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Norman Lindsay

The Magic Pudding: Adventures Of Bunyip Bluegum First Edition

L. Angus & Robertson

1918

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Description

First issue of this fantasy featuring a koala bear, a penguin, and a sailor, on a the quest for control of a magic cake that keeps becoming whole after slices are removed from it.

  • Norman Lindsay (Australian).
  • The magic pudding: adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff.
  • Sydney: L. Angus & Robertson, (1918).
  •  171, [1] pages. 
  • Original quarter red cloth, cream paper boards, gilt-stamped spine, in original brown dust jacket with mounted color plate, green patterned endpapers.


Illustrated by Lindsay with color plate title plus full- and partial-page black-and-white images throughout the text. First issues of this, the most famous classic Australian children's book, are rarely found in such nice condition with the dust jacket.

Condition Report

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Jacket with old repairs on verso at folds and reinforcement at head of spine.

Infrequent faint marginal soiling, foxing to first and last leaves.

Slight bit of toning to edge of boards.

Minor signs of age and handling.

 

Product is used.

Dimensions

Height: 11.5 inches / 29.21 cm
Width: 9 inches / 22.86 cm

Feature(s)

First Edition, Dust Jacket

Language

English

Subject

Childrens, Fiction, Modern first editions, Illustrated, Literature

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