Author: ATTENBOROUGH, DAVID
Title: Quest in Paradise
Description: London, Lutterworth Press. 1965. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green boards are clean and unmarked with no wear. Internally there is light foxing to closed edges else clean, tight and unmarked however frontispiece illustration is loose. Dustjacket has chipping and wear with a small loss to back and 2 small taped repairs. 224 pages. 48 photographs including 5 in colour. Comprises: Part One - The Birds of Paradise; Part Two - The People of Paradise. David Attenborough describes his two remarkable expeditions to the South Seas in search of people and their primitive way of life, although it was the lure of seeing birds of paradise in their natural surroundings that drew him into the heart of primitive New Guinea. D4D. Very Good/Good.

Keywords: New Guinea, Birds of Paradise, Fiji, Tonga, New Hebrides Islands, Queen Salote, Royal Kava Ceremony


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