Robbery Under Arms; A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia by Bolderwood, Rolf - 1954

Collins, London and Glasgow, 1954. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Ordinary. introduction by G. F. Maine and bibliography. Illustrated endpapers, being a diamond grey and white shape with interlinking " Cs ". Illustrated frontispiece being of Rolf Boldrewood -- Thomas Alexander Browne. Bottle green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Green coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Original bookseller's stamp to the lower left hand corner of the free front endpaper. The remains of tape can be seen to the verso of the free front endpaper and the next few pages following. Browning of the papers has occurred and a few handling marks are also present. Photographic dustwrapper, showing a black-and-white still from the Rank Organisation film of the same name against a blue coloured background with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the spine. On the back panel a small portrait photographs of the actors of the film -- Maureen Swanston, Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Jill Ireland, David McCallum and Ursula Finlay. Grubby marks and fading to the dustwrapper, particularly the spine and top left-hand corner of the front panel. Chipping to the head and to the heel of the spine and a little creasing to the rest of the dustwrapper edges. Remains of tape can be seen to the fold over panels. To the verso of the dustwrapper there has been some bleeding of the book colour. A few foxing spots are also present. An early novel written about the Australian goldrush and bushranging.  Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 448 pages, last blank, . Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Bushranging ; Australia; Inventory No: 0104188. .