BARRY, Capt W J

FIRST EDITON, octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spine & boards, aeg, frontispiece, xii + (2) + 307pp + 32pp catalogue to rear, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing/chafing & soiling/staining to spine & boards/extrems, sl tanning & water staining to eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, occasional moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington 1879

KEYWORDS: first editions colonialism colonial history Captain W J Barry memoirs autobiography autobiographies Australia New Zealand California India China Sout Pacific

BARCLAY, GLEN

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: Sidgwick & Jackson 1978

KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands history people anthropology

MCARTHUR, NORMA

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: Australian National University Press 1967

KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands history people anthropology populations

FOX, CHARLES

Octavo, green heavy boards, black lettering to spine, black lettering & illus to front board, illus/photos, folding map to rear, VG- (light bruising to spine & board corners, light soiling to rear board, minor insect damage to front hinge, light tanning & foxing to page edges, moderate cracking to front gutter- ffep potentially removed, light tanning & creasing to prelims, occasional sl foxing throughout) in d/wm VG (moderate creasing & tanning to spine & cover edges/folds at flaps, other minor soiling, 2cm closed tear to top edge of front cover, other sl closed tearing/chipping to edges)

PUBLISHER: D O M Publications 1967

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Solomon Islands history colonialism anthropology geopolitics

BRADLEY, JAMES

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: Aurum Press 2003

KEYWORDS: Pacific war military history biography George Bush missing persons Chichi Jima

NICOLL, M J & The Rt Hon THE EARL OF CRAWFORD (Intro)

Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, teg, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xxx + 246pp, illus, VG (moderate fading/discolourationt o spine, minor bruising & rubbing to extrems, light chafing/soiling & fading to boards, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, sm label tipped in to front pastedown, prev. owner's in pencil to ffep, moderate foxing throughout, minor cracking to gutters sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Witherby & Co 1909

KEYWORDS: exploration history Valhalla RYS voyages Africa West Indies Pacific islands

MAMAK, ALEXANDER & ALI, AHMED & BELL, COLIN (series ed.) & MARTIN, JEAN

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: George Allen & Unwin 1979

KEYWORDS: South Pacific imperialism politics resisitance race class

SALESA, DAMON

Paperback (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: Bridget Williams Books 2018

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history sociology politics Pacific identity living standards Maori pakeha

BAMFORTH, TOM

Super octavo softcover (near FINE); 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: Hardie Grant Books 2019

KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands travel reportage politics climate change

OOSTERZEE, PENNY VAN

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: Reed 1997

KEYWORDS: the Alfred Russel Wallace Line theory pacific Asian wildlife evolution

HIXON, CARL K.

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: Naval Institute Press 1999

KEYWORDS: American military history world war two battle of Guadalcanal Pacific island U.S. First Marine Division

DE BOUGAINVILLE, LOUIS-ANTOINE & DUNMORE, JOHN (Trans & Ed)

Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, map/illus to eps, lxxvii + 322pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading/tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor soiling)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Map Library 2002

KEYWORDS: hakluyt society series exploration history maritime Pacific journals Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 17th seventeenth century

BAKER, IAN K

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, quarto, comb ringbound illus light card wrappers, vii + 131pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Ian K Baker 1991

KEYWORDS: signed Ian K Baker military history aviation Japan Japanese aircraft Pacific war

HIROA, TE RANGI (BUCK, P H)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, white lettering to front board, illus boards & eps, frontispiece, xxv + 384pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, sm insect damage to base of hinges & front pastedown, sl discolouration to eps, light foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons (Printer) 1927

KEYWORDS: first editions Pacific islands Cook Islands culture arts crafts Te Rangi Hiroa Peter P H Buck Maori Polynesian anthropology

THE PACIFIC WAR RESEARCH SOCIETY

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: Kodansha International 1981

KEYWORDS: pacific front world war two ii second history military japan

MARSHALL, PATRICK

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 75pp, 5x b&w plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, sl stain to front cover, minor tanning & foxing to page egdes, minor foxing to prelims)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1930

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Rarotonga Atiu

MARSHALL, P

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 48pp, 2x b&w plates with 1st plate in pocket to rear [3 in total], illus, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1927

KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Mangaia

THE IUCN CONSERVATION MONITORING CENTRE & THE UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xlix + 329pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board corners, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate discolouration to ffep & prelims)

PUBLISHER: UNEP / IUCN 1991

KEYWORDS: marine biology coral reefs pacific ocean conservation wildlife

DUNMORE, JOHN

THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 428pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine/extrems, light soiling to boards, sl foxing and soiling to page edges, prev owners name in pen [David Galloway], pen and pencil underlining and marking light to moderate throughout), in d/w VG- (moderate creasing and chipping to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light to moderate foxing and soiling, publishers small adhesive label to front flap)

PUBLISHER: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1969

KEYWORDS: french explorers pacific exploration history nineteenth century france

COLLEY, HOWARD

LACKS MAPS, ex-library, imperial octavo, periwinkle blue light card wrappers, black lettering to spine and cover, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate chafing to spine and covers, minor staining and fading, moderate scuffing to spine edges, light tanning to page egdes, slight foxing throughout, rust staining & minor cracking to staples)

PUBLISHER: Government of Fiji, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources 1976

KEYWORDS: mineral resources geoligy pacific fiji fijian metallic deposits natural resources