Idriess, Ion L — Isles of Despair
Book Good No Jacket 1st Edition Angus & Robertson Australia Faded and bumped boards, mild spine lean. Name in ink to back of front free endpaper , 40% of half title has been clipped off, odour of cigarettes/tobacco. Illustrated historical novel by Ion Idriess based on the true story of Barbara Thomson, a white woman who was the sole survivor of a shipwreck and was raised by Coral Sea islanders, before being rescued in 1849. Following book was The Wild White Man of Badu.