304 pages, indexed, illustrated. The back paste down and page 304 are lightly stained (insects?), and the spine's tail bumped, else a clean, unmarked and solid copy which appears unread. "William Ricketts dreamed of a more sensitive and respectful Australian population. He worked toward that goal in a wonderfully unique way. He expressed himself through ceramic sculptures depicting aspects of indigenous Australia. Peter Brady has written a remarkable story of Rickett's determined endeavour from the horse and buggy days of Melbourne and the adolescence of studio pottery through the central Australian outback with Aboriginal people, across the USA at war with Vietnam and through India's ashrams." (book)