Jungle Islands, the "Illyria" in the South Seas
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 10.75" x 7.5", 298 pp, extensively illustrated with line drawings, photographs, color plates, and two maps. Bound in original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine and front board. No dust jacket. Light staining to front board, paper cracked over both hinges, but binding still sound, text clean. The Record of the Crane Pacific Expedition of the Field Museum of Natural History. a funded by Cornelius Crane and sponsored by the Field Museum of Natural History. Led by Cornelius Crane on the yacht Illyria, the 30,000-mile scientific voyage across the South Pacific and Asia resulted in the collection of 16,000-18,000 biological specimens and significant photographic documentation of New Guinea and other Pacific regions.
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Price: $75.00