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Newton, Henry

In Far New Guinea; A Stirring Record of Work and Observation Amongst the People of New Guinea, with a Description of Their Manners, Customs & Religions

1914

162.62 €

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Year of publication
1914
Place of printing
London. Seeley, Service & Co.
Author
Newton, Henry
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Travel - Pacific & Australia Native Peoples Anthropology
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 15 cm]; [xii], 304, 16 [ads] pp, frontis, 46 illustrations from photos, mostly full-page, folding map (split in fold), index. original blue pictorial gilt cloth, gilt spine lettering, top edge gilted, spine faded, edges rubbed, corner bumped, few leaves bit foxed, good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author first travelled to New Guinea from Australia in 1899, where he travelled extensively throughout the British New Guinea, Papua, over a 14 year period, describing the peoples in detail, their customs, rituals, society, etc. The illustrations are quite good.