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About to Land, Tanna - [New Hebrides] Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w Burton Bros, NZ, photograph depicting two small boats coming in to a beach in New Hebrides (Vanuatu). #6300 Image size: 145 x 195mm. Mounted on card. More
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Among the Cocoa Nuts - Mango - Fiji. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w photograph depicting crops in the field in Fiji. No.2606. Taken from 'The Camera in the Coral Islands', A Series of Photographs illustrating the Scenery and the Mode of Life in THE FIJIS, THE NAVIGATOR ISLANDS (Samoa), THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS (Tonga) Taken during the..... More
Australien Taf.II (10 images of the South Pacific) Engraving
Germany. Unbound. c. 1840. Original German engraved vignettes arranged around a coloured scene of Nukahiva, Marquesas Island, depicting 10 scenes of animals, peoples & landscapes of South Pacific including Pitcairn, Caroline & the Sandwich Islands. Free-floating but protected by mount & mylar. Size of image 330mm x 270mm, with mat..... More
Carte Pour l'Intelligence Du Memoire De M. Le Capitaine d'Urville Sur Les Iles du Grand Ocean (Oceanie). Map
Unbound. c1830. Original hand-coloured engraved map of D'Urville's Oceania. Colour blocked to denote the regions of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Malaysia. Map size 235mm x 360mm. A nice attractive map. More
A Chart Exhibiting the New Discoveries in the North & South Pacific Ocean, Also Those on The North-West Coast of America Map
Unbound. c. 1790. Original engraved map of the Pacific ocean. Some hand-colouring. Interesting in that Tasmania is shown as part of the Australian mainland. Map size 425mm x 340mm. More
A Chart of the Pacific Ocean Exhibiting the New Discoveries - Map
Unbound. c1771. Original engraved map of the Pacific Ocean with detailed naming of the Pacific Islands. Barely visible 3" tear to lower portion of map, else good. Map size 230mm x 335mm, with mat, 360mm x 460mm. A very attractive early map. More
Chart of the Track of the Dolphin, Tamar, Swallow & Endeavour, through the South Seas, & of the Track of M. Bougainville round the World
1773. Unbound. c1773. Original engraved Pacific map showing the routes of Cook, Carteret, Wallis, Mouat, Byron, Bougainville and Anson. Map size 255mm x 225mm. Mounted. More
Cook's First and Second Voyages
James Cundee. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 403, frontispiece, 9 plates, 8vo, original calf boards, re-spined. Lacking title page and contents. c. 1820. Popular account of the first two voyages with engravings. More
De Natsche, Eene Plechtigheid Ter Eere van S'konings Zoon of Tongatoboo Engraving
Holland: Leiden, 1801. Unbound. Rare, orig Dutch engraving from an Edition of Cook's 3rd Voyage (Plate 86), depicting Ceremonial Tongan Procession. Size of image 460mm x 230mm, full size, 570mm x 415mm. A scarce and rare engraving. More
Fiji. Tropical Jungle - photograph
Dunedin: 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w photograph depicting a Fijian tropical jungle scene. Image size: 200 x 150mm. Mounted on card. More
Fijian Sugar Field - Mango - Cutting the Cane. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w Burton Bros, NZ, photograph depicting workers cutting sugar cane in a cane field. Image size: 205 x 150mm. . Mounted on card. More
Fijian Sugar Field - Mango - Loading the Cane. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w Burton Bros, NZ, photograph depicting workers loading sugar cane in a cane field. Image size:140 x 200mm. . Mounted on card. More
Gezigt Van De Woomingen Van De Inboorlingen in Nootk a Kanaal (The sight of the Natives of Houses in Nootka Channel) Engraving
1797. Unbound. Rare orig engraving from Dutch Edition of Cook's Voyages depicting Natives at home in Nootka Sounds, on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Island in Canada. c. 1797. Size of image 355mm x 220mm, with mat, 570mm x 420mm. A very handsome early engraving. More
Gezigt Van Kersmis Haven, Aan Kergulens Land (A View of Christmas Harbour, in Kerguelen's Land) Engraving
Amsterdam: Honkoop, 1803. Unbound. Rare orig engraving from Dutch Edition of Cook's Voyages showing figures, boats, seals & penguins in The Kerguelen Islands, (also known as the Desolation Islands) in the Indian Ocean. From Cook's 'A Voyage to the Pacific', Pl. No. LXXII. Free floating & protected by mylar. Full..... More
Government House - Suva - Fiji. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w photograph depicting a group of Fijiians looking out from the steps of Government House. No. 2514. Taken from 'The Camera in the Coral Islands', A Series of Photographs illustrating the Scenery and the Mode of Life in THE FIJIS, THE NAVIGATOR ISLANDS (Samoa)..... More
Handbook of Western Samoa
Wellington: W.A.G.Skinner, Government Printer, 1923. 8vo. Pictorial Boards. pp 174, 8vo. Plates, maps (one folding). Pictorial cream boards, spine darkened, otherwise very good. More
Handbook to Fiji. New Zealand and South Sea Exhibition, Dunedin, 1889-90
Suva: Government Printing Office, 1889. 4to. Boards. pp 46 "Giving some general informaton as to the history, government, legislation, institutions, native affairs, geography, agriculture, etc., etc." Rebound in grey boards. Original wrappers chipped. Stamps to prelim pages and newspaper clippings pasted to flyleaf. Internals good. Very rare. More
INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY of Social and Cultural Anthropology = Bibliographie Internationale D'anthropologie Sociale et Culturelle. Vols II, III & IV
Paris: Unesco, 1959. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Printed Wrappers. 3 issues comprising Volumes II, III, IV. (Vol. IV published 1960) Contents: Vol II Works published in 1956, Vol. III Works published in 1957. Vol. IV Works published in 1958. Documentation in the social sciences series. More
THE ISLES THAT WAIT ; By a Lady Member of the Melanesian Mission
New York: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1915. 1st Edition. Orig. Cloth. pp. 128, 8, frontis. Illus, map, photos. Original blue cloth binding, spine sunned, endpapers darkened, else good. More
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Levuka [Fiji]. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w Burton Bros, NZ, photograph depicting a foreshore with palm trees. Image size:145 x 200mm. . Mounted on card. More
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MBau from Hill [Fiji]. Photograph
Dunedin: Burton Bros, 1889. Unbound. Orig b&w Burton Bros, NZ, photograph depicting a Fijian village scene taken from above. Image size:145 x 200mm. . Mounted on card. More
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Natives on the Beach - [New Hebrides] Photograph
Burton Bros. Unbound. Orig b&w photograph depicting indigenous people on a beach in New Hebrides (Vanuatu). c1900. Image size: 145 x 200mm. Mounted on card. 0. More
Real Stories Taken from The Narrative of Various Travellers
London: Harvey and Darton, 1827. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Quarter Morocco. pp vi, 204 + 4p adverts. Frontispiece. Original quarter morocco and boards. Two leaves stitched together in an early manner. One third of the work relates to visits to the South Sea Islands. Imaginative narrative with..... More
SKETCHES of the Life of Bishop Patteson in Melanesia.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1880. Revised Edition. 8vo. Decorated Cloth. pp.iv,204,4. Frontispiece (portrait), plates, illustrations. Interesting association copy with signatures on back of frontispiece. More
SKETCHES of the Life of Bishop Patteson in Melanesia.
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1875. Revised Edition. 8vo. Decorated Cloth. pp.iv,204,4. Frontispiece (portrait), plates, illustrations. A revised edition of "The Life of Bishop Patteson". Decorated cloth with gilt titles - a very nice copy. More