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Title:A Box Full of Spirits; Adventures of a Film-maker in Africa
Price:AUD$19.80 (about USD$13.00)
ISBN:0434877883
Item ID:SB00-0104240
Quantity:1
Publisher:William Heinemann, London, 1987
Edition:First
Illustrator:Photographic
Binding:Hardcover
Condition:Very Good
Dust Jacket:Good
William Heinemann, 1987, Hardcover, Book Condition: Very Good, Dust Jacket Condition: Good, First, Illustrated By: Photographic

248 pages, last 2 blank, acknowledgements. Map illustrated endpapers, the first showing the general area within Africa of the Mursi tribes' country and the larger a more detailed map of the same area. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Brown coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Very minor bumping to the head of the spine and there are some dust marks to the paper edge. Photographic dustwrapper, showing three Mursi tribesman carrying rifles and a television, against a yellow background with dark red and black writing on the front panel and dark red on the spine. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper corners and crinkling to the head and to the heel of the spine. The spine is sun faded and there is some fading to either side of the spine as well. The story of the author who over a 10-year period photographed -- made documentaries, about the Mursi tribe in Africa and how they struggled/are struggling to come to terms with a new world. It is also about the internal world of the documentary maker and the process of making said documentaries. This is the first UK edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Anthropology; Africa; ISBN: 0434877883. ISBN/EAN: 9780434877881. Inventory No: 0104240.
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