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

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

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

CRUMP, CHRIS & McKENZIE, DOROTHY

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: Ngaio Press 2000

KEYWORDS: missionaries Pacific isalnds New Hebrides Vanuatu Chris Crump religion religious

LEWENHAK, SHEILA & [COOK, JAMES]

Oblong super octavo folding sleeve (VG-) containing facsimile documents (varying VG to 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: Jonathan Cape 1965

KEYWORDS: captai james cook voyage voyages exploration colonisation pacific new zealand britain british jackdaw documents sheila lewenhak

SASAKI, JUNE

Quarto spiral bound 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: Petroglyph Press 1998

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Polynesia culture crafts guide Polynesian hobbies

SEEAR, LYNNE & RAFFEL, SUHANYA (Eds)

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 301pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, sm ink label to front cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover & front flap, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Queensland Art Gallery Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: Asia-Pacific contemporary art triennial Queensland Art Galelry

IDRIESS, ION L.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1936

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration pacific islands Mer culture customs Ion L Idriess

SIERS, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) archival repairs to jacket; 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 1968

KEYWORDS: first editions Polynesia culture pacific islands

PUCKEY, ADRIENNE

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, iv + 234pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing & soiling, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to full title page)

PUBLISHER: Sean Millar Publishing 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration south seas biographies memoir James William Puckey history pioneers settlers Pacific

MUROMTSEV, A. M. & BIRRON, Dr A. (Trans) & COLE, Z. S. (Trans)

Imperial octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 417pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, occasional light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light tanning to spine & edges, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Israel Program for Scientific Translations 1963

KEYWORDS: marine nautical hydrological Pacific Ocean geology

N/A

Super octavo, light card covers, blue handwritten lettering to spine, 188pp, VG+ (light creasing & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges, gift ink stamp to title page)

PUBLISHER: Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1973

KEYWORDS: law legal proceedings nuclear testing New Zealand France international court of Justice pacific ocean

SPECTOR, RONALD H.

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: Cassell & Co 2000

KEYWORDS: military history US America American Japan Pacific war ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

DANIELS, ROGER & FONER, ERIC (Consulting Ed)

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: Hill and Wang 1999

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii Japan Japanese evacuation relocation pacific states

LAFFIN, JOHN

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) ; 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: Angus and Robertson 1956

KEYWORDS: kokoda trail new guinea pacific second world war two ww2 wwii military history john laffin

ROSS, ANGUS

LACKS D/W, 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1964

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history 19th nineteenth century pacific politics governance sovereignty

ANAE, MELANI & IULI, LAUTOFA (TA) & BURGOYNE, LEILAN (Eds)

Oblong super octavo, black light card covers, white lettering to spine & covers, 141pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate creasing & wrinkling/curling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, minor water damage to page edges, light chafing & soiling to covers)

PUBLISHER: Reed Books 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Polynesian Panthers social acitivists activism protests racism pacific rights

MORTON, JOHN & WAYWARD, BRUCE W. (Scientific Ed)

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, quarto, light blue heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 504pp, illus/diagrams, VG+ (sl scuffing & discolouration to extrems & board edges, light foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2004

KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand marine ecology biology Pacific rim seashores coastline coral shores

VERON, J. E. N.

Lg heavy quarto, black heavy boards, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, xi + 644pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to extrems, light foxing & soiling to page egdes, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing, light foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1986

KEYWORDS: marine biology Australia coral reefs corals Indo-Pacific ecology identification anthozoa scleractinia

BEHRENS, DAVID W.

SIGNED BY AUTHOR, OWNERSHIP OF MARINE BIOLOGIST MICHAEL MILLER, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, 112pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising & fading to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps/prelims, errata slip loosely enclosed, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, light chafing)

PUBLISHER: Sea Challengers 1980

KEYWORDS: signed David W Behrens marine biology Pacific ocean sea life anatomy identification nudibranchs opisthobranchs guide molluscs gastropoda