Cooper's Creek. by Moorhead. Alan - 1963

Hamish Hamilton, London, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. In 1860, an expedition set out from Melbourne, Australia, into the interior of the country, with the mission to find a route to the northern coast. Headed by Robert O Hara Burke and William John Wills, the party of adventurers, scientists, and camels set out into the outback hoping to find enough water and to keep adequate food stores for their trek into the bush. Almost one year later, Burke, Wills, and two others from their party, Gray and King, reached the northern shore but on their journey back, they were stranded at Cooper s Creek where all but King perished. Cooper s Creek is a gripping, intense historical narrative about the harshness of the Australian outback and the people who were brave enough to go into the very depths of that uncharted country. Map endpapers. 222 pages. Light tanning to pages. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian History;… Read More

LONDON: HAMISH HAMILTON. First printing. Blue grey boards with a black binding. Gilt titles on board spine. Dust Jacket has been lost. Top edges of pages are stained red(part of the design). Clean, tight pages. Strong binding. No inscriptions. Map endpapers/pastedowns. A History of the 1860 Burke and Wills Australian expedition from Melbourne in the South to the Gulf of Carpenthia in the North, exploring mostly unknown territory. Black and white illustrations. Location: BRD1 Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition.. 1963.

New York: Harper & Row, Publishers. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ with light edgewear. Endpaper with a bit tanning ; Dangerous trip across the Australian continent from coast to coast; 8vo; 222 pages .

London: Hamish Hamilton. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1963. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Fine book, no names or inscriptions, v. Tightly bound, map eps, map & photographs throughout, top block edge red, light toning to closed book block side & bottom edges, nr fine DJ, clear protective jkt, price clipped, light rubbing to top of spine, this is the story of the Burke & Wills Australian expedition & the strange fated drama that took place on Cooper's Creek in the remote interior. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 222 pages .