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PERILOUS PARADISE: PHOTO STORY OF NEW GUINEA AND ITS EMERGING PEOPLE
Written by Eric Were.
Stock no. 1829032
Published by Pacific Press Publishing Association.
1st
1968.
Very good condition.
From its steamy, mosquito-infested swamps to its high fertile valleys and mist-enshrouded peaks, New Guinea presents 300,000 square miles of highly diversified terrain with 2,000,000 needy but fascinating tribal people. This land is a perilous paradise with minimum of comfort and maximum of challenge. Especially featured in this book are a group of missionaries who are doing humanitarian work, often under difficult circumstances. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos, a few colour photos. Not paginated. Spine lightly faded, corners of boards lightly worn. Bookplate to half-title page and a few grubby marks to same. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean.
- Categorised in:
- TOPOGRAPHY (FOREIGN)
- AUSTRALIA
- NEW GUINEA
- PACIFIC
- ABORIGINE
QUEST UNDER CAPRICORN
Written by David Attenborough.
Stock no. 1827659
Published by Lutterworth Press.
1st
1963.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
The Northern Territory of Australia is vast, on his four-months' journey through this desolate and fascinating country David Attenborough spent much of his time observing the many creatures that make this part of Australia such an intriguing place for a naturalist. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and a 5 colour photos. Light browning of lower edges of boards (minor). Spine slightly cocked. Some foxing to text block. Gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. A few foxspots to prelims. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly edge-worn, small chip to base of spine. Overall a nice copy with a dustwrapper.
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- NATURAL HISTORY GENERAL
- AUSTRALIA
- ABORIGINE
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ARATJARA ART OF THE FIRST AUSTRALIANS
No author listed.
Stock no. 593423
Published by Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; South Bank Centre.
1st
1993.
Fine condition.
Art of the first Australians. Traditional and contemporary works by Aborginal and Torres Strait Islander artists. Large format. Pictorial card wraps. Colour photos. ISBN: 3926154179.