Papua or British New Guinea
by J.H.P. Murray
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Fisher Unwin, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. One of a large, sophisticated collection from an Australian anthropologist on New Guinea, Papua and related subject areas. Several hundred volumes from this collection are listed at this site and can be found as a set by searching for the special Keyword pwnewguinea. Size: Quarto. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Edges browned slightly. Top edge gilt, faded. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Papua New Guinea; Indigenous Cultures. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 14075. .
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- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14075
- Title
- Papua or British New Guinea
- Author
- J.H.P. Murray
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Embossed Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Fisher Unwin
- Date Published
- 1912
- Keywords
- BZDB1 papua new guinea oceania tribal south pacific niugini pwnewguinea Antiquarian & Rare; Papua New Guinea; Indigenous Cultures. J.H.P. Murray Papua or British New Guinea
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Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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- Quarto
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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