[AUSTRALIA; MELANESIA; POLYNESIA] Avstralii︠a︡

: illi︠u︡strirovannyĭ geograficheskiĭ sbornuk / sostavlennyĭ prepodavateli︠a︡mi geografii. A. Kruberom, S. Grigorʹevym, A. Barkovym, i S. Chefranovym. Moskva : I. N. Kushnerev, 1903. Octavo (235 x 170 mm), later pebbled cloth over boards with leather corners (worn) and cloth spine; original Russian owner’s name to title; pp. 343, with numerous photomechanical process illustrations (some full-page; one with old tape repairs to verso); text in Russian; occasional light foxing or marginal staining, otherwise internally very good.

An Imperial Russian publication which covers the physical geography and ethnology of not only Australia but also Melanesia (including New Guinea, the Solomons, and Fiji) and Polynesia (including Hawaii, Tahiti, New Zealand and Samoa).

Trove locates only two copies (NLA; SLV)