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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Very good/very good, used, 7th printing, 79pp. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubbing to dj, no chips , tiny tear to top edge of the upper near center, corners are not worn. Ainslie Roberts (illustratore). …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Reprint Edition. Very good/very good, used, 3rd printing, 79pp. Interior clean, no marks, pages near bright, binding tight. Slight rubbing to dj, no chips or tears, corners are not worn. Ainslie Roberts (illustratore).

tan & brown illustrated hardcover ~ 4to ~ 4º (quarto ~9.5"x7.25"). large book. dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers have couple of tiny spots. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. not worn or torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. 6th printing. 79p. glossy pages throughout. 31 glossy full color plates with text on facing pages. also b&w line illustrations on each text page. art history. art books. mythology. religion. folklore. cosmology. australian aboriginal history. ~ The Dreamtime series has been one of Australia's greatest publishing successes in recent years. The first of the series, The Dreamtime was published in 1965 and has been reprinted fifteen times. The others in the series have enjoyed similar success, with more than a quarter~million copies being sold in all. The original concept of these beautifully illustrated books was developed by an association between Ainslie Roberts and Charles Mountford. Mr Roberts had made extensive painting tours through remote outback regions, and Mr Mountford, of course, was well known for his anthropological work among the Aboriginal peoples. He told some of their myths to Ainslie Roberts who began to see these legendary tales in terms of colour and design. The result was his extremely successful collection of paintings first exhibited at the Osborne Gallery, Adelaide, in 1963, in which he captured the glowing colours of the inland and sensitively and imaginatively reflected and interpreted the fantasy and myths of the Aborigines' Dreamtime. In order to incorporate the painting in a book, Mr Mountford wrote a text which explained the background to the myths, as well as his own interpretations of the myths themselves. They were published in The Dreamtime. Public response was so great Roberts was encouraged to paint three more series of pictures on the same theme, all of which have been incorporated into books. Charles Mountford wrote the text for all except one of these books, Dreamtime Heritage, which was written by Roberts' wife Melva. Mr Mountford died in 1977.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 79 pages, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Fine DJ. *** 32 myths about Spencers Gulf, River Murray, Kangaroo Island, Flinders Ranges, Groote Eylandt, Melville Island, Encounter Bay, Ayers Rock, touching on numerous subjects. Size: 8vo. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Dustjacket included. Later Edition. ISBN . Hardback. Later Printing. Very Good condition book, with minor rubs to cover corners, slight dustsoiling and browning to edges of interior pages, in a Very Good condition dustjacket with minor rubs and creases around its edges, slight browning to jacket edges. Tight, sound, unmarked copy except for previous owner's inscription written on front endpaper. $2.75 original price is present and unclipped on front flap of dustjacket. No Signature.…

Condizione: Good. Reprint (hardback). 8vo (24cm by 18cm), 79pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and b&w. Original green cloth, dustwrapper. There is a bookplate to the front free endpaper, and light tape stains to the endpapers; otherwise, the book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0851790259. …

79 pp, large octavo, coloured plates, b&w illustrations, previous owner's small stamp on half-title and pages 43 & 75, else fine copy in like, illustrated d/j.

175 pp, 35 x 29.5 cm, b&w line drawings, coloured plates, fine copy in like illustrated d/j.