Lumholtz | Carl

Through Central Borneo

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First American edition of Through Central Borneo by Carl Lumholtz.

Octavo, [two volumes], xix, 242pp; x, [243]-467pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine. Sunning to spines. Frontispiece portrait with tissue cover in both volumes. Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. Large fold-out map of Borneo in Volume II. A very good complete set.

Carl Sofus Lumholtz was a Norwegian explorer and ethnographer, best known for his research of indigenous cultures in Australia and Mexico. His autobiography, My Life of Exploration, was published in 1921, shortly before his death.

Additional information

Location Published

New York

Publisher

Charles Scribner's Sons

Edition

First Edition

Date Published

1920

Author

Lumholtz | Carl