$125 | Book Number: 8327 | Order / Enquire |
$125 | Book Number: 33518 | Order / Enquire |
DE LA PEROUSE, Jean-Francois de Galaup. The Journal of Jean-Francois de Galaup de la Perouse. Translated and edited by John Dunmore. London: Hakluyt Society, 1995. In two volumes. First edition. Cloth, ccxl, 232, 233-613pp. Fine in d/w. During the second half of the eighteenth century, Britain and France despatched a number of major expeditions to the Pacific; with the greatest contribution made by James Cook. After Cook's death, France, organised a large scale expedition to the Pacific, planned to last four years, concentrating on the areas of the Pacific left unexplored by Cook; it was to be led by an experienced and hightly regarded naval officer, Jean-Francois Galaup de La Perouse.
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DERRICK, R.A. The Fiji Islands. A Geographical Handbook. Suva, Fiji: Printed and Published by the Gov't Printing Dept., nd. (195-?) Sm. 4to., cloth backed boards, xviii, 334, xixpp. A fine copy in d/w with chips to spine ends but still nice. This extensive work on Fiji is divided into four parts: the first deals with the Colony as a whole is described (history, exploration); the second part deals with the physical structure of the archipelago (coral reefs); part three deals with the people and their customs; and the final section describes the various islands in detail.
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DODGE, Ernest S. Beyond the Capes. Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger 1776-1877. Boston: Little, Brown, (1971). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, 429pp. Fine in d/w. A history of exploration in the Pacific, including Magellan, Cook, Portlock, Dixon, Meares and Colnett, Vancouver, Darwin, Wilkes and others.
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DODGE, Ernest S. Islands and Empires. Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, (1976). First edition. "Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion, volume seven." Cloth, xvi, 364pp. Fine in d/w. A detailed account of the effects on the cultures of the Pacific of the European voyages of discovery and consequent trade, missionary activity, and conquest.
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$100 | Book Number: 33475 | Order / Enquire |
$100 | Book Number: 33519 | Order / Enquire |
DUPEYRAT, Andre. Mitsinari: Twenty-One Years Among the Papuans. London: Staples Press, 1955. Third impression. Cloth, 256pp. Fine in the very striking pictorial d/w which is about fine. A missionary's adventures in New Guinea.
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DUTTON, Geoffrey. Australia's Last Explorer: Ernest Giles. New York: Barnes and Noble, (1970). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 175pp. Fine in d/w. The story of Giles and his several journeys across the enormous, searing distances of Central and Western Australia in the 1870's.
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DUTTON, Geoffrey. Founder of a City. The Life of Colonel William Light First Surveyor-General of the Colony of South Australia: Founder of Adelaide 1786-1839. London: Chapman & Hall, 1960. First edition. Cloth, xvi, 323pp. Name o/w fine in a d/w with chips to the spine ends.
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$2500 | Book Number: 23659 | Order / Enquire |
ELLIS, James J. John Williams. The Martyr Missionary of Polynesia. London: S.W. Partridge, nd. (187-?) Sixthteenth Thousand. 8vo., orig. pictorial rust cloth, xii, (13)-160, 20pp.ads. Cheap paper browned as usual o/w a nice copy.
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$50 | Book Number: 8341 | Order / Enquire |
EVATT, H.V. Rum Rebellion A Study of the Overthrow of Governor Bligh by John Macarthur and the New South Wales Corps. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1947. Sixth edition. Cloth, 285pp. Fine in a lightly rubbed d/w.
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$85 | Book Number: 33476 | Order / Enquire |
$125 | Book Number: 30266 | Order / Enquire |
FOSS, Michael. Beyond the Black Stump Tales of Travellers to Australia 1787-1950. (London): Michael O'Mara, (1988). First edition. Cloth, 234pp. Fine in d/w.
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FOWLER, Wilfred. This Island's Mine. London: The Adventurers Club, (1959). Cloth, 240pp. Fine in d/w. An account of the authors time at the Colonial Office and his appointment to the Island of Ysabel in the Solomon Islands.
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(FROUDE, J.A.) BLAINEY, Geoffrey. (editor). Oceana. Travellers' Tales of Early Australia & New Zealand...the tempestuous voyage of J.A. Foude, 1884 & 1885. (Australia): Methuen Haynes, (985) Abridged edition of "Oceana: or England and her Colonies." (1885) Cloth, 211pp. Fine in d/w. An account of Froude's expedition to Australia and New Zealand in 1885. On publication Froude's work was a bestseller, but aroused controversy in both New Zealand and Australia where it was both acclaimed as a masterpiece and indignantly condemned.
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