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Report on the Methods of Surveying the Public Domain, to the Secretary of the Interior, at the Request of the National Academy of Sciences
by Powell, J.W.; in full, John Wesley Powell
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- 1878
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- Pamphlet
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San Francisco, California, USA
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A$76.58
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Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1878. Pamphlet. 16p., no illustrations or facsimiles, softbound first edition, a thread-tied pamphlet in 9x6 inch pale grey plain printed wraps. The thread is original and in fine shape. Covers are slightly edgeworn with occasional flecks of soil, nothing nasty, a very good copy: generally sound, otherwise clean and free of any markings. Powell's… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Australian Frontier in New Guinea
by Gordon, Donald Craigie
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- 1951
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New York: Columbia University Press, 1951. Paperback. 301p., plus a page long vita, folded line-map as frontispiece, softbound dissertation in 9x6 inch plain printed grey wraps. Sound and square with mild edgewear and sunning of extremities, clean and unmarked within, a very good copy of Gordon's book in its fragile first issue state. [dissertation], Columbia University no. 562. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Pietro's Pilgrimage. A Journey to India and back at the beginning of the Seventeenth Century
by Blunt, Wilfred [Scawen]
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- 1953
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London: James Barrie, 1953. Hardcover. xii, 320p., scattered period illustrations in b&w, the hardbound first edition in not quite collectable condition, but a good reading copy: spine panel is dimmed from handling with the black cloth of covers flecked and worn,, lacks the dust jacket, text pages are entirely clean and unmarked, and textblock and casing together are square… Read more about this item Item Price
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I Come from the Stone Age; translated from the German by Edward Fitzgerald
by Harrer, Heinrich
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- 1965
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New York: E.P.Dutton & Co., Inc, 1965. Hardcover. First American edition: 256p., illustrated with numerous photo sections, mostly b&w with several dynamite color shots, Hardbound in red cloth boards lettered orange and green and enclosed in the dust jacket. Book itself bears scattered spots of foxing to fore-edge, and the jacket is a little edgeworn with short tears at… Read more about this item Item Price
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Himalayan Barbary
by Furer-Haimendorf, Christoph von
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- 1955
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London: John Murray, 1955. Hardcover. xiv, 241p., plentifully provided with portrait and activity photos, hardbound first edition in 9x5.5 inch red cloth boards spine-titled in bronze. This titling is so dim as to be illegible; perhaps dull bronze on medium scarlet was a poor design choice. Lacks the jacket, spine panel faintly grimy, spots of foxing to title page… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Resolution Journal of Johann Reinhold Forster 1772-1775. Volumes I, II, III, IV
by Forster, Johann Reinhold, diarist. Michael E. Hoare, editor
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- 1982
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- Hardcover
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- 9780904180107
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A$145.49
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London: The Hakluyt Society, 1982. Hardcover. A complete as-new set, hardbounds in Hakluyt style (blue cloth boards gilt) and enclosed in the dust jackets, in very good condition. Second Series, nos. 152-155. Item Price
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Darwin and Huxley in Australia
by Marshall, A.J.
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- 1970
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- 9780340126394
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Sydney: Hodder and Stoughton, 1970. Hardcover. 142p., illustrated with period sketches reproduced sepia on glazed inserted stock, hardbound first edition in black cloth boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Faint mist of foxing to top edge, the only flaw we see to book itself, while the dust jacket margins are slightly worn, and just a touch of… Read more about this item Item Price
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Fourteen Men. Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition to Heard Island
by Scholes, Arthur
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- 1949
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A$38.29
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Melbourne: F.W. Cheshire, 1949. Hardcover. 273p., illustrated with b&w photography from the expedition, first edition hardbound pale grey cloth boards lettered in dark grey, and enclosed in the dust jacket. Endsheet map is a doublespread that shows the huge distances from Heard northwards to the Aussie mainland and southwards, to Australia's "Arctic Territory". Nobody died but it was occasionally… Read more about this item Item Price
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Desert Journeys - An Account of the Arduous Exploration of the Interior of the Continent of Australia by Rival Expeditions in 1873-4
by Rawson, Geoffrey
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- 1948
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A$33.69
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1948. Hardcover. 270p., illustrated with a half-dozen original line maps, the first edition in 8x5.5 inch red cloth boards lettered in silverfoil. Top edge tinted red, a nice production, lacking the jacket. Slightest edgewear to casing, remains bright and sound, completely clean and unmarked, a very good copy. Item Price
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![An Ethnographic Bibliography of New Guinea: Department of Anthropology and Sociology Australian National University. Volume 1, Author Index [with] Volume 2, District Index [with] Volume 3, Proper Names Index [complete set]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/326/983/1513983326.0.m.jpg)
An Ethnographic Bibliography of New Guinea: Department of Anthropology and Sociology Australian National University. Volume 1, Author Index [with] Volume 2, District Index [with] Volume 3, Proper Names Index [complete set]
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- 1968
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A$68.92
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Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1968. Paperback. ix, 318, 110, 255p., professionally printed from keyboard-set original entries, three matching softbounds in 10x8 inch pumpkin-orange wraps printed red and black. Expect light foxing to fore-edges, set is quite attractive and in very good condition : sound, clean and unmarked. Item Price
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The Pacific Ocean. Illustrated by Stephen J. Voorhies
by Riesenberg, Felix
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- 1940
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New York: Whittlesey House / McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc, 1940. Hardcover. 322p., illustrated with five b&w line maps and doublespread endsheet maps in two colors. Hardbound in sound blue buckram boards gilt and black. Front cover bears three droplet stains, else an entirely clean unmarked copy, Item Price
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Gold dish and Kava bowl
by Fraser, John A.
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- 1954
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London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1954. Hardcover. ix, 262p., decorative map endpapers, frontis., b&w photos., clipped dust jacket with short closed tear to top front cover, some foxing throughout, endpapers foxed, else very good. Jacket summary: "An Australian's own story of his search for gold and the full enjoyment of life in Australia, Fiji, and the Solomons. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Headhunters of Borneo
by Ivanoff, Pierre
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- 1958
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London :: Melbourne :: Sydney :: Johannesberg :: New York: Jarrolds, 1958. Hardcover. 100p., maps, b&w photos., original black cloth boards, some mild sunning on boards, corners lightly bumped, hint of foxing on top-edge, else in very good condition. Young Frenchmen go on an expedition winning the trust of the Dyaks by integrating into their way of life. … Read more about this item Item Price
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Headhunters of Borneo
by Ivanoff, Pierre
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- 1958
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London :: Melbourne :: Sydney :: Johannesberg :: New York: Jarrolds, 1958. Hardcover. 100p., maps, b&w photos., original black cloth boards. Very good. Price clipped dust jacket has mild shelfwear, tape-repair on head and tail of verso, else in very good condition. Young Frenchmen go on an expedition winning the trust of the Dyaks by integrating into their way… Read more about this item Item Price
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New Guinea Headhunt
by Mytenger, Caroline
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- 1946
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New York: The Macmillan Company, 1946. Hardcover. viii, 441p., illustrated with numerous vignette sketches, no fullpage plates, but the intimate prose well takes care of the reader; also, there is a doublespread line map impressed on front endsheets. Hardbound in 8.5x5.5 inch black cloth boards lettered white, very good condition albeit lacking the dust jacket. Perfectly sound and clean,… Read more about this item Item Price
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![La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo; The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) - Translated and Edited by Celsus Kelly O.F.M. With ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G.S. Parsonson. Volume I, Volume II [the pair complete]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/022/429/1512429022.0.m.jpg)
La Austrialia del Espiritu Santo; The Journal of Fray Martin de Munilla O.F.M. and other documents relating to The Voyage of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros to the South Sea (1605-1606) and the Franciscan Missionary Plan (1617-1627) - Translated and Edited by Celsus Kelly O.F.M. With ethnological introduction, appendix, and other contributions by G.S. Parsonson. Volume I, Volume II [the pair complete]
by Munilla, Fray Martin de, O.F.M., &c &c
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- 1966
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Cambridge: Published by the Hakluyt Society at the Cambridge University Press, 1966. Hardcover. xvii, 270, xv, 273-446p., matched pair in Hakluyt's signature format: blue cloth boards gilt & blind and enclosed in their dust jackets. Top edges of both volumes are dusty and foxed, and the second was printed on paperstock not fully alkaline, giving v.2 a pervasive mild… Read more about this item Item Price
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German Americana; Catalogue Two Hundred Forty-Five
by Reese, William & Co
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- 2004
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San Francisco, California, USA
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New Haven: William Reese Company, 2004. Paperback. Unpaginated, about 120 pages with 161 items, many facsimiles shown (clearly reproduced), softbound in 9x6 inch decorated white wraps. An as-new exemplar, soundly bound, perfectly clean and unmarked in any way. Both front and back covers, and the half-page facsimile at item 133 ("America Tertia Pars", 1592), feature images of cannibalism, whether… Read more about this item Item Price
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Colombo, ammiraglio del tenebroso oceano
by Bisso, Luisa, text. Flavio Bozzoili, design
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- 1991
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- Hardcover
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- 9788805052615
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Torino: Societa Editrice Internazionale, 1991. Hardcover. Unpaginated preliminaries, 106p., comix panels in color throughout the item (emphasis on character of Columbus, structure of caravels), presswork on semi-glazed alkaline paperstock hardbound in 11.5x9 inch laminated pictorial boards. Text in Italian. Endsheets provide maps of the transatlantic voyage, and of several Caribbean islands. Inscribed and signed on the titlepage by author… Read more about this item Item Price
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Henry Hudson
by Llewelyn Powys
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- 1927
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London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd, 1927. Hardcover. xiii, 213p., letterpress on laid-lined paperstock throughout, illustrations and maps (color-onlaid) as called for. Hardbound in 9x5.5 inch dark blue cloth boards titled gilt and decorated in blind, doublespread endsheet maps (two different ones, with red onlay). Untrimmed fore- and bottom-edges, a mildly edgeworn volume with one faintly-turned corner-tip, nicked… Read more about this item Item Price
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The Pylgrymage of Sir Richard Guylforde to the Holy Land, A.D. 1506. From a copy believed to be unique, from the press of Richard Pynson. Edited by Sir Henry Ellis, principal librarian of the British Museum. Printed for the Camden Society. Reprinted with the permission of the Royal Historical Society
by Guylforde, Richard. henry Ellis, editor
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- 1968
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New York: AMS Press, 1968. Hardcover. xvi, 92p., illustrated with a vignette, a coat-of-arms, and a folded genealogy. Hardbound in electric blue cloth boards gilt, a nice clean unmarked copy, really as new, perfectly sound &c. AMS series no. I, 51. Item Price
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