PEARLS AND SAVAGES, ADVENTURES IN THE AIR, ON LAND AND SEA IN NEW GUINEA

G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. Hardcover. 1924; small quarto; gilt stamped green buckram; details the travels of Australian photographer and film maker Captain Frank Hurley in New Guinea and encounter with the aborigines; includes 80 black and white photographs; illustrated endpapers; boards are lightly bumped on corners, spine ends are softened, some rubbing; minor superficial cut along front board; edges of text block are dust dulled; writing of former owner and book plate on front paste down; binding is slightly loosened but well holding, back hinge is starting; pages have minor discoloration and foxing; otherwise intact collectible of a photographic and anthropological expedition. History Case. Pasadena's finest independent new and used bookstore. VeryGood. Item #73056

Price: $150.00

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