A World That Was. The Yaraldi of the Murray River and the Lakes, South Australia
Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1993 (first edition).
Quarto, xxxii, 624 pages with 10 maps, 20 tables and 36 illustrations plus 20 pages of plates (comprising 45 illustrations from photographs).
Papered boards slightly bumped on the front bottom edge; small light mark to the leading edge of the text block; an excellent copy with the near-fine dustwrapper (lightly creased).
One of the Miegunyah Press series. 'Material originally collected in the 1940s now appears for the first time in this intricate study of an Aboriginal people who inhabited some of the richest country in Australia at the time of European colonisation'. A copy of the publisher's original media release (quarto, one leaf, printed recto only) is loosely inserted.
Item #141140
Price (AUD):
$500.00