Shocking, shocking, shocking. The improper play rhymes of Australian children (signed copy)

A$120 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Signed

Prahran, Melbourne : Fish and Chip Press, 1974. Foolscap folio, hand-painted and stencilled wrappers, pp. 48 printed roneo, signed by the author inside upper wrapper. Australian Folklore Occasional Paper No. 5. Colophon and illustration by Ron Edwards. A fascinating insight into colloquial Australian playground nursery rhymes in the twentieth century. Scarce. Shocking, shocking, shocking. A mouse ran up my stocking He got to my knee And what did he see? Shocking, shocking, shocking. Melbourne, 1967.

• Binding: Hardcover

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