Ocean of Islands. Pp. [x]+176, hand-tipped coloured frontispiece, 40 black & white plates, text illustrations and maps, title page printed in red & black; cr. 4to; maroon cloth over bevelled boards, spine lettered in gilt and decorated in blind; Seward, Melbourne, n.d. [c.l950]. First edition. *Chapters on art, literature, missionaries..... More
Margaret Cargill of Fiji. Pp. 174, bibliography, index; dust wrapper; Dennis Dobson, London, 1976. First edition. *Biography of the Wesleyan Methodist missionary. More
Pp. [x]+132+[2](colophon, blank); boards a trifle sprung, tiny faded strip at foot of spine; dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, the edges chipped and split, with small tape repair on reverse; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, endpapers lightly offset; The Book Depot, Melbourne, 1947. First edition. *With loosely..... More
The centenary history of the Victorian Branch of the Church Missionary Society, 1892-1992. Pp. 176, text illustrations, index; pictorial stiff paper wrappers; Keith Cole Publications, Bendigo, 1992. First edition. More
With supplementary papers from the correspondence of the missionaries. Edited by C. W. Newbury. Pp. liv+392, folding frontispiece plus 8 plates, text illustrations, 4 folding maps (1 in pocket at end), folding chart, appendices, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered and decorated in gilt and ruled in blind, the top..... More
Pp. [x]+242(last blank), select bibliography, index; boards a trifle marked; dust wrapper, backstrip faintly discoloured; text block slightly browned, a little light foxing and occasional slight soiling; Minerva, Calcutta,1992. First edition. More
A History of the Melanesian Mission, l849-l942. Pp. xvi+342, frontispiece portrait, text illustrations (some full page), 3 full page maps, biographical notes, bibliography, index; head of spine and top edge of boards faded, the bottom fore-corners a trifle bruised; dust wrapper; University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, 1978. First edition..... More
Early missionaries in the South Seas. Pp. [xiv]+230, numerous text illustrations (some full page), endpaper map, bibliography, index; bottom edges of boards a trifle faded; dust wrapper; A. H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1972. First edition. 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
Missionary Visit to Various Stations in the South Seas, in the year MDCCCXLVII. With an appendix containing notices of the political constitution, population, productions, manners, customs, and mythology of the people, and of the state of religion among them. Edited by the Rev. Elijah Hoole. Pp. [iv]+304(last blank), 6 plates..... More
Five issues: 1882, 1884, 1885, 1886 and 1888. Various pagination (from 46-64 pages), totalling just under 300 pages including wrappers, occasional decorations, double page map at centre of three issues (1884, 1885 & 1888), each issue ending with A Prayer for the Melanesian Mission; demy 8vo; self-wrappers, the first three..... More
A record of fifty years' mission work in the south seas; written after a personal visitation made by request of the Right Rev. John Selwyn, D.D., late Bishop of Melanesia. Pp. xiv+256+16(publisher's catalogue), frontispiece portrait with tissue guard, plus 14 plates, full page map, patterned endpapers, appendix, index; gilt lettered..... More
A study of the significance of the ecumenical missionary struggle of William Paton (1886-1943). Foreword by David M. Paton. Pp. 410(last blank), frontispiece portrait, notes, bibliographies, appendices, roy. 8vo; spine and edges of boards slightly faded, a couple of tiny bumps to bottom edge of upper board, the top fore-corner..... More
Translated and edited by J. H. Arrowsmith-Brown and annotated by Richard Pankhurst. Pp. xxviii+546, frontispiece, 4 full page maps, appendices, bibliography, index; demy 8vo; blue cloth, lettered & decorated in gilt and ruled in blind; dust wrapper, a trifle soiled and scuffed; top edges of leaves lightly foxed; The Hakluyt..... More
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 lower wrapper, which is also slightly soiled;..... More
Pp. 124, frontispiece portrait plus 8 plates, appendices; qr. beige cloth, spine lettered in black, cream printed papered boards, lightly foxed and soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; name in ink at head of upper free endpaper, the free endpapers offset, upper hinge starting, a little light foxing; The Council of..... More
With An Account of his Gospel Labours in the Islands of the Pacific. Pp. 250; f'cap. 8vo; black cloth, the spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards decorated in blind, lightly rubbed; tiny chip to upper hinge, bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, a little light foxing; Association of..... More
William Floyd Inaugural Memorial Lecture, given in Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral Suva, Fiji, on August 28, 1970. Pp. 64(last blank), text illustrations, erratum slip tipped-in before p. 57, appendix; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and rubbed, with light damp stain to top edge of lower wrapper; Australian Board..... More
with remarks upon the natural history of the islands, origin, languages, traditions, and usages of the inhabitants. Illustrated with engravings on wood, by G. Baxter. Pp. [ii]+526(last blank), title page vignette, 5 plates, 20 text illustrations (a couple full page), folding map; dark brown cloth, decorated in blind, neatly rebacked..... More