Tales from Australia by Goulden, Shirley - 1966

London: Allen, W. H, 1966. Pictorial Boards. Near Good/No Jacket. Benvenuti. 5 Tales of the Flowers, Moon, Fire, Rainbow and Dog-Star. Beautifully illustrated with large Coulour illustrations including Double Page. Endpapers illustrated with Aborigine Warriors. 13 1/2" Tall, 650g. Most of the coloured paper backstrip missing from spine. Some edge wear. No inscriptions, pages in nice, clean condition. No inscriptions. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall

Sydney: W. H. Allen, 1966. First Edition . Decorative Boards. With Jacket. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. Benvenuti. Very Good ++ in a very good clear jacket with light handling wear. unpagenated illustrated throughout.

Sydney: W. H. Allen, 1966. Retold by Shirley Goulden. Illustrated by Benvenuti. Pp. 61(including recto of lower free endpaper), illustrated in colour throughout (several double page); super roy. 4to; pictorial papered boards, edges a trifle rubbed, the lower board slightly soiled; printed clear plastic dust wrapper, lettered and decorated in gilt; W. H. Allen/Golden Press Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 1966. First edition. Splendour Books XXII. Muir 2907. Gianni Benvenuti (1926-2005) was an Italian-born artist who illustrated several children's books. Muir describes this collection of tales as 'what purport to be five Aboriginal legends'.

Illustrated by Benvenuti. W.H. Allen. London. 1966.. Ry4to, 61pp. In original plastic dust wrapper, now protected by mylar, text in ex cond. No 22 in the "Splendour Book" series, full col illus.

(London: W. H. Allen: 1966) Splendour Book No. 22. Muir 2907. Pictorial boards (that is, hard covers) pp. 61 (340 x 250 mm) Illustrated by Benvenuti. A little rubbing to extremities of boards; a split at the foot of the upper external hinge; otherwise a near fine copy in very good gilt-lettered and decorated clear dust-jacket.