Books - "pacific"
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The Exploration of The Pacific
the pioneer histories series
first edition, super octavo blue cloth boards with gilt to spine and front board, 411pp [4 fold-out maps] VG+ (sl moisture staining to front board, light foxing to page edges and prelims, prev owners name in ink to fep) in VG d/w (spine browned,light chipping to extrems)
PUBLISHER: a.&c.black london 1934
KEYWORDS: history travel exploration geography pacific j.c.beaglehole pioneer histories series
General Survey
b.r. 519 (restricted) geographical handbook series for official use only
[first edition] [rebound w. new boards and eps) 599pp illus, (b/w photograph maps and diagrams w. 2x foldout maps a loosely inserted col map to pocket at rear) VG+ (blue cloth w. gilt titling to front board and spine, v. sl bumps to front board and head of spine, spine v. sl sunned, superfluous leaves removed from end of contents on rebinding, sl internal paper seperation to gutter in one location in first section of text w. v. minor detachment to lower edge, the binding is firm and securely attached)
PUBLISHER: naval intelligence division [n.p.] 1945
KEYWORDS: geography geographical history pacific nautical military strategical economy resources people
SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES
ex lib, minimal markings, 37pp booklet, typewritten, VG (library rebacked with stiffened boards, taped spine , v sl crease to front , sl sunned and sl wear to extrems, v sl browned text)
PUBLISHER: Institute of Pacific Relations, New York, 1950
KEYWORDS: philippines society culture development institute of pacific relations ricardo pascual
JAPAN
GOVERNMENT - POLITICS
ex lib, minimal markings, 221pp, G+ (v sl cocked, v sl bruised corners & v sl bumped edges, v sl sunned, contents excellent)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York, 1939
KEYWORDS: history ww2 america pearl harbour france destroyers diplomacy white war pacific japan
RESPONSIBILITY OF VICTORY
REPORT OF THE NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE ANNUAL FORUM
ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 272pp, illus, lacks dustwrapper, VG- (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, sl bruised edges, mod sunned boards, v sl rubbed & soiled)
PUBLISHER: New York Herald Tribune, New York, 1945
KEYWORDS: world politics usa pacific ussr europe
FOOTHOLD IN EUROPE
The Campaigns in Sicily, Italy, the Far East and R
ex lib, minimal markings, 243pp, VG- (cocked, v sl edge wear, v sl rubbed & soiled) d/w VG- (sl creases chips wear & tears to extrems, mod sunned, sl soiled)
PUBLISHER: Faber and Faber, London, 1945
KEYWORDS: ww2 allies kursk orel sicilian vesperale pacific kiev italy naples dnieper winter offensive anzio rumania
NEW ZEALAND AT WAR
1st edition, brown cloth, 352pp, illus, VG (v sl bumped spine head & foot, v sl sunned soiled & rubbed) d/w VG (v sl chips wear & tears to extrems, spine foot has 1in open tear, mod sunned, sl soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: A.H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington, 1946
KEYWORDS: kenneth hancock new zealand ww2 vc awards decorations airforce navy merchant marine fleet air arm second nzef pacific home front aliens refugees conscientious objectors japanese prisoners of war
HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY OF THE UNITED STATES
Ex lib, minimal markings, 596pp, illus, VG- (cocked, sl edge wear sl rubbed sunned & soiled, internal separation at joints, contents very good)
PUBLISHER: Harcourt, Brace and Co, New York, 1948
KEYWORDS: raplh h brown history usa geography colonization atlantic seabord ohio river great lakes northwest great plains rocky mountains pacific coast
JEFFERSON AND MADISON
THE GREAT COLLABORATION
Ex lib, minimal markings, 294pp, VG+ (boards v sl rubbed & soiled) d/w VG+ (v sl creases wear & tears to extrems)
PUBLISHER: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1950
KEYWORDS: us marines ww2 robert leckie memoirs guadalcanal pacific japanese
AMERICA AND ASIA
Problems of Today's War and the Peace of Tomorrow
Ex lib, minimal markings, 52pp, VG (v sl paste action to eps, v sl edge wear, contents excellent) d/w VG- (v sl chips wear & tears to extrems, v sl rubbed sunned & soiled)
PUBLISHER: Claremont Colleges, Claremont, 1943
KEYWORDS: pacific ww2 america navy owen lattimore
A SHORT HISTORY OF OUR OWN TIMES (1919 - 1950)
Ex lib, minimal markings, unissued, 142pp, VG (library rebacked with stiffened boards, taped spine & new eps, v sl soiled & rubbed)
PUBLISHER: Thrift Books, London, 1951
KEYWORDS: world history esmond wright western europe mediterranean middle east russia empire dominion orient pacific americas ww2
THE POLYNESIAN TRIANGLE
blue & brown cloth, 143pp illus, NF with v sl foxing to edges, in d/w NF with v sl sunning
PUBLISHER: Funk & Wagnalls New York US 1968
KEYWORDS: history polynesia pacific
POSTWAR PROBLEMS OF THE PACIFIC AND WORLD ORGANISATION
A Report of Four Institutes Held on the Pacific Coast March 1 to 9, 1944
ex lib, minimal markings, 68pp, VG-(library rebacked with stiffened boards & new ep's, v sl sunned rubbed & soiled, text stapled together but loose from boards)
PUBLISHER: International Center San Francisco 1944
KEYWORDS: history postwar reports pacific
CONCEPTIONS FRANCAISES DE LA SECURITE DANS LE PACIFIQUE
Ex lib, minimal markings, unissued facsmilie of typewritten report, 32pp, VG- (stiffened boards, taped spine & new eps, v sl edge wear, v sl soiling, contents mod yellowed)
PUBLISHER: Centre D'Etudes des Problemes du Pacifique, Paris, 1947
KEYWORDS: france pacific j de soto japan
FAMOUS LINERS OF THE PAST
Belfast Built
First edition, blue speckled cloth with dTcor to front board & gilt title to spine, 239pp, illus, VG+ (v sl bruised corners, v sl bumped spine head & foot, prev owner inscript to ffep, internal separation at joints, binding holding and all plates present, contents bright and glossy) d/w VG- (price clipped, v sl creases chips wear & tears to extrems, sl runned & soiled with v sl surface loss to folds & spine, v sl internal foxing)
PUBLISHER: Adlard Coles, London, 1964
KEYWORDS: ocean liners belfast atlantic transport bibby dominion holland america pacific steam royal mail union castle white star
The Pacific Empresses
an illustrated history of canadian pacific railway's empress liners on the pacific ocean
first edition 290pp ills.[b/w w.col.frontis.] VG+ (blue cloth,mod.stained,maps to eps,insect surface nibbles to ffep,spine cracked and sl.cocked o/w contents clean) in VG d/w (mod.rubbed and soiled,chipping and wear to extrems.w.some closed tears and creasing)
PUBLISHER: sono nis press victoria 1981
KEYWORDS: nautical history canadian pacific railway robert d.turner transport
THE SOUTH SEAS DREAM
An Adventure in Paradise
ex lib, minimal markings, 242pp illus, VG+(v sl gum stains to ep's & boards, sl cocked, v sl edgewear, v sl foxing & soiling to ep's & edges) d/w VG(in plastic, sl wear to extrems, sl sunned, rear flap trimmed)
PUBLISHER: Heinemann London 1982
KEYWORDS: history south pacific
MAMMALS OF THE PACIFIC WORLD
ex lib, minimal markings, 227pp illus, VG(sl bruised corners, sl edgewear, v sl bumped spine head & foot, vsl sunned & rubbed, sl stain to ffep)
PUBLISHER: The MacMillan Co New York 1945
KEYWORDS: history mammals pacific
Battleground South Pacific
first edition 223pp ills.[b/w and col.] VG+ ) in VG d/w (sl.rubbed and soiled,sl.wear and chipping to extrems.)
PUBLISHER: reed wellington 1970
KEYWORDS: pacific history military robert howlett bruce adams
Riptide in the Pacific
first edition 68pp VG- (in wrappers,mod.rubbed and soiled w.insect holes to extrems.of covers)
PUBLISHER: auckland university college labour club auckland [nd]
KEYWORDS: new zealand history pacific