Tales From The Aborigines by W. E. (Bill) Harney

Tales From The Aborigines

by W. E. (Bill) Harney

Robert Hale, 1959, [First Edition], black and white photographic plates, hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, previous owners stamp to front endpaper, foxing to for edges, price-clipped dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping, chipping and discolouration, edges re-enforced on reverse (see photographs)

“Tales From The Aborigines come from the camp-fires of a race of people who have told and re-told the stories as an oral tradition from the beginning of time.  Yet it is remarkable how frequently the incidents and heroes have their counterparts in other lands.  Written down in an environment of aboriginal camp-life, by a man who has lived continually among them for fifty years, the tales reveal the mentality of a people – the Australoids – who still retain their age-old religion and culture.”