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MOUNTFORD,CHARLES P[earcy]: : The Art of ALBERT NAMATJIRA

AUSTRALIA.MELBOURNE.BREAD AND CHEESE CLUB,1949.

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AUSTRALIA,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,5th edn. NFINE/VG+.Owner's neat,inked name to top of ffe and also a bookseller's adhesive printed b/w label at lower right-hand corner of front pastedown (ANGUS & ROBERTSON LTD.,89 Castlereagh Street, SYDNEY.] and no price-clip to dw/dj - absence of publisher's price.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,colour artwork by Albert Namatjira,illustrated front panel of dw/dj with brown lettering,white pine/backstrip with dark blue lettering and very lightly grubbed plain white rear panel; with some minimal shelf-wear,creasing and minimal chipping to some edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present.Front panel artwork by Namatjira illustrating 6 aborigines grouped around their totem pole,or nrtunja,and in the distance is Haast Bluff.The border design is made upof sacred churunga,shields,boomerangs and spears.Top front corner with a small closed tear,another small closed tear to front lower edge too and some minimal loss at head of spine/backstrip's front gutter's edge.Top edges aged/toned with minimal,sporadic dust-soiling (?) spots, but fore-edges also aged/toned but generally clean; contents bright,tight, clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain orange paper-covered bds with bright,crisp, stamped gilt letters to front bd+spine/ backstrip,and near immaculate plain white eps.Australia,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,stated 5th edn (1949),ii-xxiipp+23-79pp [paginated] includes subject's b/w portrait photograph,title page,a dedication, contents list/table,an illustrations list/ table,a foreword by Robert Henderson Croll,an explanation of a following page artwork illustrated painting ('The Ancient Ghost Gum of Temple Bar'),continuation of foreword's last 2 pages,another b/w subject's photograph of him drawing,a further artist's 9 full-page,full colour illustrations with preceding page explanation for them,further b/w thumbnail photographs and illustration reproductions interspersed throughout the text and the book. A treatise by one of Australia's most noted anthropologists examining the life and art of Albert Namatjira. Published by the Melbourne Bread and Cheese Club to encourage Australian art and letters and to benefit those championed by the Club,the profits from the sale of this item,particularly,going to the Board of Anthropological Research at the University of Adelaide,to extend its work amongst the Australian Aborigines. Since April 2013 and again in March 2015, and in this year too,the UK Post Office has altered it's Pricing in Proportion template,altering it's prices,weight allowances,dimensions and lowered it's qualifying compensation rates too! So,please contact seller,because of the lighter weight and the value of this item, for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!

AUSTRALIA,slim 8vo HB+dw/dj,5th edn.

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