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Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Le cabinet des fées, ou, Collection choisie des contes des fées, et autres contes merveilleux.
Red Riding Hood.
Title, series, and imprint statement transcribed from upper cover. Series transposed from head of cover.
The adventures of Puss in Boots.
Woodcut illustrations (except on front cover) are hand-colored.
German popular stories : translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen. Volume 1
Collected by M.M. Grimm, from oral tradition.
German popular stories : translated from the Kinder und Haus-Marchen. Volume 2
Collected by M.M. Grimm, from oral tradition.
The history of Blue Beard.
Hand-stitched overlocking along the spine.
The joking digger : the diggers' book / compiled by Gnr. D. A. Williams, 3363, 1st D. A. C. , 110th Howitzer Batt. , 1914-1918
"Tales of the Diggers Old and New [?]"
Votes for Catharine Susan and Me
A scarce and highly unusual children's book in that it treats of a topical political issue, in this case 'Votes for Women'. Kathleen Ainslie took her inspiration from Florence Upton and her The Adventures of Two Dutch Dolls (origin of Golliwogg). She…
Catharine Susan and me's coming out
Coloured lithograph illustrations, with text lithographed as handwriting.
The story of Anzac Day : told for boys and girls by Alfred G. Waterworth ; with a foreword by John Gellibrand
Rare copy from the Lindsay Shaw Collection. Written for children, "with the approval of the Tasmanian Education Dept."
Getting about in New Guinea
Published by command of General MacArthur.
The wild swans : a Hans Andersen fairy tale.
For children.
The tinder-box and other stories
By Hans Christian Andersen ; tranlated by H.W. Dulcken.
The history of the white cat : with a coloured engraving.
Based on: La chatte blanche / Madame d'Aulnoy.
Northanger Abbey. Persuasion
This issue of Jane Austen's posthumously published novelsNorthanger AbbeyandPersuasionis one of few surviving copies of theChapman and Hallyellow-back.
Yellow-backs were published in Britain in the late-nineteenth century and were cheap volumes…
The front line
Rare copy from Lindsay Shaw Collection. Open door (Melbourne, Vic. : 1920)
Valentine's Day February 14th, 1916 / Australian Red Cross Society, Sydney, N.S.W
Single-leaf flier calling for produce and various articles to be donated to the Red Cross for sending to "sick and wounded soldiers at home and abroad", as "Valentine gifts". "Supplement to N.S.W. Red Cross Record, January 12th 1916."
Bacon's Novum organum / edited with introduction, notes, etc., by Thomas Fowler.
[...] The object of the Novum Organum, and of Bacon's philosophy in general, is, statd summarily, to enlarge the dominion of man, 'Regnum Hominis' ad he phrases it, by increasing his knowledge of Nature and his power over her operations. This end can…
Stories from the Pentamerone
by Giambattista Basile ; selected and edited by E.F. Strange ; illustrated by W. Goble.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 1, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 1, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 1, Part 3 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 2, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 2, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 3, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 3, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 3, Part 3 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 4, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878.
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 7, Part 3 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 5, Part 3 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 7, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 4, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 4, Part 3 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 5, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 5, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 7, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 6, Part 2 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Flora Australiensis : a description of the plants of the Australian territory - Volume 6, Part 1 / by George Bentham ; assisted by Ferdinand Mueller
The Flora Australiensis, written by George Bentham with the assistance of Ferdinand Mueller was the most complete colonial flora ever. It was originally published in seven unillustrated volumes from 1863 - 1878
Bysh's edition of the voyages and adventures of La Perouse : to which is added The life of Hatem Tai, or, The generosity of an Arabian Prince.
This item features in the Monash University Library exhibition Tall Tales and True: Journeys Real and Imagined. View the virtual exhibition
Urashima, The Fisher - Boy
"When he found a tortoise on his line, the fisher - boy named Urashima unhooked it and threw it back into the sea. Thereafter, the tortoise, disguised as the daughter of the Sea - God, guided him to the Dragon Palace, where the two married and lived…
The Serpent With Eight Heads - 1886 version
This Japanese tale retails the story of a fairy, guardian of the sea, who is expelled from the fairy-land and encounters an eight - headed serpent to save a young girl.
The Serpent With Eight Heads - 1917 version
This Japanese tale retails the story of a fairy, guardian of the sea, who is expelled from the fairy-land and encounters an eight - headed serpent to save a young girl.
The Silly Jelly - Fish - T. Hasegawa version
"The Dragon King sent a jellyfish to Monkeyland to get a monkey whose liver could be used to cure the young Dragon Queen's illness. Read to find out how the monkey tricked the jellyfish, and why jellyfish have no bones today.(The International…
The Silly Jelly - Fish - Griffith Farran & Co. version
"The Dragon King sent a jellyfish to Monkeyland to get a monkey whose liver could be used to cure the young Dragon Queen's illness. Read to find out how the monkey tricked the jellyfish, and why jellyfish have no bones today.(The International…
My Lord Bag - O'Rice - Griffith Farran & Co. version
"Once upon a time, there lived a brave warrior called "Tawara - no - Toda," or "My Lord Bag - o' - Rice." One day, when he was about to cross a bridge over a river flowing down from a lake, he saw a big serpent lying in his path. He calmly stepped on…
My Lord Bag - O'Rice - T. Hasegawa version
"Once upon a time, there lived a brave warrior called "Tawara - no - Toda," or "My Lord Bag - o' - Rice." One day, when he was about to cross a bridge over a river flowing down from a lake, he saw a big serpent lying in his path. He calmly stepped on…
S.A. children's patriotic times : the official paper of the Children's Patriotic Fund
Began July 1918, ceased July/August 1919. "Honour to those, who, unable to take their place on the Field of Battle, stand firmly behind the lines, ready to make any sacrifice that will bring greater strength to those who serve and suffer to King and…
