Another Image: Papua New Guinea

London: Mathews Miller Dunbar - Bailey Co-Production, 1975. First edition. Hardcover. g+. Folio. 144pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over brown cloth, with gold lettering on spine. Marbled endpapers. Bailey visited Papua New Guinea for the first time in 1974 and encountered members of its native population, who live deep in the jungle, cut off from modernity. The b/w and color photographs featured in this book provide a close-up view of a civilization untouched by modernity and an exhilarating insight into Bailey’s reach as a photographer. Minor and sporadic shelf wear along edges of duat-jacket. Upper back corner bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout. DJ, binding and interior in overall good+ condition.