The Dawn of Time: Aboriginal Myths in Paintings
by Mountford Charles P
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Rigby Limited, Adelaide, 1969. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Ainslie Roberts. 400 grammes; 80 pages, last blank, introduction by Charles P. Mountford. The text is illustrated with 32 full colour quarter page/full-page illustrations by Ainslie Roberts and numerous black-and-white illustrations by the same artist. Brown coloured boards with white illustrations of kangaroos to the lower edge of the front panel. White writing to the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, again by Ainslie Roberts, against a white background with black writing on the front panel and spine. Some rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges, and price clipping of the front fold over flap. The retelling of some of the Australian Aboriginal myths as re-told by Charles P. Mountford and drawn by Ainslie Roberts. . Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Ainslie Roberts. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Indigenous Cultures; mythology; Aboriginal -- Australia; Art -- Australian; Australia; Inventory No: 0223732. .
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0223732
- Title
- The Dawn of Time: Aboriginal Myths in Paintings
- Author
- Mountford Charles P
- Illustrator
- Ainslie Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Rigby Limited
- Place of Publication
- Adelaide
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Aboriginal, Art, Australia, Ainslie Roberts -- Illustrator, Mythology Indigenous Cultures; mythology; Aboriginal -- Australia; Art -- Australian; Australia; Ainslie Roberts Unbranded Mountford Charles P. The Dawn of Time: Aboriginal Myths in Pain
- Bookseller catalogs
- Aboriginal -- Australia; mythology; Art -- Australian;
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About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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