Thoughts, talks and tramps : a collection of papers
1934, First Edition. London : Oxford University Press, H. Milford. Very good library copy in the original gilt-blocked maroon cloth boards, with some wear to the panel corners and endbands. Minor library marks remain; text edges, prelims and folded map foxed. The interior remains otherwise tight, bright and clean. A well-preserved example overall. Item #476373
Physical description; xxiii, 285, [1] pages : frontispiece (portrait), folded map ; 23 cm. Notes; Edited with a memoir by R.R. Marett. Includes bibliographical footnotes. Contents; The ascent of Roraima – Primitive games – A tramp with redskins – Notes on British Guiana – British Guiana: the north-western district – Tame animals among the redmen of America – The hinterland of British Guiana – A sketch of the Ceylon pearl fishery of 1903 – European influence in the Pacific, 1513-1914 – The western Pacific: its history and present condition – Some less-known islands in the Pacific – A study of primitive character – On the thoughts of South Sea islanders. Subjects; Im Thurn, Everard F. (1852-1932) – Travel. Anthropology. Indians of South America – Guyana. Guyana – Description and travel. Guyana – History. Islands of the Pacific – Description and travel. South Sea Islands – Description and travel.
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