New Guinea

  • [NEW GUINEA] Papuan school reader. 1943.

    # 38914

    SAVILLE, W. J. V. [TERRITORY OF PAPUA. DEPARTMENT OF NATIVE EDUCATION]

    [NEW GUINEA] Papuan school reader. 1943.

    At head of title: Territory of Papua. Native Education.Canberra : L.F. Johnston, Commonwealth Govt. Printer, 1943. Second edition. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), original printed stiff wrappers, colour frontispiece plate with flags of Great Britain, Australia and Papua, pp [8], 173; extensively illustrated with line-drawn text figures and several photomechanical process plates (and a second …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] Drama of Orokolo : the social and ceremonial life of the Elema.

    # 38896

    WILLIAMS, F. E. (Francis Edgar) (1893-1943)

    [NEW GUINEA] Drama of Orokolo : the social and ceremonial life of the Elema.

    Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1940. First edition. Octavo (225 mm), publisher’s blue cloth over boards with gilt device to upper board, spine lettered in gilt, pp. xxvi, 464; with 2 full-page maps, 63 plates (3 col.), 21 text figures, appendix, 1 folding & 2 full-page relationship tables, 4 appendices, glossary, index; contents clean and fresh; front …

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  • Südsee-Erinnerungen : aus Papuas Kulturmorgen

    # 10203

    KOTZE, Stefan von, 1869-1909

    Südsee-Erinnerungen : aus Papuas Kulturmorgen

    Berlin : F. Fontane &​ Co., 1905. First edition. Octavo, publisher’s pictorial green cloth boards (rubbed and a with some flecking, binding slightly canted), decorative endpapers, 227 pp, scattered foxing, a good copy of the scarce first edition of von Kotze’s memoir of an expedition to German New Guinea. Copies are recorded in four Australian …

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  • [MISSIONS] My trip in the “John Williams”

    # 6465

    THOMPSON, R. Wardlaw

    [MISSIONS] My trip in the “John Williams”

    London : London Missionary Society, 1900. First edition. Royal octavo, pictorial cloth (fine and bright), spine lettered in gilt, xii, 208 pp, 62 illustrations, edges with very mild flecking, internally clean and sound, a near fine copy. Account of the voyage of the missionary ship John Williams to New Guinea, New Hebrides, Loyalty Islands, Fiji, Niue, …

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  • Melanesians and Polynesians : their life histories described and compared.

    # 37441

    BROWN, George, Rev. (1835-1917)

    Melanesians and Polynesians : their life histories described and compared.

    London : Macmillan, 1910. First edition. Octavo (230 mm), publisher’s green cloth over boards with gilt pictorial device (Solomon Islands feast bowl) to upper board and gilt-lettered spine (upper board and spine lightly marked); pp. xvi, 451, illustrated with 40 b/w photographic plates; binding firm, contents very clean, a near fine copy. A classic reference work …

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  • Missionary lotto.

    # 35151

    CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY (LONDON)

    Missionary lotto.

    London : Church Missionary Society, [circa 1900]. “Second series. (Revised)”. Original card box, 235 x 115 x 21 mm, with title and imprint to lid (light marks and handling wear, but sturdy and without any edge or corner splits); the inside lid with printed Missionary Lotto Rules (mild foxing); the interior of the box is …

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  • Patteson Memorial Chapel, Norfolk Island.

    # 36715

    Photographer unknown.

    Patteson Memorial Chapel, Norfolk Island.

    [Sydney : Government Printing Office, ca. 1920]. [From the original negative of a photograph taken in the early 1880s by an unidentified photographer]. Gelatin silver print photograph on heavy paper stock, 235 x 260 mm; caption (added by the printer) in the negative lower right; in fine condition; verso with serial number 86; unmounted. St. …

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  • Evolution in art, as illustrated by the life histories of designs

    # 35361

    HADDON, Alfred C. (1855-1940)

    Evolution in art, as illustrated by the life histories of designs

    London : Walter Scott, Ltd., 1895. The Contemporary Science Series, edited by Havelock Ellis. First edition. Octavo (185 mm), publisher’s blind-blocked maroon cloth over boards lettered in gilt (lightly rubbed), spine titled in gilt (softened at the ends and with a couple of small marks); pp [4 publisher’s ads.], xviii, [2], 364, [14 ads.]; illustrated …

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  • Oceanic Art / Ozeanische Kunst / Art Océanien

    # 36668

    MEYER, Anthony J.-P.

    Oceanic Art / Ozeanische Kunst / Art Océanien

    Köln : Könemann, [1995]. Single volume second edition. Folio (320 x 275 mm), publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth over boards, in pictorial dust jacket (very good); pp. 640, with a total of 731 illustrations in colour and b/w, maps; half title with pale foxing, faint damp stain to top edges of last few leaves, but an excellent …

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  • Histoire des navigations aux terres australes

    # 29076

    BROSSES, Charles de (1709-1777)

    Histoire des navigations aux terres australes

    : contenant ce que l’on scait des moeurs & des productions des contrées decouvertes jusqu’à ce jour; & où il est traité de l’utilité d’y faire de plus amples découvertes, & des moyens d’y former un établissement. Paris : Chez Durand, 1756. First edition. Two volumes, quarto (260 x 200 mm), contemporary full calf (boards …

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  • [NEW GUINEA] Police Motu : iena sivarai (its story)

    # 35367

    DUTTON, Tom (Thomas Edward)

    [NEW GUINEA] Police Motu : iena sivarai (its story)

    [PNG] : University of Papua New Guinea Press, 1985. Linguistics series ; no. 2. Quarto, publisher’s pictorial stiff wrappers; pp xiv, 297; with numerous b/w photographic illustrations, maps, index, bibliography; text in English, with some Hiri Motu; a fine copy, from The Papuan Collection of Charles Fletcher (Melbourne), his bookplate to the title page. Police …

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  • [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] In wild New Britain : the story of Benjamin Danks, pioneer missionary, from his diary.

    # 34529

    DANKS, Benjamin (1853-1921); DEANE, Wallace (1878-1952) (editor)

    [NEW GUINEA; MISSIONS] In wild New Britain : the story of Benjamin Danks, pioneer missionary, from his diary.

    / Edited by Wallace Deane … with foreword by Brig.-Gen. T. Griffiths …. Sydney : Angus & Robertson, 1933. First edition. Octavo (185 x 125 mm), publisher’s blue cloth over boards (flecked), spine lettered in black (heavily faded, ends a little frayed); pp xii, 293, [1], with numerous b/w photographic plates; binding firm; edges with spotting; …

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  • A Pacific bibliography

    # 35274

    TAYLOR, C. R. H.

    A Pacific bibliography

    Printed matter relating to the native peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Oxford : Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1965. Second edition. Thick octavo (240 mm), publisher’s blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering to spine, 692 pp, 1 fold-out map; a beautifully fresh and bright copy, without the dust jacket; from The Papuan Collection of Charles …

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  • Oil exploration in Papua and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea

    # 35015

    Oil exploration in Papua and the Mandated Territory of New Guinea

    Melbourne : Australian Petroleum Company Pty. Ltd., and Island Exploration Company Pty. Ltd., 1940. Large octavo (228 x 153 mm), original printed wrappers (lightly foxed), staple bound, 31 pp, b/w photographic illustrations throughout; internally clean and sound.

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  • [NEW GUINEA; RUBBER] Prospectus of the extension of the Papuan Planting & Trading Syndicate into the Papuan Planting & Trading Company.

    # 34002

    PAPUAN PLANTING & TRADING COMPANY.

    [NEW GUINEA; RUBBER] Prospectus of the extension of the Papuan Planting & Trading Syndicate into the Papuan Planting & Trading Company.

    At head of title: For Private Circulation only. Carlton, Vic. : Ford & Son, printers, [1898]. Foolscap folio (340 mm), [4] pp; original folds, edges with some insect nibbling and very short tears, else clean. ‘Capital – £3,000 in 300 Shares of £10 each. Capital required £1500. 300 Shares are issued at £10 per Share. …

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  • The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea.

    # 34018

    MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw (1884-1942)

    The sexual life of savages in north-western Melanesia : an ethnographic account of courtship, marriage and family life among the natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea.

    With a Preface by Havelock Ellis. New York : Horace Liveright, 1929. First US edition. Two volumes. octavo (220 x 150 mm), uniform black cloth over boards with beveled edges (rubbed and lightly marked), spine lettered in gilt (faded); top edges gilt, fore-edges uncut; xviii, map plate, 279; viii, 281-603 pp; photographic plates throughout; bindings …

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