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NEW GUINEA EXPLORATION EXPEDITIONBiblio.com

Two illuminated addresses presented to members of the New Guinea Exploratory Expedition.

1885ref. 187509Australia: The Geographical Society of Australasia 1885 & 1886. Two elaborately decorated manuscripts presented to Captain Henry Charles Everill congratulating him and the members of the New Guinea Exploratory Expedition on a successful voyage. The quarto manuscript was presented by the Geographical Society of Australasia who funded the expedition and the folio by the Victorian Branch of the Geographical Society specifically 12 members of which have signed it at the end. Everill's party left Sydney on 10 June 1885 and returned home on 3 December 1885 having spent five months in New Guinea. The object of the expedition was to map unexplored territory in the Fly river region to gather information on local flora and fauna and to perform an anthropological investigation into the indigenous people. However the underlying motivations of the expedition were likely linked to Australian state expansion into the Pacific. In 1883 the Colony of Queensland attempted to annex the east of the island of New Guinea and then again shortly after the federation of Australia in 1901. The expedition left Sydney in the steamer Bonito journeying to New Guinea and up the Fly river into the Strickland River. The river was named during the expedition in honour of Sir Edward Strickland the president of the Geographical Society. The Bonito was stranded in the Strickland at which point Everill led a party another 80 miles up the river in a whaleboat. Purchased by Martin Schøyen b. 1940 the Norwegian collector of rare books and manuscripts Two manuscripts on paper quarto 335 x 265 mm 2 pages and folio 460 x 385 mm single page text in gothic and cursive script in black ink illuminated initials and titles intricate border designs in multiple colours all heightened in gilt. Contemporary black and brown morocco the folio by Thedel and Co. of Melbourne and with silk moiré doublure the quarto by John Sands of Sydney is rebacked lettered and decorated in gilt. Refurbished a few corners restored covers lightly scuffed and marked silverfishing with loss of several words in both texts heavier in the folio affecting signatures light damp staining. A very good set. unknown

Peter Harrington · Reino Unido850,00 GBP≈ 1015,19 €

THE PHILIPPINES, NEW GUINEA - WORLD WAR IIBiblio.com

Historically Important Album with 105 Gelatin Silver Photographs Likely Taken by a Technician of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in Manila After the End of World War II Showing U.S. Soldiers Reconstructing Communication Networks Repairing Overhead Trunk Lines Operating Specialized Consoles Restoring Exchange Equipment etc. the City Views Before and After the Bombardment City Hall Manila Hotel Legislative Finance Commerce & Agricultural Buildings Jones Bridge Escolta St. etc. and Japanese Ships Sunk in Manila Bay; also with Photographs from New Guinea Mostly Depicting the Compiler and His Friends at the Height of the War. Ca. 1943-1945.

ref. PD10Oblong Octavo album ca.182x295 cm or 7 ¼ x 11 ½ in. 30 card stock leaves with 2 free endpapers. With 105 original gelatin silver photographs including one loose from ca. 104x75 cm 4 x 3 in to 47x64 cm 1 ¾ x 2 ½ in. All photos with white ink captions in English on the mounts seven photos captioned in negatives some photos dated. Period dark green half leather binding with raised bands; guilt-tooled ornaments on the front cover and the spine. Seven photos missing one page lacks fragments at the right margin several pages with minor tears but otherwise a very good album with strong interesting photos. Historically interesting collection of original photographs mostly documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila’s communication networks after the end of World War II. As follows from the photographs the compiler was a technician or lineman with the U.S. Army Signal Corps. First stationed in Pittsburgh in 1943 he likely underwent specialized technical training at one of the city's industrial or academic centers before being deployed to Finschhafen New Guinea. There he was tasked with establishing the communications infrastructure for the Allied base following the recapture of the town from Japanese forces. Finally he was sent to Manila in the fall of 1945 where he assisted in the massive effort to reconstruct the city’s destroyed telephone and telegraph systems during the initial months of the post-war occupation. The album contains 105 rare early photographs from the Pacific Theatre with most images taken in Manila in the fall of 1945. The photos capture Japanese ships sunk by U.S. forces in Manila Bay and the city’s architecture before and after the artillery bombardment Escolta Street Jones Bridge the ruins of City Hall the University of the Philippines the Manila Hotel San Vicente de Paul Parish Department of Finance Building today’s National Museum of Anthropology Commerce & Agriculture Building today’s National Museum of Natural History and Legislative Building today’s National Museum of Fine Arts. Especially interesting are about fifteen candid photographs documenting the technical reconstruction of Manila’s communication networks. Outdoor scenes show the compiler’s companions with climbing spikes and safety belts repairing overhead trunk lines. Interior views depict a “Test Desk” with technicians both American and Philippian operating specialized consoles and patch cords the massive Main Distribution Frame MDF with thousands of line terminations and heavy power panel equipment. The series also includes several photographs from Clark Field showing “Ralph” and “Eddie” posing beside wrecked aircraft. The other interesting photos from the collection show “a Native of New Guinea” posing with American soldiers as well as the compiler and his friends in military uniforms in Finschhafen and Pittsburgh beside their tents barracks and orderly room. Overall historically interesting collection of original gelatin silver photographs illustrating rare scenes from the service of the U.S. Army Signal Corps in the Pacific Theatre of World War II. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Estados Unidos950,00 US$≈ 848,75 €

SOUTH PACIFIC – PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SAMOA, FIJIBiblio.com

Historically Significant Album with 128 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 17 Printed Postcards Taken during a Voyage to German New Guinea German Samoa and Fiji Showing Settlements and Papuan People of the Bismark Archipelago Ceremony of Hoisting German Imperial Flag in Samoa the First Governor of German Samoa Wilhelm Solf Paramount Chief of German Samoa Mata’afa Josefo Wreck of SMS “Adler” in Apia Harbour Native Samoans German Colonial Residents Samoan Papuana dn Fijian Warriors Views of Banda Islands &c. Ca. 1900s.

ref. PF4Oblong Folio album ca. 27 x 33 cm or 10 ½ x 13 in. 24 card stock leaves. With 138 original gelatin silver photos mostly ca. 8 x 12 cm 3 x 4 ¾ in. With 17 printed postcards ca. 9x13 cm 3 ½ x 5 in; all mounted in windows. All postcards withprinted captions on the margins. Some of the photos are captioned in German on versos. Period green full cloth album; red gilt-tooled ornamental border and generic title in German on the front board. Binding slightly rubbed on extremities several images previously removed from the album a few photos mildy faded but overall a very good album. A historically interesting extensive collection of original gelatin silver vernacular photos and printed postcards taken and collected by a German traveller to the colonies of German New Guinea and German Samoa in the early 20th century before both were occupied by Australia and New Zealand during WW1. The album opens with twenty-one photos and seven printed postcards dating back to the compiler’s voyage to the South Pacific through the Dutch East Indies modern-day Indonesia showing streets and waterfront of Makassar Sulawesi volcanoes and settlements of Banda Islands Banda Neira Banda Api Banda Papenberg peak the ocean steamer which transported the travelling party anchored in harbours the steamer crew and native Indonesians on board the steamer &c. Over forty photos and five postcards show the views and people of German New Guinea - mostly of the Bismarck Archipelago modern-day Islands Region of Papua New Guinea: native children and families from “Matupi” and “Neu Pommern Bismarck Archipel” views of Ralum and Herbertshöhe Kokopo “Landschaft bei Nusa” harbours with the travellers’ steamship cutter boats and native outrigger canoes villages and palm groves a large communal building in construction portraits of Papuan farmers members of local militia people wearing traditional costumes decorations and headdresses Papuan men listening to a gramophone on board the steamer a native couple captioned “Gruss aus dem Bismarck Archipel” on the mount &c. Very interesting are over sixty original photos and a printed postcard of German Samoa. About seventeen photographs document a public ceremony of hoisting a German Imperial flag at an open space likely in the colonial capital Apia with government officials colonial troops and a crowd of spectators. Two scenes with colonial residents feature Wilhelm Solf the first Governor of German Samoa in office: 1900-1911 wearing a white uniform and peaked cap. Two photos portray an elderly Samoan chief - most likely Mata’afa Josefo ca. 1832-1912 a Paramount Chief of German Samoa posing with a colonial resident in front of a German Imperial flag. There is also a view of the wreck of SMS “Adler” in Apia harbour which was destroyed alongside several German and U.S. warships during the 1889 Apia cyclone. Other photos show Samoan rivers coastal views portraits of Samoans in traditional costumes families children German residents &c. The printed postcard is a view of “Samoa Inseln – Apia nach Süden zu.” The album also contains several printed postcards and original photos of Fiji showing “A peep of Suva” “Fijian canoe” “Village scene – Fiji” “Attacked” “Cannibal feast – Fiji” portraits of native warriors and young women &c. Overall an historically interesting extensive collection of original gelatin silver amateur photos documenting life in German New Guinea and German Samoa in the early 20th century. hardcover

Globus Rare Books & Archives · Estados Unidos2500,00 US$≈ 2233,54 €

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