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# 14356

POUGENS, Charles de (1755-1833)

Histoire d’Alexis Goodman, tirée des manuscrits de feu M. le capitaine Cook

pp 1-75 in: Pougens, Charles de. Récréations de philosophie et de morale. Yverdon : [F. B. de Félice] ; et se vend à Paris : chez Debure l’aîné, 1784. Duodecimo, contemporary full calf ruled in gilt (rubbed), spine with gilt ornament, contrasting morocco title label lettered in gilt ‘Histoire d’Alexis Goodman’ (frayed at head and …

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# 30091

MEARES, John (c.1756 - 1809)

[HAWAII; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; CHINA] Tvänne resor från Ostindien till Americas nordvästra kust, åren 1786, 1788 och 1789, af Johan Meares. Sammandrag utur engelska originalet.

Stockholm : Hos kamereraren J.S. Ekmanson, på Bokhandl. Mag. I. Utters Förlag, 1797. Small octavo, contemporary half mottled calf over marbled papered boards (lightly rubbed), spine in compartments with gilt ornament and contrasting title labels lettered in gilt; pp [12], 404; text in Swedish; heavily scored early ownership signature to bottom margin of title page, with resultant …

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# 33864

DIBBLE, Sheldon (1809 - 1845)

History of the Sandwich Islands

Lahainaluna : Press of the Mission Seminary, 1843. Octavo, full calf with flat panelled spine, ruled in gilt with contrasting morocco title label, gilt lettering (the binding with edge wear, recently polished, joints expertly repaired), posthumous bookplate (dated 1912) for the library of distinguished Hawaiian businessman and diplomat Henry Alpheus Pierce Carter (1837 – 1891) …

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# 12514

SAVAGE, G.A.R.

A short Acoli-English and English-Acoli vocabulary

Kampala : The Eagle Press, 1955. Octavo, blue inlaid boards (covers stained), 50 pp; internally sound. Acoli is a language spoken in northern Uganda and southern South Sudan.

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# 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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# 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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# 15232

ANDREWS, Irene Dwen

Latitude 18 South. A sojourn in Tahiti (signed copy)

Cedar Rapids, Iowa : The Torch Press, 1940. Octavo, cloth in illustrated dustjacket (rear panel slightly water stained), pp. 372, photographic illustrations. Presentation inscription signed by the author on the front free endpaper.

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# 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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# 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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# 36706

HURLEY, Frank (1885-1962)

Panorama of Kingston, Norfolk Island.

[Sydney : Government Printing Office, ca. 1920]. Gelatin silver print photograph on heavy paper stock, 250 x 295 mm; from the original negative of a photograph taken by Hurley around 1910; captioned (by the printer) in the negative lower right; verso with serial number 90; in fine condition; unmounted. The original Hurley negative is held …

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# 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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# 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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# 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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# 35527

[NEW CALEDONIA. CUSTOMS DEPARTMENT]

[NEW CALEDONIA] “Congé de mer” (maritime passport), issued to the indigenous female owner of a commercial vessel in the Loyalty Islands, 1903.

[Nouméa], Nouvelle Calédonie : Service des Douanes, 1903. Single sheet, 480 x 250 mm, printed recto and verso, with manuscript entries recording that the permit – valid for one year – was issued on 24 July 1903 to ‘femme indigène Kaïpiane’, resident of the Loyalty Islands and owner of the “Chanedra”, a cutter of 10 tons; entries …

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# 35767

[THEVENET FAMILY]

[NEW CALEDONIA] Privately printed mourning letter sheet memorialising the death of Pierre-Auguste Thevenet at Nouméa, on 5 November 1917.

[Nouméa] : [printer unknown], 1917. Letter sheet with black mourning borders; bifolium, folding to 130 x 200 mm (260 x 400 mm when opened); first side with lithographically printed notice of the death of Pierre-Auguste Thevenet on 5 November 1917, and his burial on 6 November, with above it a list of the bereaved family …

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# 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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