British New Guinea Thomson James Park [Very Good] [Hardcover]

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230x165x30mm+1026g . . 500g Postage Incorrect see below for 2kg . . George Philip & Son; Alexr. Muir & Morcom. 32 Fleet St London; 221 Queen St Brisbane. 1892. First Edition. . . Pp xxvii 336. Original red cloth over bevelled hard boards with gilt lettering to spine, gilt vignette and decorative rule to front cover, decorative rule blocked in blind to back cover, brown coated endpapers, tipped in errata slip. Portrait frontispiece, 8 tissue guarded plates, illustrations in text, large folded colour map and 4pp publishers advert's at rear. An in-depth analysis of New Guinea published nine years after its annexation in 1883. James Park Thomson was an experienced explorer and land surveyor who worked in Fiji, New South Wales and Queensland. In this work he drew on the notes of Sir William MacGregor, administrator of British New Guinea from 1888 to 1898, with whom he served in Fiji. The original manuscript was lost on the ill-fated ""Quetta"" in 1890 and had to be re-written before it was finally published in 1892. Spine faded with head and foot showing wear, corners bumped and showing wear, slight rubbing to extremities, light marks to front and rear, sporadic foxing throughout, plate (pp80) detached tissue guard has creasing, unopened. A very lovely copy: Image is ALWAYS of the ACTUAL BOOK: Book and or Jacket may have names. dedications. marks. tears. foxing. browned pages. creasing and losses unless otherwise noted. . . Australia_Post_Zoned_International_Shipping_Rates_FOR_THIS_PARCEL . . AP-Zone1_NZ:_AU$36.60 . . AP-Zone3_Canada_USA:_AU$61.40 . . AP-Zone4_UK_Europe:_AU$68.80 . . Domestic_tracked_OR_registered_flat_rate_FOR_THIS_ITEM_Within_Australia:_AU$17.40