Bali by Hiss, Philip Hanson - 1941

New York: Riverside Museum, 1941. 1st. Small 8vo. [36] pp. 11 photo-illustrations (including front cover). Staple-bound wrappers in fine condition (with a hint of wear to extremities). Catalogue for exhibition May 4 - May 25, 1941 at the Riverside Museum. The exhibition included 287 photographs on the Balinese people, architecture, dance, drama, ceremonies, feasts, cockfighting and cremations. Next day shipping. Celebrating our 17th year - all domestic orders ship with Delivery Confirmation Tracking Number - Images available upon request.

Duell, sloan and Pearce, 1941. Hardcover. Good. 2nd printing. Ex-library. Binding firm, interior clean and unmarked. No dj. Black and white photos. 112 pp. Illustrated end pages. Oversize/Overweight: additional postage may apply.

NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, nd (1941). Tan cloth, pictorial map endpapers. Private library stamp on verso of rear endpaper, else clean tight copy: VG/no dj. 4to. Illustrated in black and white. 2nd printing

Robert Hale Limited 1941. Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)

Robert Hale Ltd, 1941-01-01. Hardcover. Good. 2nd 1941 HB Hiss; Jacket has losses - principally to the spine - but the front and back are complete; inside clean with no stamps or inscriptions

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Good plus condition/FR. (1941). First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. With 80 illustrations. . 4to., 112 pp., Blind stamp on half t/p; tape marks on e/p's; dj torn and chipped .

New York: Duell, Sloan And Pearce, 1941. Second Printing. Hardcover. 4to. 112 pp. Photo-plates. Tan cloth, illustrated endpapers in photo-illustrated dustjacket. Near fine in very good dustjacket (front & rear flap corners clipped; wear to extremities; creasing down front edge). The author/photographer spent a year in preparation for this book, exploring it thoroughly and studying its traditions and customs. Hiss captures through his photography the daily life of the Balinese people, showing them fishing, in religious ceremonies, and most dramatic of all, in their traditional dancing. "Here is a book which truly captures and reveals the wonderful life of Bali." - dustjacket flap.

Robert Hale, 1941. Book. Very Good. hardback. hardback, quarto, measuring 12" x 9", burgundy cloth lettered gilt, device in gilt to upper board, no dust jacket, fading to bottom right of the upper board, the binding remains tight and the text is clean and unmarked, illustrated throughout, xiv + 112pp.

1941. 1. ed. New York, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1941. Gr.-4°. XIV, 112 S. Mit zahlr. Abb. auf Tafeln. Orig.-Leinenband. Der Einband fleckig.

New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1941. First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Autograph; 112 pages; Inscribed and Signed by the author, clean and secure in original tan cloth binding lettered in burgundy, illustrated map endpapers in photo-illustrated dustjacket; release stamp on dedication page, otherwise near fine in very good dustjacket with some edgewear, shallow chipping, closed tear at top rear flap. Illustrated with 80 photographs by the author. Inscribed by the author -- "For / Donald Sultree Welles / who too would have found / Bali a profound and moving / esthetic experience. With warm / good wishes. / Philip Hanson Hiss / Sarasota, Florida / 10 May 1962" Philip Hanson Hiss III (1910-1988) was a photographer, author, and world traveler, who served in the Far Eastern Division of the Office of Strategic Service (OSS) during World War II. Hiss spent a year in Bali exploring the island and researching the traditions and… Read More