Tristes Tropiques by Levi-Strauss, Claude - 1982

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books, 1982. Minor edge and corner wear, lightly scuffed and scratched, pages are toning, spine is lightly creased, former owner's name and a date in ink on the ffep, some light shelf wear, overall a clean used first Pocket Books paperback edition! Brown and white illustrated wrapper with gold, black, and white lettering. 484 very clean unmarked and uncreased historical and informative pages nicely enhanced by black and white illustrations and 16 wonderful pages of historic black and white photographs and illustrations! "I hate travelling and explorers. Yet here I am proposing to tell the story of my expeditions. But how long it has taken me to make up my mind to do so! It is now fifteen years since I left Brazil for the last time and all during this period I have often planned to undertake the present work, but on each occasion a sort of shame and repugnance prevented me making a start." ----- from Chapter 1 (Setting Out).. First Thus. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.