The authors journey up the north-west coast of Western Australia, through the Kimberleys and the Northern Territory. 285 pages with 26 illustrations and end paper map. Book in very good+ condition with minor foxing to some edges and cover spine has some wear (see photo).. No dust jacket. Date: 1954. The Australasian Publishing Co [AU]

George G. Harrap, Date: 1954. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1954. No Edition Remarks. 285 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over red covered boards. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil marking to front free end-paper. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Patchy sunning to cloth. Unclipped jacket has heavy edge-wear with some areas of loss, heavy tears, chips and creasing. Moderate sunning to spine. 1954. George G. Harrap [GB]

[publisher: George G Harrap] Hardcover First Edition 8vo, Hardback in Original Cloth Binding. 285 Pages. Illustrations. Some Light Marks to Cloth. Overall A Very Good Copy in likewise Dust Jacket. Extra postage costs may apply to overseas orders. All books posted in sturdy book box.
[Ross on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1953]
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Australasian Publishing Co., in association with George G. Harrap & Co, Sydney, Date: 1954. Second Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 500 g; pp. 288 (last 3 blank); endpaper maps, 15 plates; darkening and traces of foxing to the edges of the text block, the spine section of the binding has lost some colour from handling, and exposure to light. Ownership inscription on the half title page. The husband or the wife wrote each of the chapters, and is credited in the index. "And now, after an interval, we are looking back at the 11,000 miles round Australia journey in perspective. It is been a vital and liberating experience from beginning to end. We had travelled as Southern city bred folk whose contact with the "big country" was achieved only by deliberately organising effort -- and the cooperation of vehicle owning friends of the road. It did seem to us that we had acquired new dimension of outlook -- increased breadth from as self merchants with a spreading horizons of the land we passed through, and greater depth from our appreciation of the free, untrammelled character of many of the people we met." -- page 282 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; Inventory No: ...

[publisher: George G. Harrap & Co., London] Hardcover First Edition Travel in Northern Australia in the early 1950's. 285pp, photo illustrated, ndpaper maps. Bright, clean, unmarked copy with a sound binding. Dustjacket is bright and attractive with some edge wear and a few tiny chips. Weight, 430g. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
[Falkland, BC, Canada] [Publication Year: 1954]

[publisher: George G. Harrap & Co Ltd / Australiasian Publishing Company, London & Sydney] Hardcover First Edition First published in Australia in 1953 and in the UK in 1954, this is a third impression of 1954. Some edge wear, chipping and small loss to top and bottom of jacket and spine, spine very slightly faded, but jacket with illustration of termite towers quite bright and fresh, corners rubbed with small loss, some browning and spotting to page block and map endpapers, small 'skinned' patch to back jacket (removal of old sticky label?), not price clipped (no published price), no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 285pp, illustrated. The story the journey made by authors and journalists Coralie (1908-72) and Leslie (1905-2000) Rees, by truck, trailer and on foot around Northern Australia.
[Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1954]