BLAIR, Lawrence; Lorne Blair.
Ring of Fire.
"It was here in Bali, after returning from the Toraja Star Children, that I first recognized what they meant by us all being born half of heaven and half of earth": First Edition of Ring of Fire; inscribed by Lawrence Blair
London: Bantam Books, 1988.
$750.00
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Item Number: RRB-148568
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First edition of this lavish documentary spanning ten years of adventure through the islands of the East. Quarto, original cloth, cartographic endpapers, illustrated with photographs throughout. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Cy, with warmth, Lawrence Blair 1988." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Bipin Patel. Uncommon signed and inscribed.
Ring of Fire by Lawrence and Lorne Blair is a television documentary and accompanying book that chronicles the brothers’ decade-long exploration of the Indonesian archipelago during the 1970s and 1980s. Combining anthropological observation with personal narrative, the work captures the rich cultural, spiritual, and ecological diversity of Indonesia’s outer islands, many of which were little known to the Western world at the time. The Blairs document traditional rituals, indigenous cosmologies, and remote societies on the cusp of modern change, presenting their journey as both a scientific and spiritual quest. The narrative reflects a blend of romanticism and ethnographic interest, marked by the brothers’ fascination with mysticism and the human capacity for adaptation.
Ring of Fire.
$750.00
In Stock
