The Magic Pudding. (Signed first edition)

A$12,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

First edition · Signed · Limited edition

/ Being the adventures of Bunyip Bluegum and his friends Bill Barnacle Sam Sawnoff. Sydney : Angus Robertson, 1918. Quarto, quarter-cloth over papered boards, lettered in gilt on the spine, in fine original illustrated dust jacket (corners rubbed, Japanese paper reinforcements to a few splits), patterned green A R endpapers, colour title page, pp. 171, illustrated throughout by Lindsay. A fine copy of the first edition in the original dust jacket, with a presentation inscription signed in full by Norman Lindsay to Brian Penton To my friend Brian, a true lover of books, Norman Lindsay . The Magic Pudding is without doubt the most famous Australian children s book ever published, and for nearly a century has never been out of print. Signed copies are notably rare. Written for children but enjoyed as much by adults, the iconic characters of Bunyip Bluegum, Sam Sawnoff, Bill Barnacle and of course the Pudding have delighted for nearly a century. No matter how much the reader gets out of the story, there is, as with the Pudding itself, always something left (National Treasures from Australia s Great Libraries, Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2005, p. 130). It is well documented how the idea of the Pudding was first cooked. Lindsay s friend and editor of Art in Australia Bertram Stevens claimed fairies were the most popular characters for children s books (an Outhwaite reference), while Lindsay thought it was food. To prove his point, he wrote the book and completed the 1

• Binding: Hardcover

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