Reprints and Papers relating to the Autochthones of Australia
Woodville, The Editor, [1933 and 1935].
Octavo, two volumes, viii, 176; and [iii]-vi, 47 pages.
Brown sand-grain cloth blocked in gilt on the spines and front covers (the latter with a design featuring a boomerang); cloth lightly flecked and rubbed; corners lightly bumped; trifling signs of age and handling; in near-fine condition.
A presentation set, with the first volume inscribed and signed by the editor, who also hand-set and printed the book ('To my brother John | with Christmas greetings | TA Parkhouse | 1933'). The second volume is signed and dated (January 1936) by his daughter M.A. Parkhouse, who finished its printing after her father's death; we presume it to be her personal copy. The introduction to the second volume, by Norman B. Tindale, indicates that the first volume was published in an edition of 100 copies in October 1933 (despite the preface dated 8 May 1923, likely a misprint frequently overlooked). This compendium is an important resource on the Indigenous languages of South Australia, including the Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna, and Ngaiawang languages. The publications reprinted are: 'Adelaide and Encounter Bay Tribes' by John Stephens; 'Some Account of the Manners and Superstitions of the Adelaide and Encounter Bay Aboriginal Tribes, with a Vocabulary' by William Wyatt; 'A Vocabulary of the Language of the Aborigines of the Adelaide District and other Friendly Tribes of the Province of South Australia' by William Williams; 'Outlines of a Grammar, Vocabulary and Phraseology of the Aboriginal Language of South Australia, spoken by the Natives in and for some distance around Adelaide' by C.G. Teichelmann and C. Shuermann; and 'A Vocabulary and Outlines of the Grammatical Structure of the Murray River Language spoken by the Natives of South Australia from Wellington on the Murray as far as the Rufus' by M. Moorhouse. Loosely inserted in the second volume is an original photograph (100 × 165 mm) of the press used to produce the books; the two formes of type in the image may well relate to the work. [2 items].
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