The Sky Travellers - Journeys In New Guinea 1938 - 1939

Melbourne University Press, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Robert Gibbings.

Melbourne; Miegunyah Press; 1998.. First Edition; Med. 8vo; pp.292; 50 b/w illustrations; 7 maps, including a fold-out, list of Patrol camps, notes, sources, name index, general index; original boards, dustjacket; a fine copy. Stories of patrols in 1938/1939 with Native Constables and Patrol Officers descending from the sky in planes placed by natives as supernatural beings, perhaps they were… Read more about this item

Melbourne University Press / The Miegunyah press m, 1998. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Reprint. 180mm x 255mm. Jacket has light wear and no tears. Book very clean. Binding tight. 292pp.

Carlton South: The Miegunyah Press/Melbourne University Press, 1998. Foreword by Sir Rabbie L Namaliu. xx, 292pp, b/w illustrations, maps (one folding), glossary, index. Papered boards in jacket. Light edge wear to jacket. The story of a journey of exploration, 3,000 km by foot, from March 1938 to June 1939, through the mountains of the western highlands of Papua New Guinea.… Read more about this item

Carlton South. Melbourne Uni Press., 1998.. (2nd imp) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 292pp. b/w plates & maps + a fold-out map. Very good copy. Between March of 1938 & June 1939 the Hagen-Sepick Patrol was Australia's last great exploring expedition to the western highlands of Papua New Guinea. A treck of some 3,000km through formidable terrain

Melbourne: Melbourne U. P., 1998. reprint. Nice copy. octavo. hardback with dust jacket xx + 292pp., b/w plates, maps, fldg. maps, sources, indexes, Miegunyah Press series. Stories of patrols with Native Constables and Patrol Officers. Brian HillÕs copy with his ownership stamp

Paperback / softback. New. The extraordinary story of the world's last major exploration and experience of first-contact-a 1938-39 Australian expedition of three thousand kilometres by foot, through the mountainous western highlands of Papua New Guinea.The pale skin of the strangers suggested that they were spirits-sky people. How should they be treated? Local people repeatedly asked 'Why have you… Read more about this item

Melbourne Univ Pr, 1999. Hardcover. New. 292 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.25 inches.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.