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  • The Yellow Joss [Coral Sea, Cape York, Torres Strait] – Ion Idriess – 1942

    The Yellow Joss [Coral Sea, Cape York, Torres Strait] – Ion Idriess – 1942

    Selection of tales from Cape York, Coral Sea and Torres Strait based on fact. Great photographs.

    An early edition published in 1942 by Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Octavo, 266 pages, some age, the odd spot but overall a very good pre-war edition with a nice dust jacket – we love the design. Illustrated throughout from relevant period photographs

    Idriess tales of adventure in the very North

    $60.00

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  • Prospecting for Gold. From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant and from the Dolly to the Stamper Battery. With Chapters on Tin, Osmiridium, Platinum, Opals and Oil. – Ion Idriess

    Prospecting for Gold. From the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant and from the Dolly to the Stamper Battery. With Chapters on Tin, Osmiridium, Platinum, Opals and Oil. – Ion Idriess

    Ion Idriess wrote Prospecting for Gold from his own experiences and the knowledge of his gold bug mates. He had been commissioned by the Australian Government to encourage self-employment.

    Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney. A 1954. Octavo, x, 296 pages, illustrated and with a very helpful glossary. A separate chapter by Government Geologist W.G. Woolnough on Prospecting for Oil. Dust jacket a bit chipped, now protected in acid free removable Brodart. A very good copy.

    Osmiridium is an interesting one. Read about the element Osmium … essential for good pen nibs. Stay away from the Tetroxide. Tasmania had its own Osmium boom starting the 1920’s … still quite a few undeveloped prospects. What can we do with the world’s heaviest element?

    About the book .. unusual for Idriess – not a yarn to be seen – solid practical information that may have stood the test of time.

    Ion Idriess – a guide to finding your fortune in the bush

    $120.00

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  • Nemarluk – King of the Wilds

    Nemarluk – King of the Wilds

    Nermarluk (1911-1940) was an aboriginal warrior who lived near Darwin at Moyle Plain. He was a fighting man well over six foot tall. He was the head man of the Chul-a-mar.

    In 1930 he was imprisoned at the Fannie Bay jail but escaped swimming the eight km across the Darwin Harbour to Cox Peninsula. This account represents the last three years of his life when he was tracked by Bul-Bul, who had been brought in by the Northern Territory police to finally capture him.

    1951 Edition Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney. Octavo, 213 pages, evenly toned, still war paper and some age in ends, very good dust jacket … all up a good copy of one of the harder to find Idriess reality based books.

    Rare Idriess in the Northern Territory and the brave but dangerous Nermaluk

    $40.00

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  • Two Against the Ice [the “Alabama” Expedition, 1909-1912] Ejnar Mikkelsen

    Two Against the Ice [the “Alabama” Expedition, 1909-1912] Ejnar Mikkelsen

    Scarce Travel Book Club publication by Rupert Hart-Davis published London, no date but 1950’s. Translated from Danish by Maurice Michael. Octavo, 224, map of North-East Greenland the location of the adventure. Dust jacket has age, edge tears, some age, generally pretty clean inside a good copy.

    One of the great Arctic adventure accounts. The purpose of the expedition was to map out the northeast coastline of Greenland and to recover the bodies of Mylius-Erichsen and Hoeg-Hagen.

    Mikkelsen and his engineer Iversen wintered on Shannon Island. Their ship, the Alabama, got trapped in the ice and the rest of the party returned home on a whaler. The pair succeeded after a series of hazardous sledge journeys in recovering the lost records of the missing party and disproving the existence of Peary Channel. On returning to base and finding the crew gone they erected a makeshift hut from salvaged timbers and spent two winters there before being rescued. It got a bit frayed between the two of them, but they made up in the end – this book is dedicated to Iversen.

    Classic Arctic adventure in North-east Greenland

    $60.00

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  • Waller’s Owl [Australian Eastern Grass owl] -Silvester Diggles – Brisbane – c1870

    Waller’s Owl [Australian Eastern Grass owl] -Silvester Diggles – Brisbane – c1870

    Rare original hand-coloured lithograph by Queensland naturalist Silvester Diggles. Published as part of his magnificent work “”The Ornithology of Australia” between 1866 and 1870 in twenty-one parts by Pugh of Brisbane, in a very limited edition. By the time part sixteen was published there were only 92 subscribers. The original plates were executed on stone and coloured by Diggles and his niece, Rowena Birkett.

    The Waller’s Owl in modern times referred to as the Eastern Grass Owl. A beautiful reclusive and rarely seen bird which is occasionally seen in New South Wales but mainly in Queensland where it hunts the cane fields and grasslands for rodents. A medium sized owl similar to the barn owl. Colouring tan-brown with black, white and orange mottling, long legs which it uses to snatch its prey from dense undergrowth.

    The work measures 38cm by 27cm, good hand colouring pretty clean and undamaged. A scarce item.

    About Silvester Diggles

    Silvester Diggles (1817-1880) artist and musician born in Liverpool, England. He came to Australia in 1853 settling in Brisbane where he taught music and drawing. Diggles was a founder of the Brisbane Choral Society in 1859 and the Philharmonic Society in 1861 known as “the father of music in Brisbane”. Diggles was also a founder of the Queensland Philosophical Society and helped establish the Museum. His greatest work was The Ornithology of Australia. It nearly sent him broke. His health deteriorated worry about finances being a factor. He died at Kangaroo Point in 1880.

    Price $490.00 unframed.

    An opportunity to own a rare original owl by Queenslander Silvester Diggles.

    $490.00

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  • Murder Off Miami – A New Era in Crime fiction – Dennis Wheatley

    Murder Off Miami – A New Era in Crime fiction – Dennis Wheatley

    Originally published in 1936 – this is a faithful 1980’s reproduction of this extraordinary work by Dennis Wheatley – murder planned by J.G. Links.

    The most sinister death of multi-millionaire soap powder king Bolitho Blane on board the luxury yacht Golden Gull off Miami looks suspicious. Has he committed suicide or is foul play involved?

    Here we have all the clues laid out in front of us in the form of a the law enforcement case file, the complexity and ingenuity of it all is a surprise in itself – it is guaranteed to leave you scratching your head until the end –

    Showing bit of age – still a better than good copy – intact in every respect.

    Nothing on google will assist you in working this one out – the sealed section is unbroken – do not break until you are absolutely exhausted.

    $60.00

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