Life As I See It
Adelaide, Hunkin, Ellis and King Ltd., 1946.
Octavo, [viii], 358 pages plus 16 pages of plates.
Gilt-lettered red cloth; gilt a little dulled; one leaf (pages 231-232) a little creased and with a tiny closed tear; ownership signature; a very good copy with the very good dustwrapper a little chipped, torn and marked.
A broad-ranging memoir, with chapters on railway work in central Australia, prospecting for gold and silver, fruit growing, station life and shearing in South Australia and Western Australia, as well as meditations on politics, bookmaking, the atomic bomb, soil erosion etc. The dustwrapper is printed with the invitation 'Do you know the Australian Outback? Read "Life As I See It"'.
Item #110237
Price (AUD):
$125.00