Government Printer Suva (2 results)
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Published by Government Printer Suva - W. Cook / D.W. Murray, 1871
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Seller: De Bry Rare Books, Oxford, United KingdomDe Bry Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Rare Collection of Fijian Government Council and Gazette Papers, 1871 1886 - Printed in Fiji. 27 official Government Council and Gazette papers documenting Fiji s transition from an independent kingdom under Cakobau to a British colony. Foolscap folio bound in contemporary brown cloth boards with… spine lettered in gilt. Boards faded, marked, and worn; edges worn and occasionally frayed Some light browning to leaves, but text clean and overall very good. Contents: Fiji Gazette ( Cakobau Rex ), Nos. 24 28, 30 36, 39 (14 issues, 1871 1872), including estimates of revenue (1 July 1872 31 July 1873) Fiji Government Gazette and Fiji Royal Gazette, 13 issues, 1875 1886 Extraordinary issues Nos. 29 and 61 (1886) The collection includes 14 issues of the Fiji Gazette (1871 1872), each headed with the royal monogram Cakobau Rex , identifying Cakobau as King of the independent Fijian state. These early issues document key aspects of state formation and governance, including the regulation of indentured labour, the incorporation of Levuka into the state, and the cession of Rewa. The collection then documents the transition to a British colony, with 13 issues of the Fiji Government Gazette and Fiji Royal Gazette (1875 1886). These include Issue No. 1 of the Fiji Royal Gazette, formally proclaiming Fiji s status as a colony of Great Britain. Rarity: Only 10 copies recorded on WorldCat. (Library of Congress, British Library, and Hawai i). Few copies outside Australasia. Provenance: Kathleen Kerr Parker, second wife of Frank Critchley Parker, founder and editor of The Sun.
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Sammelband of six 19th Century Fijian imprints 1874-1886 - Suva, Levuka, Viwa
Polynesian Gazette Office, Levuka / Government Printer, Suva / Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Viwa / G. L. Griffiths, Levuka
Published by Polynesian Gazette Office, Levuka / Government Printer, Suva / Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society Viwa / G. L. Griffiths, Levuka, 1876
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Seller: De Bry Rare Books, Oxford, United KingdomDe Bry Rare Books
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Add to basketHardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Ice Creams Always on Hand This sammelband contains 6 pamphlets printed in Fiji between 1879 and 1886 one of which contains local adverts including for ice creams. The imprints were printed across the Fijian Islands from the Government press on Suva, to the town of Levuka on Ovalau, a…nd the little island of Viwa - where the first Wesleyan press was founded. All these Fijian tracts are scarce- with copies institutionally held in single digits and one tract unrecorded on WorldCat Small 8vo bound in near contemporary late 19th century brown cloth with Fiji on the spine. Tracts all bound without wrappers (some with traces of wrappers) and one of a slightly different size. Some marks and toning to pages. Some off-centre printing and trimming. Otherwise near fine. The 6 pamphlets include: 1) Reprint of memorandum (dated 6th April, 1874) upon The Native Ownership of Land in Fiji - 10pp. Edward John March, Government Printer, Suva, 1886. (6 copies on WorldCat) 2) Na Jupeli Ni Lotu e Viti. Na Jupeli ni Lotu e Viti. 24pp - Frederick Langham, Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society. Printed at Sa Tabaki e na Vale ni Tabai Vola Vakalotu, Viwa, Viti [Fiji], 1885. (4 copies on WorldCat - non-outside NZ) 3) Catalogue of Trees, Shrubs, and Foliage Plants, at Thornbury, Suva, and St. Helier s, Taviuni, Fiji. Collected by John B. Thurston. - TP,vii,18; - E. J. March, Government Printer, Suva, 1886. 4 copies on WorldCat (Hawaii) 4] Suva Mechanics' Institute. . . Catalogue of the works in the library, rules, by-laws, August, 1886. 1,2,9-14,17-28 (incomplete). Printed at the Polynesian Gazette Office, Levuka, Fiji, 1886. (unrecorded) 5) Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1886. Handbook to Fiji and catalogue of the exhibits. Issued under the authority of the Executive Commissioner, The Hon. James E. Mason, M.L.C. 1 -60. William Clowes and Sons, Limited, London, 1886. (10 copies on WorldCat) 6] Fiji Planting and Commercial Directory, 1879. A handbook of Fiji. 1 -88. G. L. Griffiths, Levuka, Ovalau. 7 copies only on WorldCat (Newberry and Berlin outside Australasia). This is a particularly interesting guidebook for new settlers, describing the geography, history and costs of running a plantation business in Fiji. The second half contains 28 pages of adverts which are a valuable record of local businesses of the time. Provenance Critchley Parker founder and editor of the (Australian) Sun £1250.
