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$16.50
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Pacific Horizons: A Regional Role for New Zealand


BOYD, MARY (Ed)

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: Price Milburn 1972

KEYWORDS: New Zealand south pacific politics political international affairs

$16.50
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My Father's Island: A Galapagos Quest


ANGERMEYER, JOHANNA

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 1989

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Galapagos island history exploration adventure Hans Angermeyer travel history literature

$20.00
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South Pacific Enterprise


THE COLONIAL SUGAR REFINING COMPANY LIMITED

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: Angus and Robertson 1956

KEYWORDS: south pacific trade commerce Australia New Zealand industry CSR sugar history

$12.50
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In Search of Moby Dick: Quest for the White Whale


SEVERIN, TIM

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: Da Capo Press 2001

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature adventure Moby Dick south pacific marine life

$10.00
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Understanding Samoans


N/A

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

$35.00
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Weaving the Unfinished Mats: Wesley's Legacy: Conflict, Confusion and Challenge in the South Pacific


LINEHAM, PETER (ed)

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

$24.50
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Pacific Steamers


LAWSON, WILL

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

$1000.00
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The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768-1820 (5 Vol Set)


BANKS, Sir JOSEPH & CHAMBERS, NEIL (Ed)

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

$100.00
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Sir Joseph Banks and the Transfer of Plants To and From the South Pacific 1786-1798


FROST, ALAN

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

$60.00
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The Voyages of Abel Janszoon Tasman


SHARP, ANDREW

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

$40.00
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Maori Cookbook and Includes Recipes from New Caledonia, Tahiti, Samoa, Cook Islands, Tonga, Hawaii, Fiji and Pitcairn Island


n/a

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

$35.00
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Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest


McCUNE, BRUCE & GEISER, LINDA & SHARNOFF, SYLVIA and STEPHEN (Photos) & MIKULIN, ALEXANDER (Drawings)

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

$100.00
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The Frisbees of the South Seas


FRISBIE, JOHNNY & DUNN, TOM (Illus)

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

$40.00
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Neither Confirm Nor Deny: The Nuclear Ships Dispute Between New Zealand and the United States


McMILLAN, STUART

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

$17.50
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Pacific Edge: Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim


ZELLNER, PETER; BETSKY, AARON & JACKSON, DAVINA & SUZUKI, AKIRA

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

$1775.00
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Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)


GARRAN, Hon ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B (Illus Superviser)

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

$50.00
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A New Zealand Potter's Dictionary: Techniques and Materials for the South Pacific


BRICKELL, BARRY & CASTLE, LEN (Fore)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 164pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, moderate crease/bend to bottom corners of pgs 47-80, moderate crease/deformity to bottom corner of foreword page)

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1985

KEYWORDS: signed Barry Brickell arts crafts pottery guides technique South Pacific New Zealand

$40.00
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New Zealand's Record in the Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century


ROSS, ANGUS (Ed)

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

$375.00
1p8a/19

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (4 Vol Set)


MORRIS, E E (Ed)

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

$37.50
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Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire


THOMAS, NICHOLAS

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

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