LEAHY, MICHAEL J. & JONES, DOUGLAS E. (ed.) & GOODALE, JANE C. (forew.)

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: Crawford House 1994

KEYWORDS: highland new guinea michael leahy anthropology pacific gold fields goldfields gold mining memoir

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A VERY HEAVY SET THAT FILLS 3X BANANA BOXES! Please email us directly to ask about extra shipping (required). All original printings except some occasional Johnson reprints & facsimiles- some pre-1923 vols & issues only, vol 27 has a complete run except issue #3 (1918) is blank, all vols are either octavo or super octavo in size, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, various pagination, folding maps to some vols, VG (most vols have some minor bruising to extrems, some light soiling to boards of some vols, all vols have prev. owner's name in ink to ffeps, all vols have some degree of minor tanning & foxing to the page edges, some sl adhesion to some pages of some vols- sporadic, light soiling to boards of some vols, occasional minor insect damage to some page edges, occasional yellowing tape repairs, occasional minor water staining to some pages) a very heavy but very tidy set, please feel free to ask for photos.

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery (originally printed by) 1892-1972

KEYWORDS: journals Polynesia Polynesian society issues culture transactions proceedings pacific islands anthropology native people

WRIGHT, DAVID G.

Octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, illus full title page, xvi + 127pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 2002

KEYWORDS: pacific shipwrecks shipping disasters maritime nautical mysteries Joyita

BARBER, KATRINE

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: University of Washington Press 2007

KEYWORDS: US America American history Pacific Northwest Indians Celilo Falls biography social culture Dalles Dam

NEICH, ROGER & PEREIRA, FULI & PFEIFFER, KRZYSZTOF (Photo)

TIDY EX-LIBRARY, lg quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, grey lettering to spine, 189pp, illus/photos, VG (usual library markings, adhesive mylar covering to covers- flaps stuck to covers, light fading to spine, sl scuffing to extrems & covers, light soiling & tanning to page edges, sl cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: David Bateman 2004

KEYWORDS: Pacific island islands jewellery crafts pacifika culture history

ADAMS, MARK (Photos) & MALLON, SEAN & BRUNT, PETER & THOMAS, NICHOLAS

Oblong quarto, illus light card covers with french flaps, white & brown lettering to spine, 160pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to spine & cover edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Mark Adams photos photography art tattoos Samoa Samoan culture tatau pacific islands

PUTIGNY, BOB (text) & DE KERSAUSON, O (photos) & FOLCO, M. (photos) & DUCHENE, J.P. (photos)

Square 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: les editions du pacifique 1976

KEYWORDS: easter island rapa nui pacific photographs photos history culture

KEEVIL, DICK (ed.)

THIS VOLUME ONLY, octavo stapled wrappers (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: Solomon Island Museum Association 1972

KEYWORDS: journal of the solomon islands museum association dick keevil museology culture pacific

READING, NIGEL & WYATT, GARY & NICHOLAS, DARCY (Intro) & NAGAI, KENJI (Photos)

TIDY 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Douglas & MacIntyre 2006

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Aotearoa art pacific contemporary Maori northwest coast exhibitions

HENDERSON, ROD

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: New Holland 2016

KEYWORDS: true crime Cook Islands Rarotonga law pacific islands

CUMMINGS, DAVID W.

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: Bookcraft 1961

KEYWORDS: religion religious organizations Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints pacific islands missionaries

HAGEN, JEROME T.

Super octavo softcover (Near 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 may reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Hawaii Pacific University 2007

KEYWORDS: military history Pacific southwest ww2 second 2nd world war two 2 ii

CRAVEN, ANNA (Ed) et al

Octavo, illus blue stapled light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 117pp, illus/photos, folding maps, VG (light scuffing & chafing to covers with some moderate soiling also, light tanning & foxing to page edges)

PUBLISHER: The Cultural Association of the Solomon Islands 1976

KEYWORDS: Solomon Islands culture cultural association pacific

VANCOUVER, GEORGE & LAMB, W. KAYE (Ed)

4 VOL SET, super octavo, blue cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt ship motif & blind rule to front boards, frontis to vol 1, pagination continued over 4 vols- 1752pp total, occasional illus/folding maps, folding map to rear pocket of vol 1, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG (varying degrees of scuffing, chafing & creasing to spine & edges but mostly tidy)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1984

KEYWORDS: hakluyt exploration history voyages George Vancouver north Pacific ocean maritime nautical travel

AGEE, MARGARET NELSON et al (Eds)

Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, white & yellow lettering to spine, 330pp, illus/photos, VG+ (occasional underlining & markings in pencil, sl creasing & curling to spine & cover edges, light chafing to covers, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, sl soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Otago University Press 2013

KEYWORDS: Pacific culture identity pasifika mental health counselling psychology

CORNEY, BOLTON GLANVILL (Trans, Compiled, Notes & Intro)

3 VOL SET, FIRST EDITIONS, super octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines, gilt ship motif & blind stamp decoration to boards, deckled page edges- some still uncut, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, folding maps to rear pockets of vols 1 + 2, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning to page edges & eps, occasional light cracking to some gutters)

PUBLISHER: Hakluyt Society 1913-19

KEYWORDS: first editions hakluyt society history geography exploration travel Tahiti pacific 18th eighteenth century documents

HAMILTON, J. H.

SCARCE, imperial octavo, beige light card covers, black lettering to front cover, 129pp, illus/photos, VG (moderate creasing to spine & cover edges, light to moderate soiling & chafing to covers, light tanning & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Don McDiarmid (Printer) 1959

KEYWORDS: all red route mail service history trans-pacific British Columbia Australia New Zealand post postal

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