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NEW GUINEA and PAPUA continued...

Picture Postcards continued...

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1593

PAPUA: 1911 beautiful advertising card for Burns Philp Island Line of Steamers with 'Village Scene at Sariba...British New Guinea' on the face & 'New Guinea Canoe' (not a lakatoi) on the reverse, postally used at Townsville (Qld) with Inverted Datehead in the machine cancel. Ex Rev Roger Lee.

Grade A (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1594

PAPUA: 1925 (Nov 18) usage of 'Samarai from the Wireless Mast' real photo postcard with a fantastic aerial view of the buildings & warehouses along the main street and the jetties & shipping immediately behind these, to Hungary (no message) with Lakatois ½d myrtle & apple-green and 1d black & carmine with 'SAMARAI' cds affixed on face paying the 1½d foreign postcard rate, a couple of minor bends & rounded corners.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$150.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1595

PAPUA: 1920s (circa) Whitten Brothers Ltd mostly indigenous subjects including portraits & groups, village scenes & housing, dances & crafts, generally fine to very fine, one with a stamp removed otherwise used under cover, or unused. Ex Rev Roger Lee. (14)

Grade A/B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

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Estimate AU$500

SOLD for AU$380.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1596

PAPUA: 1940 (circa) Papuan Times Ltd mostly indigenous subjects including village scenes & housing, views of Samarai including 'Looking from the Gaol...', 'Cricket Match Played at Kwato...', etc, one with a blank back, very fine unused. Ex Rev Roger Lee. (12)

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$350

SOLD for AU$270.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

Books (Non-Philatelic)

LotNo.

Symbol

Lot Description

Estimate in AU$'s

1597

Two cartons of mostly modern titles but including 'Descriptive Notes on Papuan Plants' by Baron Ferdinand von Mueller (1875, rather aged & re-bound); 'The Melanesian Island Languages' by Ray (1926); 'Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Rattlesnake' in two volumes by Macgillivray (1967 facsimile edition), 'Narrative of the Voyage of HMS Fly' in 2 volumes by Jukes (1993 facsimile edition #94/250) 'The Vailala Madness and other Essays' by Williams (1976), etc, generally fine to very fine. A wealth of knowledge, at a bargain-basement price. (55) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$160.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1598

Five religious works in indigenous languages comprising 1) 'Ekalesia Ana Pari (Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in the Mukawa Laguage)' [London, 1905]; 2) 'Taparoro Ana Buki Bapuna. Taparoro Ana Wona. Pana Paneati (First Catechism and Hymns, Translated into the Language of Paneati, Papua)' [Melbourne, 1918]; 3) 'Buki Tabu Lowaenei' (Old Testament - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Ruth, Esther, Psalms, Isiah & Jonah in Dobu) [London, 1919]; 4) 'Ekalesia Ana Giu Viegana (Lectures on the Teaching of the Church in the Wedau Language, Papua) by Bishop Henry Newton [London, 1930]; and 5) 'Iesu Keriso. Nou Wade Overa (The Four Gospels in Kiwai, Fly Delta, Papua)' [Sydney, 1947], good to fine. (5) (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$230.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1599

Trio of titles comprising 'Patrolling in Papua' by Humphries (1923 first edition h/b 287pp with 41 b/w photographic illustrations plus foldout map); 'Papuan Pictures' by HM Dauncey (1913 h/b 184pp with 63 b/w illustrations from photographs by the author); and 'New Guinea Diary 1942-43' by war correspondent George H Johnston (1946 h/b 254 pages with 8 b/w photographs plus map); all with minor cover wear, the pages very fine. (3)

Grade A-/B (Image1)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1600

1847 'Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of HMS Fly, commanded by Captain FP Blackwood RN, in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the Years 1842-1846' by the geologist Joseph Beete Jukes in two volumes (1847 First Edition, h/b 423pp & 362pp) with numerous engraved and aquatint plates mostly by Harden S Melville & engraved foldout maps including a highly detailed map of Queensland's east coast & the Great Barrier Reef north to British New Guinea, occasional foxing as usual. Historically important volumes. [A leading antiquarian bookseller currently has a similar set for sale at $4850] The expedition was the first to be sent to Australia specifically to undertake survey work. A key objective was Jukes' performing the first scientific survey of the Great Barrier Reef. (2) (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$2,500

SOLD for AU$2,000.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1601

1880 'New Guinea: What I Did and What I Saw Volume I' by the Italian naturalist Luigi Maria D'Albertis (1880, first edition; 424 pages, with four beautiful chromolithograph plates of birds and 36 fullpage engravings), the covers very fine, some pages with minor foxing. An important early book that is exceptionally well illustrated.

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38)

Estimate AU$200

SOLD for AU$320.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1602

1887 'Pioneering in New Guinea' by Rev James Chalmers (1887, first edition h/b 343 pages with 30 b/w illustrations but missing the foldout map), minor wear to the covers, minor spine splits but all pages in place, a few pages with light foxing otherwise very fine.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6)

Estimate AU$30

SOLD for AU$24.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1603

1890 'Toil, Travel and Discovery in British New Guinea' by Theodore Francis Bevan (1890), with five foldout hand-tinted maps at rear, light foxing, internally very clean. [A similar example is currently available online for US$240] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1604

1895 'Pioneer Life and Work in New Guinea 1877-1894' by Rev James Chalmers (1895 first edition, h/b; 255 pages with 43 b/w illustrations plus map), minor wear to the covers with a small ink stain on the reverse, some pages with light foxing otherwise very fine. [Two copies are currently available online for US$275 & US$300]

Grade A (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42)

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1605

1898 'Through New Guinea and other Cannibal Countries' by H Cayley-Webster (1898 first edition h/b 387 pages with 100 b/w illustrations plus foldout map), covers worn, some splitting along the spine but all pages are in place, the pages with minor aging along the edges. [A fine copy was recently sold online for $350]

Grade B (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1606

1898 'Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, Third Series - An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress of the Natives of the Pacific Islands' by James Edge-Partington (1898, privately published #106/175), 234 landscape-format loose-leaf pages (405x205mm) including 225 plates of hand-drawn illustrations, the frontispiece discoloured otherwise remarkably fine. In the original portfolio box with very fine title plate on the lid & brass clasp. Relevant content for German New Guinea (leaves 36-47), New Guinea (ie Papua leaves 72-94), Australia (leaves 95-146) & New Zealand (leaves 147-225). A rare & important book. [Even the 1969 facsimile edition is keenly sought-after, with copies offered online for between US$425 & US$690] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7)

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Estimate AU$6,000

SOLD for AU$5,000.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1607

1902 'Savage Life in New Guinea/The Papuan in Many Moods' by missionary Rev Charles William Abel (circa 1902, first edition h/b 221 pages with 70 b/w illustrations), minor wear to the covers, the pages mostly very fine.

Grade A- (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4) (Image5) (Image6) (Image7) (Image8) (Image9) (Image10) (Image11) (Image12) (Image13) (Image14) (Image15) (Image16) (Image17) (Image18) (Image19) (Image20) (Image21) (Image22) (Image23) (Image24) (Image25) (Image26) (Image27) (Image28) (Image29) (Image30) (Image31) (Image32) (Image33) (Image34) (Image35) (Image36) (Image37) (Image38) (Image39) (Image40) (Image41) (Image42) (Image43) (Image44) (Image45) (Image46) (Image47) (Image48) (Image49) (Image50) (Image51) (Image52) (Image53) (Image54) (Image55) (Image56) (Image57) (Image58) (Image59) (Image60) (Image61)

Estimate AU$50

SOLD for AU$38.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1608

1905 'Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens, Eastern Arms &c, issued monthly by WO Oldman No22 January 1905', 4pp with brief descriptions of 86 items of tribal culture & craft followed by two photographic plates illustrating most of the items, fine condition. Scarce original auction catalogue of early ethnographic dealer William Ockleford Oldman. Even today, his catalogues are highly regarded reference works. (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$450

SOLD for AU$400.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1609

1905 'Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens, issued monthly by WO Oldman No 33 December 1905', two pages with brief descriptions of 37 items and two tipped-in photographs illustrating all the items for sale fair condition (covers detached & chipped). (Image1) (Image2)

Estimate AU$300

SOLD for AU$250.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1610

1912 'Papua or British New Guinea' by JHP ('Hubert') Murray (1912, first edition, h/b 388 pages with 33 b/w photographic illustrations + coloured foldout map), light wear & marks to the covers, the pages with minor foxing mostly along the edges otherwise very fine. [A similar copy is currently available online for US$445] Sir John Hubert Plunkett Murray was Chief Judicial Officer of Papua &, from 1908 until his death in 1940, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Territory. During his tenure, head-hunting & cannibalism were wiped-out.

Estimate AU$150

SOLD for AU$115.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1611

1912 'The Mafulu: Mountain People of British New Guinea' by Robert Williamson (1912 First edition, h/b 364 pages with 91 photographic plates & foldout colour map at rear, some foxing. [Williamson was the first non-missionary European to have contact with the Mafulu] (Image1) (Image2) (Image3) (Image4)

Estimate AU$100

SOLD for AU$75.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM

1612

1914 'In Far New Guinea' by Henry Newton published by Seeley Service & Co, London (1914 first edition; h/b in half-leather 304 pages with 48 b/w photographic illustrations plus foldout map with repaired tears), the covers very fine, some pages with minor foxing. [Or buy the modern reprint for $100]

Estimate AU$75

SOLD for AU$60.00
Closing..Jun-28, 08:00 PM