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Children of the Desert. The Western Tribes of Central Australia. Volume One
by RÓHEIM, Géza
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Dust Jacket Included
- Seller
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Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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About This Item
New York: Basic Books, Inc, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Dust Jacket Included. New York, Basic Books, Inc., 1974. Octavo, xx, 262 pages. Cloth; a fine copy with the slightly sunned and rubbed dustwrapper. Edited and with an introduction by Werner Muensterberger: the first publication of this important work, twenty years after Róheim's death. 'A few days before his death (in 1954), Géza Róheim handed me a voluminous bundle of material gathered in 1929 during his field research in Australia. It was his unpublished work on the Pitjentara or, more generally, the Aranda and Lurittja, among whom he had spent approximately eight months' (introduction).
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- Bookseller
- Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 138226
- Title
- Children of the Desert. The Western Tribes of Central Australia. Volume One
- Author
- RÓHEIM, Géza
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Basic Books, Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1974
- Bookseller catalogs
- South Australia;
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About the Seller
Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
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Adelaide, South Australia
About Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers
The business was established in Adelaide in March 1976 and is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the Australian Antique Dealers Association (AADA). A large out-of-print and antiquarian stock is maintained at our retail outlet in the centre of Adelaide; mail-order catalogues of our specializations are issued and a representative selection of our stock is online.
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- Dustwrapper
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- Octavo
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- Sunned
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- Fine
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