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$60.00
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The Hard Way Home


BRALY, Colonel WILLIAM C

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

$25.00
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Shaping Pacific Place in Aotearoa New Zealand: Ua alu atu le afi


FAIRBAIRN-DUNLOP, TAGALOATELE PEGGY & DUNLOP, AMANDA-LANUOLA (ed)

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

$40.00
2i53/20

The Book of Puka-Puka


FRISBIE, ROBERT DEAN & BLAINE, MAHLON (Illus)

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

$15.00
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Tahiti: Voyage through Paradise


EGGLESTON, GEORGE T

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

$15.00
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Return to the Islands


GRIMBLE, ARTHUR

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

$20.00
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Islands of the South Pacific


LUKE, Sir HARRY

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

$70.00
2a18h/45

Two Voyages to the South Seas: Astrolabe 1826 - 1840 (2 vols)


D'URVIlLE, JULES S-C DUMONT; ROSENMAN, HELEN (transl & ed)

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

$40.00
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French Explorers in the Pacific Volume I: The Eighteenth Century


DUNMORE, JOHN

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

$10.00
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R. L. S on the Pacific or Robert Louis Stevenson's Journeys in the South Seas


HILL, ROBIN A & MCNEILL, MAJORY (eds)

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

$22.50
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Hawaii Times and Tides


YARDLEY, MAILI & SWENSON, J PATRICIA M (Photos)

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

$24.50
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The South Pacific Foreign Affairs Handbook


HOADLEY, STEVE

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

$28.50
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Rethinking Women's Roles: Perspectives from the Pacific


O'BRIEN, DENISE & TIFFANY, SHARON W (eds)

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

$15.00
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Tiger Lillies: Women Adventures in the South Pacific


HUIE, SHIRLEY FENTON

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

$16.50
xx141pol206261

Island Nurses


HOWIE, LEONIE & ROBERTSON, ADELE

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

$15.00
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Royal Standard: Red Ensign, with the Qeen in the Gothic


AITCHISON, DAVID

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

$13.50
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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


MUNZ, PETER (ed)

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

$38.50
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Science and Exploration in the Pacific


LINCOLN, MARGARETTE (Ed)

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

$20.00
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HEAL!


KAHO, SIMONE

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

$27.50
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Master Mariner: Capt James Cook and the Peoples of the Pacific


CONNER, DANIEL & MILLER, LORRAINE

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

$200.00
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Weavers of Song: Polynesian Music and Dance


MCLEAN, MERVYN

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

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