TRACY, MONA & EVISON, G. HENRY (Illus)

First edition in scarce d/w, octavo, green buckram boards with pink lettering to spine & front board and pink&black illus to spine & front board, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (v. slight bruising to spine extrems, inscription in black ink to fep, some tanning & foxing to eps) in d/w, VG- (8cm x 3cm tear with loss to upper spine/rear repaired with archival tape, archival tape repairs to lower spine extrem, some creasing to upper edges, moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1928

KEYWORDS: first edition Mona Tracy G Henry Levison children's literature adventure New Zealand South Pacific

SUGIMURA, A (Ed)

Ex library, small quarto, blue light card front cover with black lettering, white spine & white rear, xii + 270pp, illus, VG- (usu library markings, light staining to covers, chaffing to spine)

PUBLISHER: HIPAC Team 1984

KEYWORDS: DSIR science geology geophysics oceanography environment ecology sea level tectonics middle Pacific Rarotonga

EXTERNAL INTELLIGENCE BUREAU NEW ZEALAND

first edition, elephant folio, dark blue faux leather boards with cream spine and gilt lettering to front board, frontispiece double-page south pacific map, iii+ 47pp + 20 map plates, VG+ (slight foxing to page edges and prelims)

PUBLISHER: Department of Lands and Survey 1978

KEYWORDS: External Intelligence Bureau New Zealand first edition atlas maps south pacific reference

SHINEBERG, DOROTHY (Ed)

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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1971

KEYWORDS: specials Dorothy Shineberg Andrew Cheyne European Pacific exploration travel memoirs anthropology

TJIBAOU, J. M.

softcover quarto (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: les editions du pacifique 1978

KEYWORDS: specials J M Tjibaou anthropology melanese south pacific culture illustrated pictorial history

HARRISON, CHARLES

First edition, super octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering & gilt mask motif to spine and blind rule to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, 222pp, illus + folding map, VG (lower rear board corner cut off, heavy fading to spine, lighter fading to boards, slight bruising to spine extrems, ding to front board upper corner, owner's name & date in ink to front pastedown, moderate foxing & tanning to page edges, some foxing)

PUBLISHER: HF & G Witherby 1925

KEYWORDS: Charles Harrison Pacific history Queen Charlotte Islands anthropology customs first edition

VILLIERS, ALAN

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: Penguin 1969

KEYWORDS: specials Alan Villiers biography travel Captain Cook pacific maritime

OLIVER, DOUGLAS & JOHNSON, LOIS (Illus)

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: University of Hawaii Press 1989

KEYWORDS: specials Douglas L Oliver Lois Johnson Pacific Islands Islanders archaeology geography antropology Oceania

BECKE, LOUIS / BECKE, GEORGE LEWIS

First edition (colonial edition), ownership signature & date of historian AA Grace, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, viii + 369pp + 6pp book adverts, VG- (some rubbing to spine & boards, some bruising to spine extrems, light bruising & fraying to board edges & corners, front gutter cracked & binding sloppy, moderate browning to eps & page edges, annotation in pencil to rear ep)

PUBLISHER: T Fisher Unwin 1897

KEYWORDS: first colonial edition Louis Becke Pacific Australia Polynesia travel wildlife natural history literature

GIUFFRE, KATHY

Softcover octavo (nr 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: Awa Press 2010

KEYWORDS: specials Kathy Giuffre New Zealand Pacific Islands travel literature memoir

PARKINSON ,SYDNEY

Octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxiii + 214pp, illus, VG+ (sl wear to board extrems, v sl soiling to upper page edges) in d/w, VG (light rubbing and soiling to covers, small 1cm open tear to upper spine, light fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: Caliban Books 1984

KEYWORDS: Sydney Parkinson journal Captain Cook Endeavour Pacific exploration travel history

THOMAS, NICHOLAS

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 cost.

PUBLISHER: Thames and Hudson 1995

KEYWORDS: specials Nicholas Thomas Oceania Pacific Island art history

SCHIFFER, M. B. (Intro) & MCKINLAY, J. R. (Ed) & J

Super octavo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete10 and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Historic Places Trust 1979

KEYWORDS: specials M B Schiffer J R Mckinlay K L Jones archaeology Australia Oceania Pacific Islands resource management

KIDMAN, JOANNA & TE RITO, DR. JOSEPH (Eds) & PENET

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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Knowledge Exchange Programme of Nga Pae o te Maramatanga 2007

KEYWORDS: specials Joanna Kidman Dr Joseph Te Rito Dr Wally Penetito New Zealand Maori Pacific Island indigenous knowledge education sociology ethics

MERRILL. ELMER D.

Susan & Ralph Bulmer's copy, 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Macmillan Company 1954

KEYWORDS: specials Elmer D Merrill Pacific Islands plants vegetation botany

KAEPPLER, ADRIENNE L.

Large quarto, black illus light card covers, illus eps, frontispiece, xvi + 293pp, illus, VG+ (2cm closed tear to one side of upper spine, some chaffing to spine & cover edges, ding to lower spine)

PUBLISHER: Bishop Museum Press 1978

KEYWORDS: Adrienne L Kaeppler Bernice Bishop Museum exhibition exposition Pacific artefacts crafts textiles tools weapons ornaments Captain Cook history anthropology

SKINNER, HENRY DEVENISH

Small quarto, blue heavy card boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 197pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to board edges, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, v slight foxing to page upper edges) in d/w, VG+

PUBLISHER: University of Otago Press 1974

KEYWORDS: Henry Devenish Skinner Pacific Oceanic material culture history anthropology New Zealand Maori essays

GUNSON, NIEL

First edition, octavo, yellow cloth boards with black lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xiv + 351pp, VG+ (v slight tanning to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light soiling, tiny closed tear to front upper edge)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: first edition Niel Gunson HE Maude Pacific biography bibliography essays articles history legend myths anthropology colonisation

BENTON, RICHARD A.

First edition, 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 cost.

PUBLISHER: New Zealand Council for Educational Research 1981

KEYWORDS: specials Richard A Benton South Pacific Island Oceania Polynesian Maori language languages education policies first edition

DUNMORE, JOHN

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 cost

PUBLISHER: Heritage Press Ltd 1997

KEYWORDS: specials John Dunmore Pacific New Zealand France French colonisation colonialism history