Milton Balch & Co., 1933 It is an unacceptable book if you apply today's values to it. BUT in its day it was an amusing account of geographic exploration. The author's exploration on the Amazon, Rio Negro, and overland to the Orinoco is related with zest and humour. It is redolent of its time, and to criticise it because it does not follow todays restrictions in attitudes is quite the wrong way to look at it. Think of it as another kind of Travels Of Marco Polo if you like. You do not read it because of its facts; it is mostly an enjoyable romp reflecting its time. Holdridge was attached to the Brooklyn Museum's Department of Ethnology and he wrote several books of fiction & non-fiction set on and around the Amazon. Book is graded Near Fine but that allows for its age. The protected jacket is complete despite minor chips and usage. There is a splendid Ex Libris pasted onto the rear of the front endpaper. The end papers, front and back, are a splendid map of the travels covered in the book, and an owner name is neatly incorporated in the front. There are two small numbers written on the base of the title page.. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine.

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Bookseller's Inventory #: ABE-1684867025032
Title: PINDORAMA - Jungle To You
Author: DESMOND HOLDRIDGE - Rare First Edition in JACKET
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Milton Balch & Co.
Date Published: 1933

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