KNÖS (KNOES), TEODOR:

Bilder ur lifvet i Australien. Reseskildringar. Stockholm, A. Bonnier, 1875.

. Pp. (viii), 262. With frontispiece, extra illustrated title, 2 maps (on one plate) and 11 woodcut illustrations. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, gilt, corners lightly rubbed. Slightly shaken. A narrtaive based on letters written by Knös when he travelled through New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria.

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Book number: 99354

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LANG, JOHN DUNMORE:

An historical and statistical account of New South Wales both as a penal settlement and as a British Colony. Two volumes. London, George Routledge, 1840.

. Large 12mo. Pp. xii, 466, advertisement (2); iv, 527. With one large folding map, coloured in outline. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt lettering on spines, hinges cracked. Spine to volume one detached. Bookplate. The first edition was published in 1834. This is the second, augmented edition (however according to the title page it is the third edition).

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Book number: 29095

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LUMHOLTZ, CARL:

Among cannibals. An account of four years' travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland. London, John Murray, 1889.

. Pp. xx, 395, advertisement 28. With one portrait frontispiece, 2 folding coloured maps, 4 chromolithographs, 24 wood engraved plates and more illustrations in the text. Publisher's pictorial blue cloth, gilt, ends of spine lightly rubbed, recased. Bookplate. First UK edition. An account of the Norwegian naturalist's expedition to Australia in 1880-84. A large collection of zoological specimens was found. Occassionally some light stain but otherwise a fine copy. Casey Wood p. 443. Ferguson 11770.

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Book number: 29112

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MARTIN, JOHN / MARINER, WILLIAM:

An Account of the Natives of the Tonga Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean. With an original grammar and vocabulary of their language. Compiled and arranged from the extensive communications of Mr. William Mariner, several years resident in those islands. Two volumes. London, printed for the author, and sold by John Murray, 1817.

. Pp. lix, (i), 460; (ii), 412 + vocabulary pp. (212). With engraved frontispiece. Contemporary full calf, flat spines decorated in gilt and with title labels, expertly rebacked with original spines preserved. Corners slightly rubbed. Bookplate. First edition of this important work on the Tonga Islands. William Mariner was a British sailor on the ¬Port au Prince¬ that was attacked and destroyed on arrival at the Ha'apai Islands in Tonga. Mariner, the only survivor, was adopted as the King's son. He spent four years on the islands learning about the life, customs and language of Tonga. He returned to England in 1810. His account is "considered the best report of Tongan life and culture before the arrival of Christianity" Hill 1075. Cf Kroepelien 819 (second edition).

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MAUNSELL, ROBERT & OTHERS (transl.):

[A collection of sermons translated into Ma›ri]. Printed at Purewa (Aukland), Church Mission Press mid 1840s and at St. John's College around 1850.

. The collection of a total of eleven sermons is bound together in near contemporary cloth. From the library of Arthur Thomas Pycroft (1875-1911), naturalist and collector from New Zealand. With handwritten translations and annotations in English on title pages. At the beginning, there is a handwritten table of contents bound in.MAUNSELL, ROBERT (Transl.): [Eight Ma›ri sermons] Ko te whakapono pp. 7 + Ko nga mahi hou pp. 7 + Ko te hapa tapu pp. 8 + He mahi aha ta nga minita pp.8 + ko te inoi a te tahae pp. 7 + Ko te tino Tohunga Nui pp. 9 + Ko te manawanui o hopa pp. 7 + Ko te iriiri tapu pp. 8. Printed at Purewa, Church Mission Press, (1846-7). Robert Maunsell, Irish-born missionary who lived and served in New Zealand for almost sixty years. He was an authority on Ma›ri language and culture. Together with William Williams he made translations of the Bible. Williams 145. BOUND WITH: MAUNSELL, ROBERT (Transl.): He Patai (Questions on the New Testament). In total 109 questions. (Purewa 1844 or 1845) Pp. 8. Williams 110.AND: WILBERFORCE, SAMUEL: Te Motu Kohatu ("The Rocky Island"). No te Kareti. I taia tenei i te Pereli a te Pihopa. Printed at the Bishops Press (St John's College, Purewa) 1850. Pp. 26 (i.e.25). A religious story for children translated by Elizabeth Colenso. She was born at the Church Mission Society station in 1821 and served as missionary, teacher, and Bible translator in New Zealand. Williams 202.AND: FARQUHAR, BARBARA H. & MARTIN, MARY ANN (Transl.): Ko e tahi Hua o te Whakapono ("Some fruits of the faith"). No te Kareti. I taia tenei ki te Perehi a te Pihopa. (Purewa, St John's College) 1852. Pp. 24. Abridged of Farquhar's "Pearl of Days" translated into Ma›ri, probably by Mary Ann Martin. She was a social worker, writer and teacher at St John's College and St Stephen's School for Native Girls. Married to William Martin, Chief Justice in New Zealand. Williams 237.

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Book number: 121335

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MEYNERS D'ESTREY, GUILLAUME HENRY JEAN, COUNT / HAUSERMANN, REMY (ENGRAVER):

La Papouasie ou Nouvelle-Guinée occidentale. Ouvrage accompagné de gravures et d'une carte dresée et gravée. Paris & Rotterdam 1881.

. Tall 8vo. Pp. (iv), 182, (iv) table. With one folding map and 4 engraved plates. Partly unopened. Rebound in half calf on marbled boards, spine with red title label and stamped in gilt.

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NATT OCH DAG, SVANTE / MELANDER, RICHARD (Ed.):

Jorden rundt under svensk örlogsflagg. Ögonblicksbilder från fregatten Vanadis verldsomsegling 1883-1885. Stockholm, A. Bonniers, 1887.

. Pp. (iv), 184. With frontispiece and many illustrations in the text. Contemporary half cloth, rubbed. Stamps on front endpaper (Krigsarkivet).First edition. A narrative in the form of letters written during the Swedish circumnavigation in the frigate Vanadis in 1883-85. The voyage left Sweden in December 1883 and sailed via Lisabon, Rio de Janeiro,Tahiti, Honolulu, Marshall Islands, Yokohama, Hong Kong, Manila, Bangkok, Singapore, India, Colombo, and further visited different ports around the Red Sea, passed the Suez and Alexandria, via Malta, and Gibraltar before it reached Stockholm in May 1885. The illustrations are made by Ottilia Adelborg, mostly after photographs. Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesiana 835. Kroeplein 835. Cf. Forbes, Hawaiian Nat. Bibl. 3863.

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Book number: 100799

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, india, ceylon, bangkok, manila, canton, china, japan, japanese, chinese, kina, honolulu, tahiti, south america, america, americana, pacific, far east, asia, asie, asien, asiatic, travel, voyage, exploration, vanadis

PFEIFFER, IDA:

A Lady's Second Journey round the World. From London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, etc. California, Panama, Peru, Equador, and the United States. Two volumes. London 1855.

. Pp. xii, 451; viii, 423, adv. 24. Publisher's green blind-stamped cloth, spine lettered in gilt. Binding slightly shaken, lightly rubbed, spines faded. First English edition which preceded the first German edition (Vienna 1856). Ida Pfeiffer (1797-1858) was the very first woman full-time traveller. She was born in Vienna in 1797 and at the age of 45, after raising two children and with a husband living away from home, she began to travel. The rest of her life she spent either travelling or preparing to travel. Her travels became increasingly adventurous as she ventured further and further off the beaten tourist track. Her books became very popular and translated all around the world. Robinson p. 25.

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Book number: 120769

Catalogue: Travel general

Keywords: Travel general, travel, exploration, lady traveller, far east, indonesia, pacific, america, americana, amerika, south america,

PUCKEY, WILLIAM GILBERT & COLENSO, WILLIAM (Translators):

[PAIHIA IMPRINT]. Ko nga Upoko ewitu o te Pukapuka a te Poropiti a Raniera: me te Pukapuka ano hoki a te Poropiti a Hona: He Kupu ra no te Paipera, ko ia hoki te Pukapuka a Ihowa te Atua pono. Katahi ka taia ki te reo Maori. Paihia (New Zealand), printed at the Missionary Press, 1840.

. Pp. 32. Text in Ma›ri printed in roman type. Uncut and partly unopened copy in original grey paper covers. Some light staining to title page otherwise an excellent copy. Translation of the first seven chapters of the Book of Daniel and the whole of the book of Jonah. Another edition, previously published in the same year, only contains the first six chapters of the Book of Daniel and the Book of Jonah. (See Williams).The mission at Paihia (Bay of Islands) was established in 1826, which soon became very active. The printing press arrived at Paihia in December 1834 together with William Colenso, missionary and botanist who operated the successful press for many years. William Gilbert Puckey (1805-78) arrived in New Zealand with his parents at the age of fourteen, learned the Ma›ri language and became an useful translator. Puckey made this translation in 1836 and Colenso made the final changes in 1840. Williams, Bibliography of printed Ma›ri, 44.

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Book number: 121336

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RANKEN, W.H.L.:

The dominion of Australia. An account of its foundations. London, Chapman and Hall, 1874.

. Pp. viii, 356. With one folding map. Publisher's red cloth, gilt lettering on spine, slightly rubbed. Bookplate. First edition. An account about climate, cultivation, mining, commerce and politics. Ferguson 14720.

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Book number: 29096

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ROUTLEDGE, KATHERINE PEASE (Mrs. SCORESBY):

The Mystery of Easter Island. The Story of an Expedition. London and Aylesbury 1919.

. Pp. xxii, 404. With photogravure frontispiece, one photogravure portrait, two folding coloured maps, numerous illustrations, diagrams, maps and plans. A few panoramas with closed tears. Original green cloth stamped in gilt, t.e.g., extremities rubbed, spine ends lightly chipped. First edition of this important work on the Easter Island including information of its cultural and ethnographical problems, richly illustrated. Includes many photographs of the island's statues, probably the earliest photographic survey undertaken. Additionally it contains a lot of information about the places encountered along the expedition's route: the Canary Islands, Cape Verde, Tahiti, Hawaiian Islands, The Panama, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Bermuda, etc. Robinson p. 148.

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Book number: 99180

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SIDNEY, SAMUEL:

The three colonies of Australia; New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia; their pastures, copper mines, & gold fields. London 1852.

. Pp. (ii), (xvi), half title, 17-428. With frontispiece and 54 woodcut ills (of which 12 full page). Contemporary half calf on marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands and title-label. Binding rubbed and hinges weak. Bookplate. First edition. Contains three parts: 1. The history of Australia from 1520 to 1822; 2. Practical advice for the emigrant and; 3. A description of the Aborigines, birds, animals, climate etc. Ferguson 15679.

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Book number: 19102

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SINNETT, FREDERICK:

An account of the colony of South Australia, prepared for distribution at the International Exhibition of 1862. Adelaide, W.C. Cox, 1862.

. Pp. vi, 99. With one large folding lithographed map. Original printed boards, upper hinge cracked, spine and corners worn. Outer margin of title page soiled otherwise a good copy. First edition. This work was issued as part of the South Australian Government's contribution to the Exhibition of 1862 in London. Probably one copy of a small issue printed at Adelaide. (The remaining printed in London). Ferguson 15735.

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Book number: 29094

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SPARRMAN, ANDERS:

Voyage au Cap de Bonne-Espérance, et autour du monde avec le capitaine Cook, et principalement dans le pays des Hottentots et des Caffres. Three volumes. Paris 1787.

. Pp. iii-xxxi, 390; (iv), 366, (5); (iv), 366, (1). Half-title to volume one missing. With one folding engraved map (with tear) and sixteen engraved plates (mostly folding). Some staining. Contemporary speckled calf, spine richly gilt with five raised bands and title-labels, somewhat rubbed. Marbled end papers, r.e. French edition of Sparrman's travels in South Africa translated from the English version by Le Tourneur. In 1772 Anders Sparrman, a Swedish naturalist, travelled around the Cape Province for several years and in this account he reports about the plants, animals and inhabitants of the country. While he was there he was invited to participate in Cook's second voyage in the Resolution as assistant to the Forsters, the botanists on the expedition. An interesting account of the voyage is here included. Du Rietz, Bibl. Polynesiana 1223. Hill p. 279. Mendelsohn ii, p. 361.

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Book number: 111118

Catalogue: Africa

Keywords: Africa, south africa, africana, afrique, afrika, africa, travel, travels, voyage, exploration, explore, the cape colony, cape, botany, botanical, zoology, flora, fauna,

SPENCER, BALDWIN & GILLEN, F.J.:

Northern Tribes of Central Australia. London, Macmillan, 1904.

. Pp. xxxvi, 784. With 2 folding coloured lithographic plates, one folding map and 315 black and white illustrations including 28 full page. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Stamp on title page. First edition of this important anthropological study of aborigines in Central Australia. Contains much information on the social organisation of tribes and their customs and ceremonies.

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Book number: 35125

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