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    Men of the Jungle – Ion Idriess

    Published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney, a 1949. Octavo, 259 pages end paper maps, illustrated from period photographs. A bit of age with a dust jacket, quite a respectable copy

    One reviewer stated ‘This must be one of the most delightful books on Australia that has ever been written” … high praise indeed … and worthy.

    Idriess and his mates, for three years, in the back of Cooktown and the Daintree River … the characters … special and more interesting than fiction.

    Idriess Far North among his mates

    $50.00

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  • Fortunes in Minerals including Uranium [Simple Tests and How to Make Them] – Ion Idriess – Very Good Copy

    Fortunes in Minerals including Uranium [Simple Tests and How to Make Them] – Ion Idriess – Very Good Copy

    An Ion Idriess classic which followed “Prospecting for Gold”. Experts regarded this book as a serious compendium. Includes chemical tests and sections on the use of the blowpipe.

    Published by Angus and Robertson, a 1959 issue of the revised edition. Large octavo, 310 pages with some instructive illustrations. A very good copy in a super dust jacket.

    Ion Idriess classic – makes your fortune in minerals – plenty have.

    $60.00

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  • In Crocodile Land – Wandering in the Northern Territory – Ion idriess

    In Crocodile Land – Wandering in the Northern Territory – Ion idriess

    Published by Angus and Robertson in 1948, a reprint of the first.

    Tall octavo, 241 pages, with great period photographs – lots of crocs! A very good copy.

    Idriess crocodile and buffalo hunting in the “bad coasts” of the Northern Territory. Wild men and Wilder women!

    Idriess gets the Croc’s

    $50.00

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  • The Wild White Man of Badu – Ion Idriess

    The Wild White Man of Badu – Ion Idriess

    Second printing of the first edition published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney in 1951.

    Tall octavo, 232 pages, well illustrated with images from photographs, maps of the islands, end paper maps etc. A very good copy in an even better dust jacket.

    The incredible true story of a convict escaping from Norfolk Island and becoming the Chief of Badu. See map on rear end papers for some clues.

    Strange and exciting Farthest North.

    $60.00

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    Outlaws of the Leopolds – Ion Idriess

    One of the more difficult to find Idriess books – about Sandamara, also known as Pigeon, a native tracker who set about to drive out the white settlers from the Kimberley’s and King Leopold Range in northern Western Australia.

    Published by Angus and Robertson in 1955. Tall octavo, 244 pages, nicely illustrated from period photographs, end paper maps, very good dust jacket. Overall, a very good and worthy copy.

    Idriess with important history of the north-west.

    $60.00

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    Gold-Dust and Ashes – The Romantic Story of the New Guinea Goldfields – Ion Idriess

    First published by Angus and Robertson, Sydney in 1933. This edition dated 1944. Octavo, 258 pages, end paper maps and nicely illustrated with period photographs. Dust jacket a little rubbed and nicked, some age, still a better than good copy. Gist inscription tucked behind front free end paper.

    Ion Idriess’s great book about the early New Guinea Goldfields of Bulolo, Wau and Edie Creek. One of the must have books in the PNG/ Mining list – great photographic images.

    Gold- Dust it is!

    $40.00

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