"Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it."
— P.J. O'Rourke

London: Collins, 1973. [Adventure novel] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (21 x 14cm), pp.283. Publisher's brown cloth in pictorial dust-jacket priced at £2.00, illustrated map endpapers, printed in colour. Light wear and tear, some creases to flaps, small mark to top edge. Near fine A typical Hammond Innes mystery set in challenging terrain, this story concerning an abandoned mine in the sun-baked Australian Outback. Item #51147
Price: £25.00