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Livres anciens et modernes

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 €

Pali s.r.l. Libreria

(Roma, Italie)
Fermé jusqu'au 29 novembre 2024.

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Détails

Auteur
Domville-Fife, Charles W.
Éditeurs
Philadelphia, J. B. Lippincott Company, 1925
Thème
Indians Indiani America
Description
S
Jaquette
Non
Etat de conservation
Tres bonne condition
Reliure
Couverture souple
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Non

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.