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$15.00
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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

$75.00
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One-Man War: The Jock McLaren Story


RICHARDSON, HAL

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

$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/3

We, the Navigators: The Ancient Art of Landfinding in the Pacific


LEWIS, DAVID

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

$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, 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

$78.50
2g13e/4

Peter McIntyre's Pacific


McINTYRE, PETER

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

$95.00
2g13e/12

Traditional Medicine: A Global Perspective


KAYNE, STEVEN B. (Ed)

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

$17.50
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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

$17.50
xxhmg186074

Aces of the Southwest Pacific


STAFFORD, GENE B. & GREER, DON (Illus)

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

$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

$80.00
2i9a/32

Raoul & the Kermadecs: New Zealand's Northernmost Islands


GENTRY, STEVEN

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

$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

$25.00
xxdke186765

My Grandfather is a Canoe


TAFUNA'I, FAUMUINA FELOLINI MARIA & DOM, MICHAEL & TAFUNA'I, OLIVER & FASI, SILIVELIO (Illus)

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

$35.00
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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
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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/8

Too Young to Die: The Story of a New Zealand Fighter Pilot in the Pacific War


COX, BRYAN

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

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