Stone Age Island: Seven Years in New Guinea
by Williams, Maslyn
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Very Good
- Seller
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New Port Richey, Florida, United States
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About This Item
London: Collins, 1964. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Near Very Good. (1st English) Slightly smaller book, blue cloth, gilt lettering very bright on spine, map of New Guinea and nearby islands inside covers and adjacent end papers, 352 lightly browned pages, small dark blue sticker inside front cover for bookstore in Kensington, photo sections throughout. Up until the Thirties, the interior of New Guinea was unexplored by white Europeans. DJ heavy paper, b/w photo of Williams and Duna man on front, b/w photo portrait of Williams on back. DJ white portions very slightly browned, tiny brown stain near top front left, nick at spien bottom right edge, creased along top back edge. Near Very Good DJ/Very Fine book.
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- Bookseller
- Callaghan Books South
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25243
- Title
- Stone Age Island: Seven Years in New Guinea
- Author
- Williams, Maslyn
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Collins
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Anthropology New Guinea Autobiography Travel Islands
- Bookseller catalogs
- Anthropology;
Terms of Sale
Callaghan Books South
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About the Seller
Callaghan Books South
Biblio member since 2004
New Port Richey, Florida
About Callaghan Books South
An internet bookstore, we have added 20 books a day to our inventory for a total of more than 40,000, specializing in Poetry, Vietnam Conflict, Native American, Literary Criticism.
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