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GILL, William WyattMareMagnum

Life in the Southern Isles; or Scenes in the South Pacific and New Guinea

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GILL, William WyattMareMagnum

Life in the Southern Isles; or Scenes in the South Pacific and New Guinea

187612mo [19 x 14,5 cm]; viii, 360 pp, frontis with tissue guard, plates and numerous illustrations from drwgs, double-page map, index. original pictorial cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, all edges gilted, internal hinge repaired, bookplates removed from endpaper, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Taylor 397. The author, having travelled for decades in the area, describes conditions, customs, people, society, natural history, etc. The chapter on New Guinea was read before the Royal Geographical Society in 1873.

Horizon Books · Canadá149,28 €

ROBERTSON, George, edited by Hugh CarringtonMareMagnum

The Discovery of Tahiti; a Journal of the Second Voyage of H. M. S. Dolphin Round the World. Under the Command of Captain Wallis, R. N., in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768, written by her master George Robertson

19488vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; lii, 292 pp, 6 plates including folding frontis view of HMS Dolphin in Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 4 maps including one folding, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on front, gilt lettering on spine, a bright, fine and clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Wallis' travels in the Pacific followed Anson's and Byron's earlier voyages and included extensive exploration of the Magellan Straits and the Tuamotu Archipelago. Roberston's version of the voyage adds a different perspective and much additional information. This is the first printed version of Robertson's journal. Carrington's extensive introduction provides a useful historical point of view and gives much detail on the voyage. See Hill p. 555 for the 1955 edition. National Maritime Museum, I, 131: 'This journal, written by the master of the Dolphin under Wallis, covers the period when he joined her in the Thames in June 1766 until reaching Uea (Wallis Island) in the Western Pacific in 1767. Wallis' circumnavigation voyage in the Dolphin, 1766-8, included visits to Tahiti and the Tuamotu Archipelago'.

Horizon Books · Canadá149,28 €

SCOTT, N. C.MareMagnum

A Dictionary of Sea Dayak [Dyak]

19568vo [22 x 14 cm]; xi, 218 pp, table of spelling, abbreviations. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, spine faded, note on endpaper, interior clean and fine in very good cover. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The Sea Dayaks are in Borneo, Sarawak. This edition has the supplement of additional words collected by G. Bruggeman.

Horizon Books · Canadá149,28 €

WANTRUP, JonathanMareMagnum

Australian Rare Books 1788-1900

19878vo [25.5 x 18 cm]; x, 468 pp, mounted colored frontis plate, numerous illustrations from early sources including many title-pages reprinted, endpaper maps, index, special index of artists and engravers. original cloth, gilt spine title lettering, dj, fine, clean, unmarked, as new condition. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The standard reference book, includes an extensive bibliographic checklist detailing the 260 major printed sources discussed in the text together with a glossary of terms used in book collecting. Excellent chapters from the Founding Fathers to later explorations with an impressive chapter on the Wild Scenery of Australia: Fine Early Plate Books. The checklist includes a collation of each book with plate and map counts, plus good descriptive material.

Horizon Books · Canadá149,28 €

Geological Survey Western AustraliaBiblio.com

Miscellaneous Reports for 1954 Western Australia Geological Survey. Bulletin No.109

1958ref. S42407Perth: Alex B. Davies Government Printer 1958. 171 17 plates 23 figs some folding. . HB. 2 vols 8vo/4to buckram wrappers retained. From an institutional library: stamps/ withdrawn stamps to titles and elsewhere. Repair to foldlines on one map. This report is accompanied by a scarce separate folio Part 2 Supplementary Atlas of large mostly coloured folding geological maps. Plates numbered I-XVII . Contains a wide variety of reports covering such subjects as water supply manganese deposits radioactivity opal and uranium claims coal seams diamond drilling of abandoned gold shows gold mines etc. For further details see scans of contents pages. Alex B. Davies, Government Printer hardcover

Pemberley Natural History Books · Reino Unido125,00 GBP≈ 149,29 €

National Library of AustraliaBiblio.com

National treasures from Australia's great libraries

ref. 064227620X.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback

Bonita · Estados Unidos167,62 US$≈ 149,75 €

A Natural History of Australia (Natural World)Biblio.com

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ref. DADAX0120931559New unknown

Ergodebooks · Estados Unidos167,71 US$≈ 149,83 €

Boddington, Jennie; Wilson, LaurieMareMagnum

Laurie Wilson

1982101 magnificent black and white photographic plates. "Laurie Wilson (1920-1980) was an Australian photographer who seldom travelled far from his home base in Geelong, Victoria, Australia ...His photographs celebrate what he called 'Natures's unrepeatable moments', rather than describing scenery ...(He was) a remarkable and original photographer who received little recognition during his lifetime" - from dust jacket. Average overall wear. Unmarked. A sound copy. Book

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