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Aventures dans le Pacifique: From the Accounts of French Voyagers to the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand


DUNMORE, JOHN (Ed)

TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH (MOSTLY 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: A H & A W Reed 1967

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN ENGLISH & FRENCH history Pacific region Australia New Zealand voyages exploration French

$100.00
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The Frisbees of the South Seas


FRISBIE, JOHNNY & DUNN, TOM (Illus)

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED & INSCRIBED, LACKS D/W, octavo, pink heavy boards, black lettering to yellow spine, black illus to front board, illus eps & title page, 239pp, illus, VG (whole item slightly warped/bent, light bruising & rubbing to board edges & extrems, sl chafing & soiling to baords, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps)

PUBLISHER: Doubleday 1959

KEYWORDS: south seas pacific signed first editions history Frisbie family

$40.00
1p36/13

Neither Confirm Nor Deny: The Nuclear Ships Dispute Between New Zealand and the United States


McMILLAN, STUART

Octavo, white light card covers, red & black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 177pp, VG (light to moderate creasing/curling & chafing/soiling to spine & covers, moderate adhesive staining to front cover, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear cover, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Allen & Unwin 1987

KEYWORDS: New Zealand US America nuclear warships politics political disputes navy naval ships ANZUS south pacific

$17.50
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Pacific Edge: Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim


ZELLNER, PETER; BETSKY, AARON & JACKSON, DAVINA & SUZUKI, AKIRA

Imp. 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: Thames and Hudson 1998

KEYWORDS: Peter Zellner Pacific Rim architecture design

$1775.00
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Picturesque Atlas of Australasia (3 Vol Set with Maps)


GARRAN, Hon ANDREW (Ed) & SCHELL, FREDERIC B (Illus Superviser)

3 VOL SET WITH MAPS, elephant folio, half leather bound maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering/rule & raised bands to spines, gilt lettering to front boards, marbled page edges & eps, frontispieces- vol 1 with tissue guard, 801pp total, illus/maps- all present, 8x large folded maps loosely enclosed, VG (moderate rubbing & scuffing/surface loss to leatherwork, moderate fading & soiling to boards, moderate dampstaining & wrinkling to boards of vol 1 & 2, sl water damage to base of vol 3 front board, minor tanning/fading to page edges, bookbinder's sm label to front pastedowns, patches of moderate foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: Picturesque Atlas Publishing Company 1888

KEYWORDS: antiquarian books Australia Australasia New Zealand pacific exploration maps atlases atlas history historical voyages

$50.00
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A New Zealand Potter's Dictionary: Techniques and Materials for the South Pacific


BRICKELL, BARRY & CASTLE, LEN (Fore)

INSCRIBED, DATED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR, imperial octavo, illus light card covers, white lettering to spine, 164pp, illus/photos, VG- (light to moderate creasing to cover edges, moderate fading to spine & front cover, light chafing to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling to eps, moderate crease/bend to bottom corners of pgs 47-80, moderate crease/deformity to bottom corner of foreword page)

PUBLISHER: Reed Methuen 1985

KEYWORDS: signed Barry Brickell arts crafts pottery guides technique South Pacific New Zealand

$40.00
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New Zealand's Record in the Pacific Islands in the Twentieth Century


ROSS, ANGUS (Ed)

Super octavo, cream heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps at eps, vi + (2) + 362pp, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG (light to moderate creasing & chipping to edges- minor loss, moderate chafing & soiling/foxing)

PUBLISHER: Longman Paul 1969

KEYWORDS: New Zealand pacific region islands records 20th twentieth century historical modern history

$75.00
1p8a/15

Satan's Eye


McINTYRE, ROBERT

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus/maps to eps, 223pp, illus, VG+ (light rubbing to extrems, light foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG+ (sl creasing to edges, light chafing, sl foxing to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Hodder and Stoughton 1977

KEYWORDS: Typhoon Winnie maritime disasters New Zealanders Robert McIntyre Flatbush Man survival nautical autobiography autobiographies memoir north pacific

$375.00
1p8a/19

Cassell's Picturesque Australasia (4 Vol Set)


MORRIS, E E (Ed)

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces with tissue guards, mixed pagination, illus, VG (light bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines, light to moderate soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light soiling & foxing to eps & prelims, occasional cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Cassell & Company 1887-1889

KEYWORDS: cassell's picturesque Austalasia history illustrated Australia New Zealand pacific

$37.50
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Islanders: The Pacific in the Age of Empire


THOMAS, NICHOLAS

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: Yale University Press 2010

KEYWORDS: Pacific region colonialism European history Captain James Cook exploration cultural culture

$35.00
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Rock Paintings & Engravings in Fiji


PALMER, BRUCE & CLUNIE, FERGUS

Imperial octavo stapled light 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Fiji Museum Educational Series 1970

KEYWORDS: museums Fiji Pacific islands rock art ancient history

$40.00
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A Savage History: Whaling in the Pacific and Southern Oceans


NEWTON, JOHN

Super octavo, blue heavy boards, white letterng to spine, white whale tail illus to boards, illus eps & prelims, 310pp, illus, VG+ (light bruising to spine & extrems, sl soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, prev. bookseller's label to rear cover, sl tanning to spine)

PUBLISHER: Newsouth Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: Australia New Zealand Pacific Southern Ocean hunting whaling history whalers maritime nautical

$27.50
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Sites of Desire, Economies of Pleasure: Sexualities in Asia and the Pacific


MANDERSON, LENORE (Ed) & JOLLY, MARGARET (Ed)

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: University of Chicago Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Asian studies sexuality ethnicity ethnology pacific region customs sex

$15.00
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Where the Waves Fall


HOWE, K R

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: University of Hawaii Press 1988

KEYWORDS: history pacific islands south seas

$25.00
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Papa Mike's Cook Islands Handbook


HOLLYWOOD, MIKE

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, 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: iUniverse 2003

KEYWORDS: pacific islands Cook Islands signed Papa Mike travel guides literature writing

$22.50
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Cook Islands: A Guide


DOUGLAS, NORMAN and NGAIRE

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: Pacific Profiles 1990

KEYWORDS: pacific Cook Islands travel guides literature

$30.00
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Seekers and Travellers: Contemporary Art of the Pacific Northwest Coast


WYATT, GARY

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: D & M Publishers 2012

KEYWORDS: contemporary art pacific northwest

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