Author: Adams, Lee; Artstaff, illustrator.
Title: The Tale of the Platypus [Australian Legend Series, Book 1].
Description: Sydney Artstaff, 1972. 1st ed. Hardback small quarto, no jacket as issued, good condition, pictorial cover, colour drawings, spine ends scuffed, minor foxing covers & endpapers & few pages, spine little loose (pages firm), few tiny dents covers, minor edgewear & edge tears Unnum 26 pp. First edition. An enchanting children's picture story about a platypus named Little Mooka who was swept away from his family, and the many adventures he had before he made it back home safely. The scarce first edition of the first book in the series, issued prior to the SRA Series. Based on Australian folklore of natural life. (No ISBN in book.).

Keywords: children's literature, nature, animals, platypus, australia, first edition


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