Mytinger, Caroline — New Guinea Headhunt

New York, The Macmillan Company, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Stated First Printing of an important early popularization of Melanesian ethnography. Fine black-and-white map endpaper of the Gulf of Papua, the Trobriand islands and the Louisiade Archipelago. Black cloth over boards, light worn and mottled spine and front cover, still sharp and distinct yellow lettering to spine. 441 pp. and with plentiful black-and-white illustrations throughout.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Very Good