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Reports of the Cambridge Anthropological expedition to Torres Straits. Vol. 3: Linguistics
Cambridge University Press 1907 Report Publisher's Cloth Very Good ++ 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Volume 3 of 6 volume Report on an 1888-89 Expedition to The Torres Strait, between Australia and New Guinea. vii, 525 pp. many archival black and white plates. In unmarked condition in square, tight, firm publisher's binding.. Faults include: corners mildly bumped, spine lightly sunned, Contemporary ephemera laid in; owner bookplate on pastedown.
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450.00 CDN
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Howitt, A. W. The Native Tribes of South-East Australia.
London Macmillan 1904 First Edition Cloth Very Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
xxxv + 819 pages including index 315 figures, folding table, smal knicks to the edges of the spine, corners bumped. Previous owner's bookplate inside front cover otherwise clean & tight. Illustrated throughout - 9 folding maps present and in very good shape, also a folding chart showing Table of Dieri Marriages and Descents
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375.00 CDN
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Kenealy, Thomas Outback
London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1983
Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine- Price Clipped. First Edition. 64mo - up to 3" tall. 256pp incl index. 32 colour many bw photos. Unmarked, no names, notes etc. In "unread" condition.
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25.00 CAD
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Moorehead, Alan Cooper's Creek
London Hamish Hamilton 1963 First Edition Cloth Near Fine Good 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
222pp, 27 illustrations and 2 maps one in end-papers. The Burke and Wills expedition, is a classic in the genre of exploration and the strange fated drama that took place on Cooper's Creek in the remote interior of the continent a hundred years ago. Binding firm, boards bright, text clean. Jacket is clipped, has tape on underside and minor discolouration on backstrip, but is complete in mylar sleeve. Owner bookplate.
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20.00 CDN
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Roth, Walter E. 8. Ethnological Studies Among the North-West-Central Queensland Aborigines
Brisbane and London Edmund Gregory Government Printer and Queensland Agent-General's Office 1897 First Edition Blind-stamped Cloth Very Good ++ No Jacket as Issued Hardcover 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Hansomely bound in blue cloth with blindstamped borders and decorations to covers; gilt titles to front and spine; xvi; 199 pp.; 438 illustrations; 23 plates in section at end (4 of which are color); folding table present and fine; light bumping to cover corners and small chip to head of spine; publishers' decorative floral enpapers; previous owner's scholarly decorative bookplate on pastedown; binding is tight and square.Topics include: Spoken Language, Sign Language, Domestic Implements, Mural Painting, Recreation, Trade, Weapons, Law and Order, Disease, Cannibalism, Rain-making, and Ethno-Pornography.
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295.00 CDN
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Spencer, Baldwin and F. J. Gillen Wanderings In Wild Australia: 2 Volumes Complete
Macmillan And Co, Ltd 1928 First Edition Cloth Very Good ++ 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"
From a private collector's personal library. Volume 1: xxvii, 455 pp. Volume 2: xiv, 914 pp. Together in both volumes combined over 500 b/w illustrations, sixteen coloured plates and four maps. Part of original jacket of one volume and ephemera laid in. Faults include partial separation of backstrip of volume 1 from substrate, secured by reversible paste with no loss of cover or damage to hinges or joints; Volume two upper cover bumped at corner with corresponding bumps to prelim. leaves; owner bookplates on both pastedowns. Otherwise a very good set with all plates etc. intact.
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650.00 CDN
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Spencer, Baldwin, (editor) Report On The Work of the Horn Expedition to Central Australia: 4 Volumes.
London & Melbourne Dulau & Co./Melville, Mullen and Slade 1896 Cloth Near Fine 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
Under the leadership of W.A.Horn. A most comprehensive record of the first scientific expedition undertaken in 1894 to Central Australia. Volume1: xvii; 220 pp. Introduction, Narrative, Summary of Scientific Results, Supplement to Zoological Report, Map. Volume 2 : iv; 431 pp. Zoology. Volume 3 : 194 pp. Geology and Botany. Volume 4: 200 pp. 69 plates;11 chromolithographs by Neville Cayley senior; folding map. Publisher's dark blue cloth ruled and lettered in gilt on spines with volume numbers indicated by asterisks as originally designated by publishers, all edges uncropped, Faults include: 2 pin-hole piercings to cloth covering on upper cover of volume 2; owner's personal bookplate on all pastedowns; mild bumping to lower corner of cover on volume 3 and same on upper cover of Volume 2. All bindings square and firm; all hinges and joints are uniformly sturdy. Plates, illustrations and maps are collated and intact. A well- preserved set from an anthropologist's private library collection.
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4900.00 CDN
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