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Author: [STEELE, John V].
Title: The Bush Pets' Party.
Description: n.p. [c1938-39]. Largish quarto (320x270mm); eight leaves stiff card, all printed in colour. A little used, quite good. A shabby copy of the companion Mrs Possum's Adventure can be thrown in if wanted. ¶ Four of these large colourful cardboard books, three illustrated by John V. Steele, are known. This is one of the more socially acceptable these days, they are about bush animals. The third is an Australian version of Ten Little Niggers. Having them printed in Japan and saying so on the front cover maybe wasn't great timing. Of the surviving handful of copies known, of all four, a high percentage are missing their front covers. Presumably the rest of the copies went straight into the fire or paper drive bins after Pearl Harbour and Singapore.
Keywords: literature childrens juvenile illustrated c20th Australia
Title: The Bush Pets' Party.
Description: n.p. [c1938-39]. Largish quarto (320x270mm); eight leaves stiff card, all printed in colour. A little used, quite good. A shabby copy of the companion Mrs Possum's Adventure can be thrown in if wanted. ¶ Four of these large colourful cardboard books, three illustrated by John V. Steele, are known. This is one of the more socially acceptable these days, they are about bush animals. The third is an Australian version of Ten Little Niggers. Having them printed in Japan and saying so on the front cover maybe wasn't great timing. Of the surviving handful of copies known, of all four, a high percentage are missing their front covers. Presumably the rest of the copies went straight into the fire or paper drive bins after Pearl Harbour and Singapore.
Keywords: literature childrens juvenile illustrated c20th Australia
Price: AUD 85.00 = appr. US$ 58.81 Seller: Richard Neylon, Bookseller
- Book number: 10668
- Book number: 10668