Waiwai: Through the Forests North of the Amazon by Guppy, Nicholas - 1958

Penguin Books, 1961. Paperback. Acceptable. 1961. First Penguin Edition. 366 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages are lightly tanned with a few small nicks along text block edge. Small burn mark through lower edge of front pages. Former owner's inscription to reverse of front cover. Cover has light shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with slight curling to corners. Mild crushing to spine ends, with visible reading creases down spine.

New York: E. P. Dutton, December 1958. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Good book in a Good jacket. Ex-library, otherwise a nice reading copy. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and reading wear to jacket. 373 pages.

Through the forests of the Amazon. A marvelous account of a fantastic jungle country and its feathered and painted inhabitants: the beautiful Wai-Wai and Frog Indians and the complex, semi-civilized Wapisianas.

Penguin Books Ltd. Used - Good. Good condition. (Guyana, Travel) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.

John Murray, 1958 Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Green binding is lightly faded and scuffed. Overall good condition.. First Edition.. Hard Cover. Good +/No Jacket.

London: John Murray, 1958. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good+. Presumed first edition, 1958, hardcover with green cloth boards in dust jacket, octavo, 375pp., illustrated in b&w. Book near fine with hint of wear to boards, binding tight, text clean and unmarked but mildly foxed on edges of text block. DJ VG+ with rubbing, mild edgewear, front flap price-clipped.

John Murray Publishers Ltd, 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. No edition remarks. 375 pages. Pictorial dust jacket over green cloth. Black and white photographs. Ex libris plate at front. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Some mild marks and staining to surfaces. Clipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears, chipping and creasing. Some rubbing and marking to surfaces.

Middlesex, England: Penguin, 1961. Book. Good +. Mass Market Paperback. First Penguin Edition. G+, Edgewear, small spine tear, creases, ink name blacked out on first page, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "Nicholas Guppy penetrated the upper waters of the Rio Alto-Trombetas to bring back this report". 366 pages, including index and glossary. Illustrated with photographs. Penguin 1650. Expanded condition report/scan on request..

London: John Murray, 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Dutton, 1958. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. Fine in near fine dustwrapper. Dustwrapper worn. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1958, First edition. . original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, corner slightly bumped, clean and near fine in good dj (rubbed, spine end chipped, but not price clipped). . 8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 375 pp, illustrations from photos, endpaper maps showing author's route, profile of Serra Acarai Rain Forest, index and glossary. . The author was the first white man to penetrate these forests of Amazonia drained by the upper parts of the Rio Trombetas in British Guiana near the Brazilian border, where he found tribes of Indians whose existence was only legendary up to then. He describes the native peoples, their activities, customs, beliefs, religion, as well as the botany and the rain forests, based on two expeditions over a four year period. Guppy, the first to write of the people there, describes their art as becoming increasingly abstract and the reasons for it. A picture of this book is available on request by email.