WAFER, LIONEL & JOYCE, L. E. ELLIOTT (Ed, Intro, Notes & Appendices)

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges, folded frontispiece, lxxi + 221pp, folding maps throughout, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, sl soiling to edges of front board, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG- (heavy creasing & chipping to edges with some minor loss, heavy tanning & staining to spine & front cover, light foxing)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1934

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel expeditions Lionel Wafer secret report Davis's expedition gold mines Darien West Indies Pacific late 17th seventeenth century Isthmus

YOUNG, LANI WENDT & KEIL, HANS JOACHIM (Ed)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, gold coloured lettering to spine, unpaginated prelims + 397pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Not Stated (2010)

KEYWORDS: natural disasters tidal waves tsunamis pacific Samoa Samoan tsunami emergency response

COX, PAUL ALAN & ROTHMAN, MICHAEL (Illus)

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: W. H. Freeman and Company 1999

KEYWORDS: Pacific isalnds Samoa rain forest forests Samoan botany ethnobotany preservation conservation

MAUDE, H. E.

FIRST EDITION, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K R HOWE, 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: Oxford University Press 1968

KEYWORDS: pacific history anthropology south seas maritime nautical first editions

TOULAT, JEAN

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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: Editions Robert Laffont 1974

KEYWORDS: text in French nuclear testing New Zealand pacific

TOULAT, JEAN

TEXT IN FRENCH, 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: Fayard 1969

KEYWORDS: text in French nuclear testing bombs pacific

CHOWNING, ANN

OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K R HOWE, 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: Cummings Publishing Company 1977

KEYWORDS: anthropology cutlure Melanesia pacific history

GARDEN, DON

INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE - ASSOCIATION COPY! Imperial octavo, illus glossy heavy boards, white lettering to spine, xvii + 398pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, moderate fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: ABC-CLIO 2005

KEYWORDS: Australia Australian New Zealand Pacific environmental history anthropology geography human ecology oceania nature environment signed association copy

D'ARCY, PAUL

ASSOCIATION COPY - WARM & LENGTHY INSCRIPTION & SIGNATURE BY AUTHOR TO PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, super octavo, blue heavy boards, blue gilt lettering to spine, xvii + 292pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edgeslight fading to spine)

PUBLISHER: University of Hawai'i Press 2006

KEYWORDS: association copy Oceania Pacific history social life customs culture navigation maritime anthropology environmental conditions environment nautical

DUNMORE, JOHN

2 VOL SET, first editions, OWNERSHIP OF PACIFIC HISTORIAN K. R. HOWE, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, vol 1- vi + 356pp, vol 2- 428pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light soiling to boards of vol 2, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG/VG- (moderate to heavy creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & scuffing/surface loss to spine & edges, vol 2 price clipped)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965-69

KEYWORDS: exploration Pacific ocean islands French explorers history anthropology 18th 19th eighteenth nineteenth century

GUNSON, NIEL

FIRST EDITION, octavo, red heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, x + 437pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges, prev. owner's name (K R Howe) in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping/closed tearing to edges with some scuffing also, light fading to spine, light chafing to covers with minor surface loss)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1978

KEYWORDS: first editions pacific islands religion religious evangelism Christianity oceania

SHAW, JAMES & FERGUSSON, BERNARD (introd.)

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: Rupert Hart-Davis 1953

KEYWORDS: second world war two ww2 wwi pacific theater theatre military britain british burma memoir

McINTYRE, PETER

SIGNED LIMITED NUMBERED 'PRESENTATION' EDITION, lg quarto, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps & prelims, 23pp + colour plates, illus, VG+ (sl staining to front board, minor scuffing to lower extrem of front board, sl tanning & foxing to lower page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, light foxing to the rear of some plates- plates themselves are unfoxed, prev owner's details in pen) in slipcase, VG (moderate chafing & scuffing to edges, light tanning)

PUBLISHER: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1966

KEYWORDS: New Zealand artists art collections Peter McIntyre Pacific signed limited numbered edition

KILLIN, KERRY

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: BAC / Pacific Coal Pty 1984

KEYWORDS: coal mines mining Blair Athol history Pacific Coal Australia Australian

LEWENHAK, SHEILA & [COOK, JAMES]

Oblong super octavo folding sleeve (VG-) containing facsimile documents (varying VG to 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: Jonathan Cape 1965

KEYWORDS: captai james cook voyage voyages exploration colonisation pacific new zealand britain british jackdaw documents sheila lewenhak

SASAKI, JUNE

Quarto spiral bound 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: Petroglyph Press 1998

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Polynesia culture crafts guide Polynesian hobbies

SEEAR, LYNNE & RAFFEL, SUHANYA (Eds)

Quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white lettering to spine, illus prelims, 301pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light soiling to covers, sm ink label to front cover, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover & front flap, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Queensland Art Gallery Publishing 2006

KEYWORDS: Asia-Pacific contemporary art triennial Queensland Art Galelry

TAFUNA'I, FAUMUINA FELOLINI MARIA & DOM, MICHAEL & TAFUNA'I, OLIVER & FASI, SILIVELIO (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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Flying Geese Pro 2022

KEYWORDS: literature poems poetry verse Faumina Felolini Maria Tafuna'i pacific island islanders

IDRIESS, ION L.

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: Angus and Robertson 1936

KEYWORDS: travel literature exploration pacific islands Mer culture customs Ion L Idriess

SIERS, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, lg quarto hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG-) archival repairs to jacket; 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: A. H. & A. W. Reed 1968

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