Ethel S. Turner — Seven Little Australians

London, Ward, Lock and Co. Limited, c1897. Cloth. A classic Australian children's novel from English-born Australian author Ethel Turner. First published in 1894, this is a later edition published circa 1897, after the publisher's trading name became 'Ward, Lock & Co. Limited.Illustrated throughout with numerous in-text images, the first few of which have been hand-coloured.A classic Australian children's novel, set mainly in Sydney during the 1880s. This story elates the adventures of the seven mischievous Woolcot children, their stern army father Captain Woolcot, and faithful young stepmother Esther. Having moved to rural Lindfield (now Woodlands, Killara, New South Wales) from the inner city suburb of Paddington, the bushland surroundings quickly became important in Turner's stories. Her love of the country is displayed in this work and made it highly popular across Australia. In 1994, the novel was the only book by an Australian author to have been continuously in print for one hundred years. Written by Ethel Turner, an English-born Australian novelist and children's literature writer. Illustrated by A. J. Johnson. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from Trinity College Dublin Library. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Minor fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Small splits in the cloth to the board tips. Front hinge tender. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Glue residue to the front pastedown. Good . Ill.: A. J. Johnson. Good .