Resultados de búsqueda: New Guinea from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Langate, South Yarra, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Fair. Signed by Author. 800 g; "Adversity in Success. Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's Diaries 1939-1948." 330pp., 32 pages of black and white photographs. Pocket fixed onto rear paste down includes erratum to index and map. Limited edition of 3000 copies, this signed and numbered by author no 622. Hewitt commanded an operational group in the South West Pacific during WWII. Based on the contents of letters the author wrote to and received from his wife and on daily entries in his diaries, this book provides an authentic description of the operations of the war time RAAF. This copy also benefits from an inscription by Air Vice Marshal Hewitt on the dedication page, where he gifts this book to his housekeeper "a lady and as excellent a housekeeper as I could wish to have in my old age of 80+" the dustwrapper has no damage aside from the clear plastic that a previous owner carelessly stuck to… Leer más

Langate, South Yarra, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Signed by Author. Adversity in Success. Extracts from Air Vice Marshal Hewitt's Diaries 1939-1948." 800 g; 330pp., 32 pages of black and white photographs. Pocket fixed onto rear paste down includes erratum to index and map. Limited edition of 3000 copies, this signed and numbered by author no 2814. Hewitt commanded an operational group in the South West Pacific during WWII. Based on the contents of letters the author wrote to and received from his wife and on daily entries in his diaries, this book provides an authentic description of the operations of the war time RAAF. This copy also benefits from an inscription by Air Vice Marshal Hewitt on the dedication page, to the recipient, along with the death notice from the local paper of the air Marshal in November 1985 literally a month after signing this book.. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author has signed the… Leer más

Langate, South Yarra, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 800 g; 330pp., 32 pages of black and white photographs. Pocket fixed onto rear paste down includes erratum to index and map. Limited edition of 3000 copies, this signed and numbered by author no 2805. Hewitt commanded an operational group in the South West Pacific during WWII. Based on the contents of letters the author wrote to and received from his wife and on daily entries in his diaries, this book provides an authentic description of the operations of the war time RAAF. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Papua and New Guinea; Military; New Guinea; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0959462201. ISBN/EAN: 9780959462203. Inventory No: 0223894. . 9780959462203

Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. XII, 113pp., bibliography, index. Black and white frontispiece showing the figurehead from the 'Rattlesnake', and the text is illustrated with black and white reproductions of contemporary illustrations and maps. In the back there is a fold out with a reproduction of Oswald Brierly illustration ' H. M. S. Rattlesnake in Evans Bay, Cape York 1849', in colour. Illustrated front endpaper with a reproduction of Cape York and Albany Island has drawn by Capt Owen Stanley, 1818. Green coloured boards with gilt embossed logo of the 'Rattlesnake' on the front cover, and gilt writing on the spine. Slight rubbing of the corners has occurred, and there are some dust marks to the top edge of the book. Illustrated dustwrapper showing Dunk Island, off the Great Barrier Reef, sketched by Oswald Brierley. Some slight rubbing to all 4 corners, and a little bit of… Leer más

Current Book Distributors, Sydney, 1966. First Edition. Illustrated Card. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. 48 pages, map on the inside front cover, four pages of black-and-white photographs, original stapled illustrated stiffened card wrapper showing a price of $.25. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Papua and New Guinea; New Guinea; Australia; Inventory No: 0207235. .

F. W. Cheshire, Melbourne, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 251 pp., endpaper maps, one other two page map/diagram. The back panel of the bookis chipped, and is missing a small piece approximately 2 cm by 2 mm. This is a superb tale of adventure in the mountainous interior of New Guinea, and an important statement of the impact of Western civilisation upon primitive life. Fundamentally, it is the story of four men who, with carriers and police, walk the mountains of New Guinea, seeking the last of the wild tribes to bring them the white man's government. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; New Guinea; Inventory No: 0203393. .

Blanford Press, Poole, Dorset, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. foreword by John Callander -- Chief Education Officer, Commonwealth Institute, introduction by author, bibliography and photographic acknowledgements. Red coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black and white reproductions of students' art along with black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated / photographic dustwrapper, with black coloured background and white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. In 1976 the author was teaching at High School in a remote Chimbu Province of Papua New Guinea and she gave her students, some felt tip pens and said " draw something ". This book documents remarkable results of this request. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Dust marks to the top paper edge. A few handling marks to the book particularly… Leer más

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Poor. Illustrator: Claire Simpson. 600 g; 248 pages, with decorated end pages, and gilt decorated front board. Colour illustrated photographic dustwrapper. The dust jacket is now in 3 parts, with some loss. Now protected. The book itself shows no signs of damage, aside from age darkening of the edges of the text block. . These are vivid studies of Melanesia, present fact systematic as fiction, true stories as beguiling as romance. Previous owner's name stamp on the front paste down, and on the title page Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Claire Simpson. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Anthropology; Anthropology; New Guinea; Melanesia; Indigenous Cultures. Inventory No: 0271980. .

S.W. Partridge & Co. Ltd, London, No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Etchings. IV, 176 pages, another 32 pages of following with S.W. Partridge & Co.'s Catalogue of Popular Illustrated Books, preface by author. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece of the Rev. James Chalmers. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white etchings of people, places, buildings and other interesting bits and pieces of the Rev. Chalmers sojourn in New Guinea and Rarotonga. Brown coloured boards with etching of the Rev. Chalmers with gilt decoration around portrait and then gilt and black decorations to either side and beneath the portrait. Gilt and black decorations to the edge of the front board with gilt embossed title to the top front board edge along with black titles underneath the gilt titling. Illustrated back strip being a floral design, with a gilt insert to the top edge of the back strip and within that insert brown titles. Bumping and… Leer más

Pacific Publications, Sydney, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Poor Condition. 650 g; 256pp., index, maps and credits. Illustrated endpapers, showing the main Islands within the Pacific region. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs from the various Pacific Islands. White coloured boards with ochre coloured illustration on the front panel, running the full lenght of the panel, and ochre coloured writing on the spine. There is a foxing to the top edge of the text block. Previous bookseller's sticker at the lower right-hand side of the front paste down. The dustjacket, which is now protected, has water damage to the left-hand edge of the rear panel, and several short tears. The front fold over flap has almost separated from the rest of the jacket. Now protected. In this book, the author has written, not for editors and publishers, but to please herself. Many observations and conclusions, some probably long suppressed, are set out here in a way… Leer más