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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
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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
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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

$25.00
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Voyages: The Settlement of the Pacific


THOMAS, NICHOLAS

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: Head of Zeus 2021

KEYWORDS: islands pacific ocean European explorers settlement settling settlers voyages migrations sea going exploration

$90.00
2s20c/5

An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean


DALRYMPLE, ALEXANDER & FEWSTER, Dr KEVIN (Fore) & COOK, Dr ANDREW (Essay)

Octavo, quarter leather bound marbled boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, frontispiece, (47pp) + xxxi+103pp, folding maps throughout- not counted presumed all present, Near FINE (v sl chafing/fading to boards)

PUBLISHER: Hordern House 1996

KEYWORDS: facsimile reprints exploration history historical voyages travel south Pacific ocean Alexander Dalrymple maritime nautical

$40.00
2i27a/11

APT: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art


SEEAR, LYNNE (Ed)

Lg quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus eps, 159pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Queensland Art Gallery 2002

KEYWORDS: contemporary art exhibitions Queensland art gallery apt asia-pacific triennial artists appreciation criticism

$60.00
1t4e/17

The Hard Way Home


BRALY, Colonel WILLIAM C

8vo, blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, illus. eps, xi + 282 pp., plates VG (light to moderate scuffing/soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, adhesive residue to front pastedown, gilt inscription to ht in blue ink), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, tape to front & rear covers, light tanning & foxing).

PUBLISHER: Infantry Journal Press 1947

KEYWORDS: United States Japanese Pacific World War 2 WWII II prision war conflict

$25.00
xx6pol204182

Shaping Pacific Place in Aotearoa New Zealand: Ua alu atu le afi


FAIRBAIRN-DUNLOP, TAGALOATELE PEGGY & DUNLOP, AMANDA-LANUOLA (ed)

Super 8vo 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 will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: Dunmore Publishing 2023

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pacific Islands stories

$40.00
2i53/20

The Book of Puka-Puka


FRISBIE, ROBERT DEAN & BLAINE, MAHLON (Illus)

Sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 356pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & wrinkling to spine & covers, moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light to moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Mutual Publishing Company N/D

KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture Cook Islands Pacific region Robert Dean Frisbie

$15.00
xx106pol204877

Tahiti: Voyage through Paradise


EGGLESTON, GEORGE T

8vo 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Robert Hale 1955

KEYWORDS: George T Eggleston Tahiti pacific island travel travelling

$20.00
xx112pol205157

Islands of the South Pacific


LUKE, Sir HARRY

FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: George G Harrap & Co 1961

KEYWORDS: first editions uncorrected proof copies South Pacific islands history

$70.00
2a18h/45

Two Voyages to the South Seas: Astrolabe 1826 - 1840 (2 vols)


D'URVIlLE, JULES S-C DUMONT; ROSENMAN, HELEN (transl & ed)

2 VOLS IN SLIPCASE. Super 8vo, liii + 312 pp., xii + 313-634 pp.; white cl bds, red label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; label sl peeling at extrem (vol. 2)); in cl slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some fraying).

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: 19th century explorers exploration discovery voyage expedition ships South Seas Pacific Ocean Australia New Zealand Astrolabe Zele

$40.00
2a18i/47

French Explorers in the Pacific Volume I: The Eighteenth Century


DUNMORE, JOHN

THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, viii + 356 pp.; navy blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with some fraying; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals); lacking d/w.

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965

KEYWORDS: John Dunmore France French explorers exploration discovery voyage Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century

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