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Auction House:
Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
2-Aug-2014
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Description:
Books on Aborigines and Pacific Islanders (6). Henderson, G.C., Fiji and the Fijians 1835-1856, Sydney, A&R,1931, Numerous plates and maps, (18),333pp., 8vo., cloth with a couple of small spots of discolouration, protected d.w. with slightly browned spine. Excellent copy; Brown, George, Melanesians and Polynesians. Their Life-Histories Described and Compared, London, Macmillan, 1910, Numerous photo plates [approx. 70 illustrations], xv,451pp., some occasional spots of pale foxing, 8vo., cloth gilt with some flecking; Spencer Baldwin & Gillen, F.J., the Native Tribes of Central Australia. Preface by Sir James George Frazer, London, Macmillan, 1938. second Edition, 4 folding coloured plates, 2 folding maps, 129 illustrations, xxiv,671pp., 8vo., cloth. Nice copy; Lagden, Sir Godfrey [Editor], the Native Races of the Empire, London, Collins, (1924), 40 plates, most with more than one image, map endpapers ( with the Empire coloured red), xxiv,377pp., fore-edges spotted, 8vo., publisher's cloth. Gilt crest of a parliamentary library on front board and their ownership stamp on title page and a couple in margins. No other markings internal or external. a nice copy; Skeat, Walter William, Malay Magic. Being an introduction to the folklore and popular religion of the Malay Peninsula, London, Macmillan & Co., 1900, 28 plates, a few text figs, xxiv,(2),685,(3)pp., thick 8vo., recent half morocco, marbled boards. a very good copy; Spencer, Baldwin, Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia, London, Macmillan, 1914, Folding map, 36 plates, 8 in colour, 92 illustrations, xx,516,(2)pp., t.e.g., 8vo., later rebinding in 1/4 morocco, spine with raised bands, marbled boards. a very good copy, internally fine and largely unopened.
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Unclassified