Niel gunson ed (13 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. xii 140 pages, bibliography, index. A clean, unmarked and solid copy which appears unread. No dust wrapper as issued. The Dalton Journals ". is a rare British account of whaling South Seas, afield much dominated by the preponderance of American journals; it provides an interesting eyewitness account of. Captain Cook's death recalled by a group of elderly Hawaiian; it records the discoveries of Phoenix Island & Canton Island .and most importantly . the opening of the Pacific to missionaries [and to] European settlement and to commercial exploitation.' (foreword).…

Quarto hardcover (VG+), signed by editor; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.…

Hard Cover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 351 pages. The dust jacket is covered in clear plastic that shows a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned. The book has ex library markings. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Ex Library.…

hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Jacket has light tattering to the edges, light soiling, binding sound, front endpage has a name in ink, and an area of superficial damage due to sticker removal, internally clean. A collection of essays put together by a wide range of Pacific specialists on Henry Maude, an administrator and field work in the Pacific with important contributions, in his later career, as a practising academic.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. pp.xiv+351. 21.5cm. Frontispiece portrait. 4 black and white photographic plates. Figures in the text. End paper maps. Bibliography. Index. Also a bibliography of Maude's writings. Hard cover in dust jacket. A good clean copy.

Or.dec.cl. 140pp. b/w ills. Cloth unevenly faded else Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. The journal of Dr William Dalton.

HARDCOVER. 1990, First edition. A near fine copy only marked by small ink marks on 2 pages.

Cloth. Condizione: Very Good - Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: VG - Near Fine. First Edition. xiv 351p With maps and illustrations, a series of essays dealing with the changing societies in the Pacific Islands, their institutions and customs.

Hardback, 18x25.5cm, 140pp. Good condition in red cloth. Light wear. Lightly foxed edges. Owner's penned name at title page. ISBN: 0642105057.

Hardcover. Ex-library, otheriwse good (no markings to text). Includes papers on The Pacific as an Artefact; Uean abara: the high chiefs of Butaritari and Makin; Some problems in the understanding of Oceanic kinship; Institutions of violence in the Marquesas; First-child ceremonies and male prestige in the changing Kove society; Conquest culture and colonial culture in the Marianas during the Spanish period; The Mapia Islands and their affinities etc. 351pp. ISBN 0195505182.…

Soft Cover. Condizione: VG+. First Edition. 2 vols. 4to. original printed paper wraps (a little rubbed & creased, spines slightly sunned); pp. xii, 1-176, with illustrations; vi, 177-382, with illustrations. Heavy item (1.9 kg), additional postage may be required for international delivery. A very good set.…

Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974. Series: Australian Aboriginal Studies no. 40. Ethnohistory series no. 2. Two volumes, large quarto (260 x 205 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers (light sunning to spines); endpaper maps; pp. xii, 1-176; vi, 177-382; illustrated; an excellent set. Cover illustration after Robert Browne. Although published over fifty years ago, Gunson's scholarly presentation of the papers and miscellaneous writings ofmissionary Lancelot Edward Threlkeld (1788-1859) remains an essential resource for those interested in the early relations between theAwabakal people of the coastal Hunter region of New South Wales and their European colonisers.…

Canberra : Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, 1974. Series: Australian Aboriginal Studies no. 40. Ethnohistory series no. 2. Two volumes, large quarto (260 x 205 mm), pictorial stiff wrappers (light sunning to spines); endpaper maps; pp. xii, 1-176; vi, 177-382; illustrated; an excellent set. Cover illustration after Robert Browne. Although published over fifty years ago, Gunson's scholarly presentation of the papers and miscellaneous writings ofmissionary Lancelot Edward Threlkeld (1788-1859) remains an essential resource for those interested in the early relations between theAwabakal people of the coastal Hunter region of New South Wales and their European colonisers.…