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Rare and modern books

Domville-Fife, Charles W.

Among wild tribes of the amazons. An account of exploration & adventures on the mighty Amazon & its confluents, with descriptions of the savage head-hunting & anthropophagous tribes inhabating their Banks

Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1925,

70.00 €

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Author
Domville-Fife, Charles W.
Publishers
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1925
Keyword
Indians Indiani America
Binding description
S
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

First American edition. 8vo [22 x 15 cm]; 282 pp, frontis of shrunken head, numerous illus from photos, 6 maps including foldout, index. orig pictorial red gilt cloth, gilt lettering on spine, , very good copy. A thrilling tale of hairbreadth escapes, one of the best books of travel and exploration for some years (contemporary reviews). One of the better travel works of the period with descriptions of the native peoples, their customs, society, beliefs based on the author's extensive travels.