COLIJN, A.H.
Naar de eeuwige sneeuw van tropisch Nederland. De bestijging van het Carstenszgebergte in Nederlandsch Nieuw Guinee. [Eerste druk/First edition].
Amsterdam, `Scheltens & Giltay, [..], 1937. Stout 8°. original cloth, title in gilt on front boards and spine. Hftitle(verso blank). 286pp. Frontispice (author's portrait), black/white illustrations on 39 photo-plates, large coloured extending track-map, glossaries, table of contents. GALIS, (3rd.revised edn.), p. 111. Dutch language account of the first ascent, organized by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society K.N.A.G., of Carstensz. Mountainrange, dutch territory of New Guinea, compiled by an expedition-member. Good copy of the FIRST edition, untrimmed. (name & number on recte of f.e.p., f.e.p. foxed, some staining to front boards, spine sunned, corders of boards somewhat bumped).
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