Pp. xxviii+372, frontispiece portrait plus 7 plates, folding map, index; med. 8vo; gilt lettered navy cloth, lightly worn; fore and bottom edges uncut; later (but not recent) endpapers?; hinges starting, small inked annotation and bookseller's sticker on verso of upper free endpaper, inked signature on recto of frontispiece, scattered light..... More
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, boards a trifle marked; a little light foxing; Seward, Melbourne, n.d.[c..... 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
Edited, with an Introduction and annotations by Albert J. Schutz. Pp. xvi+256, frontispiece portrait, 3 full page maps, index; spine extremities slightly bruised; dust wrapper; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown; The Australian National University, Canberra, 1977. Pacific History Series No. 10. *Letters and diaries of the first Wesleyan..... 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
Introduction by W. H. Fitchett. One volume - five parts: scientific, sociological, historical, missionary, general. Pp. xii+782(last colophon), bibliography, index; thick med. 8vo; rebound in red buckram, spine lettered in gilt, corners a trifle rubbed; t.e.g.; later endpapers; bookseller's sticker at foot of upper pastedown, scattered light foxing and soiling;..... More
The life of Ta'unga. Pp. [x]+38 (last colophon), text illustrations and maps; small f'cap. 4to; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, lightly worn, fore-corners slightly creased; occasional faint soiling; Lotu Pasifika Productions, Suva, Fiji, n.d.[1974?]. First edition. *The first in a planned series of Pacific biographies and historical books; the story of..... 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. vi+216, frontispiece portrait; boards a trifle marked, the spine cloth faintly faded; dust wrapper, slightly soiled, edges lightly chipped; a little light foxing; n.p., Sydney, 1947. *Biography of the Reverend Stanley Drummond, of the Methodist Far West Mission in Inland Australia. 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
Reprinted from The Queensland Geographical Journal, Volume 50, no. 1, 1946-1947. Pp. [8](last blank), 3 text illustrations; self wrappers, stapled, slightly soiled and creased, with small ink stain and a couple of light damp spots on first page, faint remains of postmark and stamp on the last page; printed by..... More
Pp. [ii]+iv+428(last advertisement); handsomely rebound in dark brown calf, the spine decorated in gilt between raised bands, with gilt lettered red leather title label, the boards featuring a central black rectangular panel with corner ornaments; later endpapers; early inked inscriptions (one dated 1788) on the two preliminary blanks and at..... 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
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
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. 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