Roderick Maude-Roxby — Bulgy in Wombolia

London, H. F. & G. Witherby Ltd. 1945. First edition. Hardback. A scarce copy of this humorous children's story, written and illustrated by the actor Roddy Maude-Roxby. The first edition of this scarce work in the original quarter cloth binding with pictorial paper boards.Ink inscription to the verso of front blank, dated 1945.Roderick Maude-Roxby is an English actor, who has appeared in numerous films, such as Walt Disney's The Aristocats, in which he voiced the butler Edgar Balthazar; Unconditional Love; and Clint Eastwood's White Hunter Black Heart. This is an amusing children's story in which Bulgy the frog has adventures. Written and illustrated throughout by Maude-Roxby when he was thirteen years old, with an introduction by his friend Merlin Pearson-Rogers. In the original quarter cloth binding. Externally generally smart and bright, with fading to the spine and shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with the occasional spot to the first couple of pages. Very Good . Ill.: Roderick Maude-Roxby. Very Good .