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xxsip101105

Les Immemoriaux


SEGALEN, VICTOR (Ed.)

Paperback (VG+), TEXT IN FRENCH; 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Plon 1982

KEYWORDS: pacific history anthropology maori polynesian TEXT IN FRENCH

$80.00
1w3a/21

Representing the South Pacific: Colonial Discourse from Cook to Gauguin


EDMOND, ROD

Super octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xii + 307pp, VG+ (review slip to fe.p., slight soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing, light creasing to edges)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1997

KEYWORDS: South Pacific islands post-colonial studies social history anthropology culture sociology

$27.50
xxski102401

Huddart Parker: A Famous Australasian Shipping Company, 1876-1961


LAXON, W. A. et al.

Imperial 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Nautical Association of Australia Inc 2008

KEYWORDS: maritime history new zealand australia australasia pacific shipping huddart parker

$12.00
xxemd103579

Full Circle


PALIN, MICHAEL & PAO, BASIL (Photog)

Quarto 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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: BBC Books 1997

KEYWORDS: travel Pacific

$185.00
2e11a/62

The Clash of Culture and the Contac of Races: An Anthropological and Psychological Study of the Laws of Racial Adaptability, with Reference to the Depopulation of the Pacific and the Government of Subject Races


PITT-RIVERS, GEORGE HENRY LANE-FOX

Ex library, imperial octavo, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xiv + 312pp, VG- (moderately heavy browning to page edges, some fraying to board edges & corners & to spine extrems, damage & wear to spine sides, some staining to boards, moderate foxing throughout, some annotation in pencil, relatively light library markings)

PUBLISHER: George Routledge & Sons 1927

KEYWORDS: New Zealand anthropology Pacific culture Maori Samoa Aborigines

$40.00
2g24b/37

Sunk at Sea; or The Adventures of Wandering Will in the Pacific: Vol.V of Ballantyne's Miscellany


BALLANTYNE, MR

32mo (very small), red cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt decorative rule to spine & front board, blind stamped decorative rule to boards, red eps, frontispiece, illus title page, 126pp + 2pp reviews, illus, VG (light browning to spine, light soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & prelims)

PUBLISHER: James Nisbet & Co 1869

KEYWORDS: children's literature adventure exploration Pacific

$175.00
2g24b/46

Dominion Museum Monograph No.7: The Maori Canoe: An Account of Various Types of Vessels used by the Maori of New Zealand in Former Times with some Description of those of the Isles of the Pacific and a Brief Account of the Peopling of New Zealand


BEST, ELSDON

First edition, large quarto, beige light card covers with black lettering to front & handwritten title to spine, iv + 312pp, illus, VG (archival tape repairs to spine and to open tear on front cover, moderate tanning to covers, rusting stains to staple surrounds, moderate foxing to eps and page edges)

PUBLISHER: Board of Maori Ethnological Research / Dominion Museum 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pacific history transport canoes wakas exploration travel

$34.50
xxgte104497

Ti-eVarane: Stories about People of Courage from the Solomon Islands


CARTER, GEORGE G.

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: Unichurch Publishing 1981

KEYWORDS: solomon islands islanders pacific people peoples christian missionary writing anthropology culture stories non-fiction

$30.00
xxgte104502

Houra'a: Solomon Islands Short Stories


VILLIA, JOHNSON et al. & GIOSIA, THOMAS (Illus.)

Octavo softcover (VG- crack to gutter); 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: The University of the South Pacific Solomon Islands Centre 1981

KEYWORDS: solomon islands short story stories literature pacific

$34.50
xxsad104545

A Man From The Ministry: Tales of a New Zealand Architect


PONDER, W. FRANK

Small quarto 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Caxton Press 1996

KEYWORDS: South Pacific New Zealand Ministry of Works W Frank Ponder architecture design history biography Antarctic

$13.50
xxfnk104780

Creative Meddler: The Life and Fantasies of Charles St Julian


DIAMOND, MARION

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 keeps postage costs down.

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1990

KEYWORDS: Charles St Julian biography Australian Pacific history

$26.50
xxgqd106471

Minerva Reef


RUHEN, OLAF

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Minerva Bookshop Ltd 1963

KEYWORDS: Tuaikaepau Ship pacific Survival history

$38.50
xxgqd106485

Polynesian Navigation: A Symposium on Andrew Sharp's Theory of Accidental Voyages


GOLSON, JACK (ed)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1962

KEYWORDS: pacific history Navigation Polynesia Discovery exploration travel

$30.00
xxgra106588

Arts in the Religions of the Pacific: Symbols of Life


MOORE, ALBERT C.

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Pinter 1997

KEYWORDS: art history culture pacific islands anthropology symbols symbolism

$30.00
xxfra107117

Birds of the Southwest Pacific


MAYR, ERNST

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Charles E, Tuttle 1978

KEYWORDS: ornithology birds natural history Pacific

$14.00
xxfrb107146

A Cruize in a Queensland Labour Vessel to the South Seas


GILES, W.E.

Review slip tipped in, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: Pacific travel History

$38.50
xxftc108044

Shovel, Sword and Scalpel: A Record of Service of Medical Units of the Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Pacific [2 NZEF IP]


TWHIGG, BRIGADIER J. M. (Foreword)

Super octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed / The Third Division Histories Committee (n. d.)

KEYWORDS: seond expeditionary force doctors medicine medical units pacific second world war two ii 2 ww2 wwii new zealand ANZAC history military

$30.00
xxftc108045

Base Wallahs: Story of the Units of the Base Organisation, NZEF IP [2 NZEF IP]


DOVE, BRIGADIER W. W. (Foreword)

Super octavo hardcover (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 cost

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed / The Third Division Histories Committee 1946

KEYWORDS: nzef ip pacific second world war two ii 2 ww2 wwii new zealand ANZAC history military

$275.00
2s24/13

Marquesan Legends: Bayard Dominick Expedition Bulletin 69


HANDY, E. S. CRAIGHILL

First edition, imperial octavo, brown light card covers with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 138pp, VG (small stain to rear cover, slight fading to front cover, light tanning & foxing, some dampstaining to lower corner of last six pages not affecting text at all)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1930

KEYWORDS: Marquesas Marquesan Pacific myths legends history anthropology

$80.00
2s24/22

The Tanks, MMGs & Ordnance: An Unofficial History of the Activities of the Third New Zealand Division Tank Squadron in the Pacific [2 NZEF IP]


RUTHERFORD, MAJOR R. J (Intro)

Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, ,frontispiece, 227pp, illus, VG (heavy fading to spine & to adjacent board edges, moderate soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light foxing)

PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1947

KEYWORDS: New Zealand military history Second World War Two WW2 Pacific tanks mmgs ordnance 2NZEF IP Second Expeditionary Force

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