Books - "pacific"
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The Day Man Lost: Hiroshima, 6th August 1945
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Kodansha 1981
KEYWORDS: Pacific war research society Hiroshima
The Wind Commands: Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific
inscribed & signed by author, with also signature of Peggy Morton, imperial octavo, blue textured cloth boards, silver lettering to spine, illus eps, xxvii+498pp, VG+ (slight bruising, particularly to spine extrems & corners; slight fading to board edges, slight tanning to page edges) in d/w VG- (slight rubbing, soiling & bruising, spine is faded from blue to white)
PUBLISHER: John McIndoe , and the University of British Columbia Press 1976
KEYWORDS: Pacific sailing sailors Drake Magellan journals scurvy navigation history wind jammers galleons navigation adventure indigenous craft European technical
Saying So Doesn't Make It So: Papers in Honour of B. Foss Leach: New Zealand Archaeological Association Monograph 17
author & archaeologist, Ian Smith's copy (Foss Leach wa his Mentor); imperial octavo, blue light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, frontispiece, xi+303pp, illus/diagrams, VG (covers are moderately rubbed, soiled & bruised, with a few tiny tears & small creases; spine faded, page edges tanned, Ian Smith's name in ink on fep)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Archaeological Association 1989
KEYWORDS: archaeology lectures papers Foss Leach history anthropology lithic studies Maori war Pacific settlement patterns palaeobotany
Mutiny, Mayhem, Mythology: Bounty's Enigmatic Voyage
Large 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: Sydney University Press 2018
KEYWORDS: Bounty historical 1978 Pacific William Bligh mutineers expedition Alan Frost
Hawai'i's Russian Adventure: A New Look at Old History
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 cost
PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2002
KEYWORDS: history Hawai'i Hawaii pacific Russia trade fort colonies Kamehameha
Pacific Explorer: The Life of Jean Francois de la Perouse 1741 - 1788
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: Dumore Press 1985
KEYWORDS: Biography Jean Francois de la Perouse explorer pacific
The Pacific Islanders: Peoples of the World Series
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: A.H. & A.W. Reed 1973
KEYWORDS: Anthropology pacific people islanders
Mister Pip
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Penguin 2006
KEYWORDS: new zealand literature pacific islands war
Centennial History of the New Zealand Pacific Lodge No. 2. 1842-1942
Octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, 330pp, illus, VG (light creasing & fading/scuffing to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, inscription in ink & previous owner's name label to fep) in d/w & removable protective clear plastic cover, tatty (heavy chipping to edges with heavy sporadic loss, moderate tanning to spine & edges, moderate foxing to covers)
PUBLISHER: Ferguson & Osborn (Printer) 1942
KEYWORDS: New Zealand freemasons freemasonry masonic illustrated history Pacific Lodge
New Ireland: Art of the South Pacific
Ex library 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 cost
PUBLISHER: Saint Louis Art Museum 2006
KEYWORDS: Art history New Ireland South Pacific carving symbolism ritual
Lost in Samoa
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Cassell & Co. 1907
KEYWORDS: literature fiction humour adventure Pacific Samoa
Pleasure Islands of the South Pacific
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: Methuen 1979
KEYWORDS: travel pacific island fiji new caledonia rarotonga
New Flags Flying: Pacific Leadership
AUDIO CD AT REAR POCKET, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 328pp, illus, VG+ (light chafing & soiling to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover)
PUBLISHER: Huia 2012
KEYWORDS: Pacific politics history illustrated
Historical Atlas of the North Pacific Ocean: Maps of Discovery and Scientific Exploration 1500-2000
Lg quarto, black heavy card boards, silver coloured lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 224pp, illus, Near FINE (light creasing to spine extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light foxing to internal sides)
PUBLISHER: The British Museum Press 2001
KEYWORDS: illustrated nautical history maritime exploration maps north Pacific ocean
Atlas of the South Pacific
Folio, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to front board, illus unpaginated prelims, 48pp, illus, VG (light creasing/bruising to spine extrems & board corners, moderate staining/soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Gov't Printing Office 1986
KEYWORDS: maps atlas South Pacific illustrated islands travel
Picturesque Atlas of Australasia
BEAUTIFUL 3 VOLUME SET IN ORIGINAL BINDING, folio, half bound leather boards, gitl lettering & decorative tooling to spines & front boards, aeg, frontispieces with tissue guards, illus prelims to vol 1, viii-xii + 800pp total, illus, VG- (age appropriate scuffing to spines & boards/corners with some surface loss, light fading & soiling to boards, 11cm crack to front hinge of vol 2, moderate tanning & foxing to pages sporadically throughout, Railway, Postal and Telegraph Map... of vol 3 missing). Weighing over 16kgs, this is a beautiful set despite the VG- rating. The South Island of NZ is still referred to in this atlas as the Middle Island!
PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888
KEYWORDS: Australasia Australia New Zealand Pacific islands exploration travel illustrated 3 volume set
The Fiji of Today
FIRST EDITION, octavo, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, gilt lettering & Fijian illus plate to front board, teg, frontispiece, 364pp + adverts, illus, VG (moderate bruising.creasing to spine extrems & board corners, moderate scuffing & soiling to spine & boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, heavy cracking to gutters, some mild folding to top of page corners, light lining in pencil to some pages)
PUBLISHER: Charles H. Kelly 1910
KEYWORDS: first edition Fiji exploration travel history illustrated pacific culture plantations
Island Kingdom Strikes Back: The Story of an Independent Island Newspaper, Taimi 'o Tonga
INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, super octavo, white lettering to spine, 304pp, VG+ (sl creasing to cover edges, light foxing to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Pacmedia Publishers 2002
KEYWORDS: Tonga media journalism newspaper independent Taimi o Tonga Lali media group Pacific Pasifika signed
Voyage to Australia & the Pacific 1791-1793
Super octavo, grey heavy card boards with green spine, gilt lettering to spine, xliii + 392pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & soiling to edges, light discolouration to spine, 1 cm closed tear to base of front cover)
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 2001
KEYWORDS: exploration travel illustrated Australia Pacific culture Bruny d'Entrecasteaux La Perouse
State of Grace: An Exploration of the Development of Maori and Pacific Contemporary Performance Using a Case Study of the Black Grace Dance Company
UNPUBLISHED THESIS, quarto, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, v + 101pp, illus, VG+ (light soiling to boards)
PUBLISHER: Wendy Preston/University of Auckland 2002
KEYWORDS: performing arts thesis dissertation Maori Pacific Island contemporary dance illustrated theatre