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The Native Tribes of Central Australia by SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN - 1899

by SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN

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The Native Tribes of Central Australia by SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN - 1899

The Native Tribes of Central Australia

by SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN

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London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. Very Good. London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. Octavo, xx, 672 (last blank), [32] (publisher's advertisements, dated '15.2.99') pages with 12 unnumbered line illustrations of churingas, a map and 130 illustrations (mainly after photographs) plus 2 folding maps, 3 folding charts, 4 folding chromolithographic plates and an erratum slip tipped in at page 1 (noting that on page 570, the tassel should be 'pubic' not 'public'). Gilt-pictorial olive-green buckram, uncut and mostly unopened; spine a little sunned, extremities a little bumped; edges a little foxed, with light scattered foxing throughout; some marginal chips and short tears due to careless opening of uncut edges; page 633 has trifling surface loss due to adhesion to the verso of the adjacent plate (affecting part of only two words); trifling signs of use and age; overall an excellent copy. There is a gift inscription on the verso of the front flyleaf ('To W.J.S. from W.H.B. 26.4.02'). The recipient was (Sir) William John Sowden (1858-1943), Adelaide journalist, newspaper editor, author, and a serious book-collector; the pencilled shelf reference on this page we know to be in his hand.
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  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Macmillan and Co. Limited
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1899

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The Native Tribes of Central Australia

by SPENCER, Walter Baldwin and Francis James GILLEN

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London: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. Very Good. London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1899. Octavo, xx, 671 pages with 12 unnumbered line illustrations of churingas, a map and 130 illustrations (mainly after photographs) plus 2 folding maps, 3 folding charts, 4 folding chromolithographic plates and an erratum slip tipped in at page 1 (noting that on page 570, the tassel should be 'pubic' not 'public'). Olive-green gilt-pictorial buckram a little flecked and rubbed, with the spine a little sunned; all edges uncut; scattered light foxing; minimal chipping to some uncut leading edges; an excellent copy. The head of the title page is inscribed in indelible pencil, in an unknown hand, 'With Kindest Regards from': this is followed by the ink signatures of both authors (as W. Baldwin Spencer and F.J. Gillen). A seminal work in the history of anthropology: in over forty years of dealing in works of this kind, we have neither seen nor heard of another copy signed by both Spencer and Gillen.
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