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Head Hunters of Borneo, 1882, with Travel Map
Head Hunters of Borneo, 1882, with Travel Map
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Author: Bock, Carl
Title: The Head-Hunters of Borneo: A Narrative of Travel Up the Mahakkam and Down the Barito; Also, Journeyings in Sumatra
Place Published: London
Publisher:Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Date Published: 1882
Description: 344 pp. Illustrated with color plates including a fold-out frontispiece map. 26x17.5 cm (10¼x7"), original cloth decorated in black and gilt, lettered in gilt. Second Edition.With numerous views of daily life in rural Borneo. Fold-out map titled "South East Borneo to illustrate Mr. Carl Bock's Journey", with the author's route traced in red.
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Minor rubbing and bubbling to cloth; faint toning to pages at edges, small edge tear to map, no paper loss; very good.
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