The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall
The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall

The Blinky Bill Collection [2 Volumes in slipcase] by Dorothy Wall

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THE BLINKY BILL COLLECTION 2 VOLUME SET Containing Blinky Bill and Friends Selected Stories and Dorothy Wall the Creator of Blinky Bill. Her Life and Work. A Biography by Walter McVitty.

Volume one:  DOROTHY WALL THE CREATOR OF BLINKY BILL – Her Life and Works.  A biography by Walter McVitty

Volume 2:  BLINKY BILL AND FRIENDS Selected Stories
Large hardcover with jacket;   ribbon marker;  illustrated in colour, sepia, and black and white;  464 pages;   29.5 x 22 cm.
Contents:
•    Blinky Bill
•    Blinky Bill Grows Up
•    Blinky Bill And Nutsy
•    Blinky Bill Joins The Army
•    Blinky Bill’s ABC Book
•    A Tiny Story Of Blinky Bill
•    The Story Of Tommy Bear And The Zookies
•    The Tale Of Bridget And The Bees
•    Brownie The Story Of A Naughty Little Rabbit
•    Stout Fellows Chum, Angelina Wallaby, Um-Pig And Flip

Condition: Both volumes in very good condition, some wear and loss to the slipcase
Format: Hardcover with dust jacket within a slipcase
Age: 4-8

Dorothy Wall (1894-1942) was a New Zealand-born author and illustrator of children's fiction books. She migrated to Australia in 1914 and worked for the Sun newspaper in Sydney. In 1920 her first children's story "Tommy Bear and the Zookies" was published and in 1921 Wall found some acclaim for her illustrations in J.J. Hall's book "The Crystal Bowl".

Throughout the 1920s and 1930s she continued to work as an illustrator. Her best known book Blinky Bill: the Quaint Little Australian was published in 1933. She completed two more Blinky Bill books, Blinky Bill Grows Up and Blinky Bill and Nutsy The books are considered quintessential Australian children's classics, and have never been out of print in Australia.

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