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Oceania Volume XVI No. 2 1945: Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea And Islands of the Pacific Ocean
by A.P. Elkin
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- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Australian National Research Council, Sydney, 1945. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Ephemera, small booklet or pamphlet, limited pages Volume XVI No. 2. Articles by Allard, Lester, Capell. One of a large, sophisticated collection from an Australian anthropologist on New Guinea, Papua and related subject areas. Several hundred volumes from this collection are listed at this site and can be found as a set by searching for the special Keyword pwnewguinea. Size: Quarto. Item Type: Ephemera, small booklet or pamphlet, limited pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges browned slightly. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Indigenous Cultures; Pacific Ocean; Prehistoric; Anthropology. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 12883. .
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- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12883
- Title
- Oceania Volume XVI No. 2 1945: Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea And Islands of the Pacific Ocean
- Author
- A.P. Elkin
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Australian National Research Council
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 1945
- Keywords
- BZDB1 papua new guinea oceania tribal south pacific niugini pwnewguinea Indigenous Cultures; Pacific Ocean; Prehistoric; Anthropology. A.P. Elkin Oceania Volume XVI No. 2 1945: Study of the Native Peoples of Australia, New Guinea And Islands of the Paci
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