Small 4to. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. xxii, 454pp. Illustrations, maps. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and large non-archivally mended tear. Tight and handsome first edition of this (to cite jacket front panel) "Independent Explorer's Life with the Last of the Exotic Peoples of Africa, the Arctic, New Guinea and the Upper Amazon." He inscribes and signs the front flyleaf large and bold in black fineline: "To my good friend / Bob Malott / With admiration and / affection / Lewis Cotlow / July 31, 1968." Cotlow (1898-1987) was a New York insurance broker who gained a following as amateur explorer and writer who made documentary films of many of his expeditions. Robert Malott (1926-2018) was a noted Chicago business leader, CEO of FMC Corporation, Republican politico and philanthropist. Seller Inventory # 48697

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Title: In Search of the Primitive

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, Boston

Publication Date: 1966

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: 1st Edition

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been buying and selling quality books, autographs and ephemera since 1991. We specialize in general antiquarian, first editions, signed books and autographs and documents. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America (ABAA), Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association (MWABA), Universal Autograph Collectors Club (UACC) and The Manuscript Society.

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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
9304 Saturn Ln, Galena, IL, 61036, U.S.A.

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