166 pages, illustrated. The head's outer edge is lightly bumped, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. Signed by Jean Whitla. Stories taken from the following books by R. Bruce Plowman: The man from Oodnadatta. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1933; The boundary rider. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1935; [and] Camel pads. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1933. "Robert Bruce Plowman was born at Melbourne in 1886 and educated at State schools and at Scotch College there. He was from 1912 to 1917 patrol padre in Central Australia for the Australian inland Mission, and his experiences in that region are recorded in pleasing prose in the trilogy which began with 'The Man from Oodnadatta.' "