Australian Aboriginal Portraits
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. Number 166 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1967. Number 166 of only 200 copies numbered and signed by the author. More
The verso of the mount contains a slightly different caption in Mountford's hand: 'A stone supposed to be the head of a poisonous Snake. Rubbing the stone causes sickness to one's Enemys [sic]. Ayers Rock'. The amendments appearing in the typed version are also pencilled in here. There are two..... More
Flinders Ranges, South Australia, [circa 1937]. The State Library of South Australia holds the original negative (PRG 1218/34/675G) in its Mountford-Sheard Collection, with the date given as 'Approximately 1937'. More
Adelaide, Rigby Limited, 1972. Inscribed and signed 'with much regards Monty'. Loosely inserted is a small quantity of interesting related ephemera: an invitation to the launch of this book, and a newspaper review clipping; a photograph captioned 'Monty's Hon Ph.D Investiture, Melbourne Uni' (it was an honorary Litt.D., in 1973);..... More