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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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Autor
Domville-Fife, Charles W.
Editores
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1925
Materia
Indians Indiani America
Descripción
S
Sobrecubierta
No
Conservación
Muy bueno
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Copia autógrafa
No
Primera edición
No

Descripción

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.