Isles Despair (27 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. No Jacket. Some marks to the boards and dulling down to the spine. Softened leading corners and a couple of marks on the closed page edges.

No Jacket. octavo hardcover (VG, lacks d/w); 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 cost.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 290 pages. No dust jacket. Cover slightly worn. Tidy.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. A good reprint copy, small tears to spine ends, a gift inscription on dedication page.

FIRST EDITION, 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.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Tidy boards but tilted, small tape stains in rear endpaper, otherwise unmarked. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Reprint. Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Tidy boards but tilted, a gift inscription on the blank fly, small tape stains in rear endpaper.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Tight bindings, slightly faded at the spine, a small gift inscription on the half-title page.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. Second Printing. Orange cloth titled in black on spine, pictorial endpaper maps, b&w illstns. Slightly tilted, light foxing to boards, unmarked internally. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

reprint hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 288pp., text ills., ep maps, Nice bright, tight copy in nice dust jacket with small chips & piece missing from rear panel. PHOTO available.

Hard Cover. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. First Edition. 8vo. original orange cloth (rubbed & nicked, spine sunned and spotted, a little marked, prev. owner's name in pencil to title page, some toning and leaf edge spotting; lacks dustwrapper); pp. viii, 288, with illustrations + endpaper map. A very good copy.

HARDCOVER. 1947, First edition. A very good copy in orange boards with black lettering on the spine. The spine and rear board are foxed and the spine is lightly sunfaded. The top edge is spotted. Apart from a gift inscription on the half title page the contents are fine and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. 290 pages. Illustrated. Edges dusty, hinges a little loose, cover slightlt grubby, but a good straight copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. No dust jacket. Covers are very worn, chipped and faded on the spine. Within there is an inscription from a previous owner. There is dampspotting throughout, and there is moisture damageto the bottom right corner of the text block.

1st edition hardback in original cloth Very Good octavo 290pp., text ills., ep maps, No dust jacket o/w nice clean, tight copy.

HARDCOVER. 1951 Reprint. A near fine copy only marked by very light age tanning of the pages. The d/w is unclipped and very good with only light edge wear and light shelf rubbing on the rear panel. Now in a protective cover. Scans available if required.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. A firm book, 290 pages. Internally spotless.

reprint hardback with dust jacket Nice copy octavo 288pp., text ills., ep maps, Nice bright, tight copy in nice dust jacket with tiny chips. PHOTO available.

[viii]+288pp. 8vo. Original boards in chipped and worn dustwrapper, with endpaper maps and b/w illustrations. A very good copy. First edition. Signed and inscribed by Idriess.The true story of Barbara Thomson, sole survivor of a shipwreck and her subsequent capture and life amongst the Coral Sea Islanders.

Octavo, viii+290pp, original orange cloth boards (a bit stained and worn) in dustwrapper (chips to top and bottom of spine), a very good copy. First edition. SIGNED by Idriess 1947.

290 pp, maps on end-papers, b&w illustrations, gift inscription on half-title, else fine copy in very good, illustrated, price-clipped d/j. Inscribed by author opposite title page: "Happy Days, Ion L Idriess, 1947".