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$35.00
xxscj214798

Rock Paintings & Engravings in Fiji


PALMER, BRUCE & CLUNIE, FERGUS

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

$40.00
1y22c/15

A Savage History: Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans


NEWTON, JOHN

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

$27.50
xxseg214986

Sites of Desire, Economies of Pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific


MANDERSON, LENORE (Ed) & JOLLY, MARGARET (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 Chicago Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Asian studies sexuality ethnicity ethnology pacific region customs sex

$15.00
xxsel215007

Where the Waves Fall


HOWE, K R

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

$25.00
xxser215022

Papa Mike's Cook Islands Handbook


HOLLYWOOD, MIKE

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

$22.50
xxsew215038

Cook Islands: A Guide


DOUGLAS, NORMAN and NGAIRE

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

$30.00
xxsig215275

Seekers and Travellers: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast


WYATT, GARY

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

$120.00
ak5/8/3

Sailing Alone Around the World (New Edition)


SLOCUM, CAPTAIN JOSHUA

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

$100.00
ak5/9/2

Pangai: Village in Tonga


BEAGLEHOLE, ERNEST and PEARL

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

$35.00
xxsqc215627

Polyneisan Mythology & Ancient Traditional History of the New Zealanders, as Furnished by Their Priests and Chiefs


GREY, Sir GEORGE

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

$40.00
ak5/10/22

The Discovery of the Pacific Islands


SHARP, ANDREW

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

$150.00
ak5/12/42

Fiji Native Plants, with Their Medicinal and Other Uses


PARHAM, Mrs H B RICHENDA

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

$25.00
xxsqj215678

In the Wake of Cook: Exploration, Science & Empire 1780-1801


MACKAY, DAVID

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: Victoria University Press 1985

KEYWORDS: exploration history Captain James Cook maritime imperialism foreign relations north pacific

$20.00
xxsqk215683

The Last War of Empires: Japan and the Pacific War


BARBER, LAURIE & HENSHALL, KEN

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: David Bateman 1999

KEYWORDS: military war history Pacific Japan Japanese

$100.00
ak5/14/37

France and England in the New Hebrides: The Anglo-French Condominium


JACOMB, EDWARD

FOLDING MAP AT Pg208, Octavo, maroon buckram boards, black lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 234pp + catalogue to rear, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to spine & boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, minor foxing sporadically throughout, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: George Robetson & Company 1914

KEYWORDS: pacific islands New Hebrides Vanuatu England English France French history geopolitics

$35.00
xxhcb215897

South Sea Vagabonds


WRAY, J W

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: HarperCollins 2016

KEYWORDS: maritime adventures exploration south seas J W Wray south pacific anniversary edition

$22.50
xxhcd215916

Trading Posts or Penal Colonies


DALLAS, K M

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: Fullers Bookshop 1969

KEYWORDS: Captain James Cook voyages Pacific New Holland Australia Australian history penal colonies

$17.50
xxhrc216015

Samoa in Colour


SIERS, JAMES

LACKS D/W, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1974

KEYWORDS: travel literature illustrated Samoa Pacific islands

$25.00
xxhri216086

The Pacific Islands Year Book 1944 - Fifth (Wartime) Edition


ROBSON, R W (Compiler & Ed)

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: Pacific Pubications 1944

KEYWORDS: pacific island islands yearbooks year books past years pasifika

$30.00
xxhvb216103

Deuba: A Study of a Fijian Village


GEDDES, W R

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: The Polynesian Society Inc 1945

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Fiji fijian islands villages anthropology Deuba

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