Experiments in Civilisation: The Effects of European Culture on a Native Commmunity of the Solomon Islands
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1939. Contemporary Cloth. Rebound, contains several b&w photo plate illustrations.
London: George Routledge & Sons Ltd, 1939. Contemporary Cloth. Rebound, contains several b&w photo plate illustrations.
1777. No Binding. Original copper engraving from Cook's second voyage. From French edition. Lacks RH margin.
Wellington: The Maoriland Worker Printing and Publishing Company. Printed Wrappers. pp 20. 8vo. Original printed wrappers covered in lined paper. Bagnall H1164. Holland (1868-1933) was a prominent socialist and labour leader, becoming leader of the Labour Party through the 1920s, promoting a radical socialist reform programme. Subsequent to this pamphlet.....
Leiden: Brill, 1893. Half Calf. 8vo, pp.ix,200, Frontispiece, lithographs. Contemporary half calf & marbled. boards, Dutch text. An attractive copy of this interesting and unique good copy.
London: Hutchinson, 1972. Hardcover. pp 320.
London: Harvill Press, 1983. Original Cloth. pp 226. Illus. Very good in vg d/w. AD ref 198.
The Dunmore Press, 1985. first. hardcover- cloth. biography of la peruse the man, his early life and family background.
London: Hutchinson, 1925. Orig. Cloth. 8vo, pp.x,223, c.1925. Plates, photos by the author and William Crake. Original cloth. Inscription to ffep. A nice copy.
Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1961. Orig. Cloth. 8vo, pp.xvi,188, Plates Illustrations map d/w, scarce in good condition.
Glasgow. Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1927. Cloth. pp.xx,244. Frontispiece, plates. Very good in navy cloth binding with gilt titles.
Glasgow. Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1927. First Edition. Cloth. pp.xx,244. Frontispiece, plates. D/w with edgewear and some tape repairs. Inscription to ffep. Internally good.
Arnhem: K. Van der Zande, 1890. Decorated Cloth / Gilt. pp xi, 309. Coloured frontis and plates. Blue/green decorated cloth with gilt titles. A handsome book.
Paris: 1820. PELLION, A. Unbound. A French engraving showing at view from the Fox River in the west of the Blue Mountains. From Louis Claude de S. de Freycinet's, "Voyage autour du Monde... Historique". Size of image 330mm x 245mm, with mat, 445mm x370mm. An attractive engraving.
London: Maggs. Hardcover. Classic bound set of 10 catalogues from 1946 to 1961. Excellent source of books offered by Maggs covering Pacific and Australian voyages and travels. Original wrappers of each catalogue bound in boards.
Edinburgh: Constable, 1827. 3rd Edition. Half Calf. 2 volumes: Vol 1 pp.xxxiv, 340, folding map. frontis, folding map. Vol 2 pp.vii, 234, cviii appendix . Constable's Miscellany...Mariner's Tonga Islands. Handsome half calf binding. Raised bands and gilt titles to spine. A handsome set.
New Zealand: William Collins Publishers Ltd., 1985. Eric Taylor (photographer). First. Paperback. Perfect bound. Pictorial cover. Slight fading to spine. Book of colour photographs by internationally renowned commercial and editorial photographer, Eric Taylor. Text by New Zealand historian, Michael King. Foreword by New Zealand photographer, Brian Brake, OBE.
London: SPCK, Cloth Orig. (1860). pp.xiv,414,[4] booklist. Frontispiece portrait of John Adams. Original orange cloth with illustration of ship emblem on front board and tree image on spine, inner joint stained A very good copy of this interesting and popular work.
London: Hodder & Stoughton. Orig. Cloth. pp 317. Frontis, plates. "With many illustrations from photographs".Undated, c1920. Very nice in beige cloth binding.
1827. Unbound. Original engraved map of Tonga from D'Urville's Voyage of the Astrolabe. Size 42.5cm x 58cm. Crease to centre, otherwise good. Rare. 0.
Auckland: LINGUISTIC SOCIETY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1971. Printed Wrappers. pp 48.
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1891. Popular Edition. Original Cloth. pp.vii,528, Frontispiece Map Name in ink on fly leaf, library markings on spine.
No Binding. c 1820. Engraved image of an explorer, Aboriginal campsite and natural rock formation.
London: H.G. Bohn, 1851. Half Morocco. pp lxxii, 445. Contains 11 handcoloured plates including Aboriginal, Hawaiian and Fijian. Prelims and title page missing - first page is Contents page. Original half morocco and marbled boards, minor wear. Spine and contents very good. Probably published in 1851; Ist edition published in.....
New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1930. Cloth. pp370, plates. Spine and upper front board faded.
France. Unbound. c. 1790-1800. Early French coloured engraving showing a gathering of Tasmanian Aborigines preparing their meal in the company of exploreres. Plate 5 from 'Atlas du Voyage a la Recherche de la Perouse' (account of the expedition sent by the French Assembly in search of the vanished La P??rouse).....