Books - "pacific"
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Hula, Haka, Hoko!; An introduction to Polynesian dancing
SCARCE; Super octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 188pp, photo illus, VG (light soiling & creasing to covers and pages, light sun-fading to spine, light bending to corners of text block, light discolouration to page edges, bookseller's price sticker to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Mundo Etnico Foundation 1999
KEYWORDS: rare scarce polynesian dancing performing arts performance culture cultural history social customs rituals traditions anthropology ethnology pacific islands indigenous native music song hula haka hoko
The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
FIRST 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: Oxford University Press 1960
KEYWORDS: travel history exploration voyages writing literature first editions Pacific islands early discoveries
Cook Bicentenary Expedition in the South-West Pacific (Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin 8)
Imperial octavo softcover (VG-) cracking & archival tape repairs to spine & gutters: 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: Royal Society of New Zealand 1971
KEYWORDS: exploration voyages expeditions James Cook south-west pacific history
Pacific Indigenous Dialogue on Faith, Peace, Reconciliation and Good Governance
Super octavo softcover (VG-) cracking/loosening to gutter: 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 the South Pacific 2007
KEYWORDS: Pacific politics government religion customs faith
Search for New Guinea's Boundaries; From Torres Strait to the Pacific
Super octavo; blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xii + 176pp, illus figures & photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to boards, light tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep) in d/w, VG- (heavy sun-fading esp. to spine, light soiling & creasing, a few small closed tears)
PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1966
KEYWORDS: south east asia indo pacific islands papua new guinea irian boundary border history political politics colonialism imperial geography international relations
Sorcerers of Dobu: The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific
Octavo softcover (VG) reprinted from an underlined/annotated copy; 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: Not Stated (Modern Reprint/Facsimile)
KEYWORDS: anthropology Dobu islands western Pacific
Poissons de Polynesie
TEXT IN FRENCH; Quarto hardcover (VG, occasional light adhesion/adhesion damage throughout); 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: Times Media Private Limited 2000
KEYWORDS: text in french natural sciences history polynesian pacific islands fish poissons ocean sea marine animals zoology fauna wildlife guides photography
A Voyage to the South Sea; Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for the Purpose of Conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies, in His Majesty's Ship The Bounty, Commanded by Lieutenant William Bligh.; Including an Account of the Mutiny on Boa
FACSIMILE EDITION; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Hutchinson Group (Australia) Pty Ltd 1979
KEYWORDS: facsimile editions south southern ocean maritime ship boat exploration expeditions travel writing pacific islands west east indies captain william bligh hms bounty
Talkback Toast: A Reminiscence of Radio 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: RB Publications 2008
KEYWORDS: radio pacific robin lee-robinson trevor watson barry crump media new zealand anecdotes culture
Turning Targets; 25 years Cemeti
Imperial octavo, illus heavy card boards, white lettering to spine, pink lettering to front board, illus eps, 260pp, illus colour photo plates, VG+ (light rubbing & soiling to spine, occasional light-moderate soiling to pages throughout)
PUBLISHER: Cemeti Art House 2014
KEYWORDS: visual art artists alternative cemeti art houses galleries institutes indonesian south east asia oceania indo pacific 25th anniversary celebrations catalogues collections turning targets
South Seas; My Stories
Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, 192pp, photo illus, VG+ (light scuffing & creasing to covers, small bump to lower spine extrem, light soiling & creasing to pages, bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Wolfgang Losacker n/d
KEYWORDS: doctors physicians memoirs autobiographies autobiography travel writing pacific cook islands rarotonga illustrated
Letters from Tokelau
Oblong octavo, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to blue spine, illus eps, title page & prelims, photo illus, 96pp, VG+ (light rubbing to covers & page edges)
PUBLISHER: Trinity Publishing (NZ) Ltd 2021
KEYWORDS: tokelau atolls pacific islands new zealand territories letters memoirs travel writing food science nutrition nutritionists dieticians diet culture anthropology
Bali
Second printing; Quarto, maroon cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt archer motif to front board, illus eps, xiv + 112pp, illus plates, VG (moderate soiling & rubbing to boards, light soiling & tanning to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to fep & prelim) in d/w, VG- (heavy chipping & creasing with tape repairs to spine & extrems, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: Robert Hale Limited 1941
KEYWORDS: photography photographers art documentary pictorial anthropology ethnology travel writing exploration cultural social history bali indonesia indo pacific islands south east asia oceania
Traumziel Samoa: Reisebilder aus den Jahren 1912 von Fritz Schlosser und 1978 von Seiner Tochter Katesa
TEXT IN GERMAN, super octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, black lettering to spine, frontispiece, mixed pagination, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl fadin gto spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light foxing to eps & prelims/terminals)
PUBLISHER: Museum fur Volkerkunde der Universitat Kiel 2003
KEYWORDS: text in German travel literature writing history Katesa Schlosser Samoa pacific islands history culture customs
Bligh: William Bligh in the South Seas
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: Viking / Penguin 2011
KEYWORDS: Captain William Bligh maritime nautical history south seas Pacific exploration voyages
Leaves of the Banyan Tree
FIRST EDITION, ex-library, 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: Longman Paul 1979
KEYWORDS: modern first editions literature novels fiction Albert Wendt Samoan pacific islanders
Terra Australis 3: New Guinea Stone Age Trade: The Geography and Ecology of Traffic in the Interior
Quarto, illus green light card card covers, white & black lettering to spine & front cover, xvi + 247pp, illus/maps/photos, VG (light curling & scuffing to cover edges, light fading to spine, prev, owner's name in ink to front cover, light tanning & soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Research School of Pacific Studies, The Australian National University 1983
KEYWORDS: Pacific islands New Guinea stone age prehistory prehistoric archaeology archeology research
Evolutions or Revolutions? Interaction and Transformation at the 'Transition' in Island Melanesia
Quarto, illus light green card covers, black lettering to spine & covers, xx + 328pp, illus, Near FINE (sl curling to cover edges)
PUBLISHER: University of Otago 2017
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology Island Melanesia Pacific islands evolution culture ancient history antiquity transition
Archaeology of the Solomon Islands
Quarto, illus glossy light card covers with french flaps, blue/black/brown lettering to spine, 194pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light curling to cover edges, light chafing & fading to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2017
KEYWORDS: archeology archaeology anthropology Solomon Islands Pacific pehistory
Excavations on Motupore Island Central District, Papua New Guinea (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, quarto, illus green light card covers, white lettering to spines & front covers, xxviii + 640pp total, illus/photos, Near FINE
PUBLISHER: Dept of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Otago 2017
KEYWORDS: archaeology archeology anthropology research Pacific islands Motupore Island PNG Papua New Guinea