J. Sands Pty Hardcover Fair Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

[publisher: Harrap] Hardcover First Edition The jacket is torn and marked.Cut on first front end page.Price notation.Foxing.Tightly bound.Good copy with twenty-three plates and an endpaper map.[R.K]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
[Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa] [Publication Year: 1956]

Australia: Paul Hamlyn. Good. Hardcover. Date: 1972. clewan tidy copy . 1972. Paul Hamlyn ISBN 0600070840 9780600070849 [NZ]

0: P.Hamlyn Aust.. Good. Hardcover. Date: 1973. some slight wear to head of spine . 1973. P.Hamlyn Aust. [NZ]

[publisher: Ure Smith 2nd imp., 0] Hardcover 0
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1978]

[publisher: P.Hamlyn Aust., 0] Hardcover some slight wear to head of spine
[Wellington, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1973]

Paul Hamlyn, Australia, Date: 1972. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Hutchings. Strengthening tape applied to weaker area of spine Size: 4to (11 to 13 inches). Text body is clean & unmarked. Hinges exposed, loosening spine. Boards edges worn exposing cardboard. Illustrator: Hutchings. ISBN: 0600070840. ISBN/EAN: 9780600070849.. 9780600070849 1972. Paul Hamlyn ISBN 0600070840 9780600070849 [AU]

Sydney: Lansdowne, Date: 1982. Unpag (28pp), num col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Scarce in jacket. One of Rees' series of Australian children's books featuring Digit Dick.. Third Impression. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. Illus. by Hutchings. 4to. 1982. Lansdowne ISBN 0701816317 9780701816315 [AU]

London: Angus & Robertson. Date: 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition - Card Covers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 435pp. . Reprint. Softcover. 1973. Angus & Robertson [AU]

Melbourne: Redwood Editions / Hinkler Book Distributors, Date: 2000. Modern reprint ed.. Hardback quarto, no jacket as issued, very good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, bottom edge little bumped, minor edgewear. 28 pp. (Shy the Platypus, by Leslie Rees, Redwood Hinkler, hardback, 2000). A beautiful children's picture story about a platypus and his family. The illustrations will appeal to any age, and the text can be read to younger children, or alone by older children. (Originally published, John Sands, 1945. This is the modern Redwood Hinkler edition.). 2000. Redwood Editions / Hinkler Book Distributors ISBN 1865151408 9781865151403 [AU]

John Sands Pty Ltd (nd, 1946?). Square super octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost John Sands Pty Ltd (nd, 1946?) [NZ]

John Sands Pty. Ltd. Book. Illus. by Margaret Senior. Good+. Hardcover. Cover has rubbing and edge wear, text in nice shape. John Sands Pty. Ltd. [US]

John Sands Pty. Ltd., Publisher 1953 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket No issue date given, but written in 1953. Binding solid. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Decorative cloth cover has a little wear to spine tips, but otherwise okay. Dustjacket, now in plastic, is price-clipped and has minor wear to edges.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.

London: Collins (Evergreen Library), Date: 1966. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Thus. Hardback: dj is frayed at spine tips and lower front, a few small marks, some foxing on endpapers and foredges, else vg. 8vo, 192pp. An adventure story set on a small island off the coast of South West Australia.. 1966. Collins (Evergreen Library) [NZ]

John Sands Pty, Ltd.. Hardcover Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Good Hardcover with No DJ. Moderate soiling and shelfwear to covers. Spine ends rubbed. Inside covers and pages darkening with age, but clean and tight in binding. Pictures Available Upon Request. John Sands Pty, Ltd. [US]

Sydney: Ure Smith, Date: 1979. Repr . Hardcover. Good. Tony Oliver. Hardback: illustrations in colour by TONY OLIVER, glossy colour pictorial covers are a bit discoloured, some scribble indentations, spine tips and corners lightly bumped and rubbed, inscription on front endpapers (small), some internal foxing, else g. folio, (26pp). 1979. Ure Smith ISBN 0725404825 9780725404826 [NZ]

[publisher: John Sands Pty. Ltd., Publisher] Hardcover No issue date given, but written in 1953. Binding solid. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Decorative cloth cover has a little wear to spine tips, but otherwise okay. Dustjacket, now in plastic, is price-clipped and has minor wear to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall
[Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1953]
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[publisher: John Sands Pty. LTD., Sydney] Hardcover John Sands Pty. Ltd. No date stated. (1950?) 8vo hard cover w/no DJ. Condition is Very Good. Yellow paper boards show lightest corner and edge wear. No scuffs or scratches on front or rear. Interior free from any markings or tears. All pages are white and clean. Not ex-lib copy. A very wellcared for classic Ausie children's classic. You won't be disappointed. Size: 8vo
[Olympia, WA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1950]

ISBN10: 0642277419, ISBN13: 9780642277411, [publisher: National Library of Australia] Hardcover Slight bumping of edges of dust jacket. Original price sticker back dust jacket. Shy the Platypus is one of the enduring classics of Australian children's literature. Published by National Library of Australia
[URALLA, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 0701816317, ISBN13: 9780701816315, [publisher: Lansdowne, Sydney] Hardcover Unpag (28pp), num col ills. Or pictorial laminated boards in jacket. Very light edge wear to jacket. Scarce in jacket. One of Rees' series of Australian children's books featuring Digit Dick. Size: 4to
[Ashmore, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 1982]

[publisher: Ure Smith Press] Hardcover 1971. Reprint. A very good copy with light browning to the edges of the text block and a previous owners details to the verso of the front free endpaper.
[York, WA, Australia]

ISBN10: 0701815574, ISBN13: 9780701815578, [publisher: Lansdown Press, Sydney] Hardcover First Edition 30 colourful pages. Australian kiddies picture book. Previous owner's name whited out on back page. A tight, straight copy. Scan available.
[Skipton, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1981]

[publisher: John Sands, Sydney] Hardcover First Edition No date, but c 1960. Cover has minor edge damage and wear. Owner's name whited out at front. Other text pages clean and bright. Scan available.
[Skipton, VIC, Australia]

[publisher: John Sands Pty Ltd (nd, 1946?)] Hardcover Square super octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
[Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1946]

London: George G Harrap & Co in Association with Australian Publishing Company. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in blue cloth with blue title lettering to spine with ex libris logo to the upper cover (likely bound copy for library but this copy has been nowhere near a library) in a Very Good Dust-Jacket which has just a couple of tiny nicks to the d/j at the extremities of the wrapper.Not price clipped and this copy has NO previous ownership inscriptions present.Book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning ro rolling to spine.Illustrated with 23 b&w plates.8vo 268pp First Edition 1st Impression Size: 8vo - over 6 ¾" - 9¾" Tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition... Date: 1956. 1956. George G Harrap & Co in Association with Australian Publishing Company [GB]