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In-8, cartonato editoriale, pp. 106, con numerose illustrazioni in bianco e nero nel testo. In ottimo stato (nice copy).
8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; lii, 292 pp, 6 plates including folding frontis view of HMS Dolphin in Matavai Bay, Tahiti, 4 maps including one folding, bibliog, index. original blind-stamped blue cloth, gilt vignette on front, gilt lettering on spine, a bright, fine and clean copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Wallis' travels in the Pacific followed Anson's and Byron's earlier voyages and included extensive exploration of the Magellan Straits and the Tuamotu Archipelago. Roberston's version of the voyage adds a different perspective and much additional information. This is the first printed version of Robertson's journal. Carrington's extensive introduction provides a useful historical point of view and gives much detail on the voyage. See Hill p. 555 for the 1955 edition. National Maritime Museum, I, 131: 'This journal, written by the master of the Dolphin under Wallis, covers the period when he joined her in the Thames in June 1766 until reaching Uea (Wallis Island) in the Western Pacific in 1767. Wallis' circumnavigation voyage in the Dolphin, 1766-8, included visits to Tahiti and the Tuamotu Archipelago'.
First edition, 4to (260 X 190mm), [2], vi, [5]-91, [1]pp., 24 maps, 5 illustrations, some light spotting, original maroon cloth, head and tail of spine worn, gold lettering on upper cover and spine, top edges gilt. The first map of Australia by Nicholas Vallards, 1547, is reproduced on plate V of Calvert's "Discovery of Australia." This facsimile of the famous original was made by J. M'Gahey, Lithographer of Chester, for Sir Thomas Philips in 1860. The north of the map is at its foot. If the map is turned upside down and the region depicted is compared with the corresponding region of the World Map of Jean Rotz, it will be seen that the coastline is identical in shape in the two maps, and from the position of India, far-Eastern Asia and the East Indian islands as shewn in the World Map, it will be obvious that the present map depicts the northern and eastern shores of the Australian continent. Ferguson, 7812.
in-12, XV-391 pages, maps, index, stitch., ill. cover. Libr. stamp. [GE-3]
Boards with light rubbing to extremities. Endpapers darkened. ; Green boards with gilt lettering. All edges gilt. Profusely illustrated with maps ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 184, 8 pages
Book is in excellent condition; new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind.
79p. Illustrated with numerous color paintings and black and white drawings by Ainslie Roberts. 8vo. Original full cloth binding, slightly worn at extremities. Original dust jacket with price, soiled and torn. Hardbound. TRAVEL/3
27 pages, plus photographic plates and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 7 x 13 inches (18 x 33cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Fascinating notes of an expedition formed to explore rumours regarding valuable mineral deposits said to be present around the vast and unexplored headwaters of the Fly and Sepik rivers in New Guinea. Organized on behalf of British and American mining interests, the party set off in two planes, piloted by Stuart Campbel of the Royal Australian Air Force and K. Garden. A compelling narrative leads the reader through hazardous terrain: the Mittages mountains and the valley of the Om; the Behrmann hills and Hindenburg range; the May and Screw rivers and introduces them to the Kiarikim, the Telifomin, the Fekelmin and the Atbalmin. Interesting descriptions of tribal customs, cannibalism, dress, social mechanisms, weaponry and diet. Further features a secion dedicated to the work of earlier explores such as Sir William Macgregor and D'Albertis.
8vo [23 x 16 cm]; v, 310 pp, illustrations from drwgs by James Fuller, maps including map endpapers showing routes of explorers in this area, bibliog, index. original cloth, dj (chipped at edge, sunned, price clipped), front endpaper bound upside down by publisher, else near fine in good+ dj. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The history of this area, east of Australia in the South Pacific, with an emphasis on early explorers but also some more recent history.
56 pages. Plus photographic plates, one of which is a fold-out panorama. Also with 2 fold-out maps, one measuring approximately 13 x 17 inches (33 x 43cm), the other measuring 8 x 19 inches (20 x 48cm). Published in two complete issues of the Royal Geographical Society. Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. Two complete issues, seldom found in such good and original condition. his is a most captivating substantial geographical account from an expedition into the heart of the amazing reefs stretching for nearly 1200 miles in the warm waters of tropical Queensland coast, from Torres Straits to Lady Elliot Island, to which collectively the legendary name "Great Barrier Reef" is applied; being a very descriptive report of the unique qualities of numerous islands and their dramatic changes as they are affected by the tides, possible movement of sea-level, and the cyclone season. With a scientific approach, the report entails much detail on the Bunker and Capricorn Islands, Sand Cays, the Lower Bench and its features, Cliffing, the Higher Bench and Platform, the formation of the Lower Platform on the Low Wooded type of islands. With a substantial section on the 'Low Wooded Islands', also referred to as the 'Island Reefs'. Two sketch maps serve to delineate the Queensland coast, and numerous islands including Lady Musgrave, Heron, Stone, Cockermouth, Houghton, Night, Sherrard, and Enn.
8vo., First Edition, with a frontispiece and 19 plates; original green cloth, gilt back, covers lightly age-marked else a very good, clean copy. The standard reference not only on the voyages, but also the structure, logistics, conditions and statistics. The original edition is very scarce.
xi, 421 pages. Footnotes. Index. Black and white plates. "Extensive appendices furnish a complete list of all the ships which carried prisoners to Australia, with the names of their masters and surgeons, their departure and arrival dates and the number of prisoners each carried. This work is accepted by historians and scholars as the standard work on its subject. Through the reading of over six hundred journals of surgeons employed in the convict ships to Australia, the author has been able to add much additional detail to this little-known field of maritime history. This greatly enlarged edition provides much new material." - dust jacket. Moderate wear to unmarked book. Moderate soiling to top and fore-edges. Binding tight. Average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in archival grade Brodart. A sound copy of this fascinating history. Book
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 312 pages. Previous owner's inscription inside.
Name/number inside front cover. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, and slight rubbing to corners. 88pp. Humorous book showing how Australians say one thing but mean another with all the examples you could ask for. Scarce.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 160pp. The history of Sydney and its harbour and everything you would want to know about it in modern times. Very well illustrated.
Quarto in pale tan illus DJ; 551 p. illus., bib.; 26 cm Maori (New Zealand people) Hekenga. Korero nehe. Atua. Mahi toi. Matauranga tikanga tangata. Matauranga hapori.
In-8° gr. carrè pp. 128 con moltissime foto a colori. Leg. edit. con sovracoperta ill.
In-8, cartonato editoriale, sovracoperta, pp. 125, con numrose illustrazioni. In buono stato (good copy).
Lots of illustrations and information. Covers rubbed with wear at edges and creased at front corner.
8vo [24 x 15 cm]; [x], 317 pp, color illustrations from photos, numerous drwgs, double page map. original cloth, dj (short tear at edge), remainder mark at upper edge, pictorial endpaper, else fine and clean. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author and his crew sailed a bamboo raft Hsu Fu from Hong Kong across the Pacific to test the theory that Asian raft sailors reached America some 2,000 years ago. They achieved a modern record for raft journeys in northern, hostile waters.
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A lovely clean crisp very tight copy with bright unmarked black leatherette boards and no bumping to corners. 143pp. The story of the Charles Parsons Group of Companies from Sydney, Australia, established in 1915 as a textiles, woollens and trimmings firm and of Charles Parsons and family. A scarce volume.
Two reports on New Guinea in a complete issue, 19 pages. Plus photographic plates and a fold-out colour map measuring approximately 10 x 21 inches (15.5 x 53.5cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Also includes "Mapping the Purari Plateau" by K. L. Spinks. This fascinating narrative reveals the geographical and ethological knowledge gained by miners while in search of gold in the great central ranges New Guinea between Mount Chapman and Mount Hagen. Chinnery describes the three large groups of people who inhabit this diverse mountainous jungle area, and the differences in their type, language,and customs. Accompanied by a large colour map and spectacular photographic plates depicting Mount Lawson, the headwaters of the Tiveri, the watershed of the Tiveri and Watut rivers, Wahgi River valley, Jimmi valley, western Purari gardens, Bena Bena natives, and native at Kauramugil.
A Preliminary Report on New Guinea Which Pre-Dates Author's Book. 41 pages. Plus photographic plates, fold-out panoramas, and a large fold-out colour map measuring approximately 12 x 20 inches (30 x 51cm). Original condition with blue wrappers, titles to front, and containing all the ads. This is a complete issue, seldom found in such good and original condition. Leahy's early primary resource, which pre-dates his highly acclaimed book! A riveting first-hand account of New Guinea exploration by the first Europeans to enter into the highlands, in searching for gold, which led to one of the major discoveries of the twentieth century - over a million primitive people living in the stone age. The last great adventure of New Guinea exploration, together with important first contact photographs. The interior of New Guinea hadlong been thought to be a mass of impenetrable mountain ranges and deep valleys, which maps of that time had labelled "probably uninhabited", but Michael Leahy, and his party, the first whitemen ever to effect entry into the heart of New Guinea, found densely populated long wide valleys, inhabited with flesh eating cannibals, and fertile plateaus. Leahy was subsequently honoured by the Royal Geographical Society in recognition of his discoveries in New Guinea. This is a set of two remarkable reports detailing a foremost discovery expedition to New Guinea, vividly illustrated with photographic plates including fold-out panoramas, and also accompanied by a spectacular colour route map. Includes a report titled "The Wahgi River Valley of Central New Guinea," by K. L. Spinks, which covers colonization history, accessibility of the main plateau, tectonic features, mountain names, and notes elucidating the color map. Leahy's Title is Recognized as "THE CLASSIC" of New Guinea Exploration Literature - "Land That Time Forgot, Adventures and Discoveries in New Guinea", first published in 1937.
8vo., First Edition, with coloured portrait frontispiece, plates and map; original Society binding of black cloth, upper board blocked with signature in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Hakluyt Society, Third Series, Vol. 10.
New York, Charles Scribner´s Sons, 1899. 4to. mayor, XIII - 412 pp. Con 43 láminas fotográficas, 3 planos y dos mapas plegados. Encuadernación original en tela estampada, fatigada. El autor fue vecino de Robert Louis Stevenson en Samoa entre 1890 y 1893 en que como alma itinerante partió hacia la Polinesia Oriental en busca de islas vírgenes. A su vuelta a Sidney se topó con Louis Becke quien le habló de una isla que llamaba Venecia cubierta enteramente por la jungla y situada "en el mar de las pequeñas islas". Es así como fue a parar en las Carolinas, sobre las que escribió éste primer libro, fascinado por su belleza y por el misterio de las ruinas monumentales de Lele Island. . Cabe recordar que el año de publicación de esta obra España había vendido las islas a Alemania.
