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Short List No. 192 - 2016.

New Guinea and other parts of Melanesia Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

1 Allied Geographical Section: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIO­ GRAPHY OF THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AND ADJACENT AREAS. Volume 4: Supplement to Volumes 1, 2 and 3. 4to, Second Edition; pp. xii, 230 (plus section titles); 3 folding maps of areas covered by the bibliography; typeset to match volumes 1 to 3 from the original 693-page duplicated typescript; original cloth-backed printed boards; (a few light pencil marks). Broadbeach Waters, Queensland; Pacific Press; 1990. ***The original duplicated typescript edition of volume 4 is very rare and it is known only a few copies exist in Australia mainly held by University Libraries. #26834 A$110.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

2 Australian War Memorial: H.M.A.S. [and H.M.A.S. Mk. II, Mk. III, and Mk. IV]. Written and prepared by Serving Personnel of the R.A.N. 4 vols., 4to, all First Editions; each volume pp. 200; in total 86 coloured plates (15 mounted) and 64 b/w. plates, plus numerous illustrations, list of awards; all in original cloth; very good copies. Canberra; Australian War Memorial; 1942-43-44-45. ***Much on the Pacific, Malaya, New Guinea, Philippines, Borneo, etc., also the Middle East, the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. #65827 A$95.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

3 Ballard, Robert D.; with Rick Archbold. THE LOST SHIPS OF GUADALCANAL. Contemporary photographs by Michael McCoy Underwater paintings by Ken Marschall. Technical and Historical consultation by Richard B. Frank and Charles Haberlein, Jr. Med. 4to, First Edition; pp. 228; several coloured maps, numerous coloured & b/w. illustrations including foldout, appendix, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. New York; A Warner / Madison Press Book; (1993). #16560 A$85.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

4 Barrett, Charles and Burns, A. N. BUTTERFLIES OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW GUINEA. Second Impression; pp. x, 190(last 3 blank); 8 coloured & 10 b/w. plates, 14 text figures, index; original papered boards; dustwrapper neatly covered in adhesive plastic, otherwise a fine copy. Melbourne; N. H. Seward; 1951 (1966). ***This impression not in McLaren. #47216 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

5 Bowden, D. K. MEDICAL DICTIONARY IN BISLAMA, ENGLISH AND FRENCH. First Edition; pp. x, [1], 399(last blank); original wrappers; a fine copy. Melbourne; (Published by D. K. Bowden, Department of Anatomy, Monash University; 1986). ***Mainly Vanuatu, but also New Guinea & Solomon Is., with comparative tables of Pidgin dialects & Bislama. #26193 A$60.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

6 Bruce, Theodore, & Co: CATALOGUE OF THE CHARLES R. J. GLOVER LIBRARY relating to Australia, New Guinea, New Zealand and the South Seas. Melbourne, November 30 & December 1, 2, 3, 4, 1970. Med. 8vo; pp. [ii], x, 292(last blank); frontispiece portrait; 2787 lots; list of prices realised loosely inserted; original red stiff wrappers, gilt; a nice copy. Adelaide; Theodore Bruce & Co.; 1970. ***Presentation copy signed by Ian Bruce and also by the compilers, Valmai Hankel and Margaret Burden. #34836 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016. 7 [Callander, John]. TERRA AUSTRALIS COGNITA: or, Voyages to the Terra Australis, or Southern Hemisphere, during the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Eighteenth Centuries. Containing an Account of the Manners of the People, and the Productions of the Countries, hitherto found in the Southern Latitudes; the Advantages that may result from further discoveries on this great , and the Methods of establishing Colonies there, to the advantage of Great Britain. With a Preface by the Editor, in which some geographical, nautical, and commercial Questions are discussed. 3 vols., Facsimile Edition; Vol. I, pp. [iv], [vi], viii, 516; Vol. II, pp. [iv], ii, [3]-692; Vol. III, pp. [iv], iv, 748(last 3 blank); 3 folding charts by Robert de Vaugondy (one in the front of each volume); original vinyl; a fine set. Amsterdam; N. Israel; (1967). ***Bibliotheca Australiana Nos. 8-10. First published at Edinburgh, Printed by A. Donaldson, 1766-68. CALLANDER based his work on the notable French work by DE BROSSES (Histoire des Navigations aux Terres Australes, 2 vols., Paris, Durand, 1756, and the maps are taken directly from it. Included are accounts of the navigations of Amerigo Vespucci, de Gonneville, Magellan, de Saavedra, Francisco de Ulloa, Gaetan, de Mendoza, Drake, da Silva, Pedro Sarmiento, Fenton, Cavendish, de Quiros, Spilbergen, Le Maire, Schouten, Jacques l’Hermite, Pelsaert, Pool, Tasman, Narborough, Sharp, Cowley, Dampier, Vlaming, Funnell, Woodes Rogers, Frezier, Clipperton, Shelvocke, Roggewein, Lozier Bouvet, Anson, Byron, and many others. The work includes FULLER’S notes to Cavendish’s voyage, and the final part of Volume III consists of - “Of the method of forming colonies in the Terra Australis, and the Advantages that may be expected to result to Great Britain, from such Establishments in that Hemisphere.” This, no doubt, was inspired by the proposal for the colonisation of New Holland put forward by DE BROSSES in his work. #4980 A$550.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

8 Capell, A. DISTRIBUTION OF LANGUAGES IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, NEW GUINEA. Cr. 4to; pp. 104- 129, 349-377; 2 full-page maps; disbound. [Sydney; Extracted from Oceania; 1948-49]. #64701 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

9 Cheyne, Andrew: THE TRADING VOYAGES OF ANDREW CHEYNE 1841-1844. Dorothy Shineberg, Editor. First Edition; pp. xvi, 352; 5 maps, 11 illustrations from Cheyne’s own sketches, references, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1971. ***Pacific History Series: No. 3. #8775 A$80.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

10 Coates, John. BRAVERY ABOVE BLUNDER. The 9th Australian Division at Finschhafen, Sattelberg, and Sio. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 326; 2 endpaper maps, several text maps, 16 plates, appendix, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (South Melbourne); Oxford University Press; (1999). #27599 A$60.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

11 Coulter, John. ADVENTURES ON THE WESTERN COAST OF SOUTH AMERICA, and the Interior of California: Including a narrative of incidents at the Kingsmill , New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and other islands in the Pacific Ocean; with an account of the natural productions, and the manners and customs, in peace and war, of the various savages tribes visited. By John Coulter, M.D. Author of “Adventures in the Pacific,” etc. In two volumes. 2 vols., demy 12mo, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. xxiv, 288, 32(adv. dated October, 1847); Vol. II, pp. xii, 278, [2](adv.); original cloth (a little discoloured; spines faded & slightly worn; front endpaper to Vol. I replaced, other endpapers a little marked or worn); a very good set; scarce. London; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans; 1847. ***Howes C802; Sabin 17143; Hill II, 386; Forster 31; Forbes 1633; not in Ferguson. The author did not visit either Hawaii or Australia, but there are references to both, including the adventures of one Terry Connel in Sydney, the Queensland coast and New Guinea. As hinted in the title the work is a continuation of the author’s “Adventures in the Pacific.” The first chapter includes an account of a successful whale chase and the second accounts of whaling operations. The remainder of the book is largely taken up with accounts of the various places visited and their native peoples and there are significant accounts of Melanesia generally, and of California. #57710 A$750.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

12 Deacon, A. Bernard. MALEKULA. A Vanishing People in the New Hebrides. Edited by Camilla H. Wedgwood. With a Preface by A. C. Haddon. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xl, 792(last 3 blank); 3 maps, 24 plates, 38 figures, 6 tables, appendices of native texts, etc., glossary of native terms, bibliography, index; numerous Errata slips including 2 unnumbered leaves between pp. xxxviii & xxxix, containing Note by John Layard & List of Errata occurring in reference to Mr. Layard’s work, together with a list of the 16 inserted slips which confirms that all are present; original cloth; a fine copy in faded dustwrapper; scarce. London; George Routledge & Sons, Ltd.; 1934. ***Published after the untimely death of the Author. #23404 A$495.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

13 Denis, Michaela. LEOPARD IN MY LAP. Photographs by Armand Denis. First Edition, Fourth Impression; pp. 252, [4](blank); portrait frontispiece, 4 coloured & 48 sepia plates; original papered boards; a very good copy. London; W. H. Allen; 1955. ***Travel and natural history adventures amongst the native peoples of Africa, South America, Australia, and New Guinea. #65169 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

14 Diamond, Jared. GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL. The Fates of Human Societies. Med. 8vo, First U.K. Edition, Third Impression; pp. 480; several text maps, 32 plates, several illustrations & figures in text, several tables, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. London; Jonathan Cape; (1997). ***“A short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years” - including reference to Australia and New Guinea. #55502 A$50.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016. 15 Dumont d’Urville, Captain (later Rear-Admiral) Jules S-C. An account in two volumes of TWO VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS. To Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829 in the corvette Astrolabe and to the Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, South East , Australia, , New Zealand and Torres Strait 1837-1840 in the corvettes Astrolabe and Zelee. Translated from the French and edited by Helen Rosenman. 2 vols., approx. cr. 4to, First Edition; Vol. I, pp. liv, 312, [2] (blank); Vol. II, pp. xii, 313-634, [2](blank); 29 maps (2 double-page & 11 full-page), frontispiece to each vol., 12 coloured & 32 b/w. plates, 17 appendices, notes, bibliography, biographical & general indices; original full canvas binding in cloth slipcase (the slipcase slightly marked); a fine set. Melbourne; Melbourne University Press; 1987. ***A very important work of very wide interest giving for the first time a full account in English of these major French voyages to the Australasian, Pacific and Antarctic regions. Volume I includes detailed accounts of King George Sound in Western Australia, New South Wales, New Britain, New Ireland, and the north coast of New Guinea, Van Diemen’s Land including a stay in Hobart Town; Vanikoro & many other islands in the Pacific. Volume II includes accounts of the Straits of Magellan, again many parts of the Pacific including New Zealand, two visits to the Antarctic regions including the discovery and exploration of Adelie Land and a further stay in Hobart Town. The natural history, anthropology and history of the places visited is described in great detail. Not in Renard; Rosove 108.A1. A fine production nicely printed on good paper and with interesting and attractive illustrations. #18047 A$450.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

16 Erskine, John Elphinstone; Capt. R.N. JOURNAL OF A CRUISE AMONG THE ISLANDS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC, including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty’s Ship Havannah. With Maps and Plates. First Edition; pp. viii, 488, 32(adv.); large folding chart by Captain Erskine (a tear repaired), 4 fine coloured litho. plates by Day & Son, 3 b/w. plates, 11 text engravings, 3 appendices, Errata slip; old half calf, with cloth sides (rubbed); a very good copy; very scarce. London; John Murray; 1853. ***Ferguson 9463. The appendix includes the narrative of JOHN JACKSON and of his residence in the Feejees. JACKSON’S narrative occupies 77 pages, and recounts his varied and perilous adventures amongst cannibal peoples for several years from 1840. After his rescue and subsequent service in the Havannah he was discharged at Sydney in 1850. #1632 A$650.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

17 Gatacre, Rear-Admiral G. G. O. A NAVAL CAREER. Reports of Proceedings, 1921-1964. 4to, Second Edition; pp. [iv], 380(last blank); 3 charts, numerous illustrations; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Manly, N.S.W.; Nautical Press; 1982). #46690 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

18 Gunther, John. INSIDE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. Completed and Edited by William H. Forbis. First Edition; pp. xiv, 370; 5 maps; bibliography, index; original papered boards; a very good copy in dustwrapper. London; Hamish Hamilton; (1972). ***Includes a section on New Guinea. #4361 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

19 Haddon, A. C. THE RACES OF MAN and their distribution. New Edition. Cr. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. viii, 184; 10 plates, 1 fig., bibliography, index; original cloth (spine a little worn; some minor foxing); a very good copy; scarce. Cambridge; at the University Press; 1924. ***First published in 1909, here completely rewritten. #65481 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

20 Hinton, Alan. SHELLS OF NEW GUINEA AND THE CENTRAL INDO-PACIFIC. With colour photographs by the author. Cr. 4to, First Edition; pp. xviii, 94; 2 endpaper & 2 other maps, 44 coloured plates, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper; scarce. (Port Moresby); Robert Brown and Associates Pty Ltd, The Jacaranda Press; (1972). #50327 A$60.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

21 Hood, T. H. NOTES OF A CRUISE IN H.M.S. “FAWN” IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC in the Year 1862. First Edition; pp. xii, 268; folding track chart, full-page plan of the ruins at Ascension (Ponapi) , 9 full-page tinted litho. plates, 4 b/w. plates, 6 text illustrations, 5 appendices; original blind-stamped purple pebbled cloth (a little rubbed; front hinge cracked, but sound); uncut; a fine copy; scarce. Edinburgh; Edmonston & Douglas; 1863. ***Ferguson 10528. Treats of Norfolk Island and the Pitcairners, and gives a general account of the “Bounty” mutiny and subsequent events. #48784 A$750.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

22 Hordern, Marsden. MARINERS ARE WARNED! John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxiv, 360; 7 folding maps (in pocket), 9 other maps, 24 plates (4 coloured), 9 figures, notes, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; original cloth; (trifling silverfishing to rear endpaper only; otherwise a fine copy in dustwrapper); scarce. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press; 1989. ***An important and long overdue study of the man who charted much of Australia’s coast, adding detail to the work of Matthew Flinders, and whose charts were still in use a century later. Number four in the Miegunyah Press Series. 1250 copies only of this first edition were printed. #18182 A$220.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

23 Keesing, Roger M.; & Corris, Peter. LIGHTNING MEETS THE WEST WIND: THE MALAITA MASSACRE. First Edition; pp. xvi, 220(last blank); endpaper maps, 2 full-page maps, 16 plates, epilogue, notes, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Melbourne; Oxford University Press; (1980). ***Malaita in the Solomon Islands, 1927. #10174 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

24 Keogh, Colonel E. G. SOUTH WEST PACIFIC 1941-45. First Edition; pp. [xii], 484; 25 full-page & 12 other maps by G. M. Capper, 2 appendices; original pictorial boards; a fine copy in very slightly worn dustwrapper. Melbourne; Grayflower Productions; (1965). #8360 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

25 Kolff, D. H.; Jun. VOYAGES OF THE DUTCH BRIG OF WAR DOURGA, through the Southern and Little-Known Parts of the Moluccan , and along the previously unknown southern coast of New Guinea, performed during the years 1825 & 1826. By D. H. Kolff, Jun. Luitenant Ter Zee, 1e Klasse, en Ridder van de Militaire Willems Orde. Translated from the Dutch by George Windsor Earl. First Edition in English; pp. xxiv, 366, [2](adv.); 1 folding & 1 full-page charts; uncut in the original green cloth (a small ink stain on spine); a fine, clean copy; very scarce. London; James Madden; 1840. ***Ferguson 3016. We have seen a number of different original bindings of this work; this one bears the spine title: VOYAGES | TO | NEW GUINEA | AND THROUGH | THE | MOLUCCAN | ARCHIPELAGO. The original owner’s inscription on front endpaper is dated December 31st, 1847. #7827 A$1350.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

26g Lan , Andrew. SOCIAL ORIGINS. [and] PRIMAL LAW by J. J. Atkinson. First Edition; pp. [ii], xviii, [ii], xviii, 208(last blank), [209]-312(last blank), 4(adv.), 40(inserted adv., dated 1/03); 2 appendices, index; original cloth (slightly marked); a very good copy; scarce. London; Longmans, Green, and Co.; 1903. ***Atkinson’s work was posthumously edited and annotated by Lang. The two works include much on the Arunta and other Australian aboriginal and Melanesian tribes and critical analysis of the work and theories of Fison, Spencer & Gillen, Frazer, Herbert Spencer, Max Muller, Durkheim, Lewis Morgan, Westermarck and many others. In this copy the preliminary pages have been repeated, but nothing is omitted. #65436 A$265.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

27 Langham, Ian. THE BUILDING OF BRITISH SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY. W. H. R. Rivers and his Cambridge Disciples in The Development of Kinship Studies, 1898-1931. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxxii, 392; 8 plates, 27 figures, notes & references, index of names, index of subjects; original stiff wrappers (neatly covered in adhesive plastic); a nice copy. Dordrecht, Holland; D. Reidel Publishing Company; (1981). ***Studies in the History of Modern Science Volume 8. Including Western Australia and Melanesia. #65470 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

28 Latham, Robert Gordon. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE VARIETIES OF MAN. First Edition; pp. xxviii, 574, [2](verso blank); 19 illustrations, apophthegms [maxims], bibliography, index; contemporary half calf, with marbled sides (a little rubbed; library labels on front board and pastedown but otherwise completely unmarked); a nice copy; scarce. London; John Van Voorst; M.D.CCCL [1850]. ***Includes the Australian aborigines and natives of the Pacific region. #19422 A$275.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

29 Latham, R[obert] G[ordon]. MAN AND HIS MIGRATIONS. F’cap 8vo, First Edition; pp. vi, 250; original cloth (top of spine & rear joint a little worn; a nice copy; scarce. London; John Van Voorst; MDCCCLI [1851]. ***Includes reference to Australian aborigines and the natives of the Pacific region. #65486 A$275.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

30 Leahy, Michael J. EXPLORATIONS INTO HIGHLAND NEW GUINEA. 1930-1935. Edited by Douglas E. Jones. Foreword by Jane C. Goodale. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 256(last 2 blank); full-page map, several illustrations, index; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Bathurst; Crawford House Press; (1994). ***The diary of the often controversial Leahy, recording his five years spent in the pursuit of gold in the New Guinea highlands, and the human discoveries he made there. Leahy’s encounters with the Highlanders in the 1920s and ‘30s, and his often extraordinary photographs of them provide a broad and rich contribution to world enthnography. #49231 A$95.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

31 Lennox, Cuthbert. HENRY DRUMMOND. A Biographical Sketch (with Bibliography). Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 244; 3 plates, appendix, index; original cloth, uncut; (covers waterstained; some wrinkling or pale waterstaining internally; new front endpaper). London; Andrew Melrose; [1901]. ***Including reference to Australia and Australian Colleges, and to the New Hebrides, as well as Central Africa. #65906 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

32 Levi-Strauss, Claude. TOTEMISM. Translated by Rodney Needham. With an Introduction by Roger C. Poole. Pp. 190, [2] (adv.); map, notes, bibliography, index; original stiff wrappers; a very good copy. (Harmondsworth); Penguin Books; (1969). ***This translation first published in 1963. #51235 A$15.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

33 McConnochie, Ian; Compiled by. ADMIRALTY ISLANDS ANNEXED. Battle for Manus 29 February - 1 May 1944. Monograph No. 31. 4to, ff. 14; 2 maps, 2 illustrations; original wrappers; a fine copy. Garden Island; Naval Historical Society of Australia; 1993. #32888 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

34 McKellar, N. L. FROM DERBY ROUND TO BURKETOWN. The A.U.S.N. Story. Super roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. x, 682; numerous illustrations, appendix, bibliography, index of Ships’ Names & general index; original papered boards; a very good copy in very worn dustwrapper. (St. Lucia, Queensland); University of Queensland Press; (1977). ***The Australasian United Steam Navigation Co. #52176 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

35 MacLeod, Roy and Rehbock, Philip F.; Edited by. NATURE IN ITS GREATEST EXTENT. Western Science in the Pacific. First Edition; pp. xiv, 290; 17 illustrations, notes, references, index; a very good copy in torn dustwrapper; scarce. Honolulu; University of Hawaii Press; (1988). ***With the signature of Miranda Hughes, one of the contributors. #52006 A$85.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

36 Malinowski, Bronislaw. SEX AND REPRESSION IN SAVAGE SOCIETY. Second Impression; pp. xvi, 288(last 3 blank), [20] (inserted adv. dated 1941); index; original cloth (marked & a little worn; an ex-library copy with several stamps, but generally internally clean); scarce. London; Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd.; 1937. ***First published in 1927. #30296 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

37 Malinowski, Bronislaw. MAGIC, SCIENCE AND RELIGION. And other essays by Bronislaw Malinowski with an introduction by Robert Redfield. F’cap 8vo, First Paperback Edition; pp. 274, [6](adv.); original stiff wrappers. Garden City, New York; Doubleday Anchor Books, Doubleday & Company, Inc.; (1954). ***This collection of three essays first published in 1948; includes “Baloma; the Spirits of the Dead in the Trobriand Islands” (1916) and “Myth in Primitive Psychology” (1926). #65437 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

38 Malinowski, Bronislaw. ARGONAUTS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea. Preface by Sir James G. Frazer. A Dutton Paperback. With 66 Illustrations and 5 maps. F’cap 8vo, Paperback Edition; pp. xxxii, 536(last 9 blank); 5 maps, frontispiece & 65 plates (full-page & half-page), 3 tables, 2 text figures, index; a very good copy in original wrappers. New York; E. P. Dutton & Co. Inc.; (1961). #19950 A$25.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

39 Mauss, Marcel. THE GIFT. Forms and Functions of Exchange in Archaic Societies. Translated by Ian Cunnison. With an Introduction by E. E. Evans-Pritchard. First Paperback Edition. Second Impression; pp. xiv, 130; notes; original stiff wrappers; (some light yellow highlighting). (London); Routledge & Kegan Paul; (1974). ***First published by Cohen & West, 1954. #65483 A$15.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

40 (Mitchell, T. C.; Editor). CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Cr. 4to, First Australian Edition; pp. 252(last 3 blank); over 160 illustrations, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; (1979). ***Including interesting well-illustrated articles by A. M. Lysaght, Rudiger Joppien, Brian Durrans, Adrienne Kaeppler & Deborah Waite, especially on anthropological aspects of Cook’s voyages. #41078 A$85.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

41 Mouton, Jean Baptiste Octave: THE NEW GUINEA MEMOIRS OF JEAN BAPTISTE OCTAVE MOUTON. Edited with an Introduction, by Peter Biskup. First Edition; pp. xiv, 164(last blank); endpaper maps, full-page map, portrait, references, index; (some mild foxing); a very good copy in dustwrapper. Canberra; Australian National University Press; 1974. ***Published from the Author’s original MS. in English. #15901 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

42 O’Reilly, Patrick. BIBLIOGRAPHIE METHODIQUE, ANA­ LYTIQUE ET CRITIQUE DES NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xii, 306, [2](blank); full-page illust., index; original wrappers; uncut; a fine copy; very scarce. Paris; Publications de la Societe des Oceanistes, No. 8, Musee de l’Homme; 1958. ***Containing 3016 entries. Edition of 620 copies. A highly detailed and informative work, arranged by subject, with bibliographic details and analysis (often extensive) on both early original works and modern commentaries, including especially a most useful section on Voyages (pp. 6-57). #33488 A$450.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

43 O’Reilly, P. & Laracy, H. M. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES OUVRAGES PUBLIES PAR LES MISSIONS MARISTES DES ILES SALOMON, et en particulier par les presses missionnaires de Visale, Honiara, Banony Bay et Tsiroge. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. 68; 3 plates, 1 full-page illust.; original stiff wrappers, uncut; a fine copy. Paris; Publications de la Societe des Oceanistes, No. 29, Musee de l’Homme; 1972. ***Edition of 300 copies. #33670 A$95.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

44 Pickering, Charles. THE RACES OF MAN; and Their Geo­ g­raphical Distribution. By Charles Pickering, M.D., Member of the United States Exploring Expedition. New Edition. To which is prefixed, An Analytical Synopsis of the Natural History of Man. By John Charles Hall, M.D. F’cap 8vo; pp. lxxii, 446 + 32 page publisher’s catalogue (16 pp. each at front and rear including pastedowns); folding coloured map, 12 fine engraved plates, index; original blind-stamped cloth (spine a little sunned), uncut & largely unopened; a very nice copy; scarce. London; George Bell & Sons; 1876. ***Including Australian, Melanesian and Polynesian peoples. #65463 A$175.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

45 Primitive Art: EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF PRIMITIVE ART of the National Museum of Victoria, the National Gallery of Victoria, the Ethnographical Collection of the University of Melbourne, and private collections. Held on the occasion of the thirty-first Meeting of the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, Melbourne 17-24 August, 1955. To be opened by Professor George W. Paton, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne at the McAllan Gallery in the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, on Thursday, 18 August, 1955, at 2.30 p.m. 8vo; pp. 24; 2 plates; a fine copy in original wrappers. Melbourne; National Gallery of Victoria; 1955. ***Melanesia, Polynesia, North America, Africa. #8867 A$20.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

46 Rankin, Niall. A NATURALIST IN PENGUIN LAND. Super roy. 8vo, pp. 93-116; map, 26 photos.; contained in The National Geographic Magazine, Washington, January, 1955, original wrappers; (waterstain to first few advert. leaves). Washington; National Geographic Society; 1955. ***Containing also “South Seas’ Incredible Land Divers” by Irving and Electa Johnson, pp. 77-92, describing the original “Bungee Jumping” of Pentecost, New Hebrides. #35990 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

47 Roheim, Geza. ANIMISM, MAGIC, AND THE DIVINE KING. First Edition, New Impression; pp. xviii, 390; index; original cloth; a nice copy in faded dustwrapper. London; Routledge & Kegan Paul; (1972). ***First published in 1930. #65454 A$85.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

48 [Rolleston, Charles H.; Editor]. WITH THE “RENOWN” IN AUSTRALASIA. The Magazine of H.M.S. “Renown” December, 1919 to October, 1920. Porstmouth, Barbados, San Diego, Honolulu, Fiji, Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Melbourne, Sydney, Albany, Adelaide, Hobart, Samoa, Acapulco, Trinidad, St. Lucia, Grenada, Bermuda, Porstmouth. 4to, First Edition; pp. 192; full-page map, 32 plates, 5 appendices; new stiff wrappers with title label; (some occasional mild foxing and marginal staining); a very good copy; scarce. Melbourne; Australian Publishing Company Limited; N.D. [1920]. ***With portrait and message from H.R.H. the Prince of Wales [Edward] who was on the voyage, and contributions from the Captain and crew. #33473 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

49 Rosenblum, Alec A. HISTORY AND ART IN PACIFIC STAMPS. A manuscript article on 14 leaves, so titled, by Alec A. Rosenblum, OBE, BSc. (Author of “The Stamps of the Commonwealth of Australia”, “The Stamps of Tonga”, “The Stamps of Papua”, etc.). F’cap folio, 14 leaves; written (by Rosenblum) in a small but legible hand; corners a little dog-eared, but in very good condition. [Melbourne (?); Alec A. Rosenblum; N.D. c. 1950]. ***Written for Charles Barrett’s book - The Pacific, Ocean of Islands - but never used. #64200 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

50 Salmond, Anne. THE TRIAL OF THE CANNIBAL DOG. Captain Cook in the South Seas. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxii, 506; endpaper map, 5 other maps, 8 coloured plates, 48 text illustrations, appendix, bibliography, notes, index; original papered boards; (slight browning of edges); a fine copy in dustwrapper. (London); Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books; (2003). #46908 A$75.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

51 Shineberg, Dorothy. THEY CAME FOR SANDALWOOD. A Study of the Sandalwood Trade in the South-West Pacific 1830-1865. First Edition; pp. xiv, 302(last 3 blank); 2 full-page maps, 13 plates, 1 full-page text illust., 3 appendices, references, bibliography, index; original cloth; a fine copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; (1967). #11740 A$65.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

52 Simpson, Colin. ADAM IN PLUMES. Med. 8vo, Second Edition; pp. xviii, 268, [2](blank); 3 maps, 12 coloured & 18 b/w. plates., text illustrations & decorations; original cloth. Sydney; Angus and Robertson; (1955). ***New Guinea. Described as First Edition on title verso, but it was published a year earlier. #19923 A$45.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

53 Smith, George Adam. THE LIFE OF HENRY DRUMMOND. Third Edition, Completing Eighteenth Thousand. Third Edition; pp. [iii]-xiv(lacking half-title), 506, [2](blank); index; original cloth; (lacking front endpaper & half-title). London; Hodder and Stoughton; 1899. ***Including references to Australia and Australian Colleges, and to the New Hebrides. #65905 A$30.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

54 Smythe, Mrs. [W. J.]. TEN MONTHS IN THE FIJI ISLANDS. With an Introduction and Appendix by Colonel W. J. Smythe, Royal Artillery; Late H. M. Commissioner to Fiji. Illustrated by Chromolithographs and Woodcuts from Sketches made on the spot. With Maps by Arrowsmith. First Edition; pp. xii, xx, 284(last 2 blank); 2 folding maps (1 coloured), 2 full-page maps (1 coloured), 4 coloured & 6 tinted plates, 3 text illustrations, appendices; half leather with marbled sides; (the two folding maps laid down on thin tissue with minor edge defects to the first); a very good copy; scarce. Oxford & London; John Henry & James Parker; 1864. ***The illustrations were drawn by the Author & the chromolithographed plates printed by Vincent Brooks. The main part of the work comprises a series of letters from Mrs. Smythe detailing her travels and observations of native and colonial customs. #5598 A$500.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

55 Strachan, John. EXPLORATIONS AND ADVENTURES IN NEW GUINEA. By Captain John Strachan, F.R.G.S., F.R.C.I., of Sydney. Cr. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 300, 32(inserted adv.); 3 folding coloured maps, portrait frontispiece with facsimile signature, 9 plates; uncut in original cloth (spine faded & a little rubbed; some foxing); a very good, sound copy; very scarce. London; Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington; 1888. ***After visiting the coast of New Guinea and adjacent islands in 1874-75, the author was appointed to lead expeditions to New Guinea in 1884-86 where he explored the coastal areas west of the Fly River in 1884-85, and in 1886 visited Dutch New Guinea. #6463 A$650.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

56 Taylor, C. R. H. A PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY: Printed matter relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Thick roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxx, 492, interleaved throughout; frontispiece, folding map, errata, addenda, 2 appendices, index; original cloth; a very good copy in slightly worn dustwrapper; scarce. Wellington, N.Z.; The Polynesian Society; 1951. ***Memoirs of the Polynesian Society. Volume 24. One of the special copies, interleaved for notes. #48976 A$350.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

57 Taylor, C. R. H. A PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY: Printed Matter relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia. Thick roy. 8vo, Second Edition, revised & greatly enlarged; pp. [ii], xxx, 692; folding map, appendix, key to island groups: therein, 96-page index; original cloth; a nice copy in repaired dustwrapper; scarce. Oxford; at the Clarendon Press; 1965. #19546 A$250.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

58 [Terr y, Michael]. FROM EAST TO WEST ACROSS NORTHERN AUSTRALIA. Read at the Meeting of the Society, 5 May 1924 [drop title]. Pp. 21-43, with full-page map & 4 plates (with 12 illustrations), contained in the complete Volume LXIV of The Geographical Journal, July to December 1924; med. 8vo; pp. viii, 520; 6 folding & several full-page maps, 78 plates; original cloth, gilt; a fine copy. London; The Royal Geographical Society; 1924. ***Containing also several other notable papers, including: Dr. Lauge Koch on the North of Greenland, with map & 8 plates; Peking to Lhasa, by Major-General Sir Cecil Pereira, with map & 6 plates; Central Spitsbergen and North- East Land, by R. A. Fraser and E. R. Relf, with 2 maps & 6 plates; The Snow Mountains of Yunnan, by F. Kingdon Ward, with map & 2 plates; Through Kufra to Darfur by A. M. Hassanein Bey with map & 16 plates; Through Bhutan and Southern Tibet, by Major F. M. Bailey, with 4 plates & map; The First Crossing of Fiji by Basset Thurston (9 pp.) and The Mount Everest Expedition of 1924 by several authors, with 16 fine plates and folding map. #64886 A$450.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

59 Wahlert, Lieutenant Colonel Glenn; Edited by. AUSTRALIAN ARMY AMPHIBIOUS OPERATIONS IN THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC: 1942-45. Edited Papers of the Australian Army History Conference held at the Australian War Memorial, 15 November 1994. First Edition; pp. xii, 218; 2 maps, 12 plates, index; original stiff wrappers; a fine copy. No Place [Canberra?]; (Published by the Army Doctrine Centre; 1995). #38490 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

60 Wawn, William T. THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS and the Queensland Labour Trade. A Record of Voyages and Experiences in the Western Pacific, from 1875 to 1891. By William T. Wawn, Master Mariner. With numerous Illustrations by the Same. Roy. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xvi, 440; 5 full-page tinted maps, 4 plates & 59 illustrations by the Author; original cloth; a fine, bright copy; scarce. London; Swan Sonnenschein & Co.; 1893. ***Ferguson 18256. #2367 A$650.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

61 Webster, E. M. THE MOON MAN. A Biography of Nikolai Miklouho-Maclay. [With a Foreword by O. H. K. Spate.] Roy. 8vo; First Edition; pp. xxvi, 422(last blank); 8 maps, 49 plates, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a nice copy in dustwrapper. (Melbourne); Melbourne University Press; 1984. ***A notable traveller and scientist who studied the area around what is now Madang, and its natives, who believed him to come from the moon. #5604 A$110.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

62 World War II: RECONQUEST. An Official Record of the Australian Army’s Successes in the Offensives Against Lae - Finschhafen - Markham and Ramu Valleys - Huon Peninsula - Finisterre Mountains - Rai Coast - Bogadjim - Madang - Alexishafen - Karkar Is. - Hansa Bay, September, 1943 - June, 1944. First Edition; pp. 160; 6 maps (3 full- page), 2 double-page, 11 full-page & 20 other illustrations; original wrappers (slightly defective); a very good copy. [Melbourne]; Director General of Public Relations; N.D. [1944]. #22445 A$35.00 Gaston Renard Fine and Rare Books Short List Number 192 2016.

63 Young, Michael W. MALINOWSKI. Odyssey of an Anthro­ pologist 1884-1920. Med. 8vo, First Edition; pp. xxx, 690; 4 maps, 42 illustrations on 16 plates, 3 figures, notes, bibliography, index; original papered boards; a fine copy in dustwrapper. New Haven and London; Yale University Press; (2004). ***Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) was one of the most colorful and charismatic social scientists of the twentieth century. His contributions as a founding father of social anthropology and his complex personality earned him international notoriety and near-mythical status. This landmark book presents a vivid portrait of Malinowski’s early life, from his birth in Cracow to his departure from Australia in 1920. By the age of 36, Malinowski had already created the innovative fieldwork methods and techniques that would secure his intellectual legacy. Includes a detailed account of his life in Melbourne and elewhere in Australia, and the Trobriand Islands of the South Pacific. #55103 A$60.00 GASTON RENARD Pty. Ltd. Established 1945 Postal Address: (A.C.N. 005 928 503) Electronic communications: P.O. Box 1030, ABN: 68 893 979 543 Telephone: +61 (0)3 9459 5040 Ivanhoe, Melbourne, www.GastonRenard.com FAX: +61 (0)3 9459 6787 Victoria, 3079, Australia. E-mail: [email protected] NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS:

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