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A HANDBOOK OF NEW GUINEA MARSUPIALS & MONOTREMES
by Menzies, James
Madang: Kristen Press. Near Fine. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 9980741570 . With 8 colour plates and text figures, a very good copy, This book is light, and postage will be reduced for shipment within Australia. ; 235 x 160mm; 138 pages .
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$16.34
Echo" Special. Monday, 14th September, 1914. THE WAR, German Forces cut Off. By British and French. ... Herbertshohe occupied. By Australian Squadron
by [WWI]
Liverpool?, 1914. Very good condition. News sheet advertising the "Echo" for 14th September 1914, listing WWI events including the Australian occupation of the German Solomon Islands, with the following text, "The Australian Squadron occupied Herbertshohe, the seat of Government of the Bismarck Archipelago and the German Solomon Islands". Possibly from 'The Liverpool Echo', which covered the war extensively. On September 11, 1914, the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force landed at Rabaul...
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$275.00
Practical System of Modern Geography or a view of the present state of the World
by Olney, J
Hartford: D. F. Robinson & Co., 1831. 7th edition. Hardcover. Very good. With a section on New York, including upstate Newburgh and Poughkeepsie; a section entitled 'Aboriginal Inhabitants of America' with an illustration 'The Pipe of Peace'; a section on China with an illustration 'The Tea Trade'; and a section entitled 'Australasia' with descriptions of New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, and Papua, or New Guinea'. Wood cut ills, charts, maps in text. Section on New Zealand. Quarter leather and tan...
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$75.00
Knowing the Gururumba
by Newman, Philip L
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1965. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Map. Part of the Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. 110 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$9.81
INTO DARKNESS. A Pilot's Journey Through Headhunter Territory
by IMPARATO, Edward T.;
Virginia, USA: Howell Press, 1995. 8vo.pp. xii + 140 with black & white photographs. Previous owners ticket on endpaper. Original tan cloth hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. near Fine Copy. This book is the story of a man's journey through the New Guinea jungle during WWII to solve the mystery of why American B-24 Liberator bombers were crashing in clear weather under no hostile action.
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$30.07
PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S PREHISTORY. An Introduction
by SWALDLING, Pamela;
National Museum and Art Gallery, Boroko,1986. Reprinted with some revisions.Original softcover, pp.69. profusely illustrated in colour & black and white..Very good in original pictorial card wrappers.
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$12.42
LAST FRONTIERS. The Explorations of Ivan Champion of Papua
by SINCLAIR,James;
Pacific Press, Queensland,1988. 4to.pp.xii+ 307.many black & white illustrations + maps. loosely inserted a fold out colour map of Papua New Guinea and the original receipt.Original green cloth hardcover in Very Good dust wrapper in original slip case. Limited to 1000 copies.This is copy 483 Signed by Ivan Chapman and James Sinclair.
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$120.28
STONE AGE ISLAND. Seven years in New Guinea
by WILLIAMS, Maslyn ;
Collins, London,1964. 8vo.pp.352, map endpapers.a few small marks on the foredges.else a Very Good copy in a Very Good slightly chipped dust wrapper.
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$16.34
The Rattlesnake. A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea
by Goodman, Jordan
London: Faber & Faber. 2006. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. 357 pages. The epic, beautifully told story of a great 19th-century voyage of exploration, and of the ambitions and fears that propelled the pioneers during their four years on board. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.
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$9.81
Oceanic Art.
by AMBESI, ALBERTO CESARE
London.: Hamlyn.. 1970.. Translated by Rachel Montgomery. Map, 71 colour illustrations, 159pp, good copy in protected price clipped dustjacket. Prior owner's signature on front free endpaper and title-page, some foxing preliminary leaves particularly on title page. Discusses art forms of Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. .
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$13.07
Prisoners in Rabaul Civilians in Captivity 1942-1945
by Thomas, Gordon
Sydney: Australian Military History Publications. 2012. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 266 pages. Within hours of the Japanese invasion of Rabaul in 1942, Gordon Thomas and a party of civilians surrendered themselves and became prisoners. Thomas and several other civilians were put to work for the enemy, operating Rabaul's commercial freezer...
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$26.15
The Voyage of Schouten and Le Maire Round the World; Chapters 1 - 3 from The World Displayed or, a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, selected from the Writers of all Nations
by [Extract] Johnson, Samuel; Smart, Christopher; Goldsmith, Oliver
1800. Very good overall. Chapters one through three from The World Displayed or, a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, selected from the Writers of all Nations. 12mo, pp 165 - 203. The chapters describe the Dutch men Le Maire and Schoutens' circumnavigation of the globe, commencing on June 14, 1615; ending October 1616. With two charming plates: "The Dutch Ship defeats, 23 Indian Ships & 45 Canoes, mann'd by the Inhabitants of Traitors Island"; and "The Entertainment of the two Kings, in Horn...
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$125.00
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Epimachus Superbus [Black Sicklebill]
by GOLDFUSS, Georg August
Dusseldorf: Arnz. unbound. Lithograph with hand coloring. 23.75 x 18.5 inches. Shows some minor wear to edge and some light foxing. In very good condition.<br/><br/> A vibrant illustration of a Black Sicklebill, a large bird-of-paradise found in New Guinea, presented as 1/2 of natural size. This is plate 258 from Goldfuss' 'Naturalists Atlas', a collection of large folio sized lithographs published in serial form (unbound) in Dusseldorf by Arnz from 1824-1842. Georg August...
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$600.00
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia, With Original Illustrations. 4 volumes in 2
by Morris, E. E., ed
London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassell & Company, 1890. Hardcover. Very good overall. Much important material on Australia contained in these 4 profusely illustrated volumes bound in two. Includes Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Hobart, Gold, Adelaide, Ballarat, Eureka Stockade, Bush Life, explorers, Rockhampton, Western Australia, Aborigines, land explorations, and more. Also includes Fiji, New Guinea, and New Zealand. Thick 4to, Vol I: frontispiece, viii, 309 pp; Vol II: frontispiece, viii, 310...
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$300.00
Mappe-monde ou description du globe terrestre, assujettie aux observations astronomiques par le Sr. Janvier Geographe. Avec privilege du Roi. 1762
by Janvier, Jean
Paris, 1762. Engraved double hemisphere outline color map printed on the eve of Captain Cook's momentous first voyage of discovery. The map still incorporates the French imagined east coast to New Holland. Note that North America has an original green color wash, and shows the Great North West Coast Inland Sea. Showing Australia (Nouvelle Hollande) with Terre de Diemen, Carpentaria and C. du Sud indicated, and attached to New Guinea in the north; just a coastal outline for New Zealand, no landmass...
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$750.00
The Bridge Builder
by Rybarz, Beverley
Adelaide: Wakefield Press. 2005. Octavo Size. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. 181 pages. A story of passion, adventure and risk-taking in New Guinea as Independence approaches. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$9.81
Grammar and Vocabulary of Language Spoken by Motu Tribe, New Guinea
by Lawes, Rev. W.G
Sydney: Thomas Richards, 1885. Hardcover. Good +. The Reverend William George Lawes (1839 - 1907) was an English minister and missionary, an expert on Papua, and the first permanent European resident there. He settled in Port Moresby in 1874, became expert in the Motu language, was friendly with the south coast tribes, served as advisor to the colonial governor Sir Peter Scratchley, and produced the first Papuan language book. 12mo, x,108pp. Orig. black morocco binding, nicely rebacked, gilt title at...
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$175.00
The Vanished People Frontier Edition (Signed by Author)
by Idriess, Ion
Sydney: Angus & Robertson. No Date of Publication.. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Faint foxing to title page. Signed by the author on the Ttile Page. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 210 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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$39.22
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Merou Mille-Etoiles, Merou Mouchete, Merou Gaimard, Merou Boelang. [Stipple engraving of fish from the South Pacific]
by [Dumont D'Urville] Bevalet pinx; Schmel sc
Paris: Remond, 1835. Very good overall. Exquisite stipple engraving of fish discovered on Dumont D'Urville's "Voyage de l'Astrolabe -- Zoologie". The French voyages in this period benefited from the French expansive world view, that saw artists & scientists accompanying the sailors on French voyages of exploration, recording scientific detail and assembling natural history collections. Jules Dumont D'Urville visited Australia twice, 1826-29 & 1837-40. His account of the second voyage was published in...
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$250.00
Pacific Profiles Volume 2 Japanese Army Bombers, Transports & Miscellaneous Types New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944
by Claringbould, Michael John
Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2020. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour illustrations & maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 112 pages. The most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese aircraft in the "South Seas" theatre. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$22.85
Pacific Adversaries Volume 3 Imperial Japanese Navy vs The Allies New Guinea & The Solomons 1942-1944
by Claringbould, Michael John
Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2020. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 101 pages. This volume conveys detailed stories of aerial warfare in the South Pacific, chosen because both Japanese and Allied records can be matched for an accurate accounting. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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$22.85
New Guinea Machine Gunners A History of 7 Australian Machine Gun Battalion 1942-1944
by Campbell, John
Jannali, NSW: Published by Author. 2013. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Fine copy - A new copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes Nominal roll and Honours & Awards. 155 pages. This is the World War 2 history of 7 Australian Machine Gun Battalion AIF from its origin in 1942 as New Guinea Force Machine Gun Battalion to being disbanded in 1944. The task set the CO, Lt Col Terry Farrell was to form, train and prepare for battle a new machine gun battalion from the...
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$26.15
CANNIBAL.A Photographic Audacity
by ANDERSON. James L.;
Sydney: Published by A.H. & A.W.Reed, 1970. 4to.pp.112 with black & white photographs and a map. Very good original black cloth hardcover in pictorial dustrapper which is a little chipped at the head of spine. Piame (Papua New Guinean people).
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$33.99
People of the Valley
by Sargent, Wyn
London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1976. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. DJ spine lightly faded. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 302 pages. Life with a cannibal tribe in New Guinea. . 1st UK Edition. Hardback.
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$16.34
MacARTHURS'S WAR. The 1944 New Guinea Campaign
by TAAFE, Stephen R.;
University of Kansas Press, 1998. First Edition.Royal 8vo. pp.xiii + 312. index.maps. Original green hardcover in pictorial dust wrapper. Near Fine. When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea in World War II, he was already looking ahead. By successfully leapfrogging Japanese forces on that island, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill his personal promise to liberate the Philippines. The New Guinea campaign has gone down in history as one of MacArthur's...
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$30.07
