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1942 Headhunting in the Solomon Islands
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Description
First Edition, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper
A fascinating ethnographical study of the Solomon Islands, a first hand account by Caroline Mytinger who, with her friend, traversed this archipelago, intending to pay for the journey by painting portraits of the island's European inhabitants.
Caroline Mytinger was an American portrait painter best known for her depictions of indigenous peoples of the South Pacific.
The first edition of this work.
Illustrated with numerous in-text illustrations and a map the front pastedown and front free-endpaper.
Collated and complete.
Enclosed in the original dust wrapper.
Condition
In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just a touch of shelf wear and bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Original dust wrapper is generally sound, with some edgewear and chipping to the extremities. A small amount of loss to the rear right corner of the front of the wrap, and a closed tear to the rear joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean.
Near Fine
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