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Pictorial social studies / managing editor: Sydney A. Field ; research directors: Victor Suthers, Frank Legg ; art directors: Dahl Collings, Jill Young ; artists: K. Raffe, Peter Chapman, John L. Curtis, Royce Bradford, Stuart Peterson, Jeff Wilkinson
Bib ID 740786
Format BookBook [text, still image, volume]
Printer Waverley, [New South Wales] : S. & A. Wheeler
Description Sydney : Australian Visual Education, [1960] 
©1960 
16 volumes : chiefly illustrations (some coloured), maps (some coloured) ; 29 cm. 
Series

Pictorial social studies. Series 2, History and geography.

John Ryan Comic Collection.

Full contents
  • Our place in space
  • The emergence of man
  • Ancient civilizations
  • The story of England
  • People who made history
  • The dark continent (Africa)
  • India astir
  • Canada
  • The United States of America
  • New Zealand
 
Notes

Cover title.

Some editions have fold-out covers that list series titles and have various illustrations.

Library's John Ryan Comic Collection copy of "Interesting eastern peoples" has had most of page numbers 13 and 14 cut out by a previous owner.

For school-aged children.

Subjects Social sciences -- Study and teaching (Primary)  |  Social sciences -- Juvenile literature.  |  Social sciences -- Comic books, strips, etc.  |  Australian
Form/genre Comic books, strips, etc.
Other authors/contributors Field, Sydney A., editor  |  Suthers, Victor  |  Legg, Frank, 1906-1966  |  Collings, Dahl, art director  |  Young, Jill, art director  |  Raffe, K., artist  |  Chapman, Peter, 1925-2016 artist  |  Curtis, John L., artist  |  Bradford, Royce, artist  |  Peterson, Stuart, 1900-1976 artist  |  Wilkinson, Jeff, 1924-2007, artist  |  Australian Visual Education

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    N 372.83 PIC Main Reading Room
    Nq 300.77 PIC
    Copy: v. 1-16
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    MS 6514, Box 13, Item 356
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