Author: MACK AMY ELEANOR, ILLUSTRATED BY MAY GIBBS
Title: Scribbling Sue
Description: Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1914, First Edition. Decorative Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. Ill.: May Gibbs. First edition, dated July 1914 from the publishers 31 page catalogue at the rear, RARE and scarce in the wrapper, May Gibbs earliest 'Gumnut' style illustrations, The dust jacket has edge wear and chipping and some short tears, the front fold in flap is missing, both the pasted on illustrations, with May Gibbs art, are present and intact, these pasted on paper plates are also present on the book cover and spine, book is tidy, with small ink inscription to fep dated (19)18, very slight foxing to closed edges, colour frontspiece and four other full page black and white plates, all by May Gibbs. (x) 228pp + 31pp publisher's catalogue, decorated cloth. Very Good/Fair.

Keywords: Australia, Australian Literature, Fiction, Illustration, May Gibbs, Gumnut Babies, First Illustration, First Edition, Rare, Children's Fiction, Australiana, May Gibbs


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