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In this volume: The Family Streak andThe Old Fault, Shirley Grey; Hiking On Horseback, Cora Gordon; The Scotch Society, Constance Savery; The Monster Of Loch Shee, Dorita Fairlie Bruce; 'For The Best Disguise', Evelyn Simms; The Three Workers, Frances Joyce; Mr Stewart's Nuggets, Wallace Carr, The Fairies' Gift: A Welsh Story, Ann Vaughan; The Parrot That Did Not Talk, Elizabeth Whitely; Caroline And The Smuggler, Jocelyn Oliver; Good Aunt Earle, M.A. Peart; Camping Out, A.G. Holman; Jill Repays, Anne Page; Pamela's Piebald, Gunby Hadath; The Wanderer, Thora Stowell; How To Dive, W.J. Howcroft; Sally's Sunday, Alice Massie; The Poison Cupboard, Frances Joyce. -
A recent census taken among cats show that approximately 100% neurotic. Of course they are. As a human, you have everything they want and you refuse to share it. You take up too much room in the bed, keep the best food for yourself, don't offer them a seat at the table and hang on to the remote control for the TV. This cat's-eye view of thew world is full of helpful pointers, such as:- Don't try to give your cat a bath. Cats wash themselves several times a day;
- The best place to keep food out of a cat's reach is your safe, provided the cat doesn't know the combination;
- If your cat is willing to share your bed with you, he gets first crack at the pillow, blankets and any space he wants. You get what's left over;
- Explain the rules to your cat. Then follow his;
- A cat's greatest gift to his owner is that he lends you his presence. That should be more than enough.
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Here’s Luck: Lennie Lower
$25.00Lower's iconic novel which took its place in Australian culture, never to be dislodged. Rather like its main character, Jack Gudgeon. Residing in a run-down Sydney suburb during the Depression is Gudgeon - 48, a male chauvinist, an in-debt cynic, layabout and barroom philosopher. His wife, Agatha, having had more than she can take, has finally walked out on him. With Jack - and his equally unreliable adolescent son Stanley - fending for themselves, pandemonium ensues. Full of sardonic Aussie wit and mad capers, father and son blaze a trail of drunken chaos through the city's pubs, clubs, race courses, and their own increasingly battered home. Along the way, they fall in with a wondrous assortment of dubious characters who turn up to enliven the kind of party that Mr. Gudgeon invariably intends to be a "quiet, respectable turnout," but which, somehow, never is. Illustrated by the equally classic cartoonist 'Wep'. -
The classic children's fantasy adventure that was first published in 1863. Tom, a poor orphan, is employed by the villainous chimney-sweep, Grimes, to climb up inside flues to clear away the soot. While engaged in this dreadful task, he loses his way and emerges in the bedroom of Ellie, the young daughter of the house who mistakes him for a thief. He runs away, and, hot and bothered, he slips into a cooling stream, falls fast asleep, and becomes a water baby. In this new life, he meets all sorts of aquatic creatures, including an engaging old lobster, other water babies, and at last reaches St Branden's Isle where he encounters the fierce Mrs Bedonebyasyoudid and the motherly Mrs Doasyouwouldbedoneby. After a long and arduous quest to the Other-End-Of-Nowhere, Tom achieves his heart's desire. Illustrated by Harry G. Theaker. -
Heidi: Johanna Spyri
$9.00First published in 1880, here is Heidi's story - a young Swiss girl whose parents' sudden death leaves her to be brought up by her Aunt Dete - a hard-working woman who loves Heidi, but does not have the time or resources to look after a child in busy Frankfurt. She leaves Heidi with Heidi's grandfather, who lives in the Swiss mountains. The lonely, embittered old man lives like a hermit on the mountain-top and has nothing to do with the people in the village below. Known to all as “Alm-uncle”, Heidi's grandfather is good-hearted but mistrustful of the villagers. He refuses to send Heidi to school and allows her to roam the pastures with a mischeivous young goat herder, Peter. They become good friends but events take a turn when Aunt Dete decides that Heidi must stay in Frankfurt and learn to earn a living as a companion to a rich invalid child, Clara, and soon learns to read and write along with the little girl. The city begins to take its toll on the young Heidi and she becomes ill and depressed, longing for the open spaces. How Heidi returns to her beloved mountains, reforms her crotchety old grandfather and helps Clara regain her health forms the rest of this perennial classic. With illustrations in colour and black and white by Pelagie Doane. -
It's a large helping of Pythonesque madness as Palin and Jones cover all the really important things: Alcoholic Dogs, Bournemouth, Conjuring, Dancing (Ballroom), Essay (School), The Famous Five Go Pillaging, Grannies, Heroism (across the Andes by Frog), I.Q., Music (Dr Fegg's Nasty Symphony), Parlor Games (Pass The Bengal Tiger), Questions (Silly), Rats (Pantomime), String (1001 Things to do With), Things To Stick Your Head Into, Violent Anger and Why It Is Good For You, What the Queen Had For Lunch and Zsa Zsa Gabor's Sex Life. Illustrated and comes complete with a variety of instructions and methods of how to destroy the book. https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/brand-new-monty-python-papperbok-graham-chapman-john-cleese-eric-idle-terry-jones-michael-palin-terry-gilliam/ https://cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au/p/lady-cottingtons-pressed-fairy-book-terry-jones/ -
A foreign bachelor in the Diplomatic Service living in Peking's Chinese quarter during the years between 1908 and 1920 finds himself guardian to the young daughter of an Italian railway worker. Through his stewardship, he catches a glimpse of an entirely different side of life. As Kuniang grows up, his feelings for her change, and he must compete with a motley cast of characters for her attentions. These include a shadowy former mistress of Rasputin, a flamboyant American fashion designer, Red Russians, White Russians and Radishes (Red outside and White inside) and an English millionaire. But when Kuniang unwittingly falls under a form of Eastern hypnosis, a terrifying vision threatens their prospects. Set against the mysterious Eastern backdrop of Peking in the early twentieth century, The Maker of Heavenly Trousers is a charming, possibly autobiographical - and at times tragic - story of love and family. -
It was a cloudless summer day in the year nineteen hundred. Everyone at Appleyard College for Young Ladies agreed it was just right for a picnic at Hanging Rock. After lunch, a group of four girls climbed into the blaze of the afternoon sun, pressing on through the scrub into the shadows of Hanging Rock. Further, higher, till at last they disappeared. Later, an elderly teacher was seen walking in the same direction. One girl came running back - screaming hysterically. A few days later, another girl was found, seemingly asleep and without her boots, stockings or corsets and with no memory of what had happened after she and her friends had begun to climb the rock. And two girls and a teacher were still missing...what was the truth behind this Gothic mystery? This edition illustrated with photographs and artwork of the period. -
Final Exits: Michael Largo
$10.00Death walks behind us and it's anywhere. This book is a cross between the Darwin Awards and actual statistics dealing with the way we die, from the absurd to the tragic. Categories include: Bed and breakfast establishments; old fridges; stowaways; stampedes; hiccoughs; and some very surreal events involving office photocopiers. There is also coverage of burial customs, famous last words and more than 400 black and white photographs and illustrations. -
The author talks mostly about people he claims to know, like his neighbours in his imaginary suburban street, Crawlie Crescent. And Maisie the Barmaid. His Uncle Duncan. And the everyday, absurd family events that were a part of the Australian suburban landscape of the sixties. Collie worked for the Australasian Post for ten years, in which his column Corn Beef and Collie was a regular feature. Typical Aussie humour at its best. Illustrated by 'Vane'. -
The legend of Black Beauty has spawned (if a horse can be said to spawn; it's more of a frog thing, really) a great many horsey tails on film television and in print, but even Anna Sewell's original classic adventure didn't tell it like it really is. So here, straight from the horse's mouth, is Black Beauty According to Spike Milligan, revealing what it's like to be a young foal: On being a young foal: 'As soon as I was old enough to eat grass, my mother used to stuff it down my throat until it kept coming out the back.' On being sold by a beloved master: 'I could not say goodbye so I put my nose in his hand and bit off a finger.' On freezing weather: 'The horses all felt it very much. I felt mine and it was frosty.' Spike canters through this volume of his According To...series with his unique, bawdy irreverence. -
Fun fantasy and time stories: I Love Galesburg in the Springtime: A town does not want to forget its past and begins producing random - and physical - 'memories'. Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere: What happens when two work colleagues find a novelty shop - with a difference. Where the Cluetts Are: A couple find their perfect house in an old blueprint - and the house seems to have found the perfect owners. Hey, Look At Me! A shy young author dies, but still wants to leave his mark on the world...The Coin Collector: A man picks up an odd coin in his change - which allows him to visit a parallel universe and live two different lives. The Love Letter: When a young man buys an old desk and finds a young lady's letter to an unknown lover, he answers it - and gets a reply. Also in this volume: A Possible Candidate For The Presidency; The Prison Legend; Time Has No Boundaries and The Intrepid Aeronaut. A book for the serious collector - very hard to get. -
Three men on the run take Petra Gwinson and her sick mother as hostages. A nightmare journey ends in a tiny outback settlement in Australia's northern Queensland. The robbers are plagued by setbacks as everyone plots against them. The stranded men become more desperate and finally, the old blind Aboriginal Narli wreaks revenge as the men, in a frightening chase on a stormy night, fight for survival. -
A hysterically funny vintage look at the war between the sexes. Contents include: Woman, the Necessary Evil : Truth and Fiction About Some Highly Disreputable Ladies (!); All for Love: Or: How the grand passion can become the big heartbreak; The Lady Speaks Her Mind: Or: Where Dr. Kinsey left off; Women of the World : Isadora Duncan, Ingrid Bergman and the career woman; Sugar And Spice: Bittersweet Commentaries On Feminine Foibles; Science And Sex: Marriage and Bedfellows; A Dying Race - Mistresses; How Well Do You Know Women? Contributors include: Stuart Cloete, Ferenc Molnar, Paul Gallico and Robert Switzer. -
Red - or Green? Shirley Grey; A Bit Of History, D. Dike; The Thing That Mattered, E.L. Haverfield; Improve Your Tennis, Jane Thornicroft; Letitia's Taxi Cab and Miss Connington In Town, Alice Massie; The Chinese Vase, Brenda Girvin; The Three Belpennys, Elizabeth Whitely; The Gargoyle and An Adventure In The Roussillon, S.M. Hills; Caroline And The Count, Jocelyn Oliver; The Pewter Candlestick, Dorothea Moore; S.O.S., Thura Lifford; Gillian's Choice, Pamela Tynan Hickson; Cricket For Girls, Marjorie Pollard; The Strange Sedan, M.A. Peart; It Flowered For Me Alone, Thora Stowell; The Saving Of The Undine, Beryl Irving; The Smugglers Of Portincross, Dorita Fairlie Bruce. -
A treasure-trove of picture-stories and written stories, in colour and black and white. There's mysteries and secrets, heroic adventures and holidays, school stories and quizzes for pre- and early teen girls. -
The daughter of Queen Hippolyta, Diana is raised on the hidden island of Themyscira, home to the Amazons, women warriors created by the Olympian gods to protect mankind. Diana is raised on their history and knows that Ares became so jealous of humanity that he slayed the Gods and determined to destroy Mankind. But Zeus left weapons in the guardianship of the Amazons - the sword Godkiller and the Lasso of Hestia, a magical artefact that forces the truth from captives. In 1918, Diana rescues US pilot Captain Steve Trevor when his plane crashes off the Themysciran coast. The island is soon invaded by German soldiers in pursuit of Steve. The Amazons kill the crew and Steve is interrogated with the Lasso of Hestia. He reveals that a great war is consuming the outside world and that he is an Allied spy. He has stolen a notebook from the Germans' chief chemist, Dr. Isabel Maru, who is attempting to engineer a deadlier form of mustard gas under the orders of General Erich Ludendorff. Believing Ares to be responsible for the war, Diana dons her armour and must leave Themyscira with Steve to locate and stop Ares for good. Her only weapons are her Amazon training, the Lasso of Hestia and Godkiller... -
Zip Annual: Odhams Press
$15.00In 1957 Odhams Press lost the rights to use any and all Disney characters, meaning that their incredibly popular and long-running title Mickey Mouse Weekly was forced to close. Not every character in the comic was owned by Disney though, and Odhams used everything they still owned in a new weekly called Zip. There were two Zip annuals produced. The first came out in 1958 and is known as the 1959 annual, followed by a second one dated 1959 but known as the 1960 annual. These are the only two Zip annuals; for unknown reasons Odhams decided not to continue the series. This is a very high quality children's annual: Stories include: Nigel Tawny, Explorer - The Adventure Of The Lazy Lobster; Skippy: The Capture; Brett Brand - The Golliwog Mystery; Kid Brother; Touchdown - Operation Bowman; Nigel Tawny - The Windmill; The Kellaway Touch; Brett Brand - Monkey Business; Skippy and the Road Hog; Killer Cuda; Touchdown - The Big Illusion; Nigel Tawny - Obi; The Story of Samuel Plimsoll. There are also comic strips, games, puzzles and things to make. Fabulous artwork - see gallery pictures for examples. Verso front and back boards and endpapers are two different 'board' games. Some cartoons in full colour, others in monochrome.
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