Dan McDougall and the Bulldozer 1963 Lydia Pender / Pictures by Gerald Rose ~ a distinctly Australian Children's Book

Title: Dan McDougall and the Bulldozer
Author: Lydia Pender / Pictures by Gerald Rose
Publication: [New York]: Abelard-Schuman, 1963

Description: Blue cloth boards with title on spine and pictorial on front cover stamped in black. Illustrated endpapers. Slight darkening to edges of boards. Interior is clean and unmarked. One leaf has an archivally repaired tear. Dust jacket has a number written in the upper corner of the front panel; light chipping at spine ends; a few short closed tears and light edgewear; not price clipped ($3.50), in an archival mylar sleeve. [42] pages. 10 x 7 inches.

The story of Dan McDougall, who lived in the back country of Australia, and his bulldozer. All day long, they cleared scrub, dug water holes and felled trees. But Dan had a dream, to see the big city by the sea, and decided to have ''Dozer'' take him there. Dan loses control of Dozer in the city with epically disastrous results. The two of them were finally taken home in disgrace to the bush, which--Dan realized at last--was the place for Dan McDougall and his bulldozer.

A rare jacketed copy of the original 1963 edition, illustrated by Gerald Rose (1935-2023), a British illustrator of children's books and the winner of the 1960 Kate Greenaway Medal. The author, Lydia Pender (1907-2005), was born in London and moved to Sydney, Australia in 1920. In addition to her picture books, of which Dan McDougall and the Bulldozer was the second, she was a well-regarded author of children's verse. Her first book of poems was published in 1957.

Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good

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