McCLYMONT, W.G. The Exploration of New Zealand. London: Oxford University Press, 1959. Second edition. Cloth, 125pp. Name o/w fine in a nice d/w.
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$150 | Book Number: 30139 | Order / Enquire |
MILFORD, G.D. Governor Phillip and The Early Settlement of New South Wales. Sydney: "The Harbour" Newspaper & Publishing Co., 1935. Cloth, 83pp. A nice copy.
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MOOREHEAD, Alan. Rum Jungle. New York: Scribner's, 1954. First U.S. edition. Cloth, 181pp. Covers foxed o/w very good in a very good d/w. "Rum Jungle" is a community in the Northern Territory of Australia. This is an account of Mooreheads travels there.
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MORRIS, Jan. Sydney. New York: Random House, (1992). First U.S. edition. Cloth, 256pp. Fine in d/w.
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(MORTIMER, Favell Lee). The Night of Toil; Or, A Familiar Account of the Labors of the First Missionaries In The South Sea Islands......Abridged. New York: Published by the American Tract Society, nd. (185-?) Abridged edition. (first published London: 1838). Sm.8vo., orig. cloth, 236, (2)pp. ads. Lacking the front free e/paper, scattered foxing, spoine faded o/w near fine. An account of missionary activities in Tahiti.
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OLIVER, Douglas. Return to Tahiti: Bligh's Second Bradfruit Voyage. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, (1988). First U.S. edition. 4to., cloth, xx, 281pp. Fine in d/w. Bligh's three month visit to Tahiti, reproducing his journal and extracts from the journals of his fellow officers, including a number of watercolors.
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$200 | Book Number: 31540 | Order / Enquire |
PATON, Frank. Lomai of Lenakel. A Hero of the New Hebrides. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1903. First edition. Cloth, 315pp. Lacking the front free e/paper o/w a nice copy.
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PATON, James. The Story of Dr. John G. Paton's Thirty Years with South Sea Cannibals. Edited by...Revised by A.K. Langridge. London: Hodder and Stoughton, nd. (192-?) Fourth edition. 8vo., cloth, viii, 9-256pp. Near fine. An account of Paton's New Hebrides Mission.
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PATON, M. Whitecross. Letters and Sketches From The New Hebrides. Edited by Her Brother In Law, Rev. Jas. Pation. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1896. Fourth edition. Tall 8vo., orig. green cloth, (xiv), 382pp. Ex-library with rubberstamps, white marks on spine, cloth mottled but stilll a very good copy, much nicer than it sounds.
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PINCHOT, Gifford. To The South Seas. The Cruise of the Schooner Mary Pinchot to the Galapagos, The Marquesas, And The Tuamotu Islands, and Tahiti. Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, (1930). First edition. Tall thick 8vo., orig. dark blue cloth dec. in gilt on top portion of the upper cover, (xiv), 500pp. A fine bright copy of this attractive book in the d/w which has a bit of rubbing to the spine ends but is o/w fine. The cruise of the "Mary Pinchot" to the South Seas was a scientific journey undertaken in cooperation with the U.S. National Museum. The expedition collected some twenty-two species new to the Museum. A fascinating account of an expedition in the South Seas.
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PRICE, A. Grenfell. The Explorations of Captain James Cook In The Pacific As Told By Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779. (Melbourne): Angus and Robertson, (1969). Later edition. (first published 1958 by Georgian House). Cloth, 292pp. Fine in d/w.
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RASHLEIGH, Ralph. The Adventures of Ralph Rashleigh A Penal Exile in Australia 1825-1844. With an Introduction by the Rt. Hon. Earl of Birkenhead. London: Jonathan Cape, (1929). First edition. Tall 8vo., cloth, (350), (2)pp.ads. Near fine in the d/w with a piece out at the top of the spine but still very good. ".....relates the real adventures of a man transported to Australia at the beginning of the last century. It reveals, through the sufferings and vicissitudes of a single convict transported to New South Wales for burglary, a clear and vivid picture of the conditions under which the penal code was administered less than one hundred years ago....."
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RATCLIFFE, Francis. Flying Fox and Drifting Sand. The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia. Sydney: Angus and Robertson, (1951). Reprint. Cloth, x, 332pp. A nice copy in a very good d/w/. part of the book describes an expedition in 1929-31 to the eastern coast to study the giant fruit eating bats known as flying foxes; the other part describes the outback of central Australia.
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READ, Kenneth. The High Valley. New York: Scribner's, (1965). Cloth, 266pp. A nice copy in d/w. An autobiographical account of two years spent in the Central Highlands of New Guinea.
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ROBSON, William. James Chalmers Missionary and Explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea. Kilmarnock: James Ritchie, nd. (188-?) Orig. green cloth, 176pp. A near fine copy.
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ROBSON, William. James Chalmers. Missionary and Explorer of Rarotonga and New Guinea. Kilmarnock: John Ritchie, nd. (192-?) Cloth, 176pp. Spine faded o/w a nice copy in a very good d/w.
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ROSENDAL, Jorgen. The Happy Lagoons The World of Wueen Salote. Translated from the Danish by Eiler Hansen and J.F. Burke. London: The Adventurers Club, (1962). First of this edition. Cloth, 224pp. Fine in d/w. An account of the authors trip to Tonga and Fiji.
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RUHEN, Olaf. Tangaroa's Godchild. Boston: Little Brown, 1962. Reprint. Cloth, 346pp. Fine in a near fine d/w. An "autobiographical memoir of the South Seas," concentrating on the Trobriand Islands near Papua New Guinea.
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