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193057796Paris: Société d'Éditions Géographiques Maritimes et Coloniales 1930. First edition. Folding map. 114 pp plates 350 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Original wrappers. Bottom third of spine missing else Near Fine. First edition. Folding map. 114 pp plates 350 pp. 1 vols. 4to. Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales unknown
192576682Australia: N.p. ca. 1925. Real Picture Postcard 5 1/2 x 3 1/2 inches with no border and a stamp box that dates it to the early 1920s Kodak diamond Austral. Upper left corner with a small ben. Very good condition.THis is a well known image of a New Guinea headhunter in his native garb and with an extravagant headdress. He is holding a severed head in his right hand. It has been reprinted many times but according to sources it was first published in the 1920s making this at least a very early if not the first iteration of this image. Interestingly it bears an inscription although with no address and no stamp so it was never mailed reading - "March 11. These are wild New Guinea headhunters. They killed two missionaries last month. C. C. Batchelder."Charles C. Batchelder was a well traveled and learned person. Although most famous as a lecturer he held prestigious appointments such as the Acting Commercial Attaché in China the United States Trade Commissioner in India Acting Secretary of the Interior of the Philippines Acting Chief of the Far Eastern Division of the Department of Commerce and Economic Expert at the Disarmament Conference. He lectured at many universities in the United States and abroad and was once a lecturer on International Relations at the New York University Graduate School. N.p. unknown
1939124917c.1939. Very Good. quarto. Cloth photo album 20pp. 108 photographs of PNG scenes & people; natives patrol officers etc. also many of ships & sailing boats inc. several named vessels. Many appear to be Rabaul area hardcover
192576017Brisbane: Lutheran Mission Tract 1925. First edition reprinted in 1986. Octavo. 22 pp. Publisher's light orange wrappers with a photographic illustration of Bai on the front and a map on the rear. Small yellow sticker to upper margin of front wrapper. very small closed tear to margin of first leaf. Only 8 copies recorded by OCLC. A very good copy.Scarce booklet on the evangelical work of Christian Keyser Lutheran missionary of the Neuendettelsau Mission Society in New Guinea and his conversion of Bai an individual he publicly accuses of sorcery and then converts to Christianity. Keysser first met Bai in 1905. This book details his long-suffering though finally fruitfull attempts to convert the sorcerer Bai. "Soon after the first few lessons he came to my room to make a confession. So I listened. That WAS a confession. He named eleven women with whom he had committed adultery besides many "minor matters" seven murders. over thirty verses of witchcraft innumerable thefts and other thing" p. 6. Lutheran Mission Tract unknown
19692110502150415296Futabasha 1969. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 Futabasha paperback
19666940New York: National Ensemble of the Republic of Guinea 1966. First Edition First Printing. Stapled Wraps. Unpaginated pp. 16. 4to. measuring 8.5" x 11". Twice-stapled pictorial card covers illustrated in black-and-white. Striking black-and-white photographs group portraits and illustrations throughout capturing views of the live performance those of the performers shots of dignitaries and VIP's backstage etc. Additionally comprises of a detailed programme of events featruing a rich commentary and history by various contributors on the founding and importance of the troupe and their perforamance. Bright clean and unmarked; fine. While other editions of such programmes exist we could not locate any instances of this programme particular edition. Charming and scarce. <br/><br/>Commemorative programme book published upon the occasion of the 1966 performance of the African Ballet by the National Ensemble of the Republic of Guinea held at the Barrymore Theatre in New York City. It would coincide with the nineteenth anniversary of the troupe. National Ensemble of the Republic of Guinea paperback
1923233431923. Very good condition. Original publicity photograph by James Francis Frank Hurley 1885-1962 the Australian photographer filmmaker and writer known for his Antarctic photographs including the destruction of Ernest Shackleton's ship 'Endurance'. Hurley undertook two long expeditions to the Torres Strait and New Guinea between 1920 and 1923. From this he developed a successful anthropological film 'Pearls and Savages' and the book by the same title. He documented the people their rites houses villages artifacts and mountain scenes. Although reviews in Australia were strong one critic called it "probably the most beautifully photographed pictorial of the kind that has ever been screened" the film release in America resulted in a financial loss for Hurley retitled "The Lost Tribe". <br /> <br /> The b&w 8 x 10" Hurley print is stamped International Newsreel 226 William Street New York City on the verso. Manuscript note in pencil "New Guinea Island Pacific" on verso. unknown
192459714New York & London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons 1924. Thick tall 8vo. xiii 1 414 pp. Illustrated title page. Photo frontisp. 79 photo illustrations. Green publisher’s cloth gilt decorative lettering front cover gilt lettering on spine photo-illustrated endpapers t.e.g. minor bumping to couple corners still VG bright copy. First American edition of this lavishly illustrated work featuring the photo illustrations drawn from Hurley’s 1921 silent film documentary Pearls and Savages. He further edited and enhanced the film for re-release in October 1923 with the follow-up film title “With the headhunters in Papua†released in October 1923. The documentary expedition surrounded photographing and recording the work of Anglican missionaries working amongst the peoples of Papua New Guinea and the Torres Strait. Hurley and McCulloch dubiously obtained hundreds of objects including sacred items from indigenous peoples at the time and in fact the territorial administrator Sir Hubert Murray intervened by ordering some returned and Hurley was refused reentry to shoot more films. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, hardcover
1999145141Broadbeach Waters: Pacific Press 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Broadbeach Waters Pacific Press 1999. Quarto 359 pages with numerous illustrations one in colour and 8 maps plus a colour frontispiece and endpaper maps. Pictorial papered boards; a fine copy with the excellent dustwrapper a little creased at the top edge. Includes a seven-page nominal roll. Pacific Press hardcover
1930128061New Guinea: Unknown Photographer 1930. Very Good. New Guinea Unknown Photographer circa 1930s. Postcard-format gelatin silver photographs 140 × 89 mm or the reverse one on Kodak Post Card stock the others on plain stock. One bottom margin unevenly trimmed; minor silvering-out and trifling signs of handling; in excellent condition. Two photographs show ornately decorated men in a village. The other one features two young girls in grass skirts holding posies or something similar; the word 'lusious sic' is written in ink on the verso. A fourth snapshot 64 × 108 mm on 'Velox' paper with the words 'Native Huts' written on the verso is included: a small group of people including two white men and two local women are shown at the front of one of the dwellings. 4 items. Unknown Photographer unknown
198169177Bathurst Australia: The National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea in association with Robert Brown and Associates 1981. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 408pp. Quarto 33.5 cm With prominent fading to the spine and edges of the covers. No dust jacket. Illustrated throughout. May require extra postage due to weight. From the Foreword-<br /> <br /> "The Gogodala story is an attempt to place contemporary society within the correct historical perspective. The Gogodala survived in the swampy plains of the Aramia Tiver without the Bible or the government. They had forged an organic relationship with their environment as reflected in complex cultural practices. The National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea in association with Robert Brown and Associates hardcover
1967144689Boroko Port Moresby: Southsea Publishing Company 1967. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Boroko Port Moresby Southsea Publishing Company 1967. Quarto two issues 20 and 20 pages including the covers with numerous illustrations. Saddle-stapled pictorial wrappers; creased and a little marked; paper a little tanned; in very good condition. Two early issues of this scarce publication from pre-independence New Guinea. 'A well illustrated satirical magazine for the expatriate community "Black & White" "set out to prove that the people of this Territory are capable of having a laugh at themselves". It includes cartoons of Gordon Tripp attacks on the Territory's administration and commentary on race relations leading up to independence in Papua New Guinea. It was eventually suppressed by legislation in the House of Assembly preventing publication of written matter which could be construed as "threatening provocative or offensive to people of other races or tribes"' National Library of Australia. Southsea Publishing Company paperback
19812236591981. Colour photograph on matte paper 25 x 20cm; 27.5 x 22cm framed and glazed good condition. . unknown
1981172350Ok Tedi Mining Corporation. September1981. 35 full page colour charts with 9 pages of tidal predictions for 1982 and 1983 on preceeding leaves. Printed on one side of each leaf and presented in metal ring binder large oblong plastic covers titled on upper cover and spine in black. Very good copy. 30 x 43cm. "The following notes on the hydrographic charts navigational aids and tidal predictions which appear in this publication are a summary of a report prepared for the Ok Tedi Mining Limited by the Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation with the assistance of Hydrographic Surveys Pty Ltd in December 1981. The hydrographic surveys required to produce these charts were carried out in February and March 1981. " . Ok Tedi Mining Corporation. unknown
1963144685Port Moresby: Department of Information and Extension Services Administration of Papua and New Guinea for the Electricity Commission of Papua and New Guinea 1963. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Port Moresby Department of Information and Extension Services Administration of Papua and New Guinea for the Electricity Commission of Papua and New Guinea 1963. Quarto 16 pages with numerous illustrations and 2 maps one in colour and double-page. Saddle-stapled pictorial card covers slightly marked and with some minimal insect damage; a few other minor signs of age and handling; a very good copy. A souvenir programme for the opening of this important infrastructure project which provides water and hydroelectric power to Port Moresby. With the loosely-inserted 'With Compliments' slip of the Commissioner Papua and New Guinea Electricity Commission. Department of Information and Extension Services, Administration of Papua and New Guinea, for the Electricity Commission of Papu paperback
1968144688Port Moresby: The September Seminar Committee 1968. First Edition. Paperback. Good. Port Moresby The September Seminar Committee 1968. Quarto 17 stencil-duplicated leaves eccentrically foliated most printed rectos only but with illustrations on the verso of 5 leaves. Side-stapled pictorial wrappers foxed; heavy crease throughout; mild signs of age and use in the text; a good copy of an ephemeral production. The apparently unrecorded programme for a conference of the same name held on 17 and 18 September 1968 and 'Organised by the September Seminar Committee representing The Parents' and Citizens' Associations of Port Moresby High School and Primary "A" Schools'. It comprises the seminar programme three forewords relating to delinquency and rehabilitation a Seminar Paper 'What is Delinquency' by W.A. Broome a statistical table of appearances in Port Moresby Children's Court 1963 to 1968 and Notes on Participants. The September Seminar Committee] paperback
1980222469Port Moresby.: Post-Courier and The Times of Papua New Guinea. 1980& 1985. Two PNG newspapers. Post-Courier June 1980: 45pp. The Times of Papua New Guinea No. 299 September 15 1985: 48pp. Both issues: Black and white photographic illustrations. 43.5 x 30.5cm. Leaves evenly browned horizontal crease from folding some light wear in original colour pictorial wrappers. . Post-Courier and The Times of Papua New Guinea. unknown
1968ZB1111955IEAA 1968. 298 pp. plates some of which are color paperback spine rubbed else text clean and binding tight. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. IEAA paperback
1972Alibris.0003230Bible Society of Papua New Guinea. 1972. 3rd ed. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. 92 p. Audience: General/trade. Bible Society of Papua New Guinea paperback
1902029064UK 1902. First Edition . Paper. Good. 48mo - over 3 - 4" tall. An Original Part Letter Handwritten and Signed by Bishop of New Guinea Montagu John Stone-Wigg. Dated C1902. Montagu John Stone-Wigg 1861-1918 was an Anglican Colonial Bishop. From a autograph book kept by A. P. Watt 1834-1914 founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875 the world's first literary agents. Size is 178m x 113mm. Condition is good. Light folding creases. More images can be taken upon request. Ref18423 <br/> <br/> unknown
197279440London England: Committee for Freedom in Mozambique Angola and Guine c1972. Presumed First Edition First printing. Pamphlet. Very good. 36 pages plus covers. Topics cover include Six Centuries of Oppression 1373 and all that Britain's first Neo-Colony Imperial Conflict Salazar and the Alliance The Alliance in Modern Dress Closing the Ranks and Alliance in Oppression. The authors assert that Portugal is and has been since 1928 when Salazar et up his "New State" in imitation of Mussolini a fascist state. It is an unpleasant fact that Britain today gives formal support and aid to one of the most repressive regimes in Europe--a regime under which violence and exploitation of the people of Portugal are matched by violence and exploitation of the people of Angola Mozambique and Guine Portugal's extensive African possessions. British support for Portugal symbolized and celebrated in the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance supports the Portuguese efforts to defeat the liberation movement. The UK Committee for Freedom in Mozambique was formed in 1968 at the request of the Mozambique Liberation Front FRELIMO which had launched an armed national liberation struggle against Portuguese colonial rule in 1964. It expanded a year later to cover Angola and Guine-Bissau where armed struggle was also under way renaming itself as the Committee for Freedom in Mozambique Angola and Guine CFMAG. CFMAG operated as a campaigning pressure group aiming to build broad based political support for FRELIMO the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola MPLA and the African Independence Party of Guine-Bissau and Cape Verde PAIGC. It worked with all political parties the labour and student movements churches NGOs and many others. It had close relations with the Anti-Apartheid Movement and encouraged a regional perspective for the future of Southern Africa. It organised visits by liberation movement representatives and various specific political and material aid campaigns culminating in the End the Alliance Campaign of 1972/3. Following the 25 April coup in Portugal in 1974 and the subsequent negotiations between the new Portuguese government and the liberation movements the right of the colonies to full and immediate independence was acknowledged. CFMAG organised a victory party at St Pancras Town Hall on 25 June 1975 Mozambique's Independence Day and closed down its objectives achieved. Committee for Freedom in Mozambique, Angola and Guine unknown
1996Alibris.0026790Department of Agriculture and Livestock Papua New Guinea. 1996. Trade paperback. Good. back cover and pages 107-135 have a crease. 135 p. Department of Agriculture and Livestock, Papua New Guinea paperback
199911047Australia: Oxford University Press 1999. 1st. Paperback. 4to. 152pp. Index. Color maps. Illustrations. Near fine condition minor wear to extremities. Oxford University Press paperback
19482091202133001859Kappa shobo 1948. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Kappa shobo paperback
1999x-0834212609Aspen Pub 1999. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 432 pages. 10.25x7.25x1.25 inches. Aspen Pub hardcover