Shadows of Our Dreaming Tapa dura - 1983

Angus & Robertson 1983. 1983. Hardcover. 8vo. hardcover. 250pp. illus. Very good. / Very good d/w. Series of short poems and stories, each with an Aboriginal title, many relating to experiences of her pastoralist forebears at Keera Station in northwestern NSW; includes many quotations from diaries re Aborigines in accompanying notes. .

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1983. xiv+250pp. Chocolate brown boards. White lettering. Excellent unmarked condition. Dustwrapper not price clipped. ISBN 0207145482.. 1st Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo.

Angus & Robertson, Australia, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. The journal and diary extracts of the author's Scottish ancestors reflect "a deep appreciation for the Australian landscape and the Aboriginal people". The author's poems on the same subject are interpolated.This book combines the journal and diary extracts of the authors ancestors with her own poetry. Fairbairn's maternal forebears were the Camerons and the Munroes from Scotland who settled in the Australian bush in the mid 19th Century. Her paternal forebears, the Reids also came to Australia in the mid 19th Century but settled in urban areas. Yellow glossy paper throughout. 250 pages. Dust Jacket has fading to spine edge. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Autobiography::Memoir; Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0207145482. ISBN/EAN: 9780207145483. Inventory No: 263621. . 9780207145483

Angus & Robertson, 1983. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 250 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket worn at edges, small chips and tears. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Edges slightly foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australia; Poetry. ISBN: 0207145482. ISBN/EAN: 9780207145483. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 31107. . 9780207145483