Hardcover (Original Cloth). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The story of Badu, Tarni, and the Calling Reef. It is a legend of the Torres Strait Islanders. Every year for thirty years, Badu has ventured out to the Calling Reef to visit the spirit of his wife, Tarni. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in very good condition, without tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges browned slightly. Multiple copies available this title. Quantity Available: 5. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Fiction; Australia; Australian Literature; ISBN: 0725500220. ISBN/EAN: 9780725500221. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 17042. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right.
Language: English
Published by Horwitz Publications, Sydney, 1970
ISBN 10: 0725500220 ISBN 13: 9780725500221
Seller: Adelaide Booksellers, Clarence Gardens, SA, Australia
First Edition
Hardback. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 12mo [approx 13x20cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild foxing to edges of text block. Dustjacket rubbed at edges. Some creasing to dustjacket flaps. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Black & white illustrations. 120 pages. A legend of Torres Strait Islanders.
Condition: Good. 1965. 2nd Edition. 194 pages. Paperback book with pictorial cover. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.
Published by The Adventurers Club, 1962
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1962. No Edition Remarks. 256 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red cloth covered boards. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Previous owner's inscription to front free end-paper. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. blue. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing.
Language: English
Published by Arrow Books, London, 1963
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Paperback. Condition: Good. 1st Paperback Edition. An ageing, but clean, straight book. Scan available.
Language: English
Published by THE ADVENTURERS CLUB, 1965
Seller: Happyfish Books, Meopham, KENT, United Kingdom
US$ 41.21
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. DUST JACKET IS WORN WITH MARKS, CREASING AND TEARS TO EDGES. A LARGE 5CM TEAR TO FRONT. COVER BOARDS ARE CLEAN WITH A LITTLE BUMPING TO EDGES AND CORNERS. STICKER PULL MARKS TO FFEP/RFEP. BINDING FIRM. PRICE UNCLIPPED. SOME FOXING MARKS TO PAGE EDGES. PAGES GENERALLY APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL A NICE EXAMPLE OF THIS BOOK.
Published by Jarrolds Publishers 1961, 1961
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
First edition, octavo, dark brown boards with silver lettering to spine, upper page edges stained red, frontispiece, 256pp, VG (some fading to boards, owner's name & date in ink to fep, light tanning to page edgs) in d/w, G only (heavy creasing & tears & portions of loss all repaired with archival tape, bruising & nicks to edges & corners, some staining & soiling).
Published by Jarrolds 1964, 1964
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue heavy boards, white & red lettering to spine, 192pp, VG+ (sl bruising to board extrems, light discolourtion to spine & extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some loss & tidy archival tape repairs to spine area, light to moderate tanning & chafing/soiling, price clipped).
Published by Jarrold Publishers 1963, 1963
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
First Edition
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, brown light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 192pp, VG- (heavy scuffing to spine extrems with some loss, moderate creasing & soiling to covers & edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, owner's name in ink stamp to fep).
Published by Jarrolds, Lon.,, 1961
Seller: Kisselburg Military Books, Potomac, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First. nice copy of the first edition.
Published by Adventurers Club, London, 1962
Seller: Wagon Tongue Books, Linden, AB, Canada
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good ++. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. B/W Photogravure (frontispiece) (illustrator). 2 'nd Edition. The author of these 256 pages of war memoirs arrived for his Afrika Korps assignment in February 1941 - after experiences in Norway and Poland. Read more about : Hurricane fighters, Gazala, sand-trail, H.Q, radio transmitter, Trig El Abd, White Casa, Afrika Korps, hash-carrier, and Desert Regulations. UNillustrated - save for a b/w frontispiece - a portrait of the author. Cond : Boards are reddy brown with white lettering at spine. End-papers are white. D.J. is half red and half green with white lettering. Volume is bright, tight, clean, and square. No names nor marks. D.J. (now protected in mylar) is decent with some edge wear - esp. at bottom edge. Collectible ! ! Quote (p. 111) : " Without delay I began work on the truck. Considering the number of nuts and bolts holding the cabin to the truck, I had a fair idea that the British Bedford manufacturers must be slightly `nut-happy'. It took hours to undo the fastenings before the cabin came free. Cumbersome and squarish, its .,_._._. .' Size: Octavo.
Soft cover. Condition: Good. Please see any and all photos connected with this listing. A bit scuffed but all pages intact and legible. Good reading copy. Clean. Store Stamped. --- --- A classic story of rebellious youth. . .See photos for additional content. . .