Madman's Island
by Idriess, Ion L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
ARMADALE, Victoria, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Octavo, frontispiece, 24 Percy Lindsay illustrations, map on endpapers, 4pp. publisher's advertisements, original orange cloth with chipped pictorial dustwrapper (minor old tape repairs on verso).
First edition thus.
First issue dustwrapper with fabulous (unsigned) Percy Lindsay art.
First published as a novel by Angus & Robertson in 1927 under its Cornstalk imprint, re-issued here in Idriess's original non-fiction form with significantly different text.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46
- Title
- Madman's Island
- Author
- Idriess, Ion L
- Illustrator
- Percy Lindsay
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Angus & Robertson
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1938
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australian Literature; Pre-war dustwrappers;
Terms of Sale
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Biblio member since 2023
ARMADALE, Victoria
About Gavin de Lacy Rare & Secondhand Bookseller
Specialising in Australian Literature, especially pre-war, including out-of-print and forgotten novels &c., and scarce period dustwrappers.
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