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Legare Street Press, 9/9/2021 12:00:01 AM. hardcover. Good. 0.3800 9.2100 6.1400. Cover has wear and tear mainly on the edges. Pageshas wear and tear mainly on the edges. Pages are yellowed and worn/ stained.\r\n

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New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The North-West Amazons: Notes of Some Months Spent Among Cannibal Tribes.

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Paperback / softback. New. Captain Thomas Whiffen's 1915 account of his South American explorations discusses the society and customs of the indigenous tribes of the north west, notably the Boro and Witoto peoples. The study covers all aspects of life, including agriculture, food, warfare, cannibalism, religion, music, poetry and dance.

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London: Constable and Comapany, 1915 . First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6.5". Not Stated. A smart first edition of Thomas Whiffen's account of his travels among tribes in the North-West Amazon. With a publisher's presentation copy blind stamp to the head of the title page.Thomas Whiffen was a British army officer and explorer.In this volume is his account of his travels through Brazil and Colombia between 1908 and 1909, specifically through the Putumayo region between the Issa and Apaporis. His study focuses on the indigenous cultures of that area, primarily the Boro and Witoto cultures. He describes their way of life including their homes, agriculture, cooking, ceremonies, manufacture of weapons, cultural customs and manner of dress; and also describes the use of native plants to cure and heal. The practice of cannibalism is addressed in this book.With a library bookplate to the front pastedown, library number to spine tail, and stamp to front free endpaper.Illustrated with five maps, three of… Read More

London: Constable and Company, 1915. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9" by 6". Not Stated. A signed first edition copy of Thomas Whiffen's account of his travels among tribes in the North-West Amazon. The first edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. A slip of paper containing the signature of the author has been pasted to the front paste down. 46 photographic plates, 2 full page maps and 3 folding maps. Lacking plates ix, xxxviii, xxxix, xl, xlv, li, liii and liv. Thomas Whiffen was a British army officer and explorer. In this volume is his account of his travels through Brazil and Colombia between 1908 and 1909, specifically through the Putumayo region between the Issa (or Ica) and Apaporis. This study focuses on the indigenous cultures of that area, primarily the Boro and Witoto cultures. He describes their way of life including their homes, agriculture, cooking, ceremonies, manufacture of weapons, cultural customs and manner of dress; and also describes the use of… Read More

Hardcover. Very good. Frontispiece, 54 plates, 9 text illus., 5 maps including three folding, index; xvii+319pp. orig. blue ribbed cloth, spine gilt, slight wear on extremities, uncut, This work dedicated to Alfred Wallace is an account of a journey made in 1908 and 1909 to the region between the Rivers Issa and Apaporis. Leopold Amery[1873-1955] was a Conservative politician and journalist. No Jacket issued

1915. London, Constable, 1915. 8vo. Original dark-blue cloth, boards ruled in blind, spine ruled and lettered in gilt, top edges trimmed, others uncut; pp. [2 (blank)], xvii, [1 (blank)], 319, [1 (blank)]; half-tone frontispiece, 54 half-tone plates, 3 maps, one folding, and 2 large folding maps by Stanford's Geographical Establishment after Whiffen, illustrations in the text, some full-page; extremities lightly rubbed and bumped, light offsettiing onoto free endpapers, scattered, generally light spotting, otherwise a very good copy in the original cloth. First edition. An account of travels through the Amazon in 1908-1909 by the soldier and traveller Captain Thomas Whiffen, FRGS, FRAI, which is dedicated 'to the memory of the late Dr. Alfred Russel Wallace O.M.' (p. [v]). Whiffen explains the background to the book in his introductory chapter: 'In the spring of 1908, having been among the Unemployed on the Active List for nearly two years on account of ill-health, and wearying not only of enforced… Read More