Pearls and Savages

New York: Putnam, 1925. Second edition. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. The forward discusses Hurley's life and his time in the Antarctic, surviving Shackleton's "Endurance" expedition, during which the ship was crushed in the ice. It states that this expedition to tropical New Guinea was conceived of while Hurley was marooned under the boat beached on Elephant Island… Read more about this item

Used; Acceptable. 18-F-02 G.Putnams Sons 1924 Hardcover. No dust jacket. Text is clean and unmarked. Boards are starting to separate- front board has tape on inside. Covers have moderate wear, with some of the cloth on the spine coming off. Book Condition; Acceptable . 1924. HARDCOVER.

New York & London: Putnam's Sons, 1924. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Quarto, 414 pages, green cloth, pictorial endpapers, front hinge repaired Aussie photographer and polar explorer Hurley opted to explore the undiscovered tropical area of New Guinea. this book documents his finds of remarkable peoples in his documentary motion picture, "The Lost Tribe". Illustrated by Photos By… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: JAC Press, 1981. Limited Edition. hardcover. very good. Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Facsimile of Putnam's 1924 edition. Limited edition, of which this is number 3 of 1,000. Includes original presentation box, still in good condition, but with parts of the cardboard missing, unnoticeable unless opened, and with other stains and wear, and titling… Read more about this item

Hong Kong: JAC Press, 1981. Facsimile ed.. Hardback large quarto (26.5 x 20.0 cm), dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth cover, full-page black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), top edge gilt (little marked), minor foxing endpapers & facsimile title page, front cover jacket little scratched (minor foxing, some edgewear), rubber stamp… Read more about this item