Author: ARMOUR, JOHN. Title: The Spell Of The Inland.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. 280; frontispiece; 22 b/w plates; original red boards with title in black on spine and front, spine faded, minor marks to wrapper, previous owner's name in ink to front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy. Melbourne Publishing Company, 1923. The author was Minister for the Australian Inland Mission and set this perhaps only partly fictional collection of stories in Central Australia with fascinating photographic illustrations [camels pulling a cart, Aborigines in full regalia] and helps preserve memories of a fascinating and unique way of life.
Keywords: detective Fiction Australia Crime Central Australian literature
Price: AUD 50.00 = appr. US$ 34.59 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 96039