DEAR DAD LETTERS FROM NEW GUINEA: With Illustrations
Chicago: W.D. Boyce Company, 1928. Hardcover. 124p. Black cloth. A hard cover in acceptable condition. The cloth covering on spine of the book is ripping. The front cover is faded. The cloth on the corners are beginning to rip. Tears are beginning to form on the inside hinges. Pages are clean and binding is tight. Item #124558
Includes several b/w photographs and illustrations. A collection of letters from a son to his father. At the time they were written, exploration of New Guinea was forbidden. The island was too dangerous. However, Ben Boyce was given permission to do so on the agreement that he would write a letter once a week during his expedition. These letters would be publilshed in a newspaper called the Chicago Saturday Blade.
Price: $20.00