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A&F.McIlreavy.Buderim Rare Books, Buderim, QLD, Australien
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AbeBooks-Verkäufer seit 21. August 2006
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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 193206
Titel: ISLES OF DESPAIR
Verlag: Published by Angus & Robertson, Sydney
Erscheinungsdatum: 1947
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Schutzumschlag
Auflage: 1. Auflage
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers xxyad7688
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. A good reprint copy, small tears to spine ends, a gift inscription on dedication page. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 037101
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Caerwen Books, Forrestfield, WA, Australien
Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Faded and bumped boards, mild spine lean. Name in ink to back of front free endpaper , 40% of half title has been clipped off, odour of cigarettes/tobacco. Illustrated 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. Following book was The Wild White Man of Badu. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 042883
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australien
Hard Cover. Zustand: VG-. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original orange cloth (rubbed & nicked, spine sunned and spotted, a little marked, prev. owner's name in pencil to title page, some toning and leaf edge spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. viii, 288, with illustrations + endpaper map. A very good copy. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 034431
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 036792
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ak4/6/1975
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 029924
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Mainly Fiction, Auckland, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 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. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 026743
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, Neuseeland
Hardcover. Zustand: VG+. No Jacket. Drawings, Maps (illustrator). 1st. In another of his outstanding Aussie stories Idriess recounts here the astonishing tale of Barbara Thompson, sole survivor of a shipwreck off Cape York in the 1840s. Adopted by an aboriginal chief she later became wife of another chief. After some years with the natives she was rescued and returned to Sydney. The amazing story of a white woman who by chance lived as a native, but returned to civilisation. First edition of 1947, 290 pages, numerous in-text b/w drawings, e/paper maps. Orange hard covers with black spine titles VG+ with few light marks to spine, text block excellent, no inscriptions. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 004344
Anzahl: 1 verfügbar
Anbieter: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, Neuseeland
Octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, viii + 290pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sm neat gift inscription in ink to half title page) in d/w, VG (in plastic cover- easily removed if desired, light to moderate creasing & chipping to spine & edges, moderate creasing & closed tearing/tape repairs to rear cover). Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1y24b/24
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