Rigby E 189 (1 results)

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.…