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Dunedin, New Zealand: Foreign Missions Committee PCNZ, 1918. History of the Presbyterian missionary to the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) which included Tonga. Written to mark 50 years of Missionary work in the islands.CONDITION Brown card wraps with Black titles, Pp 195 v with numerous half tone photo illus of islanders and missionaries, 5 maps and some tradional musical scores. Copy is nice and bright, crease at spine and bottom front otherwise very bright and clean.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Australia: Angus & Robertson, 1944. Blue bds with silver title, pp vii 224 with 18 illus plates, bright and crisp copy, 2 cnrs slightly bumped, name inside front.. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Souvenir Press, 1958. Written by a BBC journalist. Exploration of the Malayan hinterland searching for the fabulous lost city of Chini, canoeing through terrorists guns down the Sungei Neggiri, lone expedition to Malayas most inaccessible lake looking for prehistoric monsters, recording miracles of Malayan Magicians, dangerous expedition to the upper reaches of the Teram where no one had returned alive to this date. CONDITION Green bds are unworn with slight toning to spine head, 195 pages with b/w photo plates and a map. Crisp copy with toning and foxed eps and edges, name to ffep. DJ is chipped with some tape reinforcing, loss to spine head. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Souvenir Press, 1959. Adventures not for the faint hearted. Green bds with bright Gilt title (fresh and unworn, sl indent top front edge) pp 175 with 30 b/w photo illustrations, bright and clean, not inscribed. Original illustrated wrapper has mild edge wear at top and spine ends, not price clipped.. First English. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Geoffrey Bles, 1946. Yellow bds with Black title (fresh and unworn, cnrs sl. bruised) photo eps of caravanserai to front, and mountain vista to rear, pp 175 with 91 illus incl maps, photo's etc. tight and clean with bright text block, not inscribed. Original Orange wrapper is fresh with piece missing from head of spine, price clipped.. Reprint. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Austalia: Angus & Robertson, 1987. Black bds with crisp White title (fresh and unworn) pp 257 nice tight copy, not inscribed, edge browning to pages. Original DJ not price clipped or worn.. Re-Issue. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York, U.S.A.: The Macmillan Company , 1947. Author and artist in 1926 she traveled to the Solomon Islands and Papua-New Guinea with her friend. CONDITION Black bds, map to front ep, pp x 441 with wood block illus and photo plates. Copy is mostly bright with odd mark and slight foxing to ends. Has paper tape reinforcing to hinges though no gutter split apparently just a precaution. . 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Victor Gollancz, 1954. Red bds with crisp gilt spine title, not bumped or worn, gift inscription to ffep, pp 352 tight with clean interior, foxed to ends and edges, original wrapper has tanned spine with chips to extremities, else fresh.. First British. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland University Press, 1977. Omai met Samuel Wallis in 1767 and Captain James Cook in 1769 in Tahiti.[1] In August 1773 he embarked from Huahine on the British ship HMS Adventure , commanded by Tobias Furneaux becoming the second Pacific Islander to visit Europe, after Ahu-toru who was brought to Paris by Bougainville in 1768. CONDITION Red bds (unworn) personal inscription from the Author to dedication page, xviii, 364pp, tipped-in colour plates, B/W plates, drawings, maps. DJ has mild fading to spine and faintest wear to spine ends and tips. Overweight. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: Reed, 2002. Originally published in 1938. Records a trip to the Southern Lakes and Fiordland. pp 84 with 23 b/w photo illus by the Author. #New Zealand History#. Re-Issue. Soft Cover. New/N/A. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Auckland, New Zealand: David Bateman, 2018. Large format softcover, 288 pages with over 400 illus. Unread only fault is short tear at top front spine of DJ. OVERSIZED. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: The Colonial Printing and Publishing Company , 1886. Author was a West Coast goldminer, journalist & politician. Scarce item has had illustration plates removed. CONDITION Brown illustrated cloth bds with gilt titling and detail. Gilt to all edges, green decorated eps. Cloth has wear to edges with minor loss, light damp mottling to leading edge of both bds tape on spine to hold fray at rear, name in pencil to front ep, internally bright and crisp with odd small mark internally. OVERSIZED. 2nd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/N/A. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London, United Kingdom: T Fisher Unwin , 1899. George Lewis Becke (1848-1913) was an Australian short-story writer and novelist. In 1869, Becke travelled to San Francisco with his brother Vernon and was away for nineteen months. At 16 years of age, Becke was a stowaway on a ship bound for Samoa. In Apia he took a job as a book-keeper. When Becke was 18, he met William "Bully" Hayes who later became a central character in Becke's writings. After being shipwrecked in 1874, Becke was later arrested for piracy, but was acquitted in Brisbane. Becke was in the Ellice Islands by April 1880 working as a trader. In February 1881 he opened his own store in Nukufetau, later in 1881 a shipwreck caused him to lose all he had; for the next few years worked in New Britain and at Majuro. The twenty-two seafaring stories in this collection are set in Australia, Polynesia, and other South Sea islands. CONDITION Colonial Library Edition, which were printed first to be able to distributed in time for… Leer más

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1929. Not Dated [1929 BL] Daily Mail Journalist who visited Kashmir via Punjab has narrated his experiences about the roads and transportation system of the times. Taking photos along the way of the route and the surroundings also gives useful information about the geography as it was. With photographs by the author and Randolph Holmes. CONDITION Yellow cloth with bright gilt title (unworn) pp x 160 with 21 photo plates. Bright and crisp as new internally apart from name to first blank. Original DJ is present but due to brittle paper type is in two pieces with loss to lower half of rear o/w clean. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: A M Philpot , 1924. Includes Early Days in Sind; Guide-Book to Mecca; A Trip to Harar; Notes on Scalping; A Day Amongst the Fans; Notes on the Dahoman; Chapters from Travels; Notes on Rome; Spiritualism in Eastern Lands; and Giovanni Battista Belzoni. CONDITION Red verticle ribbed cloth with crisp gilt title (clean and unworn) 240 pages. Untrimmed edges, copy is very bright and crisp with atmospheric spotting to pages at ends.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Jonathan Cape, 1937. Grenville (1542 - 1591), was lord of the manors in Cornwall and Devon, a soldier, sailor, colonizer, and explorer. He took part in the early English attempts to settle the New World, and also participated in the fight against the Spanish Armada. CONDITION Claret coloured cloth with bright gilt title and crest (cnrs a little curved otherwise clean and unworn) publishers burgundy stain top edge of pages, PP 363 with 8 illus plates and a fold out map of the battle of Flores. Early depictions of American Indians. Copy is very bright and crisp with light spotting at ends and pages opposing plates due to differing paper types. Tidy name to first blank and half title. DJ has tears at spine ends and tips, toned though not price clipped. Overweight. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: George Allen & Unwin, 1958. Details of all the expected explorations in detail. Terracotta bds with crisp silver title, not worn one cnr sl. bumped, red pub stain to top edge, map eps, pp 183 with 15 ilus, edges lightly foxed, tight and clean, original wrapper has foxing to rear and sl. wear to top edge.#Australian History#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, United Kingdom: Horace Marshall, 1898. Story of the Empire Series. Ex YMCA library has YMCA hours and service pasted to rear bd and rules pasted to front paste down, remnant of lending slip to ffep, stamp and number to tp plus 4 stamps throughout. Red bds with bright Gilt titles (mostly fresh with spine and edge darkening, not bumped or worn) pp 175 with vignettes and one map (tight with some foxing mostly at ends) A nice copy.. First Edition. Buckram. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Ex-Library.

Auckland, New Zealand: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1926. Not Dated (1926 BL) Covers early exploration of Balboa, Cortez, Pizarro, Dampier, D'Urville, Tasman, Cook etc. CONDITION Green cloth over heavy card decorated with Sailing ships, Blck titles (nice and clean) 144 pages with 17 illus plates and 3 maps (tight and mostly clean with some edge browning and odd finger mark to pages). Edition Unstated. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Ure Smith, 1966. Burgundy bds with crisp gilt title, very fresh with sl bump to one cnr. Caramel eps, pp 271 with 8 illus, very fresh in unread state, fresh dj with chip to head of spine and rubbed to two cnrs. An excellent copy.#Australian History#. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.