Canberra. National Library of Australia, 1998. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 246pp, glossary, index, inscribed by the editor on titlepage, a very good paperback copy. Life in New Guinea during the 1920s and early 1930s as seen through the eyes of keen photographer Sarah Chinnery. Sarah Chinnery was a...... More
Claremont. Dame Rachel Cleland. 1996. First Edition. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 406pp, notes, glossary, index, prior owner's name and author inscription preliminary leaves, spine sunned, a good paperback copy. An entertaining insight into the life and times of women in developing territory on Australia's doorstep. When..... More
New York. Viking. 1987. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, vii + 317pp, bibliography, notes, prior owner's name front paste down, endpapers a little foxed,good hardback copy in worn dustjacket. 24.3 x 19cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176957. More
South Pacific Magazine. Black and white and colour photographic illustrations, 82pp, glossary, endpapers a little browned, paperback covers lightly shelfworn, spine faded, a sound secondhand copy. 28.4 x 21cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176962. More
Great Britain. The Oxford Illustrated Press. 1983. First Edition. Endpaper maps, colour photographic illustrations, 255pp, glossary, dustjacket, extremities worn, prior owner's label front free endpapers, still a sound secondhand hardback copy. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176969. More
Port Moresby. Robert Brown & Assoc. 1973. Endpaper charts, illustrated in colour with paintings by author, xii + 110pp, neat name prior owner front free endpaper, lower cover little marked, dustjacket sunned and worn with small closed tear upper cover, otherwise a good copy, small quarto. When referring to this..... More
Melbourne. F.W. Cheshire. 1944. Black and white photographic illustrations, 108pp, pages browned throughout, still a sound copy in maroon boards and with the original dustwrapper - a few chips to folds & corners, but generally very good. Presentation inscription on the front free endpaper, dated 1948. An overview of the..... More
New York. Holt & Co., 1997. 1st American edition. Map, 258pp, damage to primary leaves, still a very good paperback copy. Account of the search to find the Liawep people. Banned from visiting the area by the PNG government the author assembled his own team and went ahead anyway. When..... More
Melbourne. Oxford University Press, 1977. Maps, xix + 213pp, notes, bibliography, index, stamp, name and other details prior owner partially obliterated with correction fluid front free endpaper, other wise a good copy in little worn and creased dustjacket. A study of the social and intellectual system of the Karkar Islanders..... More
Sydney. Australian Broadcasting Commission. 1982. First Edition. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, 224pp, index, prior owner's name and label preliminary leaves, paperback covers worn, spine sunned, a sound secondhand copy. 26 x 20.5cm. Based on the very popular ABC radio series this book traces the history of Australians involvement..... More
Port Moresby. University of Papua New Guinea Press. 1974. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, ix + 250pp, signature prior owner half title, wrappers worn, creased and marked, tape binding on spine torn, tall quarto, still a sound copy. Reports on fieldwork in the Eastern and Southern Highlands, and presents..... More
New Haven. Yale University Press. 1967. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 501pp, appendices, bibliographies, index, gilt writing on spine and upper cover, a good copy in little marked cloth covered boards. "A study of the Tsembaga Maring people in the Central Highlands of New Guinea. Taking them..... More
Sydney. Millenium Books. 1996. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxiv + 311pp, glossary, bibliography, index, spine creased, slightly worn cover, prior owner's name and date written preliminary leaves, a sound paperback copy. Covers the experiences of a diversity of women - nurses, goldminers, missionaries, planters, company and government wives..... More
Canberra: Australian National University Press. 1978. Map, text diagrams, xiv + 368pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket browned in places and a little worn. Signature of a prior owner front pastedown. Good secondhand copy. Comparative study of thirteen New Guinea societies, with a focus on ceremonial exchange. When referring to this item..... More
Papua New Guinea. University of Papua New Guinea. 2009. First Edition. Many colour photographic illustrations throughout, 93pp, price sticker upper cover, spine head and tail slightly worn, a very good paperback copy. 20.9 x 30cm. When referring to this item please quote stockid 176801. More
