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NELSON AUSTRALIA
The Class Photograph
Cengage Learning Australia 2003. Paperback. As New. Disclaimer:An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact; pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. At ThriftBooks our motto is: Read More Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. Cengage Learning Australia paperback
Bookseller reference : G0170107035I2N00 ISBN : 0170107035 9780170107037
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Shilton Peter.
Natural Areas of Queensland.
Brisbane: Goldpress 2005. x 333pp index glossary references num col photographs maps. Or pictorial card. Near new. Comprehensive companion guide to 76 major natural areas and their regions of Queensland. Includes information on landforms climate vegetation wildlife European and Aboriginal history with maps and travel tips. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Goldpress Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040013 ISBN : 0975827502 9780975827505
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Byrne Dianne.
A Travelling Photographer in Colonial Queensland. The Work of William Boag.
Brisbane: The State Library of Queensland 1994. ix 118pp 104 bw plates. Or purple cloth in jacket. Tear to bottom of front panel of jacket with associated creasing. Presents some of the collection of over 300 glass plate negatives by travelling 19th century photographer William Boag discovered in the photographic studio of the Haig Brothers in Warwick. The negatives were probably purchased from Boag in 1873 or 1875. A fresh insight into aspects of colonial Queensland architecture economy and society. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to. The State Library of Queensland Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040027 ISBN : 0724258833 9780724258833
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Bean C .E. W
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Volume V 5. The Australian Imperial Force in France During the Main German Offensive 1918.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1942. xii 825pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Some damp marking to upper third of front cover some minor flecking to cloth front hinge starting at top. December 1917 to May 1918. The fifth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . Tenth Printing. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040052
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Austin Victor compiled by
To Kokoda and Beyond: The Story of the 29th Battalion 1941-1943
Carlton: Melbourne University Press 1988. xvi 267 pages b/w plates maps three appendices: Nominal Roll Honours and Awards Casualties index. Or card covers. Slight toning to page edges. This account of the short history of the 39th Battalion which lasted for only 20 months of World War II includes excerpts from the Japanese officers' diaries during the Papuan Campaign. Taken with the extracts from the Australian account a clear picture is given of what it was really like both for aggressor and defender. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Melbourne University Press Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040068 ISBN : 0522843794 9780522843798
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Bean C .E. W.; Gullett HS. H. S.
Official History of Australian in the War of 1914-18 Volume III. The Australian Imperial Force A.I.F. In France 1916.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1942. xiii 1036pp index chronology bw photos line drawings color plates. Or maroon cloth. A couple of minor spots to cloth. The third volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040051
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Booth Doris R.
Mountains Gold and Cannibals.
Sydney: Cornstalk Publishing. 1929. xix 203pp index bw ills pidgin glossary. Or patterned blue cloth lacking jacket. Spine faded endpapers and edges toned bookseller label on front pastedown. A woman's recollections of time spent in the New Guinea highlands particularly the goldfields at Bulolo and surrounds. Accounts of primitive peoples and cannibals are among the fascinating events recounted among the more mundane day-to-day events. Second Australian Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Cornstalk Publishing. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040065
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Bean C .E. W
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Volume IV 4. The Australian Imperial Force in France 1917.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1943. xii 1030pp index bw photos line drawings maps errata slip. Or maroon cloth. Endpapers toned slight flecking to cloth.The fourth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . Thirteenth Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040054
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Bean C .E. W. Mackenzie SS. S. S.
Official History of Australia in the War of 1914-18 Volume X 10. The Australians at Rabaul. The Capture and Administration of the German Possessions in the Southern Pacific.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1942. xvi 412pp index bw photos line drawings maps. Or maroon cloth. Front free endpaper only holed by silverfish very minor flecking to front cover. A nice example of the tenth volume of this set commonly known as 'Bean'. . Eleventh Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040053
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Booth Doris R.
Mountains Gold and Cannibals.
London: Cecil Palmer 1929. xvi 179pp index bw ills. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Spine cocked leaning minor damp mark to bttom right corner front cover occasional light foxing. A woman's recollections of time spent in the New Guinea highlands particularly the goldfields at Bulolo and surrounds. Accounts of primitive peoples and cannibals are among the fascinating events recounted among the more mundane day-to-day events. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. Cecil Palmer Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040066
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Idriess Ion L
Gold-Dust and Ashes. One of 200 Copies in Art Leather Signed and Numbered.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1933. x 285pp glossary bw ills endpaper maps. Or brown 'art leather' front panel of jacket bound in as issued. Light toning to edges endpapers toned occasional light to moderate foxing. SIGNED and numbered #167by author on limitation page. One of the rarest Idriess items. Issued in an edition of only 200 copies shortly after the first print run. Seldom seen on the market. . Signed by Author. Signed Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/None as Issued. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040077
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Hides Jack.
Beyond the Kubea.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1939. x 174pp bw ills. Or gray cloth lacking jacket. Bump to top front corner moderate foxing several stamps of RSL library inc one on front cover splits to cloth at top of spine. Not the prettiest but complete. An account of an expedition into Central New Guine in 1937. The party made their way up the Strickland River then overland to cross the Kubea Mountains. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040074
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Idriess Ion L
Gold-Dust and Ashes. National Edition Volume V. SIGNED
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1933. x 285pp glossary bw ills endpaper maps. Or orange cloth titled in black lacking jacket. Prev owner details on title page light to moderate foxing. Spine sunned and cocked leaning. Scarce first printing of this early Idriess title. First Edition First Printing. Hard Cover. Good Plus/No Jacket. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040083
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Commonwealth of Australia
Official Handbook of the Territory of New Guine Administered By the Commonwealth of Australia Under mandate from the League of Nations.
Canberra: L.F. Johnston Government Printer 1943. xiii 551 xxv pages ads bw ills 2 folding maps 3 of 3 supplements in rear pocket. Or red cloth titled with map in gold. Spine slightly faded page edges toned small bookseller label on front pastedown. A very nice copy with all three supplements present. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. L.F. Johnston, Government Printer Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040099
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Hurley Frank
Pearls and Savages. Adventures in the Air on Land and Sea in New Guinea.
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons. 1924. xiii 414pp 80 bw ills. Or green cloth titled in gilt lacking jacket. Even toning to page edges prev owner name son front free endpaper approx 2cm split at top of front hinge spine title faded. A nice copy of this classic of New Guinea travel literature. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to. G.P. Putnam's Sons. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040086
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Commonwealth of Australia
Official Handbook of the Territory of New Guine Administered By the Commonwealth of Australia Under mandate from the League of Nations.
Canberra: L.F. Johnston Government Printer 1937. xiii 551 xxv pages ads bw ills 2 folding maps 1 of2 supplements in rear pocket. Or red cloth titled with map in gold. Spine faded top edge toned lacking one of small supplements Volcanic eruption from rear pocket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. L.F. Johnston, Government Printer Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040098
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Lawson Captain JA. J. A.
Wanderings in the Interior of New Guinea.
London: Chapman & Hall 1875. viii 283pp folding map col frontis. Contemporary full leather prize binding with marbled endpapers all edges gilt. Name and detail of prize at top of first blank with further owner detail at bottom of same page. Minor damp mark affecting bottom corner of frontis and title pages but not affecting image or text. Occasional light foxing. Overall a lovely copy of this volume of early New Guinea exploration. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Chapman & Hall Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040095
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Cuffley Peter
Oil and Kerosene Lamps in Australia. Pioneer Collecting Antiques Series
Melbourne: Pioneer Design Studio. 1982. 271pp hundreds bw ills colour plates index bibliography . Or brown boards in jacket. Very light foxing to top edge. Revised and greatly expanded from its first incarnation as A Complete Catalogue and History of Oil and Kerosene Lamps in Australia published in 1973. . The history and development of kerosene lighting is traced in great detail and illustrated extensively. The lamps are presented in chronological order. Second Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Pioneer Design Studio. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040097 ISBN : 0909674191 9780909674199
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Chalmers James.
Adventures in New Guinea.
London: The Religious Tract Society 1886. 192pp 6 bw engravings. Or decorative brown cloth. Lacks blank front free endpaper front hinge cracking Sunday School prize label dated 1887 on front pastedown rear board alittle spotted spine a little sunned. Hole in p57/58 causing loss of 3 words. Scarce little volume on New Guinea by probably the best known of the Paific missionaries. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 12mo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040112
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Idriess Ion L
Back O'Cairns.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1958. x 310pp bw ills pictorial endpapers. Or red cloth in jacket. Jacket with several tears and small chips a few tape stains and slight fading to spine. Some toning to page edges 2 prev owner stamps at front and brief gift note dated 1961 on front free endpaper. No date but c1958- Frontier Edition stated on title page. North Queensland and its inhabitants as experienced by Idriess when he went there prospecting. Frontier Edition . Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040123
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Idriess Ion L
The Tin Scratchers.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1959. xii 260pp bw ills endpaper maps. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket with long tear at top of front panel with associated creasing several very short tears. Prev owners stamp on front free endpaper and title page. Second issue lacking the silver compass to front board. A glimpse into the mineral rich tip of Cape York Peninsula where Idriess went to live and work among the pioneers of the tin fields. Second Issue. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040122
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Idriess Ion L
Opals and Sapphires. How to Work Mine Class Cut Polish and sell Them.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1967. 231pp index maps bw ills. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spine slightly faded price clipped small bookseller label on front pastedown. A particularly nice copy. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040124
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The Government of Queensland.
Our First Half Century. A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information. Jubilee Memorial Volume.
Brisbane: Anthony J. Cumming Government Printer 1909. xxvii 257pp appendices bw ills maps. Or full morrocco leathertitled and decorated in gilt all edges gilt. Spine a bit faded some minor rubbing at edges sporadic light foxing throughout. Ex-Mackaness collection with his bookplate on front pastedown. Includes chapters on pastoral agriculture and sugar industries mining inc gold copper coal and opal as well as history governance and much more. Nice colonial history. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Anthony J. Cumming, Government Printer Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040128
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Barton EJT. editor E. J.
Jubilee History of Queensland; A Record of Political Industrial and Social Development from the Landing of the First Explorers to the Close of 1909.
Brisbane: H.J. Diddams & Co. 1090. xii 388pp chronology num bw plates and text ills 1 col plate. Or decorative wraps. No date but late 1909. Light stain on half-title page light edge wear spine a little worn with short tear at foot. Scarce in any condition and extremely so in it original state and this state of preservation. Commemorative of the Jubilee of Brisbane - 6th September 1909 and of the state of Queensland. 10th December of the same year. Printed in double column. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to. H.J. Diddams & Co. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040129
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Tudor Judith editor
The Handbook of Papua and New Guinea Sixth Edition.
Sydney: Pacific Publications. 1964. 416pp index gazetteer advertisements bw ills maps folding map list of residents in each electorate. Or card covers with cloth spine. Faded at spine and lightly rubbed on covers prev owners name inside front cover first blank page silverfished at top edge page edges toned. Includes geography history people government law and justice finance and taxation commerce industries communications transport land policy agriculture leath and medical services tourism education public service religion and missions along with numerous district maps and one large folding map at front. Useful reference to pre-Independence Papua New Guinea. Fourth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Pacific Publications. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040141
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Boyd AJ. editor A. J.
Queensland.
London: Queensland Emigration Office 1882. 96pp printed in double column. Or blue cloth covered card. Prev owner bookplate inside front cover as well as initial in ink small bookseller stamp on front free endpaper. Minor crease and slight edge wear to covers. Rare early colonial gazetteer to inform potential emigrants to Queensland. Content includes agriculture railways steam navigation education and land laws. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Queensland Emigration Office Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040149
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Union Steamship Co. Of New Zealand.
A Day in Suva.
New Zealand: Union Steamship Co. Of New Zealand. 1921. 24pp bw ills. Or pictorial wraps. Several very small tears less than 1cm to edges/margins. No date c1920/22. Scarce early tourist guide to Suva Fiji. Apparent First. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo. Union Steamship Co. Of New Zealand. Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040148
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Coulter Mr. Joseph.
Randwick Asylum. An Historical Overview of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children from the Year 1852 Up to the Time of Requisitioning of the Society's Buildings and Lands in 1915 By the Federal Authorities for Military Hospital Purposes.
Sydney: Randwick Asylum Board of Directors 1916. xiii 144pp documents in facsimile at rear; bw ills tables. Or gray bevelled cloth. Prev owner name on front free endpaper a few light marks to cloth light toning to endpapers bookseller stamp on front pastedown spine title faded. Scarce history of the Society for the Relief of Destitute Children which provided lodging for abandoned and destitute children of both sexes under 8 years of age. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 4to. Randwick Asylum, Board of Directors Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040133
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Universal Business Directories.
Universal Street Directory for Brisbane City and Suburbs First edition
Brisbane: Universal Business Directories. 1955. 28pp 47 col maps ads. Or pictorial card boards with green cloth spine. Bottom front corner creased some minor edge wear and rubbing. Clpth spine a little spotted some toning to pages. Scarce first printing of the Universal Brisbane Street Directory- NOT the facsimile reprint!. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 4to. Universal Business Directories. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040170
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Idriess Ion L; Woolnough W G
Prospecting for Gold from the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant and from the Dolly to the Stamper Battery with Chapters on Tin Osmiridium Platinum Opals and Oil
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1966. Introduction by F S Mance. x 296pp b/w ills glossary index. Or cloth boards in jacket Offset toning to endpapers page edges toned. Jacket a bit rubbed creased at btoom front and 3mm tear at bottom of front flap fold. Prospecting for gold and other precious minerals and gems in Australia. Includes a chapter on oil by Dr WG Woolnough. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Near Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040160
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Kennedy EB. E. B.
Four Years in Queensland.
London: Edward Stanford 1870. viii 246pp publishers catalogue at rear folding map frontis. Or maroon cloth. Spine very slightly faded with approx 1.5cm split at front edge of spine tiny chip from top of spine prev owner name in pencil on title page. Folding map present and in excellent order though slightly misfolded. A very nice copy. Ferguson 11090. Colonial Queensland including flora and fauna the Gympie gold diggings agriculture squatters and more. Rare. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo. Edward Stanford Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040152
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Petrie Constance Campbell
Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland Dating from 1837.
Brisbane: Watson Ferguson & Co 1904. xvi 319 pp. with errata slip frontis portrait 15 bw plates folding plan at rear. Original green pictorial cloth. Numerous tiny white flecks to cloth prev owners name and date 1905 on front pastedown along with small bookseller label light toning to page edges and some margins bottom corners worn scuff to top edge of rear cover. Important early source book for Queensland history with much on aborigines and vividly describing life in the Moreton Bay penal colony from the 1830s. Petrie 1831-1910 arrived in Queensland in 1837. Later he accompanied or acted as messenger for many early explorations and was intimately acquainted with the local aborigines on whom he was considered an expert. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. Watson, Ferguson & Co Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040150
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Chalmers J. & Gill W. Wyatt.
Work and Adventure in New Guinea 1877-1885.
London: The Religious Tract Society 1984. 288pp publishers catalogue at rear; bw engravings. Or pictorial brown cloth. Presentation space filled in. States Special Presentation Volume on title page and London Missionary Society Presentation Copy at top of front cover. An excellent copy. Special Presentation Volume. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040176
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Idriess Ion L; Woolnough W G
Prospecting for Gold from the Dish to the Hydraulic Plant and from the Dolly to the Stamper Battery with Chapters on Tin Osmiridium Platinum Opals and Oil
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1943. Introduction by F S Mance. x 288pp b/w ills glossary index. Plain card covers in jacket which is attached at the spine. Covers evenly toned with darkening to spine a little minor rubbing to front near spine. Prospecting for gold and other precious minerals and gems in Australia. Includes a chapter on oil by Dr WG Woolnough. Eighth Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Paperback
Bookseller reference : 040161
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Idriess Ion L.
Fortunes in Minerals. Simple Tests and How to Make Them.
Sydney: Angus & Robertson 1941. Introduction by AN Graham. x 228pp index 2pp advertisements at rear for Cyaniding for Gold & Prospecting for Gold. Or gray cloth boards lacking jacket Page edges evenly toned faint damp mark at top corner margins not affecting text. Index pages misnumbered as pp126-128-should be 226-228. Advice for the prospector on where to look for mineral deposits how to recognize mineral-bearing rocks and how to identify the minerals they contain. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Angus & Robertson Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040163
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Chalmers James.
Pioneer Life and Work in New Guinea. 1877-1894.
London: The Religious Tract Society 1894. ix 255pp map 43 bw ills. Or blue-green cloth with gilt title and vignette to front and spine. Light toning to endpapers slight fading at edges. A very nice copy. Includes encounters with cannibals and travel on the Fly River. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo. The Religious Tract Society Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040178
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Blainey Geoffrey
Black Kettle and Full Monn. Daily Life in a Vanished Australia.
Melbourne: Viking 2003. ix 484pp index sources bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Near new. How our forebears lived from the time of the first gold rush to WWI. Looks at a host of aspects of daily life. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Viking Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040168 ISBN : 0670041327 9780670041329
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Sinclair J. R.
Behind the Ranges. Patrolling in New Guinea.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1966. xviii 230pp index bw ills map. Or green cloth in jacket. Gift inscription on verso of front free endpaper some light foxing. Jacket heavily rubbed with creases chips and tears. An account of the author's experiences patrolling the New Guinea highlands in the 1950s and 60s. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Poor. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040208
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Williams F E
Drama of Orokolo. The Social and Ceremonial Life of the Elema
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. xxiv 464pp bw plates text-figures index appendix folding chart at rear. Or black cloth in jacket. Ex-library college with usual stamps inc cancelled stamp numbers etc label to spine. Tape stains to endpapers some foxing to page edges. The eighteenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040251
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Williams F E
Papuans of the Trans-Fly
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. xxxvi 452pp bw plates text-figures appendix by Dr L H Dudley Buxton folding sketch map at rear. Ex-library college with usual stamps inccancelled stamp numbers etc label to spine. Or black cloth in jacket. Tape stains to endpapers some foxing to page edges. The book gives an all-round account of a primitive people in the far west of Papua. The fifteenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040249
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Williams F E
Orokaiva Society.
Oxford: Clarendon Press 1969. xxiii 355pp bw plates text-figures index folding sketch map at rear. Or black cloth in jacket. Ex-library college with usual stamps inc cancelled stamp numbers etc label to spine. Tape stains to endpapers some foxing to page edges. The tenth in a series of anthropological reports published by the Papuan Government. Reprint. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library. Clarendon Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040250
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Williams F E
Orokaiva Magic.
London: Oxford University Press 1928. xii 231pp bw plates index glossary folding map at rear. Or black cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped with minor toning to spine. Prev owner name on front free endpaper. Anthropological reports 67 & 8 presented to the Papuan Government. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040259
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Hurley PJ. P. J.
Red Cedar. The Story of the North Coast.
Sydney: Dymock's Book Arcade 1948. x 219pp bw & col ills. Or red cloth lacking jacket. Spine faded edges somewhat edgeworn joint at title page worn. The story of the cedar-getters and their part in opening up northern New South Wales. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Dymock's Book Arcade Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040280
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Hassam Andrew.
No Privacy for Writing. Shipboard Diaries 1852-1879.
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 1995. xxviii 235pp sources appendices bw ills map. Or boards in jacket. Slightest of toning to page edges slightest of fading to spine. Eight shipboard diaries of British emigrants to colonial Australia. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Melbourne University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040247 ISBN : 0522844685 9780522844689
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Baglin Douglass & de Courcy Catherine.
The Jimi River Expedition 1950. Exploration in the New Guinea Highlands.
Melbourne: Oxford University Press 1988. x 93pp num bw photographs map. Or boards in jacket. Endpapers rippled. Some very light occasional toning. Expedition to the Jimi River in the Wahgi Valley of New Guinea's Highlands undertaken in 1950. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Oxford University Press Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040219 ISBN : 0195548876 9780195548877
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Erskine James E.
Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron to the South-East Coast of New Guinea October to December 1884.
Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates 1984. 9pp text 5 chromolithographs bw photographs inc some folding map. Or blue full leather titled in gilt bordered in black and gilt all edges gilt. Edition limited to 1000 copies of which this copy unnumbered. Loosely inserted certificate signing this off as a perfect copy. There is some dust marking to the slipcase but otherwise a beautiful copy of this wonderful volume. Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Slipcase. Elephant Folio. Robert Brown & Associates Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040221 ISBN : 0909197911 9780909197919
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Williams F E Francis Edgar.; Schwimmer Erik editor
The Vailala Madness and Other Essays.
London: C. Hurst & Company 1976. 432pp bibliography bw ills index. Or red cloth in jacket. Bookseller label to front pastedown light foxing to top edge. The shorter writings of anthropologist Francis Williams who died in a plane crash in the Owen Stanley Ranges in 1943. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. C. Hurst & Company Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040252 ISBN : 090398346x 9780903983464
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Spencer Margaret
Doctor's Wife in Papua
London: Robert Hale 1964. 176pp 8pp b/w photos map: the eastern island fringe of Papua. Or cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped small bookseller label on front pastedown. The author describes not only Fergusson Island one of the D'Entrecasteaux group and its troubled history but also every aspect of the daily life of the hunters and fishermen. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Robert Hale Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040297
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Bartley Nehemiah.
Australian Pioneers & Reminiscences 1849-1894. Specially Bound Edition ltd to 100 copies
Sydney: John Ferguson in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society. 1978. viii 424pp index. Or green cloth with leather spine. Light toning to page edges minor bloom to leather on front. This specially bound edition limited to 100 copies of which this is #4. Contains much on early Brisbane and North Queensland chapter on early Sandgate and material on colonial New South Wales and Victoria plus a chapter on the Pacific Islands including Tahiti Eimeo the Marquesas and much more. Limited Facsimile Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus. 8vo. John Ferguson in association with The Royal Australian Historical Society. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040302
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Petrie Constance Campbell Petrie Tom.
Tom Petrie's Reminiscences of Early Queensland. Australian Classics
Melbourne: Lloyd O'Neil 1981. 319pp list of places names plants and trees; pictorial endpapers. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket spine very slightly faded. Top edge dusted very light edge wear to jacket. Second printing of this edition. 'This work of social history vividly describes life in the Moreton Bay penal settlement from the 1830s.' . Australian Classics Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. Lloyd O'Neil Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 040328 ISBN : 085558372x 9780855583729
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