Headhunting in the Solomon Islands Around the Coral Sea
by Mytinger, Caroline
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/No Jacket
- Seller
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Vashon, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan. Very Good-/No Jacket. 1942. First Edition, Later Printing. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Used ix, [3], 416 pages + plates. Later issue of the "fascinating account of an unorthodox expedition made by two young women ... to paint portraits of the native headhunters" (jacket front flyleaf). Light fading and shelfwear to extremities, slight internal browning to edges and endpapers. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vashon Island Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0762197
- Title
- Headhunting in the Solomon Islands Around the Coral Sea
- Author
- Mytinger, Caroline
- Illustrator
- Over 30 b/w Illustrations (including plates); b/w Map (front endpapers)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-/No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition, Later Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1942
- Keywords
- Pacific, Ocean, South, Seas, Melanesia, Solomon, Islands, New, Britain, New, Guinea, Description, Travel, Mytinger, Caroline, Illustrated
Terms of Sale
Vashon Island Books
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About the Seller
Vashon Island Books
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Vashon, Washington
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