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Bathurst: New Guinea. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. 0909197202 . With 961 illustrations, 177 in colour, A fine copy in fine dustjacket. AIDA is the first full photographic account of a single cultural group in Papua New Guinea - the Gogodala. They number approximately 10,000 and live as lagoon dwellers along the floodplain of the Aramia River north of the Fly River Delta. Papua New Guinea retains very few old pieces of Gogodala art. It is a tragedy that during the early part of this century so little was recorded, so much allowed to vanish and so few incentives given to maintain such a rich art form - perhaps the most decorative of the Papuan Gulf region. The effect of outside influences resulted in much of the Gogodala's artistic creations being destroyed in a series of bonfires, which, followed by the acceptance of a new gospel, brought to an end the religious ceremonies of their ancestors. Today, however, the Gogodala have regained confidence in… Read More

Melbourne: Macmillan and Co. In Assoc. With Melb. University Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. First Edition. Hard Cover. Pacific Relations Series, No. 2. [viii], 149 pages, original brown cloth, endpapers lightly browned.; 190 x 125mm .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1969. First Edition. Hard Cover. xxii, 485pgs, 9 colour plates, 32 black and white plates, 22 maps, 50 illustrations in the text, 2 appendices, bibliography, index, endpaper maps, orig. green cloth, title on spine, previous owners stamp on front endpaper & title page; 245 x 165mm .

Sydney: Sacred Heart Monastery. Good. 1922. Second Edition. Hard Cover. 256pp; illusts, pages browned, small piece missing top front free endpaper.; 185 x 120mm .

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hard Cover. x, 612pgs, 5 colour plates, 76 illustrations, double page map, additional 16 page index of scientific & popular names loosely inserted at rear, original dark blue cloth with new title label on spine replicating the original title lettering.; 245 x 170mm .

Madang: Kristen Press. Near Fine. 1991. First Edition. Paperback. 9980741570 . With 8 colour plates and text figures, a very good copy, This book is light, and postage will be reduced for shipment within Australia. ; 235 x 160mm; 138 pages .

London: George Allen and Unwin. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1966. First Edition. Hard Cover. xvii, 266pp; 20 b/w photographic illusts, 2 maps. Dark green boards a tad soiled bottom left front, price clipped d/w chipped, in protective wrapper. An autobiographical account of two years spent in the Central Highlands of New Guinea. ; 220 x 140mm .

Coffee Industry Board. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1978. Decorative Cloth. 324pp; 30 b/w colour photographic plates. D/w chipped at top and base of spine. Usual ex-library markings.; Ex-Library; 270 x 205pp .

University of California. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1976. First Edition. Hard Cover. 0520028600 . un-read book with usual ex -lib stamps & sticker, 376pgs, maps, illusts; foreword by Margaret Mead.; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall .

London,: Pickering & Inglis. Fair. Bright Biographies. Cloth. A Bright biographies editon, 191 pgs, 5 illust;. James Chalmers was a missionary in New Guinea during the 1880's.; 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall .

Adelaide: Rigby. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. 240pp; illustrations, endpapers a tad chipped.; 215 x 140mm .

Melb & London: Chesire. Very Good. 1949. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. xiii, 159pp; 33 b/w illusts, map. Orange boards with tiltle & dec in black a ad dirty, top 2cm spine chipped.; 185 x 120mm .

Melb: F. W. Cheshire. 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. 225pp; frontis, endpaper maps, previous owner's book plate to verso front endpaper, otherwise Very good copy in very good dustjacket; 240 x 155mm .

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1963. First Edition. Hard Cover. 296pp; numerous b/w photographic illusts, foldout map. Black spine, tan boards, bottom corners bumped, top/bottom edges flecked, endpaper maps, contents very good, d/w a little chipped with two small closed tears.; 240 x 160mm .

Collins in Association with Unesco. Very Good. 1968. Soft Cover. 32pp; illusts. Fontana Unesco Art Books.; 165 x 110mm .

Melb: Melbourne Publishing Company. Good with no dust jacket. 1919. Hard Cover. 247pp; illustrations, blue boards a tad spotty, previous owner's name to front endpaper.; 185 x 125mm .

London: Arthur Barker. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1953. First Edition. Hard Cover. 159 pages, many illustrations, maps on endpapers.; 220 x 140mm .

Canberra: Australian National University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Australian Edition. Hard Cover. xix, 224pp; illusts, maps, usual library markings; Ex-Library; 240 x 160mm .

Melbourne: Oxford University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1970. First Edition. Hard Cover. xvi, 255 pgs.; 220 x 140mm .

Robert Brown/Jacaranda Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1973. First Edition. Hard Cover. xii, 110pp; usual library markings. ; Ex-Library; 280 x 215mm .