145 pages, illustrated with black and white photos. There is an ownership inscription on the front paste down, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy. Signed by Pearl Powell. "Pearl Ruth Powell (14 December 1909 - 24 May 2004), née Price, formerly Bird, was an Australian memoirist. She was the co-writer of By Packhorse and Buggy (1996) alongside her daughter Eileen McRae.[1] This memoir follows her life where she grew up at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station, the daughter of postmaster Fred Price and, following his early death life on various cattle stations throughout Central Australia" (Wikipedia)