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$40.00
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One and a Half Pacific Islands / Teuana ao Teiterana n aba n Te Betebeke : Stories the Banaban People Tell of Themselves / I-Banaba aika a Karakin oin Rongorongoia


SHENNAN, JENNIFER (Ed) & TEKENIMATANG, MAKIN CORRIE (Ed)

Ex-library, super octavo, illus stiffened light card wrappers, black & pink lettering to spine, frontispiece, 264pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, minor scuffing & tanning/soiling to spine & cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, minor cracking to title page gutter, tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters)

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Banaban people anthropology culture Kiribati Fiji

$32.50
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Pacific: An Ocean of Wonders


HATFIELD, PHILIP J.

Oblong 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: David Bateman Ltd. 2019

KEYWORDS: Pacific islands ocean human geography history anthropology

$15.00
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Stories from the South Pacific


CARELL, VICTOR

Ex-library small 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: Mahendra Motibhai Patel, CBE

KEYWORDS: South Pacific islands islanders fiction short stories Victor Carell

$20.00
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Big Pacific


TANSLEY, REBECCA

Oblong quarto hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+) 1cm closed tear to base of rear cover; 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: David Bateman 2017

KEYWORDS: Pacific ocean natural history marine wildlife geography geology maritime

$22.50
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Fatu-Hiva: Back to Nature


HEYERDAHL, THOR

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: George Allen & Unwin 1974

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Thor Heyerdahl Pacific region islands Fatu-Hiva

$25.00
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Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voayagers to the Pacific, Australia, and New Zealand


DUNMORE, JOHN (ed)

TEXT MOSTLY FRENCH, WITH ENGLISH SUMMARIES; 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history French exploration Pacific Islands Australia nautical maritime diaries illustrated

$25.00
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Pacific Journeys: Essays in Honour of John Dunmore


CROPP, GLYNNIS M (ed) & WATTS, NOEL R (ed) & COLLINS, ROGER D J (ed) & HOWE, K R (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 will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 2005

KEYWORDS: John Dunmore tribute essays Pacific travel French exploration history New Zealand historians maritime seafaring Maori pakeha

$45.00
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A Clash of Paradigms: Intervention, Response and Development in the South Pacific


MAIAVA, SUSAN

Octavo, beige heavy boards, white & green lettering to spine & boards, xix + 258pp, VG (light bruising & fading to spine, light chafing to boards, light foxing to page edges, ffep ripped out, contents clean & tidy)

PUBLISHER: Ashgate 2001

KEYWORDS: geography South Pacific SOAS development Samoa Samoan islands cattle agriculture farming

$40.00
2w8/16

Whitcombe's New War Atlas: The World at a Glance (Second and Revised Edition)


N/A

Imperial octavo, stapled illus light card wrappers, printed inside covers, 16pp, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing & creasing to spine & cover edges, moderate tearing to spine extrems & base of front cover, moderate to heavy tanning/foxing & scuffing to covers, whole page block detached at top staple, moderate tanning & foxing to inside covers/eps, light to moderate tanning to pages throughout)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs N/D

KEYWORDS: military history war atlas atlases Europe European America Pacific

$40.00
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The Sikhs of Fiji


SINGH, GAJRAJ

Ex-library, octavo, stapled orange illus light card wrappers, white lettering to front cover, 60pp + notes to rear, VG- (usual library markings, heavy fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, moderate foxing to inside covers, bottom section of rear ep removed, minor tearing to covers at staples)

PUBLISHER: South Pacific Social Sciences Association N/D (c.1980s?)

KEYWORDS: India Indian sikhs religion Fiji Pacific islands religion

$120.00
3a4/23

Asia in the Pacific Islands: Replacing the West


CROCOMBE, RON

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, grey light card wrappers, black & maroon lettering to spine, maps to inside covers, xix + 623pp, illus/photos, VG (light to moderate soiling & creasing/curling to spine & covers/edges, light to moderate soiling to page edges, sl fading to spine, prev. owner's name i nink to ffep, light cracking to gutter of half title page)

PUBLISHER: IPS Publications 2007

KEYWORDS: signed first editions Ron Crocombe Pacific Islands politics trade foreign relations Oceania economics

$245.00
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Up and Down; or, Fifty Years' Colonial Experiences in Australia, California, New Zealand, India, China, and the South Pacific


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

$17.50
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A History of the Pacific: From the Stone Age to the Present Day


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

$25.00
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Island Populations of the Pacific


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

$40.00
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The Story of the Solomons


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

$17.50
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Flyboys: The Final Secret of the Air War in the Pacfic


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

$70.00
3c2/22

Three Voyages of a Naturalist; Being an Account of Many Little-Known Islands in Three Oceans Visited by the Valhalla RYS


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

$15.00
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Race Class and Rebellion in the South Pacific


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

$9.00
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Island Time: New Zealand's Pacific Futures


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

$16.50
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The Rising Tide: Among the Islands and Atolls of the Pacific Ocean


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

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