Books - "pacific"
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Shirley Baker and the King of Tonga
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: Pasifika Press 1996
KEYWORDS: pacific islands history Tonga Shirley Baker biographies memoirs religion
Of Islands and Men: Studies in Pacific History
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
Objectif Mururoa Avec Bollardiere
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
La Bombe ou la Vie
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
An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Melanesia (Second Edition)
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
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
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
The People of the Sea: Environment, Identity, and History in Oceania
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
French Explorers in the Pacific: the Eighteenth & Nineteenth Century (2 Vol Set)
2 VOL SET, 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
Messengers of Grace: Evangelical Missionaries in the South Seas 1797-1860
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
Peter McIntyre's Pacific
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
Traditional Medicine: A Global Perspective
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, green & white lettering to spine, xiii + 331pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing & curling to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: Pharmaceutical Press 2010
KEYWORDS: traditioanl medicine medicines medical Europe European Aboriginal America north south Africa Chinese China Indian India ayurvedic Japan Japanese kampo Korean Pacific Jewish culture
Drovers, Diggers and Draglines: A History of Blair Athol and Clermont
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
Aces of the Southwest Pacific
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: Squadron/Signal Publications 1977
KEYWORDS: military aviation history southwest pacific pilots fighter jets biographies
The Voyages of Captain Cook: A collection of contemporary documents compiled by Sheila Lewenhak
Jackdaw No. 20
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
Polynesian Crafts Step by Step
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
The 5th Asia-Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art
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
My Grandfather is a Canoe
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
Drums of Mer
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
Polynesia in Colour
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
KEYWORDS: first editions Polynesia culture pacific islands
By Bible, Hammer & Compass: Pacific Adventures of James and William Puckey, 1796-1827: Carpenters, Missionaries, Mariners
Super octavo, illus glossy light card covers, red lettering to spine, iv + 234pp, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, light to moderate creasing & curling to spine & covers with some minor chafing & soiling, sl soiling to page edges, gift inscription in ink to full title page)
PUBLISHER: Sean Millar Publishing 2018
KEYWORDS: New Zealand exploration south seas biographies memoir James William Puckey history pioneers settlers Pacific