A Pacific Bibliography, Printed Matter Lreating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia
London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965. 2nd Edition. Cloth. pp 692. Important and very useful work. Includes map of South Pacific.
London: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1965. 2nd Edition. Cloth. pp 692. Important and very useful work. Includes map of South Pacific.
Wellington: The Polynesian Society, 1951. First Edition. Cloth. pp.xxix, 492. Polynesian Society Memoir vol.24. Important and very useful work. Includes map of South Pacific.
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1894. First Edition. Half calf and Boards. pp.xiii,(3),407. Illustrations, folding map. Lacks spine, boards detached, otherwise in good condition. Rare first edition.
Wellington: Govt Print. 1900. First Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp.(5),445. Frontispiece (portrait), plates, 1 folding map. Numerous excellent plates.Orig. red cloth binding NZNB T709.
London: John Snow, 1861. 1st Edition. Cloth. Pp. 548. 8vo. Coloured frontispiece, engraved vignette on title page, 10 plates (incl. 1 map), folding comparative chart of the dialects, plus numerous illustrations in text. Original blind-stamped diced cloth. 1st edition. Turner (1818-1891) was an English missionary active in Samoa for the.....
No Binding. Hand-coloured E de Berrard engraving of sailors shooting wildlife, with a 30-masted ship in the bay. c. 1860. 25.5 x 17.5 cm.
Wellingon: The Polynesian Society, 1958. Orginal Wrappers. JPS Extract from Vol 67, No 3, Sept 1958. p256-265. Good condition.
London: 1785. BYRNE. Unbound. Early, orig engraving showing the embalmed body of a chief in the Tahiti island of Otaheite. Plate No. 26 from Cook's Third Voyage 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean'. Atlas. Free floating & protected by mylar. Size 515mm x 37mm. A very nice engraving.
No Binding. c 1790 Engraving showing rowers in a Hawaiian double-hulled canoe with sail.
London: G.G. & J. Robinson. 1785. Sharp. Unbound. Early, orig copper engraving showing a scene from Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. The natives are the Unangan. Plate No. 58 from Cook's Third Voyage 'A voyage to the Pacific Ocean'. Atlas. Free-floating & protected by mylar. Full.....
1785. No Binding. Image from the original Cook's 3rd Voyage. Copper engraving showing full margin. Has a pale stain through the middle of the image, manly showing on margins.
London: J Hall & S Middiman, 1784. Unbound. Early, orig copper engraving showing a scene from Unalaska, one of the Aleutian Islands off mainland Alaska. The natives are the Unangan. Plate No. 57 from Cook's Atlas. Free floating & protected by mylar. Image size 410mm x 255mm, full size 515mm.....
1790. Unbound. Original engraving. Attractive portrait of the Hawaiian chief.
1785. Unbound. Orig engraving from Cook's 3rd Voyage depicting a Tongan boxing match. Free-floating but protected by mylar. Size of image 180mm x 230mm, full size 405mm x 540mm. A nice early engraving.
London: Alex Hogg. Unbound. c. 1797. Orig coloured copper engraving depicting a burial ground in Hawaii (formerly The Sandwich Islands), from Cook's 3rd Voyage. Size of image 340mm x 235mm, with mat, 455 x 355mm.. A very nice early engraving.
Amsterdam: 1785. NEWTON, James (engr). Unbound. Rare orig engraving showing figures, boats, seals & penguins in The Kerguelen Islands, (also known as the Desolation Islands) in the Indian Ocean. From Cook's 'A Voyage to the Pacific', Plate No. 4. Free floating & protected by mylar. Full size 540mm x390mm. A......
G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785. Unbound. c. 1830. Plate 123. Original engraving from Cook's 3rd Voyage, Atlas Pl. 76. Depicting a woman from the Kamchatka Peninsula region of Russia. Size of image 175mm x 225mm, with mat, 435mm x 580mm). A very attractive engraving.
London: Routledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1926. Orig. Cloth. 8vo, pp.xv,394, Staining to green cloth binding.
London: John Snow, 1838. First Edition. Half Calf. pp.xviii,(2), 506. "Twelfth Thousand". Frontispiece (coloured), plates, illustrations, map(folding). Early half calf and marbled boards. Front hinge splitting but binding still firm. William (1796-1839) and his wife started their missionary life in Tahiti in 1817, moving on to Samoa in 1830, landing.....