Publicado por Penguin Books, 1961
Librería: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Condición: Fair. 1961. First Penguin Edition. 366 pages. Pictorial paper cover. Pages are lightly tanned with a few small nicks along text block edge. Small burn mark through lower edge of front pages. Former owner's inscription to reverse of front cover. Cover has light shelf-wear to edges and surfaces, with slight curling to corners. Mild crushing to spine ends, with visible reading creases down spine.
Publicado por E. P. Dutton & Co., New York, 1958
Librería: Books of the World, Arlington, VA, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First Edition. E. P. Dutton, December 1958. Hardcover. First Edition (stated). Good book in a Good jacket. Ex-library, otherwise a nice reading copy. Spine straight and tight. Shelf and reading wear to jacket. 373 pages. Through the forests of the Amazon. A marvelous account of a fantastic jungle country and its feathered and painted inhabitants: the beautiful Wai-Wai and Frog Indians and the complex, semi-civilized Wapisianas.
Librería: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
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1958, first US edition. South America, Native Americans. E. P. Dutton & Co. 375 p., y good cloth and good dust jacket with minor edge and corner wear.
Librería: N. Fagin Books, Chicago, IL, Estados Unidos de America
1958. South America, Native Americans. John Murray. 375p., y good boards and very good dust jacket.
Publicado por E.P. Dutton, 1958
Librería: Easy Chair Books, Lexington, MO, Estados Unidos de America
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. First Edition. 373 pages; photos. Moderate discoloring and wear; a good solid binding; good overall. The jacket has some chips, tears and stains. Illustrator: . Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Inventory No: 202590.
Publicado por Bompiani Ed., Milano,, 1959
Librería: FIRENZELIBRI SRL, Reggello, FI, Italia
legatura editoriale cartonata, Condición: DISCRETO. Traduz.di Anna Bacigalupo. cm.13,5x21, pp.358, 16 tavole bianco e nero fuori testo ed una carta, NOTA:Timbro Ex Libris in antiporta. / Milano, Bompiani Ed. cm.13,5x21, pp.358, 16 tavole bianco e nero fuori testo ed una carta, legatura editoriale cartonata,
Publicado por E. P. Dutton
Librería: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.
Publicado por Penguin, Middlesex, England, 1961
Librería: Klanhorn, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good +. First Penguin Edition. G+, Edgewear, small spine tear, creases, ink name blacked out on first page, browning/NO DUST JACKET. "Nicholas Guppy penetrated the upper waters of the Rio Alto-Trombetas to bring back this report". 366 pages, including index and glossary. Illustrated with photographs. Penguin 1650. Expanded condition report/scan on request.
Publicado por John Murray, 1958
Librería: Jay W. Nelson, Bookseller, IOBA, Austin, MN, Estados Unidos de America
Miembro de asociación: IOBA
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good-. 1st Edition. Edgewear and a nickel-sized chip to jacket. Price-clipped.
Publicado por Penguin Books
Librería: Goldstone Rare Books, Llandybie, CARMS, Reino Unido
paperback. Condición: Good. Photograph available on request.
Publicado por John Murray, 1958
Librería: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, Sur Africa
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. may require extra postage. shelf wear on the boards. contents are a bit foxed. ownership inscriptions. book easily presents as very good condition. soundly bound and intact. [SK]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
Publicado por Penguin Books ltd, 1961
Librería: mcgbooks, Worthing, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Soft cover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. This is the first edition in Penguin of the book first published in 1958 in hardback by John Murray.Wia-Wai is the first account of a genuine exploration in a region which is still almost unknown [in 1958]Nicholas Guppy penetrated the upper waters of the Rio Alto-Trombetas to bring this report. Well illustrated with black and white full page plates.including some of the traditional artefaacts. 366pp inc index and glossary 18cm x 11cm. Sl marked pictorial covers and sl browned towards edges of some pages.
Publicado por Bompiani, 1959
Librería: Libreria La Fenice di Pietro Freggio, Brescia, BS, Italia
Rilegato. Condición: buono. Frontespizio: Attraverso le foreste dell'Amazzonia del nord. Con 16 fotografie e 1 cartina. Traduzione dall'inglese di Anna Bacigalupo. In-8° picc., pp. 358 con 16 ill. fot. b/n su 12 tavv. f.t. e 1 cartina b/n n.t. Cart. edit. verde acqua con croci su onde marine in oro impresse al piatto, tit. verde acqua su tass. oro al ds., sovr. lucida bianca ill. con dis. in bicromia di Iliprandi, tit. nero al piatto e al ds., ill. in rosso di Iliprandi al ds., sguardie ill. con cartina b/n dell'Amazzonia, fascetta edit. conservata. Strappetti alla sovr., ingialliture diffuse.
Publicado por Penguin Books, 1961
Librería: Frans Books, Solva, Pembs, Reino Unido
Mass Market Paperback. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Thus. Some creasing on cover. Page edges tanned. Owner name and library stamp inside. B/w photos. Index (B/s Ll*).
Publicado por John Murray, London, 1958
Librería: Graphem. Kunst- und Buchantiquariat, Berlin, Alemania
8°, Lwd. m. OSU., 375 S. - Schutzumschlag bestoßen, sonst gutes Exemplar. Buch.
Publicado por E P Dutton & Co, New York, 1958
Librería: Anne Godfrey, Pwllheli, Reino Unido
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. First edition large 8vo, illustrated. Much wear, closed tears, small loss to unclipped jacket, green boards sound binding, partial toning to eps, very good internal condition thereafter. An interesting note: the small fish the guppy was named after the author's grandfather, a prominent ichthilogist.
Librería: Antikvariat Faust, Göteborg, Suecia
Forum, Stockholm 1959. 333, (1) sidor. Häftad. Illustrerad.
Publicado por John Murray, 1958
Librería: Yare Books, Great Yarmouth, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First Edition.
Publicado por E. P. Dutton
Librería: Glands of Destiny First Edition Books, Sedro Woolley, WA, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. Publisher: E. P. Dutton, New York, 1958.First Edition, First Printing. NEAR FINE hardcover book in GOOD dust-jacket. The spine of the dj has three inches missing from the bottom portion. Not remainder marked. Not price-clipped ($5.95). Not a book club edition. Not an ex-library copy. All of our books with dust-jackets are shipped in fresh, archival-safe mylar protective sleeves.
Librería: Devils in the Detail Ltd, Oxford, Reino Unido
Condición: Good. Title: Wai-WaiThrough the Forests of the AmazonAuthor: Nicholas GuppyPublisher: John Murray, LondonPublication date: 1958Binding: hardback clothIllustrated: yesPages: 375Description / Condition: Wear/tears to jacket; price clipped.?Light?wear to boards. Light foxing to pages with edge spotting in places. A nice copy.
Publicado por Johan Murray, 1958
Librería: Spegelglas, Stockholm, Suecia
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fair. 1st Edition. Green cloth with dustjacket. Illustrated in black and white. Text in English. XII+375 pp. Book condition: Very Good. Dustjacket worn.
Publicado por . New York, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1958, First edition., 1958
Librería: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, Canada
8vo [21.5 x 14.5 cm]; x, 375 pp, illustrations from photos, endpaper maps showing author's route, profile of Serra Acarai Rain Forest, index and glossary. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, corner slightly bumped, clean and near fine in good dj (rubbed, spine end chipped, but not price clipped). The author was the first white man to penetrate these forests of Amazonia drained by the upper parts of the Rio Trombetas in British Guiana near the Brazilian border, where he found tribes of Indians whose existence was only legendary up to then. He describes the native peoples, their activities, customs, beliefs, religion, as well as the botany and the rain forests, based on two expeditions over a four year period. Guppy, the first to write of the people there, describes their art as becoming increasingly abstract and the reasons for it. A picture of this book is available on request.
Publicado por John Murray Publishers Ltd, London, 1958
Librería: The Print Room, Cockernhoe nr Luton, Reino Unido
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. First edition, first impression. Some edge wear and chipping to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners and folds rubbed, price clipped, no inscriptions, internally clean tight and square, overall a vg++ copy for its age. 375pp, lavishly illustrated. The story of anthropologist, botanist, explorer and art dealer Nicholas Guppy's (1925-2012), stay amongst the Wai-Wai, the reputed White Indians of legend and a tribe 'untouched by civilisation, marvellous in the beauty of their painted bodies and feather ornaments', in the remote regions of the upper Essequibo river on the Brazilian border. Guppy describes the tribe's complicated system of values, myths and expression, free from the neuroses and strains of 'civilised' societies, and explains how they tackle economic, social, sexual, artistic and psychological problems. A classic of anthropology.
Publicado por Bompiani, Milano, 1959
Librería: Libreria antiquaria Dedalo M. Bosio, Torino, Italia
Tela c/sovr., cm14x21, pp 358 (2); 16 fotografie e una cartina. Coll. Uomini e paesi #34. Trad. A. Bacigalupo. Sovraccoperta (ora protetta da foglio trasparente rimovibile) con segni del tempo (strappetti e piccole mancanze, arrossamento sul piatto posteriore, sgualciture sui bordi). Interno completo, integro e intatto, carte un po' ingiallite sui bordi.
Publicado por Bompiani,, Milano,, 1959
Librería: Il Muro di Tessa Studio bibliografico e Libreria antiquaria, Milano, MI, Italia
In 8°, cartonato con sovraccoperta editoriale illustrata, pp. 358, (2), con 16 tavole illustrate f.t. b/n e 1 cartina; buon esemplare, lievi fioriture al taglio e modeste fioriture alle pagine contigue alle tavole, strappetto alla sovraccoperta, garbato timbro di possesso al frontespizio.
Librería: Librisline, Valentano, VT, Italia
Hardcover. Condición: Used: Good. libro usato, proveniente da una collezione privata. La sovra copertina riporta strappi in più parti, le pagine risultano leggermente imbrunite. consegna in 24/48 h. 60-n3.
Publicado por , Bompiani, 1959
Librería: librisaggi, SAN VITO ROMANO, Italia
rilegato. Condición: Mediocre (Poor). Discreto stato. Rilegatura editoriale in cartoncino con impressioni in oro al dorso ed al piatto. Sovraccoperta a colori con alette ingiallita con vasti segni d'uso. Paginazione ingiallita. Viaggi Nicholas Guppy WAI WAI Attraverso Le Foreste Dell'Amazzonia Del Nord Bompiani 1959 Viaggi Mediocre (Poor) . Book.
Publicado por John Murray, London, 1958
Librería: Black Stump Books And Collectables, Skipton, VIC, Australia
Original o primera edición
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. 375 pages includes index. B/w pictures. Edges a little dusty, but a very good tight and straight 1st Edition in a protected dust jacket with some some edge chips.
Publicado por Bompiani, Milano, 1959
Librería: Libreria BACBUC - Studio bibliografico, Roma, RM, Italia
Un volume di 358 pagine, con 16 foto fuori testo e una cartina. Tela editoriale con sovracoperta illustrata. Perfette condizioni.
Publicado por Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1961
Librería: Makovski Books, Southampton, Reino Unido
Mapa Original o primera edición
Soft Covers. Condición: Fair. No Jacket. Penguin First Edition. Illustrated soft covers - wearing/chipped/creased. 366pp., including b/w textual map and diagram as well as 24 additional b/w plates. Good content. Fair.