Last Days in New Guinea - Being further experiences of a New Guinea resident magistrate.
New York: Dodd Mead and Company, 1922. Hardcover. x, 287p., illustrated with many b&w photographs, sketches, and two considerable maps, a large fold-out 14x21 inches and a smaller folded one with color onlays. Hardbound in 9x6 inch green cloth boards gilt and blind, fore-edge and top and bottom of textblock foxed, previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown endpaper and penned name on title page, endpapers stained, scattered foxing throughout.
The magistrate ordered several executions; his mission was strongly military.
Cat.No: 297389
Price: $30.00
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