shaw roderick illustrator (3 resultados)

Paperback small wide quarto, good condition, thin card pictorial covers, stapled, black & white drawings, full-page black & white drawings, pages lightly toned, few marks rear cover, little colour loss rear cover, corners covers creased, spine worn & creased, covers lightly faded, covers little marked, some edgewear, biro name front cover. 32 pp. A charming Australian children's picture book about our fascinating Australian birds. The stories are about a boy named Don who makes friends with a Kookaburra and then meets many other Australian birds. (Muir 1611. Estimated date, Trove. No 2 in this series.).

Paperback small wide quarto, good condition, thin card pictorial covers, stapled, single-colour drawings (some full-page), pages lightly toned, few marks & light toning rear cover, corners covers creased, spine worn & creased, tiny scuff front cover, some edgewear, biro name front cover. Unnum 29 pp. A charming Australian children's picture book about our fascinating Australian animals with rhyming text. Stories by Cleary, rhymes by Adamson, drawings by MacDonald. The delightful drawings make this an ideal book for any age. (Muir 1610. Estimated date, 1946, Trove. No 1 in this series.).

[Sydney] : Imprinted by Richard Edwards & Roderick Shaw at the Barn on the Hill over St. Columbkille's, [1939]. Quarto, vibrant patterned cloth with paper printed label to upper board, spine a little sunned, pp. 34, illustrated with seven colour linocuts, line drawings and a handcoloured frontispiece by Shaw; a fine copy. One of the deluxe edition of 50 numbered copies (this is copy no. 31) signed by Brown, Shaw and the printer Richard Edwards, within a total limitation of 600 (although not all copies survived due to water damage); very rare. A superb example of Australian private press, composed with a delightful aesthetic influenced by the art deco movement, and one of the most charming Australian books designed for children. Muir 1054.