Search Results: Travel: Oceania from Tarrington Books

London: John Murray, 1818. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm). Recent half speckled leather bindings with maroon cloth boards. Spines with five raised bands, leather title labels, gilt decorated compartments. Blue speckled page edges, marbled endpapers. Engraved frontis to Volume I, linen-backed fold-out map to Volume II. Light browning to half title page, frontis and final page of text in Volume I. Volume II has light browning to half title page and final page and also a few light marks to final page. Text is very clean throughout both volumes. Includes songs and music plus a vocabulary and grammar of the Tongan language. An excellent example. . Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (13.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. lvi, 444; 344, [148] (Grammar)

London: Methuen and Co., 1899. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Green cloth binding with black illustration to front board. Heavy foxing to page edges and throughout the text. Complete with all photographic plates, plans and the large fold-out map. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 6.25 x 9 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xiii, 412, 40

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and Searle, 1873. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Half blue calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands, red morocco title label, gilt decorated compartments. Marbled page edges, marbled endpapers. Very solid binding with no cracking to joints. Light rubbing to boards. A few patches of foxing but overall an excellent example. Complete with all plates and the fold-out map (with a short tear and some creasing). Several of the in-text illustrations are repeated. Previous owner's name to leading blank. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xvi, 304

Rockhampton: Mark Coombe, 2002. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 11 x 7.5 inches (28 x 19 cm). Dust jacket: Very slight marking, small scratch to top edge of front cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Excellent condition throughout. Scarce. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0958571511. Size: 11 x 7.5 inches (28 x 19 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 92

Adelaide: Privately Published, 1878. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21 cm). Blue pebbled cloth binding with gilt title to front board and spine. Slight wear to head of spine. Bumping and slight wear to corners of boards. Light marking to covers. Cracking to endpaper joints but securely bound. Binding is leaning slightly. Clean text throughout. The scarce first edition privately published by the author, having previously appeared in parts in the South Australian Chronicle. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: x, 303

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1996. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Dust jacket: Light shelf wear, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: Purple cloth binding, light mark to rear cover, slight browning to page edges and margins otherwise in very clean condition throughout. . Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0002553317. Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 178

London: Sotheby and Co., 1914-1929. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7.75 x 10 inches (19.5 x 26 cm). A collection of four Sotheby sale catalogues relating to Captain James Cook, bound as one in green cloth. Light foxing to endpapers and first catalogue. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper (C.A.O. Fox). Catalogue 1 has a printed frontis, catalogue 2 has a frontis plus three fold-out plates. Catalogue 3 is lacking the two plates, catalogue 4 is not illustrated. Notes of prices realised and buyer names pencilled to first two catalogues and inked to third catalogue, pencilled prices only to fourth catalogue. A rare collection of four important sales. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 7.75 x 10 inches (19.5 x 26 cm). Hardback

Hobart: Blubber Head Press, 1981. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Light shelf wear only. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Limited edition, number 389 of 750 copies. Signed by the editor to colophon. Blue buckram binding. Foxing to top page edge, otherwise excellent. . Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0908528078. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 389

London: Smith, Elder and Co, 1895. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 5 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18 cm). First printing. Pink mottled buckram binding. Spine faded and has some stains. Contemporary newspaper clippings tipped-in to the endpapers (relating to Stevenson and Samoa). Several pages have been carelessly opened resulting in tears and loss to upper margins (text is unaffected). Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 5 x 7.25 inches (13 x 18 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: vi, 190

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson Limited, 1938. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22 cm). Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Foxing to page edges. Patches of foxing to text, mainly to pages facing plates. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. [8], 296

London: Hamilton, Adams and Co., 1843. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Recent half calf leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with four raised bands, blind and gilt decoration, red morocco title label. Fading to spin. Ex-library book with small stamp to top page edge, title page and a few text pages. Text block strained at p270 but very securely bound. Complete with the 15 plates, several illustrations within the text and three large fold-out maps. Foxing to plates, clean text throughout. Maps have some tears, creasing and light foxing. First map has a library stamp to upper margin. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 6 x 8.75 inches (15 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xviii, 560, cxliv

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby, 1971. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Light shelf wear, tear and crease to bottom corner of rear cover. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Minus. Book: Blue cloth binding, excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. ISBN: 085179226X. Size: 5.5 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 168

Adelaide: The Wakefield Press, 1946. 1st Edition . Very Good/Good. 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Large section of loss to top edge of front cover. Tear to top edge of rear cover. . Overall jacket condition is Good. Book: Cloth binding. Small mark to rear board, a couple of spots to top page edge, light foxing to endpapers, clean text throughout. Limited edition, number 372 of 750 copies. . Overall book condition is Very Good. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.75 x 8.75 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 60

Dunedin : Otago Museum Trust Board, 1970. 1st Edition . Very Good Minus. 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm). Part I. Laminated boards. Rubbing to rear board, torn section to lower corner of front board, internally in first class condition throughout. Overall condition is Very Good Minus. Size: 8.75 x 11.25 inches (22 x 28.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 184

Oslo, Norway: La Coquille Qui Chante, 1950. 1st Edition . Near Fine. 6 x 9.25 inches (15 x 23.5 cm). Signed by Author. Limited edition of 133 copies. This is copy number 43. Originally issued in paperback, this copy has been professionally rebound in hardback with brown buckram binding and retaining the original card wraps. Slight tanning to endpapers, otherwise excellent. Inscribed and signed by co-author Bjarne Kroepelien to first blank: 'My friend Charles A.O. Fox, with best regards Bjarne Kroepelien, 27.11.50.' Kroepelien travelled to Polynesia in 1917 and spent two years in Tahiti. He married one of the daughters of Chief Teriiero but his wife died in a Spanish flu outbreak that killed a third of the islands' population in 1918. On returning to his native Norway, Kroepelien assembled an important collection of books on the South Sea Islands. On his death the collection was bequeathed to Oslo University Library and a detailed catalogue was published as 'Bibliotheca… Read More

London: G. Bell and Sons, 1965. 1st Edition . Very Good Plus/Very Good. 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Dust jacket: Mark to front cover where a label has been removed, light marking to rear cover, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good. Book: First UK Edition. Light foxing to page edges otherwise in excellent condition throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good Plus. International postage will be less than the stated rate. Actual costs are Europe £11.20; USA £18.10; Oceania £18.05; Rest of World £15.85. A postage refund will be made after the order has been placed. Size: 5.25 x 8 inches (13 x 20.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 166

London: Ingram, Cooke and Co., 1853. 2nd Edition . Very Good Plus. 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Revised second (and best) edition. Contemporary full black calf leather binding. Spine with five raised bands, morocco title label, gilt decorated compartments. Marbled page edges, marbled endpapers. Double gilt fillet border to boards, gilt decorated board edges, blind tooled turn-ins. A little light marking to boards, light rubbing to spine. Good solid binding with no cracking to joints. The large fold-out map has two short tears at the hinge but is otherwise excellent. Well illustrated. Very clean text throughout. Gift inscription to leading blank: 'Malcolm McNeill from his sincere friend T. Edward Bagge, on his leaving Eton, April 1854.'. Overall condition is Very Good Plus. Size: 5.75 x 8.25 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. 412, [4] (ads)

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1968. 1st Edition . Very Good/Very Good. 5.75 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Dust jacket: Very clean, slight creasing to top edge, fading to spine, unclipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Very Good Plus. Book: Blue buckram binding. Light foxing to top page edge, very clean text throughout. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 9 inches (14.5 x 22 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xii, 375

London: Adam and Charles Black, 1940. 1st Edition . Very Good/Fair. 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Signed by Author. Dust jacket: Heavily rubbed and worn to edges of covers and spine. Loss to ends of spine and corners. Light marking to rear panel, price clipped. Preserved in a removable jacket protector. Overall jacket condition is Fair. Book: Red cloth binding. Letter pasted to front free endpaper has been removed leaving some residue. Light browning to page edges, tanning to endpapers, clean text throughout. Inscribed with dedication and signed by the author to front free endpaper. Overall book condition is Very Good. Size: 6 x 9 inches (15 x 22.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xxiii, 295

Brisbane: W.R. Smith and Paterson Pty. Ltd., 1952. 1st Edition . Very Good. 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Lacking jacket. Blue cloth binding. Rubbing to edges of covers, slight bumping to corners of boards. Map endpapers. Light browning and slight foxing to page edges. Small stain to outer margin of first few pages, text is otherwise very clean throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to verso of front free endpaper with cancelled stamp. Author's account of her childhood on a remote Queensland cattle station during the early years of the 20th century. Scarce. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 5.75 x 8.5 inches (14.5 x 21.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 8vo. xv, [1], 240