Winjan's People. The Story of the South West Australian Aborigines. Edited by Paul Hasluck
Perth, Imperial Printing Company, 1933.
Octavo, 84 pages with a map, 6 plates, 2 illustrations and 2 pages of illustrations of weapons and implements.
Two-colour pictorial card covers rubbed and marked, with a four-digit number in ink on the rear cover; minor restoration (bottom corner filled in, small pieces of tape removed from the head and foot of the spine and the front inner hinge); overall a decent copy.
The author wrote from personal experience dating back to the 1860s. The frontispiece has inscribed beneath it 'Presented to Mrs D. Richardson by the Author. J.E. Hammond, 25-5-35'. This copy has the ownership details of three later owners, including the Western Australian authors Lyndall Hadow and Donald Stuart.
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