165 pages. 'The Adventures of Marmaduke the Possum' was first published in 1942. The front end paper is lightly damaged at the head where a name has been to vigorously rubbed out, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. A title in the series "Australian Children's Classics" " During the daytime Margaret is an ordinary little girl and Marmaduke an ordinary possum. But when darkness falls, strange things begin to happen. Marmaduke puts on Uncle Jim's gardening hat, Margaret shrinks to doll size, and off they go through the door that leads to adventure." (back cover)