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$35.00
xxgle185793

Christina's Story: Realities of Family Life on an Isolated Pacific Island, 1938-1956


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

$25.00
xxhqs186267

The Voyages of Captain Cook: A collection of contemporary documents compiled by Sheila Lewenhak


Jackdaw No. 20

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

$45.00
xxdcd186518

Polynesian Crafts Step by Step


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

$48.00
2i12b/23

The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art


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

$35.00
XXDLE186783

Drums of Mer


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

$22.50
xxdrj186980

Polynesia in Colour


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

$40.00
2e10b/13

By Bible, Hammer & Compass: Pacific Adventures of James and William Puckey, 1796-1827: Carpenters, Missionaries, Mariners


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

$45.00
2e10b/14

The Principal Hydrological Features of the Pacific Ocean


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

$45.00
2f17a/49

French Nuclear Testing in the Pacific: International Court of Justice Nuclear Tests Case: New Zealand v. France


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

$16.50
xxdyf187163

Eagle Against the Sun: The American War with Japan


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

$30.00
xxcie187320

Flowers of the Pacific Island Seashore: A guide to the Littoral Plants of Hawai'i, Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga, Cook Islands, Fiji and Micronesia


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

$17.50
xxcjd187424

Prisoners Without Trial: Japanese Americans in World War 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

$15.00
xxcka187504a

Return to Glory


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

$33.50
xxcod187846

New Zealand Aspirations in the Pacific in the Nineteenth Century


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

$45.00
1a39a/12

Polynesian Panthers: The Crucible Years 1971-74


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

$75.00
1a39a/22

Seashore Ecology of New Zealand and the Pacific


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

$84.50
1a39a/25

Corals of Australia and the Indo-Pacific


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

$60.00
1a39a/34

Pacific Coast Nudibranchs: A Guide to the Opisthobranchs of the Northeastern Pacific


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

$25.00
xxcwa188376

Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific: Animal Life from Africa to Hawai'i Exclusive of the Vertebrates


GOSLINER, TERRENCE M. & BEHRENS, DAVID W. & WILLIAMS, GARY C.

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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Sea Challengers 1996

KEYWORDS: coral reef reefs Indo-Pacific nature marine life biology zoology classification

$16.50
xxsjt188562

Selkirk's Island


SOUHAMI, DIANA & [SELKIRK, ALEXANDER]

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: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 2001

KEYWORDS: alexander selkirk scotland scottish sailor nautical maritime sailing juan fernandez south pacific survival desert island deserted history biography souhami diana

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