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The Bookstall Series
Publisher: N.S.W. Bookstall. Country: Australia. Date: 1900-28.
Mum Dawson, "Boss". With Thirteen full-page Illustrations by D.H. Souter.
by Sumner Locke.
Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Co., Ltd., 1921. 5th Edition, 21,000 copies.
(The "Bookstall" Series).
Paperback with illustrated wrappers. 176pp plus adverts at rear. Size: 12mo.
The Bulletin Book of Humorous Verses and Recitations
Sydney, N.S.W. Bookstall Company, Ltd., 1924 (The "Bookstall" Series)
Paperback with illustrated wrappers. Pages: vii, 207. Front cover and frontispiece drawn by Percy Lindsay. Four full-page black and white line drawings.
THE BOOKSTALL SERIES (N.S.W. BOOKSTALL)
Series Note: The publisher of this series, New South Wales Bookstall Company Ltd., was located at 476 George Street, Sydney N.S.W., Australia in the early years of the 20th century.
The N.S.W. Bookstall began as a chain of bookstalls at railway and ferry teminals. From 1900 under the leadership of its new owner A. C. Rowlandson, it published the first mass market paperback series in Australia: The Bookstall Series.
The series was primarily fiction titles written and published by Australian authors (e.g. Steele Rudd, Louis Becke, Sumner Locke, Beatrice Grimshaw, Vance Palmer) and artists and Australian authors (e.g. Norman Lindsay; Percy Lindsay).
Further Reading:
Carol Mills, The New South Wales Bookstall Company as a Publisher, Canberra: Mulini Press, 1991.
Martyn Lyons and John Arnold, eds., A History of the Book in Australia, 1891-1945, Brisbane: Queensland University Press, 2001.
NSW Bookstall Company (Wikipedia article)
Arranged by year of publication
1900
Australian bushranging /_ by Charles White.
1900; 1921
Three years with Thunderbolt : being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt ... ... / edited by Ambrose Pratt
1900; 1910
Sandy's selection / by Steele Rudd
1900; 1904; 1905; 1913; 1917; 1918; 1920; 1922
1901
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1902
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1903
Our new selection / by Arthur H. Davis (Steele Rudd) ; illustrated by Norman Lindsay, Lionel Lindsay, Percy Lindsay, Norman Carter and L.H. Booth
1903; 1909; 1910; 1912; 1913; 1914; 1919; 1921; 1922; 1927
1904
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1905
Three years with Thunderbolt.
Full title: Three years with Thunderbolt : being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant, companion and intimate friend : during which period he shared the bushranger's crimes and perils, and was twice severely wounded in encounters with the police / edited by Ambrose Pratt.
1905; 1912; 1915; 1920
Steve Brown's bunyip / by John Arthur Barry ; with introductory verses by Rudyard Kipling
1905; 1921
First published: London : Remington, 1893.
1906
The surprising adventures of Mrs Bridget McSweeney / by Thos. E. Spencer ; with 6 full-page illustrations by L.L. Roush.
1906; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1915; 1918; 1921; 1924
Back at our selection / Steele Rudd
1906; 1909; 1910; 1911; 1913; 1923; 1927
How M'Dougall topped the score and other verses / illus. by Lionel Lindsay and H. W. Cotton
1906; 1911; 1919; 1920; 1923
On the fringe of the Never-Never / by H.K. Bloxham ; with frontispiece by Lionel Lindsay
1906; 1909; 1911; 1918; 1922
1907
Rocky section : an Australian romance / by Sydney Partrige
1907; 1911; 1913
The poor parson / by Steele Rudd (A.H. Davis); with thirty full page illustrations by Syd. Smith & Harry Julius
1907; 1909; 1910; 1913; 1917; 1919; 1922; 1926
1908
A spring cleaning : and other stories /_ by Mrs. Bridget McSweeney [Thos. E. Spencer], with illustrations by H.W. Cotton.
1908; 1909; 1910; 1914; 19q8; 1920; 1922
For life, and other stories / by Steele Rudd ; illustrations by H.J. Weston.
1908; 1909; 1910; 1912; 1921; 1923; 1926
The luck of the native born / by John Arthur Barry
1908; 1910
First published: London : John MacQueen, - Macqueen's colonial library, 1898
The squatter's ward / by Edward S. Sorenson
1908; 1919
Dad in politics and other stories / by "Steele Rudd" (A.H. Davis) ; with twelve full-page illustrations by H.J. Weston
1908; 1909; 1910; 1922; 1927
Budgeree ballads / by Thos. E. Spencer ; with eight full-page illustrations by J.F.Scott.
1908
The surprising adventures of Bridget McSweeney : a novel / illustrated by L.L. Roush.
c. 1908
1909
The spell of the bush /_ by John X. Cameron ; with eight full-page illustrations by H. Carter.
1909; 1910; 1918; 1920; 1923
From selection to city /_ by "Steele Rudd" ; with numerous illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
c. 1909; 1910; 1911; 1914; 1918; 1920; 1921; 1923
A rogue's luck / by Arthur Wright
1909; 1910; 1911; 1919; 1920; 1922; 1924; 1927
The new chum and other stories / illus. by Geo W. Lambert.
1909
Duncan McClure, being part II of The poor parson / by Steele Rudd ; with seventeen illustrations by Syd. Smith and Harry Julius
1909; 1910; 1911; 1919; 1922; 1927
On our selection / Steele Rudd Rudd, Steele, 1868-1935
1909; 1910; 1911; 1913; 1914; 1920; 1925; 1927; 1930; 1932; 1933; 1940; 1943
Originally published in 1899, 1902 and 1903 by The Bulletin Newspaper Co.; then by E. W. Cole of Melbourne in 1909 and also by H. B. Albert of Perth, W.A., in 1909.
From 197os reprinted by many publishers, including Lloyd O'Neil (1973), University of Queensland Press (1986), Viking O'Neil (1987) and Angus & Robertson (1992).
Also published in that period as sound recording, braille book, etc.
1910
An Australian peer /_ George Forbes ; with four full-page illustrations by Percy F.S. Spence.
1910
Eros! Eros wins! /_ by F. Agar.
1910; 1919; 1923
Hack's brat / by A. Ian Macleod.
1910; 1916; 1920; 1921
Caloola /_ by Clement Pratt ; with six full-page illustrations by Ben Jordan.
1910; 1911
The mystery of the boxing contest /_ by "Bert James" ; with six full-page illustrations by James F. Scott.
1910; 1913; 1918; 1920
Why Doherty died : humorous budgeree ballads / by Thos. E. Spencer ; with eight full-page illustrations by J. F. Scott.
1910; 1913; 1918; 1920; 1922
The heart of the bush / by Broda Reynolds.
1910; 1918; 1921
By His Excellency's command /_ by Roy Bridges ; with illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1910; 1912; 1920
The double abduction / by H.K. Bloxham
1910; 1911; 1919; 1921
On an Australian farm / by Steele Rudd (A. H. Davis); illustrations by Ben Jordan
1910; 1914; 1920; 1926
The haunted shanty and other stories / by Thos. E. Spencer
1910; 1911
The haunted shanty / by Thos. E. Spencer ; with four full-page illustrations by Harry J. Weston.
1910
The sign of the serpent / by J.H.M. Abbott ; with four full page illustrations by Percy F.S. Spence
1910; 1912
1911
Billy Pagan, mining engineer : [a tale].
1911
The bathers /_ by W.G. Henderson ; with eight full-page illustrations by Norman Lindsay.
1911
That droll lady : being the further adventures of Mrs. Bridget McSweeney / by Thos. E. Spencer ; with eight full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay
1911; 1914; 1919; 1920; 1923
Gentleman Jack, bushranger /_ by Don Delaney ; with four full-page illustrations by Percy F. Spence.
1911; 1921; 1925
Gamblers' gold /_ by Arthur Wright.
1911; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1923; 1924
Mr. Barrington /_ by Roy Bridges ; with eight full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1911
Mr. Barrington / by Roy Bridges ; with eight full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1911
Tommy the hawker and Snifter his boy / by Edward Dyson ; with four full-page illustrations by Percy F.S. Spence
1911; 1920; 1922
The outlaws of Weddin Range / by Ambrose Pratt ; with eight full page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay
1911; 1913; 1917; 1920; 1921; 1923
Benno and some of the Push / Dyson, Edward (1865-1931)
1911; 1922
1922 edition had the title: Benno and some of the push : being further "Fact'ry 'ands" stories / by Edward Dyson ; with sixteen illustrations by Norman Lindsay.
The book of Dan / by "Steele Rudd" (A.H. Davis) ; with eighteen illustrations by Lionel Lindsay
1911; 1913; 1915; 1919; 1920;1922; 1923; 1924; 1925
The Dashwoods : a sequel to "On an Australian farm," / by Steele Rudd (A. H. Davis) Illus. by Claude Marquet
1911; 1912; 1919; 1920; 1922; 1925
On our selection! / and, Our new selection / by Steele Rudd
1911; 1922
Tom Pagdin pirate / by Edwin J. Brady
1911; 1918; 1920; 1922
Duncan McClure : being part 2 of "The poor parson" / by Steele Rudd (Arthur Hoey Davis)
1911; 1927
Dan Kelly, outlaw : being the memoirs of Daniel Kelly (brother of Edward Kelly, leader of the Kelly gang of bushrangers), supposed to have been slain in the famous fight at Glenrowan / edited by Ambrose Pratt
1911; 1912; 1916; 1918; 1919; 1920; 1921; 1922; 1926; 1927; 1928
1912
The recipe for rubber : a romance of the South Pacific /_ Ralph Stock.
1912; 1920
The trader : a venture in New Guinea / by Cecil Ross-Johnson ; with six full page Illustrations by G. C. Pearce.
1912
Bindawalla : an Australian story /_ by Thos. E. Spencer ; frontispiece by Percy F. S. Spence.
1912; 1918; 1920
Theatrical caricatures /_ by Harry Julius ; marginal anecdotes by Claude McKay.
1912
Most of the caricatures are reproduced from the Bulletin, Sydney .
Scotty Mac, shearer /_ by R.S. Tait ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1912
The Dawsons' Uncle George / by Sumner Locke ; with six full-page illustrations by G.C. Pearce
1912; 1914; 1920; 1921
The convict pugilist / by George Cockerill ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1912
Base brands / by H.M. Somer ; with eight full-page illustration by Lionel Lindsay
1912; 1913; 1914; 1920
The devil's nightcap : the story of the Gardiner-Hall gang / by Lancelot Booth ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1912
Chandler of Corralinga : with Four tales of sunset track / by R.J. Cassidy ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1912
1913
The Knight of the motor launch /_ by Arthur H. Adams ; with six full-page illustrations by Syney Ure Smith.
1913
The captain of the gang /_ by Don Delaney ; with six illustrations by G. C. Pearce.
1913; 1914; 1921
The calling voice : a story of the Australian bush /_ by E.F. Christie ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1913; 1918; 1920; 1921
Bully Hayes, buccaneer : and other stories /_ by Louis Becke ; with portrait and six illustrations by Norman Lindsay.
1913; 1918; 1920; 1923
For Turon gold : a tale of the fifties /_ by Don Delaney ; with five full page illustrations by Tom Ferry.
1913; 1923
Aboriginalities from The Bulletin /_ selected by Charles H. Bertie ; with thirty-nine illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1913;
Selected from the Aboriginalities column of The Bulletin, 1898-1902.
The golden kangaroo /_ by Ambrose Pratt ; with frontispiece by Percy F.S. Spence.
1913; 1920; 1923
Duncan McClure / by Steele Rudd (A.H. Davis)
1913; 1927
A curate in Bohemia / Norman Lindsday ; illustrated by the author.
1913; 1921; 1932; 1944
The recipe for rubber : a romance of the south Pacific / by Ralph Stock
1913; 1918
1914
South sea sinners /_ by Arthur Crocker ; with eight full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1914; 1917; 1923
South sea sinners /_ by Arthur Crocker ; with 8 full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
c. 1914; 1920
Loves of Lancelot /_ by Edward Dyson ; illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1914
On His Majesty's service : a tale of Van Diemen's Land /_ by Roy Bridges ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1914; 1918
In the last stride /_ by Arthur Wright ; with eight full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1914; 1920; 1922; 1926
Spat's fact'ry (more fact'ry 'ands) / by Edward Dyson ; illustrations by Will Dyson
1914; 1928; 1920; 1922
A bachelor's wife / by M. Forrest ; with six full page illustrations by Sydney Ure Smith.
1914
Australian barkers and biters / by Robert Kaleski
1914
The adventures of Louis Blake / by Louis Becke
1914
1915
A sport from Hollowlog Flat /_ by Arthur Wright ; cover design and frontispiece drawn by Norman Lindsay.
1915; 1921
Skeeter Farm takes a spell / by Sumner Locke ; with eight full-page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay
1915; 1917; 1919
1916
The hate of a Hun /_ by Arthur Wright.
1916
Under a cloud /_ by Arthur Wright.
1916; 1925
For life and other stories; by Steele Rudd / [pseud.] (A.H.Davis); with thirteen full page illus. by H.J. Weston.
1917
1917
The selector girl /_ by Broda Reynolds ; with six full page illustrations by P. Benison.
1917The silver star /_ by Randolph Bedford ; illustrations by John P. Davis.
1917; 1919
The old homestead /_ by Steele Rudd ; illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1917; 1919; 1922; 1926
The white champion : a story of the Australian ring /_ by Don Delaney ; with six full page illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1917; 1920
Double-bed dialogues / by Henry James James ; cover design and frontispiece by Norman Lindsay
1917; 1922; 1926
1918
Soldiers two /_ by Chrystal Stirling.
1918
Dan Kelly, outlaw : being the memoirs of Daniel Kelly (brother of Edward Kelly /_ edited by Ambrose Pratt.
1918
When nuggets glistened /_ by Arthur Wright.
1918
Dawn Asper /_ by Broda Reynolds.
1918
Lydia's lovers /_ by Gerald R. Baldwin ; drawings by Percy Benison.
1918; 1921
Over the odds /_ by Arthur Wright.
1918; 1920; 1922; 1926
Dan Kelly, outlaw : being the memoirs of Daniel Kelly (brother of Edward Kelly, leader of the Kelly gang of bushrangers), supposed to have slain in the famous fight at Glenrowan /_ Ed. by Ambrose Pratt.
1918
Sally : the tale of a currency lass /_ by J.H.M. Abbott ; cover design by Norman Lindsay.
1918; 1919
The breed holds good / by Arthur Wright
1918; 1923
Memoirs of Corporal Keeley / by Arthur H. Davis (Steele Rudd) ; drawings by Lionel Lindsay
1918; 1924
1919
The coral queen /_ by Beatrice Grimshaw.
1919; 1923
Percy Leason.
1919
Yellow silver / by Edward Meryon.
1919; 1920
The outlaw's daughter /_ by Arthur Wright.
1919
A rebel of the bush : a romance of the reign of Macquarie /_ by Don Delaney.
1919; 1920; 1923
The skipper of the "Roaring Meg" /_ by Jack McLaren ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1919; 1920; 1923
A game of chance / by Arthur Wright ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay
1919; 1922; 1927
The doings of Dave / by Con Drew ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay
1919; 1920; 1923
Aladdin and the boss cockie / by Randolph Bedford ; drawings by Percy Lindsay
1919; 1920
The Mount Marunga mystery / by Harrison Owen
1919; 1922
Sally : the tale of a currency lass / by J.H.M Abbott ; cover design by Norman Lindsay.
1919
Red Mountain : a romance of tropical Australia / by Jack McLaren ; cover design by Percy Leason.
1919
1920
Aladdin and the Boss Cockie. / Bedford, Randolph.
1920
Mystery : Outlaw /_ by Vera Baker ; illustration by Percy Lindsay.
1920; 1923
A rough passage /_ by Arthur Wright ; drawings by Percy Lindsay.
1920; 1923
The fenceless ranges /_ by Roy Bridges. Percy Lindsay, illust.
1920; 1921
Queen Vaiti /_ by Beatrice Grimshaw.
1920; 1921; 1925
The savagery of Margaret Nestor : a tale of Northern Queensland / by Jack McLaren ; drawings by Percy Lindsay.
1920; 1921
The shantykeeper's daughter / by Vance Palmer ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1920; 1921
On his majesty's service : a tale of Van Dieman's Land /_ by Roy Bridges ; with eight illustrations by Lionel Lindsay.
1920
The Bulletin book of humorous verses and recitations.
1920; 1926
The maker of pearls / by S.W. Powell ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay
1920; 1921
Harry Dale's grand national : (a race for a fortune) / by Jack North
1920; 1921
The squatter's daughter : a novel / by Hilda M. Bridges ; adapted from the play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan.
1920; 1922
The Bulletin book of humorous verses and recitations.
Illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1920; 1924
1921
Australian bushranging : John Vane - bushranger /_ by Charles White.
1921
The fortunes of Geoffrey Mayne /_ by Charles Rodda.
1921; 1923
The Kelly gang /_ by Charles White.
1921
Captain Moonlite /_ by Charles White.
1921
Tap-tap island /_ by J.M. Walsh ; cover design and illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1921; 1922
The Kelly gang : the Clarkes, Power, the Kellys, Joe Byrne, Steve Hart, etc. /_ by Charles White.
1921
Fettered by fate /_ by Arthur Wright ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1921
The hermit island /_ by S.W. Powell ; illustrations by Vernon Lorimer.
1921; 1924
Gardiner, "King of the road" /_ by Charles White.
1921
Australian bushranging. Ben Hall /_ by Charles White.
1921
Australian bushranging : Captain Moonlite /_ by Charles White.
1921
Australian bushranging. John Vane, bushranger /_ Charles White.
1921
Australian bushranging : Martin Cash /_ by Charles White.
1921
Feathers of heaven /_ by Jack McLaren ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1921
Princess Naidi's fetish /_ by Claude P. Wynn ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1921; 1923
The mystery of Wall's Hill / by Sydney Partrige and Cecil Raworth
1921; 1922
Australian bushranging : Gardiner, "King of the road" / by Charles White
1921
Billy Pagan, mining engineer / Randolph Bedford
1911; 1919; 1921
The oil seekers / by Jack McLaren ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay
1921; 1923
1922
The boss o' Yeddon /_ by Arthur Wright.
1922
The black opal : a story of Australian love and adventure /_ by Jack North.
1922
The cards of fortune /_ by Roy Bridges ; drawings by Vernon Lorimer.
1922
Rogues &_ ruses /_ by Con Drew ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1922
A colt from the country /_ by Arthur Wright ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1922; 1925
The boss of Killara /_ by Vance Palmer ; illus. by Percy Lindsay.
1922; 1926
At Holland's Tank /_ by Edward Meryon ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1922
The pearls of Cheong Tah /_ by S.W. Powell ; illustrations by Vernon Lorimer.
1922; 1924
The grey goose comedy company /_ by Edward Dyson ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1922
The great jade seal /_ by F. [i.e. S.] W. Powell ; illustrations by Vernon Lorimer.
1922; 1923
Stolen or strayed / by Dale Collins ; with illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1922
Equality road / by Vera Baker ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1922
Ensign Calder : being fragmentary reminiscences from the career of a subaltern officer of H.M. 46th Regiment of Foot... / by J.H.M. Abbott ; illustrations by Vernon Lorimer.
1922
1923
The great Turon mystery /_ by Arthur Crocker ; illustrated by Vernon Lorimer.
1923
A son of the bush /_ by Jack North.
1923
The red star /_ by A.R. Falk ; illustrated by Vernon Lorimer.
1923
The jumping double : a racing story /_ by Charles E. Sayers ; illustrations by Vernon Lorimer.
1923
The Romany mark /_ by Capel Baoke ; illustrated by Percy Lindsay.
1923
Sandy's selection, with forty illustrations /_ by Steele Rudd.
1923
The trader of Kameko /_ by S.W. Powell ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1923
The plantation manager /_ by Ernest Osborne ; illustrated by Percy Lindsay.
1923
The Great Western Road /_ by H.F. Wickham ; illustrated by Percy Lindsay.
1923
Fagaloa's daughter /_ by Jack McLaren ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1923
Children of the sunlight : stories of Australian circus life / by J.D. Fitzgerald ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1923
On Emu Creek / by Steele Rudd ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay
1923; 1925; 1927
1924
Grandpa's selection. / Steele Rudd
1924
The harp of life /_ by Lillian M. Pyke ; illustrations by Chas. Finch ; cover design by Percy Lindsay.
c. 1924
The key of the mystery /_ by W. Sabelberg ; cover design by Percy Lindsay.
1924
The copra trader /_ by Ernest Osborne ; illustrated by Percy Lindsay.
1924
By mountain tracks / by Roy Bridges ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1924
Me an' th' son / by Steele Rudd (A.H. Davis)
1924
The old homestead / by Steele Rudd (A. H. Davis) ; illustrations by Lionel Lindsay
1924
1925
Rooks &_ crooks /_ by H.R. McDuffie ; illustrations by Percy Lindsay.
1925
The lady of the cavern /_ by Hilda Bridges.
1925
1926
South sea salvage /_ by Ernest Osborne.
1926
The Carson loan mystery /_ by Aidan De Brune ; illustrated by Edgar A. Holloway.
1926
The hidden lagoon /_ by Jack McLaren.
Col. ill. on cover and frontispiece ill. by Edgar A. Holloway
1926
Kayton's selection / by Steele Rudd.
1926
The Rudd family [Steele Rudd]
1926; 1927; 1928
1927
The squatter's secret /_ by Arthur Wright. Percy Lindsay, illust.
1927
Three years with Thunderbolt : being the narrative of William Monckton, who for three years attended the famous outlaw, Frederick Ward, better known as Captain Thunderbolt, as servant ... / edited by Ambrose Pratt.
1927
1928
A good recovery /_ by Arthur Wright.
1928
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