The Asmat Of New Guinea: The Journal Of Michael Clark Rockefeller by Gerbrands, Adrian A - 1967

The Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Original clear plastic jacket has a small ship at top of spine.

New York: The Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. 1st Edition. hardbound. G-VG/no dustwrapper. 4to. colour and b&w illustrations/fold-out map Published in conjunction with the exhibition at The Museum of Primitive Art New York; texts of the journals kept by Michael Clark Rockefeller during two expeditions to the land of the Asmat, on the southern coast of PNG, the second of which involved the collecting of objects for The Museum; edited and with an introduction by Adrian A. Gerbrands; copiously illustrated with colour plates and b&w illustrations, and including fold-out map to rear; the Catalogue of Objects shows photo illustrations of Shields, Drums, Horns, Paddles, Spears, Bowls, Masks, Skulls, etc, each image accompanied by descriptive text (location, dimensions, etc); also includes a Glossary of Asmat Words; black cloth boards with white titling and red Asmat motif to front, red and white titling to spine; foxing to endpapers, prelims, and text block, occasional foxing in text, o.w. Very Good… Read More

The Museum of Primitive Art, New York. 1967. Hardcover. With his ethnographic notes and photographs made among the Asmat people during two expeditions in 1961. Documented by a pictorial and descriptive catalogue of the objects he collected. 13x10", 349 pp, b&w and color photographs, fold-out map. Name on flyleaf, else clean, tight, VG, no dj. .

The Museum of Primitive Art, Distributed Bythe New York Graphis Society. Fair. 1967. Hardcover. Huge heavy quarto. Front board with water damage showing on the inside and first dozen leaves or so. Back board and pages the same. No sticking, no odor. Printed plastic wrapper soiled, torn bottom spine and torn away bottom quarter of back.; 349 pages .

New York: The Museum of Primitive Art. Fine copy in printed acetate wrapper. 1967. 1st. hardcover. 4to, 349 pp. .

New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1967. 1st edition. Near Fine. quarto. hardback with dust jacket 342pp., b/w pls., text ills., maps, index, Preferred original Museum edition. Very minor browning to prelims. o/w nice copy in like original decorated glassine dust jacket with tiniest wear. Scarce. PHOTO available

1967. South Pacific, art. The Museum of Primitive Art, NY. New York Graphic Society. 340p. with Foldout map. very good cloth and vinyl dust jacket.