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[ABORIGINAL] Charles P. Mountford: The Tiwi: Their Art, Myth and Ceremony

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[ABORIGINAL] Charles P. Mountford: The Tiwi: Their Art, Myth and Ceremony

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Charles P. Mountford

The Tiwi: Their Art, Myth and Ceremony

London and Melbourne: Phoenix House in association with Georgian House, 1958.
First Edition.
25.5cm x 16cm. 185 pages, 64 plates (2 colour), black and white illustrations and map in the text. Brown cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial jacket.

Limited to 250 copies for sale in Australia. This copy offered together with The Tiwi Islands by John Pye.

Some foxing and tanning, mostly to edges and prelminaries. Jacket chipped and torn with tape repair to the lower joint. Good Condition in Fair Jacket.

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[ABORIGINAL] Charles P. Mountford: The Tiwi: Their Art, Myth and Ceremony

Name: [ABORIGINAL] Charles P. Mountford: The Tiwi: Their Art, Myth and Ceremony
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