The Papuas of Waropen
Held, Dr. G. J.
From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 4, 2000
Quantity: 1From ERIC CHAIM KLINE, BOOKSELLER (ABAA ILAB), Santa Monica, CA, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller Since February 4, 2000
Quantity: 1About this Item
Quarto. xv, 384 (1)pp. Original green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine. Frontispiece photograph. Study of the Waropen tribe, the only coastal tribe in Northern New Guinea which at that time still remained pagan, under the instructions of the Netherlands Bible Society at Amsterdam. The manuscript was finished in 1942 but only published in 1947 in Dutch. An English translation was commissioned by the Editorial Board of the Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde after the untimely death of the author in 1955. Illustrated with many b/w photographs and drawings, one folding map in-text and one at rear. Binding with small tear and bump at middle of top cover. Dealer sticker on inside back cover. Binding in overall good+, interior in very good condition. Seller Inventory # 34997
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Papuas of Waropen
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague
Publication Date: 1957
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: vg
Edition: First edition.
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