Bound red hardcover book 230mm x 190mm, typed pages with hand drawn pencil sketches. Section of lined pages of handwritten notes in ink, in the back of book. Title embossed in gold on the spine of the book 'Anthropological Journey To New Guinea Islands - Waite'.

Title page, 'Anthropological Journey to the Islands of New Guinea. Personal Journal of Edgar R. Waite. Director, S.A. Museum during the "N. W. Pacific Islands Expedition" June - September. 1918 Adelaide. '

The original handwritten pages written by Waite are titled 'Catalogue of Photographs taken by E. R. Waite on North Western Pacific Expedition (Waite) 1918'.