Search Results: Authors starting with I from Renaissance Books

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good+ in Good dust jacket. (1957). First Edition. Hardcover. Heavy foxing to top page edges. Foxing and dampstain to dust-jacket. Previous owner's inscription. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; viii, 239 pages. Maroon boards with silver lettering on spine and small silver illustration in corner of front board. Page dimensions: 214mm x 134mm. Illustrated by Frank Norton. "The treacherouso and beautiful Coral Sea is the setting for the story of the adventurers who throughout the nineteenth century made perilous voyages into its waters in quest of the bêche-de-mer and pearlshell, of the savage chiefs who ruled its islands, of the seamen who charted it, of the explorers struggling up its mainland coast [. . .]" - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Fair with no dust jacket. (1952). Hardcover. Staining to spine and boards. Creasing to upper corners of some leaves. Lacking the dust-jacket. ; 1952 reprint of 1950 "New Edition". x, 278 pages + frontispiece + plates + map on front endpaper. Orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. An account of the pearlers and pearling industry of Broome. The pearl seas of north-western Australia. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- in Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's name and RNZAF number on front endpaper. Also RNZAF number in margin of page 21. Moderate foxing to page edges and endpapers. Dust-jacket with foxing and some small chips and tears to margins. Both flaps of dust-jacket are price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, 128 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Grey-green cloth boards with black lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. "This friendly book will save the mineral seeker time, labour and expense in teaching him where to look for mineral deposits, how to recognize mineral-bearing rocks, and how to identify the minerals they contain" - from dust-jacket blurb. Advertisement for "Cyaniding for Gold" on rear panel of dust-jacket. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1937). First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Quite heavy to top page edges. ; First printing. x, 343, [1] pages + [10] pages advertisements + frontispiece + plates. Green boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Small black illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 183 x 121mm. Map on front endpaper. An account of the pearlers and pearling industry of Broome. The pearl seas of north-western Australia. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. (1955). First Edition. Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription on front endpaper. Some small tears to margins of dust-jacket, with tape repairs on reverse side. Dustjacket is price-clipped. Dustjacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; x, [2], 210 pages + frontispiece + plates. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Maps on endpapers. Page dimensions: 216 x 135mm. "The reader meets with him the untamed aborigines still pursuing their original way of life, and investigates the mysteries of the cave paintings of the Kimberley gorges and the powers of telepathy exercised by the natives of the Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait islands." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1951). Hardcover. No signatures. Quite heavy foxing to top page edges. Foxing spots to dust-jacket. A 30mm tear at tail of front flap fold of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1951 reprint of a title originally published in 1940. viii, [2], 207, [4], [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece "Bogo struck. His dagger sunk deep". 2 full page charts, 1 illustration "Tomb at Bunnerong Cemetery". Illustrated papered boards with brown cloth spine. Black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 182 x 121mm. A children's adventure novel. "Here is an exciting book of adventure for all readers from nine to ninety [. . .] During wanderings in the Coral Sea the author was amazed by the story of two white boys who had lived amongst the islanders many years ago. The story of the capture of the two Lamars, as the white boys were called, and their subsequent adventures until their rescue, was pieced… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Fair with no dust jacket. 1938. First Thus. Hardcover. Unsightly 2" piece of cloth missing from tail of spine. Otherwise very good. Small ink notation on front endpaper. Some abrasions to front endpaper where earlier pencil price has been erased. Moderate foxing to page edges.; This copy inscribed by the author on the title page: "To George from Alice / A real happy Xmas to you, And lots of others to come. Ion L Idriess / 1938". vii, [3], 253, [1 (blank)] pages + [4] pages advertisements + frontispiece + maps on endpapers. Orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Black rule on spine and black border on front board. Page dimensions: 180 x 120mm. Vignette illustrations at the head of each chapter. The true story of the author's Robinson Crusoe-like adventures on a deserted isle. An earlier version that was disguised as fiction was published by Cornstalk Publications in 1927. That version was the author's first… Read More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Fair in Fair dust jacket. (1950). First Edition. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Dust-jacket taped into plastic jacket. 40mm chip to front panel of dust-jacket. Adhesive tape stains to boards. Map on rear pastedown endpaper partly obscured by library label, a photocopy of the unobscured map has been tipped in. ; 232 pages + frontispiece + 18 illustrations on 6 plate leaves + maps on endpapers. Green cloth boards with silver lettering on spine. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket. (1956). Hardcover. Previous owner's signature. Some foxing. Some dust stains and adhesive tape marks to endpapers. Dust-jacket with 1/2" chip at head of spine, some smaller tears and chips to margins and corners. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; 1956 reprint of the 1951 "New Edition", of a title first published in 1937. x, 246 pages + frontispiece + plates. Red boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215mm x 137mm. Map on front pastedown endpaper. "In these pages Mr Idriess records his experiences while accompanying a Nor'-West Mounted Police Patrol for twelve hundred miles through the Kimberleys, north of the King Leopold Range - one of the longest and most arduous patrols ever made in that wild region." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

London: Mayflower-Dell. Fair with no dust jacket. (1966). Softcover. Covers very rubbed and worn, creased and faded. 3" tears to joints at lower end of spine. Foxing. A rough reading copy. ; UK paperback reprint. A 1966 reprint of a novel originally published in 1933. 222 pages + [2] pages advertisements. "A vivid, savagely authentic novel of life among Pacific head-hunters." - from front cover. Page dimensions: 180 x 109mm. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1947. Hardcover. No signatures. Some spotting to page edges. Fading to ends of spine. Small bumps to corners of boards. Heavy rubbing to dust wrapper spine. Several 1" tears and smaller chips to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; [xiv], 251, [1] pages + maps on endpapers. Red boards with black lettering on spine. Stated "Thirtieth Edition" on title page and on spine of dust wrapper.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good+ in Poor dust jacket. (1955). Hardcover. No signatures. Some foxing and dust stains to top page edges. A large tear right across front panel of dust-jacket. Some other chips and tears up to 1" to margins of dust-jacket. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Sixth printing, 1955 (the first printing was in 1945). x, 232, [1] pages + frontispiece + 16 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Brown boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 184 x 122mm. "This is the story of Horrie, who was found as a queer little homeless pup in the Western Desert and became a true Digger. It has been put into its present form by Ion Idriess, who had it from the diary of Horrie's master, Pte J. B. Moody, Machine Gun Battalion, and from others of his friends." - from dust-jacket blurb. Selected contents: Introducing the Desert, the Pup, and the Rebels; The Wog-Dog Enlists; The Wog-Dog embarks for the Front; The… Read More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good in Poor dust jacket. (1955). Hardcover. Previous owner's inscription dated 1955. Heavy bruising and creasing to lower corners of boards. Incomplete dust-jacket, lacking rear panel. Rear flap of dust-jacket present. Front flap is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover. ; Fifth printing, April 1951 (the first printing was in 1945). x, 232, [1], [1 (blank)] pages + frontispiece + 16 illustrations on 8 plate leaves. Mauve boards with black lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 182 x 118mm. "This is the story of Horrie, who was found as a queer little homeless pup in the Western Desert and became a true Digger. It has been put into its present form by Ion Idriess, who had it from the diary of Horrie's master, Pte J. B. Moody, Machine Gun Battalion, and from others of his friends." - from dust-jacket blurb. Selected contents: Introducing the Desert, the Pup, and the Rebels; The Wog-Dog Enlists; The Wog-Dog embarks for the… Read More

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 1941. Eleventh Edition. Hardcover. No signatures. Dust-jacket has extensive paper and masking tape "repairs" on the reverse side, as well as a couple of unrepaired 70mm tears. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; viii, [2], 388 pages. Maps on endpapers. Grey-green cloth boards. Small illustration on front board. Page dimensions: 182mm x 121mm. With a Foreword by General Sir Harry Chauvel. "The 'Desert Column' is more than my diary. It is myself. I began the diary as we crowded the decks off Gallipoli and watched the first shells crash into the Turkish soil. Gradually it grew to be a mania: I would whip out the little book and note, immediately, anything exciting that was happening." - from the Author's Note, page vii. "Evening - An elusive vista of hills behind the dim outline of ships, a faint boom-oom-oom, then, like bursting stars, the shells struck a hillside here, there! over… Read More

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Good in Good dust jacket. (1953). Hardcover. Heavy foxing to page edges. Previous owner's name and address. 1" missing at head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket is price-clipped. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1953 reprint of a title first published in 1948. 344 pages + frontispiece + 1 map. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions: 213 x 138mm. "Here are tales of historical diamonds, of intrigue, of fortunes won and lost, of the old Mogul and Persian conquerors, of the glittering courst of France and Tsarist Russia. But the surprise in the story is the diamonf fields of Australia, the romance of the Inverell diamond fields where for years rough diamonds were washed away by the tin miners as worthless pebbles." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Poor with no dust jacket. 1941. First Edition. Disbound. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings. Rebound in the past in library cloth binding, but now disbound. Text block detached from covers. Cloth split and ragged along all of the rear joint and nearly all of the front joint. Half-title page nearly detached, with tears and chips along the inner margin. Light dampstains to margins of a few leaves. Several library rubber stamps. Text block in good condition overall, in need of rebinding. ; x, 128 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Page dimensions: 205 x 133mm. ; 8vo .

Penrith: The Discovery Press. Very Good- with no dust jacket. (1973). Hardcover. Ex-libris label on front endpaper, Frank G. Glen. ; x, [4], 251, [3 (blank)] pages. Faux leather boards with gilt decoration on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 196 x 128mm. Bookmark ribbon. With a 4 page Foreword by H. Basedow. Series: The Best of Idriess.; .

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Fair with no dust jacket. 1932. Second Edition. Hardcover. Quite heavy foxing. Rubbing to ends of spine. ; xiv, 306 pages + frontis + plates + advertisements. Brown cloth boards. Page dimensions: 184mm x 120mm. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Fair in Fair dust jacket. (1953). Hardcover. Ex-library. Library labels and markings. Rebound. Dust-jacket in plastic cover with adhesive edges, taped to boards and endpapers. Dust-jacket flaps cropped close to the text. ; 1953 reprint of a title first published in 1948. 344 pages + frontispiece + 1 map. Rebound in red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 210 x 136mm. "Here are tales of historical diamonds, of intrigue, of fortunes won and lost, of the old Mogul and Persian conquerors, of the glittering courst of France and Tsarist Russia. But the surprise in the story is the diamonf fields of Australia, the romance of the Inverell diamond fields where for years rough diamonds were washed away by the tin miners as worthless pebbles." - from dust-jacket blurb. .

Sydney: Angus and Robertson. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. (1953). Hardcover. No signatures. Large chips to ends of dust wrapper spine. 3" tear in front flap fold of dust wrapper. Several other 1/2" and smaller chips and tears to dust wrapper. Dust wrapper is not price-clipped. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 1953 reprint of a title originally published in 1940. vii, [1], 224 pages + frontispiece + 17 illustrations on 7 plate leaves. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 215 x 138mm. "In 'Lightning Ridge' Ion Idriess tells of his beginnings, of his childhood in Lismore and Tamworth and Broken Hill, of his apprenticeship in bushcraft, and of the growing love for the Australian outback which illumines all his work." - from dust-jacket blurb. .