At Home in Fiji
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1881. Early Half Roan. pp.293;324, 2 volumes 6(of 7) Plates) folding maps, Early half roan binding, front joint cracked. Small bookseller stamps on some pages. A good copy of the rare 2 volume first edition.
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1881. Early Half Roan. pp.293;324, 2 volumes 6(of 7) Plates) folding maps, Early half roan binding, front joint cracked. Small bookseller stamps on some pages. A good copy of the rare 2 volume first edition.
1833. Unbound. Original engraved map of the Pacific region showing D'Urville's voyage on the Astrolabe. A large, detailed map. Map size 420mm x 610mm. A rare and handsome map.
France: 1828. D'URVILLE, Dumont. Unbound. Original hand-coloured engraving from the Astrolabe's 1st voyage showing the Island of Vanikoro (one of the Santa Cruz Islands, part of the archipelago of the Solomon Islands). Free-floating & backed. A very handsome map.
Paris: Furne, 1835. Cloth. Vol 2 only. pp 584. Frontis (double page portraits of early explorers), numerous plates, folded map. This is the best volume containing NZ, Pacific and Australian content and rare New Zealand maps and prints. Green cloth binding. Marbled endpapers. Split to front hinge. Very rare. Plates.....
London: Allen & Unwin, 1963. Original Cloth. pp v, 223. Portrait of Bligh. Very good in vg d/w. AD ref 289.
Australia: Jacaranda Press, 1980. Cloth. pp.289, plates. AD ref 197.
Paris: 1833. Unbound. Framed orig, engraving showing Le Chef Palou, recevant les Officiers de l'Etat-major de l'Astrolabe (Tonga-Tabou). Plat No. 68 from 'Voyage de la corvette l'Astrolabe. Atlas historique'. A little marginal staining not affecting the image.
Unbound. c. 1830. Plate 123. Original lithograph from D'Urville's 'Voyage de l'Astrolabe' (Plate 123), depicting 5 New guinea peoples. Titled; 1. Monbai, Chef a Dorey. 1.2.3. Naturels de Dorey. 5. Laganansaki. Free-floating & protected by mylar. Size 325mm x 490mm. A very handsome engraving. 0.
Alexandria, NSW: Millennium Books, 1995. Boards. pp 279. Illustrations, plates, maps. Very good in vg d/w.
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1892. Green cloth hardcover with a plastic sleeve jacket. pp.xviii, 466.47. Plates, illustrations, folded, coloured map. Cloth sound, spine lettering dull. Name cut from title page. An eyewitness description of several of the more remote and unfamiliar island groups in the Pacific Ocean. the author sailed from England.....
Wellingon: The Polynesian Society, 1950. Original Wrappers. JPS Extract from Vol 59, No 4, Dec 1950. p368-375. Good condition.
No Binding. 1827-1828. 5 hand-tinted lithographic cross sections of Vue d'Ile Longue (Nouvelle Guinee); Vue de la Baie Humboldt (Nouvelle Guinee); plus sections from Tasmania, the Caroline Islands and Vanikoro. Within mount 81 x 66 cm.
Suva: University of the South Pacific, 1985. Orig. Cloth. pp.xvi,476, Maps on end papers. An exhaustive bibliography of the Solomon Islands arranged by subject.
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1859. Contemporary Cloth. vol. 1 pp. xvi, 414, folding map, plates and engravings."A new edition enlarged and improved". Rebound in maroon cloth.
London: De La More Press, 1907. Orig. Cloth. pp.xlv,175. 18 (of 19) Plates. Original cloth, corners repaired.
London: Bodley Head, 1927. Orig. Cloth. pp.viii,309. Plates. Original light blue cloth binding. Minor chip to lower front board and slight insect damage to lower page edge, otherwise very good. Foster was a professional travel writer sent to the islands to provide an account, with photographs, for his American editor.....
London: Bodley Head, 1928. Orig. Cloth. pp.viii,309, Plates. Spine faded with minor wear at head. An account of the author's travels and experiences in the Pacific (chiefly Fiji) in the early part of the twentieth century.
Auckland: Unity Press, 1955. Orig. Cloth. pp.271. Nggela is spoken by about 5000 people in the central Solomon Islands and is understood by several hundred more. Scarce. NZBN F669.
London: Smith Elder, 1895. Orig. Cloth. pp.vi, 190. 8vo. Frontispiece. Original cloth, rear joint worn but sound, spine sunned and marked. Inscription to ffep. Described in the preface by James Payn as a 'chance record, and therefore in some respects, the more valuable, of the character of Robert Louis Stevenson.".....
London: Ward, Lock, 1856. Hardcover. 8vo, pp.xvi, 243; xvii, Volume 1 of 2. 19 plates, maps, illustrations. Original cloth. Some holes in cover and stitching can be seen at title page.
Exeter: Featherstone, 1841. Hardcover. 8vo. 4th edition. pp. [x], [12 - list of patrons], 11-170. Errata slip tipped in. Frontispiece & 2 plates. Original cloth. A very good copy of this interesting work.
Apia: Samoa Printing & Publishing Co. Ltd, 1948. 1st Edition. Decorated Cloth. pp.187. Endpaper maps. Decorated grey cloth. 8vo. Inscription to flyleaf. Some age darkening to prelim pages, else good. Comprehensive account of Samoan society and religion, with an emphasis on informing the visitor, by the Secretary for Samoan Affairs.....
London: Hutchinson, 1907. First Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp.x, 381 8vo. Lacks frontispiece (55 of 56 plates). Bright inscription on e/p. Original blue cloth binding with gilt pictorial to front board. Spine edgeworn. Beatrice Grimshaw (1870 - 1953) was an Irish writer and traveller, who spent most of her time in.....
London: 1786. ROOKER, Edward (engraver). Unbound. Orig engraving from Charles Theodore Middleton's 'Complete System of Geography' depicting Tahitian natives in vessels.Size of image 275mm x 190mm, with mat, 410mm x 335cm. A very nice engraving.
Pyron. No Binding. Engraving of masks, clubs, comb, adze, basket, etc, all artifacts from New Caledonia. c 1770s. 24 x 18 cm in mount 34 x 31 cm.