vintage collectable item:  OFFERED AT REDUCED RATE BECAUSE ITEM DAMAGED - please see notes.

THE RAINY DAY  by  Dorothy Wall

Gift Book of the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia
 
Small softcover book with a story about "Thrift" and "Waste", illustrated with images of Australian flora and fauna, in two-tone, orange and black.

Published by John Sands Pty Ltd, Sydney.  No date, estimate 1925;   see [Muir 7843]

Format:   small thin stapled softcover
No of pages:  not numbered, approx 16
Size:  29 x 22.5 cm
Unpacked weight:   75g.

Book condition:   FF* vintage condition;  item damaged;   five pages have at least half of the page missing.  Please see photos - I have put a piece of blue paper behind the torn page to illustrate.    Name written on top of first page.  Very poor condition but an extremely rare example of Dorothy Wall's work.
*please see seller's condition ratings at end of this listing to help evaluate book's condition

Dorothy Wall (1894-1942) was a New Zealand-born author and illustrator of children's fiction books.      She migrated to Australia in 1914 and won recognition as an illustrator of children's books with her work for J. J. Hall's The Crystal Bowl (1921).   Wall continued to illustrate books for other writers, including Jacko—the Broadcasting Kookaburra (1933) and The Amazing Adventures of Billy Penguin (1934) for Brooke Nicholls, and Australians All (1934) for Nellie Grant Cooper.

Dorothy Wall  is most famous for creating Blinky Bill, an anthropomorphic koala who was the central character in her books Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian (1933),  Blinky Bill Grows Up (1934) and  Blinky Bill and Nutsy (1937).     The three stories were published as The Complete Adventures of Blinky Bill in 1939.  The books are considered quintessential Australian children's classics, and have never been out of print in Australia.

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* Seller’s Condition rating for vintage and collectable books:
 
*AA down to *BB – cover and pages are mostly clean and unmarked. There may be some minor rubbing or minimal creasing on spine. Binding is tight.   No apparent writing or scribbling.   Some older books may have page yellowing or browning.  Excellent collectable quality.  

*CC – cover and pages may have minor marks, blemishes and/or creasing. There may be some rubbing or creasing on spine. All pages are intact and binding is tight.   Previous owner’s name or gift inscription may be written and/or covered by bookplate.    Some older books may have age yellowing, browning and foxing.   Still very good collectable quality. 

*DD – visible signs that the book has had good pre-loved life. Cover, pages and spine will have noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing, including writing on front or back pages.   Endpapers may have been removed.   Pages may be browned and foxed.

*EE significant visible signs of wear and tear.    There may be writing or scribbling within the text.  Pages may be loose or torn. Cover, pages and or spine will have major noticeable marks, blemishes and or creasing.
 
*FF:- There may be missing pages, tears or other significant defects as noted.   Binding may be loose or have parts missing. Books are only sold in FF condition due to scarcity or are highly collectable. 

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