Books - "pacific"
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An Account of the Discovery of Tahiti: From the Journal of George Robertson Master of H. M. S. Dolphin
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
Rare Pacific Voyage Books from The Parsons Collection of David Parson (2 vols)
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
Looking for La Perouse: D'Entrecasteaux in Australia and the South Pacific 1792-1793
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
Who's Who in Pacific Navigation
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
Cultures of the North Pacific Coast
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
The New South Pacific
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
The Hakluyt Society: The Voyage of Alejandro Malaspina to the Pacific, 1789-1794: Annual Lecture 1999
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
The Far Land: 200 Years of Murder, Mania and Mutiny in the South Pacific
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
The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages at the University of California, San Diego (Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged)
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
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
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
Voyages: The Settlement of the Pacific
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
An Account of the Discoveries Made in the South Pacific Ocean
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
APT: Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
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
The Hard Way Home
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
Shaping Pacific Place in Aotearoa New Zealand: Ua alu atu le afi
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
The Book of Puka-Puka
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
Tahiti: Voyage through Paradise
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
Islands of the South Pacific
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
Two Voyages to the South Seas: Astrolabe 1826 - 1840 (2 vols)
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
French Explorers in the Pacific Volume I: The Eighteenth Century
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