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

COATES, AUSTIN

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: Her Majesty's Stationery Office 1970

KEYWORDS: western pacific islands history Austin Coates

BRADLEY, PHILLIP

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: Allen & Unwin 2019

KEYWORDS: Pacific war military history Lae aviation naval aerial maritime warfare ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

RANDALL, WILL

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: Scribner 2003

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature Solomon Islands south pacific Will Randall

DODD, EDWARD

THIS VOL ONLY, 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: Dodd, Mead & Company 1976

KEYWORDS: Polynesia ring of fire geology Raiatea Pacific science Apetahia travel history

FACEY, ELLEN E

SIGNED, INSCRIBED & DATED, super octavo, illus glossy light card wrappers, white lettering to spine, xii + 351pp, VG+ (light creasing/curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, light fading to spine, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: University of Calgary Press 1988

KEYWORDS: signed Ellen E Facey Vanuatu ethnology folklore lore Nguna culture Pacific islands

FINDLAY, ALEXANDER G

Super octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, blind stamp decoration to boards, folding map/frontispiece, viii + 966pp, illus/folding maps, VG- (moderate bruising to extrems, moderate to heavy scuffing & cracking/bruising to spine, light chafing to boards, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, moderate foxing & soiling to prelims inc. folding map frontis, occasional moderate foxing sporadically throughout, occasional light to moderate cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Published for Richard Holmes Laurie, 53 Fleet Street, EC 1871, With Additions to 1874

KEYWORDS: south pacific ocean directories geology landscapes islands history historical

PARSONS, CLAIRE D (Ed)

Super octavo, red heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, xii + 250pp, illus, VG (sl bruising & rubbing to extrems, sl soiling to front board, light tanning & soiling to page edges, prev. ownership inscriptions in ink with some correction fluid to ffep & half title page) in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing to spine, moderate to heavy creasing & chipping/tearing to edges, other minor chafing also)

PUBLISHER: The Institute for Polynesian Studies 1985

KEYWORDS: oceania medicine Polynesia south pacific alternative healing folk medicines

WILLIAMS, JOHN & BAXTER, G (Wood Engravings)

SIXTH THOUSAND, octavo, half leatherbound brown heavy boards, gilt lettering & tooling/decoration to spine with rsaised bands also, aeg, frontispiece, illus title page, xviii + 590pp, illus, VG (moderate scuffing & surface loss to leatherwork, minor fading & rubbing to boards, moderate soiling to gilt page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to prelims, moderate foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: J Snow 1837

KEYWORDS: travel writing literature historical history natural history missions missionaries south sea islands pacific anthropology

LAMBERT, S M

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: J M Dent & Sons Ltd 1942

KEYWORDS: medical history medicine pacific islands S M Lambert

LEWIS, DAVID

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G); 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 University Press of Hawaii 1972

KEYWORDS: pacific orientation wayfinding landfinding navigators