| A NEW DEAL FOR PAPUA
G.H.Cranswick
and I.W.Shevill. F.W.Cheshire, Melbourne and London, 1949. This is an imporetant,
informative and concise book on a subject of wide national and international
interest. It deals with the salient features of Australia's responsibility
in native colonisation and discusses the white man's contribution to New
Guinea life, whether as a trader, miner, administrator, missionary, educator
or soldier. Hardcover, dustjacket, 160 pagesno images, index. Copy
offered is in excellent condition. $26
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SOLD **** ADAM WITH ARROWS. Inside New Guinea. $15.00. Secondhand.
Colin
Simpson. Hardcover, no dust jacket, 238 pages, mono prints. Slight stain
on front cover, otherwise good. Angus and Robertson, 1954.
AIDA
Life and Ceremony of the Gogodala. A.L.Crawford.
Hardcover,
dust jacket, large format, full colour, 408 pages. An important work, the
first photographic work of a single cultural group in PNG. The Gogodala
number 10,000 and are lagoon dwellers in the flood plain of the Aramia
River north of the Fly delta. The author is an ethnologist who lived in
PNG from 1972. $120
BEYOND
THE VILLAGE. Local Politics in Madang, Papua New Guinea. $25
Louise
Morauta. Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1974. Hardcover,
194 pages, mono lates. An academic treatise on native politics and life.
CANNIBALS ARE HUMAN A
District Officer's Wife in New Guinea. Helen McLeod. Angus & Robertson,
Sydney, 1961 The author spent ten years with her husband in New Guinea,
he being a senior official of the administration. She accompanied her husband
on patrol into the Southern Highlands, where no white woman had been before
"and felt the cannibal natives eyeing her up and down in terms of meat".
With keen insight she draws attention to some of the more pressing problms
facing these fascinating people. $45
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SOLD ****
CANNIBAL VALLEY The heroic
struggle for Christ in savage New Guinea - the most perilous mission frontier
in the world. Russell T. Hitt. Hodder & Stoughton, Great Britain,
1962. An account of the advance into Durch New Guinea by the Christian
missionaries 'who daily risk their lives to bring the gospel to Stone-Age
Dani tribesmen'. Hardcover, dustjacket, 252 pges, mono prints. Excellent
condition. $38
CHUAVE
POLITICS. Changing patterns of leadership in the Papua new Guinea Highlands.
$15
Wayne
Warry. One of the Political and Social Change Monograph series (#4). Softcover,
314 pages. Australian National University. 1987.
DOCTOR'S WIFE IN PAPUA.
Margaret Spencer. Robert Hale, London,1964. The doctor as posted to Ferguson
Island in the D'Entrecasteaux Group to the north-east of the 'tail' of
New Guinea. "Mrs Spencer, yet knowledgeably, describes not only the island
and its trouble history but also every aspect of the daily life of the
hunters and fishermen. There are fascinating glimpses of the animal and
bird life and of the strange customs ands rituals of the natives. Vividly
depicted too, is the unending struggle against disease, malnutrition, and
the effects of sourcery. Hardcover, dustjacket, 176 pages, a few
mono prints. Book is in excellent condition, with a near perfect jacket.
$54
EASTERN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Northern and Milne Bay Provinces.$12.00
David
Holdsworth. A 48-page coliur book, mainly colour photographs.
FESTIVALS
AND CELEBRATIONS IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA.$12.00
David
Holdsworth. A 48-page coliur book on the Sepik region of PNG, mainly photographs.
FESTIVE
PAPUA $25.00
Andre
Duypeyrat. Staples Press limited, London, 1956. Hardcover, dustjacket,
161 pages, mono pages. The author concenrates his narrative on the people
of a single group north of Port Morsby, called the Fuyughes, and
studies the 'Great Dance', in some detail, including music notation. The
danc ceremonies are complex, with preparations extending over months and
years. Copy offered is second-hand with excellent dust jacket; inscription
in ink on early page.
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SOLD ** FRANK HURLEY IN PAPUA. Photographs of the 1920-1923 Expeditions.
Jim Specht and John Fields. $80.00
Hardcover,
dust jacket, 194 pages. Superb full page black and whitee prints. This
is a valuable contribution to the history of PNG - "a unique record of
the way of life unhindered by the white man's civilisation". Robert Brown
and Associates, 1984.
GARDENS
OF WAR. Life and Death in the New Guinea Stone Age. $30.00
Robert
Gardner and Karl G. Heider. Introducction by Margaret Mead.
Andre
Deutsch Ltd, 1968. Hardcover, dust jacket, 182 pages, Well illustrated
in colour and mono. Covers the Dugum Dani peoples of the Grand Valley of
Baliem in the central highlands of western New Guinea. At the time they
practiced ritual warfare, and were untouched by modern civilisation.
HEAD
HUNTERS OF PAPUA $50.00 A second-hand copy in excellent condition.
Tony
Saulnier. Hardcover, dust jacket, 306 pages, well llustrated in colour
and mono. Paul Hammlyn , London, 1963. On a journey into the heartland
of Papua - quite an adventure.
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SOLD ** INTRODUCTION TO SEPIK ART OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA $25.00
Gloria
Stewart.
Hardcover,
68 pages. Garrick Press, 1972. Full colour plates of a wide range of masks,
canoe shields, drums, flutes, ancestral figures, and pottery. An important
reference.
IN
PAPUA NEW GUINEA $35.00
Christina
Dodwell. Th Oxford Illustrated Press, England, 1983. Hardcover, dustjacket,
256 pages, colour plates. This is the story of a ytoung Englishwoman who
set out to trvel alone through the highlands and jungles of the Sepik River
system of Papua New Guinea. It was a remarkable two-year expedition. Her
experiences and observation are truly remarkable. Yoiu can be assured that
unless PNG gets itself back into some sort of law and order, a lone journey
like this by a woman, no matter how adventurous, will not be repeated.
New copy offered.
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE Affect
and Ideation in the World of the Tolai. A.L.Epstein. University of
California Press, 1992. The Tolai of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea,
have embraced the modern world and yet retained their wise culture. This
is an indepth study into one of the most remarkabl of New Guinea cultures.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 317 pages, index, notes,bibliography, no images.
New copy. $46
KINSHIP
AND MARRIAGIN A NEW GUINEA VILLAGE. $40.00
H.
Ian Hogbin. London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology
Number 26. Univerisity of London, The Athlone Press, 1963. Hardcover, dust
jacket, 177 pages. The people under consideration in this professional
anthrthropological study are the Busama , where he describes and analyses
the life span from birth through infancy, adolescence, marriage, maturity
and death.
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SOLD ** KAIKAI ANIANI $30.00
A
Guide to Bush Foods, Markets and Culinary Arts of Papua New Guinea.
R.J.
May.
Hardcover,
dustjacket, 192 pages, well illustrated in colour. Robert Brown and Associates,
1984. A very interesting book describing the foods of Papua New Guinea
with many recipes.
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SOLD ** KIAP. Australia's Patrol Ofices in Papua New Guinea. $60.00
James
Sinclair.
Hardcover,
dust jacket, a-4 size, 294 pages, fully illustrated. Another definitive
work from the author who spent 27 years in PNG as a Kiap and administrator.
A supern authoratitive, historic, work and an excellent read.
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SOLD ** LAND OF THE HULIS $25.00
Dietmar
Plath and Gunter Hartung. Produced by Air Niugini, 1991.
A
fine quality hardcover production with excellent colour plates, approx
80 pages.
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SOLD **LANDFALLS OF PARADISE. $45.00.
The
Guide to the Pacific Islands - Earl R.Hinz An excellent guide for visitors,
including divers and yachtsmen, to the islands. With maps and many mono
photographs. Hard, large format, 384pages.
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SOLD ** MEN AND BIRDS OF PARADISE
Journeys
through Equatorial New Guinea. $20.00
A.J.
Marshall.
Hardcover,
no dust jacket, 298 pages, mono photographs. Good condition. William Heinemann
Ltd, 1938.
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SOLD ** NEW GUINEA DIARY $10.00
George
H. Johnson.
Hardcover,
no dust jacket, 260 pages. Angus & Roberston, 1943. Good condition.
The author was a war correspondent who covered the early part of the Pacific
War. Published before the defeat of Japan.
NEW GUINEA DIARIES 1871
- 1883. Nikolai Nikolaevich Mikloucho-Macklay. Trandslated from the
Russian with biographical comments by C.L.Sentinella. Kristen Press,
Madang, Papua new Guinea. This reprint 1975. The diaries are the 'primary
data' source for many of this great anthroplogists essays and books and
make for very interesting and personal reading. Softcover,
353 pages, mono prints, a glossary of dialect terms, index, footnotes.
Cipy offered is in excelent condition. $38
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SOLD ** PAPUA NEW GUINEA - The First 100 Years. $50.00
James
Sinclair. Hardcover, dust jacket, large format, 186 pages, full colour.
Their is no better authority to write this historic text than James Sinclair
who spent 27 years as a field officer in PNG. This exceptionally well illustrated
book spans the period 1884 - 1984, from the time the colonial era formally
began.
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SOLD **PAPUA NEW GUINEA $30.00
Ernst
Loffler. Hardcover, dust jacket, approx 160 pages, full colour plates.
Hutchinson of Australia, 1979. A straighforward history of PNG, and current
economy, people, settlements, political development physicaol environment
and fauna. An excellent book.
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SOLD **PAPUA NEW GUINEA. $40
James
Siers. Very large format, hardcover, dust jacket, 128 pages, full colour.
An
excellent photographic essay of PNG. Millwood Press, 1981.
PAPUA
NEW GUINEA - Country of Challenge & Opportunity. $12.00
A
Briefing for Ocerseas Businessmen and Investors. Coopers & Lybrand,
1983. 40 pages, colour.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - GEOGRAPHY
AND CHANGE Diana Howlett. Thomas Nelson (Aust) Ltd., Melbourne.
1973 Although a scholarly work, it is easily read and covers eight chapters:
Traditional Society, Population Distribution and Demofraphy, Physical Environment,
Traditional Economy, Expatriate Primary Industries, Village Economy, Society.
Softcover, 180 pages, mono print, index. Copy is in vry good condition
with cover only slightly scuffed. $28
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - MOMENT
OF TRUTH Ian Todd. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1874 The author
looks at the development of Papua new Guinea: its historical background,
its political and economic evolution - and its prospects for a challenging
futur. He discuses the problems and achievements of the Australian adninbistration;
the controversial Torres Strait Islands question; and the separatist movements;
the traditional customs and cults that are still so much a prt of life
in Papua New Guinea. Harcover, dustjacket183 pages, mono and colour
prints, tables, index. Includes a map in a pocket on the inside back cover.
Book is completely intact, in excellent condition. $45
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SOLD *** PAPUA NEW GUINEA DECIMAL STAMPS 1966-1982
The
Story Behind the Stamps. $20
James
Bentley. Robert Brown & Associates, Bathurst, NSW, 1892. Hardcover,
dustjacket, 80 pages, full colour. Full catalog of the stamps produced
by the government of Papua New Guinea during the period mentioned, with
details of the inspiration and design.
**** SOLD ****
PAPUA WONDERLAND The
story of "the most difficult and dangerous ptrol ever carried out" in Papua
New Guinea. Jack Hides. Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1973.
It was Sir Hubert Murray, Lieutenant Governor of Papua who coined the subtitle
phrase. Jack Hides led the patrol. Hardcover, dustjacket, 204 pages,
mono prints. $25
PARADISE
TALES. A selection of stopries from Air Niugini's in-flight magazine.
$45.00
Hardcover,
dust jacket, 144 pages, full colour - very well presented. All articles
are relevant to PNG of course - The Smoked Corpses of Aseki, Sepik Revisited,
Equatorial Snow, Sanguma Magic - 42 articles in total. Robert Brown &
Associates, 1986.
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SOLD ** PATROL INTO YESTERDAY. My New Guinea Years. $30.00
J.K.McCarthy.
Hardcover,
dust jacket, 252 pages. Excellent condition.
The
author spent forty years in administration in PNG, and was responsible
for the rescue of many hundreds of Australian troops and civilians when
the Japanese invaded Rabaul in 1942.
PARLIAMENT
OF A THOUSAND TRIBES A Study of New Guinea. Osmar White. William
Heinemann Ltd, 1965 A study of the development of politics in a land where
the British, Dutch, and German governments all had a finger in the pie,
and now (at the time of publiction) was under Australian and Indonesian
control. Hardcover, dustjacket, 256 pages, mono prints, map, index.
Excellent condition. $35
*** SOLD *** PORT MORESBY
- YESTERDAY AND TODAY Ian Stuart. Pacific Publications, Sydney,
1970. If only the town had stayed the way it was back in the seventies.
Books such as this are simply a reminder of better days, and giv rise to
a wish that oneday, Port Moresby will regain its fascination - and safety.
Softcover, 360 pages, mono prints, index, general maps and road maps.
$24
RABUAL
$8.00
Tourist
Infomration Office of east New Britain. Tourist brochure, 28 pages, colour,
no date but suggest mid 1980s.
*** SOLD ***
RAPE OF THE FLY Explorations
in New Guinea John Goode. Thomas Nelson, Melbourn, 1977 A story "of
determination, rivalry, bitterness and achievemnt in New guinea exploration
- an uncensored account of the lives and personalities of Luigiu Maria
D'Albertis and Lawrence Hargrave (the same Hargrave so famous in Australia
for his aeronautical achievements. It concerns a voyage of 580 miles up
up the famous Fly River. Hardcover, dustjacket, 372 pages, mono prints,
index. Copy offered is pristine, as new. $35
*** SOLD ***
READINGS IN NEW GUINEA
HISTORY. Ed. B.Jinks, P.Biskup, H.Nelson. Angus and Robertson,
Sydney, 1973. Over a hundred papers preswented authoratively by a
number of scholars, covring many aspects of New Guinea history, administration,
the people and their culture, military rule and occupation. A much sought
after volume for the scholar of New Guinea. Hardcover, dust jacket,
453 pages, no images, index. Copy offered is in excellent condition with
intact dust jacket. $65
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SOLD ** SEPIK DIARY $20.00
Frank
Hodgkinson.
Large
format, hardcover, dust jacket, about 120 pages (not numbered wopuld you
believe!!). Reid Books, 1084. Text is in handwritten style, with coliur
drawings and sketches.
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SOLD ** SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA $10.00
Frank
Clune.
Hardcover,
repaired dust jacket, 356 pages. Angus and roberston, 1951.
Tales
of the men and women of New Guinea by one of Australia's most respected
authors.
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SOLD ** TAIM BILONG MASTA.
The
Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea $25.00
Hank
Nelson. Softcover, 224 pages. Well illustrated in mono.
Based
on the 24-part ABC Radio Series by Tim Bowden. Published by the ABC, 1982.
Tells the story of Australians in PNG.
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SOLD **THE ARTIFACTS AND CRAFTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
A
Guide for Buyers. $15.00 Prepared by the Handcrafts Development Branch
of the PNG government; no date, possible mid 1980s. A4 size, 44 pages,
full colour, many illustrations of artifacts. It appears to have been sold
as a catalog. Prices are not included.
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SOLD ** THE ART OF THE PACIFIC $120
Brian
Brake, James McNeish, David Simmons. Oxford University Press, 1979. A handsome
volume, hardcover, dustjacket, 240 pages, colour and mono prints. Includes
Solomon Islands, PNG, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Fiji, Tonga, Niue, Esater
Island, New Zealand.
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SOLD ** THE ARTS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA $25.00
James
Sinclair. Hardcover, dust jacket, approx 60 pages, full colour. Includes
body art. Robert Brown & Assoc. 1977.THE SEPIK - Papua New Guinea.
$10.00
David
Holdsworth. A 48-page coliur book on the Sepik region of PNG, mainly photographs.
SOFTLY,
WILD DRUMS - In New Guinea Today $40.00
Beth
Dean & Victor Carell. Ure Smith, Sydny, 1958. Hardcover, dust jacket,
mono photographs and a few colour plates. A presentation of New Guinea
and people, from the pre-white man days to the current (late fifties),
considering native dances and their meaning, trival customs and legends.
Copy offered is second-hand in good condition with good dustjacket. Also
a copy without a dust jacket, $30
STONE AGE ISLAND Seven
Years in New Guinea. Maslyn Williams. Collins, London and Sydney, 1964.
An excellent study of the peopl of the Baining area of north-east New Britain,
and of the central highlands of New Guinea. Hardcover, dustjacket, 352
pages, index, mono prints, sources. Excellent condition. $42
*** SOLD ***THAT THEY
MIGHT LIVE Ellen Kettle. F.P.Leonard, Sydney, no date but soon
after 1975. "This book is the story of people who, over a period of one
hundred years, 1874-1975, devoted their lives to bring Papua new Guinea
from a state of savagey to nationhood." It contains contributions from
some 186 people who have hd some influence ion whatever manner on the development
of the new nation and the supposed welfare of the people. Many of these
are missionaries an medical staff. Softcover, 368 pages, mono prints.
After each of its nineteen chapters, which divides th nation into provinces,
is a bibliography. Excellent condition except that the front bord cover
has been slightly creased. $45
*** SOLD *** THE GENTLE
SAVAGE Malcolm Wright Lansdowne Prss, Melbourn 1966 An excellent book
by a well-respected coastwatcher during the Pacific War (pevious book 'If
I Die'), and long-time rsident of New Guinea. Here he tells of his lif
as a patrol officer amongst the people he came to love and respect. This
is not an academic study, but rather a personal biography of experience
and inter-relationships with a vastly different culture than our own.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 172 pages, mono prints. Excellent condition.
$42
THE HOT LAND - Focus On
New Guinea John Ryan. Macmillan, South Melbournbe, 1969. This is the
story of New Guinea "as it appears to oner who is deeply involved in events
on the island and who has the ability to communicate his own sense of urgency
to the reader." Here is a portrait gllry of the most diverse characters,
those who have given shape to the history of New Guinea and Wet Irian,
those whose lives have been changed by the impact of European civilization
and those who have rejected the ways of the white man.
Hardcover, dustjacket, 390 pages, mono prints, chronology, surprisingly
no index. Excellent. as-new copy offered. $55
*** SOLD ***
THE HOUSE IN THE RAIN
FOREST. Charis Crockett. Hutchinson & Co, London, pre 1942.
'Life among the cannibals of New Guinea described in a book filled with
exotic colour, strange customs and entertaining tories'. The author and
her husband lived in New Guinea uner direction of the Philadelphia Acdemy
of Natural Sciences. Hardcover, dustjacket, 158 pages, mono photographs.
Book is in excellent condition; dustjacket towrn but predominantly intact.
$28
THIS IS PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Papua New Guinea Government Office of Information, 1980. A very informative
book published by the government, so all very positive stuff. Covers The
Land and the People, Government, Economy, Communications, Administration,
Tourism. Hardcover, dustjacket, slipcover, 182 pages, full colour,
no index, includes mp of PNG slipped in next to back cover (and never opened).
Copy offered is new with only the slip cover scuffed. $35
THROWIM
WAY LEG $20.00
Tim
Flannery. Text Publishing, Melbourne 1998. Softcover, 326 pages, colour
prints.
The
bstseller book cover the adventures of the author, a well respected naturalist
and adventurer, in the mountains of New Guinea, where he befriends tribes
that have rarely seen a white man. A fascinating study. New copy.
TWENTY-ONE YEARS IN PAPUA
- A History of the English Church Mission in New Guinea 1891-1912) .Arthur
Kent Chignell. A.R.Mowbray & Co., Ltd., London, 1913. The first
bishop of New Guinea was thje Righjt-Rev. Montgu John Stone-Wigg. Mentions
the districts of Collingwood Bay, Goodenough Bay, Mamba River. Hardcover,
no dustjacket, 156 pages, excellent mono prints intect, fold-out map inside
back cover intact. Excellent condition. $74
UNDER THE MOUNTAIN WALL
A Chronicle of Two Seasons in a Newly Discovered Stone-Age Tribe of New
Guinea Peter Matthiessen. Heinemann Ltd, London, 1963. An essay on
the Kurelu people high in the mountain of New Guinea, as witnessed during
the Harvard-Peabody Expedition in 1961. Harcover, dustjacket, 206
pages, mono prints, index. Very good condition. $36.00
UP
FROM SOUTH. A Porspector in New Guinea 1931-1937. $45.00
Jack
O'Neill, edited by James Sinclair. Oxford University Prss, Melbourne, 1979.
Hardcover, dust jacket, 199 pages, a few mono photographs. Gold drew mny
a porspector into the wilds of New Guinea. Some did not survive, and very
few made a fortune. The author prospected around the Wu, Bulolo, Edie Creek,
Ramu and Waria districts, which much of his time at Nauti Creek on the
edge of forbidden territory, th lnd of the bloody Kukukuku tribe. This
is a unique record of how the prospectos lived in such primitive conditions
and their interaction with the locals. New copy offered, spine slightly
faded form exposure.
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SOLD ** VOLCANO TOWN. The 1937-43 Rabaul Eruptions. $25.00
R.W.
Johnson and N.A. Threlfall.
Hardcover,
dust jacket, 152 pages, well illustrated in mono. Very interesting and
historic book, particularly in light of the more recent eruptions which
have devastated the town. Robert Brown and Associates, 1985.
WHERE THE SPIRITS DWELL.
An Odyssey in the Jungles of New Guinea. $35.00
Tobias Schneebaum. Weidenfeld
& Nicolson, London, 1988. Hardcover, dust jacket, 212 pages, mono prints.
The author, born in New Guinea, returned on a journey to track down artefacts
for an ethnographic museum in the USA, and becam,e intimately involved
in the life and rituals of the remote Asmat tribes which not only condone
male same sex relationships but demand it. A remrkable study of a people
the world has all but forgotten.
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SOLD ** WINGS OF GOLD
How
the Aeroplane Developed in New Guinea. $60.00
James
Sinclair.
First
published by Pacific Publications, 1978. This edition by Robert Brown &
Assoc. 1983. Hardcover, dust jacket, 326 pages. The definitive work on
the subject by an authority on PNG. Well illustrated in mono. |