MAY GIBBS MOTHER OF THE GUMNUTS - HER LIFE AND WORK
Written by May Gibbs; Maureen Walsh. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 2128520
Published by Cornstalk Publishing. Circa 1991. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Snatches of interviews, notes from sketchbooks, letters and autobiographical jottings. Large format. Green cloth, white title to spine. 228 pages. B/w photos plus b/w and colour illustrations throughout. ISBN: 0207151784. Wrapper is faded to base of spine.

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PRINCE DANDE LION
Written by May Gibbs. Illustrated by May Gibbs.
Stock no. 1505079
Published by Ure Smith. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a slightly better than good dustwrapper.

A Garden Whim-Wham. The young Prince Dande Lion sets off to see the world with Bill Bergia the Smuggler, Captain Sturt Pea, Reds the Poinsettier dog and a pup, little Black Tulip. They meet with many exciting adventures. Brown cloth spine, green paper boards with brown vignette of Dande Lion. 4 colour plates(incl. title page), 12 full page black and white and many small illustrations. 117 pages. Spine bumped with wear to ends. A little wear to corners. Fading to edges of both covers and a few faint dark marks to rear cover. Small bookseller's label to front pastedown. Margin tear to lower edge of page 99/100, just reaches text. Some black spots to colour plate pages, mostly faint and on versos. Light browning to endpapers and an odd fox spot but generally a nice clean copy. Dustwrapper has loss from ends of spine, top corner of rear panel and top of front fold and a few small chips. Rear flap is almost detached. Large tear to rear panel repaired on verso with clear tape, now yellowed. 4 pencil numbers/marks and a couple of creases to front flap. Panels and spine a bit grubby.

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