Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 318 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2008). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Port Moresby: Office of Infomation, Papua New Guinea Government. Foreword by Michael Somare. Many color and b/w Illus. 4to, pictorial boards, d.w. (Port Moresby): Office of Information, Papua New Guinea Government, n.d., (1975). Inscribed by Michael Somare, the Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea. More
London, 1956. More
Illus. Colored embossed cloth. Paris, 1963. Adventures on Papua. Near fine. More
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1790. 1 volume, 4to, xvi (title, opinion of the bookbinder, errata, foreword); iv (table of contents); 309 pages of text, wide margins, 12 folding maps and plates numbered I - XII. Original blue wrappers, quite rubbed, lacks spine, deckled edges. Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1790. First Edition. Internally very good. Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu (1738-1810) entered the navy at age fourteen. He was an explorer, hydrographer and French politician, notably Minister of Marine under Louis XVI and..... More
Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press, 2007. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 137 pages. Tall 8vo, stiff pictorial wrappers. Cambridge: Peabody Museum Press, (2007). Near fine. More
New York: Random House, 1968. Profusely illustrated, including many nicely printed photogravures. 184pp. 4to, natural cloth, d.w. New York: Random House, 1968. First edition. A near fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
![Item #284292 Epimachus Superbus [Black Sicklebill]. Georg August GOLDFUSS](https://argosybooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/284292.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1543073383)
Dusseldorf: Arnz. Lithograph with hand coloring. 23.75 x 18.5 inches. Shows some minor wear to edge and some light foxing. In very good condition. A vibrant illustration of a Black Sicklebill, a large bird-of-paradise found in New Guinea, presented as 1/2 of natural size. This is plate 258 from Goldfuss' 'Naturalists Atlas', a collection of large folio sized lithographs published in serial form (unbound) in Dusseldorf by Arnz from 1824-1842. Georg August Goldfuss (1782-1848) was a German paleontologist, botanist, and..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 1992. Heavily illustrated in b/w and color. 224 pages. 4to, orange boards with tan cloth spine, d.w. (some edge wear). New York: Rizzoli, (1992). A near fine copy, with a stain on front endpaper from publisher's glue, in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
Basel: Tribal Art Centre, 1985. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographic images. Tall 4to, glossy black pictorial boards. Basel: Tribal Art Centre, (1985). First Edition. Near Fine. More
Original aquatint. 18 1/2" x 12 1/2". Dramatic forest scene with three firgures in Papua New Guinea from the Voyage of the corvette Astrolabe executed by order of the king: during the years 1826-1827-1828-1829. More
4to, cloth, d.w. With a profusion of handsomely printed illus. New York, (1966). The Continents We Live On series. More
New York: Dutton, 1950. Preface by Sir James George Frazer. With 5 maps, 65 plates & 2 figures in the text. 527 pages. Tall thick 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Dutton, 1950. Reprint. A near fine copy. More
New York: Macmillan, 1947. Illustrated in black and white. viii, 441 pages. 8vo, black cloth (spine sunned). New York: Macmillan, 1947. Page edges lightly foxed. Internally clean and tight. Very good. More
Boston: Little Brown, 1996. With an essay by Meg Taylor. 107 duotone illustrations, map. 132 pages. Slim square 4to, black cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. Boston: Little, Brown & Co./Bulfinch Press, (1996). First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1968. 48 pages of black & white photographic illustrations and 5 color plates. 628 pages, tall very thick 8vo, blue cloth, black spine, d.w. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1968. First Edition. A fine copy in a very good dust jacket. More
Illustrated with maps and photographs. 266pp, 8vo, cloth. N.Y.: Charles Scribner's, 1965. Very good in very good, price clipped, dust jacket. More
Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, d.w. N.Y.: Random House, (1974). Very good. Life with a cannibal tribe in New Guinea. More
New York: Grove, 1989. Paperback edition, illustrated with black-and-white photographs. 209 pages, 8vo, New York, Grove Press, (1989). First Evergreen edition. Very good(+). Inscribed to playwright Romulus Linney on the half-title page: "For Romulus, with many thanks for being who you are and for all the great talks we had. Love, Tobias." More
New York: Braziller, 1993. Illustrated in color and in black and white. 160 pages. 4to, black cloth with silver lettering, d.w. New York: George Braziller, (1993). Near fine in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Vanves: Hazan, 2004. Heavily illustrated in color. 297 pages with text in French. 4to, red boards, d.w. [Vanves]: Hazan, (2004). Minor wear on corners of book and dust wrapper. Near fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. More
London: Dent, 1962. Color frontis., illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. xiii + 189pp., 8vo, black cloth; lightly rubbed, very faint dampstain to front and rear covers near the spine. London: J.M. Dent & Sons, 1962. First edition. A very good copy. More
New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1959. Frontispiece, with b/w illustrations throughout. 63pp. Slim 4to, natural boards, d.w. (spotting on wrapper). New York: Museum of Primitive Art, 1959. A very good(+) copy in a good dust wrapper. More
Washington, D.C. US War Department, 1943. Original double-sided poster. Offset lithograph in both color and black and white. 35" x 47". Newsmap was a weekly educational and propaganda poster published by the US War Department during and immediately after World War II. It ran in four volumes from April 1942 to March 1946, after which an additional eight issues were published. Newsmaps were not issued for general distribution, the posters were distributed to military installations as well as government and..... More
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