London: The Bodley Head, 1934. Red cloth with black lettering to spine.viii[ix-xii]250 pages, 2 pages publishers ads.Frontis photo portrait of the author, folding map of New Guinea, and 9 photographs on 6 plates.6 X 8.75 inches. Cloth is age darkened, browning at page edges, and some lean to the spine. Sound and solid binding, inside all clean and in good order.Very good copy. No dustwrapper.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Bookseller: Jacques Gander (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 009685
Title: New Guinea Recollections
Author: C. A. W. Monckton
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: The Bodley Head
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1934
Keywords: New Guinea ;

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