The Solomon Islands and Their Natives
- Paperback2012, ISBN: 9781151820594
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Nyack, NY: John Day Company/Asia Press Book, 1946. 26 pp. of text, and approx. 70 pp. of half-tone illus. Full green cloth; edges slightly faded, else very good. Contents fine. Pictorial… More...
Nyack, NY: John Day Company/Asia Press Book, 1946. 26 pp. of text, and approx. 70 pp. of half-tone illus. Full green cloth; edges slightly faded, else very good. Contents fine. Pictorial dj; edge wear, lightly soiled, spine sl faded. Cultural anthropology. Native life on Melanesian islands: the Solomons, New Guinea.. First American Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall., John Day Company/Asia Press Book, 1946, New York: Schocken Books, 1970. First Thus. Cloth. Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Schocken Books, 1970, New York: Macmillan Co., 1942. The story of an unorthodox expedition made by two young women who go to the Territory of New Guinea in the Southwest Pacific prior to WWII to paint portraits of the native headhunters who live there. Very nice copy, both the book and the DJ, very bright and clean with slightly age tanned pages. The DJ has two tiny chips at the head of the spine and even smaller ones at the corners, still bright and clean. The book has a slightly more serious flaw in that at sometime it became a little damp, probably rain, which left a small stain around the top edges. Now dry for many years, it had no serious adverse effect other than the light dampstain on the covers.. Later Printing of First Edition. Cloth HB. Very Good/Very Good Plus., Macmillan Co., 1942, RareBooksClub.com, 2012-05-08. Paperback. New. Buy with confidence. Excellent Customer Service & Return policy., RareBooksClub.com, 2012-05-08, Routledge and Kegan Paul reprint 1969 (1939) . 374p dustwrapper, Routledge and Kegan Paul reprint 1969 (1939), New York: Macmillan and Company Ltd., 1942. First edition. 8vo. Cloth. 416 p. Index. Illustrated by the author. The account of Mytinger's expedition to the Solomon Islands to paint portraits of the native people. She shares her adventures and misadventures, and her story is made vivid by her sketches and numerous black and white illustrated plates. No dustjacket. Spine faded, the first few pages once had folding. Else a clean, tight copy in very good condition.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Macmillan and Company Ltd., 1942, New York: Macmillan and Company Ltd., 1942. New York: Macmillan, 1942. First Edition. 8vo. Decorative cloth. 416 p. Index. Illustrated by the author. The account of Mytinger's expedition to the Solomon Islands to paint portraits of the native people. She shares her adventures and misadventures, and her story is made vivid by her sketches and numerous black and white illustrated plates. Dustjacket is mostly gone at spine. Book has previous owner name to free front endpaper. Very good in fair dustjacket in mylar cover.. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Fair. Illus. by Mytinger, Caroline. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall., Macmillan and Company Ltd., 1942, Constable and Robinson, 2012. Paperback. New. 1960, and Sister Conchita, the young nun with a flair for detection, has been forced to assume reluctant command of a run-down mission in the Solomon Islands. The group of three elderly sisters currently there are rumoured to have 'gone native' and Conchita tries to grapple with these insurgents and the secrets they are keeping.SKU: MM-60521163; EAN: 9781849013413, Constable and Robinson, 2012, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Edition. Hard Cover. 155750122X . 343, [4] pages, plates, cloth, DJ, very good. From the estate of a noted military collector and with his embossed label. From the DJ: Stated first printing. From Wikipedia: "Major Warren Frederick Martin Clemens CBE, MC, AM (17 April 1915 - 31 May 2009) was a British colonial administrator and soldier. In late 1941 and early 1942, while serving as a District Officer in the Solomon Islands, he helped prepare the area for eventual resistance to Japanese occupation. His additional duties as coastwatcher alerted the Allies to Japanese plans to build an airstrip on Guadalcanal. This resulted in Allied carrier raids and eventually a landing by U. S. Forces and the beginning of the epic struggle in the Solomons. Clemens then directly served the U. S. Marines in coordinating intelligence on Japanese activities. Martin Clemens was born in Aberdeen, Scotland, son of Warren Clemens (musician). He won scholarships to Bedford School and Christ's College, Cambridge, where he studied agriculture and natural sciences from 1933-1937. In 1938, Clemens joined the Colonial Service and was sent out to the British Solomon Islands Protectorate (BSIP). He served for three years as a cadet in Malaita, and became a District Officer in 1941. With the coming of the Pacific War, he volunteered for military service in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate Defence Force and was commissioned a Captain. After a short leave in Australia in late 1941, Martin Clemens returned to the Solomons on a ship sent to evacuate European and Chinese residents from Guadalcanal. While responsible for nearly fifteen thousand citizens and various other people on Guadalcanal, District Officer Clemens additionally served as a coastwatcher. The Japanese planned to cut off the United States' communications with New Zealand and Australia by building an airstrip on Guadalcanal. When they began landing infantry, support troops and engineers to begin the airstrip, Clemens reported such to the Allies by radio. Meanwhile, the managers of the coconut plantations had fled Guadalcanal in panic, abandoning the native workers from neighboring islands, who were left to be repatriated by Clemens. He then established his radio station and coastwatching activities. Though he was a commissioned officer, Clemens received no support from the military and had no uniform. After the Japanese occupied the island of Tulagi in early May, they initiated searches for Clemens and other known colonial officers. In June, the Japanese commenced the construction of an airfield on Guadalcanal, further isolating Clemens and forcing him to conduct his activities from enclaves in the mountains. Clemens, on his jungle-shielded mountain, played a dangerous game of hide and seek with the Japanese. He and his tiny coastwatcher contingent were running low on everything they needed: food, supplies, and most critically, radio batteries. Barefoot, Clemens shared the privations of his coastwatchers. His shoes had disintegrated. Guadalcanal became the site of the first major land offensive against the Japanese in the South Pacific. Upon the American invasion of Guadalcanal, Clemens and his BSIP police made contact with the surprised Marines when they marched to the American positions carrying the Union Flag. Cooperation between Clemens and the U. S. Marines made him a key operative on the island. Clemens and his scouts provided the U. S. Marines much assistance with continuous raids on Japanese supplies and radio reports of the enemy's position. His war service earned him the Military Cross (MC) on 15 December 1942, and in 1944 the U. S. Legion of Merit. The First Marine Division also awarded him the commemorative Faciat Georgius medal, which he helped design." ; 343 pages ., Naval Institute Press, 1998, Washington, D.C.: War and Navy Departments.. 1944.. Illustrated booklet in stiff paper covers; 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches; 80 pp. A guidebook for US military men and women to acquaint them with the politics, physical features, inhabitants, ("native customs and manners"), language (pidgin English), etc. of New Guinea. Booklet is illustrated with drawings and three interesting maps, including a two page centerfold. Very good clean condition, save for rusted staples. One of the most interesting sections is a 22 page guide titled "Hints on Pronouncing Melanesian Pidgin English." ., War and Navy Departments., 1944., U. New.<