Oceania
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Oceania Books & Ephemera
by Michener, James a And Day, A Grove
Adelaide: E. Spiller, Government Printer, 1885. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 8vo. Pp. 118. Engraved title page. Index. Printed for the Colonial and Indian Exhibition in London, 1886. Khaki cloth stamped with black lettering and rules. An exquisite period binding. A bright copy with some spots to cover and a hint of wear to extremities. "Brushstroke" offsetting to endpapers due to paste applied for pastedowns (see inscription photo). Inscribed by Gill to L. H. Sholl, Undersecretary to the...
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Amsterdam / New York: N. Israel / Da Capo Press, 1968. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Fascimile reprint of the first edition, London, 1789. Small 4to. Pp. 85. Folding charts. Simulated vellum binding. Captain Gilbert sailed the "Charlotte" to transport convicts to Botany Bay. Thereafter he traveled to Canton to secure a cargo of tea on behalf of the East India Company -- an account of that leg of the voyage comprises this volume. It was an important voyage in the exploration of the Pacific...
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by [Food and Drink - Cookbooks]
Hilo, Hawaii: Hilo Tribune-Herald, Ltd, 1948. Reprint. Stiff Printed Wrappers in Plastic Comb Spiral. Very Good-. Chad. 8vo. Pp. 123 followed by a table of contents and two blank pages for "Additional Recipes." Title page vignette is a map of the Hawaiian Islands. Illustrated with a black-and-white photo of fishers spearing fish at night. One stain smaller than a US dime on front cover (please see photo) and the comb is cracked with some teeth not extending full circle. A handsome piece of Hawaiiana...
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Oakland, California: Pacific Press Publishing Company, 1888. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Small 8vo. Pp. [7], 8-196. Frontis. photo portrait of W. P. Alexander. Illustrated with another portrait (Mrs. Alexander) and two plates showing their houses at Wailuku and Waioli. Decorated endpapers. Bound in brown cloth with black decoration and gilt lettering stamped on front board. Light edge-wear and soiling to cloth, lower corners a tad bumped. A faint quarter-inch dampstain affects the bottom edge...
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by COOK, Captain James with Zachary Hicks, Stephen Forwood, Richard Pickersgill, Charles Clerke, Francis Wilkinson and John Bootie
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), 1978. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. xlii, [3], 4-526. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Capt. James Cook. Illustrated with a couple other reproductions, including a fold-out facsimile of a Cook log entry. Tables. Index. Bound in brown cloth, blindstamped decoration on front board, gilt lettering on spine. The top corner of a couple leaves were bumped, leaving small dog-ears, now...
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by BLADEN, F. M. (ed.) with William Bligh and Philip Gidley King
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), 1978. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-lxxvi, [1], 2-875. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Sidney Cove, 1803. Illustrated with a few other reproductions, as well as several fold-out facsimiles of important letters, documents and historical maps. Tables. Index. Bound in brown cloth, blindstamped decoration on front board, gilt lettering on...
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Lancaster: Science Press Printing Co, 1930. Hardcover. Ex-Library. 1930. Hardcover. Fair. No DJ. Ex-Library with standard markings. Includes 83 black and white plates. 221p.
by SCOTTY, South Sea [Scott Guletz]
Honolulu: South Sea Sales, 1969. First Edition. Illustrated wrappers. Very Good+. Dorothea. 8vo. Pp. 40. Index. Illustrated throughout with line drawings. Bound in yellow wraps with color illustrations on front and back cover. Publishers advertisements on inside rear cover. Light wear to extremities. A bright copy. The illustrations, especially on the cover, are delightful. Created by "Dorothea" (no last name), they convey the conviviality and generous spirit of Hawaii, along with the greater South...
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Melbourne, VIC, Australia Oxford University Press, 1986. Hardcover First Edition, so stated. First Edition [1986], so stated. Near Fine in Near Fine DJ: Book shows faint indications of shelving along bottom edge of boards; top edge shows dust; light wear to extremities. Binding square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing to sheen; mylar-protected. DJ with mylar has been affixed to book; the mylar protector shows fairly heavy rubbing. Thus, despite some minor flaws, remains a very handsome...
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The Macmillan Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. Very tight, clean book. Bookplate. Previous owner's name in ink on endpaper. ; 8.70 X 5.90 X 1.60 inches; 416 pages; Painting a portrait of a race of primitive negroids living in the southwest pacific. Maoris. .
by Barton, R.F.; Eggan, Fred [foreword]
Berkeley, CA: University of California Publications, 1969. Hardcover. Octavo, 148 pages; VG/VG; black and blue spine with white lettering; dust jacket protected in a mylar covering, price clipped; minor shelfwear including small tears along top and bottom edges of dust jacket; previous owner's name written on ffep, pages otherwise clean; shelved Anthropology. Reprinted from American Archaeology and Ethnology Vol. 15 No. 1 1919;. 1363069. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
Berkeley: Friends of Micronesia, 1974. Newsletter. 29p., 8.5x11 inches, on newsprint; front cover heavily foxed at edges, edgeworn; interior pages more evenly toned. Laid in is a flyer introducing the group, and another handbill with a map of Micronesia, captioned "'We have the trust, the United States has the territory.' -Ataji Balos." Opposes development and military use of Micronesian islands; this issue largely devoted to the Micronesian economy.
by Girl Guides Association, Fiji [Arranged and Issued by]
[Suva, Fiji]: [Government Press], 1939. Second printing. Staplebound. Near fine. Octavo, 106pp., illustrated (with advertisements). A near fine copy in the publisher's red printed stapled wraps. Spine gently faded and one crease to the rear wrap, else a fresh, bright copy. Scarce, as we found fewer than a half dozen examples in worldwide ilbrary holdings at the time of posting (a similar quantity to those of the first printing, in 1934). A clean, desirable copy.
Amsterdam and New York: N. Israel and Da Capo Press, 1969. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Pp. 300. Simulated vellum binding with the original clear protective cover. Facsimile of the exceedingly rare first edition, London 1707. Funnell was Dampier's mate. The effort of their voyage was to harass the Spaniards. According to the Hill Collection citation, Funnell's "narrative contained much that was disapproved by Captain Dampier, who immediately after published a "Vindication of His...
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London: James Ridgway, 1827. hardcover. near fine. Illustrated with 56 hand-colored plates. One corner of title page skillfully repaired with no loss of text, alphabetical holograph index bound in. Slim 8vo, 1/2 green morocco, decoratively gilt spine. London: James Ridgway, 1827-1828. A fine clean copy.<br/><br/> One the most attractive of Australian botanical books and the first to use live specimens for illustration instead of dried plants or field sketches. Nissen...
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Sydney: William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, 1911. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 100. Profusely illustrated with b&w reproductions. Covers the period from the library's inception in 1826 to 1910. Cloth binding with printed boards. Slight abrasion to title page, unaffecting any printing. Some wear to extremities and an insignificant nick to the spine (see photo). A lovely binding of the period. Bookseller inventory SADS-NS-DW.
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...
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Amsterdam and New York: N. Israel / Da Capo, 1969. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. Facsimile of the Edinburgh edition, 1816. 8vo. Pp. 288. Folding chart. Appendices. Simulated vellum binding. Protective jacket with a scuff on the front panel, else bright and fresh. Campbell's remarkable story recounts a journey to China and Japan and the coast of Alaska. He spent considerable time in the Sandwich Islands, becoming a confidant of King Kamehameha I, and was the king's sailmaker. His...
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Adlard Coles Ltd. Very Good. 1959. Paperback. A Very Good Paperback, a tight binding, clean & unmarked pages. A small scrape to the front cover. Illustrated with maps, photographs, and illustrations. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 64 pages .
(Mona Vale, NSW): (Landsdown Slattery & Company), 1978. Facsimile Reprint. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Pp. [v], vi-lxviii, [1], 2-866. Preface by Alexander Britton. Introduction by F. M. Bladen. Frontis. reprints an engraving of Government House, Sydney, 1802. Illustrated with a couple other reproductions, one being a fold-out facsimile of a letter from George Bass, the other color vignettes of prominent estates. With several fold-out maps. Tables. Bound in brown cloth,...
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London: Published for the Author, by J. Snow, 1837. Undetermined. very good. First Edition xviii, 590, [1] pp. Octavo. Original blindstamped brown cloth boards. Gilt lettering and ruling on the spine. Edges untrimmed. Former owner's signature on front pastedown. Colour portrait of the author as a frontispiece. Twenty-five black-and-white engravings on wood. One double paged map. Textblock is neat and clean. Includes a list of books published by John Snow at rear of the volume. very good Williams...
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Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1943. First Edition. Pictorial Boards. Good. G. B. Graham. 4to. Unpaginated. With poems and songs by GIs. Illustrated with Graham's comic art and black-and-white photography. Front hinge starting, boards bowed. With the discreet stamp of "E. M. & D. Symons, Southport" on the front free endpaper. Spotting, soiling and general wear. Mellowed creases to front and rear cover, with foxing to endpapers. Despite those condition factors, a presentable copy. Graham celebrates...
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(Hobart, Tasmania): Government of Tasmania, ND. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Pp. 122; 32. Foreword by Tasmania Premier Eric Ruce. Indices. A 20+ pp. section of b&w photos of ships. Folding map bound in at rear. Full green cloth with lettering stamped on spine. Old bookseller tag (Hobart) to front pastedown. Slight foxing to top edge. Fine with very slight wear to dust jacket. A very presentable copy with dust jacket now preserved in a removable clear mylar protector.
by LEICHHARDT, F.W. Ludwig Marcel Aurousseau, trans. & ed
The University Press, Cambridge: The University Press, Cambridge for the Hakluyt Society, 1968. First Edition. Near Fine/Near Fine. Three volumes. 8vo. Vol. I: Pp. xvii; 423. Vol. II: Pp. v; 424-819. Vol. III: v; 820-1175. Each volume with maps, appendices and indices. Blue cloth with stamped gilt device and lettering. Each volume with a bookseller tag (Gaston Renard, Melbourne) on the front pastedowns, else Fine. All dust jackets now preserved in clear, archival, removable protectors. A bright set.
New York: Macmillan, 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo. Cloth. Many illustrations and plates throughout. Minor shelf wear. This is a vintage illustrated first edition adventure memoir of the Solomon Islands.