Modern Australian Aboriginal Art by Battarbee, Rex - 1951

Hardcover. Very Good. PLEASE READ: 1st Edition; 1951. Oversized Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket. The Book is in Very Good condition: Clean and Firm with No highlighting or underlining. Light shelfwear to extremities and previous owner's embossed stamp on the title page. The Dust Jacket is Bright with small chips and tears along the periphery and rubbing along the folds. It will be promptly shipped by experienced booksellers.

Unknown Binding. Very Good. PLEASE READ: 1st Edition; 1951. Oversized Hardcover Book with Dust Jacket. The Book is in Very Good condition: Clean and Firm with No highlighting or underlining. Light shelfwear to extremities and previous owner's embossed stamp on the title page. The Dust Jacket is Bright with small chips and tears along the periphery and rubbing along the folds. It will be promptly shipped by experienced booksellers.

Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Color and b/w Illustrations. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall. In rust brown cloth, 4to, 24pp+plates. (light shelfwear to extremities).

Sydney Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1951. Hardcover. Very Good. Usual library markings; call number inked out on spine; boards show light user wear; bumping to spine edges and board corners; pocket on rear pastedown; "withdrawn" stamped on title page, including a library blind stamp; library plate on front page. ; Includes an additional 21 pages of art plates at rear of book. Contributors include Albert Namatijira, Edwin Pareroultja, Otto Pareoultja, Walter Ebatarinja, and more. Priority and international shipping will be extra, please inquire. ; Ex-Library; 8 7/8 x 11 3/8"; 55 pages.

Australia: Angus & Robertson. Good. Hardcover. 1951. tidy ex library .

Angus & Robertson Sydney 1951 (first edition). 29.0 x 22.5cms, 56pp + 21 Colour Illusts, very good hardback with worn dustwrapper Strehlow's foreward focuses on 'the original purpose of native pictorial art and in the emotional and artistic appeal that it once made upon the aboriginal spectators'. Battarbee's introduction tells of his meeting with Albert Namatjira in 1934 and its aftermath. The book has biographies of Albert Namatjira, Edwin Pareroultja, Otto Pareroultja, Reuben Pareroultja, Walter Ebatarinja, Enos & Oskar Raberaba; Richard Moketarinja, Ewald Namatjira and provides 'a summing up and future'.

Angus & Robertson Sydney 1951 (first edition). 29.0 x 22.5cms, 56pp + 21 Colour Illusts, very good hardback with worn dustwrapper (sunned spine) Strehlow's foreward focuses on 'the original purpose of native pictorial art and in the emotional and artistic appeal that it once made upon the aboriginal spectators'. Battarbee's introduction tells of his meeting with Albert Namatjira in 1934 and its aftermath. The book has biographies of Albert Namatjira, Edwin Pareroultja, Otto Pareroultja, Reuben Pareroultja, Walter Ebatarinja, Enos & Oskar Raberaba; Richard Moketarinja, Ewald Namatjira and provides 'a summing up and future'.

Sydney, Angus & Robertson, reprinted 1958.. 55pp+21 col. plates. 4to. Original cloth. Enpapers a bit marked . B&w photographic illustrations and colour plates, a very good copy.. Rex Batterbee was the teacher of Albert Namajira and here explores the work of other Aboriginal artists who were painting in the 1940's.

Angus and Robertson 1951. Quarto hardcover (VG) lacks d/w; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs

Angus & Robertson Sydney 1951 First Edition . 29.0 x 22.5cms, 56pp + 21 Colour Illusts No Jacket, Firm Boards hardcover Strehlow's foreward focuses on 'the original purpose of native pictorial art and in the emotional and artistic appeal that it once made upon the aboriginal spectators'. Battarbee's introduction tells of his meeting with Albert Namatjira in 1934 and its aftermath. The book has biographies of Albert Namatjira, Edwin Pareroultja, Otto Pareroultja, Reuben Pareroultja, Walter Ebatarinja, Enos & Oskar Raberaba; Richard Moketarinja, Ewald Namatjira and provides 'a summing up and future'.