Hides, J.G. — Through Wildest Papua

London, England, Blackie & Son, 1937. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Stated Reprint Edition of the original 1935 publication of a significant contribution to the ethnology and ethnography Australia-ruled Papuan Gulf and Trans-Fly River regions. Gray cloth over boards, heavily rubbed, scuffed tips and spine head and foot. Forward cock to spine, withdrawn from a public school iibrary, and with reinforcing tape to gutters front and rear. Map endpapers. Ink-stamps and penned inscriptons up front. Sr Hubert Murray provides the Introduction to a justly famous travelogue. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 165 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fair