Books - "pacific"
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Neither Confirm Nor Deny: The Nuclear Ships Dispute Between New Zealand and the United States
Octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 177pp, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, moderate adhesive staining to front cover, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1987
KEYWORDS: New Zealand US America nuclear warships politics political disputes navy naval ships ANZUS south pacific
Pacific Edge: Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim
Imp. 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: Thames and Hudson 1998
KEYWORDS: Peter Zellner Pacific Rim architecture design
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)
3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)
PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
KEYWORDS: antiquarian books Australia Australasia New Zealand pacific exploration maps atlases atlas history historical voyages
New Zealand's Record in the Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century
Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, vi + (2) + 362pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)
PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific region islands records 20th twentieth century historical modern history
Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (4 Vol Set)
4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & foxing to eps & prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887-1889
KEYWORDS: cassell's picturesque Austalasia history illustrated Australia New Zealand pacific
Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire
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: Yale University Press 2010
KEYWORDS: Pacific region colonialism European history Captain James Cook exploration cultural culture
A Savage History: Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans
Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white letterng to spine, white whale tail illus to boards, illus eps & prelims, 310pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning to spine)
PUBLISHER: Newsouth Publishing 2013
KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Pacific Southern Ocean hunting whaling history whalers maritime nautical
Sites of Desire, Economies of Pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the 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: University of Chicago Press 1997
KEYWORDS: Asian studies sexuality ethnicity ethnology pacific region customs sex
Where the Waves Fall
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: University of Hawaii Press 1988
KEYWORDS: history pacific islands south seas
Papa Mike's Cook Islands Handbook
SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: iUniverse 2003
KEYWORDS: pacific islands Cook Islands signed Papa Mike travel guides literature writing
Cook Islands: A Guide
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: Pacific Profiles 1990
KEYWORDS: pacific Cook Islands travel guides literature
Seekers and Travellers: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Quarto 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: D & M Publishers 2012
KEYWORDS: contemporary art pacific northwest
Pangai: Village in Tonga
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, iv + 145pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to top board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 1 & 2 potentially missing, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (heavy loss & tape repairs to top edges, moderate creasing & chipping to lower edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light general chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1941
KEYWORDS: first editions pacific islands Tonga villages Pangai anthropology culture customs
The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography
Fiji Native Plants, with Their Medicinal and Other Uses
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red stiff card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xii + 160pp, VG- (moderate creasing to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1943
KEYWORDS: first edition pacific islands native plants Fiji Fijian nature natural medicine botany alternative
The Last War of Empires: Japan and the Pacific War
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: David Bateman 1999
KEYWORDS: military war history Pacific Japan Japanese
France and England in the New Hebrides: The Anglo-French Condominium
FOLDING MAP AT Pg208, Octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 234pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: George Robetson & Company 1914
KEYWORDS: pacific islands New Hebrides Vanuatu England English France French history geopolitics
Trading Posts or Penal Colonies
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: Fullers Bookshop 1969
KEYWORDS: Captain James Cook voyages Pacific New Holland Australia Australian history penal colonies
Samoa in Colour
LACKS D/W, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974
KEYWORDS: travel literature illustrated Samoa Pacific islands
The Pacific Islands Year Book 1944 - Fifth (Wartime) 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: Pacific Pubications 1944
KEYWORDS: pacific island islands yearbooks year books past years pasifika