Books - "pacific"
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Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature
Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1974
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Thor Heyerdahl Pacific region islands Fatu-Hiva
Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand
TEXT MOSTLY FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES; paperback (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history French exploration Pacific Islands Australia nautical maritime diaries illustrated
Pacific Journeys: Essays in Honour of John Dunmore
Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: John Dunmore tribute essays Pacific travel French exploration history New Zealand historians maritime seafaring Maori pakeha
A Clash of Paradigms: Intervention, Response and Development in the South Pacific
Octavo, beige heavy boards, white & green lettering to spine & boards, xix + 258pp, VG (light bruising & fading to spine, light chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges, ffep ripped out, contents clean & tidy)
PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2001
KEYWORDS: geography South Pacific SOAS development Samoa Samoan islands cattle agriculture farming
Whitcombe's New War Atlas: The World at a Glance (Second and Revised Edition)
Imperial octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 16pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate tearing to spine extrems & base of front cover, moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & scuffing to covers, whole page block detached at top staple, moderate tanning & foxing to inside covers/eps, light to moderate tanning to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D
KEYWORDS: military history war atlas atlases Europe European America Pacific
The Sikhs of Fiji
Ex-library, octavo, stapled orange illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover, 60pp + notes to rear, VG- (usual library markings, heavy fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers, bottom section of rear ep removed, minor tearing to covers at staples)
PUBLISHER: South Pacific Social Sciences Association N/D (c.1980s?)
KEYWORDS: India Indian sikhs religion Fiji Pacific islands religion
Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey light card wrappers, black & maroon lettering to spine, maps to inside covers, xix + 623pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, sl fading to spine, prev. owner's name i nink to ffep, light cracking to gutter of half title page)
PUBLISHER: IPS Publications 2007
KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ron Crocombe Pacific Islands politics trade foreign relations Oceania economics
Up and Down; or, Fifty Years' Colonial Experiences in Australia, California, New Zealand, India, China, and the South Pacific
FIRST EDITON, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & boards, aeg, frontispiece, xii + (2) + 307pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing/chafing & soiling/staining to spine & boards/extrems, sl tanning & water staining to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879
KEYWORDS: first editions colonialism colonial history Captain W J Barry memoirs autobiography autobiographies Australia New Zealand California India China Sout Pacific
A History of the Pacific: From the Stone Age to the Present Day
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Sidgwick & Jackson 1978
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands history people anthropology
Island Populations of the Pacific
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1967
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands history people anthropology populations
The Story of the Solomons
Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to rear board, minor insect damage to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially removed, light tanning & creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/wm VG (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges/folds at flaps, other minor soiling, 2cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, other sl closed tearing/chipping to edges)
PUBLISHER: D O M Publications 1967
KEYWORDS: pacific islands Solomon Islands history colonialism anthropology geopolitics
Three Voyages of a Naturalist; Being an Account of Many Little-Known Islands in Three Oceans Visited by the Valhalla RYS
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxx + 246pp, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolourationt o spine, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing/soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm label tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1909
KEYWORDS: exploration history Valhalla RYS voyages Africa West Indies Pacific islands
Race Class and Rebellion in the South Pacific
Octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1979
KEYWORDS: South Pacific imperialism politics resisitance race class
Island Time: New Zealand's Pacific Futures
Paperback (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sociology politics Pacific identity living standards Maori pakeha
The Rising Tide: Among the Islands and Atolls of the Pacific Ocean
Super octavo softcover (near FINE); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Hardie Grant Books 2019
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands travel reportage politics climate change
Guadalcanal: An American Story
Super octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press 1999
KEYWORDS: American military history world war two battle of Guadalcanal Pacific island U.S. First Marine Division
The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 1767-1768
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, map/illus to eps, lxxvii + 322pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading/tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Map Library 2002
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society series exploration history maritime Pacific journals Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 17th seventeenth century
Japanese Navy Aircraft Colours & Markings in the Pacific War ... and Before
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, quarto, comb ringbound illus light card wrappers, vii + 131pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ian K Baker 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Ian K Baker military history aviation Japan Japanese aircraft Pacific war
The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, white lettering to front board, illus boards & eps, frontispiece, xxv + 384pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, sm insect damage to base of hinges & front pastedown, sl discolouration to eps, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons (Printer) 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions Pacific islands Cook Islands culture arts crafts Te Rangi Hiroa Peter P H Buck Maori Polynesian anthropology
Japan's Longest Day
Octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copIes, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Kodansha International 1981
KEYWORDS: pacific front world war two ii second history military japan