records american australian scientific expedition arnhem de mountford charles (13 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 515 Pages Illus., Dust Jacket Edge Chipped O/W Sound.

Post 4to; pp. xxx, 514; coloured frontispiece, 1 other coloured plate, 157 half-tone plates, 68 figures, references, index, original green cloth title in gilt on spine, some insect damage to backstrip, still a very good copy. . First edition. The most sought-after volume in the series.

4to; pp. xiv, 516; fontispiece map, 47 pages of plates, 180 figures, 7 graphs, index, original green cloth, title in gilt on spine in dustjacket, an excellent copy. First edition;

4to; pp. xviii, 534; frontispiece map, 92 illustrations five of which are in colour, 12 figures, index, original green cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket, a near fine copy. . First edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Academic account of a scientific expedition organized and led by Charles P. Mountford, an Australian anthropologist known for his pioneering work on Indigenous Australians, and jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and the Commonwealth of Australia. Edited and co-written by Mountford and published by Melbourne University Press in 1956. The expedition spent seven continuous months in the field, gathering over 13,500 plant specimens, 50,000 fish, 850 birds, 460 animals, and several thousand aboriginal implements and weapons. Volume I of four volumes, concerned with native art and culture. First edition, large 8vo, hardcover with printed dust jacket, 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 color plates. Slight lean to spine. Gentle bumping to extremities. Light glue burn to pastedown. Limited ink stains to bottom edge. Light bumping and rubbing to price-clipped dj.

Post 4to; pp. xxx, 514; coloured frontispiece, 1 other coloured plate, 157 half-tone plates, 68 figures, references, index, original green cloth in chipped dustwrapper, title in gilt on spine, A very good copy. . First edition.

Post 4to; pp. xxx, 514; coloured frontispiece, 1 other coloured plate, 157 half-tone plates, 68 figures, references, index, original green cloth in defective dustwrapper, title in gilt on spine, A very good copy. . First edition. From the collection of Mr Justice Rae Else-Mitchell, emiinent jurist and historian with bookplate.

1st edition hardback with dust jacket Nice copy large octavo xxx + 513pp., col. frontis., col. & b/w pls., maps, references, index, Copiously illustrated with examples of rock drawings & aboriginal cultural & ritual artefacts. Neat ownership signature o/w nice copy of the scarce & desirable first volume.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Carlton, Melbourne University Press, 1956. Quarto, xxx, 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 colour plates. Original textured card covers with the title 'Arnhem Land. Art, Myth and Symbolism' and the author's name on the spine and front cover; spine sunned, cracked and chipped with minor loss; minimal expert conservation to the front joint; front and rear covers marked and unevenly discoloured, with a few minor surface blemishes; edges a little marked and foxed, with occasional foxing elsewhere; a decent copy (internally in very good condition). The first (and most important) of the four volumes in the series, published between 1956 and 1964. This copy is inscribed on the front free endpaper 'To Mr and Mrs W. McCaffrey with all good wishes from Charles P. Mountford 1960'. The standard binding is green cloth with a dustwrapper. We have handled a number of presentation copies of the first volume in wrappers, and presume these less-expensive versions were provided to the author for this purpose. Signed by Author(s).

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Melbourne University Press, 1956, volume 1 Art, Myth and Symbolism, volume 2, 1960, Anthropology and Nutrition, volume 3, 1958, Botany and Plant Ecology, volume 4, 1964, Zoology, illustrations throughout the 4 volume set, first editions. Book set bound in a green cloth, no dust jackets. Ex-Library with all the usual markings, else set in very good condition Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall.

1st edition. 1st eds., quarto, 4 Vols., Vol 1: pp.513, col. fronts, b/w plates; Vol 2: pp.515, fronts map, b/w plates; Vol 3: pp.522, fronts map, b/w & col plates, hinge starting, some darkening to spine and rubbing lower spine.; Vol 4: pp.533, fronts map, b/w & col plates, corners bumped, edges rubbed o/w all volumes if very good condition. Heavy set, please inquire regarding postage rates. In February 1948, a team of 17 Australian and American researchers journeyed for nine months across Arnhem Land in Northern Australia investigating the indigenous population and the environment of the region.

Or.cl. xiii, 515Scarce. Profusely illustrated with plates & maps. A very good copy. 1st ed.

Volume 1 - Art, Myth and Symbolism 4to dark gray cloth hardcover, 51pp. incl. Index, illustrated by numerous b&w photographs VG, corners rubbed,in a fragmented dw, complete but in sections.