Gumbles in Summer. FIRST EDITION HARDBACK by S A Wakefield

Gumbles in Summer By S.A. Wakefield.

Publisher: Collins, Sydney, 1979, FIRST EDITION.

 Very good hardback with jacket, binding firm, some minor rubbing and bumping, no owner inscriptions, pages excellent, minor marks. 
Un-clipped jacket has some light shelf-wear with minor chipping and a repaired tear to back cover, fading to spine area.
96 pages, illustrated.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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Bottersnikes and Gumbles are fictitious creatures in a series of children's books by Australian writer S. A. Wakefield and illustrator Desmond Digby. Four books were published between 1967 and 1989. The series is considered a classic of Australian children's literature and has sold more than 500,000 copies worldwide. 

Set in the landscape of the Australian bush the stories recount a series of conflicts between the lazy, destructive Bottersnikes and good-natured, hardworking Gumbles. Inspiration for the series came from the emerging environmental movement. The two species were intended to represent opposing attitudes towards the environment; those who destroy the bush, and those who clean it up. These themes however are diffused by the series' humour, absurdity, playful language and its sense of the ridiculous.

Wakefield wrote four books about the Bottersnikes and Gumbles:

Bottersnikes and Gumbles (1967)
Gumbles on Guard (1975)
Gumbles in Summer (1979)
Gumbles in Trouble (1989)