The Tin Scratchers by Ion L. Idriess - 1959

Angus and Robertson, 1959. Hardcover. Good. 1959. First Edition. 260 pages. No dust jacket. Brown cloth. Contains black and white photographic plates. Clean pages with mild tanning and moderate foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Pencil inscription to front endpaper. Boards have light edgewear with corner crushing and light marking to boards. Mild sunning to spine, which has mild crushing to ends. Book has forward lean. Boards are mildly warped.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959 first edition, small pen name to fep, map end papers, slight bump to lower edge of rear board, xii 260pp clipped dust jacket with some edge chipping especially to corners, sunned spine, 'tin-scratching' in the Cape York Peninsula made "Cyclone Jack" (Idriess) wealth enough to give up work and travel Australia writing about his experiences. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Angus & Robertson, Sydney 1959 (first edition). 22.0 x 14.0cms, 260pp b/w illusts, very good hardback & dustwrapper Idiess lived with the hard-bitten pioneers of the tin-fields in the Cape York Peninsular. This book features the stories of Cyclone Jack and the other rugged individualists from the frontier days of tin mining in the early 20th century.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. xii, 260pp, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Tape stains to endpapers, page edges evenly toned. True first with silver compass to front board (a second printing the same year lacks the compass). Very nice jacket-NOT price clipped. A glimpse into the mineral rich tip of Cape York Peninsula where Idriess went to live and work among the pioneers of the tin fields.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959 first edition, small pen name to fep, map end papers, light age toning to some page edges particularly the plates, xii 260pp clipped dust jacket some edge chipping especially to corners, sunned spine, 'tin-scratching' in the Cape York Peninsula made "Cyclone Jack" (Idriess) wealth enough to give up work and travel Australia writing about his experiences. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson 1959.. xii+260pp. 8vo. Original boards in crisp dustwrapper, a touch faded on backstrip. B/w plates. Endpaper maps. A very good copy.. First edition.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. 1st edition. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket 260pp., frontis., b/w plates, ep maps, Nice copy with light tape-marks to end papers & nice unclipped dust jacket with minimal chips

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1959. Jacket has minor marks plus light fading to spine. Tape marks to endpapers. Previous owners signature to front free endpaper. 260 pages with b/w illustrations. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1959. 260pp, frontis, b&w plates. Wrapper protected. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Angus and Robertson. Very Good. 1959. Hardcover. First edition, xii + 260pp illustrated with plates, maps on endpapers, bound in tan cloth no d/w. Scarce book about tin mining in Queensland; Large octavo .