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November 07 Auction Catalog

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Four Books-New Guinea Ceremonies, Headhunters of Papua, The Art of the South Sea Islands: Including Australia and New Zealand, The Arts of Papua New Guinea

526. Four Books-New Guinea Ceremonies, Headhunters of Papua, The Art of the South Sea Islands: Including Australia and New Zealand, The Arts of Papua New Guinea


New Guinea Ceremonies. Gillison, David. HARRY N. ABRAMS, INC., 2002. Hardcover. Book Condition: New. When David Gillison first arrived in New Guinea in 1973, ceremonies marking birth, death, initiation, and marriage were still being conducted by the Gimi tribe as they had been for thousands of years. With DJ, near fine. Headhunters of Papua, Saulnier, Tony with Marcel Bisiaux. Crown, New York, 1963. Tan cloth 4to. First 7 pages separated from binding. 32 color photos, 125 black and white photos. Trans. by M. Shenfield. Almost all of the photos are full-page. Saulnier was the photographer with a 1959 French expedition into Central Netherlands New Guinea. 309pp. VG. DJ vg in wraps. The Art of the South Sea Islands: Including Australia and New Zealand. BUEHLER, Alfred, BARROW, Terry & MOUNTFORD, Charles P. Crown Pub., New York. Hard cover. Book Condition: Good. Some soil, o/w good in d.j. Cloth 8vo. Undated reprint of the original 1962 ed. Over 40 tipped in color illus, 94 b/w figures, 5 maps. Well-illustrated examination of all aspects of Pacific art. 249pp. VG, DJ in wraps. The Arts of Papua New Guinea. Sinclair, James Patrick. Robert Brown Publisher. Signed by the author. Full color images with descrp. Hardback with DJ in wraps. VG.

100/200 Sold: $109.25

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