Book - BOOK, WW1, Ion L Idriess (Late Trooper 5th Light Horse AIF), The Desert Column, 1939

Historical information

The Desert Column: Leaves from the diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine.

Physical description

Hard, cardboard cover, grey buckram with black print on front & spine. Small decoration in black on front. 388 pages, cut, plain, white. Illustrated in black / white, sketch maps on front flyleaf & end paper, back flyleaf. Page removed. Inscription page facing title page. Diary.

Inscriptions & markings

Handwritten in black ink on page facing title page: “Donated by Joy Wellings Re Stephen Langdon”
“RSL stamp”

Black felt tipped pen mark: “Lower edge of pages”

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