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Zustand: Good. 1st. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. pp.(xii)+314. 24.5cm. Double-column. Line illustrations throughout. Illustrated end papers. Bibliography. Index. Hard cover in dust jacket. 6 line gift message from the designer of the book. (The Bulletin text and cartoons from 1880 to 1980).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: As New. 1st Edition. 1198 pages. Thick octavo. Fine, spotless signed copy with minor rubbing along bottom edge of spine. Dust jacket in protective plastic. Illustrated with b&w and colour photographs and drawings. *** This book weighs more than 2kg and may require additional postage if sent out of Australia***. Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. London, Wild Cat Press, 2011. Large octavo, xxxii, 1198 pages with illustrations and maps plus 98 pages of plates (many in colour) and 3 folding maps. Papered boards; rear bottom corner bumped; an excellent copy with the near-fine dustwrapper. The front free endpaper is inscribed ('With best wishes from . 8.3.12') and signed by the author. 'Of all the early women pioneers omitted from official histories, Carl Strehlow's wife Frieda Keysser is the most glaring example, having spent over a quarter of a century on the Australian frontier when life was dangerous, difficult and often short. Frieda was well aware that her tumultuous life was unique and kept copious diaries, in later years authoring an overview of her life . This account of her life was inspired by those writings . and constitute one of the richest records of pioneer life of the period. As a practical person who played a crucial role in the survival of Central Australia's aboriginal population, Frieda's diaries are distinguished by meticulous observation and careful recording of names, places and facts' (dustwrapper blurb). Signed.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. London, Wild Cat Press, 2011. Large octavo, xxxii, 1198 pages with illustrations and maps plus 98 pages of plates (many in colour) and 3 folding maps. Papered boards; a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. Signed by the author. 'Of all the early women pioneers omitted from official histories, Carl Strehlow's wife Frieda Keysser is the most glaring example, having spent over a quarter of a century on the Australian frontier when life was dangerous, difficult and often short. Frieda was well aware that her tumultuous life was unique and kept copious diaries, in later years authoring an overview of her life . This account of her life was inspired by those writings . and constitute one of the richest records of pioneer life of the period. As a practical person who played a crucial role in the survival of Central Australia's aboriginal population, Frieda's diaries are distinguished by meticulous observation and careful recording of names, places and facts' (from the publisher's blurb). Signed by Author(s).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. First Edition. London, Wild Cat Press, 2011 (first edition). Large octavo, xxxii, 1198 pages plus numerous maps and plates, many in colour. Papered boards; a fine copy with the very slightly creased dustwrapper. Presentation copy from the collection of eminent Australian neurosurgeon Professor Donald Simpson AO (1927-2018). Inscribed 'To Donald Simpson/ with best wishes' and signed by the author. 'Of all the early women pioneers omitted from official histories, Carl Strehlow's wife Frieda Keysser is the most glaring example, having spent over a quarter of a century on the Australian frontier when life was dangerous, difficult and often short. Frieda was well aware that her tumultuous life was unique and kept copious diaries, in later years authoring an overview of her life . This account of her life was inspired by those writings . and constitute one of the richest records of pioneer life of the period. As a practical person who played a crucial role in the survival of Central Australia's aboriginal population, Frieda's diaries are distinguished by meticulous observation and careful recording of names, places and facts'. Signed.…