Author: Maltby, P. (Peg).
Title: Nutchen of the Forest.
Description: Melbourne Murphett Pty Ltd, 1945. 1st ed. Hardback octavo, no jacket, fair condition only (reading copy), thick pictorial board cover (corners bumped), stapled (covered by original black cloth strip), full-page colour drawings, small sepia (brown-tinted) drawings, rear cover creased (during manufacture), few edge tears, corners covers creased, pages toned as common, some edgewear, old price marks, bookplate (school presentation), old price marks, extensive colouring by child (sepia drawings, title page, bookplate edges), annotation by child (page numbers) 32 pp. First edition. Collectible Australian children's picture story. A little old lady, Nutchen, lives in a beautiful forest and looks after and rescues the wild birds and animals. (No date but 1945, Trove. First edition has two states: this has black cloth spine & Queen City Printers at foot of final page. Bookplate for Dorothy Jenkins, Mosman Park Methodist Sunday School, dated September 1946. )

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