Captain James LYNG: Island Films Reminiscences of 'German New / 1st Edition 1925

by LYNG, Captain James

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Island Films. Reminiscences of 'German New Guinea' Author: LYNG, Captain James Title: Island Films. Reminiscences of 'German New Guinea' Publication: Sydney, Cornstalk Publishing Comapny, 1925 Edition: First Edition Description: Octavo, 248 pages with a map plus 14 pages of plates (totalling 19 illustrations from photographs). Cloth a little marked, bumped and rubbed; two corners very slightly worn with trifling loss; flyleaves discoloured; title page lightly offset; edges and initial leaves a little foxed; occasional light foxing; rear hinge slightly torn; overall, in very good condition. Life in New Guinea in the aftermath of the 1914 removal of the Germans by the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, and some of the issues facing Australian colonisation in NG (Australia received a mandate from the League of Nations to govern PNG in 1921). 'In addition, [Lyng] devoted his attention to ethnology and anthropology [and] became greatly interested in the manners and customs of the native races' (from the 9-page preface by Seaforth Mackenzie). Seller ID: 105120 Subject: Anthropology, Australia, First World War, Militaria, Pacific, Papua New Guinea Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers Michael Treloar Antiquarian Booksellers, established in Adelaide, South Australia, in March 1976, is a longstanding member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Antiquarian Booksellers (ANZAAB) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB). Terms All orders

• Publisher: Cornstalk Publishing Comapny
• Year: 1925
• Condition: Very Good

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