Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1965. Octavo, original cloth boards with gilt decoration, dustjacket, b&w illus, folding colour panorama, pp xii, 112. Presentation inscription to Captain J.K. Davis from the author. (John King Davis was an Australian explorer and navigator. He served as Chief Officer of the Nimrod during Ernest Shackleton's.....
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner Co, 1890. Octavo, original cloth boards, pp viii, 321, five colour folding maps at rear. Cloth faded and marked. Some toning to pages. Previous owner's signatures. Good condition. Travels in New Guinea in the 1880s.
n.p. Polynesian Society, 1962. 8vo, wraps, b&w plates, pp 191 - 208 plus 3 pages of plates (complete for this extract), orig wraps, tear along spine, Presentation copy signed to anthropologist, D'Arcy Ryan by the authors, Ryan's blind-stamp to wraps, Good condn. Susan Bulmer was the first archaeologist to carry.....
London: Francis Griffiths, 1911. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w plates, pp xv, 197. Corners bumped, previous owner's bookplate, very good condn.
London: Constable & Co., 1932. Octavo, original cloth boards, frontis portrait (Karius) loose, b&w plates, folding map, pp xix, 267. Presentation copy, signed by the leader of the expedition (Charles Karius) and dated in the year of publication. Previous owner's bookplate (anthropologist D'arcy Ryan), light foxing, folded map taped at.....
Perth: Artlook, 1983. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w photographs, endpaper maps, pp 366. Fine in like d.j.
Claremont (WA): The Author, 1996. 8vo, paper wraps, b&w plates, maps, pp. (xviii) 406. Signed by the author on title page. Price (?) label on ffep, o/w near-fine.
Bathurst N.S.W. Robert Brown & Assoc. in association with The National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea, 1981. 1st ed., quarto, original cloth with blindstamped decoration and gilt, dustjacket lightly rubbed at rear, colour illus, b&w illus, map, pp 408. Narrow line of fading bottom edge of boards. Near-fine condition.....
London: Staples Press, 1954. Trans. Erik and Denyse de Mauny. 8vo, cl bds, d.j., b&w plates, maps to endpapers, pp. 256. Spine of d.j. chipped, with a two inch closed tear at foot. Bds have bookshop sticker on rear, o/w good. Previous owner's signature on half-title page, no other marks.....
London: G. Scott, 1779. 1st ed., large quarto, pp.xxiii, (i), 388, 13 (vocab,), author fronts. portrait, 32 engraved plates including maps, topographical views and plans,many of which are folding, music in text page 304, book-plate, foxing and tanning to title-page and fronts. and several plates and maps, otherwise, contents and.....
Sydney & Papua: Stanmore Missionary Press / Kwato Extension Assoc. Papua, (c. 1970). 1st ed., text in Suau, octavo, pp.36, includes Index, original stiff cloth-backed wraps, inscribed on front cover "from Dinah Frank", very good condition. Hymn booklet compiled by Dinah Frank comprising 91 hymns and 33 choruses in Suau.....
Melbourne: Macmillan, 1981. 1st ed., 8vo., pp 164, author's pres. copy, or.cl. bds., nr fine in like d.j.
New York: J.J. Augustin, 1947. Octavo, cloth boards, plates, text illus, maps (including two folding maps in rear pocket), pp xi, 110.
Sydney: Australian Institute of Political Science, 1967. Wraps, pp ix, 199, plus index. Previous owner's blindstamp, taped to spine, good. Uncommon.
Perth: Paterson Press. pp. 43, b/w & col. text ills. by Garnet Agnew, or. bds., tanned.
Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1967. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, plates, text illus, maps, pp xiii, 282. Previous owner's bookplate, very good condition.
London: A. & C. Black, 1907. Royal octavo, original green cloth boards with pictorial decorations and gilt, top edges gilt, colour plates, folding map, pp xii, 211. 68 colour plates with captioned tissue guards, complete. Very small closed tear to cloth at head of spine, previous owner's bookplate, gift inscription.....
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1957. Octavo, original cloth boards, b&w plates, two folding maps, pp xv, 384. Spine faded, top edge of rear board faded, previous owner's bookplate, offsetting ffep, very good condn. Detailed study of the Waropen tribe of the coast of Northern New Guinea. The manuscript survived WWII.....
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1984. Octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp xxv, 276. Presentation copy, signed by the author. Spine of dustjacket sunned, otherwise fine.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1964. pp xvi, 291, Index, b/w plates, previous owner's inscription, orig boards, good, slight bump to lower corners, d.j., sunned at spine, slightly frayed at head.
London: Chapman & Hall, 1875. Octavo, original decorated cloth boards, coloured frontis., folding map, pp viii, 283. Clear adhesive tape to spine, corners bumped and rubbed, previous owner's bookplate, occasional marginal pencil note, fair copy of uncommon work. Captain John Lawson explored New Guinea in the 1870s. (The colour frontispiece.....
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. Octavo, cloth boards, text illus, pp xii, 291. Review of book from Pacific Studies loosely inserted. Previous owner's bookplate, occasional pencil mark, very good condition.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1985. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, pp xii, 319. Near fine in like d.j.
Vancouver: University of British Columbia Press, 1985. 8vo, wraps, pp xxv, 251. Near-fine condn.
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. Quarto, wraps, b&w plates. 52 plates. Previous owner's blindstamp, very good condn. This work features outstanding examples of carved and painted designs from New Guinea held in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago. The major portion of the designs illustrated in this volume.....