The First Sunrise

MOUNTFORD, Charles P.

Published by Rigby Ltd. Adelaide Australia, 1971

About this Item

Hardcover Condition: Near Fine Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine in protective Mylar. Ainslie Roberts (illustrator) 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Previous owners inscription. This was the third of the Roberts/Mountford trilogy of myths of the Aboriginal First Nation people. It began in 1963 with an exhibition of Ainslie Roberts' remarkable paintings of central Australia, its people and stories. Part of the co-authorship of The Dreamtime", next "The Dawn of Time", (1968) followed by this volume "The First Sunrise" with 32 new paintings by Roberts based on First Nations People explaining the creation of the world with texts and interpretation by anthropologist Charles Mountford. Both men for years were very close to the local people. Cultural ownership has shifted since then but it is a trilogy the publisher then could claim had no parallel in Australian literature. 79pp 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The First Sunrise
• Publisher: Rigby Ltd. Adelaide Australia
• Publication Date: 1971
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Ainslie Roberts paintings
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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