New Guinea journeys Unknown - 1970

Australia: Rigby. Fair. Hardcover. 1970. 231 pages. ex library .

Adelaide: Rigby, 1970. some wear to cover edges, some library marks, otherwise book clean and tight. DJ: some edge wear. Due to weight extra may apply to any quoted international postage. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Rigby, Adelaide, 1970. Softcover. Near Fine. PAPUA NEW GUINEA “Jack McCarthy may know New Guinea better than anyone now alive. He has worked there for thirty-five years. Out of his knowledge and experience, he has written a book which holds little comfort for Australians.“We will fight anyone who tries to take our land! They can kill us! We will die!” the natives of Bougainville Island told him. Their words are typical of the fear and resentment felt by many in Papua and New Guinea. According to Mr McCarthy, their feelings are rasped by high-handed government actions…He has penetrated the sinister twilight of swamps and jungles shunned by most white men, travelled the great rivers, and lived with strange tribesmen such as those who can hardly walk because their lives are spent on water. With rich and fascinating detail, he writes humorously and colourfully of his adventures and observations in what is still one of the world’s most forbidding territories...”231… Leer más

Adelaide: Rigby, 1970. 231pp. Black boards. Gilt lettering spine. Maps to endpapers. 16 b&w plates. D/W has light edge creasing. ISBN 0851791174.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+. 8vo.