Australian Aboriginal Portraits by Charles P. Mountford

Australian Aboriginal Portraits

by Charles P. Mountford

Melbourne University Press, 1967, [First Edition], full-page black and white photographs throughout (facing), monotone illustrations in text, black and white photographic frontispiece,  hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, ex-library with tape residue to front endpapers, stickers and sticker residue to back endpapers, stamp to title page and back flyleaf, staining to bottom right corner front, dustjacket shows some edge and shelf wear with some rubbing, bumping, chipping, tears and discolouration, sticker to spine (see photographs)

“This remarkable series of camera portraits is a fruit of his unique experiences over many years of travel in remote areas of Australia.  In thirty-nine studies, he shows the original Australians as people of intelligence and character – individuals, yet as well-adjusted to their own communities as to the country which they occupied for fourteen thousand years without despoiling.  Brief and readable notes to each portrait give a new dimension to the general reader’s understanding, and sketches from aboriginal drawings add further visual pleasure.”