Pookie's Big Day.
by Wallace, Ivy L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
London: Collins Publishers for the Children, 1958. First, club ed.. Hardback small quarto, no jacket (missing as common), very good condition, colour pictorial boards & endpapers, colour drawings (some full-page), black & white drawings, fore-edge & corners little bumped, small faded patches red spine (ends little chipped & worn), some edgewear. 26 pp. First edition. In this well-loved classic children's story Pookie the rabbit with wings celebrates Belinda's birthday (the woodcutter's daughter he lives with). Pookie wishes for many things too (Christmas and Easter) and learns a lesson about asking for too much. The seventh title in the series of 10 Pookie books. (Very scarce club edition - printed statement first page of text: "To the members of the 4to A.W.A. Toddlersâ Pookie Club, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.")
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17185
- Title
- Pookie's Big Day.
- Author
- Wallace, Ivy L
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First, club ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins Publishers for the Children
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- children's literature, nature, animals, rabbits, folklore, collectible, collectable, first edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- CHILDREN'S LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
Parcels posted within Australia by Australia Post. Overseas parcels from Australia posted by Air Mail with full tracking (about 10 to 30 days delivery, but delays in post possible). Expertly wrapped. Genuine guarantee. We request extra postage for heavy books.
About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Quarto
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