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HB BLUE CLOTH PRELIMS AND EXTREMITIES FOXED VERY GOOD PP208 DW VERY GOOD 8V0 Also known as The High-Born, a Polynesian Saga.

4to. pp.103-134. B/w illustrations. Glossary. Original wrappers, a near fine copy.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Periodical. 169pp, tables, bw ills, maps (inc folding). Greywraps. Small chip, minor edge wear and minor marking to cover, number at top front. Includes essays on feral pigs in Australia; geoloical evidence relative to the antiquity of the Australian Aborigines; several paleontological essays including foraminifera, diatoms etc; and a record of a South African mollusc (Haliotis sanguinea) in Australia. Size: 4to. …

Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Adelaide, RSSA, 1938. Quarto, [7] pages with a map and an illustration plus a plate. Original card covers; a fine copy. This issue also contains MOUNTFORD, C.P.: Aboriginal Message Sticks from the Nullarbor Plains (5 pages with 10 small illustrations).

Paperback. Condition: As New. First Edition. Adelaide, RSSA, 1937. Quarto, [14] pages. Original quarter cloth and stiffened wrappers; a mint copy. This issue also contains MOUNTFORD, C.P.: Aboriginal Crayon Drawings relating to Totemic Places belonging to the Northern Aranda Tribe of Central Australia (12 pages); Aboriginal Crayon Drawings relating to Totemic Places in South-Western Central Australia (15 pages) and Examples of Aboriginal Art from Napier Broome Bay and Parry Harbour, North-Western Australia (11 pages); TINDALE, N.B.: Two Legends of the Ngadjuri Tribe from the Middle North of South Australia (5 pages); TINDALE, N.B. with H.K. BARTLETT: Notes on some Clay Pots from Panaeati Island, South-East of New Guinea (4 pages) and JOHNSTON, T.H. and J.B. CLELAND: A Survey of the Literature relating to the Occurrence in Australia of Helminth Parasites of Man (28 pages).…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. A fascinating adventure story of Australia in Negrito times, when our land was peopled by these little men, when Giant Man and the Diprotodon roamed the forests. Based on field studies and recorded scientific research into this far-distant period, illustrated with scientifically correct pictures of the dailt life of the Australian Negritos by the Museum artist, Miss Madeleine Boyce, and provided with a little dictionary giving brief but accurate cover of the scientific background of the story. This tale is primarily intended for children's reading. **There is a personal gift inscription written on the frontispiece, 2 bookseller stickers inside the front cover and the book has tanning. While the jacket has missing pieces, it and the covers are in a protective plastic cover (see photo). Madeleine Boyce (illustrator).…

Wellington N.Z. 1963. 8vo. Or.illust.cl. 208pp. With num. illusts. by D.F. Maxted.