Jill - Mechanical Doll Terrorism The Discovery and Exploration of

The Discovery and Exploration of Australia

hardcover with engraved titling

This is the third selection of bons mots and anecdotes and

Bill Beatty was the first to make known the fact that Australia’s combined snowfields cover an area greater than the whole of Switzerland and that skiing was a sport in this country thirty years before Switzerland had even heard of it

chipping and small tears to edges and corners  (see photographs)

Jill - Mechanical Doll Terrorism The Discovery and Exploration ofJill Mulder & Zoon, Amsterdam, c1940s, hardcover illustrated boards, with mechanical doll with pivotal limbs and head Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, one leg not remaining in place when attached, all pieces in very good condition, no inscriptions, a little foxing to pages (see photographs) Splendidly preserved moveable with a little girl's head and legs hinged so that she can try on