- Bib ID:
- 4272677
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- National Library of Australia digitised item. Nef 598.094 A938 copy
- Description:
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- Australia : [s.n., ca. 1930]
- [16] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 39 x 25 cm.
- Summary:
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An untitled dome-shaped novelty book produced during the Depression illustrating several species of Australian birds in verse and story. Each page is well illustrated, half of them in colour. The birds dealt with include Magpie, Butcher Bird, Penguin, Kookaburra, Lyre Bird, Cockatoo, Emu, Black Swan, Sand Ibis, Secretary Bird, Frogmouth, Willie Wagtail. The non-Australian birds include the Turkey, Chicken, Eagle Hawk, Swallow and Owl. Not in Muir; entries 6689 and 6692 list some other similar untitled shaped books.
- Full contents:
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- Magpies
- Kookaburra
- Butcher bird
- Lyre bird
- Turkey
- Penguins
- Black swans in flight
- Emus
- Cockey
- The eagle hawk
- Swallows
- The owl.
- Notes:
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- Cataloguer supplied title.
- Covers each reproduce two Kookaburras, two parrots or rosellas sitting in a tree against a yellow background.
- "Printed and produced in Australia"
- Also available online https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-2525837998 Nef 598.094 A938 copy
- Subject:
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- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 2009 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1939
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