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

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

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

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

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

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

WHISTLER, Dr W. ARTHUR

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Isle Botanica 2007

KEYWORDS: plants flowers botany identification Pacific islands

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

SCHOLEFIELD, G. H.

Small 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: G. W. Venables & Company Limited 1924

KEYWORDS: new zealand who's western pacific gh scholefield reference dictionary standard biography personalities history

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