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South Yarra, Victoria: Currey O'Neil, 1981. 560 g.; 296 pages, last 2 blank, preface by author. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of author. The text is illustrated with the original black-and-white drawings by either Lionel Lindsay or W.H. Cotton. Illustrated front cover, with red and brown writing on the front panel and spine. Bumping to the lower backstrip edge and minor shelf wear to the lower book edges. Light browning to the text block edges. Illustrated dustwrapper, same illustration as for front book panel, with mild browning red writing on the front panel and spine. A little creasing to the head and to the heat of the backstrip and some rubbing to the laminate of the dustwrapper. This book first appeared in 1906 and since then has been read by generations of Australians with a great amount of hilarity and mirth. We meet such characters as the wily M'Dougall, the inimitable Mrs Bridget McSweeney, simple Sam and other characters we can all relate to. Digital image available upon request.. First Edition Thus. illustrated Boards. Good/Good. Illus. by Lionel Lindsay and W. H. Cotton. 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo. Australiana.