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$19.50
xxajaa194925

Tilikum: Luxton's Pacific Crossing


LUXTON, NORMAN KENNY & LUXTON, ELEANOR GEORGINA (Ed) & STANLEY, GEORGE F G (Fore)

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (G+) scruffy 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: Gray's Publishing 1971

KEYWORDS: exploration journals Norman Kenny Luxton pacific Canada Tilikum

$40.00
1u11a/9

Archaeological Survey in Southeastern Mindanao


SOLHEIM II, WILHELM G. & LEGASPI, AVELINO & NERI, JAIME S.

Imperial octavo, illus light card covers, blue lettering to white spine, errata loosely enclosed, 161pp + unpaginated plates at rear, illus plates, VG (light creasing & soiling to covers, light foxing to page edges, light warping to pages from moisture)

PUBLISHER: The National Museum of the Philippines / The University of Hawaii 1979

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology archaeological surveys surveying philippines southeastern mindanao indonesia talaud island south east asian pacific islands history illustrated

$45.00
1u11a/14

Wild Dogs Under My Skirt


AVIA, TUSIATA

SIGNED & INSCRIBED; Octavo, illus light card covers, orange & purple lettering to white spine, 71pp, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to covers, bookseller's price label to rear)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2012

KEYWORDS: signed poems poetry poets literature collections new zealand samoan pacific islands tusiata avia

$35.00
xxaua195302

The Discovery of the Pacific Islands


SHARP, ANDREW

FIRST EDITION, 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 1960

KEYWORDS: travel history exploration voyages writing literature first editions Pacific islands early discoveries

$18.50
xxavg195365

Cook Bicentenary Expedition in the South-West Pacific (Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 8)


FRASER, RONALD (Compiled by)

Imperial octavo softcover (VG-) cracking & archival tape repairs to spine & gutters: 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: Royal Society of New Zealand 1971

KEYWORDS: exploration voyages expeditions James Cook south-west pacific history

$25.00
xxavg195367

Pacific Indigenous Dialogue on Faith, Peace, Reconciliation and Good Governance


TAISI EFI, TUI ATUA TUPUA TAMASESE et al (Eds)

Super octavo softcover (VG-) cracking/loosening to gutter: 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: University of the South Pacific 2007

KEYWORDS: Pacific politics government religion customs faith

$40.00
1u27a/27

Search for New Guinea's Boundaries; From Torres Strait to the Pacific


VAN DER VEUR, PAUL W.

Super octavo; blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 176pp, illus figures & photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (heavy sun-fading esp. to spine, light soiling & creasing, a few small closed tears)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1966

KEYWORDS: south east asia indo pacific islands papua new guinea irian boundary border history political politics colonialism imperial geography international relations

$22.50
xxbad195443

Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific


FORTUNE, R F & MALINOWSKI, B (Intro)

Octavo softcover (VG) reprinted from an underlined/annotated copy; 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: Not Stated (Modern Reprint/Facsimile)

KEYWORDS: anthropology Dobu islands western Pacific

$35.00
xxbgaa195605

A Voyage to the South Sea; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.; Including an Account of the Mutiny on Boa


BLIGH, WILLIAM

FACSIMILE EDITION; Quarto 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: Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 1979

KEYWORDS: facsimile editions south southern ocean maritime ship boat exploration expeditions travel writing pacific islands west east indies captain william bligh hms bounty

$40.00
1w13b/25

Turning Targets; 25 years Cemeti


ADZANIA, MIRNA & DE LORENZO, LEON & SUYENAGA, JOAN & SIMATUPANG, LANDUNG & SIMANJUNTAK, MARDOHAR & KENT, ELLY (trans) & ABE, MUHAMMAD & GALLIGAN, BRIONY & SOLVANG, INGVILD & JAARSMA, MELLA (eds)

Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, pink lettering to front board, illus eps, 260pp, illus colour photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to spine, occasional light-moderate soiling to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Cemeti Art House 2014

KEYWORDS: visual art artists alternative cemeti art houses galleries institutes indonesian south east asia oceania indo pacific 25th anniversary celebrations catalogues collections turning targets

$40.00
1w18a/2

South Seas; My Stories


LOSACKER, WOLFGANG

Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, photo illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to covers, small bump to lower spine extrem, light soiling & creasing to pages, bookseller's price label to rear cover)

PUBLISHER: Wolfgang Losacker n/d

KEYWORDS: doctors physicians memoirs autobiographies autobiography travel writing pacific cook islands rarotonga illustrated

$45.00
1w18a/30

Letters from Tokelau


PARNELL, WINSOME

Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, title page & prelims, photo illus, 96pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers & page edges)

PUBLISHER: Trinity Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2021

KEYWORDS: tokelau atolls pacific islands new zealand territories letters memoirs travel writing food science nutrition nutritionists dieticians diet culture anthropology

$45.00
1w28a/38

Bali


HISS, PHILIP HANSON

Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1941

KEYWORDS: photography photographers art documentary pictorial anthropology ethnology travel writing exploration cultural social history bali indonesia indo pacific islands south east asia oceania

$175.00
1w36a/21

Traumziel Samoa: Reisebilder aus den Jahren 1912 von Fritz Schlosser und 1978 von Seiner Tochter Katesa


SCHLOSSER, KATESA

TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)

PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003

KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs

$15.00
xx62pol196295

Leaves of the Banyan Tree


WENDT, ALBERT

FIRST EDITION, ex-library, 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: Longman Paul 1979

KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Albert Wendt Samoan pacific islanders

$65.00
1w45a/16

Terra Australis 3: New Guinea Stone Age Trade: The Geography and Ecology of Traffic in the Interior


HUGHES, IAN

Quarto, illus green light card card covers, white & black lettering to spine & front cover, xvi + 247pp, illus/maps/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges, light fading to spine, prev, owner's name in ink to front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University 1983

KEYWORDS: Pacific islands New Guinea stone age prehistory prehistoric archaeology archeology research

$40.00
1w45a/17

Evolutions or Revolutions? Interaction and Transformation at the 'Transition' in Island Melanesia


CATH-GARLING, STEPHANIE

Quarto, illus light green card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 328pp, illus, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago 2017

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology Island Melanesia Pacific islands evolution culture ancient history antiquity transition

$49.50
1w45a/18

Archaeology of the Solomon Islands


WALTER, RICHARD & SHEPPARD, PETER

Quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, blue/black/brown lettering to spine, 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing & fading to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017

KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology anthropology Solomon Islands Pacific pehistory

$150.00
1w45a/19

Excavations on Motupore Island Central District, Papua New Guinea (2 Vol Set)


ALLEN, JIM & SWADLING, PAMELA (Contribution) & RYE, OWEN (Contribution)

2 VOL SET, quarto, illus green light card covers, white lettering to spines & front covers, xxviii + 640pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE

PUBLISHER: Dept of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Otago 2017

KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology research Pacific islands Motupore Island PNG Papua New Guinea

$165.00
1w45a/30

Moriori: A People Rediscovered (Revised Edition)


KING, MICHAEL

SECOND EDITION (REVISED), imperial octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white lettering to spine, 227pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl scuffing to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Viking / Penguin 2000

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Moriori Michael King history culture Chatham Islands pacific

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