First Australians : An Illustrated Story by Rachel Perkins and Marcia Langton (editors) - 2008

Melbourne University, 2008. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Miegunyah Press, 2009. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Fine. SUPERIOR FINE COPY First Edition. In addition, the SBS DVD ($39.95 rrp).""A landmark history of Indigenous Australia which accompanies a major nine part Australian television series. It combines the most rigorous academic research with captivating contemporary storytelling. Richly illustrated book that includes images of the landscape, evocative nineteenth-century photography and Aboriginal art. Written by Australia's leading Indigenous historian and public intellectuals""The dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period in history. Based on the SBS-TV award-winning series. (The scarce lavish first edition. This is number 112 in the second series of the Miegunyah Press.).xxix, 393 p. : ill. (some col.),… Read More

Melbourne, Carlton: Miegunyah / Melbourne University Press (MUP), 2008. 1st ed.. Hardback large quarto, dustjacket, very good plus condition (in very good plus dustjacket, red cloth boards, white lettering on spine, colour & sepia (brown-tinted) photos (many full-page), frontispiece, errata slip loosely inserted, base spine little rubbed, protected by removable archival plastic sleeve. Very heavy (2.4 Kg), and not available for postage to destinations outside Australia. 393 pp. First edition. The dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Seven of Australia's leading historians reveal the true stories of individuals - both black and white - caught in an epic drama of friendship, revenge, loss and victory in Australia's most transformative period in history. Based on the SBS-TV award-winning series. (The scarce lavish first edition. This is number 112 in the second series of the Miegunyah Press.).