Books - "pacific"
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Where Worlds Collide: The Wallace Line
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: Reed 1997
KEYWORDS: the Alfred Russel Wallace Line theory pacific Asian wildlife evolution
The Revolt of the Samoans [Second Edition]
SECOND EDITION, octavo stapled wrappers (VG) minor pencil annotations; 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: The Clarte Book Depot / The New Zealand worker co. 1928
KEYWORDS: Samoan revolt Pacific Island Polynesian colonial history uprising Samoa
Guadalcanal: An American Story
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: Naval Institute Press 1999
KEYWORDS: American military history world war two battle of Guadalcanal Pacific island U.S. First Marine Division
The Struggle for Guadalcanal August 1942-February 1943 [History of United States Naval Operations in World War II Volume V]
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: Castle Books 2001
KEYWORDS: United States navy military history world war two Guadalcanal Pacific
The Pacific Journal of Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 1767-1768
Super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif to front board, map/illus to eps, lxxvii + 322pp, Near FINE, in d/w, VG+ (light fading/tanning to spine, light creasing & chipping to edges, minor soiling)
PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society / Map Library 2002
KEYWORDS: hakluyt society series exploration history maritime Pacific journals Louis-Antoine de Bougainville 17th seventeenth century
Japanese Navy Aircraft Colours & Markings in the Pacific War ... and Before
SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED EDITION, quarto, comb ringbound illus light card wrappers, vii + 131pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing & chipping to cover edges, light soiling to covers, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Ian K Baker 1991
KEYWORDS: signed Ian K Baker military history aviation Japan Japanese aircraft Pacific war
The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering to spine, white lettering to front board, illus boards & eps, frontispiece, xxv + 384pp, illus, VG- (moderate fading to spine & board edges, light bruising to extrems, sm insect damage to base of hinges & front pastedown, sl discolouration to eps, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery and Sons (Printer) 1927
KEYWORDS: first editions Pacific islands Cook Islands culture arts crafts Te Rangi Hiroa Peter P H Buck Maori Polynesian anthropology
Japan's Longest Day
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: Kodansha International 1981
KEYWORDS: pacific front world war two ii second history military japan
Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 179)
Imperial octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 533pp, 16 b&w plates to rear, illus, VG- (heavy fading to spine, moderate chipping to extrems of spine- minor tidy archival tape repair to head of spine, moderate fading to covers, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing to prelims & terminals)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1944
KEYWORDS: Cook Islands arts crafts Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins Peter Buck Te Rangi Hiroa pacific culture
Geology of Rarotonga and Atiu (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 72)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 75pp, 5x b&w plates to rear, illus, VG+ (light fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, sl stain to front cover, minor tanning & foxing to page egdes, minor foxing to prelims)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1930
KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Rarotonga Atiu
Geology of Mangaia (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 36)
FIRST EDITION, super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 48pp, 2x b&w plates with 1st plate in pocket to rear [3 in total], illus, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine, light creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, sl occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1927
KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins first editions geology natural history pacific Mangaia
Mangaian Society (Bernice P Bishop Museum Bulletin 122)
Super octavo, brown light card wrappers, black lettering to spine & front cover, 207pp, folding map opp. pg4, VG (moderate fading & creasing to spine- minor cracking to extrems with archival tape repair, light to moderate creasing & fading to cover edges, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges, minor occasional foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Bernice P Bishop Museum 1934
KEYWORDS: Bernice P Bishop museum bulletins history pacific Mangaia society Peter Buck Te Rangi Hiroa culture anthropology
Legends of Fiji and Rotuma
Octavo softcover, stapled (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: Solent Publishing 1991
KEYWORDS: legends folklore lore pacific islands Fiji Rotuma
Coral Reefs of the World, Volume 3: Central and Western Pacific
Quarto, illus heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xlix + 329pp, illus, VG (moderate bruising to board corners, light bruising to spine extrems, light tanning to spine, minor chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & soiling to page edges, light to moderate discolouration to ffep & prelims)
PUBLISHER: UNEP / IUCN 1991
KEYWORDS: marine biology coral reefs pacific ocean conservation wildlife
French Explorers in the Pacific: II The Nineteenth Century
THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo, navy blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 428pp, illus, VG (light bruising & rubbing to spine/extrems, light soiling to boards, sl foxing and soiling to page edges, prev owners name in pen [David Galloway], pen and pencil underlining and marking light to moderate throughout), in d/w VG- (moderate creasing and chipping to edges, price clipped, light fading to spine, light to moderate foxing and soiling, publishers small adhesive label to front flap)
PUBLISHER: Oxford at the Clarendon Press 1969
KEYWORDS: french explorers pacific exploration history nineteenth century france
Mineral Resources Division Memoir No 1: Mineral Deposits of Fiji (Metallic Deposits)
LACKS MAPS, ex-library, imperial octavo, periwinkle blue light card wrappers, black lettering to spine and cover, unpaginated prelims + 123pp, illus, VG (usual library markings, moderate chafing to spine and covers, minor staining and fading, moderate scuffing to spine edges, light tanning to page egdes, slight foxing throughout, rust staining & minor cracking to staples)
PUBLISHER: Government of Fiji, Ministry of Lands and Mineral Resources 1976
KEYWORDS: mineral resources geoligy pacific fiji fijian metallic deposits natural resources
Pageant of the Pacific: Being the Maritime History of Australia in Two Volumes
TWO VOLUMES, imperial octavo, green marle buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, upper edges stained green, deckled page edges, frontispiece to volume one, volume one 411pp + volume two 487pp, VG (light to moderate bruising to spine and extrems of both volumes, light soiling and tanning to page edges, top of page blocks lightly faded, light general soiling throughout, light tanning and foxing to eps & prelims, plate to prelims of vol 1 detached but present, occasional light cracking to gutters)
PUBLISHER: F J Thwaites Pty ca 1930s
KEYWORDS: captain f rhodes pacific maritime history australia
Bowfin: The True Story of a Fabled Fleet Submarine in World War II
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: Burford Books 1998
KEYWORDS: military history ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2 submarines maritime warfare USS Bowfin Pacific naval operations
Figuring the Pacific: Aotearoa & Pacific Cultural Studies
Tidy ex-library, 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: Canterbury University Press 2005
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Pacific culture history cultural studies
Caught Between Cultures: A New Zealand-born Pacific Island Perspective
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: Christian Research Association 1998
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa Pacific island cultures heritage Jemaima Tiatia