The World in 1492.
New York: Holt, 1992, 1st, nl; 4to, 168 pp. Juvenile hardback tall. Each writer team takes a continent and describes it vividly. SIGNED by Patricia and Frederick McKissack.
New York: Holt, 1992, 1st, nl; 4to, 168 pp. Juvenile hardback tall. Each writer team takes a continent and describes it vividly. SIGNED by Patricia and Frederick McKissack.
New York: Holt, 1992, 2nd; 4to, 168 pp. Juvenile hardback tall. Each writer team takes a continent and describes it vividly.
McElderry, 1989, 1st printing. Juvenile hardback. .Brilliantly funny Blood-and-Thunder melodrama set in the Unexpected School atop Hurricane Peak.
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1982/1982, 2nd printing in year of publication; green paper boards, in white jacket with a parade of the story characters all around; 8vo; 141 pp. Juvenile hardback. The Chewing-Gum Rescue, The Giant's Bath, The Midnight Story on Griffon Hill, The Pumpkins of Witch Crunch.....
London: J. M. Dent and Sons; 1986, 1st printing; green boards, jacket illustration of satisfied crocodile standing under the trees and surrounded by characters in the book, 6.25x9.5; 130 pp. Juvenile hardback. "A monstrous man-eating plant is on the loose and Minnie, the girl with the magical green ear, comes.....
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1972, 1st "first published'; red boards, in jacket with little boy and story characters flying above his head, 6.2x9.5"; 150pp. Juvenile hardback. A collection of stories and poems, many first published in the New Zealand School Journal.
New York: Viking, 1994, 1st printing US, yellow boards, cloth backed, yellow endpapers, blue jacket with little characters, 8vo; 186 pp. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. It's "Delphinium's birthday, but on gloomy Space Station Vulnik all fun is forbidden. So D. launches herself -- and two fellow passengers --- into the middle.....
Viking, 1992, 1st printing. Shiny full colour pictorial boards, 9.2x9.2; 24 pp. Picture Book hardback. Peregrin the pirate is off to another party so the ones left behind, his aunt and a parrot, throw a hullabaloo of their own!
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd. 1987, 1st; grey boards, in jacket with rumply little children sitting in bed and telling scary stories, 6.2x9.5"; 150pp. Juvenile hardback. A collection of stories from the Margaret Mahy Story Book.
Viking, 1995, 1st printing; 170 pp. Juvenile hardback. Hero's mute, predictable life with her extraordinary family begins to change when her sister Ginerva returns home with a wayward boy and a secret. "An unforgettable mixture of subtlety and suspense."
New York: Viking, 1995, 1st printing; 170 pp. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. Hero's mute, predictable life with her extraordinary family begins to change when her sister Ginerva returns home with a wayward boy and a secret. "An unforgettable mixture of subtlety and suspense."
Woodstock: Overlook Press, 1994/1977, yellow cloth backed boards; 8vo; 128 pp. Juvenile hardback ex-lib. Nicholas and Caroline were intrigued when their dashing uncle came into their well-ordered life.
Franklin Watts Inc.(1969); boards depicting members of the procession, white on top, blue on bottom, in identical jacket; oblong 11x8.5"; np. Picture Book hardback. After the Procession had liberated the young king and his court, "The Procession went on and on with singing and dancing and being happy. Perhaps some.....
Franklin Watts Inc.(1969). pictorial boards in identical jacket; oblong 11x8.5"; np. Picture Book hardback. After they had liberated the young king and his court, "The Procession went on and on with singing and dancing and being happy. Perhaps some day they will knock at your door!" The first of Margaret.....
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1990, 1st printing. Full colour pictorial boards, 8.8x11.1; 24 pp. Picture Book hardback. Mr. Parkin, the mild-mannered gardener, discovers the vicious Crafty Creeper plant.
Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, 1991/1990, 1st printing US. 8.4x11. Picture Book hardback. Mr. Parkin, the mild-mannered gardener, discovers the vicious Crafty Creeper plant.
London: Dent, 1986, 1st, first published; dark blue cloth boards, illustrated jacket; 8vo; 266 pp. Juvenile hardback. "While gathered together for the Christmas holiday, a large New Zealand family and their various guests and hangers-on find their lives suddenly invaded by three fascinating but rather sinister brothers, and by New.....
Viking, 1992, 1st printing Am; 169 pp. Juvenile hardback. A children's game in old tunnels turns into harsh reality.
New York: Viking, 1992, 1st printing Am; black cloth spine, gold boards, in jacket with Tris and Winola in an overgrown field; 8vo;169 pp. Juvenile hardback. A children's game in old overgrown ditches (New Zealand underrunners) turns into harsh reality.