Including: Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia.
Berlin, Germany: Georg Reimer, 1900. Paperback. Illustrated with photographs, engraved textual illustrations; map. Spine stained with small chips to head & foot, and (archival) tape reinforced tears to front cover to spine. Interior otherwise virtually fresh with almost all pages still unopened. In fact, apart from spine defects, this copy.....
London: Sampson Low, Marston, 1870. Full leather. Custom-bound in full beige leather ruled in gilt, with academic institution signum on front cover, gilt; dark brown leather spine label lettered in gilt; raised bands ruled in gilt; marbled edges; marbled endpapers. ix + 304 pp. 20 illustrations, including wood engravings in.....
Printed in the UK. Sampson Low, Son, & Marston. 1870. First edition. Leather over boards. Hardcover leather (tan) over boards. 4to. viii + [2] + 304 + 9 plates + map pp. Illustrated in b/w with 9 engraved plates, 9 in-text engraved images, 2 musical scores, 1Â fold-out map of.....
Printed in the UK. Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts. 1856. Second edition. Cloth over boards. Hardcover cloth (tan) over boards. 8vo. xii + [4] +316 pp. Illustrated with two b/w fold-out genealogical tables before the main text, a b/w engraved frontispiece, and a b/w engraved title page. Rebound in.....
London: For T. Chapman, 1799. 1st Edition. Hardcover. A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the Ship Duff, Commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from Journals of the Officers and Missionaries; and Illustrated with Maps, Charts, and Views, Drawn by Mr.....
Kilmarnock: John Ritchie, 1920. Hardcover. Hardcover. Bright, pictorial green cloth and colourful decorated spine; title and spine lettering, argent. n.d. (ca. 1920?). 103 pp. + ads. Illustrated with engraved headpieces and textual illustrations. Binding cracked, but firm; a bright little gem of a copy of this book, for Christian young.....
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1866. Hardcover. Hardcover. Original blue cloth with highly ornate spine in gilt; cover vignette gilt. n.d. (1866). Illustrated with countless engravings in text and numerous engraved plates; folding coloured map at front. xii + 436 pp. + ads. Map lightly browned, with small tear.....
London/ York: A, W, Bennett/ Thomas Brady, 1862. Hardcover. Hardcover. Original blind-stamped brown cloth with spine lettering and decorative rules in gilt.xii + 556 + 12-page address by Walker. Frontispiece portrait. Spine slightly faded, with fraying to head & foot; corners rubbed; shelf-wear; but else an amazingly nice, tight copy.....
London: Hamilton, Adams, 1843. Hardcover. Hardcover. Original green blind-stamped cloth with spine lettering gilt; gloss yellow endpapers. xvii + 560 + cxlii (appendices). Illustrated with 15 plates of etchings, one folding; several woodcuts in text, and three folding maps at rear. This copy includes the plate facing p, 487 sometimes.....
Berlin: Georg Reimer, 1900. Paperback. 420 pp. Illustrated with photographs, engraved textual illustrations; map. Spine stained with small chips to head & foot, and a couple of tears to edges adjacent to covers; interior otherwise virtually fresh with almost all pages still unopened. In fact, apart from spine defects, this.....
London: James Nisbet, 1885. Hardcover. Hardcover. Original deep green cloth with 3-colour pictorial cover and cover title printed in black on gilt; spine lettering green on gilt, with 2-colour spine vignette. n.d. (1885). Copy states "Sixth Thousand". 261 pp. Illustrated in b/w. Ink inscription of front free endpaper (1893); binding.....
London: James Nisbet, 1894. Hardcover. Hardcover. Green cloth with 4-colour cover vignettes (sailing ship, tiger, palm); cover lettering gilt shadowed in black; spine lettering and decoration gilt, with 2-colour palm spine vignette. n.d. (ca. 1894). 128 pp. + ads. Frontispiece engraving. Small rubber stamp address on front free endpaper. Binding.....
N. Y. Harper & Bros. 1836. Hardcover. Hardcover, original purple cloth; spine lettering gilt. 7 p. catalogue + 2 engravings + xii + 303 pp. Illustrated with 2 engravings. Cloth faded and rubbed, with light stain on rear board; foxing, esp. to endpapers and plates, and small chip to catalogue.....
N. Y. A. L. Fowle, 1900. Hardcover. Hardcover. Rebound in half-cloth and marbled boards; new endpapers; spine lettering gilt; top edge gilt. xii + 303 pp. Edges slightly tanned. An abridged version of Sir John Barrow's "Eventful History of the Mutiny and Piratical Seizure of HMS Bounty" 8vo.
London: John Murray, 1831. 5th Ed. Hardcover. Hardcover. Three-quarter leather & marbled boards; spine lettering gilt; spine ruled in gilt. xi + 356 pp. Illustrated with 6 etchings from original drawings by Lieut-Colonel Batty. Extremities rubbed, with some wear to corners; faint offsetting from plates, and some foxing to plate.....
London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1898. Hardcover. Hardcover. Green cloth; spine lettering gilt; top edge gilt. 298 pp. + ads. Spine slightly faded, with tear to head; some rubbing to cloth, with spotting to back cover; binding cracked but firm; hinges started but firm; slight browning to front endpapers; interior otherwise.....
Paris: Hermann & Cie, 1950. Paperback. 88 pp. Illustrated with line drawings. Preface by Claude Levi-Strauss (6 pp.). Small ink account no. on title-page verso and lower margin of contents page (at rear); some fading & rubbing to spine, with chip to head; corners slightly curled with tiny corner chip.....
London: Hurst & Blackett, 1876. Hardcover. Hardcover. Brown cloth ruled in black, with spine lettering gilt. xiv + 362 pp. + ads. Illustrated with 7 plates of etchings and title-page vignette. Spine very slightly faded and extremiti4es slightly rubbed; front hinge started under prelims; binding cracked but firm, and some.....
London: Sampson Low, Son & Marston, 1870. Hardcover. Hardcover. Green cloth with native cover vignette in gilt; spine palm vignette gilt; spine lettering gilt. viii + 400 pp. + ads. Illustrated with 3 chromolithographs and 15 wood engraved plates; folding map. Binding cracked, but firm; spine tips slightly nicked; extremities.....
Melbourne: Heinemann Australia, 1970. Reprint. Hardcover. Hardcover in complete dj. 196 pp. Reprint of original 1858 ed., edited with an introductino and notes by C. E. Sayers. Boards slightly bowed; dj soiled. 8vo.
Sydney: The Worker Trustees, 1929. Paperback. n.d. (1929). Printed pictorial wrappers. 160 pp. Illustrated with b/w plates; frontispiece photo of the author. True stories of many a "wild colonial boy", including Ned Kelly. Sunning to front wrapper panel & slight soiling to rear; spine rubbed and faded, with spine title.....
Toronto: Rose-Belford, 1879. 6th Ed. Hardcover. Hardcover. Brown cloth ruled in black; front & back cover vignettes and title printing in gilt & black; spine lettering and vignette, gilt; all edges gilt. xv + 511 pp. Illustrated with countless wood engravings in text; engraved plates, and 8 coloured maps, 2.....
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1925. Hardcover. n.d. (1925). 240 pp. Illustrated with 38 photographs taken by the author. We presume the author was married to Lt.-Gen. Sir Tom Bridges, Governor of South Australia, who wrote the foreword. Spine slightly faded and spotting to cloth; binding cracked but firm; ivery occasional.....
N. Y. Funk & Wagnalls, 1900. Hardcover. Hardcover. Red cloth with crossed flags cover vignette in gilt. xx, 364 pp. Two folding colour maps at rear; folding table at rear. Spine faded and some light spotting to cloth; interior clean & bright with most pages still unopened. 8vo.
London: Whittaker & Co., 1851. Hardcover. Hardcover. Original cloth with rebacked spine and new endpapers; original spine label. 260 pp. 3 engraved plates, including frontispiece portrait of the author; page illustrating native petroglyphs. Original cloth worn at bottom corners; spine label rubbed; some foxing to plates and margins; light damp.....