Kangaroo by R. M. Younger

Kangaroo

Images Through the Ages

by R. M. Younger

Century Hutchinson Australia, 1988, [First Edition], ISBN 0091573203, colour and black and white illustrations throughout, black and white line drawings, large hardcover, dustjacket

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing and bumping to edges and corners, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing, bumping and chipping to edges and corners (see photographs)

“The kangaroo has a special place in the hearts of all Australians.
It is both a symbol of national pride and identity, and the object of great affection.  It has survived both a harsh physical environment for thousands of years and, more recently, the attention of enthusiastic hunters.
Kangaroo – Images through the Ages is a magnificent and most unusual book.  Through pictures old and new, from all over Australia and around the world, it traces the development of kangaroo imagery from the earliest Aboriginal paintings to the first, rather tentative, European paintings of this ‘anomalous’ animal, through its evolution as a national symbol to use in cartoons, coins, stamps, advertising etc.
Many of the illustrations will be wholly unfamiliar to modern readers – certainly, they have never been gathered together before.
The authoritative, but very lively and readable text, together with the illustrations make this book a must for all those interested in the kangaroo, or who wish to know more about a very special part of our culture and history.”