The Australian Aboriginal by Basedow, Herbert - 2021-05-10

London: F W Preece and Sons. G : in good condition without dust jacket. Spine sunned. Sporadic foxing. 1929. Second impression. Illustrated hardback board cover with pictorial inset. 220mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). xx, 422pp. B/w photographic plates. .

Adel. F.W.Preece & Sons., 1929.. (2nd imp) Or.cl. (a little flecked & worn) 422pp. (a little foxing) Col. front. & b/w plates. Scarce. Greenway 716.

F W Preece & Sons, Adelaide 1929. 22.0 x 14.0cms, 422pp, 146b/w illusts, very good hardback (no dustwrapper; loose front hinge) Basedow cites 15 expeditions which he accompanied or led to the Northern Territory, Flinders Ranges; Melville & Bathurst Islands; the Northern Kimberleys; Central Australia and the Hermannsburg Mission Station on the Finke River (where he met Carl Strehlow) as his credential for writing this book. He details the Aborigine's physique; hunting; warfares; spears; burial & mourning customs; tribal organizations; religious ideas; art; stone implements; music & dance; language etc.

F W Preece & Sons, Adelaide 1925. 22.0 x 14.0cms, 422pp, 146b/w illusts, very good hardback (no dustwrapper) Basedow cites 15 expeditions which accompanied or led to the Northern Territory, Flinders Ranges; Melville & Bathurst Islands; the Northern Kimberleys; Central Australia and the Hermannsburg Mission Station on the Finke River (where he met Carl Strehlow) as his credential for writing this book. He details the Aborigine's physique; hunting; warfares; spears; burial & mourning customs; tribal organizations; religious ideas; art; stone implements; music & dance; language etc.

Adelaide; F. W. Preece and Sons; 1925.. First Edition; Thick Demy 8vo; pp. xx, 422; colour frontispiece, 55 pages of b/w. plates, 57 text figures, bound in later maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine, some mild foxing to first few pages, good copy.