Title: Two volumes on the Kiwai Papuans Author: Landtman, Gunnar Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1917-1927 Description: Includes: The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea: A Nature-Born Instance of Rousseau's Ideal Community. xxxix, 485 + [2] ad pp. Preface by Alfred C. Haddon. Map frontispiece, many photograph plates. (8vo) maroon cloth, gilt vignette on cover, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt. First Edition. London: Macmillan, 1927. The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans. xi, 571 pp. Many photographs within text. (4to) rebound in blue cloth, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, new endpapers. Largely unopened copy. Helsingfors: Printing-Office of the Finnish Society of Literature, 1917. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae, Tom. XLVII. Two volumes on a culture the author apparently admired quite a lot - the Kiwai Papuans of New Guinea. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine. Item number: 236817
Title: Two volumes on the Kiwai Papuans Author: Landtman, Gunnar Place: Various places Publisher: Date: 1917-1927 Description: Includes: The Kiwai Papuans of British New Guinea: A Nature-Born Instance of Rousseau's Ideal Community. xxxix, 485 + [2] ad pp. Preface by Alfred C. Haddon. Map frontispiece, many photograph plates. (8vo) maroon cloth, gilt vignette on cover, gilt-lettered spine, top edge gilt. First Edition. London: Macmillan, 1927. The Folk-Tales of the Kiwai Papuans. xi, 571 pp. Many photographs within text. (4to) rebound in blue cloth, gilt-lettered black morocco spine label, new endpapers. Largely unopened copy. Helsingfors: Printing-Office of the Finnish Society of Literature, 1917. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae, Tom. XLVII. Two volumes on a culture the author apparently admired quite a lot - the Kiwai Papuans of New Guinea. Lot Amendments Condition: Near fine. Item number: 236817
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