Painted by Norman H. Hardy
The Savage South Seas Painted by Norman H. Hardy
A & C Black, 1907.
First edition, second issue. 8vo. Green pictorial cloth, lettered in gilt, with a design printed in black and white. Top edge gilt. Sixty-eight colour illustrations under captioned tissue guards. Fold out map to the rear. A very good copy indeed, browning to endpapers and half-title.
British New Guinea, The Solomon Islands and The New Hebrides. A contemporary review described the book as "a vivd impression of the exquisite scenery of the Pacific islands, and of the natives, their dwellings, costumes, manners and customs." (Melbourne Argus)
Inman 74.
Stock ID: 42022
