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THREE BOOKS ON AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK :

1) THE SPELL OF THE INLAND

A ROMANCE OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIA

by JOHN ARMOUR

Publisher: Cornstalk Publishing Company, Sydney

Date: 1927

Edition: 3rd Edition

Size: Small 8vo - 19 x 13 x 4

ISBN: Does not apply

Dustjacket: No

Illustrated: Yes, wonderful B/W PHOTOS

Condition: Pale Blue cloth-bound hardcover with title to spine & front cover, rubbing & small tears to spine, corners & edges, spine has tear down the middle (all intact), STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in FAIR/GOOD CONDITION, tiny bookshop stamp to first page, no inscriptions, foxing and age-toning throughout.

A descriptive narrative of outback life including the work of the Australian Inland Mission in the 1920's. A muscular padre with war service behind him, runs to earth a murderer playing two roles by means of disguises.

2) PARSON ON THE TRACK

Bush Brothers in the Australian Outback

by IVAN SOUTHALL

Publisher: Lansdowne Press, Melbourne

Date: 1962

Edition: First Edition

Size: 8vo - 22 x 14 x 3

ISBN: Does not apply

Dustjacket: Yes

Illustrated: Yes, B/W PHOTOS & Map to Endpapers

Condition: Green cloth-bound hardcover with gilt title to spine, slight rubbing to spine & corners, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION, tiny bookshop stamp to inside front cover, no inscriptions, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with slight fading to spine, a couple of tiny tears, slight rubbing & edgewear.

'Previously unsung, and unprecedented in terms of personal sacrifice this book tells how the Bush Brotherhood, a bachelor order of Anglican priests too Christianity to the outback'.

3) AUSTRALIA'S OUTBACK

JOURNEYS AND DISCOVERIES

by JOCELYN BURT

Publisher: Jacaranda Wiley, Milton, Queensland

Date: 1992

Edition: First Edition

Size: Quarto - 29 x 22 x 1.5

ISBN: 0701630906

Dustjacket: Yes

Illustrated: Yes, FABULOUS COLOUR PHOTOS & Map to Endpapers

Condition: Red cloth-bound hardcover with white title to spine, slight rubbing to spine & corners, STRAIGHT, TIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD CONDITION, no inscriptions, in an unclipped GOOD DUSTJACKET with fading to spine, a repaired tear to front cover, slight rubbing & edgewear.

'In this book, through the photographs and by recounting some of her journeys and discoveries, she gives the reader - and the prospective traveller - an insight to Australia's outback'.