The Arctic world: its plants, animals and natural phenomena : with a historical sketch of Arctic discovery down to the British Polar Expedition: 1875-76

London, T Nelson & Son. 1876, First Edition. Hard Cover, Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. [1876 BL] Green bds with bright gilt titles and encised decoration, Gilt to all edges, wear to spine ends and tips, pp viii 339 with 143 nice engraved illus. Light scattered foxing mostly at ends and edges, previous owners book plate mostly removed at front paste down, last page and rear ep creased. Bright text block. OVERWEIGHT. Good.

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Book number: 15350

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ANONYMOUS

The Story of the Pacific : For Use in Secondary Schools and Techical Colleges

Auckland, New Zealand, Whitcombe & Tombs. 1926, Edition Unstated. Decorative Cloth, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not Dated (1926 BL) Covers early exploration of Balboa, Cortez, Pizarro, Dampier, D'Urville, Tasman, Cook etc. CONDITION Green cloth over heavy card decorated with Sailing ships, Blck titles (nice and clean) 144 pages with 17 illus plates and 3 maps (tight and mostly clean with some edge browning and odd finger mark to pages). Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 9786

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Balboa, Cortez, Pizarro, Dampier, D'urville, Tasman, Cook Pacific Exploration

BEATTY, BILL

Tales of Old Australia

Sydney, Australia, Ure Smith. 1966, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Burgundy bds with crisp gilt title, very fresh with sl bump to one cnr. Caramel eps, pp 271 with 8 illus, very fresh in unread state, fresh dj with chip to head of spine and rubbed to two cnrs. An excellent copy.#Australian History#. Fine/Near Fine.

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Book number: 7473

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Australia South Pacific History

BECKE, LOUIS

Ridan the Devil: And Other Stories. Colonial Library

London, United Kingdom, T Fisher Unwin. 1899, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. George Lewis Becke (1848-1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. In 1869, Becke travelled to San Francisco with his brother Vernon and was away for nineteen months. At 16 years of age, Becke was a stowaway on a ship bound for Samoa. In Apia he took a job as a book-keeper. When Becke was 18, he met William "Bully" Hayes who later became a central character in Becke's writings. After being shipwrecked in 1874, Becke was later arrested for piracy, but was acquitted in Brisbane. Becke was in the Ellice Islands by April 1880 working as a trader. In February 1881 he opened his own store in Nukufetau, later in 1881 a shipwreck caused him to lose all he had; for the next few years worked in New Britain and at Majuro. The twenty-two seafaring stories in this collection are set in Australia, Polynesia, and other South Sea islands. CONDITION Colonial Library Edition, which were printed first to be able to distributed in time for release date. Green vertical ribbed cloth, mildly rubbed to edges with slight soil spots, pp vii 330. Internally very bright and crisp, eps foxed, gift inscription to half title dated 1902. Very scarce collectable title. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 13743

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Australain Biography Pacific

BURTON, SIR RICHARD; PENZER, N M (ED)

Selected Papers on Anthropology, Travel and Exploration

London, A M Philpot. 1924, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Includes Early Days in Sind; Guide-Book to Mecca; A Trip to Harar; Notes on Scalping; A Day Amongst the Fans; Notes on the Dahoman; Chapters from Travels; Notes on Rome; Spiritualism in Eastern Lands; and Giovanni Battista Belzoni. CONDITION Red verticle ribbed cloth with crisp gilt title (clean and unworn) 240 pages. Untrimmed edges, copy is very bright and crisp with atmospheric spotting to pages at ends. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15217

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BUTLER, SIR WILLIAM FRANCIS

The Wild North Land : The Story of a Winter Journey with Dogs Across Northern North America

London, Burns & Oates. 1915, Re-Issue. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1873 expedition from Fort Garry to Fort St. John, through the Rockies and down the Fraser River to the Pacific. Describes the landscape, the indians, pioneer traders, and settlers. CONDITION Blue bds, wear to spine ends, pp xiii 364 with 15 illus, very bright and crisp copy, partial split to paper at front gutter. OVERWEIGHT. Very Good/No Jacket.

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Book number: 15235

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COATES, AUSTIN

Western Pacific Islands

London, United Kingdom, Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 1970, First Edition. (ISBN: 0118804286) Cloth with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ill.: Grimble, Rosemary. The Corona Library. Red bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn, cnrs sharp) Lilac decorated eps depicting different implements etc, pp xiv 348 with 32 b/w photo plates, 5 maps and 25 drawings (tight and very clean, named to verso ffep) Original DJ is fresh with lightly rubbed edges and 1.5" tear to spine head, not price clipped. Overweight. Near Fine/Very Good.

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Book number: 9273

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Keywords: Solomon Islands, Gilbert and Ellice Islands, the New Hebrides, New Georgia Islands, Phoenix Islands Noamzcom 0118804286 Grimble, Rosemary

CYRILLE PIERRE THEODORE; DUNMORE, JOHN; SINCLAIR, KEITH VAL; LAPLACE

Laplace in New Zealand, 1831

New Zealand, Heritage Press. 1998, First Edition. (ISBN: 0908708459) Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. During the course of an expedition around the world in the corvette "Favorite", Captain Cyrille-Pierre-Theodore Laplace visited the Bay of Islands, where he and his officers carried out detailed scientific work. Their observations of the land and its native inhabitants. CONDITION Card wraps, 155 pages with illus of early contact. Unread copy. As New.

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Book number: 15482

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Keywords: 0908708459

DICKENS, CHARLES: MORRELL, W P (ED)

From The Black Rocks, On Friday: A Northland Story. Gold Digger's Notes: Otago in the Gold Rush

New Zealand, A H & A W Reed. 1950, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Two New Zealand stories originally published in Dickens All Year Round Magazine 1862 and 1864. From the Black Rocks on Friday is set on an Island off Cape Brett and may be a fictional account. A Gold Digger’s Notes, Otago in the Gold Rush appears to a first hand account of the gold rushes in Victoria, Otago, Dunstan, Lake Whakatipu etc. CONDITION Green illus heavy card wraps, 62 pages, 5 illus through text and the rear being illus of Dickensonia held by the Dunedin Public Library. Name inside front, eps foxed, under lined to some words on one page. Spine to DJ brittle and splitting o/w nice with odd spot. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 14489

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DOUGLAS, WILLIAM O (JUSTICE)

North from Malaya : Adventure on Five Fronts

London, United Kingdom, Victor Gollancz. 1954, First British. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Red bds with crisp gilt spine title, not bumped or worn, gift inscription to ffep, pp 352 tight with clean interior, foxed to ends and edges, original wrapper has tanned spine with chips to extremities, else fresh. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 7705

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DUNMORE, JOHN

The Fateful Voyage of St Jean Baptiste : A True Account of m De Surville's Expedition to New Zealand and the Unknown South Seas 1769-70

New Zealand, Pegasus Press. 1969, First Edition. Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. An account of the remarkable expedition of French navigator M. de Surville's voyage of Pacific exploration that saw him off the coast of Northland in 1769 at the same moment as Cook, though the two ships passed out of sight of each other. Noted New Zealand historian this was published just before he set up his John Dunmore Press. CONDITION Blue leather look binding, printed on lovely crea m wove paper stock and hand set type that Pegasus Press is noted for, Map eps, 127 pages with plate illus including New Zealand artifacts and Maori taken from sketches produced on the expedition. Bright clean interior with toned eps, DJ has faded spine and light edge wear. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 16336

Catalogue: Exploration

Keywords: Pacific Exploration First Contact

ELMBERG, JOHN-ERIK

Islands of Tomorrow

London, United Kingdom, Rupert Hart-Davis. 1956, First Edition. Buckram, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from the original Swedish. Diary of a voyage to make films of the indigenous peoples in Southern India, Ceylon, the Indonesian Islands, New Guinea and New Zealand. Blue bds with sunning to spine, private library plate pasted to front paste down, small bookshop stamp to title page, pp 355 with many b/w photos and illus showing tradional skills, daily life, incl musical scores and 3 maps. Book block is tight, interior clean with usual foxing. Near Fine/No Jacket.

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Book number: 7077

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Keywords: Southern India, Ceylon, the Indonesian Islands, New Guinea and New Zealand

ERNSTINE, HILL

The Territory

Sydney, Australia, Angus & Robertson. 1951, First Edition. (ISBN: 1111111111) Hard Cover with dust jacket, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Story of the first hundred years of white exploration, pioneering, and settlement in Australian tropic north. Cattle-droving over unknown wildernesses, tragic encounters with Aborigines, the efforts to establish settlements that were cut off from the world and inevitably covered by the relentless growth of vegetation, the first crossing if the continent, the building of the Overland telegraph Line, and the incredible lives of men and women of three generations. CONDITION Has original New Paper review from the Darwin Star tipped in along with tipped in envelope with gift inscription from Edith Buchanan decendant of pioneer explorer family the Buchanans'. Red cloth bds with Gilt spine title, Map frontis illus, Pp [2] 454 with numerous woodblock illus by Elizabeth Durack. Copy is bright and crisp, unworn with silver fishes bottom edge of rear bd, DJ has chips to spine ends and tips, spine front reinforced with archival tape, rear flap has 7 cm close split at edge, price clipped. Overall a very nice copy. Very Good/Good.

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Book number: 17093

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Keywords: 1111111111

FARSON, NEGLEY

Behind God's Back

London, United Kingdom, Victor Gollancz. 1944, Re-Issue. Cloth with dust jacket, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 15th imp. reset. Blue bds with Gilt title (bds fresh and unworn title sl oxidised) pp 373 with double page map. Very tight and clean given war economy paper with light age toning to edges, not inscribed. Original DJ is price clipped at top front and spine else unworn with some age browning. Very Good/Very Good.

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Book number: 10471

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Keywords: Pre War Travel Africa

FERGUSSON, DUGALD (FERGUSON)

Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand

London, United Kingdom, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1892, 2nd Edition. Hard Cover, 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Originally published in 1891 with the inclusion of "His Vissitudes of" prefixed to title in this 2nd cheaper edition with erratta in the Authors last name. with additional text. CONDITION Red bds with Black letteing and illustrated front, gilt spine title, Lemon eps, Pp iv [2] 366. Spine darkened, light staining to bds, bottom cnrs bumped. Front ep removed and paper toned due to cheaper paper type used in this edition of this scarce title, else nice clean copy with very odd mark to interior, loss to edges of some pages from trimmed at production. Very Good.

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Book number: 16992

Catalogue: Exploration