Ajax, Golden Dog of the Australian Bush

This hardback, published in 1932 in the US, is the first American edition of a book first published in Australia. This book is in good condition. Spine is strong and in excellent condition. No writing or underlining in book. Pages are slightly yellowed. Dust jacket has chips out of it on top and bottom edge with stain on back cover. DJ has been covered with protective mylar. Please see photos. This is a true story of a great golden warrior dog, Ajax, and many other animals of the bush country which a solitary little girl knows as her only friends and playmates. In the back country of Australia, there were no other children near and her brother was away at boarding school. But she was never lonely on the ranch. One Amazon review stated: "I was given this book at about age 10, and it immediately jumped to the top of my favorites list--even ahead of Tom Sawyer and Alice in Wonderland. And that even though I was a boy and the book's protagonist was a girl, which in those days might have been a big deal. I read it several times, then read it aloud to my younger brother and sister (that was before TV was firmly established, naturally). They loved it as much as I did...If my memory serves me right, the young girl in the story lives on a remote cattle station in the Australian outback, surrounded by a menagerie of exotic pets, including a boxing kangaroo and a giant tortoise. I don't recall exactly how the noble Ajax--half dog, half Australian dingo--comes into her life. I do remember that their adventures are dramatic and thoroughly satisfying. Of course they form the kind of child-dog relationship dreamed of by every child who loves animals and the outdoors. "

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