
WONG, K.F. Pagan Innocence. London, Jonathan Cape, [1960].
Large 4to. Original half-buckram over boards, illustrated dust-wrappers; pp. 30, 80 photogravure plates, each accompanied by one leaf of text; light offsetting from endpapers, initially minimally spotted, otherwise very good.
First edition of this beautiful photobook documenting life and people (Dayaks and their sub-tribes) of central Sarawak, part of the Malaysian state of Borneo. The photographer was born in Sibu and used to travel up Rejang River.
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