Author: Ball, Duncan; Bishop, Michael (illustrator).
Title: First I Bought a House.
Description: Montville, QLD Walter McVitty Books, 1995. 1st ed. Paperback large wide octavo, very good condition, colour drawings, spine & front cover little creased, minor edgewear corners, autograph (written dedication by illustrator). 28 pp. This charming Australian children's picture story by Duncan Ball is about a little boy and the old run-down house he "buys" and fixes up all by himself. The illustrations are by Michael Bishop, a young, self-taught artist who lives in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. He was only 18 years old when he began work on the closely observed, intricately detailed and amusing pictures for the subtly understated text. A beautiful book for everyone in the family to enjoy,. ISBN: 0949183768

Keywords: children's literature, families, homes, autograph 0949183768


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