Art and Life in New Guinea

by Raymond Firth 

First edition.  London: The Studio Limited, and New York: The Studio Publications Inc., 1936  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD condition, with a GOOD DJ under Mylar.

• Tan cloth covers have red ink titles and embossed illustration. 
• Boards show some smudges, staining at spine, edgewear.  Corners are a little scuffed.  See photos.  
• Spine has red text somewhat faded, with a library catalogue number at the foot, with bumped ends.
• Binding is secure. 
• Custom illustrated end papers/ pastedowns show some rippling, a few cataloguing marks. 
• Frontispiece, a photographic plate, is present.  
• Ex-library book with donor's bookplate at front fep, circulation pocket at back fep.  See photos.  
• Illustrations are bright and clear, six plates are tipped-in.
• Interior is gently age-toned.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• DJ is nicely preserved behind Mylar and is backed with archival paper.
• Illustrated DJ has edgewear, chipped corners, closed tears and chips at head and foot, abrasion and wear to spine panel, staining.  See photos. 
• PS2025.0102

126 pages. 7.25 x 9.75 inches

A very good copy of this first edition work in the publisher's tan cloth, with the scarce DJ preserved under Mylar.  Published by The Studio in London, this volume is authored by Raymond Firth (1901-2002), eminent ethnologist and anthropologist from New Zealand.  Richly illustrated with black and white photographs, the book is intended for a lay audience interested in the intersection of indigenous art and modern art in the Western world.

Ex-library, though not in the usual way.  A bookplate on one fep reads "John Lane Mullins M.A. gave this book to St. Sophia's Library."  Mullins (1857-1939) was an Australian politician, devout Catholic, and book collector.  This gifting bookplate may have been designed by Adrian Feint (1894–1971).  Feint was an Australian printmaker and bookplate artist who designed a plate for use by St. Sophia's Library. (Centre for Australian Art website)

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