New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Book. Illus. by Illustrated. Very Good. Hardcover. Edition not stated, 1942 copyright and publication date. DJ on tan paper with titles in red and decorative design in blue, green and red on front panel; no price. Publisher's brown cloth boards with pictorial stamping on front board of a head and titles on spine. Boards with light shelfwear, clean and solid. Spine sunned at head and heel where jacket is lacking, otherwise bright and attractive. Binding sound. Text block toned; interior with some toning, clean. DJ not clipped, toned; detached at front spine edge. DJ spine with 1" loss at head and 1" loss at heel; titles unaffected. Back panel with some chipping and minor loss. DJ now in removable, protective mylar cover. Photographs available upon request. Size: 8vo - 7¾" - 9¾.

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Bookseller: Small World Books, LLC (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 066602
Title: Headhunting in the Solomon Islands Around The Coral Sea
Author: Mytinger, Caroline
Illustrator: Illustrated
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1942
Keywords: TRAVEL PAINTING CULTURE PACIFIC ISLANDS

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Heel: The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Shelfwear: Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Sunned: Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...