200 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There are some tape marks on first couple of blank pages and some light shelf and reading wear, but still a presentable reference copy. 45 Illustrations By Ainslie Roberts
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Seller: ThriftBooks-Dallas, Dallas, TX, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0727013653I5N00
Seller: Banfield House Booksellers, Gympie, QLD, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ainslie Roberts. (illustrator). 200 pages. Maps. With 45 illustrations by Ainslee Roberts. Plastic wrapper. Seller Inventory # 004319
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Solr Books, Lincolnwood, IL, U.S.A.
Condition: good. This book is in Good condition. There may be some notes and highligting but otherwise the book is in overall good condition. Seller Inventory # BCV.0727013653.G
Seller: Book Haven, Wellington, WLG, New Zealand
Hardback. Condition: Good. The 1962 book, written in first person, is described as the autobiography of Waipuldanya, a full-blood Aboriginal man of the Alawa tribe at Roper River (Ngukurr) in the Northern Territory, as told to Douglas Lockwood. The book concerns Waipuldanya's traditional upbringing and his training to become a skilled medical assistant for the Department of Health at Darwin Hospital. Lockwood wrote the book from more than 100 hours of interview with Roberts. DJ. DJ worn with tears on edges. 240 pages. Seller Inventory # 1596055
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Helen Boomsma of babyboomerbooks, Cape Douglas, SA, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Illustrated Edition. 1st illustrated edition hardback book in very good condition with unclipped dust jacket in good condition, not ex-library. It has no names, clean white pages, tight binding and clean brown board covers with slight bottom shelf wear. Illustrated with b&w and colour drawings, map end-papers. "My name is Waipuldanya, I'm a full-blood Aboriginal of the Alawa tribe at Roper River in the Northern Territory. Douglas Lockwood wrote this book about my life.". Seller Inventory # LOC002
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Leura Books, Bowral, NSW, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Ainslie Roberts (illustrator). Reprint. In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land, to provide for his family with the aid only of his spears and woomeras.This is the gripping story of his boyhood and youth, and how he trained as a skilled medical assistant, to become a citizen of both the Aboriginal and whitefella worlds. First Illustrated Edition. 200 pages. Illustrated. Illustrator: Ainslie Roberts. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Australian::Australian Aboriginal; Indigenous Cultures; ISBN: 0727013653. ISBN/EAN: 9780727013651. Inventory No: 276637. Seller Inventory # 276637
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Last Exit Books, Charlottesville, VA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Rigby Limited, Adelaide, Australia. 1963. 240 pp. Signed by Douglas Lockwood. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Small bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land, to provide for his family with the aid only of his spears and woomeras. This is the gripping story of his boyhood and youth, and how he trained as a skilled medical assistant, to become a citizen of both the Aboriginal and whitefella worlds. This is the first great classic of Aboriginal autobiography, as told to renowned writer, Douglas Lockwood. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 68015
Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Hardback. My name is Waipuldanya, or Wadjiri-Wadjiri. I'm a full blood Aboriginal of the Alawa tribe of the Roper River in the Northern Territory.' In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land, to provide for his family with the aid only of his spears and woomeras. This is the gripping story of his boyhood and youth, and how he trained as a skilled medical assistant, to become a citizen of both the Aboriginal and whitefella worlds. Rigby, 1980. First illustrated edition. A very good copy only marked by light shelf rubbing on the spine ends and a previous owners name stamp on the front free endpaper. The d/w is near fine with light sun tanning on the spine. {"length"=>["24"], "width"=>["19"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. Seller Inventory # 4497267
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Ainslie Roberts. (illustrator). 1st Illustrated Edition. 200 pages. Colour and black & white pictures throughout. Just a beautiful tight, clean and straight 1st edition, in a now protected bright complete jacket. Seller Inventory # 003861
Quantity: 1 available
Seller: SHIMEDIA, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back. Seller Inventory # 0727013653