Search Results: the red chief by idriess ion l

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1981. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Pages age toned to edges, spine slightly faded..

Angus & R.,Australia, 1987. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson reprinted 1955.. xxvi+226pp. 8vo. Original cloth in slightly chipped dustwrapper. Monochrome plates, frontispiece. A couple of light marks on endpapers, otherwise a near fine copy. . .

Sydney and London: Angus and Robertson. Good. 22 x 14cm. Hardcover. 1953. 226 pages. dj ripped and piece listing. Price clipped. .

Sydney: Pacific Books - Angus & Robertson, 1965 12mo. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, slight bump to tail cap, prev. owner's name to first page, else internally clean); pp. [x (last blank)], 180 (last blank). A very good copy.. First Thus. Soft Cover. VG.

Angus & Robertson, Melbourne,London.1981. Australian Classics Series.8vo.pp.xxv + 226 Illustrated in black & white. Red hardcover fine in fine pictorial dust wrapper.

Sydney - London: Angus and Robertson, 1953. First edition. Hard cover. Published Sydney - London: Angus and Robertson, 1953, first printing. 8vo., xxiv+226pp., illustrated with b/w plates. Red cloth with gilt titles. Very good. . 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Sydney - London: Angus and Robertson, 1953. 226 pages in very good condition. Illustrated with photographs. Small inscription on the ffep. Red hardcovers with gold titles on the spine. Slight wrinkling on the covers, light wear on corners. Illustrated DJ with red titles. Small tears and chips on corners, edges, head/tail of spine. Price clipped. VG/FAIR. First Edition. Hardcover. VG/Fair.

Penrith, New South Wales: The Discovery Press, 1973. Book. Good. Hardcover. Bookthrift Reprint. 135mm x 205mm. Minimal wear to leatherette. Gilt bright. Moderate foxing to top edges of page-blocks and minimal foxing to other edges. Minor foxing to upper margin of half-title pages, otherwise Internally very clean. Bindings tight. Additional postage for this set to regional Australia..

Penrith, New South Wales: The Discovery Press, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Bookthrift Reprint. 135mm x 205mm. Minimal wear to leatherette. Gilt bright. Light foxing to top edge of page-blocks. Minor foxing to upper margin of half-title pages, otherwise internally clean. Bindings tight. Additional postage for this set to regional Australia..

Full-page black and white plates, text and maps. Discolouration marking to cloth top rear. Minor foxing. Dust jacket is chipped, top right tape mark and small section of surface removed. Piece missing bottom of spine and top left front of jacket. Good tight copy. Dust jacket colour still vivid with little fade.Fitted with archive quality dust jacket protector.This is the story of the mighty warrior who once ruled the Gunnedah district, as it was told by "King" Bungaree, the last of his tribe, two centuries later. The bones of the once- feared Red Chief and the carved tree that marked his resting-place have been taken to a museum, the tribe he made powerful has melted away, leaving its lands to the white man, but in these pages Ion Idriess has called back that vanishing world to vivid and exciting life. It would be hard to find a more satisfying hero of adventure than the young warrior Red Kangaroo, who by his mental and physical prowess succeeds in overthrowing the chief and elders whose selfish greed… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1965. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. small octavo. softback with stiff wrappers 179pp., Signed ÔFrom the Warrumbungles a Coo-ee from The Red Chief, Ion IdriessÕ on title page. Nice bright copy

Penrith: The Discovery Press, 1973. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Brown leatherette with gilt decorated boards and red ribbon markers. The head and tail of the spine strip as well as the edge is peeling on "The Red Chief" , "The Cattle King" and "Flynn of the Inland", else a very good set. "Ion Llewellyn Idriess OBE (20 September 1889 - 6 June 1979) was a prolific and influential Australian author. He wrote more than 50 books over 43 years between 1927 and 1969 - an average of one book every 10 months, and twice published three books in one year (1932 and 1940). His first book was Madman's Island, published in 1927 at the age of 38, and his last was written at the age of 79. Called Challenge of the North, it told of Idriess's ideas for developing the north of Australia....In 1928 Idriess settled in Sydney where he wrote as a freelance writer. His writing style drew on his experiences as a soldier,… Read More