Vintage THE QUEEN CAME BY by Jill Meillon hardcover book AUSTRALIA 1954 AVC
Vintage "THE QUEEN CAME BY" by Jill Meillon, illustrated by Noela Young, hardcover picture book 1954, published by Ure Smith in Sydney, Australia. First Edition. Very rare and sought after. Sourced within the Mornington Peninsula.
Story of a little boy and a steam engine from the outback who meet the Queen on her 1954 Australian Tour.
Acceptable Vintage Condition, missing dust jacket, heavy foxing to cover and back, inscribed with scribbles on flyleaf and top right hand corner of first page, some of the black and white illustrations have been partially coloured in with coloured pencils, wear to corners and spine, tears on front and back flyleaf.
Approx measurements:
19cm W X 25.5cm H X .5cm D, 263g.
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