Head Hunters of Papua
New York: Crown Publishers, 1963. Presumed First U.S. Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Format is approximately 8.5 inches by 10 inches. 309, [1] pages. Illustrated endpapers. Illustrations (180, including 32 in full color). Maps. DJ has some wear, tears and soiling. Rear flap of DJ clipped. Some front board weakness noted in this oversized book. This was originally published as Les Papous coupeurs de Tetes, 167 jours dans la prehistoire in 1961 by Editions du Pont Royal. This was translated in 1963. Tony Saulnier was a photographer with Paris March. His unique photographs record sights no mondern man had ever seen. His evocative narrative captures both the excitement and the horror of their experiencdes as ti takes us from tehir first arrival in New Guinea to the end of their adventure. More