Australia & The Pacific from Walkabout Books

Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1849. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. pp. x, [13]-386, in publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth. Losses to spine ends, corners rubbed through, slightly shaken, but still a better than average copy of this title, which is often found in poor condition. Hill (1910): The ships made port in Rio de Janierio, Valparaiso, Callao, Paita, the Marquesas,… Read more about this item

Wellington: New Zealand Government Publicity Department, 1925. Stapled brochure, 4.5 x 9 inches, in illustrated cardstock wrappers. 32 pp, with many illustrations from photographs. Slight edgewear; near fine. Promoting New Zealand as "The Great Britain of the South Seas," this brochure seeks to attract farmers on the basis of its climate, soil quality, and quality of life, as well… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1937. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 348 pp + illustrations from photographs, with index, illustrated endpapers. Light shelf wear (including lightly bumped upper corners); text clean, binding sound. No dust jacket. Hatfield was born in Britain but decided to migrate to Australia at the age of 20, working his passage as a… Read more about this item

New York and London: Longmans, Green, 1899. Hardcover. Very good. First edition, American issue. 8vo. pp. xxiv, 490; with two folding maps, 20 full-page plates, many other illustrations in the text. Original blue cloth stamped in gilt, top edge gilt. Very mild spine slant, rubbing to extremities; internals clean and sound. Lady Brassey was a skilled photographer and… Read more about this item

[Apia, Samoa], 1972. Softcover. Very good. 8.5 x 11 in, 138 pp, printed wrappers. Yearbook of the Western Samoa Teachers' Training College, illustrated with many b/w photographs. Light soiling to covers, title handwritten in pen on spine; otherwise unmarked, clean and sound. Includes staff photos and bios, list and photos of all graduates, list of trophies and awards,… Read more about this item

Chipping Norton, NSW: Surrey Beatty & Sons, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Two volumes, 8.5 x 12 inches, 835 pp in total. Indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Both volumes clean, tightly bound, and unmarked. Dust jackets have mild edgewear. "The first comprehensive review of the biology of kangaroos, wallabies, and rat-kangaroos, of which about 50… Read more about this item

London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by John and Patricia Russell. 178 pp of text plus approximately 50 photographs, some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, else a fine copy in a clean, dust jacket with minimal wear. Reflections on… Read more about this item

London and Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. First English edition. Translated from the French by James Hogarth. 187 pp, extensively illustrated with photographs, some color. Previous owner's name on front pastedown, else a fine copy in a clean, slightly rubbed dust jacket with a few ink marks on the rear panel.… Read more about this item