Author: Dore, L. M.
Title: Dilly: The Runaway Doll [an Uncle Lee Book].
Description: Sydney, Gladesville L. M. Dore, 1945. Paperback small quarto, good condition, stapled (slightly rusted), full-page black & white & colour drawings, covers loose (but archival tape repair across hinge first & last page), faint tide marks bottom edge pages near spine, bottom corner tip front cover near spine missing, minor creasing & marks covers, minor edgewear. 12 pp. A charming children's story about a doll named Dilly who felt her owner did not love her. Dilly ran away, and along the way she met several animals. A kangaroo tried to help by giving her a ride in her pouch. Dilly then rode on Mr Platypus's back until she arrived near her home where her owner found her. Dilly now has a new dress and goes out every sunny day, and is now a very happy doll. (This book in the series is not a rhyme book. Self-published. No date, but 1940s. Unnumbered pages, including covers.).

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