Reprinted from the Auckland Star, 1896. Paperback. Very Good without wraps, 15 pp. New Zealand. NZ4/11211. Very Good. More

London: Stanley Paul & Co., (1911). Hardcover. Not dated, circa 1911. Includes 36 illustrations in half-tone. A travelogue through New Zealand that discusses the bush and its people. Greyish blue cloth boards with gilt title to spine and gilt illustration to front board. Dark blue crayon scribble to front board. Minor discoloration to edges of boards. Spotting (possibly mildew - although no odor) to rear board). Bumping to cloth on head of spine. The interior is clean and bright. 316 pages plus ads. AUST/102021. Very Good. More

Brisbane: The Law Book Company Limited, 1913. Hardcover. G+ in three quarter brown leather binding and orange/brown cloth. Some spotting on cloth; a 3/4 inch tear along bottom of spine, leather on spine and corners chipped. Title page detached; table of contents, blank page at end, and several intermittent pages have 2x 1/2'' square cut out of top center of page -- does not affect text. Australia. AUST01/011899. Good +. More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, (1985). Hardcover. Mark S. Mosko is Professor, Department of Anthropology, School of Culture, History & Language, Emeritus Professor, Australia National University. For approximately 40 years (1974-2015), his research was concentrated on the ethnography of (Austronesian) North Mekeo peoples of the Central Province of Papua New Guinea. The Mekeo are an indigenous people who are known to have inhabited only this region. Their contact with the outside world began in the 1840s and was accelerated by the arrival of French Catholic missionaries beginning in 1875. Most of the Mekeo were converted to Christianity, but their initial population of 20-30,000 was devastated by diseases introduced by the outsiders. The massive deaths led to an escalation of traditional sorcery for which the Mekeo are still renowned. Mosko's publications have focused on traditional and changing patterns of social organization, religion and cosmology, myth, personhood, gender, chieftainship, commoditization, land tenure, and Christian conversion. This scholarly anthropological work was first published in 1985. Available copies are generally reprints from the period 2008-2009. A copy from 1985 is very rare. Octavo. Black cloth covered boards with gilt title to spine. Slight bumping to spine ends. Light browning to end pages. Else is pristine. Black dust jacket with yellow title to front and spine panels. Slight creasing to spine ends of dust jacket. Index, 298 pages. South Pacific. SOUPAC/051111. Very Good / Very Good. More

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited Adelaide, [1962]. Hardcover. The Snowy Mountains were the site of the building of a large hydroelectric and water diversion project in Australia's loftiest mountain range. The author traveled to the region intending to write a report on the project, but ended up writing about the workers, many of them from Europe and elsewhere, who were dedicating their lives to the project. Contains many black-and-white photographs of the workers, their living conditions, and their work environment. Maps to front and rear endpapers and occasional maps in text block. Introduction by Professor A. P. Elkin. SCARCE, especially in the United States. Octavo. Blue cloth-covered boards with title in dark blue to spine. Illustrated dust jacket with title in white to front and spine panels. Some bumping and wear at edges of dust jacket. Pages are yellowed but clean; photographs are bright and clear. AUS/9082. Very Good / Very Good. More

Rutland, VT: Carolyn Shattuck. Hardcover. Number 3 of 15 copies, signed by the book artist. This is an intriguing new work from well-known artist Carolyn Shattuck that uses the inventive magic star structure. In addition to artists' books, Carolyn is a painter and creator of paper art. She exhibits her work nationally in numerous juried exhibitions and has received many awards. Her books have been collected by a number of special collections libraries at universities throughout the country. She teaches Book Art workshops in New England and Florida. This book explores the the experiences of Australia's indigenous people through images of their art and designs. The artist writes on inserts on the book's front and rear covers that the era called "The Great Australian Silence" was when indigenous people were absent from the national discourse...yet stress and anxiety remain today for the aboriginal people. She continues, "saying ancestral aboriginal people who have experiences the land have passed on through generations, traditions such as song, dance, painting and carving. From this history, the aboriginal people developed their responsibility as stewards of the land. They are a national culture." The book's pages show colorful images of aboriginal designs. The book's structure allow it to be viewed either as a codex or as a star structure by furling open the pages. Printed on black Hemptone and Red River paper with the design images affixed to each two page spread. In fine condition. Measures 5.25 x 5.25 inches. Unpaginated. ARTB/061724. Fine. More

Sydney: N.R.M.A. Touring Dept. (1968). First Edition. Paperback. SCARCE. 8vo. Very good in grey illustrated side stapled paper wrappers with white and grey title to front wrapper. Interior is clean and bright with two photographic illustrations. 15 pages. AUS/031418. Very Good. More

New South Wales: Benevolent Society of New South Wales, 1963. Hardcover. Alfred (Alf) Conlon was an important and controversial figure in Australia during World War II. He was the head of the Australian Directorate of Research and Civil Affairs and was an influential figure in the Pacific region after the war through the Australian School of Pacific Administration, which grew out of the directorate. He also helped to found the National Union of Australian University Students, obtained a medical degree and practiced psychiatry before his untimely death from cardiovasular disease. This memorial contains tributes from 36 of his colleagues. Size: Octavo. In black paper wrappers with gilt title to front wrapper and to spine. Binding in near-new condition. Interior pages are bright and clean. Owner signature to front free end paper. AUS/042921. Very Good. More