Proceedings of a landmark conference at which the great and good gave presentations – Kenyon, Childe, Woolley, Crawford, Kendrick, Zeuner, Fox, Grimes et al.

A survey of record keeping through history from the rock cut inscriptions of Darius and the ancient Egyptian 'Rosetta' stone, via the cuneiform clay tablets of the Sumerians, to the advent of medieval illuminated parchment manuscripts culminating with the introduction to the West of paper invente

Scarce and early treatise on the ancient and traditional art of the Australian aboriginals illustrated with thirty-three b&w plates and a colour frontis.  Depicted are totems, cave and bark paintings and rock carvings.  94 pages.  Paperback in its original (slightly worn) dustw