Art Australian Aboriginal by Barrett Charles Croll Robert (5 results)

Softcover/Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Near fine condition first edition softbound book. Minor shelf wear including minor rubbing at edges. Appears unread or only lightly read. Color, and black/white plates. Describes art across different regions within Australia from early rock carvings to more contemporary works.

Small 4to. pp.94.colour frontispiece + 32 black & white illustrations. softcover in original wrappers The dust wrapper is missing pieces from the upper front and a piece from the lower ,top corner[ see images] Now protected jn dw cover. Internally Very Good. This copy is signed by Charles Barrett and dedicated to Laurie Outhwaite of The Rentoul Outhwaite Family.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Foreword by A. P. Elkin, M. A. , Ph. D Professor of Anthropology Sydney University. Signed by both authors on front free endpaper, front endpaper hinge has old tape stain (see image) otherwise a very good copy. ; 245 x 180mm; 94 pages; Signed by All Authors.

With a foreword by A. P. Elkin. Melbourne : The Bread and Cheese Club, 1943. Quarto, lettered wrappers, pp. 94, illustrated, occasional light foxing, a very good copy. The book is dedicated to Albert Namatjira and reproduces a number of his paintings. An early survey of indigenous Australian art. Australian Army Educational Library stamp to title page and a couple of interior pages.

With a foreword by A. P. Elkin. Melbourne : The Bread and Cheese Club, 1943. Quarto, lettered wrappers, illustrated dustjacket (chipped, with loss to upper portion of upper and lower panels, printed title label applied to spine), related news clippings pasted on to dedication leaf, pp. 94, illustrated, internally clean, a very good copy, SIGNED by both the authors Robert Croll and Charles Barrett on the endpaper. The book is dedicated to Albert Namatjira and reproduces a number of his paintings. An early survey of indigenous Australian art. Scarce in the jacket signed by the authors.