ABBIE, A.A.

The Original Australians

London, Frederick Muller, 1969 [first UK edition].

Octavo, 288 pages with 12 illustrations and maps plus 16 pages of plates.

Papered boards a little bumped at the extremities; an excellent copy with the excellent dustwrapper (slightly bumped and sunned).

The author was Professor of Anatomy and Histology at the University of Adelaide, and this book was based on 'some twenty years of work on Aborigines, both in the laboratory and on expeditions to many parts of Australia' (mainly in the Northern Territory).

Loosely inserted are high-quality silver gelatin prints of the plates facing pages 225 and 256 in the published work.

Item #141915

Price (AUD): $65.00
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