Books - "pacific"
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The Hard Way Home
8vo, blue heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt, illus. eps, xi + 282 pp., plates VG (light to moderate scuffing/soiling to bds, light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems, light tanning & soiling to pg edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, adhesive residue to front pastedown, gilt inscription to ht in blue ink), in d/w, VG- (moderate scuffing & soiling, moderate to heavy bruising to edges & extrems with moderate to heavy chipping, tape to front & rear covers, light tanning & foxing).
PUBLISHER: Infantry Journal Press 1947
KEYWORDS: United States Japanese Pacific World War 2 WWII II prision war conflict
Shaping Pacific Place in Aotearoa New Zealand: Ua alu atu le afi
Super 8vo 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: Dunmore Publishing 2023
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pacific Islands stories
The Book of Puka-Puka
Sm octavo, illus light card covers, green lettering to spine & covers, xxviii + 356pp, illus, VG- (moderate creasing & wrinkling to spine & covers, moderate fading to spine, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & moderate foxing to page edges & eps, prev. owner's name in ink to inside front cover, light to moderate foxing throughout)
PUBLISHER: Mutual Publishing Company N/D
KEYWORDS: travel literature writing history culture Cook Islands Pacific region Robert Dean Frisbie
Tahiti: Voyage through Paradise
8vo hardcover (VG-) in d/w (G-); 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: Robert Hale 1955
KEYWORDS: George T Eggleston Tahiti pacific island travel travelling
Return to the Islands
FIRST EDITION. 8vo hardcover (VG-), spine cocked; 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: John Murray 1957
KEYWORDS: Arthur Grimble essays first edition 20th century South Pacific Islands
Islands of the South Pacific
FIRST EDITION, UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY, 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: George G Harrap & Co 1961
KEYWORDS: first editions uncorrected proof copies South Pacific islands history
Two Voyages to the South Seas: Astrolabe 1826 - 1840 (2 vols)
2 VOLS IN SLIPCASE. Super 8vo, liii + 312 pp., xii + 313-634 pp.; white cl bds, red label to spine lettered in gilt; frontis., photos, illus.; NF (sl scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; label sl peeling at extrem (vol. 2)); in cl slipcase, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; moderate bruising to edges & extrems with some fraying).
PUBLISHER: Melbourne University Press 1988
KEYWORDS: 19th century explorers exploration discovery voyage expedition ships South Seas Pacific Ocean Australia New Zealand Astrolabe Zele
French Explorers in the Pacific Volume I: The Eighteenth Century
THIS VOL ONLY. 8vo, viii + 356 pp.; navy blue cl bds, spine lettered in gilt; plates, illus.; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems with some fraying; light tanning, foxing & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals); lacking d/w.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1965
KEYWORDS: John Dunmore France French explorers exploration discovery voyage Pacific ocean 18th eighteenth century
R. L. S on the Pacific or Robert Louis Stevenson's Journeys in the South Seas
8vo stapled card covers (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: Robin A. HIll 2002
KEYWORDS: Robert Louis Stevenson Pacific Ocean South Seas jouney voyage travel travelling
Hawaii Times and Tides
FIRST EDITION, INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, 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: The Woolsey Press 1975
KEYWORDS: first editions signed Maili Yardley pacific Hawai'i Hawaii culture customs appreciation travel
The South Pacific Foreign Affairs Handbook
FIRST EDITION. 8vo 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: Allen & Unwin 1992
KEYWORDS: first edition foreign affairs handbook guide South Pacific
Rethinking Women's Roles: Perspectives from the Pacific
Super 8vo 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: University of California Press 1984
KEYWORDS: Women sex gender roles male female relationship Pacific Papua New Guinea
Tiger Lillies: Women Adventures in the South Pacific
Super 8vo 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: Angus & Robertson 1990
KEYWORDS: women travel travelling travelers South Pacific Oceania adventure
Island Nurses
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: Allen & Unwin 2017
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Great Barrier Island nursing health healthcare pacific midwives midwifery nurses community history
Royal Standard: Red Ensign, with the Qeen in the Gothic
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: Pall Mall Press Ltd 1958
KEYWORDS: maritime history monarchy british royals pacific tour queen elizabeth
The Feel of Truth: Essays in New Zealand and Pacific History Presented to F. L. W. Woof and J. C. Beaglehole on the occasion of their retirement
Ex-library. Super 8vo 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 1969
KEYWORDS: New Zealand Pacific history essays social political economic
Science and Exploration in the 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: The Boydell Press 1999
KEYWORDS: 18th eighteenth century history exploration Pacific southern oceans voyages
HEAL!
SIGNED AND DATED, 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: Saufo'i Press 2022
KEYWORDS: poetry moana pacific writers survivor simone kaho pasifika literature
Master Mariner: Capt James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific
US FIRST EDITION, oblong imperial 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: University of Washington Press 1978
KEYWORDS: pacific exploration Captain James Cook explorers voyages Endeavour Resolution 18th eighteenth century history first editions
Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance
Super 8vo, pp. x + 543; black heavy card bds, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; disc to rear; VG moderate scuffing & soiling to bds; light to moderate bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; moderate tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning, soiling & foxing to eps, prelims & terminals; prev owner's stamp in black ink to top & bottom pg edge, ffep & tp).
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1999
KEYWORDS: Pacific Islands Polynesia Polynesian music dance arts ethnomusicology anthropology social history custom culture