Search Results: isles of despair by ion l idriess

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1955 A good reprint copy, small tears to spine ends, a gift inscription on dedication page.

Angus & Robertson, Australia, No date. Collector's Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Book Size: 8vo Octavo (8 to 9 inches). Item Type: Book. Binding is loosening but fully intact. Mild uniform browning. Edges browned slightly. Minor marks and wear to book..

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1951 Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Tidy boards but tilted, small tape stains in rear endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1951 Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Tidy boards but tilted, a gift inscription on the blank fly, small tape stains in rear endpaper.

angus and robertson 1951. octavo hardcover (VG, lacks d/w); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, NSW, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. Isles of Despair is a 1947 historical novel by Ion Idriess based on the true story of Barbara Thomson, a white woman who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck and was raised by Coral Sea islanders, before being rescued in 1849. It had a follow-up, The Wild White Man of Badu. Orange boards discoloured and rubbed at edges and spine 290 pages. Spine slanted. Age tanning to pages. Ex-Libris pasted in. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; Australia; Fiction; Inventory No: 266470..

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1947 Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Tight bindings, slightly faded at the spine, a small gift inscription on the half-title page.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1947 8vo. original tan cloth (slightly rubbed & sunned, a little marked, ex-Daylesford Technical School Library, with RSMs etc to outer leasves and edges, top edge of half-title clipped; lacks dustwrapper); pp. viii, 288, with illustrations + endpaper map. A very good copy.. Reprint. Hard Cover. VG-/No Jacket.

Angus & Robertson, 1947. FIRST EDITION, octavo hardcover, (VG): all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949 Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Slightly tilted, light foxing to boards, unmarked internally. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1951. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 288pp., text ills., ep maps, Nice bright, tight copy in nice dust jacket with small chips & piece missing from rear panel. PHOTO available

(Sydney: Angus and Robertson: 1947) First Edition. Cloth (that is, hard covers) pp. viii, 292. Illustrated. Endpaper maps. A near fine copy in fair chipped and repaired dust-jacket which is lacking its front flap.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949. Book. Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 150mm x 220mm. Moderate wear to cloth. Minor foxing to edges of page block. Minimal mark to ffep and facing half-title page, otherwise internally very clean. Binding tight. 290pp.

Sydney, Angus and Robertson 1947.. [viii]+288pp. 8vo. Original cloth in pictorial dustwrapper. Black and white illustrations, endpaper maps, gift inscription (1948) on half-title, a very good copy. . First edition. The true story of Barbara Thomson, sole survivor of a shipwreck and her subsequent capture and life amongst the Coral Sea Islanders.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1947. 1st edition. Very Good. octavo. hardback in original cloth 290pp., text ills., ep maps, No dust jacket o/w nice clean, tight copy

Angus and Robertson, Sydney, 1949. 290 pp, maps on end-papers, b&w illustrations, fine copy in very good, illustrated, price-clipped d/j.. Inscribed by author - "Happy Days, Ion L Idfiess, 1947

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1955. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 288pp., text ills., ep maps, Nice bright, tight copy in nice dust jacket with tiny chips. PHOTO available

Angus and Robertson. 1947. First edition. . Hard cover. Fair. No dust jacket. No dust jacket, binding poor (weak hinge), cover worn.. 190 p. Includes illustrations.

Sydney: Published by Angus & Robertson, 1947. First Edition. 8vo. pp.viii +290. with black & white illustrations in text. map endpapers. Very good copy in original orange cloth hardcover in Very good chipped dustwrapper now protected. The true story of Barbara Thomson who was shipwrecked in the Torres Strait and captured by Islanders who claimed her as the dead daughter of their chief returned to earth.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, 1947. Octavo, viii+290pp, original orange cloth boards (a bit stained and worn) in dustwrapper (chips to top and bottom of spine), a very good copy. First edition. SIGNED by Idriess 1947