The Sun's Babies. 1946. Illustrations in colour by Frank Watkins.

HOWES, Edith. The Sun's Babies.

Melbourne & Sydney: Cassell and Company Ltd, 1946 [stated Second Australian Edition]. 
Hardcover (no dust jacket).

A lovely mid-century printing of this classic collection of whimsical botanical and insect fairy tales by celebrated New Zealand children's author and teacher Edith Howes. Beautifully enhanced with full-page colour plates by acclaimed illustrator Frank Watkins.

• Binding: Original publisher's blue/green cloth boards. Text block binding remains entirely firm. Displays light surface rubbing, marks, chipping and mild bumping to corners and spine extremities.
• Interior: Leaves are clean and in very good condition, light creasing, minor marks. No inscriptions.
• Illustrations: 100% Complete. All four full-page colour plates by Frank Watkins are present and brightly preserved. One plate features a minor closed tear confined strictly to the bottom white margin, not affecting the illustrated image block itself.
• Overall A Good to Very Good (G/VG) collector's copy of a foundational piece of Australasian children's fiction, priced appropriately to reflect the single margin flaw.

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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