Aborigines, artefacts, and anguish by Ward McNally - 1981-01-01

Lutheran Publishing House, Adelaide, South Australia. First Printing August 1981. Hardcover (14 x 22 cm), 208 pages. ISBN: 0859101703. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Very Good condition. Full-bound brown cloth boards with gold lettering along spine. Map pastedowns/endpapers. Bumped. Pages/page edges tanning/foxing. The dj is bumped, scuffed, rolled/creased along edges. "Here is a captivating account of a life, the like of which Australia will never see again. It is an honest account of a man of remarkable feats and striking flaws. Ward McNally introduces Ted Strehlow the boy, growing up in Central Australia with Aboriginal children, making their language and ways his own. Then follows Strehlow the man - the patrol officer, the academic, the anthropologist, the linguist - as he wrestles with his destiny, and fights for the recognition of Aboriginal culture and for a better understanding of the people of his childhood. In compassionate, compelling style, Ward McNally unfolds… Read More

Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ spine a bit sunned but still clear - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 208 pages.. Biography of distinguished anthropologist Professor T.G.H. Strehlow. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1981. 208pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Light even toning to page edges. Biography of great linguist and anthropologist Ted Strehlow whose work with the Aborigines of Central Australia is unparallelled.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Adelaide; Lutheran Publishing House; 1981. hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition. 208 pages, b/w photos

Adelaide: Lutheran Publishing House, 1981 F/F-. 8vo. original brown boards gilt in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & nicked); pp. 208, with illustrations + endpaper map. A near fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F-.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.