Drums Of Mer

Sydney, Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1939. Book. Good. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). National Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with green boards, dust jacket missing, National Edition, 522gms, 378 pages, illustrated map endpapers. This is Volume 6 of 'The Works of Ion L. Idriess' series. Book is signed by the author on the title page. Inscription reads… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1933. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Sydney, Angus and Robertson, 1933 [first edition]. Octavo, xviii, 378 pages plus 32 plates and front endpaper maps. Decorated cloth a little worn at the extremities, with the rear joint wearing a little thin (but now protected with a Mylar wrapper); some foxing, particularly to the leaves adjacent to… Read more about this item

AUSTRALIA: Discovery Press, Penrith,NSW, 1973. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fair. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Scuffed at edges of spine but still sound condition hardcover, no inscription.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937 Eighth edition. Red cloth titled in black on spine and upper front board, front endpaper map, b&w frontis and illstns. Tight and square, light wear to top edge, light foxing in edges and endpapers. Front flap of dust jacket included.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. Later printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good. sixth edition. A good copy in crisp red boards with black lettering; No foxing seen except to the top and fore page edges but nothing seen inside. Very slight nibbles to top of DJ at top of spine - protected in an archival Brodart clear cover… Read more about this item

London: Mayflower-Dell. Fair with no dust jacket. (1966). Softcover. Covers very rubbed and worn, creased and faded. 3" tears to joints at lower end of spine. Foxing. A rough reading copy. ; UK paperback reprint. A 1966 reprint of a novel originally published in 1933. 222 pages + [2] pages advertisements. "A vivid, savagely authentic novel of… Read more about this item

Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1951. Book. Good+/Very good-. Cloth. Spine lean, small number in ink to front free endpaper.Spine has a little ? wax to the heel Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. Sixth Edition. Hard cover in original cloth. Published Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1934. 12mo., 5" x 7 1/2", xviii+378pp. + 7 ads, glossary, illustrated with b/w plates, frontis, map endpaper. Red cloth with black titles. Previous owner bookplate on verso of frontis, name on halftitle, uniform fade to the spine. Very good, clean, crisp,… Read more about this item

Angus and Robertson 1951. LACKS D/W; octavo hardcover (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

Sydney: Pacific Books, 1962. 294pp. Pictorial card. Spine creased, slight foxing to page edges. Attractive paperback edition with 7s6d cover price. The nicest copy of this edition I have had.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1939. xviii, 378pp, bw ills, glossary, endpaper maps. Or green cloth with circled kangaroo in gilt to front. Even toning to page edges, spine slightly faded and marked, endpapers toned. SIGNED by author on title page- " Ion L Idriess. 1939." . Inscribed by Author. National Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None, as Issued.. 8vo.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1933. Book. Good. Red Cloth. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. first edition, xviii, 378 pages, endpaper maps and illustrations (all present). Some foxing, wear at top and bottom of spine..

Angus and Robertson 1936. Octavo hardcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Angus & Robertson 1936. Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine & front board, printed front eps, frontispiece, xviii + 378pp + 8pp adverts, illus, VG (light creasing to spine extrems, light discolouration to spine, light scuffing to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece)… Read more about this item

Angus & Robertson Publishers. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1949. Hardcover. xii + 249pp, illustrated, bound in cloth with chipped and rubbed illustrated dustwrapper, maps on endpapers, pages browning, book about Torres Straight islands by Ion L Idriess [ Jack] 1889 to 1979 ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author .

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1977. Paperback. Condition: Good Plus. Light reading wear. Very clean interior. .

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1933. 378pp, endpaper maps, 17pp bw photographs, 2 bw ills. Or red cloth, no jacket. Spine faded, moderate foxing, prev owner name stamps and brief gift note. Idriess uses his personal experiences, historic and scientific research to inform this novel of the Torres Strait in the mid-1800s. It depicts the fate of Europeans shipwrecked among the… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1937. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8th Edition. Foxing to prelims and closed page edges and some light marks to the boards.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1949 8vo. original purple decorated boards (a little rubbed & nicked, paperstock toned, top edge of half-title clipped; lacks dustwrapper); pp. xii, 276, with illustrations + endpaper map. A very good copy.. New Edition. Hard Cover. VG/No Jacket.

London: Angus & Robertson, 1941. National Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover, covers rubbed, insctibed and signed by the author on title-page, to Capt. Soderlund, with photographs, Good without dustjacket.