CURLY WEE IN FURTHER EXCITING EPISODES by BUDDEN, MAUD

Melbourne: The Age - David Syme & Company, 1944 Undated, but c. 1944. No author stated, but attributed to Maud Budden and Roland Clibborn. 16mo. original printed paper wraps (slightly rubbed & creased, slight wear at one staple, small chip to upper fore-corner); pp. 48, with illustrations. A very good copy. . First Australian. Soft Cover. VG. Illus. by Roland Clibborn.

Dublin: Independent Newspaper Ltd, 1944. Decorative Boards. Very Good. Roland Clibborn. The 1944 2nd printing of this wonderful collection of wartime Irish comics, centered around a pig named "Curly Wee" and a goose named "Gussie Goose". Solid and VG in its pictorial boards. Lacking the upper 1" at the spine crown and the lower 1" along the base of the spine. A streak of light offsetting along the rear panel, mild spotting to the front panel. Still though, very sturdy and presentable. The stories written by Maud Budden, the illustrations supplied by Roland Clibborn.

Cairo & Alexandria: The Egyptian Gazette. No Date (1940s) . Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. Roland Clibborn. Hardback: cartoons (4 on each page) by ROLAND CLIBBORN, dj (trimmed on edges and loosely laid down on matching paper), a little dusty and traces of sticky tape, typed title label pasted on spine, light grey boards with large pictorial onlay (as dj), edges slightly rubbed, inscription (dated Cairo 1945) and tear on flyleaf, flyleaves darkened, some foxing, one page corner creased, still vg. small 4to, 113pp. Newspaper cartoons for children. 4 episodes: The thief of Horse Academy - The great bicycle race .. - The missing mouse - Curly Wee and the dragon. This edition made possible by special arrangement with the author and the artist and special co-operation with Newspaper Features and the Independent Newspapers Ltd, Dublin.

Dublin: Irish Independent Newspapers Ltd. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Good. Roland Cibborn. 4to, pp. 113, unclipped dust jacket with repairs, tears and some minor losses, lightly soiled, original pictorial boards with tanned spine but otherwise clean, interior with a little rippling to top edge and some minor foxing to fore edge, otherwise clean and crisp, binding tight, Published in 1944, with black and white illustrations.

Dublin: Independent Newspapers Ltd.. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Roland Clibborn. 4to, pp. 112, unclipped dust jacket slightly soiled but complete, one small split on lower edge of cover, interior clean and crisp, some light foxing to fore edge, binding tight. Published in 1945, with three- colour illustrations.