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$38.50
xxhqg199476

Pacific Coast Pelagic Invertebrates: A Guide to the Common Gelatinous Animals


WROBEL, DAVID & MILLS, CLAUDIA

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: Monterey Bay Aquarium 1998

KEYWORDS: aquariums sealife pacific coast invertebrates species identification

$40.00
1y71a/5

Singing Coral


HOLMSEN, SVERRE & BULMAN, JOAN (Trans) & WOODHALL, DOUGLAS (Decorations)

Super octavo, orange buckram boards, black lettering to spine, 292pp, illus, VG (spine cocked, minor bruising & rubbing/fading to spine & board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, minro tanning & foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss to spine extrems, moderate fading to spine & edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling, prev. bookseller's sm label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: James Barrie 1951

KEYWORDS: exploration anthropology polynesia polynesian people history Pacific islands culture customs

$14.00
xxcaf199937

Tribal Art of Papua New Guinea


DENNETT, HELEN (Curator) & SMITH, ROGER (Curator)

Square super octavo stapled light card covers (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: Whitcoulls (Printer) N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand art exhibitions tribal art pacific islands png Papua New Guinea culture cultural artefacts

$25.00
xxceg200053

Atoll


KEEN, GRAHAME & FRIEDLANDER, MARTI (Photos)

Imperial octavo stapled light card covers (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: A R Shearer, Gov't Printer 1976

KEYWORDS: school bulletins education Atoll pacific islands Fakaofo anthropology customs culture

$14.50
xxcpc200265

The Coast Watchers


LINDSAY, PATRICK

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: William Heinemann / Random House 2010

KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 pacific region campaigns underground intelligence

$25.00
xxffg19914

The Islands of the Pacific


REED, A W & FRIEBOE, CONRAD

First edition. Oblong 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed

KEYWORDS: A W Reed pacific children's book

$22.50
xxfof200996

The China Tightrope: Navigating New Zealand's Relationship with a World Superpower


SACHDEVA, SAM

INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo softcover (NR FINE): 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: Allen & Unwin 2023

KEYWORDS: new zealand politics china asia pacific geopolitics international relations

$16.50
xxfta201066

Green Was the Earth on the Seventh Day


HEYERDAHL, THOR

Super octavo hardcover (Near FINE) 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: Little, Brown & Company 1997

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing journals diaries exploration Pacific islands biologists Thor Heyerdahl autobiography autobiographies memoir anthropology

$75.00
2s2a/2

Raoul & the Kermadecs: New Zealand's Northernmost Islands


GENTRY, STEVEN

Quarto, white faux leather boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus eps & prelims, 346pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board edges, occasional light cracking to gutters) in d/w, VG+ (sl wrinkling & chafing)

PUBLISHER: Steele Roberts 2013

KEYWORDS: natural history Kermadec islands New Zealand Pacific landscape geology nature wildlife

$16.50
xx51pol201819

Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft


HEYERDAHL, THOR; LYON, F H (transl)

8vo 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: Rand McNally & Company 1951

KEYWORDS: Thor Heyerdahl Kon Tiki raft pacific South America ocean

$20.00
xx51pol201822

An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson Master of H. M. S. Dolphin


ROBERTSON, GEORGE; WARNER, OLIVER (ed) & GIBBINGS, ROBERT (woodcuts)

Folio Society reproduction. 8vo hardcover (VG) lacking slipcase; 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: Folio Press: J. M. Dent 1973

KEYWORDS: Pacific ocean islands Tahiti adventure journal ship H M S sailor

$25.00
xx54pol201944

Rare Pacific Voyage Books from The Parsons Collection of David Parson (2 vols)


HORDEN HOUSE RARE BOOKS

2 VOL SET. Imp 8vo hardcover catalogue (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: Hordern House Rare Books 2005

KEYWORDS: rare books antiquarian pacific voyage history historical catalogue

$30.00
xx54pol201958

Looking for La Perouse: D'Entrecasteaux in Australia and the South Pacific 1792-1793


HORNER, FRANK

Super 8vo 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: The Miegunyah Press 1995

KEYWORDS: 18th century voyages travel exploration pacific Australua Oceania

$32.50
xx54pol201960

Who's Who in Pacific Navigation


DUNMORE, JOHN

Super 8vo 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: University of Hawaii Press 1991

KEYWORDS: voyages exploration navigation pacific ocean Oceania discovery biography explorer

$18.50
xx34pol202138

Cultures of the North Pacific Coast


DRUCKER, PHILIP & HAWTHORN, HARRY B (Intro)

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: Chandler Publishing 1965

KEYWORDS: anthropology ethnology cultures history north Pacific coast

$15.00
xx34pol202148

The New South Pacific


CROCOMBE, R G

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: Reed Education 1978

KEYWORDS: pacific islands anthropology ethnography culture

$15.00
xx32pol202219

The Hakluyt Society: The Voyage of Alejandro Malaspina to the Pacific, 1789-1794: Annual Lecture 1999


DAVID, ANDREW

Octavo stapled light card covers (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: The Hakluyt Sociey c/o Map Library 2000

KEYWORDS: Hakluyt society annual lectures previous years 1999 history historical exploration voyages late 18th eighteenth century Pacific ALejandro Malaspina

$25.00
xx32pol202236

The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific


PRESSER, BRANDON

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: Icon Books 2022

KEYWORDS: history historical travel writing literature South Pacific region Pitcairn Island mutineers HMS Bounty maritime nautical crime

$40.00
2s17b/11

The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)


CLAASSEN, LYNDA COREY (Fore)

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 792pp, VG+ (v sl bruising to spine extrems, light soiling to boards, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: William Reese Company / Hordern House Ltd 2004

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books book collections collectors Dorothy Kenneth Hill collection catalogue catalogues Pacific exploration voyages maritime nautical history historical

$40.00
2s17b/15

With Captain James Cook in the Antarctic and Pacific: The Private Journal of James Burney Second Lieutenant of the Adventure on Cook's Second Voyage 1772-1773


BURNEY, JAMES & HOOPER, BEVERLEY (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt nautical illus to boards, illus eps, xi + 112pp, illus/maps, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, minor soilng to front board, sl foxing to top page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: National Library of Australia 1975

KEYWORDS: history historical voyages exploration maritime nautical journeys Pacific Antarctic 18th eighteenth century journals diaries James Burney James Cook

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