Author: GIBBS, MAY; WALSH, MAUREEN.
Title: The May Gibbs Collection: Volume I. Mother of the Gumnuts: Her Life and Work: Volume II. Gumnut Classics: The Famous Gumnut Adventures.
Description: Cornstalk Edition; Demy 4tos; pp. Vol 1: 228; Vol 2: (vi), 496; numerous b/w illustrations, colour illustrations, each bound in original green cloth, titles lettered on spines in white, dustjackets a little chipped on edges, housed in original green slip case with title lettered in gilt on spine, slip case a little worn otherwise a very good set. North Ryde, NSW; Angus & Robertson Publishers; 1991. Volume 1 is a biography of Australian author and illustrator May Gibbs, written by Maureen Walsh. Volume 2 collects the following Gibbs' "Gumnut" titles: "Tales of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie", "Little Ragged Blossom", "Little Obelia", "Nuttybub and Nittersing", "Chucklebud and Wunkydoo", "Scotty in Gumnut Land", "Mr. and Mrs. Bear and Friends", and "Gumnut Gossip".

Keywords: Australian Childrens Literature Australia Literary Biography Children's Stories