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Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1958. Second. Cloth. Good/Good. Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry draws on many details of her own life. Her childhood was shadowed by poverty, sickness, and accidental death, and shaped by the power of the spoken and written word. At twenty-one, she was institutionalized in a mental hospital and later saved from a threatened lobotomy only by her achievement as a writer. Owls Do Cry explores the life of the Withers family in a New Zealand town "halfway between the South Pole and the equator." Poverty and a reputation for strangeness exclude the Withers from the hollow conventions and artifacts of suburban life. They do not possess revolving clotheslines, walkie talkie dolls or uncomfortable chairs, yet the children's lives are rich in "wonder currency:" rhymes and rituals, play and dreams. Twenty years later, this currency is subsumed for each of them into vivid, haunted inner lives. Owls Do Cry lyrically evokes "the private and lonely night, with a room of…
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This is an early, original edition of "The Nautical Almanac and Astronomical Ephemeris, For the Year 1796" published by "Order of the Commissioners of Longitude." Printed in London by C. Buckton. Though the Almanac is for the year 1796, the year stated on the bottom of the title page is 1790. "Thirtieth impression" (as stated in the Preface). The Nautical Almanac was first published in 1767. Leather-bound (original leather binding with no repairs).
At the back of the book is a section titled "Tables to Improve and Render More General the Method of Finding the Latitude, by Observing Two Altitudes of the Sun, and the Interval of Time Between" by John Brinkley, A.M., Andrew's Professor of Astronomy, Dublin.
From the Preface by Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal:
"A Work which must greatly contribute to the Improvement of Astronomy, Geography, and Navigation. This Ephemeris contains every thing essential to general Use that is to be found in any Ephemeris hitherto published, with many other useful and interesting Particulars never yet offered to the Public in any Work of this Kind."
Contents include information about:
* Signs of the Zodiac
* Moveable Feasts
* The Planets
* Solar and Lunar Eclipses
* Phases of the Moon
* Distances of Moon's Center from Sun, and from Stars East (and West) of them
* The Satellites of Jupiter
* Latitude Tables
...and much more
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The leather covers are original, in very good condition and have not been repaired; clean with only some very light surface scratches; worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); the top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. Two-Pence Duty stamp dated 1790 on the opposite side of the title page. Front end paper has been removed. Tight binding. No loose pages. The covers are firmly attached. The text pages are in terrific condition - clean with no writing, stains or tears found and only some occasional foxing to random pages. Calculation written lightly in pen on rear end paper.
At the back of the book is a section titled "Tables to Improve and Render More General the Method of Finding the Latitude, by Observing Two Altitudes of the Sun, and the Interval of Time Between" by John Brinkley, A.M., Andrew's Professor of Astronomy, Dublin.
From the Preface by Nevil Maskelyne, Astronomer Royal:
"A Work which must greatly contribute to the Improvement of Astronomy, Geography, and Navigation. This Ephemeris contains every thing essential to general Use that is to be found in any Ephemeris hitherto published, with many other useful and interesting Particulars never yet offered to the Public in any Work of this Kind."
Contents include information about:
* Signs of the Zodiac
* Moveable Feasts
* The Planets
* Solar and Lunar Eclipses
* Phases of the Moon
* Distances of Moon's Center from Sun, and from Stars East (and West) of them
* The Satellites of Jupiter
* Latitude Tables
...and much more
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The leather covers are original, in very good condition and have not been repaired; clean with only some very light surface scratches; worn corners (the tips of the boards are exposed); the top and bottom edges of the spine are worn. Two-Pence Duty stamp dated 1790 on the opposite side of the title page. Front end paper has been removed. Tight binding. No loose pages. The covers are firmly attached. The text pages are in terrific condition - clean with no writing, stains or tears found and only some occasional foxing to random pages. Calculation written lightly in pen on rear end paper.
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- Keywords nautical almanac astrological ephemeris, maritime, navigation, sailing, latitude, longitude
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Canoes of Oceania (Special publications - Bernice P. Bishop Museum ; 27-29) 3 Vols in One
by Haddon, Alfred C.; Hornell, James
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Honolulu: Bishop Museum Pr, 1975. First edition thus. Trade softcover. Combined edition, 3 volumes in one. Published Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1975, first printing. Thick, small 4to. wrappers, 7 1/4" x 10 3/4" xvii+454pp; vi+342pp; ii+88pp., profusely illustrated with b/w photos, drawings and reproductions. Definitive monograph, originally published 1936-1938 in three volumes: Vol.1. The Canoes of Polynesia, Fiji & Micronesia. Vol.2. The Canoes of Melanesia, Queensland and New Guinea. Vol 3. Definition of Terms, General Survey, and Conclusions. A very good, clean, attractive copy. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.
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MEMORIAL OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ON OCEAN STEAM NAVIGATION. January, 1864. -- To the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States. Prepared by John Austin Stevens, Jr., Secretary, under the direction of the Committee on Ocean steam navigation
by STEVENS. JOHN AUSTIN, Jr
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John W. Amerman. New York. 1864. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.9 x 5.8 inches). 80pp. Large fold out map of the main steam ship lines of the world with the proposed American lines, at the rear. Tan paper wraps, printed in black. Circular blind stamp of Bibliotheque de Deep sea salvage on the title page. Front cover has 'Editor of the Herald' written in ink across the top. Edges rubbed and bumped with some loss to the bottom of the spine. Corners creased and chipped a little but overall a very good example of this scarce Civil War time publication. Only one copy located on Worldcat, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
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East India Archipelago Chart No. 7 (1878): Formosa
by James Imray and Son
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condition: as found rolled, top left corner approx. 2" piece missing that includes some of perimeter printed border of chart, overall a clean chart with some spotting on edges, some spotting in vicinity of title block, paper toned along right vertical edge chart, edges overall in good condition, this chart was used to plot several voyages and has manuscript pencil notes with dates
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Among Cannibals: an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the Aborigines of Queensland
by LUMHOLTZ, Carl
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1889 1ed Queensland Cannibals Lumholtz Australia Aborigine Illustrated MapsThe Norwegian, naturalist, anthropologist and explorer Carl Lumholtz spent four years in Australia from 1880. Lumholtz' expedition to Australia was partly paid at the expense of the University of Christiania, to collect zoological and zootomical material for the museums of the University, and research the manners and anthropology of the natives, and among the cannibals. Lumholtz succeeded in securing a large collection of zoological specimens and discovered four new mammals - a tree kangaroo and three opossums, which are depicted in the colored lithographed plates. He collected four new species of mammals with his account of his travels, Among Cannibals, containing detailed observations of Aboriginal life.
This 1889 first edition includes 2 folding colored maps, 29 plates including frontispiece portrait and 4 colored lithographs, and numerous in text illustrations.
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Owls Do Cry
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Christchurch, New Zealand: Pegasus, 1958. Second. Cloth. Good/Good. Janet Frame's first novel, Owls Do Cry draws on many details of her own life. Her childhood was shadowed by poverty, sickness, and accidental death, and shaped by the power of the spoken and written word. At twenty-one, she was institutionalized in a mental hospital and later saved from a threatened lobotomy only by her achievement as a writer. Owls Do Cry explores the life of the Withers family in a New Zealand town "halfway between the South Pole and the equator." Poverty and a reputation for strangeness exclude the Withers from the hollow conventions and artifacts of suburban life. They do not possess revolving clotheslines, walkie talkie dolls or uncomfortable chairs, yet the children's lives are rich in "wonder currency:" rhymes and rituals, play and dreams. Twenty years later, this currency is subsumed for each of them into vivid, haunted inner lives. Owls Do Cry lyrically evokes "the private and lonely night, with a room of…
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Canoes of Oceania (Special publications - Bernice P. Bishop Museum ; 27-29) 3 Vols in One
by Haddon, Alfred C.; Hornell, James
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Honolulu: Bishop Museum Pr, 1975. First edition thus. Trade softcover. Combined edition, 3 volumes in one. Published Honolulu: Bishop Museum Press, 1975, first printing. Thick, small 4to. wrappers, 7 1/4" x 10 3/4" xvii+454pp; vi+342pp; ii+88pp., profusely illustrated with b/w photos, drawings and reproductions. Definitive monograph, originally published 1936-1938 in three volumes: Vol.1. The Canoes of Polynesia, Fiji & Micronesia. Vol.2. The Canoes of Melanesia, Queensland and New Guinea. Vol 3. Definition of Terms, General Survey, and Conclusions. A very good, clean, attractive copy. . 1st. Soft Cover. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to.
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A Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. Part 1. (Volume 1)(1803 1st ed.): Commencing with an Account of the earliest Discovery of that Sea by Europeans, And terminating with the Voyage of Sir Francis Drake, in 1579.
by James Burney
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Volume 1 of Burney's 5 volume history of the exploration of the Pacific Ocean. 1803. Volume is ex-library copy with library stamps of University of California dated 1870 and found on title page, p.57 and p.131. Soundly bound in modern blue buckram. Collation: Title page, xii, [8], 391 with 5 maps and modern end blanks. Overall condition is good with some condition issues. All repairs described are professionally done. Title page rehinged. Frontis map and map opposite p. 277 are original. Frontis map is rehinged. 3 maps bound at end are professional full size reproductions (image of California map is provided). Appendix (pgs. 385-391) is also professional reproduction. Page 20 has closed tear repaired with rice paper. Water stain at head of spine waxes and wanes on pages 121-146, and 193-249; occasionally encroaching on text. Ink stain margin of p.220-21. Stain of indeterminate origin penetrating margins of p.273-78. On the plus side: binding is sound, volume is (now) complete, pages are wide margined…
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East India Archipelago Chart No. 7 (1878): Formosa
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condition: as found rolled, top left corner approx. 2" piece missing that includes some of perimeter printed border of chart, overall a clean chart with some spotting on edges, some spotting in vicinity of title block, paper toned along right vertical edge chart, edges overall in good condition, this chart was used to plot several voyages and has manuscript pencil notes with dates
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Among Cannibals: an account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the Aborigines of Queensland
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1889 1ed Queensland Cannibals Lumholtz Australia Aborigine Illustrated MapsThe Norwegian, naturalist, anthropologist and explorer Carl Lumholtz spent four years in Australia from 1880. Lumholtz' expedition to Australia was partly paid at the expense of the University of Christiania, to collect zoological and zootomical material for the museums of the University, and research the manners and anthropology of the natives, and among the cannibals. Lumholtz succeeded in securing a large collection of zoological specimens and discovered four new mammals - a tree kangaroo and three opossums, which are depicted in the colored lithographed plates. He collected four new species of mammals with his account of his travels, Among Cannibals, containing detailed observations of Aboriginal life.
This 1889 first edition includes 2 folding colored maps, 29 plates including frontispiece portrait and 4 colored lithographs, and numerous in text illustrations.
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The Polynesian Triangle
by Berry, Erick & Best, Herbert
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Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. States First Published in the United States of America 1968. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.
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The Bone People
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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).
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In the Nicobar Islands; The Record of a Lengthy Sojourn in Islands of Sunshine & Palms Amongst a People Primitive in Their Habits & Beliefs .....
by Whitehead, George; with a Preface By Sir Richard C. Temple
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London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine, boards a bit darkened. 276 pp. + 12 pp. publisher's catalog, map, 20 black and white photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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The Sea Hunters: The New England Whalemen During Two Centuries 1635-1835
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Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Co.,1953, hardcover, 510 pp, First Edition stated, First Printing, Very Good in Very Good dustjacket, Signed by the Author without inscription on the title page. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, top edge dusted, fading to board edges, small spot of soiling to rear board. Dustjacket price-clipped, rubs, small edge chips, short closed edge tears, fade to spine, displays nicely in new Brodart sleeve. The first detailed history of American whaling for the period 1635-1835 including, a full account of the whaling industry from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812, the first detailed study of the migrations of the whalemen after the Revolution to ports not closed to them by the British, the story of the beginnings of Cape Horn whaling, and the first recognition-with authentication-of the actual discoverer of Antarctica, Christopher Burdick. Illustrated with 8 black-&-white plates. Appended: Notes, Index.
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Miss Ulysses From Puka-Puka: The Autobiography of a South Sea Trader's Daughter
by Florence (Johnny) Frisbie
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Dockside Sailing Press, 2016. Fine / As New. Very minor shelf wear to cover. Otherwise As New. Appears unopened / unread. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Australia's Aborigines; Their Life and Culture
by McCarthy, Frederick D
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Melbourne, Australia: Colorgravure Publications, 1957. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, one corner of the slipcase with a tape mend. #4314 of an edition of presumably 5000copies. Profusely illustrated with both B&W and color photographs. 200 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.
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Papillon
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Henri Charriere. Papillon. 1970 William Morrow First U.S. Edition. USED. VG/G Unclipped $8.95 Dust jacket. "An international sensation – the #1 bestseller in France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries" 434 pages 6 ½ X 9 3/8. Former owner signature on title page.
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New Net Goes Fishing, The
by Ihimaera Witi
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U.S.S. John McCain (DDG 56) Christening Ceremony: 88 page booklet with insert
by United States Navy
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About 8 1/2" x 11" stapled booklet with 88 glossy pages about the ship including photos of the officers and the ship's sponsor, Cindy McCain. There is a 4 page tissue type paper in the center listing the Schedule of Events. The cover states, UNITED STATES SHIP JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56) with the McCain Family Crest in the center Commissioning July 2, 1994 Bath, Maine. Inside front cover explains the symbolism of the Crest. Inside back cover has the Navy Hymn. The softcover is somewhat dirty with an ink mark and a paperclip indent. Inside Near Fine. Also includes a bifold 4 page Contributor's Brochure which is very worn along the foredge from being inserted into the booklet - same size.
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Missionary Heroes In Oceania
by Lambert, John C
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Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1910. First edition. Hard cover. Published Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1910, first printing. 8vo., 163 pp., illustrated with 8 plates. Green cloth with elaborate green and pink floral design, gilt stamped pictorial of island natives. Slight random foxing, name on e.p., else a very good, attractive example. Scarce.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..
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