The Magic Pudding

: being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1918. Quarto, quarter blue cloth over papered boards (waterstain to upper and lower edges of upper board), in fine original illustrated dust jacket (a couple of light stains, very minor chipping to head and foot of spine, expert paper… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Limited, 1948. Norman Lindsay. First post-war edition.The Magic Pudding is the best-loved and most frequently reprinted of all Australian children's books, and a classic of modern Australian literature. 'The book is spontaneous and alive, the illustrations reinforcing the text, and the characterisation brilliantly realised' (Muir). Angus & Robertson's initial belief that the book would appeal… Read more about this item

Sydney: L. Angus & Robertson, 1918. First edition. Near fine in very good jacket.. First issue of this fantasy featuring a koala bear, a penguin, and a sailor, on a the quest for control of a magic cake that keeps becoming whole after slices are removed from it. Illustrated by Lindsay with color plate title plus full- and… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1918. First Edition, First Issue. Hardcover. Fair. 171 p. 29 cm. B&w line drawings. Colour title page. A. & R. endpapers. Brown spine with tan paper boards. From our As Is shelf. Dampstains and soiling to boards. Corners and edges worn. Rear hinge cracked and spine coming loose. Also cracked at half title.… Read more about this item

Sydney: A & R. 1938. Quarto, restored original boards illustrated to upper board, colour frobtis plate, b&w illus. Previous owner's signature front free endpaper, dated 1939. Restored by Cottage Bindery of Bath, spine title laid over matching cloth. Light marking to boards, Very good condition. Early printing of Norman Lindsay's children's classic.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1918. Pp. [ii]+172(last colophon), coloured vignette title page and numerous black & white text illustrations by the author (many full page); demy 4to; blue cloth backed cream papered boards, the upper board lettered and decorated with small 'pudding' vignette in brown, the boards soiled and lightly worn, with a few small surface grazes and tiny… Read more about this item

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1918. Classic of Australian children's literature. The book is divided into four "slices" instead of chapters. There are many short songs interspersed throughout the text, varying from stories told in rhyme to descriptions of a character's mood or behaviour, and verses of an ongoing sea song. CONDITION Cream papered bds with Brown title and illus… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1918. First Edition, Second Issue. Hardcover. Poor. 171 p. 29 cm. B&w line drawings. Colour title page. Blue spine with tan paper boards. From our As Is shelf. Dampstains and soiling to boards. Colour from spine cloth has bled to front board. Corners and edges worn. Rear board and last pages detached, spine… Read more about this item

Published by Cornstalk Publishing Company, 1924. 2nd edition.. Hardback. Good/Good. Illustrated by Lindsay, Norman. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper. Being the Adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff. 2nd (Australian) edition. Colour frontis and b/w illustrations. Spine appears to have been repaired (maybe reglued) to base of spine; original splits… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. First American edition. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. A delightful children's story about a pudding (sometimes plum pudding, sometimes steak & kidney) which is alive & never empty (appropriate tale for the Depression), & his adventures with his owners & would-be owners. Unusual to have such a bright copy in dust jacket.… Read more about this item

Angus & Robertson, 1975. Hardcover. Good/Very good. Hinges cracked.

Australia: Angus & Robertson (Bluegum Classics), 2001. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Repr. Paperback: illustrated in b/w by the author, corners are very slightly bumped, pages are clean, vg+. 8vo, 172pp. With rescanned original illustrations..

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1990. Repr . Hardcover. Very Good. Hardback: laminated colour pictorial boards, spine faded, some indentations on the front, black ink stripe on lower page edges, foredge foxing and a few internal spots, else vg. 4to, 171pp. Illustrations in b/w by the author.

/ Being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1918. Quarto, quarter-cloth over papered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, in fine original illustrated dust jacket (corners rubbed, Japanese paper reinforcements to a few splits), patterned green A & R endpapers, colour title page, pp. 171, illustrated… Read more about this item

Bluegum / Angus & Robertson, Australia, 2003. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. The Magic Pudding is a pie, except when it's something else, like a steak, or a jam donut, or an apple dumpling, or whatever its owner wants it to be. And it never runs out. No matter how many slices you cut, there's… Read more about this item

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1975. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. This Edition. Full colour edition. Hardback: illustrated in colour by the author, dj is slightly rubbed on the edges, tear on the lower back edge, slightly foxed on the reverse, endpapers slightly discoloured, foredge foxing, else vg. folio..

: being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle & Sam Sawnoff. New York : Farrar & Rinehart, [1934-36]. Octavo, black-lettered red cloth, original dust jacket (chipped at corners and head of spine), a couple of small edge tears, contemporary inscription to endpaper, pp. [159], illustrated throughout by Lindsay; a very good copy. Muir dates… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Very Good; Gift inscription top of ffep. 1983. Paperback. 0207146136 . 174p. Reprinted 1985. Bluegum paperback180gms weight; B&W Illustrations; 12mo ; 174 pages .

New York Review of Books, Incorporated, The, 2004. Hardcover. Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine may show signs of wear. Pages can include limited notes and highlighting, and the copy can include previous owner inscriptions. At ThriftBooks, our motto is:… Read more about this item

New York Review of Books, 2004. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.