Hardcover, ex-library. Dodd, Mead & Co, 1988, first US edition. In very good condition, usual library markings, price clipped, some sun lightening on DJ. The Great Bullocky Race was run to get bales of wool to the seaport in South Australia in time to catch the ship bound for London - the first one there would get the sale. Both fathers are bound and determined to beat the other; the children become friends on the way. Received the Hans Christian Anderson medal.