Books - "pacific"
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Understanding Samoans
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: Vocational Training Council 1975
KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific islands islanders pacifika Samoa Samoans culture
Weaving the Unfinished Mats: Wesley's Legacy: Conflict, Confusion and Challenge in the South Pacific
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: Proceedings of the Wesley Historical society 2005
KEYWORDS: Wesley Historical Society Pacific missionaries missionary mission
Pacific Steamers
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: Brown, Son & Ferguson 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions maritime history pacific steamers ships shipping
The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820 (5 Vol Set)
5 VOL SET, LACKS D/W, super octavo, green heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, mixed pagination, VG+ (sl soiling to page edges, occasional black ink marking to margins- minor, yellow post-it notes to page edges of vols 4 & 5)
PUBLISHER: Pickering & Chatto 2008-12
KEYWORDS: Sir Joseph Banks letters correspondence history historical records Indian Pacific British naturalists
Sir Joseph Banks and the Transfer of Plants To and From the South Pacific 1786-1798
Quarto, marbled light card covers with french flaps, black lettering to title plate to front cover, viii + 62pp, VG+ (sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light tanning/fading to spine, sl tanning to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: The Colony Press 1993
KEYWORDS: expeditions Sir John Banks plants naturalists botany South Pacific 18th eighteenth century history geography breadfruit plant introduction Australia
The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xii + 375pp, folding map to prelims, illus/maps, VG+ (light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name (David Galloway) in ink to ffep) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, 10cm closed tear & moderate creasing to rear, light fading to spine)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1968
KEYWORDS: Abel Janszoon Tasman south pacific exploration history historical voyages Australia 17th seventeenth century
Maori Cookbook and Includes Recipes from New Caledonia, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Hawaii, Fiji and Pitcairn Island
Octavo, 120pp; illus. light card covers; illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to covers; light bruising to edges & extrems with sl chipping to extrem at head to spine; sl soiling to pg edges).
PUBLISHER: Jopa Manufacturing Ltd N.D.
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Pacific Islands cook book cookbook recipes food
Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest
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: Oregon State University Press 1997
KEYWORDS: lichens lichen macrolichens pacific northwest identification species botany nature ecology
The Frisbees of the South Seas
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LACKS D/W, octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to yellow spine, black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, 239pp, illus, VG (whole item slightly warped/bent, light bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to baords, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)
PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1959
KEYWORDS: south seas pacific signed first editions history Frisbie family
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
Rock Paintings & Engravings in Fiji
Imperial 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: Fiji Museum Educational Series 1970
KEYWORDS: museums Fiji Pacific islands rock art ancient history
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