Hoffman, Malvina — HEADS AND TALES

Very Good Garden City Publishers Spine a bit faded. Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Half-title page with small crease.; Lengthy sections on East Asia and South East Asia are included as sculptor and author Hoffman travels around the world to sculpt the various peoples that she meets, at the behest of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. Profusely illustrated by the artist's work and her observations in different countries. Places that she visited around the globe for this project included: Paris (where she 1931 visited the Exposition Coloniale, The Balkans, Hawaii, Japan, China, The Philippines, Bali, The Malay Jungles, Burma, India, Ceylon, Taos.; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 416 pages Garden City