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John Sands Pty. Ltd., Publisher. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1953. Hardcover. No issue date given, but written in 1953. Binding solid. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Decorative cloth cover has a little wear to spine tips, but otherwise okay. Dustjacket, now in plastic, is price-clipped and has minor wear to edges. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Sydney AU: John Sands, nd. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Margaret Senior. Hardcover, pictorial boards. 43 pages with 9 full page color illustrations and others in the text by Margaret Senior. A story about an animal not only a favorite of Australians but one of the world's best loved furry creatures - Koala's have two thumbs, all the better to hold on high in the gum trees. Mild soil to covers, name on front fly leaf, otherwise clean. Record # 384911

Sydney, Australia: John Sands Pty. Ltd., Publisher, 1980. Pictorial boards, moderate corner, edge wear. Pages very good. Charmingly illustrated story of the koala. Contains for the first time, five well known nature stories of Leslie Rees. Each tells the story of an Australian animal including Two-Thumbs the Koala; Sarli the Turtle; Shy the Platypus; Karrawingi the Emu; and, Aroora the Red Kangaroo. 43 pages. Inscription at half-title page.. Hardcover. Good. Illus. by Margaret Senior. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

John Sands Pty. Ltd., Publisher. Good+ in Good+ dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Price clipped dustjacket; 8vo 8"-9" tall. .

Sydney and Melbourne: John Sands, 1947. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Margaret Senior. Undated {1960's?} ? first edition first printing Large octavo hardback, 44 pp. Colour illustrations Very Good condition

Australia: John Sands-1959?. Good. Hardcover. 43 pages. tidy copy .

A story about an animal not only a favourite of Australians but one of the world's best loved furry creatures - Koala's have two thumbs, all the better to hold on high in the gum trees. 43 pages with 9 full page colour illustrations and others in the text. Book in very good condition with small gift inscription to previous owner inside front cover, two minor marks on page five, back ten pages held by middle binding. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear.

Sydney: John Sands, nd. [1953]. Lge. 8vo. Original pictorial boards, , colour illustrations. A very good copy.. Muir 6307. First edition.

Sydney, Australia: John Sands Pty Ltd Book. Illus. by Margaret Senior. Good. Illustrated Boards. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Story of a rescued koala bear. 43pp illustrated with colour drawings. Bumping to spine and corners, some rubbing and fingermarking, otherwise good copy with no inscriptions. No dustwrapper, boards illustrated with colour drawings..

Sydney: John Sands Pty. Ltd Book. Illus. by Margaret Senior. Very Good. Hardcover. No Date. Hardback: full page colour + text illustrations by MARGARET SENIOR, no dj, covers are lightly creased, spine tips slightly rubbed and corners bumped, a couple of small internal marks, else, vg. 4to, 42pp. First published in 1953..

Sydney: John Sands / Ure Smith, 1968. Hardback small quarto, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), pictorial cover, full-page colour drawings, illustrated endpapers, spine ends bumped, minimal foxing few pages, light foxing & toning reverse side jacket (spine ends lightly scuffed, light foxing flaps), few tiny dents bottom edge, some edgewear. 43 pp. John Sands / Ure Smith edition, by Leslie Rees (about 1968). A wonderful classic children's picture story about Australia's favourite native animal, and how important it is that koalas are cared for. Two-Thumbs is named as koalas have opposable fingers so they can secure a better grip on his high gum-tree branches, thus making up for the curious lack of a proper tail. (No date, about 1968. Decimal price on jacket flap, later than 1966 printing. Originally published 1953.).