Aspects of Everyday Life in Australia 1788-1888 by C. H. Currey

Aspects of Everyday Life in Australia

1788-1888

And In Ancient and Mediaeval Times

by C. H. Currey

(Whitcombe’s Social Studies Series)

Whitcombe & Tombs, 1946, black and white photographs in text, colour illustrated frontispiece,  large staple-bound paperback

Good Condition, some edge and shelf wear, some rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, age toned pages, a few chips and tears to covers (see photographs)

“Fourth Class -
Each of the text books is profusely illustrated.  Where possible, and especially in the books for the third and fourth classes, the narrative has been woven around the maps and pictures.  Some of the latter, by the courtesy of the Mitchell Library, have been taken from contemporary drawings and paintings.  So, too, the greater part of the subject matter is based throughout upon the original sources of information.  These are freely worked into the text and give it a distinctive freshness and suggestion of realism…”