Isles of Despair
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Forrestfield, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1947. Book. Good. Hardcover. 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. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Caerwen Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 042883
- Title
- Isles of Despair
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Australia
- Date Published
- 1947
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Forrestfield, Western Australia
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