Item #3041 High Lights and Flights in New Guinea Being in the main an account of the discovery and development of the Morobe goldfields. Lloyd RHYS.

High Lights and Flights in New Guinea Being in the main an account of the discovery and development of the Morobe goldfields

London: Hodder and Stoughton Limited, 1942. Octavo, original beige cloth, rear endpaper illustrated with map, [vi], 254 pp., frontispiece, 12 double-sided plates, two maps. Shelf wear, board corners slightly bumped, stamp mark on front free-endpaper, mild foxing, dust jacket worn and torn, otherwise a good copy. First edition.

The story of the exploration of New Guinea and the development of the Morobe goldfields. This account is divided in five parts from the annexation to the Darling's discovery, to the flying into Wau, to Sepik to a new era. Item #3041

Price (AUD): $160.00

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