D'ARCY, PAUL

WARMLY INSCRIBED & SIGNED PHD THESIS, LATER PUBLISHED AS BOOK OF THE SAME TITLE, quarto, royal blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + 335pp, illus, Nr FINE, (v sl foxing to page edges, v sl bruising to corners)

PUBLISHER: A Thesis Submitted for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy of The Australian National University, March 2001

KEYWORDS: phd thesis paul d'arcy pacific island history polynesia maritime marine

WILSON, JAMES & MOSCHNER, IRMGARD (intro)

FACSIMILE EDITION WITH FOLDING MAPS TO REAR, super octavo, white heavy boards, black text to spine, xix + 420pp, illus/maps (all present), VG+ (slight bruising to spine, light soiling to board edges, upper page edges moderately foxed) in d/w VG+ (slight creasing to edges, light to moderate tanning to spine, slight soiling to jacket)

PUBLISHER: Fruhe Reisen Und Seefahrten in Originalberichten Band 5, Akademische Druck Austria 1966

KEYWORDS: james wilson missionary missionaries south seas pacific polynesia christianity history colonisation

ARMSTRONG, E S

Tidy ex-library, super octavo, burgundy buckram boards, upper page edges dyed grey, lower page edges deckled, frontispiece, xxviii + 372pp, illus + maps + plates (all present) VG+ (slight brusing & scuffing to edges of spine & boards, light fading & soiling to spine, light soiling & tanning to page edges, library sticker to front pastedown)

PUBLISHER: Isbister and Company Limited 1900

KEYWORDS: melaniesian mission christian colonisation george augustus selwyn polynesia pacific ocean islands missionaries anglican free church of scotland

PROUT, EBENEEZER

FIRST EDITION, blue heavy boards, half bound in brown leather, raised bands, gilt decoration & lettering to spine, all page edges marbled, marbled eps, frontispiece, viii + 618pp, illus, G+ (lower section of leather on spine coming away but binding secure, moderate to heavy scuffing to boards & spine, light to moderate tanning to page edges,

PUBLISHER: John Snow 1843

KEYWORDS: first edition missions missionaries polynesia pacific john williams

CROCOMBE, RON

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: MacMillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies of the University of Canterbury / Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific 1992

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa pacific islands foreign relations politics

SPIES, THOMAS A (Ed) & DUNCAN, SALLY L (Ed)

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: Island Press 2008

KEYWORDS: forests nature northwest pacific region ecology conservation

MITCHELL, WILLIAM E (Ed)

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 Pittsburgh Press 1992

KEYWORDS: PNG Papua New Guinea humour humor comedy south pacific anthropology

BARNETT, JAMES K

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: Todd Communications 2008

KEYWORDS: maritime nautical exploration history Captain James Cook Alaska North Pacific

WEST, F J

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: Oxford University Press 1961

KEYWORDS: politics political colonialism South Pacific Fiji Tahiti American Samoa

PULEA, MERE

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: Insititute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific 1986

KEYWORDS: family Oceania Pacific islands population birth control

TOMPKINS, ROBERT (BOB)

Oblong super octavo, illus light card wrappers, brown text to wrapper, tan text to spine, 316pp, VG (light to moderate creasing to wrapper, light soiling & fading to wrapper, light soiling 7 tanning to page edges, previous owner's label adhered to front inside cover & title page)

PUBLISHER: Nautical Association of Australia Inc 2008

KEYWORDS: merchant ships history australian new zealand shipping nautical south pacific robert bob tompkins

SPATE, O H K

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus plate to front board, illus/maps at eps, xxiv + 372pp, illus, VG+ (sl rubbing to extrems, sl chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals) in blue buckram slipcase with blue lettering on title plate to spine, VG+ (light to moderate scuffing)

PUBLISHER: Australian National University Press 1979

KEYWORDS: history exploration Pacific Spanish explorers maritime nautical voyages

GARRETT, JEMIMA

SIGNED, octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, black lettering to spine, unpaginated illus prelims + 200pp, VG (light to moderate creasing & light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name in pencil to half title page)

PUBLISHER: ABC Books 1996

KEYWORDS: signed Jemima Garrett Pacific islands Nauru history

N/A

THIS VOL ONLY, ex-library, super 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: Hydrographic Department, Admiralty 1957

KEYWORDS: pacific islands navigation orthography geography Polynesia maritime nautical

THOMPSON, ROGER C

Octavo, grey heavy boards, black lettering to spine, xii + 289pp, VG+ (sl marking to rear board, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl soiling)

PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: history Australia Pacific imperialism foreign relations

BUXTON, PATRICK A

Imperial octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, patterned eps, xi + 139pp, plates to rear, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing to spine & boards/edges & extrems, minor fading to spine & board edges, moderate tanning & light foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, sl foxing to prelims, minor soiling sporadically throughout, moderate cracking to gutters at rear)

PUBLISHER: The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1928

KEYWORDS: old medical books elephantitis elephantiasis filariasis Polynesia Melanesia pacific islands human disease diseases welfare medicine

ALLEN, PERCY S (Compiled by)

Octavo, illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, unpaginated prelims + 286pp, illus, G+ (large portion of spine covering missing, heavy creasing & tanning to spine & covers/edges- bottom corner of front cover missing, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, contents quite tidy still)

PUBLISHER: McCarron, Stewart & Co 1918

KEYWORDS: pacific islands historical guides traders tourism tourists migration

HARRISSON, TOM

Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 461pp, illus, folding map to rear, VG (light tanning & rubbing to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & light foxing/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to front eps, light tanning & foxing to rear eps & terminals, occasional foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Victor Gollancz 1937

KEYWORDS: Pacific New Hebrides islands anthropology

RICE, EDWARD

Octavo, brown buckram boards, yellow & red lettering to black buckram spine, deckled page fore-edges, red speckling to base of page block, maps to eps, xxv + 262pp, illus/photos, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to spine area, other light soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep) in d/w, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to spine & cover edges, light tanning to spine, light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1974

KEYWORDS: anthropology New Hebrides Pacific islands John Frum cults cargo cult Tanna

MORAN, MICHAEL

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: HarperCollins 2003

KEYWORDS: exploration travel south-west pacific writing literature anthropology New Guinea