Books - "pacific"
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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
A New Zealand Potter's Dictionary: Techniques and Materials for the South Pacific
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
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
Satan's Eye
Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, sl foxing to flaps)
PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977
KEYWORDS: Typhoon Winnie maritime disasters New Zealanders Robert McIntyre Flatbush Man survival nautical autobiography autobiographies memoir north pacific
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
Cook Islands: A Guide
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: Pacific Profiles 1990
KEYWORDS: pacific Cook Islands travel guides literature
Seekers and Travellers: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast
Quarto 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: D & M Publishers 2012
KEYWORDS: contemporary art pacific northwest
Sailing Alone Around the World (New Edition)
Octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, black rule to spine and front board, frontispiece, vi + 234pp + 40pp of ads to rear, VG (light rubbing & bruising to extrems, light soiling to front board, light fading & soiling to spine, spine sl cocked, light tanning/staining & moderate foxing to page edges, minor creasing to page corners, light foxing to eps, moderate foxing sporadically throughout, light cracking to gutters sporadically throughout) in d/w VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges- tidy tape repairs, moderate staining, soiling & rubbing to front flap fold & spine, light to moderate general soiling)
PUBLISHER: Sampson Low, Marsten & Co n/d (c.early 1900s)
KEYWORDS: spray captain joshua slocum sailing travel maritime nautical memoir adventure exploration caribbean south seas pacific circumnavigation solo canadian american
Pangai: Village in Tonga
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red heavy boards, black lettering to spine & front board, iv + 145pp, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate soiling to top board edges, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing to prelims & terminals, pgs 1 & 2 potentially missing, light creasing to prelims) in d/w, G+ (heavy loss & tape repairs to top edges, moderate creasing & chipping to lower edges, moderate tanning & staining to spine, light general chafing & soiling)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1941
KEYWORDS: first editions pacific islands Tonga villages Pangai anthropology culture customs
Polyneisan Mythology & Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs
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: Whitcombe & Tombs 1929
KEYWORDS: Polynesia Polynesian mythology myths folklore lore history anthropology New Zealand pacific islands islanders
The Discovery of the Pacific Islands
Octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, xiii + (3) + 259pp, illus, VG (moderate to heavy soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges & ep edges) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate to heavy fading to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, sl soiling)
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1969
KEYWORDS: pacific islands exploration history Polynesia Melanesia Micronesia ethnology anthropology geography
Who's Who in Fiji: Fiji's Golden Book of Record
Ex-library, super octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to spine, printed inside covers, 307pp, illus/photos, VG (minor library markings and external protective covering, light creasing to cover edges, light tanning & soiling to page edges, tidy tape reinforcement to front & rear gutters, minor cracking to gutter of pgs 302-303)
PUBLISHER: Berwicks Publishing House 1990
KEYWORDS: Fiji Fijian pacific islands biographies people trade commerce businesses
Fiji Native Plants, with Their Medicinal and Other Uses
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red stiff card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, xii + 160pp, VG- (moderate creasing to spine & covers, light to moderate tanning to spine & cover edges, minor soiling, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to front & rear gutters, light foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society 1943
KEYWORDS: first edition pacific islands native plants Fiji Fijian nature natural medicine botany alternative