I the Aboriginal Tapa dura - 1980

Adelaide: Rigby. 1980. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Colour and black & white illustrations by Ainsley Roberts. 200 pages. Illustrated edition of the classic Aboriginal biography of Waipuldanya. First published in 1962 the book was the winner of the first 'Advertiser Festival of Arts Award for Literature". Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Illustrated Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Rigby. 1972. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to DJ edges and corners and foxing to the inside of DJ. Mild insect damage to lower book edge. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. . Maps of the Northern Territory to endpapers. 240 pages. Biography of Waipuldanya a full blooded aboriginal of the Alawa Tribe. Won Advertiser Award at the 1962 Adelaide Festival of Arts. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Rigby, 1980. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

E-189: Rigby. Very Good. 1980. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Rigby Limited, Adelaide, Australia. 1963. 240 pp. Signed by Douglas Lockwood. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. Small bookplate present to the front pastedown. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. In his youth, Waipuldanya was taught to track and hunt wild animals, to live off the land, to provide for his family with the aid only of his spears and woomeras. This is the gripping story of his boyhood and youth, and how he trained as a skilled medical assistant, to become a citizen of both the Aboriginal and whitefella worlds. This is the first great classic of Aboriginal autobiography, as told to renowned writer, Douglas Lockwood. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 200 pages; Signed by Author .

Australia: Rigby, 1980. First Illustrated Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Ainslie Roberts. Fine in Near Fine jacket 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. pp.200 Dedicated to Waipuldanya of the Alawa tribe of Australian Aborigines whose story this is. First illustrated edition-45 illustrations. First published in 1962. clean tight copy d/j 1/2" tear bottom spine near hinge. else minuscule edgewear.

Rigby. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!