Books - "pacific"
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La Bombe ou la Vie
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
An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Melanesia (Second Edition)
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
One-Man War: The Jock McLaren Story
Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, illus eps, 189pp, VG (sl bruising & discolouration to extrems & spine, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink & prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate crack to gutter of pgs114-115) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, moderate chafing & soiling, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Angus and Robertson 1957
KEYWORDS: military history biography memoir Jock McLaren Pacific War
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
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
We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific
Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, brown nautical illus to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, xviii + 345pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & discolouration to extrems, sl fading to spine, sl tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (K R Howe) in ink to front pastedown, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with archival tape repairs, moderate chafing & surface loss)
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1973
KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific landfinding nautical maritime naviagation history voyages voyaging
The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania
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
French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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
Messengers of Grace: Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas 1797-1860
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
Peter McIntyre's Pacific
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED 'PRESENTATION' EDITION (#641/750), 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) 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
Traditional Medicine: A Global Perspective
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & white lettering to spine, xiii + 331pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Pharmaceutical Press 2010
KEYWORDS: traditioanl medicine medicines medical Europe European Aboriginal America north south Africa Chinese China Indian India ayurvedic Japan Japanese kampo Korean Pacific Jewish culture
Drovers, Diggers and Draglines: A History of Blair Athol and Clermont
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
Aces of the Southwest Pacific
Quarto 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: Squadron/Signal Publications 1977
KEYWORDS: military aviation history southwest pacific pilots fighter jets biographies
The Voyages of Captain Cook: A collection of contemporary documents compiled by Sheila Lewenhak
Jackdaw No. 20
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
Raoul & the Kermadecs: New Zealand's Northernmost Islands
SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, white faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 346pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl tanning to boards & page edges) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, sl fading to spine, sl chafing)
PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2013
KEYWORDS: signed Kermadec islands New Zealand islands pacific history
Polynesian Crafts Step by Step
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
The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
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
My Grandfather is a Canoe
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: Flying Geese Pro 2022
KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry verse Faumina Felolini Maria Tafuna'i pacific island islanders
Drums of Mer
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
Polynesia in Colour
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
Too Young to Die: The Story of a New Zealand Fighter Pilot in the Pacific War
INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red & black lettering to spine, printed eps, 290pp, illus, VG (light creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor tanning & soiling, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Century Hutchinson 1987
KEYWORDS: signed New Zealand military history aviation fighter pilots Pacific War Bryan Cox rnzaf