GILBERT, Thomas. Voyage From New South Wales to Canton in the Year 1788 with Views of the Islands Discovered. Amsterdam: N. Israel, 1968. Facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1789. 4to., 88pp. Fine. "Making his way to Canton on a track lying many degrees to the east of that pursued by any of the circumnavigators, Gilbert discovered many important islands, including the ones that bear his and Mashall's name."
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$450 | Book Number: 24145 | Order / Enquire |
$150 | Book Number: 24150 | Order / Enquire |
GILL, William. Gems From the Coral Islands; Or, Incidents of Contrast Between Savage and Christian Life of the South Sea Islanders. London: Ward and Co., 1856. Two volumes bound in one. This is a remainder issue with volume one being the third thousand and volume two a first edition. Tall 8vo., full red leather, raised bands, elaborate gilt compartments, pictorial decoration in gilt on the covers, gilt borders, inner dentelles gilt, A.E.G., (xvi), ii, (244); (xviii), 320, (4)pp.ads. A fine attractive copy. "Pearls of wisdom from Gill on the attributes of a Christian versus a savage lifestyle. In spite of the title, this work is concerned with description and travel, and relates the history of the Christian missions in Melanesia. The author is not to be confused with William Wyatt Gill (1828-1896) who was also in the Pacific." Volume I deals with the New Hebrides Group: The Loyalty Group; and New Caledonia Group; Volume II does the Rarotonga Group; Penrhyn Islands and Savage Islands.
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$450 | Book Number: 24148 | Order / Enquire |
GRIMSHAW, Beatrice. From Fiji To The Cannibal Islands. London: Nelson, nd. (191-?) Cloth, 255pp. Prize bookplate, spine faded o/w a nice copy.
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HARRIS, Alexander. The Secrets of Alexander Harris. A frank autobiography by the Author of Settlers and Convicts. with an introduction by his grandson Grant Carr-Harris.... (Sydney): Angus and Robertson, (1961). First edition. Cloth, 244pp. Fine in a nice d/w.
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$150 | Book Number: 24154 | Order / Enquire |
$200 | Book Number: 10042 | Order / Enquire |
HEYERDAHL, Thor. The Ra Expeditions. Translated by Patricia Crampton. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971. First U.S. edition. Cloth, 341pp. Fine in a nice d/w.
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HOCKEN, T.M. A Bibliography of the Literature of New Zealand. (Wellington: Newrick Associates, 1973). Facsimile reprint of the edition of 1900, limited to 1,250 copies. Cloth, 619pp. Fine.
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HOOBLER, Dorothy and Thomas. The Voyages of Captain Cook. New York: Putnam's, (1983). First edition. Cloth, 206pp. Fine in d/w. An account of Cook's three voyages.
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$1750 | Book Number: 25970 | Order / Enquire |
HOUGH, Richard. The Murder of Captain James Cook. (London): Macmillan, (1979). First edition. Cloth, 271pp. Fine in d/w.
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$200 | Book Number: 24161 | Order / Enquire |
HOWARTH, David. Tahiti A paradise lost. (New York): Viking, (1983). First edition. Cloth backed boards, 226pp. Fine in d/w. The destruction of Tahiti by waves of European settlement.
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$75 | Book Number: 8355 | Order / Enquire |
$50 | Book Number: 21635 | Order / Enquire |
$475 | Book Number: 25968 | Order / Enquire |
$75 | Book Number: 11129 | Order / Enquire |
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