The Malay Archipelago: the land of the Orang-utan and the Bird of Paradise: A Narrative of Travel with Studies of Man and Nature.

FIRST US EDITION 8vo. (approx. 21 x 13cm) brown cloth hardback, decorative gilt, with bevelled boards. 638pp., plus 2pp. Advertisements at end, Indexed, tissue-guarded b/w double frontispiece, b/w foldout map and, two-colour foldout map b/w illustrations, tissue-guarded plates and maps throughout. Modern bookplate to front pastedown. Pencil notes in Appendix and Advertisements and a few pencil markings and underlining in text. Occasional light foxing. Light wear to top and base of spine and corners, with slight loss and fraying. A couple of small stains to lower board. Overall a VERY GOOD COPY.