The High Valley
by Kenneth E. Read
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good-/Good+
- Seller
-
Soldiers Hill, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
A minor classic in the field. Description of two years spent in the New Guinea Highlands living with the people of Susuroka. This is a nice copy of the first edition.
This copy in good condition. Text clean and tight. Foxing on endpapers. Hardcover very straight. Dustjacket price clipped, and with creases, small tears and evidence of shelf wear. Previous owner's name on endpaper. Photographs show actual book for sale.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Eucalyption Fine Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 331
- Title
- The High Valley
- Author
- Kenneth E. Read
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Jacket Condition
- Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen and Unwin Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1966
- Pages
- xvii, 266
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- New Guinea Highlands, Anthropology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Pacific, Melanesia, Papua, New Guinea;
Terms of Sale
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Shelf Wear
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- Price Clipped
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- New
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- First Edition
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