Back with the crocodile tribe in New Guinea, the author is charged by the village elders to travel overland Australia and bring to the Aboriginals there the things he has learned from his own initiation ordeal.
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Back with the crocodile tribe in New Guinea, the author is charged by the village elders to travel overland Australia and bring to the Aboriginals there the things he has learned from his own initiation ordeal.
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Add this copy of The Proving Grounds. a Journey Through the Interior of to cart. $15.88, good condition, Sold by Arapiles Mountain Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Castlemaine, VIC, AUSTRALIA, published 1991 by Harper Collins.
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G+ in G+ jacket. G+/G+. 8vo. original green textured paper boards gilt (ex-library, with a few labels and an rsm to endpapers, fore-edge a little thumbed, slight spine slant, else clean & bright) in dustwrapper (upper panel & spine rather faded, some creasing & edge rubbing); pp. [viii], 392 (last blank), with illustrations & maps. A reading copy.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover. Aged book. Tanned pages and age spots, however, this will not interfere with reading. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
Add this copy of The Proving Grounds. a Journey Through the Interior of to cart. $17.19, very good condition, Sold by Berry Books rated 1.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Berry, NSW, AUSTRALIA, published 1991 by Harper Collins.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 9780246136336. Size: 9"-10" Tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Travel & Places; ISBN: 0246136332. ISBN/EAN: 9780246136336. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 40011.
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Add this copy of The Proving Grounds: a Journey Through the Interior of to cart. $19.82, like new condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1991 by HarperCollinsPublishers.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. viii, 391pp, 16pp colour and b/w photos, two maps, glossary, notes, decorated eps. Or green cl boards in dust-jacket. The author's 'eight-month quest takes him in and out of relationships with nomads, goldminers and missionaries, across the central mountain range of remotest New Guinea to the living magic of the uncontacted Yaifo people, over the treacherous Torres Strait by canoe to Australia and into the red sands of the Gibson Desert' This is an exotic and touching account of tribal worlds'.
Add this copy of The Proving Grounds. a Journey Through the Interior of to cart. $19.82, very good condition, Sold by Lawrence Jones rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Nobby Beach, QLD, AUSTRALIA, published 1991 by HarperCollins.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. 8vo. 391pp, notes, glossary, col ills. Or green cloth in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket, remainder line on bottom edge. Travels and experiences with tribal cultures in new Guinea and Australia over a period of eight months.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book First edition, first printing, hardcover. 391 pages. Maps, glossary, notes. 16 pages of color and black and white photographs. Fine in a fine, mylar-covered dust jacket.
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