Back O' Cairns : Signed copy de Idriess, Ion L - 1958

Angus & Robertson, 1958. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1958. First Published. 310 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white plates throughout. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Previous owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Noticeable tanning to spine and edges. MArks overall. Textblock is shaky.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 1st ed. VG/VG copy but for 3" closed tear to front top edge of jacket, ink name to front pastedown . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1958.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson Publishers. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Jacket has a large chip to top edge; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 310 pages .

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1958. x, 310pp, bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or red cloth in jacket. Jacket with several tears and small chips, a few tape stains and slight fading to spine. Some toning to page edges, 2 prev owner stamps at front and brief gift note dated 1961 on front free endpaper. No date but c1958- Frontier Edition stated on title page. North Queensland and its inhabitants as experienced by Idriess when he went there prospecting.. Frontier Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1958. x, 310pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or red cloth in jacket.Jacket with several short tears and small chips, slight foxing at top edge North Queensland and its inhabitants as experienced by Idriess when he went there prospecting.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1958. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, maps, small edge tears jacket (flap not price-clipped), small edge tears top edge, light toning pages as usual (notably front free flyleaf), minor edgewear, previous annotation title page erased (light impression marks). 310 pp. Ion Idriess relates many anecdotes of his prospecting adventures from the 1930s onwards 'back o'Cairns', the undeveloped mineral-rich hinterland between Townsville and Cape York peninsula, but mainly near Cairns. The author, known as Jack Idriess in those days, captures the colour, excitement and hard courageous historical struggle in these locations. He also provides insights into Aboriginal rights and ceremonies. First edition.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1958. 1st edition. Near Fine. octavo. chipped dust jacket 310pp., frontis., b/w pls., ep maps, Nice copy in dust jacket with some minor loss

Angus & Robertson Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1958. Hardcover. vi + 310pp, illustrated, bound in red cloth with chipped and rubbed illustrated dustwrapper, botton half of spine missing, in pratective cover, maps on endpapers, Biographical book by Ion L Idriess [ Jack] 1889 to 1979 of his time prospecting in North Queensland. First edition SIGNED by AUTHOR on title page; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .