Glass Amee (21 results)

Stapled Booklet. Condition: Very Good. Revised edition. A slim booklet.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Good to Very Good. Binding sound and interior clean. Rear cover has visible rubbing, transfer marks, and surface wear, and light soiling to the rear cover. Light general handling wear to covers. Please see photographs. Into Another World: A Glimpse of the Culture of the Ngaanyatjarra People by Amee Glass, illustrated by Reg Robinson. Revised edition.A concise cultural introduction to the Ngaanyatjarra people of Central Australia, with chapters covering geography and history, language, manners, kinship and relationship systems, childhood, adulthood, marriage, death, traditional life patterns, and cultural change.Published by the Institute for Aboriginal Development, Alice Springs.ISBN: 0-949659-49-5Softcover, illustrated.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Revised Edition, Second Printing. 52pp, bibliography, footnotes, bw ills. Pictorial card. Prev owner name on title page. Step-by-step through some important aspects of Ngaanyatjarra culture- language, kinship, good and bad manners, attitudes to birth, childhood, adulthood and death, and the changing world of the Ngaanyatjarra. Size: 8vo. Robinson, Reg. (illustrator). …

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Revised Edition. 51pp stapled booklet with pictorial wraps. Clean bright tight copy. Reg Robinson (illustrator). 6601731.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. These stories are written in both English and Ngaanyatjarra languages. Covers & Spine: front and back showing light scuffing & signs of handling otherwise undamaged, minimal wear along edges and at corners, spine is intact and solid. Binding: firm throughout. Pages & Markings: unstained, only marking is name sticker of previous owner top corner of opening page otherwise clean throughout, small (1cm) patch of damage bottom corner of opening page (silverfishing?). PLEASE NOTE: Due to this item weighing less than 500g, postage cost for international orders (i.e. not Australian) will be less than what is shown here. Please email me if you would like a quote. All items are protectively packaged, and a postal tracking number will be sent to all customers whose current email address is registered with AbeBooks.…

8vo, 52pp. Original brown and orange textured paper matte wrapper, very slight signs of wear at corners. Numerous b/w maps, diagrams and in-text illustrations. A near-fine copy. Revised edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 144 pp. ex-library, minor discoloration on front cover, label & stamp inside front cover, labels & stamps on title page, card pocket inside back cover.

paperback. Condition: Very Good. Into Another World: Glimpse of the Culture of the Ngaanyatjarra People of Central Australia offers an intimate introduction to one of Australiaâs most remote Indigenous communities. Through personal stories, photographs, and cultural insights, the book highlights the traditions, values, and daily life of the Ngaanyatjarra people. It provides a rare, accessible window into their deep connection to land, language, and community. A thoughtful resource for readers interested in Aboriginal culture, anthropology, or Australiaâs rich Indigenous heritage.…

Wraps. Octavo, pp x, 59. Near-fine condition Reference work for hospital staff and medical workers in Western Australia. Ngaanyatjarra, Wangkatja, Pitjanytjatjarra languages. Scarce.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Light wear, unmarked, 144pp, VG. Book.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None, as Issued. First Edition. HEAVY. vii,743pp, map. Red/orange boards. Very small scuffs to corners, slight thumb soiling to bottom corner. Ngaatyatjarra Ngaatjatjarra are spoken in the central desert area of Western Australia along the tri-state border. With approx 6500 headwords and subheadwords this one of the most comprehensive dictionaries of an Australian indigenous language produced. Size: 4to.…

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL -Written for people coming to work in the Warburton community; includes description of geographical and historical background; language (Ngaanyatjarra); etiquette; kinship and marriage; birth and childhood; initiation; death; problems of change. 55 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. #270926 First Nations (AIATSIS) Subject: Reproduction - Childbirth Social organisation - Kinship - Marriage Children Language - Linguistics Ceremonies - Initiation Ngaanyatjarra people (A38) (WA SG51-08) Nyanganyatjara / Nangadadjara people (A17) (WA SH51-04) Ngaanyatjarra language (A38) (WA SG51-08) Nyanganyatjara / Nangadadjara language (A17) (WA SH51-04) Milyirrtjarra / Warburton (Central WA SG52-09) Subject: Australian aborigines. Cultural processes. Western Australia. Warburton region Aboriginal Australians -- Western Australia -- Warburton Ethnology -- Australia Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

Softcover. Condition: Very Good +. WEST AUSTRALIANA ABORIGINAL -Written for people coming to work in the Warburton community; includes geographical and historical background; language (Ngaanyatjarra); etiquette; kinship and marriage; birth and childhood; initiation; death; problems of change.What is the polite way to approach a Ngaanyatjarra camp? How many seasons are there in the Gnaanyatjarra year? if a Panaka man marries a Tjarurru woman, will their children be Karimarra or Yiparrka? These questions and a host of others are answered in Amee Glass's Into Another World: A glimpse of the culture of the Aboriginal people of Central Australia.Into Another World takes you step by step through some important aspects of Ngaanyatjarra culture - language and kinship, good and bad manners, attitudes to birth, childhood, adulthood and death, and the changing world of the Ngaanyatjarra. 51 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. REVISED EDITION. Out of print. #270624 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

1st ed. thus softback with stiff wrappers Near Fine small quarto 55pp., text ills., Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy.

"Sales/posting to the USA suspended". Card covers 144pp. Very good. Revised edition of "Pitjanjatjarra Texts" (1969).15 accounts of events and customs told in the Ngaanyatjarra language of Warburton Ranges.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. A bright clean softcover copy of this uncommon book. New revised edition, 1979. The copy corner has a slight wave from faulty storage and tips are creased, else Near Fine. ROBUST SHIPPING. Edward Morgan (illustrator).

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. iii, 149pp. Or card covers. Withdrawn from museum library with the usual impedimentia, prev owners name on title page, otherwise excellent. Size: 4to. Ex-Library.

Paperback. Condition: Near fine. First Edition. Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1969. Quarto, iv, 150, [3] (publisher's catalogue) pages. Card covers lightly sunned and rubbed; a near-fine copy. Australian Aboriginal Studies Number 19. The work comprises 'fifteen accounts of various events and customs told in the Warburton Ranges (Ngaanyatjara) dialect of the Pitjantjatjara (Western Desert) language . The main speaker is Mr Thomas Murray, who contributed all except two items which were contributed by his wife, Mrs Isabel Murray' (from the introduction). The Murrays narrate traditional stories, give accounts of life before 'the advent of the White Man', and and discuss cultural practices including food-gathering and revenge expeditions. Their accounts are presented as a transliteration, interlinear gloss, and translation.…

1st edition card covers Nice copy large octavo iv + 149pp., Australian Aboriginal Studies No.19. Ownership stamp o/w nice copy.

Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1969, 8vo brossura originale con copertina illustrata, pp. IV-149. Lievi tracce d'uso.

Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1970, 8vo brossura originale con copertina illustrata, pp. XVI-118. Piccole mancanze al dorso e tracce di ossidazione al taglio superiore, nel complesso ben conservato.