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Robert Hale Ltd; London, 1967. First impression. . Hard with Dust Jacket. Near fine to very good+ in like dust jacket. 8vo. 8 3/4. Numerous plates of photos` and a map.. Near fine to very good+ in like dust jacket. DJ bears one small repaired closed tear. 222pp.

New York: E. P. Dutton, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. 256 pp. Half-bound in brown cloth on brown boards; decorated in green on the spine; endpaper maps; illustrated with black and white plates. Wear at the corners of the dustjacket with a few nicks around the edges and some rubbing on the front panel; price intact; no interior markings. The Contents are: Manaus, City Between Two Worlds; Warnings and Preparations; The Rio Negro; Barcelos and Beyond; The Mission of Santa Izabel; Race for Life; Becalmed; The Adventurers; Going to Jerusalem; Viva Kennedy; The Rio Cauaburi; The Meeting; Life with the Waica; The Power of Abana; Mount Oneri; The Shamatari; The Funeral; Village of the Doomed; Kamboe in Transition; Return to Tapurucuara; The Rio Marauia; Padre Antonio's Mission; Stalemate; and Reemerging; followed by an epilogue and a glossary..

London England: Robert Hale, 1968. Hardback. The Innocent Assassins. Foxing to end inside covers and edge. Foxing to flaps of D/J. Slight wear to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. This book is an unusual narrative of an expedition undertaken by three young Americans in the unexplored heart of the Amazon jungle to find groups of the Waica Indians - a primitive and isolated tribe which had never established conteact with white men. Of the three young men, Fred Salazar was the only one with previous jungle exploration experience. He tells, in extraordinary detail and with great feeling for the life of the jungle, what it is like to take two neophytes far beyond the last outposts of civilisation in search of Indians known to be hostile and reported to be cannibals. More than just a narrative of hazardous exploration, this book has a darker purpose: it records in detail the strains the jungle imposes upon travellers unaccustomed to it, the slow deterioration of character that results from fatigue and conflict… Read More

New York: E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc., 1967. 256p., glossary, illustrations, mapped endpapers, small mark on ffep, original orange cloth with green titles, green illustrated dust-jacket, a few small chips. VG+/VG. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.