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Melbourne, Victoria : F W Cheshire Pty Ltd, 1965. Reprint. Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Good Condition/Fair to Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy, very faint browning on endpapers Edges all neat and clean but slightly browned “Here is the story of New Guinea, as seen by a man who has been part of its history for just on forty years. It presents a fascinating, vivid, unique panorama of life in the big, rugged island to the north of Australia. It tells of the barbaric customs of its more primitive people, of their beliefs in the supernatural world of devils and spirits, and of their methods of sorcery and of waging war. But more than that, it portrays New Guinea’s gradual transition from savagery to civilization, and the men, black and white, who have been creating the modern New Guinea through years of hardship, tragedy, a… Read More

Melbourne: F W Cheshire, 1963. 252pp, illustrated with b/w photos, two maps in the text, end-paper maps: Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Brown cloth with gilt vignette, in jacket. Light even toning to page edges with some foxing to fore-edge, small dark mark to bottom edge. Jacket worn with creased, rubbing, short tears and small chips. The book covers three periods: 1927-1937; 1938-1942; and 1942-1962.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

Angus & Robertson, 1964. Unknown Binding. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.