The Outside Man: Jack Hides of Papua
Sinclair, James
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Add to basketSold by Structure, Verses, Agency Books, Spray, OR, U.S.A.
Association Member:
AbeBooks Seller since 3 May 2013
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketUnique in the trade, there being no other SIGNED copies and in First Edition state. SIGNED by the author, the esteemed patrol officer James Sinclair, inscribed warmly "To Helena Hire [?], with kindest regards, James Sinclair, 1971." Bound in an Imperial octavo hardcover format, brick-red cloth over boards, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine. Slight bumping to spine head and foot. Dust jacket present, fully intact, mildly soiled along top edge, moderately worn, mostly along top edge. xiii, 267 [4] pp. and complete with illustrations, maps and portraits. Tri-panel map drawn originally by Ivan Champion and C.J. Adamson present in checkout pocket at front, black-and-white, tracing their routes, that of Jack Hides and O'Malley. Foreword by D.O. Hay, Administrator then. 28 chapters and over two dozen illustrations. Full Table of Contents: 1. British New Guinea 2. Days of childhood 3. Port Moresby 4. Kambisi 5. Tafa Pass 6. The Kunimaipa 7. The Kukukuku 8. The Uri raid 9. The Suki headhunters 10. Marguerite 11. O'Malley 12. Gopa 13. Misima 14. The unknown 15. The great Papuan plateau 16. Tarifuroro 17. Waga Furari 18. The Purari 19. Fame 20. Hides resigns 21. Investors Limited 22. The uncontrolled areas ordinance 23. The start 24. The number one area 25. Ascending the Strickland 26. Death of Lyall 27. The end 28. Afterwards. The explorer, Jack Hides (1906-1938), joined the Papuan Public Service as a cadet clerk and became a cadet patrol officer and then appointed patrol officer in February of 1928, then assistant resident magistrate, 2nd grade, in February 1934. The biography covers his time spent in Kambisi Police Camp, Cape Nelson, Kairuku, Kerema, Kikori, Daru, Buna Bay, Mondo Police Camp and Misima. In 1935 he was appointed by then Lieuenant-Governor Sir Hubert Murray to lead an expedition into the last large unexplored region of Papua, between the Strickland and Purari rivers alongside Louis James O'Malley. The account is bracing and believable and extremely significant in the history of Papua New Guinea.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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