Pp. xviii+246(last blank), text illustrations (several full page), 8 maps, tables, appendices, bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; tan cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Army History Unit, Department of Defence, Canberra, 2002. First edition. fs22 *Signed by the author on the title page. fs24 'Of the Australian Army's citizen..... More
![WAR IN NEW GUINEA: official war photographs of the battle for Australia [cover title]. Australian...](/pictures/thumb/153333.jpg?v=1614756881)
Pp. [48], illustrated with photographs by George Silk, with brief text; small demy 4to; pictorial paper wrappers, stapled (staples rusted), name stamp on upper wrapper, edges lightly rubbed and creased, loose at lower staple, backstrip fold worn and slightly chipped; F. H. Johnston Publishing Company, Sydney, n.d.[c. 1943]. *From the..... More
A broken run of 478 issues, including the first and last (Volume 1, No. 1, November 19, 1942 and Volume 4, No. 230, June 30, 1946), most of the issues bound (not always in numerical order) in three volumes, plus over 50 loose issues (mostly from Volume 3, 1945). Regular..... More
Broadside calendar, headed 'With the Compliments of Guinea Gold' above a photographic view of 'Moresby Harbour in Peace Time'; demy 4to; lightly creased, inscribed in ink above title 'Good Luck Mum & Dad - Love Gordon; mounted, glazed and framed; [Port Moresby], 1944. *Guinea Gold was the official newspaper of..... More
The Story of the 39th Battalion 1941-1943. Pp. xviii+268(last blank), 12 plates, full page maps and plans, appendices, index; dust wrapper; date stamp (25 Mar 1988) on upper free endpaper; Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1988. First edition. *The 39th Australian Infantry Battalion was formed in late 1941, and existed as..... More
H. M. S. Rattlesnake's Australia-New Guinea cruise, l846 to l850. Pp. xii+112, long multi-folding coloured plate at end, black & white frontispiece and 20 plates, 2 text maps (one full page), plus upper endpaper map, bibliography, index; green cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt; dust wrapper, slightly foxed, edges lightly..... More
Pp. 208, 12 plates, 2 text maps, plus text illustrations; corners of boards a trifle bruised; dust wrapper, corners lightly worn; Joseph, 1965. First edition. *Biography of missionary, the Rev. Herbert Alfred Brown, whose parish was set in 3,000 square miles of Stone Age New Guinea. More
Movements of Migration Within and Through Melanesia. Pp. [vi]+182(last blank), 9 charts (3 coloured, 7 folding, a couple with multiple images), index; roy. 8vo; dark green buckram, spine lettered in gilt, slightly marked; hinges reinforced with cloth tape, paper repair to central fold of penultimate chart, a little light foxing..... More
Translated from the French by J. F. Bernard. Pp. 304(last colophon), illustrated throughout in colour and black & white (several double page), maps (2 double page), appendices, glossary, bibliography; super roy. 8vo; tiny bump to bottom edge of upper board; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed and split; bookseller's..... More
Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age. Introduction by Margaret Mead. Pp. 186(last colophon), 16 coloured plates and numerous black & white illustrations (several full or double page) within pagination, index; cream cloth, lettered and decorated in dark green, the upper board a trifle foxed; dust wrapper, a...... More
Pp. 224, 34 plates within pagination, endpaper map, bibliography, index; black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, lower edges a trifle shelf worn; dust wrapper; Methuen Australia, Sydney, 1981. First edition. *The war in New Guinea. More
A memoir of the war against Japan 1943-45. Pp. [viii]+120(last blank), 8 plates, 2 maps, appendices, bibliography, index; stiff paper wrappers; Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 2001. *An account of the author's experiences in WWII in New Guinea serving with the RAAMC and later the 2/13th Battalion 20th Infantry Brigade. More
The romantic story of the New Guinea Goldfields. Pp. x+286(last colophon)+26(publisher's catalogue with index, dated 7.2.33), frontispiece plus 16 plates, full page facsimile, upper endpaper maps, glossary; cr. 8vo; orange cloth, lettered and ruled in black, slightly soiled, the boards a trifle canted, edges lightly rubbed; lower hinge starting, a...... More
Pp. xxii+412(last blank), frontispiece, text maps (several full page), bibliography, index; narrow impl. 8vo; small indentation near centre of spine; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed, edges and backstrip lightly rubbed and split; frontispiece slightly damp stained, a little light foxing and browning; Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1969. First edition. *'The history of..... More
Being a memoir of the Rev. Copland King, M.A., Th.Soc. Foreword by John S. Needham. Pp. 43, 11 plates, 3 full page illustrations, full page map, appendix; f'cap. 8vo; pictorial yellow paper wrappers, stapled, lettered and decorated in black, faintly soiled, with brief inked inscription (dated 1934), at head of..... More
Legends and traditions of Papua New Guinea. Paintings and text by Glenys Kohnke. Pp. xii+112(last blank), illustrated in colour and black & white, endpaper map; demy 4to; dust wrapper, edges a trifle rubbed; Robert Brown and Associates/Jacaranda Press, Milton, Queensland, 1973. First Australian edition. More
The campaign that halted the Japanese invasion of Australia. Maps drawn by Arthur S. Hardyman. Pp. xvi+222, 12 plates, text maps (one double page), documentation, index; med. 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, backstrip sunned, edges a trifle browned; edges of leaves of slightly browned; David &..... More
Foreword by Major-General R.W. Stephens. Pp. xvi+418, text illustrations including maps (some full page), bibliographical note, glossary, basic military map symbols, index; cr. 4to; pictorial laminated papered boards; The National Historical Society, Harrisburg PA, 1993. Special commemorative edition. United States Army in World War II. The War in the Pacific..... More
Pp. [ii]+30, illustrated; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed; name in ink at head of title page;Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1962. First edition. Great Australians series. More
Pp. [viii]+232; price-clipped dust wrapper, edges lightly worn; leaves lightly browned; The Leskand Press, Sydney, 1967. First edition. *Novel based on the story of the Cargo Cult in New Guinea; awarded second prize in the Adelaide festival Novel Competition for 1964. More
The journal of Michael Clark Rockefeller. With his ethnographic notes and photographs made among the Asmat people during two expeditions in 1961. Documented by a pictorial and descriptive catalogue of the objects he collected. Edited with an introduction by Adrian A. Gerbrands. Pp. 350(last blank), illustrated throughout in colour and..... More
The Story of the New Guinea Martyrs. With a foreword by the Most Reverend the Lord Archbishop of Brisbane, Primate of Australia [Philip N. W. Strong, formerly Bishop of New Guinea]. Pp. [16], text illustrations, full page map; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, stapled, edges a trifle rubbed, inked annotations to..... More
Pp. x+252(last blank), frontispiece map, endpaper map printed in brown & black; post 8vo; green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, the spine a trifle bruised at extremities; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and split, with a few small chips or tears; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper..... More
The postal and telecommunication services of Papua New Guinea. Pp. [iv]+viii+288(last blank), 23 plates (one double page), endpaper graph, appendices, tables, bibliography; med. 8vo; grey papered boards, spine lettered in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung; dust wrapper, small indentation near bottom edge of back panel; Oxford University Press, Melbourne..... More
A History of the 1942 Campaign in Papua. Pp. 192, text illustrations, 20 maps (1 full page), chapter endnotes, appendix, bibliography, index; narrow cr. 4to; upper board a trifle marked; dust wrapper; Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae, 2000. First edition. *The first published detailed description of the campaign at Kokoda and..... More