New Guinea
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Pacific Adversaries Volume 2 Imperial Japanese Navy Vs the Allies New Guinea & the Solomons 1942-1944
by Michael John Claringbould
All the King's Enemies a History Of 2/5 Australian Infantry Battalion 1939-1945
by Syd Trigellis-Smith
Not a Poor Man's Fieldthe New Guinea Gold Fields To 1942 an Australian Colonial History
by Michael Waterhouse
New Guinea Books & Ephemera
Kultuurpatronen. Bulletin Etnografisch Museum Delft. Deel 3-4. 1961
by Hoog, J. de, ed
Delft: Etnografisch Museum Delft, 1961. First edition. Paper wrappers. A near fine copy with a sunned spine and a faint stain on front wrapper, interior fine.. 250 pp. Illus. with b/w photos. 8vo. In Dutch, French, and English. Articles on the culture of the Lengua and the Paraguayan Chaco, ancient art of the Minahasa, Tatoos of Biak-Noemfoor (New Guinea), Suma and Ordos, Chinese and Indonesian influence on the art of New Guinea, les Tambours a Fente Congolais (Congolese drums), and others.
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NZ$85.11
The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. XLIX
by Ray, Sydney; Chinnery, E.W., Comptom, R.H
London: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1923. Hardcover. Profusely illustrated classic anthropology articles on Papua and Australia, in this volume include: Early Fijians by A.M. Hocart, Social Organization in San Cristoval, Solomon Islands by C. E. Fox, String Figures from New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands by R.H. Compton, Stone-Work and Goldfields in British New Guinea, by E.W. Pearson Chinnery, Some Personal Experiences in British New Guinea by W.M. Strong, Circumcision in Noikoro, Noemalu and...
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Photograph of Three Men and a Woman in Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
1929. The inscription on verso of this photo of three unidentified men and a woman reads "Rabaul 1929 Sept." Rabaul is a township in East New Britain province, Papua New Guinea. At the time the township was the capital of the Australian-mandated Territory of New Guinea. The photograph was taken about nine months after the Rabaul police strike, when on January 2 some 200 police officers and 3,000 workers to walk off the job, demanding better pay. The strike ended quickly but on January 4 the whites in...
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Aboriginal Rock Pictures of Australia
by Mathews, R.H., J.P. Thomson, editor
Brisbane: R.G.S. of Australasia, 1895. Paperback. Good + overall. Article pp 46-70, 3 plts, 1 colored plate of rock art. Also article "Kamilaroi Class System" by Mathews; Thomson, J.P. "A Survey of Recent Exploration in British New Guinea", 17pp; De Vis, C.W. "On the Word 'Kangaroo'", 10pp. Proc. & Trans. of the Queensland Branch of the R.G.S. of Australasia. 10th Session 1894-95. Vol. X. 8vo, iv + 144pp. 1 color fold-out plate. Grey paper wrapper w/ black printing on cover, spine crack, a little...
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NZ$212.78
Black Sunday When Weather Claimed the US Fifth Air Force
by Claringbould, Michael J
Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2022. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Colour & Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 136 pages. On a late 1944 afternoon in New Guinea a weather front built up quickly and blocked the way home to more than three hundred U.S. Fifth Air Force aircraft, returning from attacking Hollandia. Over enemy territory, and caught between mountains and the sea, there...
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NZ$43.34
NEW GUINEA. Its Territory and Its People
by LEA, D.A.M.& IRWIN,P.G
Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1967. First Edition.Royal 8vo.pp.116, index,black and white photographs thorughout. Original pictorial hardcover. incription on free front endpaper by Author James Porter.
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NZ$48.95
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Epimachus Superbus [Black Sicklebill]
by GOLDFUSS, Georg August
Dusseldorf: Arnz. unbound. Lithograph with hand coloring. 23.75 x 18.5 inches. Shows some minor wear to edge and some light foxing. In very good condition.<br/><br/> A vibrant illustration of a Black Sicklebill, a large bird-of-paradise found in New Guinea, presented as 1/2 of natural size. This is plate 258 from Goldfuss' 'Naturalists Atlas', a collection of large folio sized lithographs published in serial form (unbound) in Dusseldorf by Arnz from 1824-1842. Georg August...
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NZ$1,021.32
New Guinea An Island Apart
by Nightingale, Neil
London: BBC Books. 1992. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in a Very Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 146 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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NZ$24.48
Tamate - A King. James Chalmers in New Guinea, 1877 - 1901
by Langmore, Diane
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1974. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. Mervyn Meggitt copy. 8vo, 169pp, ills, map. Green gilt cloth, with slt ruffled pictorial dj.
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NZ$76.60
UP FROM SOUTH
by O'NEILL, Jack;
Oxford University Press, Melbourne,1979. 8vopp.xxiii+199.14 black and white photographs & maps.Previous owners stamp on free front endpaper,dust wrapper chipped at head and tail of spine. original green cloth with illustrated dust wrapper. "Jack O'Neill was a brave and a sensitive man. His spirit of adventure led him into considerable danger, yet he admired and respected the dignity of the tribesment of the Central Highlands. Nor did the rigours of frontier life prevent him from responding to the rugged...
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NZ$35.60
The House in the Rain Forest
by Crockett, Charis
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1942. Hardcover. A fascinating account by a female anthropologist who describes her time in New Guinea among native people who only recently had given up cannibalism. There is a photo section and end paper maps. There are is an occasional sentence with pencil underlining (not extensive & could be erased easily); slight crease to the spine. Spotting and age the toning to the white cloth publisher's covers and a light spine crease, else a...
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NZ$25.45
Practical System of Modern Geography or a view of the present state of the World
by Olney, J
Hartford: D. F. Robinson & Co., 1831. 7th edition. Hardcover. Very good. With a section on New York, including upstate Newburgh and Poughkeepsie; a section entitled 'Aboriginal Inhabitants of America' with an illustration 'The Pipe of Peace'; a section on China with an illustration 'The Tea Trade'; and a section entitled 'Australasia' with descriptions of New Holland, Van Diemen's Land, and Papua, or New Guinea'. Wood cut ills, charts, maps in text. Section on New Zealand. Quarter leather and tan...
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NZ$127.66
Oceanic Art: 71 Plates in Full Colour
by Ambesi, Alberto Cesare
Hamlyn, 1970. First Thus. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Thus. Published by Hamlyn, 1970. Octavo. Gray boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Binding starting at pg. 48. Dust jacket is very good with light shelf wear and nicks. 159 pages. ISBN: 0600367029. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you...
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NZ$34.04
Smiles of Fortune
by Holmes, John
Sydney: Kangaroo Press. 2001. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 120 pages. A memoir of the war against Japan 1943-1945 . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$15.58
PAPUA NEW GUINEA'S PREHISTORY. An Introduction
by SWALDLING, Pamela;
National Museum and Art Gallery, Boroko,1986. Reprinted with some revisions.Original softcover, pp.69. profusely illustrated in colour & black and white..Very good in original pictorial card wrappers.
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NZ$21.14
Knowing the Gururumba
by Newman, Philip L
New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1965. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Map. Part of the Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. 110 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$16.69
The Barbarians An anthropological view
by Berndt, Ronald & Catherine
Harmondsworth: Pelican Books. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Light wear to edges and corners. Mild age-toning to page edges. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 196 pages. Includes substantial information on Australian Aborigines. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Softcover.
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NZ$15.58
The Coastwatchers The Final Missions. Coastwatchers at War in New Guinea. His 6th Mission
by Veale, Lionel
Ashmore City, Qld: Published by the Author. 2005. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine laminated boards in a Near Fine Dustjacket. Excellent condition.. Dustjacket protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs, Maps and Drawings. Endpaper maps. Signed & inscribed by author to previous owner. 304 pages. Lionel Veale's sixth and final mission as a coastwatcher in WW2 is recounted here along with those of other coastwatchers...
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NZ$77.88
The Voyage of Schouten and Le Maire Round the World; Chapters 1 - 3 from The World Displayed or, a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, selected from the Writers of all Nations
by [Extract] Johnson, Samuel; Smart, Christopher; Goldsmith, Oliver
1800. Very good overall. Chapters one through three from The World Displayed or, a Curious Collection of Voyages and Travels, selected from the Writers of all Nations. 12mo, pp 165 - 203. The chapters describe the Dutch men Le Maire and Schoutens' circumnavigation of the globe, commencing on June 14, 1615; ending October 1616. With two charming plates: "The Dutch Ship defeats, 23 Indian Ships & 45 Canoes, mann'd by the Inhabitants of Traitors Island"; and "The Entertainment of the two Kings, in Horn...
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NZ$212.78
Pacific Profiles Volume 2 Japanese Army Bombers, Transports & Miscellaneous Types New Guinea and the Solomons 1942-1944
by Claringbould, Michael John
Adelaide: Avonmore Books. 2020. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Colour illustrations & maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 112 pages. The most accurate WWII aircraft profiles to date of Japanese aircraft in the "South Seas" theatre. . New. 1st Edition. Softcover.
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NZ$38.89
GOLDEN GATEWAY. Lae & Province of Morobe
by SINCLAIR, James;
Bathurst: Crawford Publishing House, 1998. 4to.pp.xv + 470. Many black & white photographs and maps. Original green cloth in dust wrapper. previous owners discrete signature. A Very Good copy. Signed by Author.
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NZ$126.84
ZOOLOGICAL RESULTS BASED ON MATERIAL FROM NEW BRITAIN NEW GUINEA LOYALTY ISLANDS AND ELSEWHERE
by WILLEY, A
1900,1900,1902: Published by Cambridge University Press. Parts 4, 5 & 6. Tall 4to. Part 4.pp.viii + 357- 530.with black & white and colour illustrations. Part 5.pp. 531- 690.with black & white and colour illustrations. Part 6.pp. 691- 826.with black & white and colour illustrations. Volume 6 has errata and corrigendum slip. Original tan card wrappers with a little soiling Internally very good.partially unopened spines a little chipped foredges rubbed.
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NZ$511.80
The Western Pacific and New Guinea
by Romilly, Hugh Hastings
London: John Murray, 1887. Second edition. Hardcover. Very good. Notes on the natives, Christian and cannibal, with some account of the old labour trade. 8vo. (vii) + 284pp and 32pp of adds in back. 1 fold-out color map. Spine is sunned; internally light, scattered fox spotting.
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NZ$119.15
Pearls and Savages. Adventure in the Air, on Land and Sea in New Guinea
by Hurley, Frank
New York: Putnam, 1925. Second edition. Hardcover. Otherwise very good condition. The forward discusses Hurley's life and his time in the Antarctic, surviving Shackleton's "Endurance" expedition, during which the ship was crushed in the ice. It states that this expedition to tropical New Guinea was conceived of while Hurley was marooned under the boat beached on Elephant Island after the ship "Endurance" was crushed. He explored the tropical forests in search of the peoples of New Guinea. He also...
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NZ$297.88
