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London: Blandford Press, 1969. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), top edge blue-tinted, black & white & colour photos, maps, tables, figures, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket (top corner worn, reverse side & flap minimally foxed). 276 pp. This book provides background information essential to a fuller understanding of this very important region. The book is lavishly illustrated with over 60 photographs in colour and 250 in black & white, as well as maps, tables and figures.
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The Antarctic.
by King, H. G. R.
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Antarctica: The Heroic Age.
by Finkel, George.
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Sydney: Collins Press, 1976. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, maps (including endpapers), minor edgewear jacket (faint foxing reverse side). 160 pp. This book looks in detail at four of the main expeditions to Antarctica between 1900 and 1914, a period described as being "The Heroic Age" because survival was dependent on man alone without the help or advantages of mechanical inventions.
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Arctic Journeys: The Story of the Oxford University Ellesmere Land Expedition 1934-5 [Black Jacket Books].
by Shackleton, Edward; Tweedsmuir, Lord (preface).
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London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. 2nd ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), top edge tinted, maps, figures, pages lightly toned, reverse side jacket lightly toned & marked (rear cover marked, small edge tears, minor edgewear), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 318 pp. Edward Shackleton, the noted polar explorer, gives a vivid description of a winter spent far inside the Arctic Circle.
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Arctic and Antarctic: A Prospect of the Polar Regions.
by Bertram, Colin.
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Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1958. 2nd or revised ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos & drawings, frontispiece (reverse side lightly foxed), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket, light foxing endpapers & edges. 123 pp. The author was the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge for the seven years 1949 - 1956. This book is both a second edition and a successor to the author's "Arctic and Antarctic: the Technique of Polar Travel" published in 1939. In this book he carries forward his earlier discussions and descriptions of the "pioneer" and "transitional" stages in polar history and affairs into the postwar "modern" phase.
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Australia in the Antarctic: Interest, Activity and Endeavour.
by Swan, R. A.
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Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 1961. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, endpaper maps, edges lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (small edge tears, light indentations covers, minor loss top spine). 432 pp. This book provides the first full account of Australian activity and achievements in the lonely, little-known but fascinating southern continent.
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Call to the South: A Story of British Whaling in Antarctica.
by McLaughlin, W. R. D.
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London: Harrap, 1962. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, faint foxing & toning edges, light brown strips endpapers, corners bumped, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (lightly rubbed, flap price-clipped, reverse side lightly toned). 188 pp. An account of a typical British whaling expedition to Antarctica. The author has spent many seasons in Antarctica and through this book pleads for action to save the whales before it is too late. SALE PRICE.
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Douglas Mawson, the Survivor: From the ABC-TV Grand Prix Winner Melbourne Film Festival 1983.
by Parer, David; Parer-Cook, Elizabeth.
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Morwell, VIC: Alella Books, 1983. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, frontispiece, light foxing edges, minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side, few tiny scratches & dents). 160 pp. David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have made a documentary film produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Natural History Unit to mark the centenary of explorer Douglas Mawson's birth. The film was built around a reconstruction of the fateful sledging journey and interwoven with testimony from family, friends and colleagues. It seeks to give a portrait of Mawson the man, as well as Mawson the scientist. This book presents the essence of the Mawson story as it was told in the film. (The film was Grand Prix Winner, Melbourne Film Festival 1983.).
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Fijian Protocol.
by Dari, Willie; Petit-Skinner, Solange.
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San Francisco: Macduff Press, 1985. 1st stated ed.. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, top spine bumped, crease in spine, tiny ridges along spine (possible binding error), rubber stamp inside cover,. 142 pp. This book is a synthesis of oral data and not the result of research done in a library. The authors describe Fijian Protocol (Fijian culture) without referring to or developing any theory. The pattern of this book follows the topics of the interviews which have been conducted, which included: Instalment - Visit of a Chief - Village meeting - Life of a Chief.
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French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume I: The Eighteenth Century.
by Dunmore, John.
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Hardback small octavo, very good condition (in very good facsimile non-standard dustjacket), mnimal cancelled ex-library (two rubber stamps), maps, plates, new endpapers, some edgewear. 356 pp. French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume I: The Eighteenth Century, by John Dunmore (Clarendon Press, 1965). A definitive account by John Dunmore of French exploration of the Pacific, never before completely told, from about 1700 to 1800. Partly based on extensive research in archives. Includes Bougainville, De Surville, Marion de Fresne, Kerguelen, La Perouse (and the search for him), and Marchand. (Volume 1 of a 2-volume set. Has 13 maps and 2 plates. This copy has a facsimile jacket of different design than the standard jacket. This is the first printing, Clarendon Press, 1965: No ISBN in book.).
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French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume II: The Nineteenth Century.
by Dunmore, John.
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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. Hardback small octavo, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), new endpapers, tape marks jacket including front cover (front flap price-clipped), some edgewear, rubber library stamp front flyleaf (letters & digits jacket spine), some pencil annotation. 428 pp. French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume II: The Nineteenth Century, by John Dunmore (Clarendon Press, 1969). A definitive account of French exploration of the Pacific, never before completely told, from about 1800 to the 1840s. Partly based on extensive research in archives. Includes Freycinet, Duperrey, Bougainville, Dumont dâUrville, Laplace, Vaillant, and Dupetit-Thourars. (Volume 2 of a 2-volume set. Has 12 maps. First printing: No ISBN in book.).
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The Home of the Blizzard: The Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911 - 1914.
by Mawson, Douglas.
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Adelaide: Wakefield Press, 2002. Reprint ed.. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, black & white photos, sketches, maps, frontispiece, bottom corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 438 pp. A facsimile of the popular abridged edition of this classic tale of Antarctic exploration.
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How the Maoris Came to Aotearoa.
by Dansey, H. D. B.
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Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1947. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white drawings, pages toned (endpapers strip very toned), jacket toned (spine very toned, small edge tears repaired), some edgewear. 115 pp. First edition. A history of the founding of New Zealand by Maoris, told as an epic story.
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Huskies.
by Dovers, Robert.
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London: G. Bell & Sons, 1957. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, edges & endpapers, lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket (spine edges rubbed, reverse side lightly toned). 219 pp. The author was in charge of three teams of huskies for a year in the Antarctic. In this book he writes about his adventures during this time.
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In Bed with Douglas Mawson: Travels Around Antarctica.
by Cormick, Craig.
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Sydney: New Holland, 2011. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, thick card covers (with flaps), very good condition, tiny tear bottom edge last page, spine little creased, minor edgewear. 320 pp. The author fulfils a long-time dream to visit the frozen continent, and to see how modern Antarctica compares with the accounts of the early explorers. A humorous and thoughtful exploration not only of the enduring spirit of discovery, adventure and comradeship still found on the ice continent a century after Mawson's voyage, but of what Antarctica might be like in the future.
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Medicinal Plants of Papua New Guinea: Part 1: Morobe Province [Wau Ecology Institute Handbook].
by Woodley, Ellen (editor).
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Weikersheim, Germany / Wau, PNG: Verlag Joef Margraf / Wau Ecology Institute, 1991. Paperback large trade, very good condition, tables, black & white text-photos & drawings, minimal foxing edges, minor edgewear. 158 pp. This handbook, edited by Ellen Woodley, describes the traditional medicinal uses of over 100 species of plants currently used in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG). A cross section of geographical and cultural areas were covered during the period from 1978 to 1985. Scientific names are used throughout the book. Local names are also provided and pertain to the villages where the collection was made. The book has been written to assist health workers and administrators responsible for extending the health services available. (No 11 in a series of Wau Ecology Institute Handbooks.).
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My Dunedin.
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Dunedin: Gordon Parry, 2006. Paperback wide octavo (with flaps), very good plus condition, sepia (brown-coloured) & colour photos, cover slightly creased. 171 pp. Autobiography of Gordon Pary, the doyen of Dunedin's broadcasters and writers for over 60 years, and information officer at the University of Otago. A rare insight into what makes the delightful New Zealand city of Dunedin tick, including many entertaining anecdotes.
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Pearls and Savages: Adventures in the Air, on Land and Sea in New Guinea.
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Hong Kong: JAC Press, 1981. Facsimile ed.. Hardback large quarto (26.5 x 20.0 cm), dustjacket (flaps all sides), very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth cover, full-page black & white photos (including frontispiece portrait), top edge gilt (little marked), minor foxing endpapers & facsimile title page, front cover jacket little scratched (minor foxing, some edgewear), rubber stamp front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. Very heavy (1.7 Kg), and not for sale outside Australia. 414 pp. Captain Frank Hurley was a noted Australian adventurer and photographer (including World War 1 for the Australian Army). This remarkable publication results from an expedition to New Guinea, by land sea and air (aviation developed quickly after WW1 to service the goldfields). His observations and experiences among the indigenous peoples are graphically recorded in word and picture. (No 459 of a limited facsimile edition of 1000 copies, published by JAC Press,…
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Saga of the South Seas.
by Stewart, J. J. (John Jenkins).
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Sydney: Tip-Top Publications, 1946. Paperback, fair condition, heritage pictorial cover, adverts, edges & pages lightly toned, small edge pieces missing front cover, tiny dent several pages, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear & creasing. 96 pp. Estimated date: 1945 - 1947 (Trove catalogue). Small booklet containing essays on some of the colourful characters of the South Pacific. The delightful old-style colour painting on the front cover depicts three local beauties. Advert rear cover: "Become an artist - quickly. Let Brodie Mack teach you at home". SALE PRICE.
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Savages in Serge.
by Hides, J. G. (Jack Gordon); Rentoul, Alex C. (foreword).
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Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1938. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing), good condition, grey cloth covered boards (few tiny spots), black & white photos including frontispiece, edges foxed, light foxing some pages, stain spine & front cover, spine ends little creased, boards little faded, owner's written name & details. 231 pp. The story of the Papuan armed constabulary - the native police who were trained by MacGregor and Murray. Their exploits in arresting headhunters etc., are legendary. J. D. Hides started to write this fascinating book in the deep forests of the Rentoul River country. He wrote the final chapters while he wandered about headwaters of the Strickland. The many photos illustrate this important story.
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Shackleton's Way: Leadership Lessons from the Great Antarctic Explorer.
by Morrell, Margot; Capparell, Stephanie.
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London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2008. Reprint ed.. Paperback, very good condition, black & white text-photos, corner tips front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 238 pp. Written by two veteran business observers, this book details universal leadership tactics set against the survival story of the Endurance expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Illustrated with photos by Frank Hurley and other rare photos, this book is full of fascinating and practical lessons of a leader who put people first, and came out ahead when the odds were against him.
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