Books - "pacific"
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R. L. S on the Pacific or Robert Louis Stevenson's Journeys in the South Seas
8vo stapled 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Robin A. HIll 2002
KEYWORDS: Robert Louis Stevenson Pacific Ocean South Seas jouney voyage travel travelling
Hawaii Times and Tides
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: The Woolsey Press 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Maili Yardley pacific Hawai'i Hawaii culture customs appreciation travel
The South Pacific Foreign Affairs Handbook
FIRST EDITION. 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition foreign affairs handbook guide South Pacific
Rethinking Women's Roles: Perspectives from the Pacific
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: University of California Press 1984
KEYWORDS: Women sex gender roles male female relationship Pacific Papua New Guinea
Tiger Lillies: Women Adventures in the South Pacific
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 costs
PUBLISHER: Angus & Robertson 1990
KEYWORDS: women travel travelling travelers South Pacific Oceania adventure
Island Nurses
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: Allen & Unwin 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Great Barrier Island nursing health healthcare pacific midwives midwifery nurses community history
Royal Standard: Red Ensign, with the Qeen in the Gothic
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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Pall Mall Press Ltd 1958
KEYWORDS: maritime history monarchy british royals pacific tour queen elizabeth
The Feel of Truth: Essays in New Zealand and Pacific History Presented to F. L. W. Woof and J. C. Beaglehole on the occasion of their retirement
Ex-library. 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pacific history essays social political economic
Science and Exploration in the Pacific
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: The Boydell Press 1999
KEYWORDS: 18th eighteenth century history exploration Pacific southern oceans voyages
HEAL!
SIGNED AND DATED, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: Saufo'i Press 2022
KEYWORDS: poetry moana pacific writers survivor simone kaho pasifika literature
Master Mariner: Capt James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific
US FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial 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: University of Washington Press 1978
KEYWORDS: pacific exploration Captain James Cook explorers voyages Endeavour Resolution 18th eighteenth century history first editions
Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance
Super 8vo, pp. x + 543; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; disc to rear; VG moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge, ffep & tp).
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands Polynesia Polynesian music dance arts ethnomusicology anthropology social history custom culture
Pacific Horizons: The Exploration of the Pacific beofre Captain Cook
SIGNED. 8vo hardcover (VG-) lacking d/w; 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: George Allen and Unwin 1946
KEYWORDS: Christopher Lloyd exploration discovery journey voyage Pacific Ocean
Pacific Game Fishing
FIRST EDITION. Super royal 8vo, pp. xii + 290; blue buckram bds, spine lettered in gilt, fish motif in gilt to board; top edge stained blue, illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; moderate cracking to hinges); in d/w, G+ (heavy scuffing & soiling; heavy bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with heavy chipping; heavy tearing; extensive archival repairs).
PUBLISHER: Coward-McCann 1942
KEYWORDS: fish fishing angling angler sea pacific ocean sport game
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia: Vol III
THIS VOL ONLY - FEATURES NEW ZEALAND, folio, half leatherbound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, aeg, frontispiece with tissue guard, paginated as viii + 531-800pp (+ 1pp postscript), illus, G+ (heavy cracking to spine & hinges with some minor loss, heavy scuffing to leatherwork, leather on front board corners missing, v heavy scuffing/bruising & staining to boards, heavy water staining to eps & page edges throughout, minor mould staining to page fore-edges, light to moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
KEYWORDS: atlas atlases travel geography Australasia New Zealand historical maps geology Australia Pacific regions
Child of Calvary: Myrtyr of Satan: A Biography of Mother Marie-Therese Noblet
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed/map to front eps, 171pp, illus/photos, VG+ (spine sl cocked, light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, minor tape staining to eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges, light to moderate chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Carmelite Fathers, National Scapular Headquarters N/D (c.1960?)
KEYWORDS: religion Pacific islands Papua New Guinea PNG religious biographies biography memoir Mother Marie-Therese Noblet catholic church missionaries history
Borders of Being: Citizenship, Fertility and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific
Ex-library, super octavo, black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, xii + 326pp, illus, VG (minimal library markings, light bruising to extrems, moderate chafing & soiling to spine & boards, light staining to base of spine, sl soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Michigan Press 2000
KEYWORDS: Asia Pacific Oceania women government policy customs birth control human relations
Fiji : Handbook of the Colony
Super octavo, teal stiff card boards, black lettering & illus plate to front board, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims with folding map, 165pp + index to rear, illus/photos, VG (light bruising to extrems, minor chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift plate to ffep, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, moderate closed tearing & tape repairs to folding map- yellowing tape staining)
PUBLISHER: H R Craigie, Acting Gov't Printer 1936
KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Pacific islands Fiji Fijian people culture British colonial history colinies
The Min of the Papua New Guinea Star Mountains: A Look at Their Traditional Culture and Heritage
Heavy lg quarto, black heavy boards, copper gilt lettering to spine & front board, copper gilt illus to front board, illus eps & prelims, xiv + 320pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light chafing)
PUBLISHER: Gerrit J T Schuurkamp 1995
KEYWORDS: png Papua New Guinea anthropology culture heritage pacific islands
Legends of the South Sea: The world of the Polynesians seen through their myths and legends, poetry and art
Association copy, first edition. Signed & inscribed by author to Helen Shaw (Hella) and Frank Hofmann. 8vo, pp. xvi + 416; green cl bds, spine lettered in gilt, spine & front board illus. in gilt; illus. eps, frontis., plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light to moderate tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light to moderate tanning & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG- (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems with sl chipping; moderate closed tear to front; moderate tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1970
KEYWORDS: Polynesian anthropology social history mythology myth legend poetry art Pacific Ocean first edition