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Head Hunters Black, White and Brown by HADDON, Alfred C - 1901

by HADDON, Alfred C

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Head Hunters Black, White and Brown

by HADDON, Alfred C

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London: Methuen & Co, 1901. 426 pp. with 32 plates, 40 illustrations in the text and six maps. Good copy: Top of spine slightly bumped. Endpapers some foxing. Rear hinge weak. Size: 23x15. 1st edition.. CLOTHBOUND. Good.
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  • Publisher Methuen & Co
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1901

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The Head-Hunters Black, White and Brown (The Thinker's Library No 26)

by Alfred C. Haddon

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London: Watts & Co., 1932. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. First edition first printing in The Thinker's Library (no. 26) Abridged Hardback 256 pages Illustrated Very Good condition in Good unclipped dust jacket (slight losses from rear top edge of jacket) No inscriptions
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Head-Hunters Black, White, and Brown (Thinker's Library, no. 26)

by Haddon, Alfred C

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London: Watts & Co, 1932. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. The Thinker's Library, No. 26. Brown cloth, illustrated boards with lettering in black, dust jacket present. Ink name to front endpaper, light wear to dust jacket, with postage stamps used to mend some worn edges to inside and out. With black and white illustrations throughout the text. First printing of this edition.
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HEAD-HUNTERS Black, White, and Brown

by HADDON, Alfred C

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London: Watts Thinker's Library, 1932. First Thus . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. First version of series brown cloth binding with black decorated front inc. 'Thinker' bottom centre, no obvious faults but spine a tad darkened. Series list+ f/piece+xii+244, numerous text ills and maps of various kinds, no obvious internal faults. This is an abridgment of the original 1901 edition. One of the products of the famous Torres Straits Expedition which Haddon led 1898-9. No.26 in the Thinker's Library series 11 cm x 16.5 cm
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The Head-Hunters Black, White and Brown (The Thinker's Library No 26)

The Head-Hunters Black, White and Brown (The Thinker's Library No 26)

by Alfred C. Haddon

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Watts & Co, 1932. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Watts & Co 1932, abridged edition. Hardcover with tight binding. Condition: Very Good. Clean and bright text. Includes a dust jacket, price unclipped, in good condition.
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Head-Hunters. Black, White, And Brown.

Head-Hunters. Black, White, And Brown.

by HADDON, ALFRED C

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London.: Watts & Co.. Abridged Edition.. 1932.. Maps, black & white illustrations, xii + 244pp, index. Endpapers and edges foxed, dustjacket worn and marked with little loss and spine browned, now protected, overall a good copy. Thinker's Library, No. 26. Chapter headings include: The Murray Islands; Work and Play in the Murray Island; The Malu Ceremonies; A Trip Down the Papuan Coast; Sarawak; A Trip Into the Interior of Borneo; The Cult of Skulls in Sarawak. .
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Head Hunters Black White and Brown

by Haddon Alfred C

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London: Watts & Co, 1932. Abridged Edition . Cloth. With Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A very good ++ book spoilt be the removal of the fep. in a very good jacket with light shelf wear. PP 244, index, illustrations. The thinkers library # 26,
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Head-Hunters. Black, White and Brown (Abridged Edition)

by Haddon, Alfred C

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London: Watts & Co., 1932. 1st ed. thus. Nice copy. small octavo. hardback with dust jacket xii + 244pp., frontis., b/w plates, text ills., maps, index, ÔA first-hand account of experiences among the primitive peoples of Borneo & New GuineaÕ. The ThinkerÕs Library edition. No.26. First edition in this form. Neat ownership signature o/w a very nice copy in decorated black & gold boards, in a nice unclipped dust jacket with minor loss
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Head-Hunters Black, White and Brown

Head-Hunters Black, White and Brown

by Alfred C Haddon

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London: Watts & Co, 1932. Abridged ed. Hardcover. Very Good/N/A. The abridged account of the Cambridge University ethnographer, Charles Haddon, to New Guinea and Sarawak at the end of the 19th century. His host in Sarawak was Charles Hose, the Brooke administration civil servant and ethnographer. 244 pages. Please see the scan of the contents page for further details. Very Good Hardback in a Very Good Dust Jacket. Weight: 0.4kg. Post free within Malaysia A very nice copy with a dust jacket that has mild fraying at the top and base of the spine. The binding is tight, the text is clear and there is mild tanning throughout.
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Head Hunters Black, White and Brown

by Haddon, Alfred C

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London: Methuen & Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1901. First Edition. Hardcover. Blue cloth titled in gilt. Front cover has gilted skulls design. Inscribed to ffep "For Cooper Cole with the author's regards Aug 10, 1906." The boards show mild rubbing/shelfwear and the corners are softened. The gutters and spine ends have been professionally repaired and the binding is tight. There are faint pencilled PO names to rear endpages and scattered foxing throughout. Includes frontis photo with tissue and numerous other truly interesting photographic plates. Scarce signed. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 426+ads pages; Signed by Author .
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