Dot and the Kangaroo
1906 (First Australian edition).
Angus and Robertson
, Sydney, Australia
Strangely, originally published in quarto format in London seven years earlier, this has become a classic of Australian children's literature, republished in numerous editions over the years most notably being the colour-plate edition of 1924, though this first edition local copy still remains in fair to good condition overall despite its age and few faults as an important landmark in Australian literature, and it is now increasingly scarce in this early form. (Muir 2 [1:5915])
$375.00
Specifications
| Author | Pedley, Ethel C |
| Illustrator | Illustrated by Frank Mahoney |
| Publisher | Angus and Robertson |
| Place Published | Sydney, Australia |
| Year Published | 1906 (First Australian edition) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1899 (London) |
| Size | 8vo - Octavo, 152mm x 229mm |
| Chapters | XIII |
| Pages | 206pp plus 32 pages advertisements at rear |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover in red cloth with gilt decoration and title original front board and spine that is a little soft with light rubbing and abrasions to all edges and corners. no dust wrapper as issued. protected in clear archival covering however. |
| Overall | All pages appropriately age yellowed but all present and attached. hinge weakening at front free end paper and at most black and white plate locations in the book. Moderate foxing throughout though none on the frontispiece original the five black and white Mahoney illustrated plates elsewhere plus a prize certificate from 1909 is adhered to the heavily tanned front free end paper with brown discolouration of all three edges and the rear endpaper as well. |