Author: IDRIESS ION L
Title: The Tin Scratchers
Description: Sydney, Angus & Robertson. 1959, First Edition. Cloth, 8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. first edition, small pen name to fep, map end papers, light age toning to some page edges particularly the plates, xii 260pp clipped dust jacket some edge chipping especially to corners, sunned spine, 'tin-scratching' in the Cape York Peninsula made "Cyclone Jack" (Idriess) wealth enough to give up work and travel Australia writing about his experiences. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: Cape York Peninsula Australia Gold Fields Tin Mining


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