Search Results: wanderings in wild australia by spencer sir baldwin

London: Macmillan & Co, 1928. v-xiv, cont. 457-930pp; b/w plates, library label to top of front board and to the inside; stamps to fep. and date; green cloth boards with gilt title to spine; d/j cover pasted inside rear cover; minor edgewear.. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex Library.

London: Macmillan, 1928. 2 volumes. xxviii, xiv, 930pp; indexes, num bw ills, folding maps. Or olive cloth with title in gold to spine, top edge gilt. Ex-Queensland Museum library withstamp to each front free endpaper and title page, card pocket at front otherwise free of library impedimentia. Light to moderate occasional foxing, some flecking and marks to cloth at edges. An attractive complete set of this important early work which concentrates on the Arunta aboriginal people of Australia with much material on other tribes also. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

London: Macmillan. 1928. Large octavo size [16x23cm approx]. Overall Very Good condition. Some minor flaws - volume one has minor crack to front hinge; some faint ink underlings to text [both volumes]. Green cloth boards with gilt top edge and titles to spine. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and Drawings. Colour plates. Fold-out maps. McLaren 15109. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 930 pages [over two volumes]. Sir Baldwin Spencer KCMG FRS was a British-Australian evolutionary biologist, anthropologist and ethnologist. He is known for his fieldwork with Aboriginal peoples in Central Australia, contributions to the study of ethnography, and academic collaborations with Frank Gillen. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Macmillan. 1928. 2 volumes 8vo, original green cloth boards, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. Volume I pp xxviii, 456; volume II pp xiv, -457-930 plus ii pp advertisements. Black and white plates, colour plates, maps, folding maps, complete. Upper and lower boards heavily spotted, previous owner's inscription ffep, hinge split internally between title page and half-title page volume I, small closed tear to edge of one map, o/w very good condn. Travels in Central Australia. A classic account, profusely illustrated. A wealth of detail regarding the Aboriginals of Central Australia; also general exploration and descriptions of flora and fauna. 1st edition. Boards.