Australian Outback and Bush Life

Hawthorn, Victoria Australia: The Five Mile Press, 1987 Smallish paperback, 92 pages, one page index, illustrated with drawings in black and white. This copy is a reprint of the updated and ammended edition. This book has wear to edges, and corners, no longer fresh, scuffed cover, clean internal pages, with some penned numbers on the inside front cover. This book written by a well known Australian bushman gives you the essence of his many years of experience condensed into this priceless little volume of tips and invaluable advice that you need if you are ever to venture into the outback of Australia, or just to increase your knowledge to include a few life saving tricks, that are really by no means tricks, but priceless knowledge.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1994 Very good reprint copy with remainder mark on bottom edge. Sharp, clean with light coner bumping and slight sunning of top and foreedges 356 pages with black and white photo illustrations. The autobiography of a young Englishman's life in the Australian outback during the 1920's and 1930's. His stories cover his life as a drover and real crocodile hunter and is an adventure story extraordinaire. Tom Cole, legendary cattle drover, crocodile and buffalo shooter, recounts with great humour and drama, his life in the outback - the Overland Telegraph Line; the packhorse mails; the bush race meetings; horse-breaking; buffalo and crocodile hunting. He pays tribute to the many Aborigines with whom he worked and got to know pretty well, admiring their amazing endurance in that harsh unforgiving environment and learning a great deal of their bushmanship and survival skills.. Reprint. Trade Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Remainder. more information

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Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited, 1977 Very good first edition hardcover in orange cloth boards with very good jacket. 198 pages. Boards are very good with only light rubbing to some edges mainly on foot of spine. Jacket is fresh and clean with light curling outwards on top edges, and some edge rubbing, and slight crush crimping. This book is a fascinating account of life in the Australian outback in Queensland in the pre second World War era.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited, 1975 Very good hardcover first edition in blue cloth boards, 243 pages. Boards have rubbing to edges and corners and to foot and head of spine. Jacket is very good, with some shelf rubbing, minor scuffing, and indent marks. Illustrated with black and white photos. This is a book about the Australian Bush and its lifestyle, in the Far North of Australia known as the "Big Country". The book is an affectionate and nostalgic tribute to a way of life fast disappearing and to its characters and personalities who helped weave the legends but are weaving elsewhere now being long since dead.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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