Fight for Gold by Denys Burrows

Fight for Gold

by Denys Burrows

Paul Hamlyn, 1974, [First Edition], ISBN 0600072177, black and white line drawings in text, illustrated frontispiece and title page, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, minor rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping and chipping (see photographs)

“In Ballarat of the 1850s, tight in the thick of Australia’s most feverish attack of gold fever, Andrew and Jamie Murray found the adventure of their lives.
With their parents, they resolutely joined in the scramble for undreamed of riches.  On the muddy tracks they joined the wealthseekers of bewildering nationalities.  On the diggings they dug, scrabbled, fought and plotted...”