Gumnut Babies

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Publishers. Very Good+. (1917). First Edition. Sewn Wrappers. Wrappers lightly rubbed and creased at corners. Light foxing. One small repair with archival tape; Original sewn brown wrappers with colour pictorial onlay; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 28 pages .

At head of title: 'Words and pictures by May Gibbs'. Sydney : Angus & Robertson Ltd, [between 1917 and 1919]. Tall octavo (220 x 142 mm), publisher's printed brown wrappers with pictorial onlay to front (some silverfishing), original ties; inside front wrapper with later ex libris, pp [28], first page with early gift inscription dated 1919, colour frontispiece, with… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1918. Paperback. Fine. Charming illustrations of gum nut babies with caps on their heads, which were inspired according to the author, by "memories of West Australia's flowers and trips to Blackheath." (from a taped interview with May Gibbs produced by Hazel de Berg for the National Library of Australia). Pamphlet ca 1918, in fine… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Ltd, 1917. Fine.. A lovely fantasy of the humanized GUM-NUT BABIES and how they interact with the other residents of the Bush. 8.75'' x 5.75''. Original string-bound wrapper with color pictorial paste-on over wood grain pattern. Eleven full-page sepia-colored illustrations with one color frontis and pictorial title page. [28] pages. Ink inscription to front… Read more about this item

Australia: Harper Collins, 1992. Softcover. Good +. Gibbs, May . A facsimile edition of the 1916 first edition. Slim paperback with pictorial card covers, unpaginated. A little wear to the cover, some minor marks, generally nice and clean inside. This includes the leaf bookmark, so often missing. Handwritten gift dedication on front endpaper. A page of text faced… Read more about this item

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: HarperCollins Publishers, 2016 The dust jacket a little wear. The page edges are lightly foxed, as are the first and last few pages. 264 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Angus & Robertson Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good- dustjacket. 2003. Hardcover. The dustjacket is now protected in a new, removable archival sleeve. ; "Brought together here for the first time, the storybooks of May Gibbs's Gumnut babies, the adventures of Nuttybub and Nittersing, and those two inquisitive little Gumnuts, Chucklebud and Wunkydoo, will delight young … Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1917. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Brown grain wrappers, yellow string binding, colour illustrations on front cover, colour frontispiece, 11 sepia tone plates. The To ... From ... page is dated Xmas 1917. A very tidy copy of a very early printing of this Australian classic..

Paperback. Very Good.

Angus & Robertson Ltd (nd, circa 1917 - owner inscription dated 01/18). Octavo, stitched brown light card wrappers, black lettering and mounted illus to front cover, frontispiece, 24pp (unpaginated), illus, VG- (disbound - thread missing, some creasing to covers, v slight soiling to covers, 4cm tear to lower spine, 1cm tear to upper spine, owner's insciption to f.e.p., v… Read more about this item

Australia: Angus and Robertson. Paperback. Fair.. Brown paper cover with paste down illustration of gum-nut babies peeping from behind leaves, string binding. No publication date stated. Light soiling. First illustration is loose and a large tear has been repaired with tape.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.