[NEW GUINEA] Report of the Society’s expedition to explore the highlands of south-eastern British New Guinea; under the leadership of Walter Robert Cuthbertson, M.R.G.S.A., July to October, 1887. With journal and map.

At head of title: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (Victorian Branch). Vol. V. Part II. Melbourne : Kemp & Boyce, printers, Russell Street, 1887. Series: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, Victorian Branch. Volume V, Part II. Octavo (215 x 140 mm), original printed wrappers (expertly replaced paper spine and small edge tears repaired); pp. 59, with large folding colour map at rear; internally excellent, partly unopened.

Explorer Walter Cuthbertson’s account of his 1887 British New Guinea expedition, which was financed by the Victorian branch of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. W. A. Sayer accompanied the expedition as naturalist. This is the text of Cuthbertson’s lecture read at the Society’s general meeting on 25 November 1887, soon after his return; it was published immediately under the Society’s imprimatur.

Very scarce.