Isbn: 9780533091997 - Black Man Red Sand (4 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Inscribed by author on front free end page in black pen, "To Randy & Connie GvHS pot luck party program. Hope you have a chance to visit this area some day soon! John Rutten. 3-15-92" First edition stated with complete number line. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4 Book; binding tight, boards straight and clean; mild bump to top edge to two pages with minor soiling to top and bottom edges else text free of marks. appears barely read. Dust jacket ($18.95) has mild bumping and chipping to mostly spine ends and bottom rear flap edge with 3/4" crease to top front flap corner and mild fading to spine. Color bright and sharp to covers. Under archival quality mylar cover. Photos upon request. Packed well and shipped in a sturdy box. Inscribed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Near Fine. First Edition (stated). FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). SIGNED AND INSCRIBED BY AUTHOR. A bringing together of two years of personal journals, flight logs, musings and medical notes collected in the 'Alice', the heart of Australia, by an American civilian and physician serving in the Aeromedical Service of the Royal Flying Doctors. Has much information on the Aborigines and their culture, way of life and spiritual beliefs, as well as on the natural landscapes of the outback, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains glossary, 444pp. A very nice copy, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free Brodart plastic protector. Extremely rare. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed and Inscribed By Author. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. [8], 444, [4] pages. Inscribed by author on the fep. Map. DJ has wear, soiling, edge tears and chips. The authors served in World War II and the Korean Wear. He was later stationed in Tehran and Panama. He has treated patients throughout the Middle East and in Central and South America. But it is in "Aussie-land" and the American expatriate community at Alice Springs, or what the Australians called the Spyce Byce, that this unique and technically exact journal begins. The author and his wife spent over twenty years in private practice and then returned to government service overseas for a while before returning to their home in California. In this work, the author brings together two years of personal journals, flight logs, musings and medical notes collected in the Alice, the heart of the continent we call Australia. As an American civilian and physician serving in the Aeromedical Service of the Royal Flying Doctors, Rutten mingles with and heals the superstitious aboriginals in the outback. His detailed account covers his journeys into the aboriginal culture and thousands of aerial miles of intoxicating sunsets and sunrises over Ayer's Rock, Chamber's Pillar, Henbury Craters and along the Finke and Dockers rivers to the Olgas. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated].…