Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1974. 4 issues. 332pp , original wrappers worn and marked with faded spines, inscription one upper cover. Includes: Making Fire by Percussion in Tasmania- Gisela Volger; Towards an Understanding of the X-Ray Technique in Art: Clues from Other Art Traditions - M.G. Kanowski; Infant Transport among..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1975. 4 issues. 327pp, original wrappers patchily faded and a little worn, two issues insect damaged at lower edges without any text loss, names upper covers. Includes Misfortune and Traditional Political Leadership among the Tauna Awa of New Guinea - David M. Hayano; Pigs for Ancestors..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1976. 3 issues. 86-327pp , original wrappers little faded, considerable insect damage lower corner one issue with loss not affecting text. Includes: R.H. Mathews: His Contribution to Aboriginal Studies - A.P. Elkin; Observations on Route Finding and Spatial Orientation Among the Aboriginal Peoples of the Western..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1977. 4 issues. 332pp , original wrappers little worn and soiled with faded spines, name one front cover, insect damage lower corner one issue with loss not affecting text. Includes The Politics of a Witch-Killing - Marie Reay; Who are the Berawan? Ethnic Clasification and the..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1978. 4 issues. 320pp, original wrappers, spines faded, name one front cover. Includes: Marshallese Land Tenure Rights Disputes - W.E. Tagupa; The Origins of Pregnancy Superstitions Relating to Congenital Malformations - Pearn and Sweet; Infanticide in Aboriginal Australia - Gillian Cowlishaw. (When referring to this item..... More
Sydney. University of Sydney. 1945. Maps, 184pp, original wrappers browned, lower wrapper and last 30 pages damaged with loss not affecting text, wrappers browned and chipped, some loss on spine, a reading copy. Includes Animistic Beliefs and Rites in the Malay Archipelago, Kinship in Fiji, Methods and Materials for Recording..... More
Sydney. University of Sydney. 1951. Black and white photographic illustrations, 164pp + 4 plates, some pencilling few leaves, original wrappers browned, wrappers browned and chipped, little loss on head and tail of spine. Includes Forerunners of Melanesian Nationalism, The Australian Aborigine, Malolo Island and Viseisei Village Fiji, Mixed-blood Marriage in..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1958. 3 issues. 171pp + 254-336pp, original wrappers browned and worn, names upper wrapper 2 issues, paper clip stain edges a few leaves. Includes: Wild and Emergency Foods of Australian and Tasmanian Aborigines - F.R. Irvine; Notes on the Vegetable Foods of the Walbiri of Central..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1961. 2 issues of 4. No 1 78pp, No 3 164 - original wrappers little browned, spines faded, some underlining. Includes: The Quest for Identity: The Case of the Australian Aborigines - Catherine H. Berndt; The Interpretation of the Delemere Lightning Painting and Rock Engravings -..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1963. Single issue only. Original wrappers worn and soiled with faded spine. Includes: A Report on a Widespread Psychological Disorder Called Lulu Seen Among the Huli Linguistic Group in Papua - Roger B. Rodrigue. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 34837). More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1969. 4 issues. 332pp, original wrappers little worn and soiled with faded spines, name one front cover. Includes: Gimi Farces - Leonard B. Glick; Ethnographic Research in Northern Borneo - Thomas R. Williams; Competing Systems of Medicine Among the Rao-Breri Lower Ramu River, New Guinea -..... More
Sydney. Uni of Sydney. 1968. 4 issues. 322pp, original wrappers little browned, spines faded, name one front cover. Includes: The Food Quest and the Economy of the Tasmanian Aborigines - Betty Hiatt (in two issues); Descent, Residence and Leadership in the New Guinea Highlands - Marie de Lepervanche (2 issues)..... More
London. Hydrographic Dept, Admiralty. 1918. Folding charts, black and white illustrations, xliii + 696pp, minor wear slightly soiled covers. No supplements. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149688). More
Yogyakarta. Nur Cahaya. 1980. Black and white illustrations, 73pp, paperback, corners bumped, neat sticker of a prior owner upper cover, good copy. Text in Indonesian. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 117473). More
London. Academic Press. 1977. Black and white maps, black and white line and photographic illustrations, index, good hardback copy in original price clipped protected dustjacket, prior owner's markings on front free endpaper including one name crossed out, spine very slightly faded. "In recent decades there have been considerable developments in..... More
London. Hamlyn. 1970. Translated by Rachel Montgomery. Map, 71 colour illustrations, 159pp, good copy in protected price clipped dustjacket. Prior owner's signature on front free endpaper and title-page, some foxing preliminary leaves particularly on title page. Discusses art forms of Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. (When referring to this item please..... More
Port Moresby. Australian National University. 1975. Map, black and white illustrations, xvi + 247pp, bibliography, index, a good copy in paperback, quarto. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149895). More
Actes Sud. 2007. Maps, profusely illustrated in black and white and colour, 141pp, original pictorial paper covered boards, quarto. Very good copy. Text in French. Published for the exhibition L'aristocrate et ses cannibales at the Musee du quai Branly held over the winter of 2007 - 2008. (When referring to..... More
Canberra. Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. 1994. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xvi + 104pp, bibliography, appendices, very good in little worn paperback. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149925). More
London. Hodder & Stoughton General Division, 1993. Maps, black and white plates, 207pp, glossary, Tongan orthography and pronunciation, appendix, small crease lower endpaper, a very good copy in dustjacket, quarto. This tiny archipelago of islands in the South Pacific has so far avoided republican overthrow and military coup, unlike its..... More
Blandford. Poole. Dorset. 1980. Map, profuse colour and black and white illustrations, 127pp, bibliography, a good copy in little worn dustjacket, quarto. Early in 1976 the students of Kerowagi High School in Papua New Guinea's remote Chimbu Province were provided with an opportunity to display their remarkable skill in drawing..... More
St Lucia. University of Queensland Press. 1981. Endpaper maps and one in-text map, viii + 331pp, bibliography, index, dustjacket slightly bumped at base of spine, a very good copy. In 'Policy-Making in a New State' ten active participants in the transition in Papua New Guinea describe and interpret the problems..... More
Honolulu. Bishop Museum Press. 1963. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, bibliography, 136pp, good copy in paperback, quarto. Papers from a Symposium held at the Tenth Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 21 Sugust to 6 September 1961. Papers include: Movement of..... More
Brisbane. Jacaranda Press. [1967]. Edited by A. Grove Day, 194pp, small bookseller's sticker front pastedown, a good copy in little worn dustjacket. Selection of semi autobiographical stories set in the South Pacific. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 1316). More
