1898 Scarce 1stED - The SPIRIT of the BUSH FIRE & Other AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES by J.M Whitfeld.
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(Description)
Author: J.M Whitfeld. (G.W. Lambert, illustrator).
Title: The SPIRIT of the BUSH FIRE and Other AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES.
Publisher: Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1898. First Edition.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 7.5 " X 5 ".
Pages: xii-313 pages +16 publisher's catalog pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, small label of a previous owner on the first endpaper - as shown, some light foxing mainly on the title page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the 32 illustrations by George Washington Lambert.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The book: Very rare first edition of The SPIRIT of the BUSH FIRE and Other AUSTRALIAN FAIRY TALES nicely illustrated by George Washington Lambert.
The illustrator: George Washington Thomas Lambert ARA (13 September 1873 – 29 May 1930) was an Australian artist, known principally for portrait painting and as a war artist during the First World War.