Rigby, Adelaide, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Poor/Good. 240 pages, list of illustrations. Illustrated endpapers, showing a map of New Guinea and its environs. Text is illustrated with numerous black and white photographs. Blue coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book are bumped and rubbed and shelf wear is evident to the bottom edges of book. Head and heel of spine are bumped and soft. The front and back panel have mildew residue. The internal pages are brown. Photographic/illustrated dustwrapper, photograph of a New Guinea Highlander overlaying an illustrated painting of New Guinea village, black & white writing front panel and red and black on spine. Corners of the dustwrapper are rubbed, as are the fore edges. Chipping has occurred to the top and bottom dustwrapper edge, particularly on spine. There has been some staining to the dustwrapper, on the verso, along all creases. Grubby marks to the back panel. Olaf Ruhen travelled through, then, Papua and Australian New Guinea during the early 1960s, travelling through some of the remotest areas, meeting tribes who did not know that white men existed and pondered the islands' history. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Travel & Places; Sociology; Anthropology; History -- Papua New Guinea; Inventory No: 0100838. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0100838
Title: Mountains in the Clouds
Author: Ruhen, Olaf
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Poor
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Rigby
Place of Publication: Adelaide
Date Published: 1963
Keywords: BZDB2 Pupua New Guinea -- Travels, Sociology, First Contact -- Native People, Micronesia, Pupua New Guinea -- History Travel & Places; Sociology; Anthropology; History -- Papua New Guinea; Unbranded Ruhen, Olaf Mountains in the Clouds
Bookseller catalogs: Sociology; Anthropology; History -- Papua New Guinea;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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