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Papua, New Guinea History

128140
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, bound in original light brown cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt decoration to front board, previous owner's name on front endpaper, cloth a little worn, very good copy.
Melbourne; N. H. Seward Pty. Ltd.; 1951. Click here to Order

AUD$35

128159
IREDALE, TOM.: Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds. Illustrations by Lilian Medland.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xii, 239; illustrated with thirty-three full page coloured plates, numerous line drawings in text, folding map of New Guinea at rear of book, check-list of the birds of paradise and bower birds, bibliography, bound in original quarter green morocco with olive cloth boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, dustjacket chipped and damaged on edges, previous owner's name on front endpaper, edges browned, very good copy.
Melbourne; Georgian House; 1950. Click here to Order

AUD$145

128346
JUKES, J. BEETE.: Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F. P. Blackwood, R. N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java. Two Volumes.
First Edition; Demy 8vo; Vol. I. pp.[ii], xiv, 423; frontispiece, 24 b/w plates, 1 b/w folding map of Great Barrier Reef. Vol. II. pp. [ii], viii, 362; frontispiece, 11 illustrations, 1 folding map of island of Java, appendices; both volumes in contemporary half blue calf, marbled boards, title lettered in gilt on spines, raised bands, marbled page edges, marble endpapers, boards a little scuffed and worn at edges, light foxing to early pages, bookplate of William F Ross on front endpapers, good sound copies.
London; T. & W. Boone, New Bond Street; 1847.
Blackwood was commissioned to make a detailed scientific survey of the north-east coast of Australia, with particular attention to the Great Barrier Reef - the first expedition to be despatched to Australia on a purely surveying mission. Attached to the expedition were the marine geologist Joseph Beete Jukes, the zoologist John Macillivray, and the artist Harden Melville. From 1842 to 1846 they made a careful survey of the coast between Snady Cape and Torres Strait and explored the southern coasts of New Guinea, discovering most notably the Fly River. These surveys of Torres Strait and of the Great Barrier Reef were all of great importance, as were the discoveries made in new Guinea and the surrounding islands. Joseph Beete Jukes, the chronicler of the expedition, is remembered for both his scientific understanding of the reef and for his first charting of the reef. Wantrup. 92a, Ferguson, 4569. Click here to Order

AUD$3000

128262
STANFORD, EDWARD (1827-1904).: New Guinea & Solomon Islands.
Original Antique Map; (19 x 11cm); published in 1884 this detailed map of new Guinea & Solomon Islands in four colours, with carboard mounts ready for framing, very good condition.
London; Edward Stanford, 55 Charing Cross; 1884
Origin of the Map: A. R. Wallace "Australasia". published in London by Edward Stanford in 1884. Click here to Order

AUD$75