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Mighty Missionary of the Pacific: The Building Program of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints - Its History, scope and Significance


CUMMINGS, DAVID W.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Bookcraft 1961

KEYWORDS: religion religious organizations Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints pacific islands missionaries

$30.00
xxfrd183025

War in the Pacific: Volume IV


HAGEN, JEROME T.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hawaii Pacific University 2007

KEYWORDS: military history Pacific southwest ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

$40.00
2a18n/16

The Journal of the Cultural Association of the Solomon Islands


CRAVEN, ANNA (Ed) et al

Octavo, illus blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 117pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & chafing to covers with some moderate soiling also, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Cultural Association of the Solomon Islands 1976

KEYWORDS: Solomon Islands culture cultural association pacific

$175.00
2a18p/12

George Vancouver: A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World 1791-1795 (4 Vol Set)


VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel

$50.00
2a18p/21

Pacific Identities and Well-Being: Cross-Cultural Perspectives


AGEE, MARGARET NELSON et al (Eds)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 330pp, illus/photos, VG+ (occasional underlining & markings in pencil, sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Pacific culture identity pasifika mental health counselling psychology

$300.00
2f1a/13

The Quest and Occupation of Tahiti by Emissaries of Spain During the Years 1772-1776, Told in Despatches and Other Contemporary Documents


CORNEY, BOLTON GLANVILL (Trans, Compiled, Notes & Intro)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, folding maps to rear pockets of vols 1 + 2, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1913-19

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti pacific 18th eighteenth century documents

$49.50
2f1a/30

The All-Red Route 1893-1953: A History of the Trans-Pacific Mail Service Between British Columbia, Australia, and New Zealand


HAMILTON, J. H.

SCARCE, imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 129pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Don McDiarmid (Printer) 1959

KEYWORDS: all red route mail service history trans-pacific British Columbia Australia New Zealand post postal

$165.00
2f5a/9

A New Voyage & Description of the Isthmus of America


WAFER, LIONEL & JOYCE, L. E. ELLIOTT (Ed, Intro, Notes & Appendices)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, folded frontispiece, lxxi + 221pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to edges of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning & staining to spine & front cover, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel expeditions Lionel Wafer secret report Davis's expedition gold mines Darien West Indies Pacific late 17th seventeenth century Isthmus

$20.00
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Nafanua: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest


COX, PAUL ALAN & ROTHMAN, MICHAEL (Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: W. H. Freeman and Company 1999

KEYWORDS: Pacific isalnds Samoa rain forest forests Samoan botany ethnobotany preservation conservation

$38.50
xxgvd185250

Of Islands and Men: Studies in Pacific History


MAUDE, H. E.

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K R HOWE, 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: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: pacific history anthropology south seas maritime nautical first editions

$20.00
xxycb185332

Objectif Mururoa Avec Bollardiere


TOULAT, JEAN

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Editions Robert Laffont 1974

KEYWORDS: text in French nuclear testing New Zealand pacific

$15.00
xxycb185333

La Bombe ou la Vie


TOULAT, JEAN

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Fayard 1969

KEYWORDS: text in French nuclear testing bombs pacific

$17.50
xxyfa185372

An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Melanesia (Second Edition)


CHOWNING, ANN

OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K R HOWE, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Cummings Publishing Company 1977

KEYWORDS: anthropology cutlure Melanesia pacific history

$40.00
2g13a/46

Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History


GARDEN, DON

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE - ASSOCIATION COPY! Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 2005

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Pacific environmental history anthropology geography human ecology oceania nature environment signed association copy

$40.00
2g13b/5

The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania


D'ARCY, PAUL

ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006

KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical

$190.00
2g13b/6

French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)


DUNMORE, JOHN

2 VOL SET, first editions, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965-69

KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific ocean islands French explorers history anthropology 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century

$120.00
2g13b/11

Messengers of Grace: Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas 1797-1860


GUNSON, NIEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 437pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (K R Howe) in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some scuffing also, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers with minor surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: first editions pacific islands religion religious evangelism Christianity oceania

$16.50
xxhac185618

The March Out: The End of the Chindit Adventure


SHAW, JAMES & FERGUSSON, BERNARD (introd.)

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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: second world war two ww2 wwi pacific theater theatre military britain british burma memoir

$78.50
2g13e/4

Peter McIntyre's Pacific


McINTYRE, PETER

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED 'PRESENTATION' EDITION, lg quarto, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 23pp + colour plates, illus, VG+ (sl staining to front board, minor scuffing to lower extrem of front board, sl tanning & foxing to lower page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to the rear of some plates- plates themselves are unfoxed, prev owner's details in pen) in slipcase, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art collections Peter McIntyre Pacific signed limited numbered edition

$17.50
xxgla185708

Drovers, Diggers and Draglines: A History of Blair Athol and Clermont


KILLIN, KERRY

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: BAC / Pacific Coal Pty 1984

KEYWORDS: coal mines mining Blair Athol history Pacific Coal Australia Australian

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