Wai-Wai: Through the Forests North of the Amazon
by Nicholas Guppy
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- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
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Arlington, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. P. Dutton, December 1958. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Good book in a Good jacket. Ex-library, otherwise a nice reading copy. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and reading wear to jacket. 373 pages.
Through the forests of the Amazon. A marvelous account of a fantastic jungle country and its feathered and painted inhabitants: the beautiful Wai-Wai and Frog Indians and the complex, semi-civilized Wapisianas.
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- Seller
- Books of the World (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Wai-Wai: Through the Forests North of the Amazon
- Author
- Nicholas Guppy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. P. Dutton & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1958
- Pages
- 373
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- anthropology, Amerindian, Wai-Wai, Frog, Wapisiana, Indians, Native Americans, travel, travelogue, South America, Guyana, Guiana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Latin America; Caribbean; Guyana;
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