Hodgkinson, Frank — Sepik Diary

Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia, Reid Books, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Special Limited Edition, being Copy No. 545 of 600 copies printed, TRIPLE-SIGNED, and with the Copy #62 of 100 of the even more special edition that was issued with a signed and numbered illustration, being "Muruk," of the New Guinea national bird, the cassowary. Wildly illustrated pastedowns front and rear, being a hand-drawn map of the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, quite personal and evocative. SIGNED by the author, by T. Wall of the Touche Ross & Co., who printed the book, and by a representative of the publisher, Reid Books, Northbridge, New South Wales, Australia. Quite handsomely produced in what appears to be a creamy brown leather over boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine, blind-stamped illustration to front cover. Protected in a full-color illustrated slipcase in Fine condition. Unpaginated. Full of full-color and black-and-white illustrations.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . As New