[American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land]. MOUNTFORD, Charles P. (general editor)

Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. [Volume] 1: Art, Myth and Symbolism. [Volume] 2: Anthropology and Nutrition. [Volume] 3: Botany and Plant Ecology. [Volume] 4: Zoology

Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956, 1960, 1958 and 1964 (all first - and only - editions).

Quarto, four volumes, xxx, 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 colour plates; xiv, 515 pages with 7 graphs, 281 maps and illustrations, and 47 plates plus a colour plate; xvi, 522 pages with 81 maps and illustrations, and 17 plates; and xviii, 533 pages with a map and 100 plates plus 5 colour plates.

Cloth; minimal signs of age and use; an excellent set with the lightly used dustwrappers.

Charles Mountford was the leader of the expedition; he was also the author of the first volume, the editor of the second, and co-editor of the third with R.L. Specht (who edited the fourth volume). [4 items].

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