shaw Children's Press HB no dj G $9.00
"The Brownie's Box" Florence Bone c.1920 HB $15.00
"The Growing Summer" Noel Streatfeild illus by Edward Ardizzone 1984 HBdj near fine $15.00
"The Flower of the Family" Mrs Prentiss c.1925 HB VG++ $35.00
"The Palace Beautiful - a Story for Girls" c.1920 HB color illus. $17.00
"The Witch of the Wilds" E.E.Cowper c. 1920 HB no dj VG++ $16.00
"The Yellow Raiders" J.M. Downie The Childrens Press HBdj VG++ $9.00
"Under the Meteor Flag" Harry Collingwood c.1940 HBdj G++ $19.00
JUNGLE DOCTOR
"Jungle Doctor's Fables" Paul White 1964 HBdj near Fine $19.00
"Jungle Doctor's Monkey Tales" Paul White HBdj 1957 1st edition HB dj $16.00
"Jungle Doctor's Monkey Tales" Paul White 1970 HBdj $10.00
"Jungle Doctor's Tug of War" Paul White 1970 HBdj G $7.50
"Jungle Doctor on Safari" Paul White HBdj 1953 reprint VG++ $16.00
ENID BLYTON
"The Mystery of the Hidden House" Enid Blyton 1961 HBdj G $17.00
"The Adventurous Four" Enid Blyton Armada PB 1978 VG $5.00
"The Adventurous Four" Enid Blyton Dean & Son HB 1972 Fine $6.00
"Second Form at Malory Towers" Enid Blyton Dean & Son 1994 VG $6.00
"Enid Blyton's Storytime Book" Enid Blyton 1964 HB Dean & Son G $6.00
"Stories for Bedtime" Enid Blyton Dean & Son HB 1966 G $4.00
"Tales From the Bible" Enid Blyton 1951 HBdj VG $17.50
"The Boy With the Loaves and Fishes" Enid Blyton, illus. by Elsie Walker 1948 HB no dj VG++ $9.50
THE BOBBSEY TWINS
"The Bobbsey Twins at Mystery Mansion" Laura Lee Hope 1955 HBdj World Dist. $18.00

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Australian Stories $ AUD
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"Australian Adventure" Lydia S. Eliott 1965 HBdj Lutterworth $12.00
"Marian" Maud Jean Franc c.1925 HB $42.00
"Pastures of the Blue Crane" H.F.Brinsmead 1984 PB VG $5.00
"The Adventures of Turkey - Boy of the Australian Plain" Ray Harris HBdj Collins 'Seagull' $12.00
"The Blossom Children" Constance Mackness c.1927 HB illus VG++ $35.00
MARY GRANT BRUCE "Billabong" Books & others
"Glen Eyre" Mary Grant Bruce 1912 HB no dj VG $75.00
"Jim and Wally" Mary Grant Bruce: Ward Lock c.1936 illus HB $25.00
"Wings Above Billabong" Mary Grant Bruce Ward Lock c.1930 illus HB G $25.00
Joan WOODBERRY - "Rafferty" books & others
"Come Back Peter" Joan Woodberry 1968 1st ed HBdj VG $12.50
"Floodtide for Rafferty" Joan Woodberry undated c. 1950 Fair in VG dj $7.50
"Rafferty Rides a Winner" Joan Woodberry 1962 HBdj G++ $7.50

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Children's Series $ AUD
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The Baby-Sitters Club #1 "Kristy's great Idea" by Ann m. Martin 1986 VG $5.00
TRIXIE BELDEN - Mystery
"Trixie Belden Mystery Quiz Book #2" 1980 PB near-fine $7.00
Trixie Belden #1 "The Secret of the Mansion" Whitman HB G++ $7.00
Trixie Belden #4 "The Mysterious Visitor" Golden Press Hard Cover VG+ $17.00
Trixie Belden #4 "The Mysterious Visitor" Golden PB G++ $5.50
Trixie Belden #5 "The Mystery Off Glen Road" Golden PB G $5.00
Trixie Belden #8 "The Black Jacket Mystery" Golden PB G++ $5.50
Trixie Belden #10 "The Marshland Mystery" Golden PB VG SOLD
Trixie Belden #23 "The Mystery of the Queen's Necklace" Golden PB G++ SOLD
Trixie Belden #36 "The Mystery of the Antique Doll" Golden PB VG++ details $45.00
Trixie Belden #37 "The Pet Show Mystery" Golden PB VG $37.00
Trixie Belden #2 "The Red Trailer Mystery" Whitman HB $7.00
Trixie Belden #9 "The Happy Valley Mystery" Whitman HB VG+ $12.00
Trixie Belden #11 "The Mystery of Bob-White Cave" Whitman HB $7.50

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Ballet $ AUD
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"Phaidon Book of the Ballet" with preface by Rudolf Nureyev 1980 HBdj illus VG $15.00
"Dancing Star - the Story of Anna Pavlova" Children's Press 1955 HB dj $8.00

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Boarding School Stories $ AUD
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ELSIE J. OXENHAM "Abbey School" series
"Schoolgirl Jen at the Abbey" Elsie J. Oxenham 1959 HBdj Collins "Abbey School Series" G $9.50
"Robins in the Abbey" Elsie J. Oxenham 1949 HBdj Collins "Seagull" G++ $14.00
"The Song of the Abbey" Elsie J. Oxenham 1949 HBdj Collins "Abbey School Series" G++ $21.00
ELINOR M BRENT-DYER "Chalet School" Books
"Jo of the Chalet School" Elinor Brent-Dyer 1983 Armada PB G++ $8.00
"A Rebel at the Chalet School" Elinor Brent-Dyer 1974 Armada PB G+ $7.00
"The School at the Chalet" Elinor Brent-Dyer 1988 Armada PB VG++ $8.00
DORITA FAIRLIE BRUCE "Dimsie" Books
"Dimsie Goes to School" Dorita Fairlie Bruce undated c. 1950s HBdj G++ $17.00
"Dimsie Grows Up" Dorita Fairlie Bruce 1947 1st Australian edition HB no dj G $11.00
"Dimsie Among the Prefects" Dorita Fairlie Bruce undated c. 1940s HB Fair $11.00
Girls' School Stories
"Monitress Merle" Angela Brazil - vintage HBdj c.1920 $35.00
"Gwen's Influence" Frances Toft - vintage HB c.1920 $25.00
"The Honour of the House" E.M.Channon HB Children's Press 1957 VG $8.00
"Sheila at Happy Hills" Lillian M. Pyke 1923 HB $30.00
"Mystery at Raven Abbey" Sylvia Little undated c.1960 G $7.00
Boys' School Stories
"Jennings Goes to School" Anthony Buckeridge - HB no dj Collins 1967 VG $8.00
"Billy Bunter in Brazil" Frank Richards 1970 Armada PB G $9.00
"Bessie Bunter and the Gold Robbers" Hilda Richards 1967 PB G $7.00
"The Master of the Shell" Talbot Baines Reed - vintage HB c. 1918 $15.00
"Cornered" Percy J. Barrow - vintage HB c. 1915 $17.00

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Girl Guide & Boy Scout Stories $ AUD
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"Amanda and the Brownies" Verily Anderson 1960 HBdj B&W illus with a message from the Chief Guide Olave Baden-Powell Fair-G $5.50

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Children's Annuals $ AUD
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"Girl Annual Number 5" Fair-Good $7.00
"Eagle Annual" 1962 HB VG $15.00
"Eagle Annual" 1972 HB VG $15.00
"Flying Doctor" Annual 1963 stories by Arthur Groom - VG ++ $15.00
"Gold Star Gift Book for Boys" 1972 VG++ $15.00
"The School Girl's Annual Vol. IV" c. 1920 - VG++ $50.00
"The Children's Friend Vol XXXVI (36)" 1896 - Fair $15.00
"Our Darlings" Christmas edition c.1920 $55.00
"Every Girl's Book of Sport" 1952 1st ed HBdj color frontis B&W photos $16.00
"Princess Gift Book for Girls" 1974 VG++ $11.00
"Our Girls' Brightest" Annual $12.50

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Picture Books $ AUD
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"Songs From Alice - Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass" Lewis Carroll, music by Don Harper 1978 HB illust. VG $19.95
"Anatole" Eve Titus 1978 HB G++ $19.95
"Cinderella" Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, told by C.S.Evans 1987 HBdj $11.95
"I Can Count" Dick Bruna 1985 HB near Fine $15.00
"Miffy at the Zoo" Dick Bruna 1978 HB VG++ $14.00
"Miffy's Dream" Dick Bruna 1985 HB VG++ $14.00
"Cinderella" Dick Bruna 1986 HB near Fine $15.00
"Snow White" Dick Bruna 1986 HB near Fine $15.00
"Peter Rabbit's Pop-up Book" Beatrix Potter 1984 HB $14.00
"Tenggren's Story Book" illus. Gustaf Tenggren 1944 $20.00
"The Splendour Book of Ballet" Shirley Goulden illus. Maraja 1969 VG++ $18.00
"Holly Hobbie's Special Days" Platt & Munk 1978 1st ed $9.00
"Shopping in Creepyville" Nan Witcomb pictorial hard cover $11.00
"H.M.S. Pinafore" Gilbert & Sullivan opera retold by Martha Mearns illus by Anne and Janet Grahame Johnstone 1966 HB $13.50
"Antonio the Happy Donkey" written and illus by Dinah. Dean & Son 1966 $9.00
"Sooty's ABC Counting Book" Ariel Productions Ltd (Golliwogs) c.1950 G++ $17.00
"Seven Stories About Pets" written and illus by Enid S. Ash, Dean & Son 1965 $9.00
"Dean's Gold Medal Farmyard Book" Aileen E. Passmore Dean & Son 1966 HBdj VG $20.70
"The Golden Picture Book of Cowboys" Ward Lock & Co c. 1950 Fair $12.00

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Ladybird Books $ AUD
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"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" Ladybird Well Loved Tales series 606D early matte VG+ $9.00
"Jack and the Beanstalk" Ladybird Well Loved Tales series 606D early matte G++ $6.00
"Pinnochio" Ladybird Well Loved Tales series 606D matte G+ $5.00
"The Princess and the Pea" Ladybird Well Loved Tales series 606D matte Fair $3.00
"A Ladybird First Book of Hymns and Songs" Ladybird 612 Revised edition in matte cover Fine $12.00
"A First 'Do You Know' Book" Ladybird 1971 in matte cover VG+ $10.00
"The Child of the Temple" Ladybird series 522 dated 1952 VG++ $10.00

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Little Golden Books $ AUD
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Walt Disney's "The Shaggy Dog" D55: 30 1950 Australian edition pre-decimal, gumnut spine VG $5.00
"The Christmas Story" 98 : 30 Australian edition - gumnut spine G $4.00
"My Baby Brother" 170 illus by Eloise Wilkin 1973 Australian edition - gumnut spine VG $7.00
"Eloise Wilkin's Mother Goose" 300-2 1981 soft cover G $3.00
"Fire Engines" 210 : 30 Australian edition - gumnut spine G $5.00
"Walt Disney's Old Yeller" D51 Australian edition - gumnut spine VG $9.00
"Open Up My Suitcase" 353 Australian edition - gumnut spine G++ $6.00
"Mary Poppins - A Jolly Holiday" D77: 1964 Australian edition G+ $5.00
"Mickey Mouse's Picnic" D6: Australian edition 1967 $3.00
"Woobinda Animal Doctor" 396: 1971 Australian story $5.00
"Hansel and Gretel" 207-51: illus by Eloise Wilkin 1982 Fine $5.00
Disney's "Pinocchio" 104-52 Fine $5.00
"The Musicians of Bremen" 307-57: VG $5.00
"Lassie and the Big Clean-up Day" E301-4: soft cover G $3.00
"Lassie and Her Day in the Sun" E518: Fair-G $2.00
"Barbie The Jewel Thief" Reporter Series 1998 HB as-new $5.00

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Horse & Pony Books $ AUD
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MONICA DICKENS
"Cobbler's Dream" Monica Dickens 1st ed 1963 HBdj near fine $17.00
"Follyfoot Farm" 2-in-1 incl "Follyfoot" and "Dora at Follyfoot" in one volume. Monica Dickens 1973 HBdj VG++ illus. TV tie-in $12.00
"Stranger at Follyfoot" Monica Dickens 1st ed 1976 HBdj VG+ $12.00
"The Horses of Follyfoot" Monica Dickens 1977 PB VG $5.00
"The Messenger" Monica Dickens 1985 Armada PB VG++ $6.00
"To Ride a Fine Horse" Mary Durack PB $6.00
MONICA EDWARDS
"The Summer of the Great Secret" Monica Edwards c. 1958 Collins "Seagull" HBdj G++ $15.00
"Wish for a Pony" Monica Edwards c. 1955 Children's Press HBdj G+ $14.00
ELYNE MITCHELL
"Silver Brumbies of the South" Elyne Mitchell 1st edition 1965 HBdj VG/G $27.00
"Silver Brumby's Daughter" Elyne Mitchell 1961 HBdj VG $22.50
MARY O'HARA
"Green Grass of Wyoming" [3rd Flicka Book] Mary O'Hara 1989 PB VG+ $8.00
"My Friend Flicka" Part 1 Mary O'Hara 1981 PB G $4.50
PULLEIN-THOMPSON
"A Pony For Sale" Diana Pullein-Thompson 1978 Armada PB VG++ $9.00
"Fear Treks the Moor" Josephine Pullein-Thompson 1981 Knight PB illus G+ $8.00
"Phantom Horse" Christine Pullein-Thompson Collins Seagull HBdj G+ $10.00
"Phantom Horse in Danger" Christine Pullein-Thompson 1989 PB VG $6.00
"Plenty of Ponies" Josephine Pullein-Thompson 1966 Collins Seagull Library HB no dj VG $11.00
"Pony Club Team" Josephine Pullein-Thompson 1972 Collins Pony Library HB no dj VG $12.00
"Pony Patrol" Christine Pullein-Thompson 1977 PB G+ $5.00
 
"Black Beauty" Anna Sewell HBdj Dean & Son G $7.00
"Dawn Rider" Jan Hudson 1990 1st ed HBdj VG $9.00
"Dumpling" Ursula Moray Williams 1950 HB no dj $9.00
"Horse of Air" Lucy Rees 1980 1sy ed HB Fine $8.00
"Purnell's Treasury of Horse and Pony Stories" HBdj 1979 $16.00
"Ponies at Westways" Constance M. White 1959 HBdj G++ $15.00
"A Star for Starlight" Gladys Lister The Children's Press c. 1955 HBdj G+ $12.00
"Riding Course Summer" Pat Leitch 1963 Collins Seagull HBdj VG $12.00
"Pony Girl" Hilda Boden 1959 HBdj G+ $11.00
"Little Grey Pony" Hilda Boden 1960 HBdj G++ $11.00
"The Brumby" Mary Elwyn Patchett 1959 HBdj G $9.00
"The Golden Stallion's Victory" Rutherford Montgomery 1960 HBdj VG++ $20.00
"A Horse Came Running" Meindert DeJong 1972 HBdj G+ $9.00
"The Observer Book of Show Jumping and Eventing" Vivien Batchelor 1978 HBdj $8.50
"The Ponies Next Door" Judith M. Berrisford HB no dj B&W illus. G++ $8.00
"The Pony Club Book No. 7" 1956 HBdj British Horse Society $12.00

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Reference & Non Fiction $ AUD
"The How and Why Wonder Book of Rockets and Missiles" Clayton Knight 1967 soft cover G $5.00
"The How and Why Wonder Book of Rocks and Minerals" Nelson W. Hyler 1960 soft cover G $4.00
"The How and Why Wonder Book of The Civil War" Earl Schenk Miers 1961 soft cover VG $7.00
"The How and Why Wonder Book of The Microscope" Martin Keen 1970 soft cover VG $7.00

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Australian Vintage School Books $ AUD
"The Happy Venture Readers Approach Book" 1967 soft cover color illus. VG++ $7.50
"The Modern World Geographies Grade III - Animals and Children of Many Lands" A.V.G.James & G.S.Browne 1949 soft cover B&W illus. Fair-Good $5.00
"The Boomerang Books 4 - New and Old" Enid Moodie Heddle (ed.) B&W & colour illus. Fair $7.00
"The Wide Range Readers Green Book III" Fred J. Schonell & Phyllis Flowerdew 1962 HB colour woodcut illus VG $12.00
"The Wide Range Readers Blue Book III" Fred J. Schonell & Phyllis Flowerdew 1963 HB colour woodcut illus G+ $12.00
"The Pathfinder Arithmetic Book 2" F.G.N.Cawte (ed.) 1957 Fair in 50's plastic wrapper $4.00

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HB (Hardback or Hard Cover)
PB (Paperback or Soft Cover)
dj (with Dust Jacket or Dust Wrapper)
VHTF (Very hard to find)
Fine (Fine - as good as it can be without being brand new)
VG (Very Good - few defects)
G (Good - average evidence of use)
Fair (Plenty of wear but holding together - a reading copy)
Reprint (Not the very 1st printing but may be a reprint of
the first edition - or of a later edition)


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