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Papua, New Guinea History

127495
BARRETT, CHARLES; BURNS, A. N.

Butterflies of Australia and New Guinea.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. (xii), 187; colour frontispiece, 7 full-page colour plates, 10 half-tone plates, 14 text figures, index; original light brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration to front board, dustjacket, bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, otherwise a very good copy.
Melbourne; N. H. Seward Pty. Ltd.; 1951. Click here to Order
AUD$60

127479
HADDON, A. C; Editor.

Reports Of the Cambridge Anthropological Expedition to Torres Straits. Volume I. General Ethnography.
First Edition; Demy 4to; pp. xvi, 422, xi (plates); text illustrated with 10 maps, 11 b/w. photographic plates, 50 text figures, 2 diagrams, bibliography, bound in original brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, very good clean copy.
Cambridge; At The University Press; 1935.
Foundational work in anthropology. This volume offers comprehensive insights into the social structures, customs, and daily lives of the Torres Strait Islanders, combining meticulous field observations with cultural analysis. Haddon's pioneering approach set standards in ethnography, emphasizing detailed, respectful documentation. It's an essential resource for those interested in early anthropological methodologies and Oceania studies. Click here to Order
AUD$350

127469
RUSSELL, W. B.

The Second Fourteenth Battalion. A History of an Australian Infantry Battalion in the Second World War.
Reprint; Demy 8vo; pp. xix, 336; illustrated endpapers, frontispiece portrait, text with b/w sketches and illustrations throughout, one large b/w fold-out 'New Guinea Sketch Map Efogi Kokoda' at rear, index, bound in original slick illustrated boards, fine copy.
n.p. (2011). Click here to Order
AUD$100