General Pacific incl. New Zealand - Cook Islands - Jean-Louis Boglio Maritime Books

Last update: 27 November 2023

57881
AALBERSBERG, William, NUNN, Patrick D. & RAVUVU, Asesela (editors)
CLIMATE AND AGRICULTURE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: Future Perspectives
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies. Suva. 1993. 1st Ed. X, 80 PP with 4 tables, 10 figures and 12 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9820200830

33216
ABBOTT, J. H. M.
PEEPS AT MANY LANDS : THE SOUTH SEAS (MELANESIA)
$45.00 AUD

Adam and Charles Black. London. 1910. Reprint of the 1908 original., in the "Peeps at Many Lands" series. VIII, 83, (10 publications) PP with 1 sketch-map, plus 12 colour plates. FEP: Crest of 36 countries. Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper and light insect damage in gutter of front endpaper and frontispiece. Contents near fine. 19.8 x 14.

Norfolk Island. New Caledonia, the prison island. New Hebrides. Solomon Islands.

73343
ABBOTT, J. H. M.
UN TOUR EN MELANESIE (Nouvelle Calédonie)
$45.00 AUD

Les Arts Graphiques, Editeurs. Vincennes. 1912. French edition in "Collection Contes et Nouvelles".of the 1908 English original. . Edition translated and adapted by Fergus MacGregor. 171, (2) PP with 1 sketch-map and 11 colour plates. Fp: Pagayant tranquillement... Cloth covers with light wear, colour vignette (rubbed) on front cover, decoration and title on front board and spine, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Ageing and foxing of paper. Gilt of top edge dulled. Faint signature and date at top inside of front cover. Contents near fine. French text. 21.3 x 15.8.

Norfolk Island. New Caledonia, the prison island. New Hebrides. Solomon Islands. Wallis & Futuna.

70745
ABEND, Hallett
PACIFIC CHARTER
$25.00 AUD

John Lane the Bodley Head. London. 1943. 1st Ed. (6), 183 PP. FEP: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover. Stamp and number on front endpaper. Note on verso of FEP. War economy paper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 20.5 x 13.5.

57920
ACQUAYE, Ben & CROCOMBE, Ron (editors)
LAND TENURE AND RURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1984. 1st Ed. VII, 218 PP with 4 maps, tables & plans in text. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 15.

Common themes, particular problems of land tenure in various island nations and the different approaches to their solutions.

12026
ADAMS, Henri
LETTRES DES MERS DU SUD, Traduites de l'Américain avec des Notes et une Introduction par Evelyne de Chazeau
$40.00 AUD

Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1974. Publication No. 34, translated from the American, annotated and introduced by Evelyne De Chazeaux. XXXII, 446 PP, plus 1 folded map, 4 colour plates on full page, and 24 pages with 33 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, and first and last leaves. Very good. French text. 25 x 16.4.

Sixty-six letters written by this American historian while travelling the Pacific in 1890-91 with his friend, the painter John La Farge (many of the illustrations are by this painter).

65236
ADAMS, Henri
LETTRES DES MERS DU SUD, Traduites de l'Américain avec des Notes et une Introduction par Evelyne de Chazeau
$35.00 AUD

Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1974. Publication No. 34, translated from the American, annotated and introduced by Evelyne De Chazeaux. XXXII, 446 PP, plus 1 folded map, 4 colour plates on full page, and 24 pages with 33 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, dj. Many pages uncut. Dust jacket rubbed. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 25 x 16.4.

Sixty-six letters written by this American historian while travelling the Pacific in 1890-91 with his friend, the painter John La Farge (many of the illustrations are by this painter).

49242
ADKINS, Lesley & Roy
ABANDONED PLACES
$10.00 AUD

New Burlington Books. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 127 PP with b/w and colour photos. Eps: world map of the abandoned places. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.5 x 22. 1853482625

Power of the Elements, Social Strife, Disaster, Market Forces, Changing Landscapes, Abandonment Today, ...

64109
AGASSIZ, Alexander
THE CORAL REEFS OF THE TROPICAL PACIFIC - Plates II, 106 to 199: Niue to Ladrones
$100.00 AUD

Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge. 1903. February 1903 edition. No. IV of Volume XXVIII "Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College", Plates No. II. (6), no pagination, 376 PP with 94 b/w plates, each with protecting page and caption. Rebacked copy, soft cover with photocopy of title page pasted down on front cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 29 x 20.5.

Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "Albatross" from August 1899 to March 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U.S.N., commanding.

64110
AGASSIZ, Alexander
THE CORAL REEFS OF THE TROPICAL PACIFIC - Plates III, 200 to 236: Charts and 2 colored plates
$100.00 AUD

Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge. 1903. February 1903 edition. No. IV of Volume XXVIII "Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College", Plates No. II. (6), no pagination, 144 PP with 34 b/w plates of charts (22 of them folded), and 2 colour plates (Bora Bora & Pinaki), each with protecting page and caption. Rebacked copy, soft cover with photocopy of title page pasted down on front cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 29 x 20.5.

13267
AIDAB
COOPERATION, Australia's International Aid Program 1990-92
$15.00 AUD

AIDAB (Australian International Development Assistance Bureau). Canberra. 1992. 3rd edition of the 1989 original. Introduction by John Kerin, M.P. (4), 92 PP with 3 diagrams, 6 tables, 12 maps, 1 b/w and 82 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover lightly soiled and with crease. Very good. 29.7 x 21. 0644088990

Australia's aid to Papua New Guinea, the South Pacific, South East Asia, China, South Asia and the Indian Ocean, Africa and the Middle East.

59433
AIDAB
AUSTRALIA AND VANUATU DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION - Country Strategy Paper
$10.00 AUD

AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. 1994. January 1994 edition. (2), 10 PP with 1 map, 2 graphs and 1 table. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0642199094

AIDAB strategy for development cooperation with Vanuatu for the period 1992/93 - 1996/97.

59442
AIDAB
AUSTRALIA'S OVERSEAS AID PROGRAM: Helping Australian Industry Too
$5.00 AUD

AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. 1990. March 1990 edition. International Development Issues No. 10. VI, 22 PP with 2 graphs and 3 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644119381

60139
AIDAB
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES / AIDAB
$10.00 AUD

AIDAB / Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. c. 1993. 1st Ed. 20 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 21. 0644272724

Published for the 1993 "International Year of the World's Indigenous Peoples"

47871
AINSWORTH, Neil
NAURU: Pacific Island of Contradictions (in Qantas Airways)
$10.00 AUD

Qantas Airways Ltd. Sydney. 1970. Vol. 36, No. 6, June 1970. 20 PP. Contains article from P. 1 to 3 with 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 20.5.

73231
AL WARDI, Sémir
TAHITI NUI, ou les Dérives de l' Autonomie
$20.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2008. 1st edition, No. 5 in "Collection Portes Oceanes". 263, (3) PP. Card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782296050327

Problems created by a status of autonomy granted (reluctantly?) to French Polynesia by France's Government.

12964
ALDRICH, Robert
THE FRENCH VIEW OF THE PACIFIC: A Critique of Geopolitical Analysis
$20.00 AUD

Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific / University of Sydney. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. RIAP Occasional Paper No.3. (2), 14 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing spots. Near fine. 29.5 x 20.8. 0947315020

Trying to explain French political meddling and / or civilization efforts in the South Pacific.

13676
ALDRICH, Robert & CONNELL, John
FRANCE'S OVERSEAS FRONTIER, Départements et Territoires d'Outre-Mer
$40.00 AUD

C.U.P. Cambridge. 1992. 1st Ed. X, 358 PP with 12 maps & 4 tables in text. Hard cover, gilt-engraved spine, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0521390613

A survey of ten French outposts (Confetti of Empire), with one common link: France.

13677
ALDRICH, Robert (Editor)
FRANCE: POLITICS, SOCIETY, CULTURE & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
$15.00 AUD

University of Sydney. Sydney. 1990. VII, (2), 209 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25 x 17.2. 086758503X

16 papers from the 7th George Rudé Seminar in French History and Civilisation, held at the University of Sydney, 21-23 July, 1990. 14 papers in English. 2 papers in French.

63826
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY
THE TURNBULL LIBRARY RECORD - Volume 39
$15.00 AUD

Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. 2006. Vol. 39, 2006. 120 PP with b/w illustrations. Card covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.5.

63827
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY
TURNBULL LIBRARY RECORD 2008 - Volume 41
$15.00 AUD

Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. 2008. Vol. 41, 2008. 126 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Card covers, pictorial front. Fine. 24.5 x 17.5.

Commemorative Issue: 400 years since birth of John Milton. 140 years since birth of Alexander Horsburgh Turnbull. 90 years since Turnbull's death.

63828
ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY
TURNBULL LIBRARY RECORD 2009 - Volume 42
$15.00 AUD

Alexander Turnbull Library. Wellington. 2009. Vol. 42, 2009. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Card covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5.

71794
ALEXANDER, Gilchrist
FROM THE MIDDLE TEMPLE TO THE SOUTH SEAS
$60.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1927. 1st Ed. XIV, 288, (2 adv.) PP with 1 map and 1 cartoon, plus 20 plates with 24 b/w photos. Fp: A New Hebrides Pagan. Cloth cover, gilt title on lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges and some pages, o/wise a very good copy. 22.4 x 15.2.

An English barrister's experience in Fiji with shipwreck and piracy on Apemana, experience in the New Hebrides with blackbirding cases, then Solomon Islands after WWI.

40179
ALEXANDER, John H.
HISTORIC WELLINGTON
$15.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1959. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 46 illustrations by the author. Inside front cover: St Joseph's Providence, Sisters of Mercy Convent, Guilford Terrace. Inside back cover: Chair made from John Plimmer's Noah's Ark. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 22.7 x 16.5.

33514
ALI, Ahmed & CROCOMBE, Ron (editors)
POLITICS IN MELANESIA
$25.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1982. 1st Ed. XII, 170 PP with 8 maps and 48 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing. Very good. 22 x 15.

Irian Jaya: reluctant colony, by Peter Savage. Papua New Guinea: Aftermath of colonialism, by Stephen P. Pokawin. Solomon Islands: Uniting the diversity, by Francis Saemala. Vanuatu: Overcoming Pandemonium, by Grace Molissa. New Caledonia: Confrontation to colonial rule, by Yann Céléné Uregei. Fiji: The Politics of a Plural Society, by Ahmed Ali.

33515
ALI, Ahmed & CROCOMBE, Ron (editors)
POLITICS IN MELANESIA
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1982. Paperback edition. XII, 170 PP with 8 maps and 48 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7.

35075
ALIBERT, Pierre B. (editor)
100 RECETTES AU COCO
$25.00 AUD

Orphie. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed., in the Collection 100 series. 118 PP with over 45 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. French text. 23 x 16.2. 2877630331

100 recipes prepared with coconut milk or nut: Drinks, entrées, fishes and crustaceans, meat and desserts.

72406
ALLEN, J., GOLSON, J. & JONES, R. (editors)
SUNDA AND SAHUL - Prehistoric Studies in Southeast Asia, Melanesia and Australia
$150.00 AUD

Academic Press. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (XII), 647 PP with tables, figures and b/w photos. Fp: Sketch map of Sunda and Sahul. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). A 7 pages article " The remarkable history of Indo-Pacific Man...", by Jack Golson, extracted from "Search", Vol 3, No. 1-2 Jan-Feb 1972, loosely inserted. Some pencil underlining in 6 of the articles. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 23.5 x 15.5. 0120512505

19 papers presented at the 13th Pan Pacific Science Congress in Vancouver, 1975.

12937
ALLEN, M.R.
MALE CULTS AND SECRET INITIATIONS IN MELANESIA
$25.00 AUD

M.U.P. Melbourne. 1967. 1st Ed. IX, 140 PP with 2 figures, 3 tables & 3 maps in text. Cloth cover, dj (lightly chipped). Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

The reasons for rituals in different societies with accounts of the relevants customs in Papua New Guinea, the Solomons and the New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

72976
ALVES, Dora (editor)
EVOLVING PACIFIC BASIN STRATEGIES - The 10th Pacific Symposium, 1989
$25.00 AUD

National Defence University Press. Washington. 1990. First printing in July 1990. XVI, 344, (4) PP with 1 map and 2 tables. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint remnants of a stamp on ffep, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 1579060625

21 papers presented. 3 papers on China, including: The Sino-Soviet détente and its implication for the West, by Dr Donald S. Zagoria ... 4 papers on Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific.

11816
AMADIO, Nadine
PACIFICA - Myth, Magic and Traditional Wisdom from the South Sea Islands
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1993. 1st Ed. 160 PP with colour illust. Title Page: Ceremony in Vanuatu. Fp: Outrigger canoe of Kiribati. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. 28.8 x 21.4. 0207183163

Struggle of the Pacific people to preserve and renew their traditional past.

72425
AMBESI, Alberto Cesare
OCEANIC ART
$25.00 AUD

Hamlyn. London. 1970. 1st English edition in the Cameo series. Translated by Rachel Montgomery from the 1966 Italian original "Arte dell'Oceania". 160 PP with 1 map and 71 colour plates. Hard covers a little soiled, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine. Faint foxing. Contents near fine. 19.4 x 13.7. 600367029

The 71 colour plates depicting the drama and mystery which is the essence of Oceanic art.

57075
ANDREWARTHA, Barry & STONE, Peter (editors)
SKINDIVING IN AUSTRALIA & THE SOUTH PACIFIC, 12/4
$15.00 AUD

Australian Sports Publications. Melbourne. c. 1982. Vol. 12, No. 4, Issue for October/November 1982. 96 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Very good. 27.2 x 20.4. 0868950017

Special "Dive Papua New Guinea": Milne Bay, Rabaul, Port Moresby, with Bob Halstead... Ron and Valerie Taylor Diary. Diving in Bali, by John H. Harding.

74533
ANGAS, George French
SAVAGE LIFE AND SCENES IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: Being an Artist's Impressions of Countries and People at the Antipodes (Two Volumes bound in One)
$30.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. c. 1968. Reprint of the 1847 original. Vol. I: XII, 340 PP with 6b/w illustrations, plus 4 b/w plates. Fp: Native Corrobbory. Vol. II: VIII, 280, (3 "biographical comment", by C.R.H. Taylor), (14 index) PP with 3 b/w illustrations, plus 8 b/w plates, Fp: Dapto - Illawarra, New South Wales. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. 22 x 14.5.

45317
ANGLEVIEL, F., CHARLEUX, M. COPPELL, W. G. & DOUMENGE, J.-P.
LE PACIFIQUE SUD, bibliographie des thèses et mémoires / THE SOUTH PACIFIC, a bibliography of the theses and dissertations
$35.00 AUD

Centre de Recherche sur les Espaces Tropicaux. Bordeaux. 1991. 1st Ed., No. 13 in Collection Iles et Archipels. (12), 276 PP, plus a 2 pages glossary (French / English) loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 16. 290508117

2976 works. No. 1 by Daniel Aaron: The role of Church in liberation and development, with special reference to the New Hebrides .... No. 2976 by Steven Howard Zucherman: Incorporating the world system: culture and historical transformation among the Kamano of Papua New Guinea.

13468
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor)
PAROLE, COMMUNICATION ET SYMBOLE EN OCEANIE
$25.00 AUD

L'Harmattan & C.O.R.A.I.L. Paris. 1995. 1st Ed. 381 PP with 2 maps, 8 tables and 26 figures. Pictorial soft cover. French text (with English abstract for the 17 papers). Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738439063

17 papers presented at the 7th seminar of C.O.R.A.I.L. on: Sayings, Speech and Symbolism in Oceania.

48504
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor)
VIOLENCES OCEANIENNES
$20.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed., in the IMOA (Institut des Mondes Océaniens et Australiens) series. 234 PP with 2 tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text (with English and French abstracts). Fine. 21.6 x 13.6. 274757072X

10 texts presented during the 2001-2002 seminar Identity, Orality in the Insular Pacific: Violence and Custom in Melanesia, by Darrell Tryon. Colonial violences in Hawai'i, by David Chappell ...

70708
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor)
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DU PACIFIQUE - Livres et Thèses
$50.00 AUD

CTRDP / Centre Territorial de Recherche et Documentation Pédagogioques. Nouméa. 1994. 1st edition, July 1994. (6), 127, (11), 31 PP. Soft covers, illustrated front cover. Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 29.5.

Books: 127 pages. Theses: 31 pages.

73325
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & ABONG, Marcellin (editors)
LA MELANESIE, Actualités et études: Foncier et Développement durable: Tome 2, Année 2014
$50.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2014. 1st edition, No. 26 in "Collection Portes Oceanes". 416, (2) PP. Stiff covers, illustrated front. French text. Fine. 23.7 x 15.2. 9782343037189

57281
ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric, DUGAST, Stephane, HUETZ DE LEMPS, Christian ...
ILES FUNESTES, ILES BIENHEUREUSES (in Chemins d'étoiles)
$40.00 AUD

Transboréal. Paris. 2004. Issue No. 12, August 2004. 269, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 2913955264

Clipperton, by Stéphane Dugast. Kerguelen, by Christophe Houdaille. Vanuatu, by Virginie Lanouguère-Bruneau. ...

11972
ARCHEY, Gilbert
SOUTH SEA FOLK - Handbook of Maori and Oceanic Ethnology
$10.00 AUD

Auckland War Memorial Museum. Auckland. 1949. 2nd edition. 71 PP with 1 map and 184 b/w illustrations, plus 12 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover, staples. Covers lightly soiled. Occasional foxing. Very good. 24.5 x 18.7.

A study of the Maori and Moriori as well as the islanders from Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia.

65756
ARMSTRONG, Anne (editor)
THE ISLAND ARK - Operation New Life on Guam, USA
$20.00 AUD

Marianas Naval Officers Wives Club. Agana, Guam. 1975. 1st Ed. 64 PP with over 120 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover (Vietnamese refugees on one of the "Sealift" transport). Slight insect damage on front cover, o/wise near fine. 26.6 x 20.2.

Vietnamese refugees arriving on Guam: Airlift and Sealift. Settlement, life in camps, processing and departure for mailand USA.

12127
ARNELL, David & WOLK, Lisette (editors)
VISIONS OF THE PACIFIC
$50.00 AUD

Ministry of Cultural Development. Rarotonga, Cook Islands. 1993. 1st Ed. 216 PP profusely illustrated with colour photos & 1 full-page map in text. Title Page: Prow of a canoe. Hard cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Occasional foxing (faint), o/wise fine. 31 x 25.6. 9822200129

Life in the Cook Islands (traditional skills, customs) in the late 1980's and contemporary issues. The 6th Festival of Pacific Arts held in Rarotonga in 1992 where 25 Island Nations, States or Territories were represented.

57363
ARNOLD, Caroline
EASTER ISLAND: Giant Stone Statues tell of a Rich and Tragic Past
$10.00 AUD

Clarion Books. New York. 2004. 1st paperback edition of the 2000 original. 48 PP with colour illustrations (1 map and 51 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 20.3. 0618486054

71200
ARNOUX, Serge & PONS, Patrick
PACIFIQUE ou BELLIQUEUX - Nouvelles du Grand Océan
$60.00 AUD

Patrick Pons. Papeete. 2013. 1st Ed. 203, (1) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 9782917271179

24 short stories. Clipperton Island. Galapagos archipelago and Floreana Island. Tuamotus & Faaite, Marquesas Islands ... New Caledonia. WWI & WWII.

45023
ASHCRAFT, Tami Oldham & McGEARHART, Susea
RED SKY IN MOURNING - The true story of a woman's courage and survival at sea
$15.00 AUD

Pocket Books / Simon & Schuster. London. 2003. 1st paperback of the 2002 edition by Simon & Schuster (original privately published in 1998). VIII, 232 PP with 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 17.8 x 11. 0743415892

Delivery voyage in 1983, of the yacht Hazana, from Papeete to San Diego, and cyclone Raymond.

57605
ASIA/AUSTRALIA
HEMISPHERE ANNUAL - IV
$25.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1983. The six bi-monthly issues of Hemisphere "An Asian-Australian" magazine, published from July-August 1982 to May-June 1983. Edited by Kenneth Russell HENDERSON. (8), 384 PP, (8 index) with b/w and colour illustrations. Fine. 29.3 x 20.6.

A John Bull in a China shop, by O. H. K. Spate. ... Wandering Continents and their Animals ...

57805
ASIA/PACIFIC
ON WHAT TERMS? - Australia's future in the Asia/Pacific Region
$40.00 AUD

Australian Council For Overseas Aid / ACFOA. Canberra. 1978. Special folder, containing 14 papers in their wrappers: a total of 113 PP. Staples of each papers removed. Near fine. 24/6 x 18..

Papers delivered at the ACFOA Tasmanian Summer School, held at the University of Hobart 20-25 January 1978. Opening address by Bruce Grant. ... Education for a Multi Cultural Australia, by the Honourable Al Grassby. ... Uranium mining: the impact on Aboriginal Lifestyles, by Marcia Langton. ...

62593
ATKINS, KROLL
MAP OF MICRONESIA - Central Pacific
$20.00 AUD

Atkins, Kroll, Inc. Agana, Guam. c. 1990. Colour map of the Central part of the Western Pacific, with illustrations and 9 windows (information and sketch maps of Islands States or Territories). Fine. Oblong: 73 x 96.5

Micronesia: Federated States of Micronesia (Kosrae, Ponape, Truk & Yap) - Republic of Belau - Republic of Nauru - Republic of the Marshall Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas - Territory of Guam - Kiribati (Gilberts).

58566
ATTWOOD, Harold & HOME, R. W. (editors)
PATIENTS, PRACTITIONERS AND TECHNIQUES - Second National Conference on Medicine and Health in Australia, 1984
$15.00 AUD

Medical History Society, AMA (Victorian Branch) & Medical History Unit, University of Melbourne. Melbourne. 1985. 1st Ed. XII, 227 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8 0868396427 & 0949535214

16 papers and 7 abstracts. ... A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat, by Mervyn D. Cobcroft. ... Papua New Guinea's Barefoot Doctors, by Anthony J. Radford. ...

38620
AUPLAT, Elisabeth
PAROLES OCEANIENNES / PACIFIC VOICES: VIIIe Festival des Arts du Pacifique (23 Octobre - 3 Novembre 2000)
$30.00 AUD

COFAP / Comité Organisateur du Festival des Arts du Pacifique. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 60, (14 adv.) PP with 1 map and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. 27 x 27.

8th Festival of Pacific Arts, on the themes: Pacific Cultures on the move together. Presentation of the 24 participating countries (Aoteroa, Australia, Cook, Kiribati, Norfolk... Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna).

59437
AusAid
THE SOUTH PACIFIC: Finance, Development and the Private Sector
$10.00 AUD

AusAid / Australian Agency for International Development. Canberra. 1997. July 1997 edition. International Development Issues No. 48. Edited by Michael T. SKULLY. XII, 169 PP with 1 map and 26 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0642220336

59458
AusAid
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Improving the Investment Climate
$10.00 AUD

AusAid / Australian Agency for International Development. Canberra. 1995. November 1995 edition. International Development Issues No. 39. Edited by Ron DUNCAN, Bob WARNER.... IX, 156 PP with 1 map, 17 graphs and 32 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0642220077

72424
The AUSTRALIAN
COMMAND OF THE SKIES - Commemorating the Centenary of the RAAF / Royal Australian Air Force (in The Australian Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

Nationwide News Ltd / The Australian. Sydney. 2021. Issue of 31st March 2021. Edited by Steve Waterson. Foreword by Mel Hupfiels, Chief of Air Force. 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Newspaper clipping "Flying confidently into next century", loosely inserted. Fine. 27.5 x 23.

A century of Service... Posters, appeals to the heart. ... Regional responsability, by Mark Lax.

59452
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHERS
AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHICAL STUDIES - Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers: Volume 25, No. 2
$15.00 AUD

Department of Geography and Planning, University of New England. Armidale, NSW. 1987. Vol. 25, No. 2, October 1987. Edited by Dr. J.E. HOBBS. 154 PP with b/w illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 17.5..

Bank erosion in the Bellinger Valley. "Trouble in Paradise": the perception of New Caledonia, in the Australian Press, by John Connell.

66495
AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
11th Biennal National Conference : CROSSING BOUNDARIES
$30.00 AUD

Australian Historical Association. Brisbane. 2002. June 2002 edition. 28 PP (recto only) and 76 PP (recto and verso). Soft cover, illustrated front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Conference held at Brisbane: 3-7 July 2002. Program: 14 pages. Who's Where at the Conference: 9 pages . Abstracts of 190 papers presented: 76 pages.

71387
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
THE GREAT WAR - 1918: The Final Year (in Wartime - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, issue 82)
$10.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2018. Issue No. 82, Autumn 2018. Edited by Andrew McDonald. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

1918: the Final Year of WWI. Saving Amiens, by Peter Burness. The inner Monash, by Peter Pedersen. ... The last roll of the Dice German spring offensives of 1918), by Steven R. Welch.

71388
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
AUSTRALIA'S SPECIAL FORCES (in Wartime - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, issue 81)
$10.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2018. Issue No. 81, Summer 2018. Edited by Andrew McDonald. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

The Operators , by Chris Masters. The Kaiapit capture (New Guinea) by Lachlan Grant ... The Australian Folboat, by Chris Goddard. With the Dayaks in Borneo ...

71389
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC (in Wartime - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, issue 91)
$10.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2020. Issue No. 91, Winter 2020. Edited by Andrew McDonald. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Okinawa and after, by Saul David. The Spirit of Samurai, by Haruki, Yoshida. ... Surrender in Borneo, by Robyn Van Dyk.

72046
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
THE HOT COLD WAR (in Wartime - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, issue 92)
$10.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2020. Issue No. 92, Spring 2020. Edited by Andrew McDonald. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

The Cold War Bomber: Canberra, by Craig Blanch. The Crazy Australian: Hue and the Tet Offensive, by Michael Kelly. Road to Dien Bien Phu, by Craig Tibbitts. The Malayan Emergency, by Brian P. Farrell. Vietnam Moratorium, by Hannah Viney. Choi Yung Kil's Korean War, by Elise Horspool. ...

72423
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
100 YEARS OF THE RAAF / Royal Australian Air Force (in Wartime - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial, issue 93)
$10.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2021. Issue No. 93, Summer 2021. Edited by Andrew McDonald & Reflections by Matt Anderson, Director. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Australians in Bomber Command, by Lachlan Grant. The RAAF at Milne Bay, by Shane Casey. Resilience in the Sands (of North Africa), by Nicholas Dickie. The Great War in the air, by Michael Molkentin. Playing their Part (WAAAF / Women Auxiliary Australian Air Force), by Kerry Neale. ... Today's Air Force, by Martin James.

75054
AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL
WARTIME - Official Magazine of the Australian War Memorial - Issue 100
$10.00 AUD

Australian War Memorial. Canberra. 2022. Issue No. 100, Spring 2022. Edited by Andrew McDonald & Reflections by Matt Anderson, Director. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

The 1930s: A New Imperial Age ?, by Richard Overy. Locating the lost along the Burma Thailand railway, by Kate Ariotti. "A Record beyond Price: Opening of the War Memorial in 1941", by Meghan Adams. ... The Tinplate Empire: After war's end, toys led the recovery of Japanese industry, by Chris Goddard.

73532
BABADZAN, Alain, BELLEC, François, BOULAY, Roger...
OCEANIE - La Découverte du Paradis: Curieux, Navigateurs et Savants
$100.00 AUD

Somogy & Association des Conservateurs des Musées du Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed. 252 PP with 1 map of the Pacific Ocean and over 200 bw & colour photos. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Copy pages 197-212 misbound (not stitched) but present. Near fine. French text. 28.8 x 25.5. 2850562742

Book published at the time of a 1997 exhibition "The discovery of Paradise by navigators, scientists and inquisitive voyagers", regrouping the little known artefacts found in the collections of many museums in the North of France. Beautifully illustrated.

20543
BADGER, Geoffrey
THE EXPLORERS OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Kangaroo Press. Sydney. 1988. 1st Ed. 248 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages with 18 colour illustrations. Fp: Map of the Pacific. Eps: Mappe Monde. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 0864172117

The story of hazard and adventure as the explorers found their way around the Pacific Ocean.

66104
BAERT, Annie
MARQUISE DE LA MER DU SUD - Les premiers voyages espagnols en Océanie... racontés par l'une de leurs actrices, doña Isabel Barreto
$60.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2011. 1st Ed. 286, (2) PP with tables and 3 maps. Pictorial stiff covers. Title page with dedicatory note signed by the author. French text. Fine. 22.6 x 14.5. 9782915654851

54813
BAGLIONE, Gabrielle & MELANDRI, Magali
L'ART OCEANIEN
$30.00 AUD

Editions Scala. Paris. 2007. 1st edition in Collection Tableaux Choisis. 128 PP with 2 maps, 11 location maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.5 x 16.5. 9781866563905

Outrigger canoes... Tapa... Serpent Arc-en-Ciel à cornes (Rainbow Snake), by John Mawurndjul.

30590
BAILEY, Eric
THE CHRISTMAS ISLAND STORY
$15.00 AUD

Stacey International & The Gilbert Islands Government. London. 1977. "Captain James Cook Bicentennial Edition 1777-1877". 88 PP & XVI PP with b/w colour illust. with 2 charts. FEP: Map of Christmas Is. REP: The Pacific setting of Christmas Island. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 15. 0905743083

Discovered by Capt. Cook on Christmas Eve, tells of its history for the following 200 years: whalers, guano, copra, atomic tests,...

21293
BAIN, Kenneth
THE FRIENDLY ISLANDERS - A Story of Queen Salote and Her People
$10.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1967. 2nd impression. 207 PP with 5 facsimiles of documents, plus 16 pages with 25 b/w photos. Eps: Maps of Tongan Archipelago. Hard cover (tapa design), dj (price clipped). Signed inscription by Captain Brett Hilder. Some foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.2. 0340025603

A portrait/description of the Kingdom of Tonga by the former Secretary of Queen Salote. Chapter 8 Whale of a Time.

59107
BALLANTYNE, R. M.
THE CORAL ISLAND - A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
$10.00 AUD

Andrew Dakers. London. c. 1950. Reprint. 235 PP with 1 b/w illustration. Fp (in colour): "...we're set up for life; it must be the ancient paradise". Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 20.8 x 14.

60191
BAMFORD, G. N.
TRAINING THE MAJORITY - Guidelines for the Rural Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1986. 1st Ed. XVIII, 133 PP with 1 map, 1 organigram, 11 tables, 4 colour and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.

33184
BARCLAY, Glen
A HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC, from the Stone Age to the present day
$15.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1978. 1st Ed. (8), 264 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 39 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Ex library copy with 2 stamps on verso of title page, and renewed endpapers, o/wise very good. 24 x 15.8. 02839843841

33314
BARCLAY, Glen
A HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC, from the Stone Age to the present day
$5.00 AUD

Futura Publications. London. 1979. Paperback edition of the 1978 original. 320 PP, plus 8 pages with 17 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing. Good. 17.6 x 10.5. 0708816274

48538
BARKER, Lady Mary Anne
UNE FEMME DU MONDE A LA NOUVELLE-ZELANDE
$30.00 AUD

L' Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed., in Collection Fac-Similés Océaniens. Reprint of the 1886 French original, introduced and annotated by Frédéric Angleviel. (8), XII, 290, (14) PP with 1 b/w photo and 1 endpiece. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747581861

Station Life in New Zealand (published in 1870 in London).

72718
BARR, Jim and Mary
THE SOUTHERN CROSS FLIES AGAIN
$20.00 AUD

ANZ Banking Group (New Zealand) Ltd. Wellington. 1990. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 18 b/w illustrations: 1 adverisement, 2 cartoons and 15 photos. Soft covers, iluustrated front, staples. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 21.2 x 14.5. 0472009064

Trans Pacific Flight: Oakland, California (31st May 1928) - Honolulu, Hawaii - Suva, Fiji - Brisbane, Queensland - then Sydney (10th June 1928)..

57622
BARRATT, Glynn
RUSSIA IN PACIFIC WATERS 1715-1825, A Survey of the Origins of Russia's Naval Presence in the North and South Pacific
$75.00 AUD

University of British Colombia Press. Vancouver. 1981. 1st Ed. XVIII, 300 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w plates. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Fine. 22.7 x 15. 0774801174

34063
BARRAU, Jacques
SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE IN MELANESIA
$45.00 AUD

Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Hawaii. 1958. 1st Ed. Bulletin 219. (4), 111 PP with 7 tables and 34 figures (including 17 b/w photos). Soft cover. Top of book with a light bump and small tear at top of spine, foxing on first and last leaves, o/wise very good. 25.7 x 17.6.

11688
BARRETT, Charles
THE ISLAND WORLD - An Anthology of the Pacific
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Ed. 185 PP with 16 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 6 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Red Bird of Paradise. Cloth cover, dj with a few chips. War economy paper. Name of previous owners on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 19 x 12.5.

An anthology of the Pacific, dedicated to the men of the fighting services: Australians, New Zealanders & Americans in the Pacific zone.

57857
BARRETT, Charles
THE ISLAND WORLD - An Anthology of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Ed. 185 PP with 16 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 6 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Red Bird of Paradise. Cloth cover. War economy paper. Near fine. 19 x 12.5.

An anthology of the Pacific, dedicated to the men of the fighting services: Australians, New Zealanders & Americans in the Pacific zone.

33391
BARRETT, Charles (editor)
THE ISLAND WORLD - An Anthology of the Pacific
$5.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1944. 1st Ed. 185 PP with 16 line drawings, plus 8 pages with 6 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Red Bird of Paradise. Cloth cover. War economy paper, renewed endpapers. Near fine. 19 x 12.5.

An anthology of the Pacific, dedicated to the men of the fighting services: Australians, New Zealanders & Americans in the Pacific zone.

56205
BATEMAN, Sam (editor)
MARITIME COOPERATION IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION: Current Situation and Prospects
$20.00 AUD

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1999. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 132. XXII, 193 PP with 2 maps and 3 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731527593

Papers presented at the 5th meeting of the working group held in Kuala Lumpur, 17 & 18 november 1998.

56206
BATEMAN, Sam and BATES, Stephen (editors)
REGIONAL MARITIME MANAGEMENT & SECURITY
$20.00 AUD

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1998. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 124. XXIV, 209 PP with 3 maps and 4 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731527305

Papers presented at the 3rd meeting of the working group held in Bangkok, 30 May - 1 June 1997.

40895
BATES, Marston
IFALIK, LONELY PARADISE OF THE SOUTH SEAS [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109, No.4, 1956]
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1956. Vol. 109, No.4, April 1956. Contains article P.546 to 571 with 2 maps, 4 b/w and 29 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

A trio of scientists finds ancestral ways holding their own among contented islanders of a remote Pacific Atoll.

53150
BAUER, Peter, SIWATIBAU, Savenaca & KASPER, Wolfgang
AID AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

The Centre for Independent Studies. Sydney. 1991. 1st Ed. No. 2 in the Pacific Papers series. Foreword by Jeff Bennett. X, 101, ( 6 blank), (3 publications) PP with 6 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0949769622

62286
BEAGLEHOLE, J. C.
THE DISCOVERY OF NEW ZEALAND
$35.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1961. 2nd edition of the 1939 original. XII, 102 PP, plus 7 b/w plates, & 1 folded chart at back. Fp: Portrait of James Cook. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (protected). Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

The successive stages of the discovery of New Zealand.

56357
BEARDSLEY, Charles
GUAM PAST AND PRESENT
$5.00 AUD

Charles E. Tuttle. Tokyo. 1964. 1st printing. 262 PP with 15 b/w photos, plus 1 folded map. Eps: maps Isle de Guahan ou Isle St Jean. Cloth cover, device (outrigger canoe) on front board. Spine lightly sunned. Bookplate and note on verso of front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

65661
BEARDSLEY, Charles
GUAM PAST AND PRESENT
$10.00 AUD

Charles E. Tuttle. Tokyo. 1965. 2nd printing of the 1964 original. 262 PP with 15 b/w photos, plus 1 folded map. Eps: Maps Isle de Guahan ou Isle St Jean. Cloth cover, device (outrigger canoe) on front board. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

51535
BEAUTEMPS-BEAUPRE, C. F.
CARTE DES ARCHIPELS DES ILES SALOMON, DE LA LOUISIADE ET DE LA NOUVELLE BRETAGNE, situés à l'Est de la Nouvelle Guinée
$500.00 AUD

Dépôt Général de la Marine. Paris. 1806. Original copper-engraved chart (Hyd. Fr. No. 608 - No. 21) showing the tracks of Bruny d'Entrecasteaux' s Frigates in 1792 and in 1793. Size of chart inside graduated border (Latitude and Longitude Méridien de l'Observatoire Impérial de Paris): 465 x 730 mm. Chart mounted on canvas buckram, laid paper with watermark Crown & Shield (AM on Shield) and name ARCHETTE. Coloured in outline with a very fine appearance. Very good condition. Size: 565 x 840 mm.

Chart of the Solomon Islands, the Louisiade and New Britain Archipelagoes, by C. F. Beautemps Beaupré, hydrographer with the Expedition led by Bruny d'Entrecasteaux in search for Lapérouse.

60904
BECKE, Louis
BY REEF AND BY PALM and THE EBBING OF THE TIDE
$10.00 AUD

The Five Mile Press Pty Ltd. Melbourne. 2005. Ist edition in the Australian Classic Edition, with an introduction by Peter Pierce. 256 PP. Hard cover, simile vellum on boards, simile leather on spine. Colour vignette on front cover, ribbon page-marker. Near fine. 24 x 16. 1741244293

72583
BECKE, Louis
THE EBBING OF THE TIDE - South Sea Stories
$70.00 AUD

T. Fisher Unwin. London. 1896. 1st Ed. (6), 292 PP. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine with small parts worn and/or missing. Covers with marked patches. Occasional foxing and offsetting on endpapers. Gutter of front endpaper partly split, gutter of rear endpaper split. A good copy in need of rebacking. Image shows title page. 21 x 14.

21 stories.

33399
BELL, Cora (editor)
THE CHANGING PACIFIC: Four Case Studies
$20.00 AUD

Department of International Relations / ANU. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed. No. 22 in Canberra Studies in World Affairs series. (4), 72 PP. Card cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.7. 0731502752

Fiji today: the politics of frustration, by Theo Roy. New Caledonia: A disheartening prospect, by Philip Methven.

57768
BELL, Leonard
COLONIAL CONSTRUCTS, European Images of Maori 1840-1914
$50.00 AUD

Auckland University Press. Auckland. 1992. 1st Ed. XVI, 291 PP with 150 b/w reproductions in text plus 8 colour plates. Gilt-engraved hard cover, dj. Rear endpaper with a crease. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 25.8 x 20. 1869400623

The way Europeans represented Maoris in colonial New Zealand: cultural interchange between Europeans & non-Europeans, relationships between visual representation & colonialism.

15674
BELLWOOD, Peter
MAN'S CONQUEST OF THE PACIFIC, Prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania
$25.00 AUD

49469
BELLWOOD, Peter
MAN'S CONQUEST OF THE PACIFIC, Prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania
$30.00 AUD

Collins. Auckland. 1978. 1st Edition. 462 PP with 251 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 27 colour photos. Cloth cover. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 26 x 19.5. 0002169118

57590
BELLWOOD, Peter
MAN'S CONQUEST OF THE PACIFIC, Prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. New York. 1979. 1st US edition of the 1978 original New Zealand edition. 462 PP with 251 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 27 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Signs of water damage affecting dust jacket, covers, rear endpaper and a few pages including the 8 pages with colour photos (no losses). Top edge of back cover worn on 7 cms. Very good reading / working copy. 26 x 19.5. 0195201035

46518
BELLWOOD, Peter (editorial co-ordinator)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY 1990 - Volume 1
$40.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, No. 10 - 1991. (8), 405 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.

40 papers of the proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 26 August to 2 September 1991.

54935
BELLWOOD, Peter (editorial co-ordinator)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY 1990 - Volume 2
$35.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, No. 11 - 1991. (8), 411 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on preliminary page, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.

38 papers of the proceedings of the 14th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 26 August to 2 September 1991.

56193
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, ALLEN, Jane... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Melaka Papers - Volume 4
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2000. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 20. (4), 170 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

16 papers of the Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.

56194
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, GLOVER, Ian... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Melaka Papers - Volume 5
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2001. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 21. (4), 169 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

24 papers of the Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.

56195
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, GLOVER, Ian... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Melaka Papers - Volume 6
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2002. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 22. (4), 180 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

19 papers of the Proceedings of the 16th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Melaka, Malaysia, 1-7 July 1998.

56197
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, KEATES, Susan ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Taipei Papers - Volume 2
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2004. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 24. (4), 168 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

19 papers of the Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 9 to 15 September 2002.

56196
BELLWOOD, Peter, BOWDERY, Doreen, PEARSON, Richard ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: The Taipei Papers - Volume 1
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2003. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association Volume 23. (4), 200 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

20 papers of the Proceedings of the 17th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Taipei, Taiwan, 9 to 15 September 2002.

56199
BELLWOOD, Peter, CHEN, Xingcan, LIU, Li ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: Papers from the Taipei and Manila Congresses - Volume 27
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2007. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 27. (4), 170, (2) PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

18 papers of the Proceedings: 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines, 20 to 26 March 2006.

56200
BELLWOOD, Peter, CHEN, Xingcan, LIU, Li ... (Editorial Team)
INDO-PACIFIC PREHISTORY: Papers from the Manila Congress - Volume 28
$45.00 AUD

Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association / A.N.U. Canberra. 2008. 1st Ed. Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association No. 28. (4), 126 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos and drawings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.8.

17 papers of the Proceedings: 18th Congress of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, Manila, Philippines, 20 to 26 March 2006.

59601
BELSHAW, Cyril
TRADITIONAL EXCHANGE AND MODERN MARKETS
$5.00 AUD

Prentice-Hall. Englewood Cliffs, NJ. c. 1970. 5th printing of the 1965 original. Editorial foreword by Wilbert E. Moore & Neil S. Smelser. VIII, 149 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 23 x 15.3.

71325
BELSHAW, Cyril S.
CHANGING MELANESIA, Social Economics of Culture Contact
$40.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1954. Oxford University Press. 1st Ed. X, 197 PP with 3 maps on full page (British Solomon Islands, New Hebrides, New Caledonia). Cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Small chips at top of front cover of dust jacket. Faint foxing. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Concerns the New Hebrides, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands.

33495
BENDURE, Glenda & FRIARY, Ned
MICRONESIA - A travel survival kit
$25.00 AUD

Lonely Planet. Melbourne. 1992. 2nd edition of the 1988 original. 260, (4 adv.) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans and drawings), plus 12 pages with 35 colour photos. Title page: Mural, Guam. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 18.4 x 12.7. 086442115X

60058
BENET, François, Marie-Annick, Pascale ...
LEON BENETT ILLUSTRATEUR - Lettres et Dessins Inédits
$55.00 AUD

A la Frontière. Lardy, France. 2011. 1st Ed. 318 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine (as new condition). 22.8 x 15.3. 9782918665014

French civil servant and administrator in the French colonies of Algeria, Cochinchina, Martinique and New Caledonia ... Illustrator of choice for books by Jules Verne, Elisée Reclus, Victor Hugo...

31948
BENSA, A. & RIVIERRE J.-C. (editors)
LE PACIFIQUE: Un monde Epars - Introduction interdisciplinaire à l'étude de l'Océanie
$20.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed., in the Cahiers du Pacifique Sud Contemporain series. 214, (10 adv.) PP with tables, 3 maps and 4 figures. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.6. 2738472516

The colonial history of the Pacific, by Isabelle Merle. Is there an Austronesian in the canoe?, by Daniel Frimigacci. Earth's empty quarter? The Pacific Islands in a Pacific century, by R. Gerard Ward (translated by Gilles Blanchet)...

73333
BERGER, Arthur
WUNDERWELT DER SÜDSEE
$20.00 AUD

Buchergilde Gutenberg. Berlin. 1940. 1st edition. 168, (2) PP with 1 map at rear of book, plus 40 pages with 39 b/w photos. Hard cover, illustrated front board, cloth spine. Covers with light wear around edges and in a protective sleeve. German text, gothic script. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 23.8 x 17.

Wonderful world of the South Seas.

73331
BERNATZIK, Hugo Adolf
SÜDSEE - EIN REISEBUCH
$30.00 AUD

Schlusselverlag Ges M.B.H. Innsbruck. 1949. New edition with a 1949 foreword by the author. 203, (2) PP with 4 maps, plus 88 pages with 114 b/w illustrations (6 sketches and 108 photos). Hard covers, cloth spine, top of the illustration on worn front board. Front cover of dust jacket tipped in on front endpaper. German text. Ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 23 X16.

Voyage of the Austrian ethnologist to the Solomon Islands of Owa Raha and Choiseul (mention of the Malaita massacre, by HMAS Adelaide), to Papua New Guinea (travels on a Lakatoï), and to Bali.

72733
BERNATZIK, Hugo Adolphe
SOUTH SEAS
$45.00 AUD

Henry Holt & Co. New York. 1935. 1st printing of the US edition. Translated from the German original by Vivian Ogilvie. XIV, 167, (3) PP with 1 map, plus 84 pages with 103 b/w illustrations (6 drawings and 97 photos. Fp: Girls dancing. Village of Mamako (Island of Owa Riki). Decorated cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine. Top edge tinted. Spine lightly sunned (lettering dulled) and frayed at head. Occasional foxing. Very good. Image shows title-page and Fp. 23.5 x 16.5.

Voyage of the Austrian ethnologist on the Solomon Islands of Owa Raha and Choiseul (mention of the Malaita massacre, by HMAS Adelaide) and in Papua New Guinea (travels on a Lakatoï),...

48770
BEST, Elsdon
MAORI STOREHOUSES AND KINDRED STRUCTURES. Houses, Platforms, Racks, and Pits used for storing food, etc.
$30.00 AUD

Government Printer. Wellington. 1974. Reprint of the 1916 original. Dominion Museum Bulletin No.5. XII, 116 PP with 4 b/w illustrations, 4 explanatory drawings, and 43 figures (most of them b/w photos). Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket has a little wear. The first 20 pages have creases/ruffling, not affecting any text. An otherwise very good copy. 24.8 x 15.7.

71792
BEST, Elsdon
MAORI STOREHOUSES AND KINDRED STRUCTURES. Houses, Platforms, Racks, and Pits used for storing food, etc.
$40.00 AUD

A.R. Shearer, Government Printer. Wellington. 1974. Reprint of the 1916 original. Dominion Museum Bulletin No.5. XII, 116 PP with 4 b/w illustrations, 4 explanatory drawings, and 43 figures (most of them b/w photos). Cloth cover, device in blind on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.8 x 15.7. 9780909010355

12375
BETTS, Raymond
TRICOULEUR - The French Overseas Empire
$15.00 AUD

Gordon & Cremonesi. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 174 PP, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 26.7 x 17.5. 0860330605

French colonial expansion revealing the best and worst of French civilization.

65468
BILLING, John
THE CORNUBIA PADDLE STEAMER and the Common Seal of the City of Gladstone Queensland
$80.00 AUD

Magic Daffodil Studio Press. Port Keats, N.T. 1993. 1st edition limited to 500 copies, hand numbered (No. 100) & signed by author. (8), 32 PP with 5 full-page b/w draw. Hard cover, dj. Fine. Scarce. 25.2 x 17. 0646153692

This paddle steamer built for the coast of Cornwall, came to Australia & was owned by Ben Boyd. She ended in Aneytum, Southern Vanuatu, owned by Capt. James Paddon, whaler, sandalwood trader and then settler in New Caledonia.

32675
BINNEY, D. H.
LONG LIVES THE KING
$15.00 AUD

Heinemann. Auckland. 1985. 1st Ed. (6), 111 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0868636916

Novel set in the South Pacific of the 1830s. The life of Grand Duke Georges de la Roche, self-styled King of Tavuora.

51775
BINNS, Stewart
THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN COLOUR
$15.00 AUD

Carlton Book. London. 2002. 1st Ed. 160 PP with over 150 colour illustrations. Title Spread: Taj Mahal. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 26 x 22. 1842225170

Lavishly illustrated and published to co-incide with the three-part TV documentary series. From the ex-patriots in the early 1900s in far flung imperial outposts, to the multicultural Britain of today.

48451
BIRD, Wal
ME NO GO MALLY BULLA. Recruiting and Blackbirding in the Queensland Labour Trade 1863-1906
$20.00 AUD

Ginninderra Press. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. 111 PP, plus 28 pages with 1 map, 1 newspaper clipping and 47 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5. 1740272897

69508
[BLACKBIRDING]
Act for the PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF CRIMINAL OUTRAGES UPON NATIVES OF THE ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN - (27th June 1872)
$250.00 AUD

George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoods, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. London. 1872. Chapter 19, Pacific Islanders Protection. 9 PP (A1 to B). Sitches removed. Ageing of paper, occasional foxing. Very good. A rare item. 27 x 18.

Act of the British Parliament attempting to control the infamous practice of "Blackbirding"...

62135
BLOCH, Hannah
EASTER ISLAND QUEST - Archaeologists and natives seek to solve the riddle of how the statues moved (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 2012. Vol. 222, No. 1, July 2012. Contains article between P.30 and 49 with 14 colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 map, 1 artwork, and 8 photos by Randy Olson). Pictorial soft cover. New. 25.4 x 17.5.

57739
BONATO, J. A., HEADRIDGE, J. B. & MORRISON, R. J. (editors)
CHEMISTRY SERVES THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1987. 1st Ed. X, 199 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9820200148

Processing of Nickel Ore, by J. Policisto and O. Jullien ... Processing of Phosphate Rock, by D. R. Lauder ...

65044
BOOTH, Robert
THE TWO SAMOAS STILL COMING OF AGE (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1985. Volume 168, No. 4, October 1985. Contains article between pages 452 and 473 with colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 map with National Flags, and 17 colour photos by Melinda Berge. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly rubbed. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

42493
BORDEN, Charles A.
SOUTH SEA ISLANDS
$20.00 AUD

Robert Hale. London. 1963. 1st UK edition of the 1961 US original. 192 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 12 pages with 21 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 22.3 x 14.2

A broad general picture of the South Seas in the late 1950's: changes, conflict and problems. The US T.T.P.I., French Oceania, Fiji, Tonga & British Pacific islands, the Australian Territory of Papua & New Guinea, American Polynesia, Western Samoa and the New Zealand dependencies.

73635
BOSCH BARRETT, Manuel
LA EXTRAÑA VIDA DE PIERRE QUEROUL - Narracion de los Mares del Sur
$40.00 AUD

Ediciones Ave. Barcelona. 1942. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 16 duo-tone illustrations by Jose M. Prim. Card cover, dust jacket illustrated front. Spanish text. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 18.8 x 13.

The author of this novel, a Spaniard, was "The Judge" at the Tribunal of the Anglo French Condiminium of the New Hebrides. Novel relating the life of Pierre Queroul who moved at the end of World War I, to the South Seas and ended on a coprah plantation in Aore, south of Esperitu Santo, New Hebrides (Vanuatu).

59043
BOSEI / TOKAI
Tokai University Research and Training Vessel BOSEI MARU
$40.00 AUD

Tokai University. Tokyo. 2009. Folder containing 3 items: T Wave Magazine, Vol. 9 : 8 PP. Tokai University Educational System, profile 2009-10: 44 PP. Bosei Maru: 32 PP (16 loose sheets). All items with colour photos. Folder with title (in silver) on front cover. Fine. 31 x 22

52343
BOUNOURE, Micheline & Vincent
LEGENDAIRE MELANESIEN, précédé de: Mélanesie, Invention Plastique et Imagination Légendaire
$30.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed., in collection Ouverture Philosophique. Foreword by Michel Lequenne. 268, (2) PP with 1 map on double page. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5 2296015352

87 legends from: Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Archipelago and Vanuatu.

73553
BOUNOURE, Vincent
VISION D'OCEANIE
$75.00 AUD

Editions Dapper. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. Publication No. 17, Musée Dapper. Foreword by Christiane Falgayrettes-Leveau. Notes by Agnes Rotschi 252 PP with 1 map in colour and b/w or colour illustrations and photos. Hard cover, title in blind on spine, dj. Fine. 33 x 24.5. 2906067202

44337
BOURKE, Myra Jean, HOLZKNECHT, Suzanne & BARTLETT, Annie
WEAVING A DOUBLE CLOTH - Stories of Asia-Pacific Women in Australia
$15.00 AUD

Pandanus Books / RSPAS, ANU. Canberra. 2002. 1st Ed. XIV, 198 PP. Illustrated soft cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.2. 1740760182

21743
BOYER, Philippe (editor)
LA MER: Espace, Perception et Imaginaire dans le Pacifique Sud
$30.00 AUD

Université Française du Pacifique & C.O.R.A.I.L / l'Harmattan. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed. 443 PP with 16 bw illust. Pictorial card cover. French text (with English summary). Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738459579

16 papers presented at the 9th yearly seminar held by Université Française du Pacifique & CORAIL, and covering various subjects relating to the Pacific Ocean. The Sea in the tradition of Futuna, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga by Muni Keletaona. The Pacific Ocean: last refuge of Utopias by John Dunmore. French Oceanographic Researches in the South Pacific by Christian Henin...

72851
BRABYN, Mark W.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE NEW ZEALAND WHALE STANDING RECORD
$25.00 AUD

Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai. Wellington. 1991. 1st Ed. No. 29 in the Science & Research series. Foreword by R.M. Sadleir. (6), 47 PP with 6 tables and 17 figures (maps, graphs). Soft covers, illustrated front with a clear plastic protection. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0478012756

11845
BRAKE, Brian, McNEISH, James & SIMMONS, David
ART OF THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

O.U.P. / Arts Councils of New Zealand. Wellington. 1979. 1st Ed. 240 PP with over 180 b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 31 x 24. 0195580435

Based on items from the most comprehensive collection of Pacific art found in New Zealand. Social significance and use of the items as well as the materials employed in their manufacture (wood, bone, shell, stone).

49433
BRAKE, Brian, McNEISH, James & SIMMONS, David
ART OF THE PACIFIC
$30.00 AUD

Oxford University Press / Arts Councils of New Zealand. Wellington. 1979. 1st Ed. 240 PP with over 180 b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Foxing spots on covers and outside edges. Ingleton book plate on front endpaper. Near fine. 31 x 24. 195580435

Based on items from the most comprehensive collection of Pacific Art found in New Zealand. Social significance and use of the items as well as the materials employed in their manufacture (wood, bone, shell, stone).

54528
BRANCHI, Camillo
INSELN DER SONNE, INSELN DES GRAUENS: Kreuzfahrt im Pazifik
$10.00 AUD

Albert Müller Verlag. Zurich. c. 1941. 1st German edition of the Italian original Dalle Isole Turchine agli Atolli del Sole. 202, (2) pp. Eps: Map of the South Pacific. Cloth cover, decorated front. Spine lightly sunned. Slight ageing of paper. German text. Very good. 23 x 16.

Cruise in the Pacific.

56260
BRATHWAITE, Errol
NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Kowhai Publishing Ltd. Christchurch. 1980. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour photos by Warren Jacobs, Lloyd Park and Robin Smith. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.7. 0908598025

56261
BRATHWAITE, Errol
HISTORIC NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Kowhai Publishing Ltd. Christchurch. 1980. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 location map and colour photos by Warren Jacobs, Lloyd Park and Robin Smith. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 21.7. 0908598017

54803
BRIANCHON, Alain
ART D' OCEANIE / ART OF OCEANIA
$40.00 AUD

Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2007. 1st bilingual edition (English translation by Roy Benyon). 189 PP with 12 b/w illustrations and 147 colour photos. Fp: Hiapo from Niue. Eps: Tapa. Pictorial stiff cover. French and English text. Fine. 22 x 22. 2908186264

70402
BROOKFIELD, H. C.
COLONIALISM, DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE - The Case of the Melanesian Islands in the South Pacific
$25.00 AUD

C.U.P. London. 1972. 1st Ed. XVI, 226 PP with 5 figures. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 23.5 x 16. 052108590X

A case study of the islands of Melanesia: behavioural understanding of colonialism, prior to Independence.

11809
BROOKFIELD, H.C. (Edit.)
PACIFIC MARKET-PLACES, A Collection of Essays
$20.00 AUD

Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1969. 1st Ed. XVII, 161, (3) PP with 9 maps & 45 tables. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Very good. 24.5 x 15.

Chapters by different authors on: The Small Market at Popondetta, Northern Papua. Supplies and Prices in the Market at Kerema. Honiara Market. Produce Marketing in a Polynesian Society: Apia. Melanesian Mélange: The Market at Vila...

12952
BROOKFIELD, Harold (editor)
THE PACIFIC IN TRANSITION, Geographical Perspectives on Adaptation and Change
$20.00 AUD

St. Martin's Press. New York. 1973. 1st Ed. XVIII, (2), 332 PP with maps, graphs & tables, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.3 x 15.2.

Islanders at sea: change and the maritime economies of the Pacific. Stone-age trade in the New Guinea inland.

57631
BROOKFIELD, Harold (editor)
THE PACIFIC IN TRANSITION, Geographical Perspectives on Adaptation and Change
$15.00 AUD

Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1973. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by O. H. K. Spate. XVIII, (2), 332 PP with maps, graphs & tables, plus 16 pages with 28 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Occasional pencil scoring or underlining, o/wise very good. 23.3 x 15.2.

Islanders at sea: change and the maritime economies of the Pacific. Stone-age trade in the New Guinea inland.

12865
BROWER, Kenneth
MICRONESIA : ISLAND WILDERNESS
$15.00 AUD

Friends of the Earth. New York. 1975. 1st Ed. 161 PP with maps and 70 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. Large format : 35 x 27. 0913890138

The cultural problems of the people and the conservation opportunities of the Micronesian islands.

40899
BROWN, Michael & MAY, John
THE GREENPEACE STORY
$10.00 AUD

Child & Associates. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 170 b/w and colour photos. Title page: Bell of M/V Rainbow Warrior. Pictorial soft cover (Rainbow Warrior under sail). Near fine. 26.5 x 19. 086772441

The inside story of the world's most dynamic environmental pressure group.

71398
BRUNT, Peter & THOMAS, Nicholas (editors)
OCEANIA
$110.00 AUD

Royal Academy of Arts. London. 2018. 1st Ed. Foreword by Christopher Le Brun and Stephane Martin. 325 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial hard covers. Fine condition. 31 x 25. 9781910350492

Exhibition catalogue published to accompany the exhibitions held at Royal Academy, London (29 September to 31 December 2018) and at Musée du Quai Branly - Jacques Chirac (12 March to 7 July 2019). Reimagining the Ocean, by Anne Salmon. Architecture, the Seasons and Rituals in the Land of the Kanaks, by Emanuel Kasarherou. Museums, Collections, Colonialism and the Gift: A Dialogue ...

73491
BRUNT, Peter & THOMAS, Nicholas (editors)
OCEANIA
$45.00 AUD

Royal Academy of Arts. London. 2018. 1st Ed. Foreword by Christopher Le Brun and Stephane Martin. 327 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Small bump at bottom near spine and a very small chip at the top of first 12 pages, probably from a bump. An otherwise fine copy. 30 x 24.5. 9781910350508

72688
BUCK, Peter H. (Te Rangi Hiroa)
LES MIGRATIONS DES POLYNESIENS - Les Vikings du Soleil Levant
$40.00 AUD

Payot. Paris. 1952. 1st French edition in "Bibliothèque Scientifique" series. Translated from the US original by Jacqueline Foulque-Villaret. Preface by Maurice Leenhardt. 294, (8 publications) PP with 3 maps (1 on double page), 2 figures and 22 head pieces, plus 16 pages with 22 b/w photos. Soft covers, illustrated front. Ageing and foxing of paper. French text. Very good. 22.8 x 14.2.

The bold and intrepid mariners, ancestors of the Polynesians who settled the Polynesian Triangle.

72678
BUEHLER, Alfred, BARROW, Terry & MOUNTFORD, Charles P.
THE ART OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS including Australia and New Zealand
$60.00 AUD

Greystone Press. New York. 1968. Revised edition of the 1962 1st English edition, translated from the 1961 German original. 255 PP with 1 table, 4 maps (2 on double page), 94 drawings, and 63 colour photos. Title page: Marine creatures, Melville Island, Northern Australia. Endpapers with 24 colour illustrations " Art of the World". Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Near fine. 21 x 15.

71774
BULLEN, Frank T.
THE CRUISE OF THE "CACHALOT" - Round the World after Sperm Whales
$40.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead & Company. New York. 1928. Reprint of a 1926 edition ?. XX, 301 PP with 1 map and 27 endpieces, plus 7 colour plates and the endpapers illustrated by Mead Schaeffer. Cloth covers, gilt title and illustrations on front board and gilt title on a sunned spine. Top outside edge tinted. Copy lacking the frontispiece called for. Paper ageing but very little foxing. Covers with light shelf wear and binding a little loose. Overall still a very good copy of this illustrated edition. 24.2 x 18.5.

A whaling cruise through the Atlantic, Indian & Pacific Oceans - Japan, Hawaii, Christmas Is., Futuna (Chapter XXIII), Bay of Islands and the return to New Bedford.

11679
BURDICK, Eugene
THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
$10.00 AUD

Readers Union / Victor Gollancz. London. 1963. Reprint. X, (2), 322 PP with over 20 illustrations by W. Hofman. Fp: Coconut grove. Eps: The Western Pacific. Hard cover, dj (rubbed). Foxing spots on front edge. Name of previous owner on half-title page. Good. 19 x 13.

An impression of the Pacific and the people who live there.

35627
BURDICK, Eugene
THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
$15.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1962. 1st Ed. X, (2), 322 PP with over 20 illustrations by W. Hofman. Fp: Coconut grove. Eps: Map of the Western Pacific. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Light foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

An impression of the Pacific and the people who live there.

57732
BURDICK, Eugene
THE BLUE OF CAPRICORN
$5.00 AUD

Readers Union / Victor Gollancz. London. 1963. Reprint. X, (2), 322 PP with over 20 illustrations by W. Hofman. Fp: Coconut grove. Eps: The Western Pacific. Hard cover. Faint foxing on front edge. Good. 19 x 13.

An impression of the Pacific and the people who live there.

11577
BURENHULT, Göran (editor)
NEW WORLD AND PACIFIC CIVILIZATIONS - Cultures of America, Asia and the Pacific
$20.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1994. 1st Ed. Volume 4, in The Illustrated History of Humankind series. 240 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title-page: Inca fortress at Cuzco. Half-title: Aztec mask. Eps: Maya hieroglyphs. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 31.5 x 24.5. 0702226793

America (Maya, Aztecs, Andes), Asia (Japan), the Pacific (Prehistoric fishing in Oceania, the Polynesian voyaging canoe, the Roy Mata burial, Vanuatu, Moa hunting in New Zealand) and Stone-built monuments of the South Pacific (Easter Island, stone money of Yap...).

15786
BURKE, Iris & Keast (editors)
THE SPANISH AT PORT JACKSON, THE VISIT OF THE CORVETTES DESCUBIERTA & ATREVIDA 1793
$60.00 AUD

Australian Documentary Facsimile Society. Sydney. 1967. Edition of 275 copies, of which 250 are signed. Preface by Dr. A. Grove Day, translations by Virginia M. Day. 48 PP printed on Glastonbury antique paper with 2 panoramas by Brambila tipped in, 8 pages of Viana's Journal, 2 pages holographs. Fp: Portrait of Malaspina. Eps: Sketches made by the expedition's artists. Hard cover, title on front board and spine. Fine. 28.6 x 22.2.

A stay of one month in 1793, at Port Jackson, during the Spanish scientific expedition to survey the Pacific, led by Malaspina and Bustamante Y Guerra.

33506
BURNETT, Alan
THE WESTERN PACIFIC - Challenge of sustainable growth
$15.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1993. Paperback edition of the 1992 original. XII, 270 PP with 1 map, 2 figures and 9 tables. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 1863735178

The economic miracle of Australasia, South East Asia, Indo China and North East Asia, under threat: from population growth, energy demand and environmental degradation.

60142
BURNS, Robin
AN INTRODUCTION TO MELANESIAN SOCIETY
$15.00 AUD

School of Education, La Trobe University. Bundoora, Victoria. 1972. July 1972 edition by Centre for Comparative and International Studies in Education. 42 PP (typescript). Soft cover, illustrated front with window, staples. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.5.

41984
BURT, Ben & CLERK, Christian (editors)
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$20.00 AUD

National Centre for Development Studies / ANU & University of Papua New Guinea Press. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. Pacific Policy Paper No. 25. XIII, 299 PP with 1 map, 10 figures and 5 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.2. 0731523512

54979
CADELL, P. B.
L'HYGIENE DENTAIRE DANS LES ILES DU PACIFIQUE SUD
$20.00 AUD

Commission du Pacifique Sud. Nouméa. 1960. 1st Ed., preface by T. K. Abbott. Document Technique No. 131, August 1960. VI, 13 PP with 4 tables. Soft cover, staples. French text. Near fine. 25.3 x 20.6.

42878
CALDER, Alex, LAMB, Jonathan & ORR, Bridget
VOYAGES AND BEACHES - Pacific Encounters, 1769-1840
$20.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 1999. 1st Ed. VI, 344 PP with 21 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. 23.4 x 15.8. 0824820398

39298
CALDER, Kent E.
PACIFIC DEFENSE - Arms, Energy, and America's Future in Asia
$10.00 AUD

William Morrow. New York. 1996. 1st Ed. XII, (2), 253 PP with 1 figure, 2 maps and 9 tables. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0688137385

63934
CALLOW, D. M.
TOBY IN THE SOUTH SEAS, A Story of Adventure
$5.00 AUD

Purnell. London. 1961. 1st Ed. VIII, 176 PP. Fp: Kiwa pointed to the water. Copy without half title page and the free fly of both endpapers. Stamp of "St Peter's School, East Bentleigh" on title page. Ageing of paper. Very good. 20.2 x 13.5.

Novel set in the South Seas, on the Island of Wanga.

20103
CAMERON, Ian
LOST PARADISE - The Exploration of the Pacific
$15.00 AUD

Salem House. Topsfield, Mass. 1986. 1st American edition. 248 PP with b/w & 33 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Fine.. 26.8 x 19.5. 0881622753

Description of physical creation of the Pacific. How the islands were settled: the epic voyages of the Spanish, Dutch, French, British, English, Russian & American explorers.

37203
CAMERON, Roderick
VICEROYALTIES OF THE WEST - The Spanish Empire in Latin America
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1968. 1st Ed. XVIII, 276 PP with 3 maps, plus 94 pages with 166 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket soiled and with repaired tears. Occasional foxing (heavy on title page), o/wise very good. 24.8 x 16. 0297762060

57803
CAMPBELL, I. C.
A HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$5.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1990. 1st Australian edition. 240 PP with 3 tables and 8 maps. Soft cover. Covers reinforced at spine. Ex library copy with 2 stamps on endpapers. Some pencil underlining. A good reading copy. 21.5 x 14. 0702222917

12963
CAMPBELL, I.C.
A HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$10.00 AUD

Univ. Canterbury Press. Christchurch. 1989. 1st. paperback edition. 240 PP with 8 maps (1 double-page) & 3 tables in text. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 0908812035

Histories: historical events & processes from the point of view of the islanders concerned.

21169
CAMPBELL, I.C.
A HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

Canterbury University Press. Christchurch. 1992. Reprint of the 1989 original. 240 PP with 3 tables and 8 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine (as new condition). 21.5 x 14. 090881223X

33213
CAMPBELL, Shelley, REYNIER, Jean-Louis, et al.. (editors)
LA DERNIERE FUGUE
$25.00 AUD

Sci-Fi Club. Nouméa. 1998. Limited edition to 1000 copies. 224 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 17.8. 2950896316

6 short stories from the four corners of the Pacific. The finding of the path, by David Luders (Vanuatu). Missionary work, by Dan McCarthy (New Zealand). Taken by the Sea, by Shelley Campbell (New Zealand). The Divine Computer, by Kik Velt (Tonga). La Bibliothèque d'Alexandrie, by Jean-Louis Reynier (New Caledonia). Suzan ou la Dernière Fugue, by Jean-Marie Lo Rey (New Caledonia).

12960
CAPECCHI, Bernard
LA TERRE, Actes du Sixième Colloque CORAIL, Nouméa, 27, 28 et 29 Octobre 1993
$70.00 AUD

C.O.R.A.I.L. / U.F.P. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 414 PP, (2 adv.). Pictorial soft cover. Text in French & English. Fine. 21 x 15.

Seven papers in English (land problems for Maoris, Waitangi Tribunal, mining,...) and nineteen papers in French (ownership, natural resources, fisheries, ...). French text with English abstract and vice versa.

56019
CAPELL, A.
AROSI GRAMMAR
$50.00 AUD

Pacific Linguistics / A.N.U. Canberra. 1971. 1st Ed., in Pacific Linguistics, Series B - No. 20. IV, 90, (8 list of publications) PP with 1 sketch map of San Cristobal. Card cover, staples, title on front cover and gilt title on spine. Stamp of previous owner on preliminary page, browning around edges of covers, o/wise very good. 25.3 x 20.

A study of the Arosi language of San Cristobal in the Solomon Islands.

40811
CAPIEZ, André
COMMISSION DU PACIFIQUE SUD - Rapport Annuel 1997
$40.00 AUD

Commission du Pacifique Sud (CPS).. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 104 PP with graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27.5 x 19.8.

Annual report for 1997, celebrating 50 years of achievements of the South Pacific Commision (nowadays: Secretariat of the Pacific Community).

73548
CARLIER, Jean-Edouard
Voyageurs & Curieux - MICRONESIE ET PARA-MICRONESIE
$100.00 AUD

Jean-Edouard Carlier. Paris. c. 2005. 1st Ed. 136 PP with 8 figures and over 90 colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine (mint condition). 28.7 x 20.

Catalogue of an exhibition (objects from Micronesia) held in the Galerie of Jean-Edouard Carlier, Rue Visconti, Paris.

15440
CARRIER, James G. (editor)
HISTORY AND TRADITION IN MELANESIAN ANTHROPOLOGY
$15.00 AUD

University of California Press. Berkeley, Ca. USA. 1992. 1st Ed. in Studies in Melanesian Anthropology series, No. 10. X, 258 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0520075234

7 papers. The case of fighting in New Caledonia by Bronwen Douglas. Christianity in Western Melanesian ethnography by John Barker...

45997
CARTER, John
SOUTH SEAS GUIDE
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications (Aust) Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 21 maps and 31 b/w photos. Inside covers: map of the Central Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 0858070421

A practical handbook of instant information.

65303
CASARES, Joaquin Garcia
HISTORIA DEL DARIEN: Cuevas, Cunas, Españoles, Afros, presencia y actualidad de los Chocoes
$150.00 AUD

Editorial Universitaria Carlos Manuel Gasteazoro. Panama. 2008. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. 559 PP with b/w illustrations (charts & maps, plans & sketch maps, facsimile of documents and 40 photos) plus 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Lower corner of front cover with small creases, o/wise near fine. Spanish text. 28 x 23.2. 9789962531586

37283
CASTEX, Louis
LES SECRETS DE L'ILE DE PAQUES
$25.00 AUD

Hachette. Paris. 1966. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 1 map, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.

Secrets of Easter Island.

39820
CASTLE, Leslie & FINDLAY, Christopher (editors)
PACIFIC TRADE IN SERVICE
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1988. 1st paperback edition. XIV, 294 PP with 3 figures and 84 tables. Soft cover. Fine. 23 x 14.9. 043050115

Trade in air transport and tourism services... Trade and investment in shipping services... Telecommunications and Information services.

46392
CAYGILL, Marjorie
TREASURES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
$10.00 AUD

Trustees of The British Museum. London. 1996. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1992 (original of 1985). 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread: South Front of the new British Museum. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 0714117277

Hoa Hakananai'a, a statue from Easter Island. Captain James Cook... The Sutton Hoo ship burial...

60226
CHADWICK, Douglas
THE SAMOAN WAY (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 2000. Volume 198, No. 1, July 2000. Contains articles between P. 72 and 89 with 2 maps and 12 colour photographs by Randy Olson. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

57847
CHALLIS, R. L.
PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD

School Publications Branch, Department of Education. Wellington. 1970. 1st Ed. A Bulletin for Schools (F). 76 PP with 41 illustrations by Nan Reid and 30 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Previous owner's signature on title-page, o/wise fine. 19.8 x 13.8.

65076
CHAMBERS, Keith S. & MUNRO, Doug
DUPERREY AND THE DISCOVERY OF NANUMAGA IN 1824: An Episode in Pacific Exploration (in The Great Circle, Volume 11, No. 1)
$10.00 AUD

The Australian Association for Maritime History. Armidale, NSW. 1989. Vol. 11, No. 1, 1989. 66 PP. Contains article pages 37 to 43 with 1 table and 1 sketch map. Soft cover, illustrated front. Near fine. 23.5 x 16.

11958
CHAPMAN, Murray & MORRISON, Philip (editors)
MOBILITY AND IDENTITY IN THE ISLAND PACIFIC [in Pacific Viewpoint - Volume 26, No.1, April 1985]
$10.00 AUD

Victoria University Press. Wellington. 1985. Special issue of Pacific Viewpoint. (2), VI, 371 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover, dj. Very good. 24.5 x 15.5.

Series of articles by various authors covering themes, experiences & perspectives. The Tree and the Canoe: Roots and Mobility in Vanuatu Societies (Bonnemaison), Identity and Relocation: The Bikini Case (Kiste), Walkabout and Urban Movement: A Melanesian Case Study (Frazer), Farmer, Fishermen, Gypsies, Guests: Who Identifies? (Buttimer)...

61015
CHARLES, Shaun & BREAKTHROUGH
PARADISE
$20.00 AUD

PlayLab Press. Brisbane. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Fraser Corfield. 95, (1) PP with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8 9780908156788

An Australian musical on the clashes of cultures (West and South Pacific Islands).

54250
CHATTI, Mounira, CLINCHAMPS, Nicolas & VIGIER, Stéphanie (editors)
POUVOIR(S) ET POLITIQUE(S) EN OCEANIE - Actes du XIXe colloque CORAIL
$50.00 AUD

L'Harmattan / Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed., No. 4 in Collection Portes Oceanes. Preface by François Luchaire. 370, (2) PP. Soft cover. French text (Résumé and Abstract in French and English). Fine. 24 x 15.6.

Symposim held in November 2006. 20 papers: 1 in English and 19 in French. Indigenous Members of Parliament in Australia and New Zealand, by Nicolas Clinchamps... Fiji Mode of Government, by Marion Bastogi and Hélène Goiran... On Maurice Lenormand, by Frédéric Angleviel ...

43267
CHAUVELOT, Robert
ILES DE PARADIS - CEYLAN JAVA TAHITI
$30.00 AUD

Berger-Levrault. Paris. 1925. 1st Ed. XIV, 329 PP with 24 head pieces, plus 34 b/w plates with 65 photos. Illustrated soft cover (rubbed and protected). LACKS the frontispiece (planispheric map). Ageing of paper around the edges, o/wise a very good copy. French text. 23.7 x 18.8.

Reminiscences of voyages from Marseilles to the Suez Canal, Ceylon, Indonesia, the Pacific, Australia, New Zealand and Tahiti.

12607
CHESNEAUX, Jean
TRANSPACIFIQUES, Observations et Considérations Diverses sur les Terres et Archipels du Grand Océan
$15.00 AUD

Editions La Découverte. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. 230 PP with maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 13.5. 2707116688

Overview of recent political events & cultural change in the South Pacific including the Rainbow Warrior affair, the anti-nuclear movement, independence movements in New Caledonia, unemployment in Tahiti...

48109
CHESNEAUX, Jean
LA PLACE DU PACIFIQUE dans l'Histoire Mondiale aux XIX° et XX° siècles (in Cahiers d'Histoire du Pacifique)
$15.00 AUD

Centre de Recherches Historiques pour le Pacifique Paris. 1975. Issue No. 3, July 1975. 60 PP. Contains article between P.39 and 57. Soft cover (lightly soiled). Name of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Near fine. 21 x 15. 2716900213

History of the world and the Pacific.

11648
CHESNEAUX, Jean & MACLELLAN, Nic.
LA FRANCE DANS LE PACIFIQUE, de Bougainville à Moruroa
$30.00 AUD

La Découverte/Essais. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 3 maps. Pictoral soft cover. Near fine. French text. 22 x 13.5. 2707120944

The Pacific occupies a choice place in the culture and ambitions of France. (Nic Maclellan participates in Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific).

73944
CHEYNE, Andrew
A DESCRIPTION OF ISLANDS IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, North and South of the Equator: with Sailing Directions, together with their productions; Manners and Customs of the Natives, and, Vocabularies of their Various Languages
$750.00 AUD

J. D. Potter. London. 1852. 1st Ed. X, 198, (4) PP. Rebacked copy with a new cloth spine and retaining the original decorated boards. Renewed endpapers. Pages V to VII present but misbound following page X. Title page with name and stamp of previous owner. Some underlining of text and pertinent annotations and comments. Slight ageing of paper, and foxing. A very good copy of an extremely rare title. 22 x 14.5.

Contents include: The Isle of Pines, The Loyalty Islands, The Britannia Islands, Beaupre's Islands, The Island of Anatam, New Hebrides, The Island of Tanna, New Caledonia, Woodlark Island, The Massacre Islands, Ocean Island, and many more.

21246
CHISHOLM, Jocelyn
CAPTAIN CATTLIN TOWARDS NEW ZEALAND
$15.00 AUD

Author. Wellington. 1994. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, facsimile, paintings). Title-page: Facsimile of Journal of a Voyage...1827. Eps: Map of South West Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 17.5. 0959759719

Trading between Australia & New Zealand. Whaling off Kermadec, Tonga, Solomons... between 1827 & 1837.

73614
CHOY, Chef Sam
POKE - Hawai'i's Food
$20.00 AUD

Mutual Publishing. Honolulu, Hawai'i. 2016. 2nd printing of the 2015 original. XVIII, 172, (2) PP with colour photos. Hard covers, laminated pictoral boards, spiral bound. Fine. 23.2 x 17.5. 9781939487483

Over 110 recipes.

33505
CLARK, Sydney
ALL THE BEST IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Australia
$10.00 AUD

Dodd, Mead. New York. 1961. 1st Ed. XI, 334 PP, plus 18 pages with 23 b/w photos. FEP: Map of the South Pacific Islands. REP: Maps of Australia and New Zealand. Cloth cover. Signature of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.4.

69834
CLARKSON, John & FENTON, Roy
NEW ZEALAND AND FEDERAL LINES
$35.00 AUD

John & Marion Clarkson. Preston, UK. 1995. 1st Ed., in the Ships in Focus series. 89 PP with 194 b/w photos. Title page: Surrey, 1929. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 30.2 x 21.2. 0952117940

73428
CLEMENT, Harry G.
THE FUTURE OF TOURISM IN THE PACIFIC AND FAR EAST
$45.00 AUD

U.S. Department of Commerce / Bureau of Foreign Commerce. Washington. 1961. 1st Ed. Foreword by Luther H. Hodges. XIV, 296 PP with tables and b/w and colour illustrations: diagrams, graphs, maps. FEP: Major Air Routes in the Pacific and Far East. REP: Map of Pacific and Far East. Cloth covers with light soiling, title on front board and a lightly sunned spine. ontents near fine. 26.5 x 20.5.

35393
CLEMENTS, Kevin (editor)
PEACE AND SECURITY IN THE ASIA PACIFIC REGION
$20.00 AUD

United Nations University Press & Dunmore Press. Tokyo & Palmerston North, N.Z. 1993. 1st Ed. 400 PP with tables and 2 figures. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.6. 0864691726

17 papers on the major peace and security issues confronting the Asia Pacific region.

12894
CLUNE, Frank
HANDS ACROSS THE PACIFIC, A Voyage of Discovery from Australia to the Hawaiian Islands and Canada, April to June 1950
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1951. 1st Ed. XVI, 304 PP with 12 maps plus 14 pages with 46 b/w photos. Fp: b/w photo of the portrait of the Prime Minister of Canada (Louis S. St. Laurent) with a dedicatory note signed by him by to the author. Eps: Frank Clune's route from Australia to Canada. Cloth cover, dj. Brief note to previous owner on lower corner of half title page. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22 x 15.

33145
COATES, Austin
WESTERN PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1970. 1st Ed., No. 13 in the Corona Library series. (XV), 349 PP with 5 maps, and 25 drawings by Rosemary Grimble, plus 32 pages with 63 b/w photos. Eps: 21 drawings by Rosemary Grimble. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (lightly rubbed). Very good copy. 22.2 x 14.2. 0119904286

Illustrated volume dealing with the United Kingdom's dependent territories of the South West Pacific: British Solomon Islands Protectorate, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colonies, Fiji, New Hebrides.

55289
CODRINGTON, R. H.
THE MELANESIANS - Studies in their Anthropology and Folk-lore
$175.00 AUD

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1891. 1st Ed. XVI, 419 PP with 33 text-illustrations, plus 1 folded map and the frontispiece. Fp: Stone building at Gaua, Santa Maria, Banks' Islands. Cloth cover. Slight ageing of paper. Signature of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Some pencil underlining, o/wise a nice copy. 22.5 x 15.

55973
CODRINGTON, R. H.
THE MELANESIANS - Studies in their Anthropology and Folk-lore
$70.00 AUD

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1969. Reprint of the 1891 original. 1st Ed. XVI, 419 PP with 1 musical score and 33 text-illustrations, plus 1 folded map at rear and the frontispiece. Fp: Stone building at Gaua, Santa Maria, Banks' Islands. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Ex library copy with stamp on title page, number in gutter of page V, and renewed endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Some pen underlining on 10 pages. Very good. 22.3 x 14.5.

40869
COHEN, Stan
WINGS TO THE ORIENT - A Pictorial History of the Pan American Clipper Planes 1935 to 1945
$20.00 AUD

Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. Missoula, Montana, USA. 1986. 2nd printing of the 1985 original. X, 214 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (maps, plans, facsimile newspapers & photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0933126611

52812
COIFFIER, Christian, PETIT, Béatrice, et al. (editors)
LE VOYAGE DE LA KORRIGANE DANS LES MERS DU SUD
$400.00 AUD

Hazan / Musée de l'Homme / Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. Preface by Jean-Claude Moreno, foreword by Douglas Newton, and introduction by Christian Coiffier. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, paintings and photos), and 156 colour photos of artifacts. Hard cover, dj. French text. Fine. Scarce. 31.2 x 24.2. 9782850256114

Book produced for the exhibition held at the Musée de l'Homme, 5 December 2001 to 3rd June 2002. Discovery of Polynesia, by Marie-Claire Bataille-Benguigui. A call in New Caledonia, by Nathalie Rochard... Solomon Islands, by Daniel de Coppet...

31920
COLE, Allan B.
YANKEE SURVEYORS IN THE SHOGUN'S SEAS, Records of the United States Surveying Expedition to the North Pacific Ocean, 1853-1856
$20.00 AUD

Greenwood. New York. 1968. Reprint of the 1947 original. 161 PP with 1 map & 3 drawings, plus 4 pages with portrait of Commander John Rodgers and 2 charts. Cloth cover. Fine. Image shows title-page. 22 x 14.5.

45844
COLEBERD, Frances & REA, Frederic M.
ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Lane Books. Menlo Park, Ca. 1972. 1st printing in November 1972 of the 2nd edition of 1972, A Sunset Travel Book. 160 PP with 12 maps and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 27.4 x 21.

45845
COLEBERD, Frances & REA, Frederic M.
ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Lane Books. Menlo Park, Ca. 1978. 5th printing (updated) in March 1978 of the 2nd edition of 1972, A Sunset Travel Book. 160 PP with 12 maps and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 27.4 x 21.

70597
COLEMAN, Patrick J. (editor)
THE WESTERN PACIFIC: Island Arcs - Marginal Seas - Geochemistry
$30.00 AUD

University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 1973. 1st edition with a foreword by Patrick J. Coleman and introduction by C.C. Von der Borch. XVIII, 675 PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, diagrams ...). Fp: map of the Western Pacific. Hard cover, decoration on front cover, title on front cover and spine, all edges tinted. Front endpaper with bookplate of previous owner (name blocked out). Very good copy. 24.8 x 18. 085564060X

A total of 45 Papers. 10 on Features of the Pacific Ocean Basin. 18 on Island arcs and related structures of the Western Pacific region. 5 on Marginal areas of the Western Pacific. 12 on Petrology and Geochemistry of island arcs in relation to tectonic environment.

33193
COLEMAN, Simon & WATSON, Helen
AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
$15.00 AUD

Chartwell Books. Secaucus, N.J. 1990. 1st US Ed. 128 PP with 2 b/w and 132 colour photos. Half title page and frontispiece: 21 portraits. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 1555215742

33194
COLEMAN, Simon & WATSON, Helen
AN INTRODUCTION TO ANTHROPOLOGY
$15.00 AUD

New Burlington Books. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 2 b/w and 132 colour photos. Half title page and frontispiece: 21 portraits. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22. 1853482730

47761
COLLECTIVE AUTHORS
LITTERAMA'OHI - RENCONTRES OCEANIENNES (Ramées de Littérature Polynésienne - Te Hotu Ma'ohi, No. 5 & 6)
$80.00 AUD

Editions Te Ite. Papeete. 2004. Issue No. 5 & 6, May 2004, edition limited to 600 copies. No. 5: 184 PP. No. 6: 218 PP. Soft cover, illustration on rear cover. Last page of No. 6: misbound, o/wise near fine. French text. 21 x 15.

Special issues: Rencontres Océaniennes (1 & 2). Encounters of Pacific Islands writers from: Tahiti, Samoa, Hawai'i, New Caledonia, Australia. Some texts in Mao'hi or English.

58506
COLLINS, Graham
MARAIA LIVES IN A FIJIAN VILLAGE
$10.00 AUD

Reed Education. Wellington. 1977. 1st Ed. in the People on Earth series. 24 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps, 1 plan, and 50 photos by Richard and Maureen Luskin). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 18.7. 0589050079

41077
COLLINS, R. D. J., GOLDBERG Eddy, et al..
A FRENCH VISIT TO PORT NICHOLSON IN 1843 - SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES IN FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND, 1985-1995 (in Antipodes 4)
$30.00 AUD

New Zealand Cultural Studies Research Centre, University of Otago. Dunedin. 1998. Issue No. 4, 1998. 52 PP with graphs and tables. Soft cover (staples removed). Fine. English and French text. 25 x 17.5.

Antipodes is a bilingual, multidisciplinary journal devoted to the documentation and study of contacts between New Zealand and the French speaking world.

41075
COLLINS, R. D. J., HOLLYMAN, J., et al.
TESTING TIMES - BIRDS AND PLANTS AS SEEDS OF EXPANSION: GOVERNOR GREY (AND OTHERS) AND NEW CALEDONIA - PETER ALL BLAKE, PORTRAIT D'UN PIRATE NEO-ZELANDAIS (in Antipodes - No.2)
$30.00 AUD

New Zealand Cultural Studies Research Centre, University of Otago. Dunedin. 1996. Issue No. 2, 1996. 64 PP with 1 cartoon. Soft cover (staples removed). Fine. English and French text. 25 x 17.5.

Antipodes is a bilingual, multidisciplinary journal devoted to the documentation and study of contacts between New Zealand and the French speaking world. Testing Times: Resuming nuclear testing at Mururoa, in 1995

73678
COLWELL, James (editor)
A CENTURY IN THE PACIFIC (One Volume - Five Parts: Scientific, Sociological, Historical, Missionary, General)
$150.00 AUD

William H. Beale. Sydney. 1914. 1st "Australasia" edition. Introduction by W. H. Fitchett. XII, 782 PP. Cloth cover, gilt decocration and title "A Century in the Pacific 1815-1915" on front board, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Occasional foxing, with foxing spots on front and bottom outside edges. A fine clean copy. 24 x 16.

A review of the developments in the South Pacific. Discovery & settlement, languages, the indigenous people & imported labour, trade, etc..

13034
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Report from the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
$20.00 AUD

A.G.P.S. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. VI, 66 PP with tables, plus 1 folded map at rear. Stapled card covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 25 x 17.5. 0642034656

Australian involvement with the South Pacific nations & territories. Political, diplomatic & economic relations & aid.

40891
CONNIFF, Richard
EASTER ISLAND UNVEILED (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 183, No.3, 1993)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1993. Volume 183, No. 3, July 1993. Contains article from P.54 to 79 with 1 map and 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 17.4.

Polynesian island of Rapa Nui.

73269
COOPER, Viola Irene
WINDJAMMING TO FIJI
$40.00 AUD

Rae D. Henkle. New York. 1929. 1st edition. Introduction by L. Chateauvieux, Captain of the "Bougainville". XIII, 296 PP with small text drawings and head pieces, plus 22 b/w plates (full-page). Fp: Our windjammer the Bougainville. Top outside edges tinted. Eps: Track of the Bougainville between Vancouver and New Caledonia. Cloth covers with light wear/soiling, decoration on front board, title on front board and a slightly sunned spine. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.5 x 16.

1926 voyage of 2 young American girls on one of the last French windjammers owned by Compagnie Navale de l'Océanie. Sailing from Vancouver to Nouméa by way of Fiji. The Bougainville was the former Star of Peru and ended her days as a pontoon carrying nickel ore, in New Caledonia waters.

11581
COOTE, Walter
L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL, Description des Groupes d'Iles au Nord et a l'Est du Continent Australien
$75.00 AUD

Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Paris. 1896. 3rd French edition of the 1883 English original. (3). XVI, 182 PP with 1 map and 31 b/w illust. in text. Orig. quarter calf & marbled boards with a gilt-engraved school badge (Lycée du Havre) on the front cover. Paper browning, light wear around the edges. Boards have light wear, o/wise contents near fine. French text. 23 x 15.5.

Translation of the original English edition with the same title. In the foreword, the Editor advises France to claim the New Hebrides because the English have the Kermadec islands and are sharing New Guinea with M. de Bismarck.

73284
COOTE, Walter
L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE OCCIDENTAL, Description des Groupes d'Iles au Nord et a l'Est du Continent Australien
$100.00 AUD

Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Paris. c. 1905. 5th French edition of the 1883 English original. XVI, 182, (2) PP with 1 map and 31 b/w illustrations 9 of them on full page). Marbled endpapers. Modern binding, half bound with marbled boards, gilt decoration and title on spine with raised bands, all edges gilt. Ageing of paper. A near fine copy. French text. Image shows title-page. 23.5 x 16.5.

42177
COPPELL, W. G. & STRATIGOS, S.
A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PACIFIC ISLAND THESES AND DISSERTATIONS
$20.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University & Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University. Canberra & Honolulu. Canberra & Honolulu. 1983. 1st Ed. XII, 520 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. 22 x 14.8. 0939154331

Author Index: pages 1 to 237. Subject Index: pages 239 to 519.

58439
COPPELL, William. G.
CATALOGUE OF THESES AND DISSERTATIONS RELATING TO THE SAMOAN ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

The University of the South Pacific Library. Suva. 1978. 1st Ed. Selected Bibliography No. 5. V, 31 PP (recto typescript only). Soft cover, illustrated rear cover (maps of American and Western Samoa). Near fine. 27.7 x 20.8.

Author Index: pages 1 to 18. Subject Index: pages 19 to 31.

71386
COSTENOBLE, H.
DIE CHAMORO SPRACHE
$150.00 AUD

Koninklijk Instituut voor de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indie The Hague, NL. 1940. 1st Ed. VI, (2 blank), 543 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover and a sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper. German text. Very good. 24.2 x 15.6.

The Chamoro Language, Guam, Micronesia. Study in German.

52295
COTTEAU, Edmond
EN OCEANIE. Voyage autour du Monde en 365 jours 1884-1885
$75.00 AUD

Librairie Hachette & Cie. Paris. 1888. 1st Ed. (4), 390 with 2 coastal views, 3 maps and 43 engravings (36 on full page), plus 1 folded map. Bound copy retaining the original pictorial soft cover. Marbled endpapers. Quarter bound, gilt title En Océanie on spine. Ferguson: 8727. Near fine. French text. 19 x 13.

Left Paris on 15th March 1884. Sailed from Toulon (20 March 1884) on the French warship Nive... Chapter III: Krakatau island 11-29 May 1884. Australia (pages 122 to 222): Torres Strait on 18th July 1884, then Port Kennedy, Townsville, Bowen, Rockhampton, Brisbane (27 July 1884), Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania, Sydney. New Caledonia on the Rockton in September 1884. New Hebrides on the French warship Duchaffaut in October 1884. Tahiti on the French warship Vire in November 1884... Return to Paris on 15 March 1885.

73354
COTTEAU, Edmond
EN OCEANIE. Voyage autour du Monde en 365 jours 1884-1885
$80.00 AUD

Librairie Hachette & Cie. Paris. 1888. 1st Ed. (4), 390, (8 publications) PP with 2 coastal views, 3 maps (2 on full page) and 43 engravings (36 on full page), plus 1 folded map at rear of book. Bound copy retaining the original pictorial soft cover (reinforced and fragile). Marbled endpapers. Quarter bound, gilt title "En Océanie, Voyage autour du monde, en 365 jours: 1884 - 1885" on leather spine. Ferguson: 8727. Light foxing. Near fine and scarce. French text. Images shows original soft cover. 19 x 13.

73355
COTTEAU, Edmond
EN OCEANIE. Voyage autour du Monde en 365 jours 1884-1885
$80.00 AUD

Librairie Hachette & Cie. Paris. 1895. 2nd edition of the 1888 original. (4), 390 PP with b/w illustrations: 9 in text (1 map, 1 coastal view, 2 portraits ...) and 42 on full page (1 coastal view, 2 maps and 39 engravings), plus 1 folded map at rear of book. Bound copy retaining the original pictorial soft cover (sunned). Marbled endpapers. Half bound, gilt title "En Océanie" on leather spine. Ferguson: 8727. Foxing. French text. Near fine. 19 x 13.

11966
COURDY, Jean-Claude
PACIFIQUE ... VOUS AVEZ DIT PACIFIQUE!
$35.00 AUD

Pub. de la Sorbonne. Paris. 1985. 1st Ed. 247 PP with graphs, maps & tables. Pict. soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 2859440992

The Pacific Entity: the Japanese and Chinese influence on the Pacific basin. The opposition between great powers (Korea - Cambodia...)

59566
CRADDOCK, John (editor)
NO BLOOD FOR BLOOD - The Story of the First Christian Mission in Solomon Islands, 1845-47
$25.00 AUD

St. Joseph School / Provincial Press. Honiara, Solomon Islands. 1995. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 12 b/w illustrations and 17 colour photos. Inside front cover: 4 maps. Inside back cover: 3 views. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29 x 21. 9823410011

49667
CRAIG, Robert D. (editor)
PACIFIC STUDIES - (A Journal devoted to the study of the Pacific - its islands and adjacent countries - Volume I, No. 1, September 1977)
$40.00 AUD

Brigham Young University. Laie, Hawaii. 1977. First issue. (4), 69 PP with 4 b/w plates. Soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 14.8.

6 papers. Comparisons of Polynesian Genealogies in the Bishop Museum, by Kenneth P. Emory. We seem no longer to be Fijians, by Timothy Macnaught. Ko E Fakalangilangi, by Eric Shumway... American Samoa: which road ahead, by James Bishop...

51818
CRAIG, Robert D. & CLEMENT, Russell T. (compilers)
WHO'S WHO IN OCEANIA 1980-1981
$50.00 AUD

Institute for Polynesian Studies / Brigham Young University. Laie, Hawaii. 1980. 1st Ed. (8), 220 PP, Card with a map of Oceania - 1980 on recto, and summary guide to the Pacific - 1980 on verso, loosely inserted. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.2.

73239
CRANE, Virginia Treece (editor)
THE MARTIN & OSA JOHNSON SAFARI MUSEUM
$100.00 AUD

Jostens Co. Printing & Publishing. Wichita, Kansas. 1998. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 20 colour and 31 b/w photos. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt decoration and title on front board. 1 original post card, with Martin and Osa Johnson amongst pygmies, and published in British East Africa by by A. H. Wardle & Co. Ltd, tipped in on front endpaper. Fine condition. 28.5 x 21.8.

Their travels in the South Seas (1917 & 1919), Borneo (1920 & 1835) and in Eastern Africa (5 trips between 1920 and 1934), are recorded in the musem set in Chanute, Texas.

13259
CROCOMBE, Ron
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS AND THE USA
$30.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies. Suva. 1995. 1st Ed. XXX, 418 PP with 3 maps, 17 tables, and 26 bw illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 9820201160

13305
CROCOMBE, Ron
PACIFIC NEIGHBOURS - New Zealand's Relations With Other Pacific Islands
$25.00 AUD

University of Canterbury / USP. Christchurch, N.Z / Suva. 1992. 1st Ed. XXIV, 290 PP with tables, maps & b/w photos. Pict. laminated hard covers. Fine. 21.5 x 15.5. 9820100784

The various ties connecting New Zealand to the other Pacific islands. Realities of these relationships.

47514
CROCOMBE, Ron
THE NEW SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Reed Education / University of the South Pacific. Wellington / Suva. 1978. Reprint of the 1973 original. VIII, 130, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Islands of the Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.8. 0589011049

Cover the indigenous traditions of the past and the impact of changes to the way of life. Future trends & developments.

11981
CROCOMBE, Ron & MELEISEA, Malama (editors)
LAND ISSUES IN THE PACIFIC
$40.00 AUD

Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1994. 1st Ed. XIV, 240 PP with 11 tables, 2 maps & 1 graph in text. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.6 x 15.4. 9820200962

Includes Aboriginal land in Australia, recognising traditional land rights and traditional groups in the Solomons, land policy and economic development in Kanaky, traditional rights and customary usage in the Cook Islands, ...

55730
CROCOMBE, Ron, & RAVUVU, Asesela (editors)
PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE - Journal of the South Pacific Social Sciences Association: Volume 9, No. 2 1980
$15.00 AUD

South Pacific Social Sciences Association. Suva. 1980. 1st Ed. Vol. 9, No. 2: IV, 108 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Light foxing. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.5.

No 2: 10 papers on Law and Politics.

55731
CROCOMBE, Ron, RAVUVU, Asesela & NEEMIA, Uentabo (editors)
PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE - Journal of the South Pacific Social Sciences Association: Volume 11, No. 2 1980
$15.00 AUD

South Pacific Social Sciences Association. Suva. 1982. 1st Ed. Vol. 11, No. 2: IV, 84 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Light foxing. Very good. 25.5 x 20.5.

Vol. 11, No 2: 15 papers on Pacific Women on the move

60384
CROPP, Glynnis M., WATTS, Noel R., COLLINS, Roger D. J. & HOWE, K. R. (editors)
PACIFIC JOURNEYS: Essays in Honour of John Dunmore
$30.00 AUD

Victoria University Press. Wellington. 2005. 1st Ed. 232 PP with 2 tables and 4 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page signed by John Dunmore. Very good. 24 x 17. 0864735073

16 papers. 4 in French: France in the Pacifique during the "Restauration" (1815-1830), by Christian Huetz de Lemps... 12 in English: A French garden in Tasmania, by Edward Duyker... Patrick O'Reilly: Biographer of the Pacific, by Hugh Laracy... French Whalers and the Maori, by Peter Tremewan. French Whalers at Otago, by Ian Church...

59853
CROSSLEY, Michael, SUKWIANOMB, Joseph & WEEKS, Sheldon
PACIFIC PERSPECTIVES ON NON-FORMAL EDUCATION
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP & University of Papua New Guinea Press. Suva & Waigani. 1987. 1st Ed. X, 247 PP with tables and 27 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 14.6. 9820100186

12892
CTRDP
HOMMES ET ESPACES D'OCEANIE - Sciences Humaines 6ème
$20.00 AUD

CTRDP. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (graphs, maps & photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. French text. 26.5 x 20.

Human Sciences in Oceania (for students in 1st year of high school in New Caledonia).

30286
CUMMING, Helen
DARE TO KNOW: The Art and Science of Pacific Voyages
$10.00 AUD

State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. (6), 32 PP with 27 b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21 x 21. 0731066243

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the State Library of New South Wales in mid 1998.

45180
CUMMINGS, David W.
POLYNESIA IN A DAY ! - Background and detailed description illustrated in full color of the Polynesian Cultural Center
$15.00 AUD

Polynesian Cultural Center of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Laie, Hawaii. 1971. 4th printing. 24 PP with 1 folded plan in colour, 7 drawings (2 in colour, 5 in b/w), and 50 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Staples removed. Very good. 30.5 x 23.

58287
CUMMINS, Joseph
FIRST ENCOUNTERS - Lost and Found in history: Epic true stories of Cultural Collision and Conquest
$20.00 AUD

Pier 9 / Murdoch Books Australia. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. 336 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, contemporary images). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.7 x 18.5. 9781741961430

25 epic tales: ... Part 4: The Great Southern Ocean: Ferdinand Magellan circumnavigates the World, 1519-1521. The Dutch discover Australia: 1623-1642... Louis Antoine de Bougainville in Tahiti, 1768. Endeavour and James Cook, 1768-1771 ...

49576
CURREY, C. H.
BRITISH COLONIAL POLICY 1783-1915
$45.00 AUD

London. 1916. Oxford University Press. 1st Ed. 266 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing. Very good. 15.4 x 10.3.

39153
D'ALLEVA, Anne
ART OF THE PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

The Everyman Art Library. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 2 maps and 122 b/w & colour illust. Title spread: Savages of the Pacific, 1804-5. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner inside front cover, o/wise near fine. 23.3 x 16.5. 029783617X

54171
D'AYALA, Pier Giovanni & BRIGUGLIO, Lino (editors)
INSULA - International Journal of Island Affairs - Year 2, No. 1
$20.00 AUD

International Journal of Island Affairs / UNESCO. Paris. 1993. Year 2, No. 1, August 1993. 80 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

Institutional arrangements for small island developing countries within the framework of UNCED's Agenda 21. The Ulithi Falalop Atoll, by John B. Rulmal... Agricultural terracing on Pacific Islands, by Robert Kuhlken. Water and waste water systems in Guam, by A. Terry Johnson...

54172
D'AYALA, Pier Giovanni & BRIGUGLIO, Lino (editors)
INSULA - International Journal of Island Affairs - Year 3, No. 1
$20.00 AUD

International Journal of Island Affairs / UNESCO. Paris. 1994. Year 3, No. 1, August 1994. 64 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

Sustainable Development of small Island States, by Kevin Hill, Bishnodat Persaud. ... Tourist Economy, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas, by Hiroshi Kakazu..

60827
DAGEAGO, Pearl
AIWAN, EIDIMIDA ME EBAWO
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Education / University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1992. 1st Ed. 8 PP with 8 drawings by Frank Asesela. Vignette on title page: Ebawo / Shark. Pictorial soft cover. Text in Nauru language. Fine. 21 x 15 9820101042

61575
DAKOWSKI, Bruce
NATIVES
$15.00 AUD

Central Independent Television. Oxford, UK. c. 1984. Roneotyped edition. (3), 15 PP (recto only). Clear plastic front. Note to Ian Hogbin, dated 7 Feb. 84 at top of title page. Very good. 29.7 x 21.

Subtitle: This document is an outline for a Television series of Six one hour programme on Social Anthropology. "Primitive Mentality", with Franz Boas. "Everything is Relative", with William H. R. Rivers. "The Kula Ring", with Bronislaw Malinowski. "The Missionary Position", with Maurice Leenhardt. "Rites of Passage", with Margaret Mead. "The Translation of Culture", with Edward E. Evans-Pritchard.

71205
DALLAS, K.M.
TRADING POSTS OR PENAL COLONIES, The Commercial Significance of Cook's New Holland Route to the Pacific
$25.00 AUD

Richmond & Sons. Devonport, Tas. 1969. 1st Ed. (2), 132 PP. FEP: Sketch map of Pacific Ocean & hulk at Deptford. REP: Hulk and convicts screening ballast at Woolwich. Pictorial stiff covers. A light crease of top corner of front cover, neat stamp of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.

The choice of Botany Bay, the discoveries of Cook and others, fur trade of the North Pacific and whaling in the South Pacific.

19677
DALRYMPLE, Alexander
AN ACCOUNT OF THE DISCOVERIES MADE IN THE SOUTH PACIFICK OCEAN
$150.00 AUD

Hordern House / Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 1996. No. 3 in the Australian Maritime series. Reissue of the 1767 original with a foreword by Dr. Kevin Fewster of the A.N.M.M. and an essay by Dr. Andrew Cook of the British Library. Limited edition of 950 copies. 47, (IV), XXXI, plus a large folded chart of the South Pacifick Ocean), 103 PP plus 6 large folded plates at rear of book. Fp: Portrait of Alexander Dalrymple by John Thomas Seton. Hand bound in quarter midnight blue Scottish calf with marbled papered sides. Gilt title on black vignette on spine. Near fine. 21.7 x 13.2. 1875567135

An account of the discoveries made in the South Pacific Ocean previous to 1764, containing: a geographical description of places, an examination of the conduct of the discoverers in the tracks they pursued, investigation of what may be further expected.

46989
DALRYMPLE, Alexander
A HISTORICAL COLLECTION OF THE SEVERAL VOYAGES AND DISCOVERIES IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN (Two volumes bound in one)
$200.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1967. Reprint of the 1770 & 1771 editions. No. 11 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series (Volume 1/2). Volume I: (2), XXX, (II), 24, 24, 204, (3 errata) PP, plus 1 plate (natural history) and 3 folded charts. Volume II: (IV), 124, 20, (8 vocabulary of languages), (12 Chronological table of discoveries), (40 index) PP, plus 1 folded chart, and 11 plates (4 folded). Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette, front cover & spine, glassine protection (with chips/tear). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. Scarce. 26 x 21.

Volume 1: Spanish voyages of Magalhanes, Alvaro Mendana de Neyra, Pedro Fernandez de Quiros. Volume 2: Dutch voyages of Lemaire and Schouten, Abel Tasman, Jacob Roggewein.

58793
DAM, Esther (compiler & editor)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PERIODICAL ARTICLES RELATING TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Volume 1: 1974
$15.00 AUD

University of the South Pacific Library. Suva. 1976. 1st Ed. (4), XI, 64 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 17.8.

59000
DAM, Esther (compiler & editor)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PERIODICAL ARTICLES RELATING TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Volume 2: 1975
$15.00 AUD

University of the South Pacific Library. Suva. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), X, 74 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 17.8.

57320
DARCHEN, Jacques
Météorologie Maritime - MET MAR, No. 144
$10.00 AUD

Direction de la Météorologie Nationale. Paris. 1989. Issue No. 144, 3rd term 1989. (2), 60, (2) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Pages 34 to 43: Missed Tide at Tarawa, 20 November 1943, by Philippe Hisard. Visit to the "National Hurricane Center", by Pierre-Yves Lemée. ...

57321
DARCHEN, Jacques
Météorologie Maritime - MET MAR, No. 152
$10.00 AUD

Direction de la Météorologie Nationale. Paris. 1991. Issue No. 152, 3rd term 1991. (2), 54 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Oceanographic Campaign Alizé 2 of 1991 in the Equatorial Pacific, by Philippe Dandin. Tropical cyclone in the Indian Ocean, by Pierre-Yves Lemée. ... Adieu Commandant Franck Garrigue and Commandant Georges Croisile, by Pierre Estur.

58671
DARIAN-SMITH, Kate
AUSTRALIA AND OCEANIA - (Continents)
$10.00 AUD

Wayland. London. 1996. 1st Ed. 48 PP with colour illustrations (25 National Flags, 5 graphs, maps, and 38 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 27.6 x 22.3. 0750215003

13234
DARK, Philip J.C. & ROSE, Roger G. (Edit.)
ARTISTIC HERITAGE IN A CHANGING PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

Crawford House. Bathurst, NSW. 1993. 1st Aust. Ed. VIII, 261 PP with 210 b/w illust. (paintings, photos, maps), and 6 tables in text plus 8 pages with 20 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine copy. 24 x 20.5. 1863330801

Twenty-two of the fifty-five papers presented at a symposium held by the Pacific Arts Association, Honolulu Academy, August 1989. Chapters on: Lapita designs & origins, Prehistory as a Work of art, Traditional Kupe'e, Marquesan art, the Pareu, PNG art, Aboriginal art...

33804
DARWIN, Francis
THE LIFE OF CHARLES DARWIN
$10.00 AUD

Senate. London. 1995. Reprint of the second edition of 1902 (original of 1892). (10), 348 PP with 1 facsimile of letter and 3 b/w photos (poor quality). Fp: Photo of Charles Darwin. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 185958148X

Portrait and biography of Charles Darwin: the man and the scientist.

37255
DAUSSET, Jean, VALENTA, Andr, LAROCHE, Marie-Charlotte et al.
NOUVEAU REGARD SUR L'ILE DE PAQUES - RAPA NUI
$50.00 AUD

Moana Editeur / Cercle d'Etudes sur l'ile de Pâques. Paris. 1982. 1st edition. 285, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, sketches, photos), and 69 colour photos. Fp: Ahu Nau Nau. Hard cover, Skinluxe (reclaimed leather) padded binding, gilt decoration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. French text. Fine. Scarce. 31.6 x 22.5. 2904279008

Report on Easter Island by a group of 21 people involved in migration, writing, archaeology, ...

56273
DAVID, Andrew (editor)
THE VOYAGE OF HMS HERALD to Australia and the South-west Pacific 1852-1861 under the command of Captain Henry Mangles Denham
$45.00 AUD

Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 1995. 1st edition limited to 1200 copies. No. 3 in the second Miegunyah Press series. XXVIII, 521 PP, (3), with 11 survey charts & 8 maps, plus 24 pages with 48 illustrations (29 in colour). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, ribbon page-marker, dj. Fine. 24.7 x 18. 9780522843903

Between 1852 and 1861, HMS Herald covered part of the South-west Pacific and part of the Australian coast (including King George Sound & Shark Bay) and surveyed and charted known land masses and suspected hazards. In 1853, while at anchor off the Isle of Pines, it unknowingly witnessed the French take-over of New Caledonia and its Dependencies. Includes visits to Fiji, Lord Howe, survey of St.Paul Island (Indian Ocean) in early 1853 and Mellish Reef (Coral Sea) in 1858, where they found the abandoned wreck of the French naval vessel Duroc.

71411
DAVIDOW, Leonard S. (editor)
THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY and Other Sea Stories
$30.00 AUD

The Spencer Press. Reading, Pa. 1937. 1st edition in the "Classic Romances of Literature" series, with a foreword by Leonard S. Davidow. X, 309 PP with 2 b/w illustrations: frontispiece and 1 chart showing routes of the Bounty, Bligh, the Mutineers and the Pandora". Fp: The Guard around me had their pieces cocked. Cloth cover, device and title on spine. Ageing and light foxing of paper. Very good. 20.8 x 14.5.

Mutiny of the Bounty, by Guy Murchie, Jr. Other Stories: How Old Wiggins Wore Ship, by Captain Roland T. Coffin / Lost in the Fog, by Noah Brooks / "---Mas has come", by Leonard Kip / The Haunted Ships, by Allan Cunningham / Idylls of the Sea, by Frank T. Bullen.

22319
DAVIDSON, J. W.
PETER DILLON OF VANIKORO, Chevalier of The South Seas
$30.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1975. 1st edition with an introduction by O. H. K. Spate, the editor. XIX, 351 PP with 4 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Eps: Peter Dillon's major voyages in the South Seas. Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 195504577

Biography of Peter Dillon, who first discovered the fate of the lost French explorer La Pérouse.

37919
DAVIDSON, Jeremy H. C. S.
PACIFIC ISLAND LANGUAGES - Essays in honour of G. B. Milner
$25.00 AUD

School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London / University of Hawaii Press. London / Honolulu. 1990. 1st Ed. VIII, 196 PP with 2 figures and 12 tables. Fp: Portrait of G. B. Milner. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 16. 0824813405

57721
DAWS, Gavan
PRISONERS OF THE JAPANESE: POWS of World War II in the Pacific
$15.00 AUD

Quill / William Morrow. New York. 1994. 3rd printing in the Quill edition. 462 PP with 1 map on double page and 36 b/w illustrations (2 paintings, 2 cartoons, 3 drawings and 29 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Ageing of paper and foxing on outside edges. Very good. 23.4 x 15.6. 9780688143701

69013
DAY, A. Grove & STROVEN, Carl (editors)
TRUE TALES OF THE SOUTH SEAS
$10.00 AUD

Souvenir Press. London. 1967. 1st UK edition of the 1966 US original. X, 342 PP. Hard cover, price-clipped dust jacket which is also a little soiled. Light offsetting on endpapers. Signature of previous owner on FFEP. An otherwise very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.8.

Arrests on Arorae, by Sir Arthur Grimble. The wreck of the Leonora, by Louis Becke. The Centurion fight with the Manila Galleon, by Richard Walter.

52280
DE BIGAULT, G.
DRAMES DE LA VIE SALOMONAISE
$20.00 AUD

Collection Lavigerie. Namur, Belgium. 1947. 1st Ed. 208 PP with 2 maps and 2 drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper. Small stamp on title-page, o/wise very good. French text. 19 x 12.

Experiences of Marists Missionaries in the Solomon archipelago.

58796
DE BRES, Joris & CAMPBELL, Rob
WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD
$10.00 AUD

Auckland Resource Centre for World Development. Auckland. c. 1976. 1st Ed. No. 2 in Migration Studies series. 44 PP with 11 tables. Soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 21 x 17.

47607
DE COPPET, Daniel & ITEANU, André (editors)
COSMOS AND SOCIETY IN OCEANIA
$15.00 AUD

Berg. Oxford. 1995. 10 papers. Are'are Society: A Melanesian Socio-Cosmic Point of View... 1859730426

15804
de DECKKER, P., ROUBAUD, S. et al (Edit.)
OU EN EST LA NOUVELLE ZELANDE?
$30.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 1986. Colloque organisé par l'Association France-Nouvelle-Zélande. 96 PP with 4 maps in text. Card cover. Fine. French text with an abstract in English at beginning of each chapter. 21.5 x 13.5. 2858026823

New Zealand geography, settlement, discovery, colonization. NZ's relations in the South Pacific and with the European Union.

31717
DE DECKKER, Paul & KUNTZ, Laurence
LA BATAILLE DE LA COUTUME et ses enjeux pour le Pacifique Sud
$30.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed., in the Collection Mondes Océaniens series. 238 PP with 1 map. Card cover. French text. Fine. 21.4 x 13.2. 2738465587

Custom: customary practices and People identities in the South Pacific. Impact on Society and changes, Nationalist quests...

54234
DE DECKKER, Paul, SAND, Christophe & ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editors)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 16TH PACIFIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE / ACTES DE LA 16e CONFERENCE DE L'ASSOCIATION DES HISTORIENS DU PACIFIQUE (in The New Pacific Review / La Nouvelle Revue Du Pacifique - Volume 3)
$40.00 AUD

Pacific Centre, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies / ANU. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed. Volume 3, Decembre 2006. Preface (English) by Darrell Tryon and prologue (French) by Frédéric Angleviel. IV, 265 PP with 5 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Text in English or French with résumé / abstract. Fine. 25.4 x 17.7.

18 papers on History and Anthropology. 13 in English by Anthony Hooper, Grant McCall & Max Quanchi, Paul de Deckker, Michael Goldsmith, Sam Kaina... 5 in French by Serge Tcherkezoff, Charles Illouz, Christophe Sand, Jean-Michel Chazine and Jean-Christophe Galipaud.

33092
DE HAULLEVILLE, Eric
LE VOYAGE AUX ILES GALAPAGOS
$15.00 AUD

Les Cahiers du Sud. Marseille. 1934. 1st Ed. 192 PP. Soft cover. Pages uncut. Near fine. French text. 19.5 x 14.

Novel, romantic essay / comédie de l'esprit.

73287
DE LA CARRIERES, Capitaine A.C.
VOYAGE AUX PAYS AURIFERES - Afrique, Mexique, Californie, Pérou, Chili, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Australie, Russie
$1200.00 AUD

Librairie De A. Courcier, Editeur. Paris. c. 1855. 1st Ed. (4), 328, (2) PP with 25 wood cut vignettes (including 1 on title page and 7 tail-pieces), plus 12 plates & tissue guard protection with duo tone engravings (illustrations by J.B. Arnout). Fp: "Un placer en Californie". Endpapers: shiny percaline. Leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt decoration and gilt title. All edges gilt. Foxing throughout although not affecting legibility. A very good copy of a scarce item. French text. 23.5 x 15.5.

Sailed from Marseille in September 1850, to Gabon on the schooner "Le Bissagot"... Reached Rio de Janeiro on a Brazilian Corvette ... California ... Australia (pages 194 to 250): Sydney, Bathurst, Melbourne ... Return to Europe via the Red Sea and the Railway line; before the digging or opening of the Suez Canal.

40658
De QUIROS, Pedro Fernandez
HISTOIRE DE LA DECOUVERTE DES REGIONS AUSTRALES - Iles Salomon, Marquises, Santa Cruz, Tuamotu, Cook du Nord et Vanuatu
$35.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. Preface by Paul de Deckker. Translated from the Spanish and Annotated by Annie Baert. 346 PP with 3 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747504298

1st French translation of the 3 voyages by Spaniards from Peru towards the Solomon Islands, the Marquesas Archipelago... Vanuatu.

55604
DE ROSAMEL, Capitaine de Corvette Joseph
POHNPEI, Micronésie, en 1840. Voyage de circumnavigation de la Danaïde
$75.00 AUD

Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. Publication No. 49. Edited by Pierre de Rosamel and Jean-Christophe Galipaud. 155, (3) PP with 1 chart, 2 maps, 2 engravings, 2 etchings, and 27 pages of facsimile of original manuscript. Fp: Sketch map of central western Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24.4 x 16. 2854300092

Call of Danaïde in Pohnpei (Bonnebey, Ponape) 7th to 21st of March 1840.

55060
DE VERN REED SMITH
PALAU ETHNOGRAPHY, Volume 2 - Recommendations for the Preservation of Historic and Cultural Resources in Palau
$35.00 AUD

U.S. National Park Service & Micronesian Endowment for Historic Preservation, Republic of Palau. San Francisco. 1997. 1st Ed., in Micronesian Resources Study, edited by William Hampton Adams. VI, 60 PP with 6 figures. Soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

Text of the Palau Society of Historians, translated in English by De Vern Reed Smith.

42068
DEAN, Beth
SOUTH PACIFIC DANCE
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. 108 PP with 3 maps , 54 b/w and 55 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Front cover lightly rubbed, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 25.5. 0858070340

33472
DEAN, Beth & CARELL, Victor
TWIN JOURNEY To sing - to dance - to live - An Autobiography
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1983. 1st Ed. XII, 352 PP with 101 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0858070545

Twin lives of a dancer (Beth Dean) and a singer (Victor Carell). Involvement with Pacific Islanders (1st South Pacific Festival of Arts held in 1972 in Fiji), Aborigines (ballet Corroboree)..

52233
DECOUX, Amiral
SILLAGES DANS LES MERS DU SUD
$25.00 AUD

Librairie Plon. Paris. 1953. 1st Ed. (6), IV, 402 PP with maps, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w photos and 1 folded map at rear of book. Fp: La Reine Marautaaroa. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 20.3 x 14.2.

An overview of the French in the Pacific as seen by a French Admiral who served in the area on warships before and after WWI.

72736
DELACOUR, Jean
GUIDE DES OISEAUX DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DE SES DEPENDANCES
$60.00 AUD

Editions Delachaux & Niestlé. Neuchatel, Switzerland. 1966. 1st Ed. in the series "Les Guides du Naturaliste". 172, (4) PP with 54 b/w line drawings & 4 colour plates with 19 watercolours (all illustrations by Lloyd Sandford). Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly sunned. Foxing on some pages, outside edges and inside the dust jacket. French text. Very good. 20.7 x 13.7.

Description of 116 species of the birds of New Caledonia and its dependencies.

11993
Della SANTA, Elizabeth
MELANESIE
$25.00 AUD

Edition de la Connaissance. Brussels. 1954. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 1 map & 60 b/w photos. Fp: Masque Pectoral Sepik. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. French text. 22 x 14.8.

Catalogue of the exhibition held at the Musées Royaux d'Art et d'Histoire, in Brussels in 1954. Artefacts from Dutch New Guinea, Australian New Guinea, mandated territory of New Guinea, Solomon Islands, New Hebrides and New Caledonia.

68740
DEMAZEL, Philippe & CALONNE, Patricia (editors)
EVASION: Nouvelle-Calédonie / Pacifique / Asie (in LOCAL, Le Magazine des Nouvelles)
$15.00 AUD

Local / Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes Nouméa. 2016. Special Issue / Hors Série. May 2016 edition. 84 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.5 x 21.

52341
DEMMER, Christine & SALAÜN, Marie (editors)
A L'EPREUVE DU CAPITALISME. Dynamiques Economiques dans le Pacifique
$30.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. No. 4 in Cahiers du Pacifique Sud Contemporain series. 198, (2) PP with 3 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.4 x 13.6. 2296025134

8 papers. Introduction to Melanesian exchanges (currencies and money), by David Akin and Joel Robbins. Money and the dead on the island of Mare, Loyalty Island, by Elsa Faugère... Tonga: cultural identity and trade, by Paul van der Grijp...

59430
DEMMKE, Andreas
COOK ISLANDS POPULATION PROFILE, based on 1996 census - A Guide for Planners and Policy Makers
$10.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Chris McMurray. XVIII, 94 PP with 2 maps, 9 graphs and over 43 tables. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 24 x 17. 9822037120

59425
DEMMKE, Andreas ...
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA POPULATION PROFILE - A Guide for Planners and Policy Makers
$10.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Gerald Haberkorn. XII, 72 PP with 1 map of the FSM, 2 graphs and over 19 tables. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5. 9822035756

73959
DENNIS, Andy
A PARK FOR ALL SEASONS - THE STORY OF ABEL TASMAN NATIONAL PARK
$20.00 AUD

Department of Conservation, Nelson / Marlborough. Nelson, NZ. 1990. Reprint of the 1995 original. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061273

Whariwharangi, December 1643, or Why Abel Tasman?. Glimpses from the past / Explorers / Early Settlers..

73963
DENNIS, Andy
THE STORY OF ARTHUR'S PASS NATIONAL PARK
$20.00 AUD

Arthurs Pass National Park. Auckland, NZ. 1986. 4th Ed. 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a large colour map of the Park (dated 1985) pasted down inside back cover. Pictorial stiff covers. Discreet stamp of previous owners on top of title-page, o/wise near fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061141

History: pages 58 to 89. .

56173
DENOON, Donald (editor)
EMERGING FROM EMPIRE? DECOLONISATION IN THE PACIFIC
$60.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies - A.N.U. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. (4), III, 208 PP. Soft covers. Near fine. 29.1 x 20.7. 0731328557

Proceedings of a workshop at the Australian National University, December 1996. 27 papers: The decolonisation of Fiji: debate on Constitutional change - Who made Western Samoa independent? - From the New Hebrides to Vanuatu - Prospects for New Caledonia: the challenge of Ouvéa, by David Small - Refelections on Political Murder: New Caledonia 1984, by Bronwen Douglas. The US Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A paradox of independent Dependency...

13296
DENOON, Donald, BALLARD, Chris & HANCOCK, Peter (editor)
MINING AND MINERAL RESOURCE POLICY ISSUES IN ASIA-PACIFIC, Prospects for the 21st Century
$80.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific & Asian Studies - A.N.U. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. (4), IV, 266 PP with charts, figures, and tables. Soft cover. Fine. 29.2 x 20.6.

Proceedings of the Conference held at the Australian National University, 1-3 November 1995. 40 papers on changing global climate of the mineral industry, government and mineral resources, community and mineral resources, mineral resource development and the environment, and industrial relations issues.

55407
DEROGY, Jacques, PONTAUT, Jean-Marie & LOUYOT, Alain
ENQUÊTE SUR TROIS SECRETS D'ETAT
$30.00 AUD

Editions Robert Laffont. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. 362 PP. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Fine. 24.5 x 16.2. 2221052064

Terrorism in France, in Lebanon... Chapter 2 (pages 141 to 310) : Greenpeace and Rainbow Warrior.

33179
DERRICK, R. A.
VOCATIONAL TRAINING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission / O.U.P. Melbourne. 1952. 1st Ed. IX, 266 PP with 2 figures, 4 maps, 7 charts, and 35 tables. Eps: Map showing area of South Pacific Commission. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket with a few small chips. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Types of training and schools. Study by territories from French Oceania to Netherlands New Guinea...

33540
DEVERELL, Gweneth & Bruce (editors)
PACIFIC RITUALS - Living or Dying?
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1987. 2nd printing of the 1986 original. XIV, 213 PP with 1 b/w photos and around 36 drawings. Pictorial card cover. Light foxing of edges. Near fine. 21 x 14.8.

Yaqona in Fiji, by V. Tora... Ritual of the Tiare in Raiatea, by Kiti Tchong Tai. Bride Price in New Caledonia, by Ronny Phadome. A modern Futuna Marriage, by Fiama Rakau... Tattoo ritual in Samoa, by Talalelei Tapu.

56945
DICKSON, Diane & DOSSOR, Carol
WORLD CATALOGUE OF THESES ON THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$20.00 AUD

ANU Press. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed., with a preface by Professor H. E. Maude. No. 1 in the Pacific Monograph series. XII, 123 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Signed and dated by Dorothy Shineberg on front endpaper. Fine. 21.4 x 14. 0708101623

75128
DIGGLE, Lynton
SHIPWRECKS OF NEW ZEALAND - Companion to the 8th Edition of New Zealand Shipwrecks 2007
$30.00 AUD

Lynton Diggle. Auckland. 2009. 1st Ed. 130 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Signed by the author on title page. Fine (as new condition). 25 x 21.5. 9780473153281

New entries, additional photographs & Additions & Alterations.

39603
DIOLE, Philippe
THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLE OF THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1977. 1st UK edition. 302 PP with b/w illustrations & colour photos. Cloth cover. Foxing spots on half title page and last page. Renewed endpapers. Near fine. 26.5 x 18.5. 0304298999

The tribes of Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands & Vanuatu (New Hebrides). 42 pages on discovery & exploration.

57068
DIVING
SCUBA DIVER (February/March 1990)
$10.00 AUD

Scuba Diver / Yaffa Publishing Group. Sydney. 1990. February/March 1990 issue. Edited by Simon LANE. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27. 2 x 21.

No rest at "Wreck Reef" (wreck of Cato and HMS Porpoise of Matthew Flinders), by Frank Richards. Guam and Saipan, Micronesia.

46969
DIXON, George
A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD: BUT MORE PARTICULARLY TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AMERICA
$75.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1968. Facsimile reprint of the 1789 edition. No. 37 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. XXIV, (3), 360, 47 PP, plus 5 folded charts, 3 folded coastal views & 13 bw plates (8 on natural history). Fp: Chart of the Northwest coast of America. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette. Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 26 x 20.

Captain Dixon is remembered for his voyage round the world performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the Queen Charlotte, during which particular attention was paid to the N.W. coast of America where Dixon discovered and named the Queen Charlotte Islands. The work is dedicated to Sir Joseph Banks. Calls in the Hawaian Islands. Fur trade.

15585
DMYTRYSHYN, B. et al. (Edits.)
RUSSIAN PENETRATION OF THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN 1700-1797 To Siberia and Russian America, Three Centuries of Russian Eastward Expansion - VOLUME II: A Documentary Record
$50.00 AUD

Oregon Historical Society. Portland. 1988. 1st Ed. LXXXVI, 558 PP (2 colophons) with double-page map & 62 b/w illustrations, some of which are charts & plans. Eps. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26.5 x 16. 087595149X

Eighty six documents: first-hand reports of trader-explorers and Imperial captains.

59735
DOBELL, Graeme
AUSTRALIA, THE MOST RELUCTANT PACIFIC NATION (in Quadrant, No. 396)
$10.00 AUD

Quadrant Magazine Co. Inc. Sydney. 2003. Issue No. 396 (Vol. XLVII, No. 5), May 2003. 88 PP. Contains article pages 16 to 23. Soft cover. Fine. Slight ageing of paper. 27.5 x 20.3.

Policy taboos, popular amnesia and Political failure.

59438
DOBELL, Graeme, DORNEY, Sean ...
THE AUSTRALIAN MEDIA'S TREATMENT OF THE DEVELOPING WORLD: How does it rate ?
$10.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. 1989. 1st Ed. Introduction by Annmaree O'Keefe. International Development Issues No. 6. VI, 60 PP with 5 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644097280

14733
DODGE, Ernest S.
ISLANDS AND EMPIRES, Western Impact on the Pacific and East Asia, Europe and the World in the Age of Expansion - Volume VII
$20.00 AUD

Univ. of Minnesota Press / OUP. Minneapolis. 1976. 1st Ed. XVI, 364 PP with 9 maps (8 on full page), plus 12 pages with 31 b/w illust. Gilt-engraved cloth cover & spine, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed around edges. One line (5 words) in the contents page has been highlighted, o/wise a near fine copy. 23.5 x 15.5.

The impact of western civilization on two different societies: the Stone-Age of the Pacific Islands and the sophisticated islands of the Far East (China, Japan, East Indies).

45063
DODGE, Ernest S.
BEYOND THE CAPES - Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger 1776-1877
$10.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1971. 1st UK edition. XV, 429 PP with 3 maps and 58 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): British survey ship cruising in the South Seas. Eps: Central Pacific between the 30th parallels. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Note on recto of frontispiece, and stamp of previous owner on endpapers and recto of frontispiece. Foxing spots on outside edges, first and last leaves. Very good. 23.5 x 15.5.

The history of Pacific exploration.

73220
DOMENY DE RIENZI, M.G.L.
OCEANIE OU CINQUIEME PARTIE DU MONDE - Revue Géographique et Ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie (in Three Volumes)
$500.00 AUD

Firmin Didot Frères, Editeurs. Paris. 1836, 36 & 38. 1st edition in "L' Univers - Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples" series. Vol. 1: (4), 399, (1 errata) PP on 2 columns, plus 100 b/w plates on full-page and 2 folded maps "Océanie" & "Malaisie". Vol. 2: (4), 397, (3 position of plates and errata) PP on 2 columns, plus 100 b/w plates (101 to 200) and 1 folded map "Polynésie et Micronésie". Vol. 3: (4), 632, (8 errata and position of plates) PP on 2 columns, plus 104 b/w plates (201 to 304) and 2 folded maps "Kalémantan ou Bornéo" and "Mélanésie". Quarter bound, marbled boards, leather spine with gilt lines and title. Spine of the 3 volumes affected by the light / sun, lettering damaged. Ageing of paper. Still a very good set. French text. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 21.5 x 14.

Vol.1: General description plus Malaisia (Indonesia, Malaya, Philippines) & Micronesia. Vol.2: Mariana in Micronesia, Polynesia (Hawaii, Marquesas, Tuamotu, Tahiti). Vol.3: Samoa, Tonga, New Zealand, Melanesia (PNG, Fiji, Solomons, New Hebrides, New Caledonia), Australia, Kerguelen or Desolation Island.

73242
DOMENY DE RIENZI, M.G.L.
OCEANIE OU CINQUIEME PARTIE DU MONDE - Revue Géographique et Ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie - (Tome Premier / Volume One)
$200.00 AUD

Firmin Didot Frères, Editeurs. Paris. 1836. 1st edition in "L'Univers - Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples" series. Vol. 1: (4), 399, (4 errata and notes to the binder on position of plates) PP (on 2 columns), plus 100 b/w plates on full-page and 2 folded maps "Océanie" & "Malaisie". Half bound copy (c. 1980s) retaining original soft covers, marbled boards & endpapers, leather spine with raised bands, gilt devices and title. Ageing of paper an d foxing, mostly around page edges. Very good. Image shows the title-page. French text. 22 x 14.5.

Vol.1: General description plus Malaisia (Indonesia, Malaya, Philippines) & Micronesia.

73243
DOMENY DE RIENZI, M.G.L.
OCEANIE OU CINQUIEME PARTIE DU MONDE - Revue Géographique et Ethnographique de la Malaisie, de la Micronésie, de la Polynésie et de la Mélanésie - (Tome Deuxieme / Volume 2)
$200.00 AUD

Firmin Didot Frères, Editeurs. Paris. 1836. 1st edition in "L' Univers - Histoire et Description de tous les Peuples" series. Vol. 2: (4), 397, (3 position of plates and errata) PP (on 2 columns), plus 100 b/w plates (101 to 200) and 1 folded map "Polynésie et Micronésie". Half bound (c. 1980s) copy retaining original soft covers, marbled boards & endpapers, leather spine with raised bands, gilt devices and title. Copy lacking plate called for: 129 "Ruines du Fort de Kai-Roua" for this Volume 2. Ageing of paper and foxing, mostly around page edges. Very good. French text. Image shows title-page. 21.5 x 14.

Vol.2: Mariana in Micronesia, Polynesia (Hawaii, Marquesas, Tuamotu, Tahiti).

59151
DONNE, T. E.
MOEURS ET COUTUMES DES MAORIS
$50.00 AUD

Payot. Paris. 1938. 1st French edition, in the Collection de Documents et de Témoignages pour servir à l'Histoire de Notre Temps. Translated from the English original by M. Fain. 295, (3), (4 publications) PP with 1 map on double page and 25 figures, plus 16 pages with 24 b/w photos. Soft cover, pictorial front. French text. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 23 x 14.3.

11662
DORSINFANG-SMETS, A. & DERO, A.C.
L'OCEANIE, Histoire et Culture
$40.00 AUD

Meddens. Bruxelles. 1978. 1st Ed. 198 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Front endpaper lightly rubbed. Occasional foxing. French text. Near fine. 28.5 x 25. 2870130228

Oceania: geography, population & peopling, social environment, religions, languages, history & economy of Australia & New Zealand.

39829
DOUGLAS, Norman & Ngaire (Editors)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK - 16th Edition
$25.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1978. 16th edition. VIII, 717 PP with tables and maps. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated hard cover, clear plastic folder. Fine. 20.8 x 13.7. 0207161143

11820
DOUMENGE, F., HUETZ de LEMPS, A. & CHAPUIS, O.
CONTRIBUTION FRANCAISE A LA CONNAISSANCE GEOGRAPHIQUE DES MERS DU SUD / French Contribution to the Scientific Research on the Southern Seas - Collection Iles et Archipels - No.9
$70.00 AUD

Centre de Recherche sur les Espaces Tropicaux. Talence. 1988. 1st edition. (18), 312 PP, (4 adverts), plus maps. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French & English text. 24 x 16. 2905081090

French Contribution to the Scientific Research on the Tropical Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean and their Islands.

11961
DOUMENGE, François
GEOPOLITIQUE DU PACIFIQUE SUD
$25.00 AUD

C.R.E.T. Talence. 1990. Cahiers d'Outre-Mer of April/June 1990. 104 PP with maps, tables & 4 b/w photos. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2905881147

Geopolitical dynamics of the South Pacific. The two Samoas: an overview of a political geography.

13385
DOUMENGE, François
L'HOMME DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD, Etude Géographique
$65.00 AUD

Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1966. 1st Ed. Publications de la Société des Océanistes No. 19. XXVIII, 633, (5) PP with numerous b/w illustrations, plus a large folded map at rear. Soft cover, dj. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25 x 20.

The physical environment, the races of the South Seas, the way of life and the economic development.

11664
DOUMENGE, François & Jean-Pierre (editors)
LE PACIFIQUE, l'océan, ses rivages et ses îles / The PACIFIC, the ocean, its shores and its islands)
$65.00 AUD

CRET. Bordeaux. 1991. 1st Ed., in collection Iles et Archipels No.14. (8), 509 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French & English text. 24 x 15.5. 2905081189

The collecting and collating efforts on the regional knowledge from 30 years of French research in the Pacific.

42827
DOUMENGE, Jean-Pierre & HUETZ DE LEMPS, Christian (editors)
NATURE ET HOMMES DANS LES ILES TROPICALES: Réflexions et Exemples
$15.00 AUD

CRET / Centre de Recherche sur les Espaces Tropicaux. Bordeaux. 1984. 1st Ed. Collection Iles et Archipels, No. 3. Foreword by Alain Huetz de Lemps. (6), 162 PP with 5 tables, 8 b/w photos and 40 figures, plus 1 folded map. Pictorial soft cover (slightly soiled). French text. Internally very good. 29.5 x 21.2. 2905081023

Papers presented at the 9th Seminar held in Nov. 1981 by SEPANRIT (Société pour l'Etude, la Protection et l'Aménagement de la Nature dans les Régions Inter-tropicales). Weather patterns, cyclones, biological constraints of insular surroundings, economy and plantations, mining,..

73701
DOUSSET, Roselène & TAILLEMITE, Etienne
THE GREAT BOOK OF THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

Chartwell Books. Secaucus, NJ. 1979. 1st US edition translated by Andrew Mouravieff-Apostol. 279, (12 index & appendices) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, gilt device on front, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 31.5 x 26. 0890092427

Reveals the truth behind the legends and the myths emanating from the great exploratory movement from the 15th to 19th centuries.

36084
DOWNEY, Joseph T.
THE CRUISE OF THE PORTSMOUTH, 1845-1847 - A Sailor's View of the Naval Conquest of California
$15.00 AUD

Yale University Press. New Haven. 1963. Reissue of the 1958 original edited by Howard Lamar, No. 4 in Western Historical series. XXII, 246 PP with 1 tail piece, 5 head pieces, 2 sketch-maps and 3 sketch-plans. Fp (in colour): The conquest of California, by Alfred Sully. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Repaired tear at top of dust jacket, o/wise a very good clean copy. 23.5 x 15.5.

72697
DRISCOLL, Ian H.
FLIGHTPATH SOUTH PACIFIC
$45.00 AUD

Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. Christchurch. 1972. 1st Ed. Foreword by Air Vice-Marshall Sir Leonard Isitt. 303 PP with 3 tables (pages 207 to 292) and 8 maps, plus 32 pages with 74 b/w photos. Endpapers: A TEAL Solent IV flying-boat at Aitutaki, Cook Islands. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket in a protective sleeve. Small tear/hole in bottom margin of 8 pages but not affecting the text. An otherwise near fine copy. 24.8 x 15.5. 072330355X

The Flyers, the Airlines and the Aircraft.

13078
DRIVER, Marjorie G.
CROSS, SWORD, AND SILVER: THE NASCENT SPANISH COLONY IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS
$50.00 AUD

Micronesian Area Research Center. Guam. 1990. 1st edition by M.A.R.C. (reprint from Pacific Studies, Volume 11, No.3, July 1988). (4), 31 PP with 1 map of Guam, 1679. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on first page. Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by the author. Near fine. 21.6 x 14.

Settlement of the Marianas in 1668, over a century after the first foothold of Spain in the Philippines in 1565...

73509
DROLLET, Michael (editor)
COOK ISLANDS DIRECTORY & Guide Book
$25.00 AUD

Michael Drollet. Rarotonga, Cook Islands. 1977. 1st Ed. Introduction by Sir Albert Royle Henry, Premier of the Cook Islands. 175 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings and 13 sketch maps) and colour illustrations (plan of avarua and colour photos including a portfolio of 83 photos between pages 53 and 83). Pictorial stiff covers. 3 pages on "The rise and fall of Rakau" (NZ Listener, 20/01/1979), loosely inserted. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2.

37329
du CHATENET, Gaetan
GALAPAGOS
$20.00 AUD

Editions Delroise. Paris. No date, circa. 1977 1st Ed. (12), 208 PP with 110 colour photos. FEP: Ecuadorian map of the Galapagos Archipelago. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj (closed tears), slipcase (soiled). Near fine. English, French, German and Spanish text. 27.8 x 21.5. 2855180309

Origins. Flora (cacti, prickly thickets, coldenia...). Fauna: marine iguanas, tortoises, seals... birds.

15565
DU PETIT-THOUARS, Abel
VOYAGE OF THE VENUS: Sojourn in California
$30.00 AUD

Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1996. Limited reprint (500 copies) of the 1956 edition by Glen Dawson, Los Angeles. XII, 115 PP plus 10 full-page b/w plates. Fp. Eps. Gilt-engraved cloth cover & spine. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 20 x 14. 0877705542

Excerpt from Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frégate Venus pendant les années 1836-1839. Comprises P. 77 to 164 of Volume II published in 1841 covering the visit to Monterey and the voyage down the coast of Lower California before calling at Mazatlan.

15740
DUCKER, Sophie C.
THE CONTENTED BOTANIST, Letters of W.H. Harvey about Australia and the Pacific
$35.00 AUD

MUP. Melbourne. 1988. No. 3 in the Miegunyah Press series. 1st limited Ed. (1000 copies). XVI, 414 PP with 1 plan, 8 maps and 2 facsimiles of letters in text, plus 16 pages with 7 colour & 13 b/w illust. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing around outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 24.4 x 16. 0522843417

Letters from a Professor of Botany to some of his colleagues during a voyage between 1853 & 1856 to Australia via Ceylon and the return via South America. Description of the islands of Tonga and Fiji (P.233-270), problems between 3 nations (England, France & U.S.A.) and two religions (Protestant & Roman Catholic). Professor Harvey was a specialist in marine plants and algae and the author of Phycologia Australica in 5 volumes.

13388
DUDDEN, Arthur Power
THE AMERICAN PACIFIC, From the Old China Trade to the Present
$20.00 AUD

OUP. New York. 1992. 1st US Ed. XX, 314 PP with 10 maps. Eps: Map of the New Pacific. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 195058216

History of the United States on the Pacific rim and in East Asia. From the trade of sea otter and beaver pelts bought from the Indians and sold to China, to the post Vietnam war era and the end of the Cold War.

44691
DUDLEY, Carl
CINERAMA SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE: at The London Casino
$10.00 AUD

Stanley Warner Cinerama Corporation. London. 1958. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with 1 map and many b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Cinerama Exhibitors (London) Ltd. Inside back cover: How cinerama works. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 22.6.

Movie produced by Carl Dudley and Richard Goldstone. Text written by Charles Kaufman, Joseph Ansen and Harold Medford.

48261
DUDLEY, Carl
CINERAMA SOUTH SEAS ADVENTURE
$10.00 AUD

Cinerama Corporation. Los Angeles. c. 1958. 1st Ed. No pagination, 20 PP with 1 map and many b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Map of the South West Pacific. Inside back cover: Cinerama opens the South Seas to thrill millions, by Hazard E. Reeves. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.6 x 21.4.

Movie produced by Carl Dudley and Richard Goldstone. Text written by Charles Kaufman, Joseph Ansen and Harold Medford. Articles include: Fiji Warriors in Ancient War Dance, Tournament of Thrills - for men only - in the Primitive New Hebrides, ...

30910
DUGAN, Des
GUADALCANAL 1942-1992: Official Souvenir Publication
$30.00 AUD

Mace Marketing Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with advertising material, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Souvenir issue commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Battle for Guadalcanal, "Turning Point" of the Pacific War.

37335
DUHAUT-CILLY, Auguste
A VOYAGE TO CALIFORNIA, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS, & AROUND THE WORLD IN THE YEARS 1826-1829
$25.00 AUD

University of California Press. Berkeley. 1999. 1st University of California Press printing. Translated and edited from the French original Voyage autour du monde, principalement a la Californie et aux Iles Sandwich, pendant les annees 1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829, by August Frugé and Neal Harlow. XXX, (2), 254 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (4 of them by the author). Title spread: View of Monterey, as seen from the harbor, by Auguste Duhaut-Cilly. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0520217527

Chapter 7 to 18: on the coast of California (USA) and Baja California (Mexico), between 1826 and 1828. Hawaii: September to November 1828...

56021
DUMBLETON, L. J.
A LIST OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND PARASITES OF DOMESTIC AND SOME OTHER ANIMALS RECORDED IN SOUTH PACIFIC TERRITORIES / Une Liste des Maladies Transmissibles et Parasites Signalés dans les Territoires du Pacifique Sud chez les Animaux Domestiques
$20.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1954. 1st Ed. Technical Paper / Document Technique No. 77, December 1954. 60 PP. Inside covers: map of the area of the South Pacific Commission. Soft cover. English and French text. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Near fine. 25.6 x 20.6.

45104
DUN, DR R. B. (editor)
SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Corporate Plan 1999-2003.
$5.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 20 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 15 x 21. 9822036418

SPC: Vision, philosophy, mission, goals...

45105
DUN, DR R. B. (editor)
SECRETARIAT GENERAL DE LA COMMUNAUTE DU PACIFIQUE, Plan Directeur 1999-2003.
$10.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed., translated from the English original. 20 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 15 x 21. 9822036418

SPC: Vision, philosophy, mission, goals...

52800
DUN, DR R. B. (editor)
LES POPULATIONS DU PACIFIQUE EN 2004
$10.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2004. Folded poster with 1 table and 21 graphs in colour with notes. Size: 84 x 59.5. French text. Fine. Folded size: 29.7 x 21. 9822036620

Populations of the 21 Island States or Territories of the South Pacific Community.

44165
DUNIS, Serge (editor)
LE PACIFIQUE OU L'ODYSSEE DE L'ESPECE - Bilan civilisationniste du Grand Océan
$60.00 AUD

Klincksieck. Paris. 1996. 1st Ed., No. 14 in collection Littérature des Voyages. 432 P with 3 maps, plus 4 pages with 3 maps in colour. Pictorial soft cover. Head of spine bumped, o/wise fine. French text. 22 x 14.7. 2252030887

Archaeology in the Islands, by Matthew Spriggs. From Ocean to outer space, by Ben Finney ... Spices and sprays, a maritime history of the Pacific, by Serge Dunis... Quest for identity in Australian literature...

15528
DUNMORE, John
WHO'S WHO IN PACIFIC NAVIGATION
$30.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Australian edition of the 1991 US original. XVI, 312 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.1 x 15.8. 052284488X

17700
DUNMORE, John
PACIFIC EXPLORER, The Life of Jean-François de La Pérouse 1741-1788
$15.00 AUD

Dunmore Press. Palmerston North, NZ. 1985. 1st Ed. 318 PP with 1 genealogical tree, 8 maps and 26 bw illust. Title spread: La Pérouse's ship anchored at Maui, Hawaii. FEP: Portrait of La Pérouse. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 22.8 x 16. 0864690487

Biography of La Pérouse, family background, years in the Indian Ocean, campaigns against the Royal Navy, his two-and-half years expedition to the Pacific between 1785 and 1788.

22638
DUNMORE, John
VISIONS & REALITIES, France in the Pacific 1695-1995
$15.00 AUD

Heritage Press. Waikanae, New Zealand. 1997. 1st Ed. 320 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos) in text. Pict. card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0908708416

The first complete history of the French presence in the Pacific from the days of Louis XIV to the post-nuclear period, including the political development of all the French territories.

36528
DUNMORE, John
CHRONOLOGY OF PACIFIC HISTORY
$10.00 AUD

Heritage Press. Auckland. 2000. 1st Ed. 48 PP. Card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 0908708491

From the arrival of the Aborigines on the Australian continent to January 2000.

66440
DUNMORE, John
FRENCH EXPLORERS IN THE PACIFIC - VOLUME II: The Nineteenth Century
$100.00 AUD

O.U.P. Oxford. 1969. 1st Ed. (VIII), 428 PP with 12 maps. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket is a little browned around edges with light soiling, a few small chips or closed tears and is now plastic protected. Light foxing around outside page edges, o/wise contents are fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Nicolas Baudin, Louis de Freycinet, Duperrey, Hyacinthe de Bougainville, Dumont d'Urville, Laplace, Vaillant, Dupetit-Thouars.

66441
DUNMORE, John
FRENCH EXPLORERS IN THE PACIFIC - Volume I: The Eighteenth Century
$175.00 AUD

O.U.P. Oxford. 1965. 1st Ed. VIII, 356 PP with 13 maps, plus 2 b/w plates (charts). Cloth cover with light wear and fading on bottom of spine and rear cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket is somewhat soiled with some browning, a few repaired closed tears and chips and is now plastic protected. Previous owner's signature on FFEP . Both endpapers have light foxing and the last printed page (P.355/356) has the margin edge cut (1 mm wide on 12cm long - no loss of text). Outside page edges with a little foxing or small marks, o/wise contents are near fine. Volume I is extremely scarce as only 1000 copies were published. 22.2 x 14.1.

Bougainville, De Surville, Marion Dufresne, Kerguelen, La Pérouse, D'Entrecasteaux, and Marchand.

66993
DUNMORE, John & DE BROSSARD, Maurice
LE VOYAGE DE LAPEROUSE 1785-1788 (in Two Volumes)
$450.00 AUD

Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. 1985. 1st edition in Voyages et Découvertes series. Tome I: XIII, 315 PP with 75 b/w & colour illustrations, plus a folded chart (in three parts) in rear pocket. Tome II: XIII, 512 PP with 192 b/w & colour illustrations. Both volumes bound in blue cloth with colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on front board and spine, and contained in an illustrated cloth slipcase. Dedicatory note on half title page of Volume I, dated and signed by the author. Endpapers of Volume II split at the gutter. Faint foxing. French text. A near fine set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 30.5 x 22. 2110808578

51693
DUNMORE, John, ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric, LAUX, Claire, CONTE, Eric, TROMPF,
LES RELIGIONS OCEANIENNES (in Religions & Histoire - No. 9)
$30.00 AUD

Religions & Histoire / Editions Faton. Dijon, France. 2006. Issue No. 9, July-August 2006. 100 PP. Contains 13 articles between P. 14 and 73 with 3 maps, 15 b/w and 46 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover.

Religions in Oceania: Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia.

49013
DUNMORE, John, TREMEWAN, Peter et al.
60 YEARS AGO... Celebrating the anniversary of diplomatic relations between New Zealand and France
$35.00 AUD

Alliance Française. Wellington. 2005. 1st Ed. with forewords (English and French) by the New Zealand and French Minsters of Foreign Affairs. 120 PP with 82 b/w illustrations (engravings, facsimiles, newspaper cuttings, photos), plus 16 pages with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21.

First relations by John Dunmore. The French Government and Akaroa, by Peter Tremewan. Francophobia in New Zealand, by Garry Clayton.

60640
DUNSFORD, Cathie
COWRIE
$5.00 AUD

Spinifex. Melbourne. 1994. 1st Australian edition. (6), 123 PP with text illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 1875559280

20709
DUPUY, Colonel Trevor Nevitt
THE NAVAL WAR IN THE PACIFIC: THE RISING SUN OF NIPPON
$5.00 AUD

Franklin Watts. New York. 1963. 1st Ed., No. 11 in The Military History of World War II series. (6), 90 PP with 14 maps & plans & 34 bw photos. Illust. hard cover. Very good. 22 x 18.5.

Growth of Japanese Sea power: rivalry with Russia, China then United States. Pearl Harbour to the struggle for Guadalcanal.

65256
DUTTON, Geoffrey
QUEEN EMMA OF THE SOUTH SEAS
$35.00 AUD

Macmillan. Melbourne. 1976. 1st Ed. X, 283 PP. Decorated front endpaper. REP: Map of St. George's Channel between New Britain and New Ireland. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Sticker of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22 x 14.5. 0333210387

Novel set in the South Seas.

74569
DUVAL, Geoff
REPUBLIC P-47 THUNDERBOLT - Described (Part 2)
$10.00 AUD

Kookaburra Technical Publications. Melbourne. 1971. 1st Ed. "Technical Manual Series 1, No. 9". 24 PP with 10 colour artworks by G. Pentland, and b/w illustrations (2 sets of plans: P-47D and 1 cutaway) and 50 photos (4 in colour and 46 b/w). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 24.8 x 16.5.

68628
DUYKER, Edward
CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834)
$30.00 AUD

Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2004. Paperback edition of the 2003 original. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Fine. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522851606

Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...

70546
DWIGHT, Alan
SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS TO NEW SOUTH WALES (in Journal of the R.A.H.S.)
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1983. Volume 68, Part 4, 1983. 257-336 PP. Contains article between pages 273 and 291. Very good. 20.7 x 13.5.

73581
ECCLES, Alfred & REED, A. H.
JOHN JONES OF OTAGO: Whaler - Coloniser - Shipowner - Merchant
$50.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1949. 1st Ed. Foreword by Wm. Downie Stewart. 111 PP with 1 b/w photo, plus 10 pages with 19 b/w illustrations. Cloth covers, dj. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. 22 x 14.

57912
EDGEWORTH DAVID, Mrs.
FUNAFUTI, or Three Months on a Coral Island: an Unscientific Account of a Scientific Expedition
$55.00 AUD

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.. London. 1913. School Edition: abridged from the 1899 original. XVI, 150 PP, (2) with " pages glossary and 1 map, plus 6 b/w plates. Inside front cover: map with inset (Funafuti atoll). Soft cover, cloth with title on front cover. Faint foxing. A few pages a little dog-eared, o/wise very good. 18 x 12.

The Atoll of Funafuti. Borings into a coral reef and the results. Being the report of the Coral Reef Committee of the Royal Society.

52369
EDRIDGE, Sally (compiler)
SOLOMON ISLANDS BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1980
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies (USP) / Alexander Turnbull Library / The Solomon Islands National Library. Suva / Wellington / Honiara. 1985. 1st Ed. XVI, 476 PP. Eps: Map of the Solomon Islands. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 25.8 x 19.5. 0908702035

Over 12,300 entries: Voyages, Earth Sciences... Arts.

65827
ELDREDGE, Dr. Lucius G.
INSIDE THE REEF
$25.00 AUD

Pacifica Graphics. Agana, Guam. 1975. 1st bilingual edition. (5), III, 171, II, (3) PP with 83 colour plates by Ted L. Tansy. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket with light wear and a few creases around the edges. Text in English and Japanese. Dedicatory note to previous owners on front endpaper signed by the author and his family. Near fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 21.

40897
ELIOT, John L.
IN BIKINI LAGOON LIFE THRIVES IN A NUCLEAR GRAVEYARD [in National Geographic Magazine]
$10.00 AUD

N.G.S. Washington. 1992. Vol. 181, No.6, June 1992. Contains article P.70 to 83 with 2 maps, 5 b/w and 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

Wrecks of the Saratoga and Nagato.

33180
ELKIN, A. P.
SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY IN MELANESIA
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1953. South Pacific Commission / O.U.P. 1st Ed. XIV, 166 PP with 1 map showing the political and administrative divisions in New Guinea-Melanesia. Eps: Map showing area of South Pacific Commission. Cloth covers a little rubbed, gilt title on spine. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Types of ethnographical record and research up to 1950. Survey of anthropological knowledge of the region with suggestions for research projects.

50001
ELKIN, A. P.
EDUCATION OF NATIVE RACES IN PACIFIC COUNTRIES - Report of a Conference
$15.00 AUD

Australasian Medical Publishing. Sydney. 1937. Reprint from Oceania, December 1936, Vol. VII, No. 2. Pages 145 to 168. Soft cover. A 4 pages typed memo Education of Native Races, by Professor A. P. Elkin, loosely inserted. Near fine. 24.5 x 18.5.

55689
EMBERSON-BAIN, 'Atu (editor)
DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE OR MALIGNANT GROWTH?. Perspectives of Pacific Island Women
$55.00 AUD

Marama Publications. Suva. 1996. Reprint of the 1994 original. (12), XIII, (3), 290 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: map of the South West Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.3 x 17.5. 982326001X

... Chapter 17: The 'Peace' ... with our blood, by Susanna Ounei-Small. Chapter 18: The down-side of Matignon: squatting in Kanaky, by 'Atu Emberson-Bain. ...

40888
EMORY, Kenneth P., LEWIS, David, KAWAINUI KANE, Herb & ROCKFELLER, Mary & Laurance S.
THE ISLES OF THE PACIFIC - THE COMING OF THE POLYNESIAN - WIND, WAVE, STAR & BIRD - The PATHFINDERS - PROBLEMS IN PARADISE [in National Geographic Magazine]
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1974. Vol. 146, No.6, Dec.1974. Contains 4 articles P.732 to 793 with colour illustrations. Soft cover (lightly rubbed). Lacks the folding map. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Navigation and settlement of the vast Pacific.

13254
ENGLERT, Father Sebastian
ISLAND AT THE CENTER OF THE WORLD, New Light on Easter Island
$10.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1970. 1st US Ed. 192 PP with 2 maps, 8 b/w & 22 colour illust. in text. Engraved cloth cover, slightly chipped dj. A very good copy. 26.5 x 19.5.

Traditions, records & geography. Settlement of Easter Island. Religious & social practices.

62500
EUROPEAN COMMISSION
THE EU PROVISIONS ON SOCIAL SECURITY - Your rights when moving within the European Union
$10.00 AUD

European Commission / Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities. Bruxelles. 2011. Updated edition of 2010. 57, (3) PP with 1 map in colour and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9789279176554

71419
EVANS, Kenneth J.
JAPAN é buggerup pinis - The Final days of World War II in Papua New Guinea
$70.00 AUD

Author. Smithton, Tasmania. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by C.L. Spotswood & A. C. Billett. (8), 9-152 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, facsimile of documents, maps, sketch plans, portraits and photos), plus 4 pages with 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. Fine. 30 x 23.8. 1876913061

Japan é buggerup pinis (in Pidgin - English) = Japan has Surrendered.

50767
FAASILI, Ueta, ADAMS, Dr. Tim et al.
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT BY COMMUNITIES. A manual on promoting the management of subsistence fisheries by Pacific Island communities
$30.00 AUD

Community Fisheries Section / Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. VI, 88 PP with 31 figures. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Fine. Oblong: 17 x 23.5. 9822037139

40660
FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor)
LA MER OUTRE-MER
$25.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. 448 PP. Soft cover. French text. Light foxing on top edge, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747505197

20 papers presented at a seminar on "The Sea, Overseas", held at Montpellier in March 2000 by the Institut de Droit d'Outre-Mer (Overseas Law Institute). Law, Sea and Custom in the Pacific... France in the Pacific Ocean... History and international relations in the Indian Ocean... Fishing in the Southern Ocean and Antarctica...

73288
FAESSEL, Sonia
ITINERAIRES INSULAIRES - Le Père Patrick O'REILLY, sm
$85.00 AUD

Le Rocher-à-la-Voile & Haere Po. Nouméa & Papeete. 2002. 1st edition. Vol. 4 in Dossiers pour servir a l'intelligence du temps present. Postface by Jean Guiart and a bibliography by Hugh Laracy. 180 PP with 4 colour and 58 b/w illustrations. Title page: Portrait of Father O'Reilly, by Chantal Désirier. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Newspaper clipping loosely inserted. Crease at top corner of back cover. Near fine. French text. 21 x 15.

Father O'Reilly: Oceanist and Erudite on the Pacific and the 4 French speaking archipelagoes of the South Pacific.

56834
FAESSEL, Sonia (editor)
JEUNES LITTERATURES DU PACIFIQUE SUD
$35.00 AUD

G.R.H.O.C. (Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine) / Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 183 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2951558066

2003 seminar on Literature by writers and academics of the South Pacific. Part 1: Views by English speakers (Fijian-language literature by Paul Geraghty. Aboriginal Literature by Anita Heiss...). Part 2: Views by French speakers (Frédéric Ohlen, Claudine Jacques...).

49249
FAESSEL, Sonia & PEREZ, Michel (editors)
EROS ET THANATOS DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD
$30.00 AUD

CORAIL & Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 224 PP. French text with English abstract and Englih text with French abstract. Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 2951558015

16 papers (2 in English and 14 in French) presented at the 2000 seminar organised by the CORAIL group.

58802
FAESSEL, Sonia & PEREZ, Michel (editors)
LITTERATURES D'EMERGENCE ET MONDIALISATION: Théorie, Société et Politique
$40.00 AUD

In Press Editions. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. 376 PP. French text with English abstract and English text with French abstract. Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 2848350555

23 papers (10 in English and 13 in French) presented at the 2003 Convention organised in Nouméa by the F.I.L.L.M. (Féderation Internationale de Langues et Littératures Modernes / International Federation of Modern Languages and Literatures).

22639
FAESSEL, Sonia (editor)
LA FEMME, Entre Tradition et Modernité dans le Pacifique Sud
$30.00 AUD

L'Harmattan & Université Française du Pacifique. Paris. 1996. 1st Ed. 292 PP with 5 bw photos and 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text (English abstract for each paper). Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738448585

The women in the South Pacific, between tradition and modernism (history, sociology, anthropology, literary). Includes: Women in the Australian circus, the changing patterns of female games in Tonga (only text in English)...

10295
FAHEY, Stephanie & DUGGAN, Stephen
PACIFIC PEOPLE AND PLACE, The Pacific in the 20th Century
$35.00 AUD

C.U.P. Cambridge. 1993. 1st Ed. (6), 74 PP with 49 figures in text. Ep: Map of Pacific islands. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 26 x 21. 0521376262

Development, changing nature of people and environment. Impacts on urbanization, trade, foreign aid, tourism.

65611
FAHEY, Stephanie, PEAKE, Martin & QUANCHI, Max
THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Contemporary Issues: Peace and Development
$25.00 AUD

Peace Education Resource Centre (Ministry of Education) & Pacific History Association. Melbourne. 1989. 1st Ed. (4), 120 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Soft cover, spiral bound. Fine. 29.5 x 21.

Tourism - Culture - History ... Australia and the Pacific - Nuclear issues.

59292
FAIRBAIRN Pacific Consultants
THE WESTERN SAMOAN ECONOMY: Paving the Way for Sustainable Growth and Stability
$15.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau / AGPS. Canberra. 1994. September 1994 edition. International Development Issues No. 35. VIII, 94 PP with 1 map, 24 graphs and 26 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644221089

12000
FAIRBAIRN, T. et al.
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS: Politics, Economics and International Relations
$15.00 AUD

East-West Center. Honolulu. 1993. 2nd printing of the 1991 original. XII, 172 PP with 4 tables and 22 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0866381406

An introduction to the contemporary Pacific islands. Trends, issues and recent development. Appendix I with each state or territory presented in two pages: (map and text).

59014
FAIRBAIRN, Te'o Ian
THE TONGAN ECONOMY: Setting the stage for accelerated growth
$15.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau / AGPS. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. International Development Issues No. 22. XI, 53 PP with 1 map, 21 graphs and 15 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644240504

59291
FAIRBAIRN, Te'o Ian
THE WESTERN SAMOAN ECONOMY: Prospects for Recovery and Long-term Growth
$15.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau / AGPS. Canberra. 1991. June 1991 edition. International Development Issues No. 17. XI, 57 PP with 1 map, 20 graphs and 18 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644221089

11984
FALLEX, M. & MAIREY, A.
AMERIQUE AUSTRALASIE AU DEBUT DU XXè SIECLE
$40.00 AUD

Librairie Ch. Delagrave. Paris. 1905. 1st Ed. 362 PP with 37 maps & 77 photos & many pages uncut. Rebound in modern cloth, retaining original front part of soft cover, gilt title on spine. Very good. French text. 20.4 x 13.

Geographical information on the Polar regions, North, Central, and South America, Australasia (Archipelagoes of the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand).

59462
FALLON, John
THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA ECONOMY: Prospects for Recovery, Reform and Sustained Growth
$10.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. 1992. March 1992 edition. International Development Issues No. 27. XIII, 133 PP with 9 graphs and 46 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644256869

57705
FARRINGTON, Karen
VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC - The Fight for the Pacific Islands 1942-1945
$20.00 AUD

Selectabook Ltd. London. 2005. 1st edition. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (10 maps & plans, and 90 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781841933351

60th Anniversary Special Edition.

73062
FARRINGTON, Karen
VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC - The Fight for the Pacific Islands 1942-1945
$20.00 AUD

Ice Water Press. Melbourne. 2010. 1st Australian edition of the 2005 original. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (10 maps & plans, and 90 photos). Pictorial stiff covers with flaps. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9781921718960

Pearl Harbor to the fall of Okinawa.

51012
FASQUEL, Jean
TURBULENCES PACIFIQUES. Récit guerrier de l'éducation en Océanie
$25.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. 242 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 2747593002

Reminiscences on the Pacific, by the author who was in charge of Education, in the New Hebrides / Vanuatu (1978-1981), Wallis & Futuna (1981-1984) and French Polynesia (2000-2004).

71245
FAURE, Sandrine (compiler)
CITATIONS IMAGEES
$40.00 AUD

Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2006. 1st edition. No pagination, 192 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map of New Caledonia on double page and 88 photos by Mike Hosken on full page. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 22 x 22. 2908186234

Quotations by: Douglas Adams, Albert Camus, André Malraux, André Gide ... James Joyce, Eleanor Roosevelt ... Sénèque, illustrated by Mike Hosken.

50857
FERRERO, Stéphane
FORMOSE Vue par un marin français du XIXe siècle
$20.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed., in Mémoires Asiatiques series. 158, (2) PP with 3 maps and 7 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Top corner of front cover with a crease. French text. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747594157

On the Island of Taiwan by a French seaman of the Fleet under Amiral Courbet, fighting China in 1884 and 1885. Landing at Keelung, Naval base established at Makung in the Pescadores Archipelago..

11948
FESTIVAL OF PACIFIC ARTS
PROGRAMME SOUVENIR: 4ème Festival des Arts du Pacifique, Nouvelle Calédonie 1984
$15.00 AUD

OCSTK / Office Culturel Scientifique et Technique Kanak. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed. Forewords by Jean-Marie Tjibaou, Rock Wamytan, Jacques Iékawé. Edited by Néko HNEPEUNE. 96 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (maps, photos..). Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Very good. 29.7 x 21.3.

The programme for the 4th Festival of Pacific Arts which was to be held in Nouméa between the 8th & 22nd December, 1984, but was cancelled after the upheavals which shook New Caledonia in November 1984. A very good presentation of the 28 participating countries, from Australia to Wallis & Futuna, including Easter Island & Pitcairn.

41154
FIELDS, Jack & Dorothy
SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Kodansha International. Tokyo. 1972. 1st Ed. 252 PP with 3 maps, and colour photos throughout. Title spread: Cook's Bay, Moorea Island. Decorated cloth cover, dj. Front endpaper and first 10 leaves with faint creases. Note at top corner of front endpaper. Front flap of dust jacket price-clipped at top and piece missing at lower corner. Very good. 26.3 x 24.2. 0870111760

Melanesia. Micronesia. Polynesia.

57819
FIELDS, Jack & Dorothy
SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1973. 1st New Zealand edition of the 1972 original. 252 PP with 3 maps, and colour photos. Title spread: Cook's Bay, Moorea Island. Decorated cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and with small pieces missing. Ex Library copy (4 stamps and a pocket on rear endpaper. Good. 26.3 x 24.2. 0589007750

Melanesia. Micronesia. Polynesia.

73285
FIELDS, Jack & Dorothy
SOUTH PACIFIC
$45.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1973. 1st New Zealand edition of the 1972 original. 252 PP with 3 maps, and colour photos by Jack Fields. Title spread: Cook's Bay, Moorea Island. Decorated cloth cover (tapa style), dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by Jack and Dorothy Fields, tipped in on front endpaper. Front endpaper with traces of old sellotape marks. Contents near fine. 26.3 x 24.2. 0589007750

Melanesia. Micronesia. Polynesia.

57946
FIFI'I, Jonathan
FROM PIG-THEFT TO PARLIAMENT - My Life Between Two Worlds
$40.00 AUD

Solomon Islands College of Higher Education and USP. Honiara. 1989. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Roger M. Keesing. Translated and edited by Roger M. Keesing. (4), IV, 174 PP, plus 8 pages with 15 b/w photos. Soft covers with light wear. Near fine. 25 x 17. 9821500013

42833
FIGIEL, Sia
LA PETITE FILLE DANS LE CERCLE DE LA LUNE
$30.00 AUD

Actes Sud / Hubert Nyssen Editeur. Arles. 1999. 1st French edition of the 1995 English original, The Girl in the Moon Circle. Translated from the English (Western Samoa), by Céline Schwaller. 206 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 2742723722

58795
FINAU, Bishop Patelisio
SOME THEOLOGICAL REFLECTIONS ON MIGRATION
$10.00 AUD

Auckland Resource Centre for World Development. Auckland. c. 1976. 1st Ed. No. 1 in Migration Studies series. Preface by Joris de Bres. No pagination, 16 PP. Soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise fine. 21 x 16.5.

Paper presented in September 1975 at the Seminar of Land Tenure and Migration, Nuku'alofa, Tonga.

14779
FINLAY, Iain & SHEPPARD, Trish
ACROSS THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Island-hopping from Santiago to Sydney
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1981. 1st Ed. XXII, 245 PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 41 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Top corner of half title page clipped, name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 15.5. 0207148244

Travel from Chile to Sydney with calls at Easter Island, French Polynesia, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, New Hebrides & New Caledonia.

59535
FIRTH, Professor Raymond
SOCIAL ORGANIZATION AND SOCIAL CHANGE - Presidential Address
$25.00 AUD

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. London. 1954. Offprint from Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 84, Part I, January-June 1954. 20 PP. Soft cover. Note at top of front cover and title page "Ian (Hogbin) ..." signed by Raymond Firth. Fine. 28.5 x 22.

59533
FIRTH, Raymond
ECONOMIC PSYCHOLOGY OF THE MAORI
$25.00 AUD

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. London. 1925. Reprint from Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. LV, July-December 1925. (1), 340-362 PP. Soft cover. Note at top of front cover "To Ian (Hogbin) ... signed by Raymond Firth. Fine. 27 x 18.5.

59541
FIRTH, Raymond
RITUAL ADZES IN TIKOPIA
$30.00 AUD

Thomas Avery and Sons. New Plymouth, NZ. 1959. Reprint from "Anthropology in the South Seas: essays presented to H.D. Skinner". 149 to 159 PP, plus 7 plates with 23 b/w photos. Soft cover, staples. Note "Ian (Hogbin) from ... ", signed by Raymond Firth. Near fine. 25.5 x 18.3.

59543
FIRTH, Raymond
MARRIAGE AND THE CLASSIFICATORY SYSTEM OF RELATIONSHIP
$60.00 AUD

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. London. 1930. Reprint from Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. LX, January-June 1930. 235-268 PP with 13 Genealogy diagrams (II to XIII), plus 1 large folded plate for Genealogy I. Soft cover. Dedicatory note at top of front cover "To Ian Hogbin ..., dated and signed by Raymond Firth. Two pages (manuscript) by the author on "Tikopia Kinship Marriage", loosely inserted. Manuscript letters are fragile, o/wise fine. Scarce. 27.5 x 18.8.

64064
FIRTH, Raymond
HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF TIKOPIA
$45.00 AUD

The Polynesian Society. Wellington. 1961. 1st Ed. Memoir No. 32. VIII, 204 PP with 1 map, plus 1 folded map and 1 folded "Lineages descended from Nga Faea". Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. Fine. 25 x 16.

59536
FIRTH, Raymond and SPILLIUS, James
A STUDY IN RITUAL MODIFICATION - The Work of the Gods in Tikopia in 1929 and 1952
$30.00 AUD

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. London. 1963. Occasional Paper No. 19. (4), 31 PP with tables, plus 4 plates with 8 b/w photos. Soft cover. Note at top of front cover "Ian (Hogbin) from ..." signed by Raymond Firth. Fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

11818
FISCHER, P.-H.
LA FRANCE, SES RAPPORTS HISTORIQUES AVEC LES AUTRES PEUPLES (Two Volumes)
$250.00 AUD

Surrey Beatty. Chipping Norton. 1989. 1st limited edition of 100 copies, this one is No.51 & signed by the author. Volume I: X, 424 PP. Volume II: VI, P.425-811. Hand-bound two part buckram, gilt-engraved raised spine. Fine. French text. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25.5 x 19. 0949324167

Two massive volumes treating France's relations with the other nations of the world (in alphabetical order). Written by a former Sorbonne Professor living in Australia.

68772
FISH, John A.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE 1969 KROEPELIEN CATALOGUE
$40.00 AUD

Dahlia Books. Appsala, Sweden. 2017. 1st edition. Volume 10 in the Banksia series. 50 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.3 x 20.7. 9789198435627

74532
FITZGERALD, Caroline
LETTERS FROM THE BAY OF ISLANDS, The Story of Marianne Williams
$40.00 AUD

Sutton Publishing. Stroud. 2004. 1st Edition. xviii, 270 PP plus 16 pages with 29 b/w plates. Hard cover, dust jacket. A fine copy. 24 x 16. 0750935967

In 1822 Marianne Williams lived in a remote missionary and isolated from European contact. Her letters to family back in England recount events and her interaction with the Maori in the area.

62518
FITZGERALD, P. Michael & GROSSIN, P. François
VIVANTS DANS LA MEMOIRE - Faisant mémoire dans la prière de nos prédécesseurs maristes en Océanie 1836 - 2001
$50.00 AUD

Oceania Marist Province. Suva. 2011. 4th revised edition of "In Memoriam / Nécrologie Biographique de la province Mariste d'Océanie". 1984 Address to the Bishops of Oceania by Pope Jean-Paul II. Foreword by P. Paul Donoghue, sm. VIII, 9-308 PP with 9 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.3 x 14.7.

Biographies of the Marists brothers and fathers who served in Oceania.

21550
FLETCHER, F.D.
DARWIN An illustrated life of Charles Darwin 1809-1882 (Lifelines 34)
$20.00 AUD

Shire Publications. London. 1988. Reprint of the second edition of 1980, (original of 1975). No. 34 in the Lifelines series. 48 PP with 1 plan of the HMS Beagle, 2 maps and 21 bw illust. Pict. card cover. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.8. 0852635230

73211
FLORES, Bess (editor)
COMPLETE ANNOTATED CATALOGUE - PMB PRINTED DOCUMENTS SERIES / MICROFORMS PMB 1-400
$150.00 AUD

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. (2), II, 150, 8 (index) PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Light foxing, mostly on first and last pages, o/wise near fine. Scarce. Image shows title-page. 30 x 21.5. 0731512936

12916
FORCE, Roland W & BISHOP, Brenda (editors)
THE IMPACT OF URBAN CENTERS IN THE PACIFIC, Papers from the Theme Symposium of the Second Inter-Congress of the Pacific Science Association, University of Guam, May 20-25, 1973
$30.00 AUD

Pacific Science Assoc. Honolulu. 1975. XIII, 362 PP, (2). with a few maps & tables in text. Orig. card cover a little soiled & lightly worn, o/wise very good. 28 x 21.5.

In six sections: Economic Development: The Resource Base, Guam, A Case Study; Land and Law: The Collision of Customs and Codes; Change and Non-Change: Adaptation and Persistence; Density and Clustering: People in Proximity; Cultural Learning and Retention: Values and the Non-Material; Essays and Answers?

73461
FORNASIERO, Jean & WEST-SOOBY, John (editors)
'ROAMING FREELY THROUGHOUT THE UNIVERSE" - Nicolas Baudin's Voyage to Australia and the Pursuit of Science
$50.00 AUD

Wakefield Press. Adelaide. 2021. 1st Ed. VI, 341, (5 publications) PP with over 6 tables and 24 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. New. 23.3 x 15.5. 9781743058275

4 subjects with 14 papers. ... The Pacific as a laboratory for Natural History, by John Gascoigne. ... 3 papers on "The Manuscripts of François Péron as Chroncler of the Sientific Voyage by: Gabrielle Baglione, Margaret Sankey ... Louis Freycinet at Port Jackson : Race, Colonialism and the figure of the French Scientific Traveller: 1803-1839, by Nicole Starbuck.

34732
FORSTER, Honore
PARADISE & NOBLE SAVAGES (in National Library of Australia News - Vol IX, No. 4, January 1999)
$5.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 1999. Volume IX, No. 4, January 1999. Contains article from P.3 to 8 with 2 colour & 6 b/w illust. Pictorial (illustration from Noa Noa by Paul Gauguin) soft cover. Fine. 29.9 x 21.

Bougainville's impression of Tahiti... Melville... Gauguin.

56065
FORSTER, Honore (compiler)
THE SOUTH SEA WHALER - An Annotated Bibliography...
$40.00 AUD

Kendall Whaling Museum. Sharon, Mas. 1985. 1st Ed. IX, 157 PP. Fp: South Sea Whaling by W.E. Norton. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover, title on front cover and spine. Signed by the author / compiler on title page. Fine. 26 x 17.5. 0937854220

... bibliography of published historical, literary and art material relating to whaling in the Pacific Ocean in the nineteenth century

57887
FOSBERG, F. R. (editor)
MAN'S PLACE IN THE ISLAND ECOSYSTEM - A Symposium
$30.00 AUD

Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu. 1970. 3rd printing of the 1963 original. (VIII), 264 PP with figures, plus 1 folded map "Island Clusters of the Pacific". Soft cover. Fine (as new condition). 25.8 x 17.5.

16 papers presented at the 10th Pacific Science Congress, Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1961. The Island Ecosystem, by F.R. Fosberg ... Pressure on Island Environment, by Pierre Gourou ... Islands and Men, by Oskar H. K. Spate.

49948
FOSTER, Dean (editor)
HISTOIRES DE PETITES ILES
$35.00 AUD

Cultural Affairs Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2005. 1st French edition of the English original "Short Stories from Small Islands: Tales shared in Palau". 98 PP with 8 headpieces. Title page: The Frog and the Manta Ray. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, illustrated front, dj. Fine. 25.6 x 18.2. 9820001056

8 tales collected at the 9th Festival of Pacific Arts held in the Republic of Palau in July 2004.

52421
FOSTER, Harry L.
THE ADVENTURES OF A TROPICAL TRAMP
$15.00 AUD

John Lane, Bodley Head. London. 1922. 1st Ed. (14), 359 PP, plus 24 plates with 41 b/w photos. Fp: The author at Morococha, Peru. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 20.7 x 14.5.

... in South America.

34594
FOUGERE, Eric
ILES, AUTRES TERRES
$40.00 AUD

Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 123 PP with 4 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Light foxing around edges, o/wise fine. French text. 22 x 14. 2841700518

Voyage to the Islands: Vanuatu, Salomon... Cap Vert, Réunion, Mauritius... Corsica.

32856
FRANCK, Irene M. & BROWNSTONE, David M.
THE SOUTHERN WORLD
$10.00 AUD

Facts on File. New York. 1991. Juvenile edition, in the Trade and Travel Routes series, adapted from their To the ends of the Earth. XII, 116 PP with 6 maps and 37 b/w illust. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 24.2 x 19.3. 0816018812

History of the trade routes and commerce in the New World, including the Panama Route, the Inca Royal Road, the California Mission Trail, and the Cape Horn Route.

50892
FRANCOIS, Auguste
LE MANDARIN BLANC. Souvenirs d'un consul en Extrême-Orient 1886-1904
$45.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. Texts compiled and presented by Pierre Seydoux. 380 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 2296002919

French consul and explorer in Tonkin and southern China.

50372
FRASER, Douglas
THE MAGICAL ART OF MELANESIA (in Orientations - A Discovery of Asia and the Pacific)
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Communications Ltd. Hong Kong. 1971. Volume 2, No. 9, September 1971. Contains article between P.49 and 58 with 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (Marionette of Southeast Malekula). Fine. 29.8 x 20.8.

45177
FRASER, Ronald (compiler)
OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1972 - Papers presented at an International Symposium held in Wellington, New Zealand, 9 to 15 February 1972
$30.00 AUD

New Zealand National Commission for UNESCO. Wellington. 1973. 1st Ed. XII, 524 PP with maps, tables, and figures (graphs, sketches, b/w photos). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed and soiled. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 21.7.

Physical Oceanography: 19 papers and 7 abstract. Marine Geosciences: 20 papers and 12 abstracts. Marine Biology: 17 papers and 10 abstracts.

52376
FRIIS, Herman R. (editor)
THE PACIFIC BASIN. A History of its Geographical Exploration
$25.00 AUD

American Geographical Society. New York. 1967. 1st Ed. Special Publication No. 38. Foreword by Charles B. Hitchcock. XIV, 457 PP with 42 figures, plus 44 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket with few chips. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 25.2 x 17.5.

Art and science of navigation, by Norman J. W. Thrower. Map compilation, by R. A. Skelton. Geographical exploration by the: Chinese, Japanese, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, Russians, French, English, United States...

73917
FROMENT-GUIEYSSE, Geoges (editor)
L'OCEANIE FRANCAISE: Possessions Françaises - Australasie - Pacifique: Bulletin Mensuel du Comité de l' Océanie Française
$20.00 AUD

Comité de l' Océanie Française. Paris. 1912. January 1912 edition, 8th year, No. 7. (4), 28, (4) PP with 1 map "Colonies Françaises du Pacifique" and 1 map "Nouvelle Guinée". Stiff covers, title on front cover. Foxing and offsetting on 10 pages. Staples removed. Covers lightly soiled. French text. Very good. 28.7 x 22.

Pages 2 to 9: New Guinea: by Gustave Regelsperger.

73918
FROMENT-GUIEYSSE, Geoges (editor)
L'OCEANIE FRANCAISE: Possessions Françaises - Australasie - Pacifique: Bulletin Mensuel du Comité de l'Océanie Française
$20.00 AUD

Comité de l' Océanie Française. Paris. 1918. June-October 1918 edition, 14th year, No. 45. (2), 37- 68, (2) PP (on 2 columns) with tables and 1 map "Archipel des Tuamotu". Stiff covers, title on front cover. Foxing.. Staples removed. Covers lightly soiled. French text. Very good. 28.7 x 22.

73249
GAFFAREL, Paul
LES COLONIES FRANCAISES
$80.00 AUD

Librairie Germer Baillière et Cie. Paris. 1880. 1st edition. (6), 423, (30 publications) PP. Quarter bound, marbled boards, leather spine with gilt title and decorations at head, foot and the 5 raised bands. Covers with light shelf wear and a small rub at top of front cover, gutters fragile and repaired. Stamp of the Libreria Europea, Buenos Aires on half title page and shelf number at foot of spine. Light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. French text. 22.5 x 14.5. .

Africa: Senegal, Guinea, Reunion & Obock). America: French Guyana, West Indies (Guadeloupe &, Martinique), Saint Pierre et Miquelon. Asia: India (Chandernagor, Karikal, Mahe, Pondicheri & Yanaon). Cochincine. Indo-Chine. Protectorates on Cambodia & , Annam. Oceania: Tahiti & dependancies. New Caledonia.

56020
GAIL, R. & DEVAMBEZ, L.
SELECTED ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TROCHUS
$10.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1958. 1st Ed. Technical Paper No. 111, January 1958. (2), IV, 18, (4) PP with 1 map. Inside front cover, map of the area of the South Pacfic Commission. Card covers. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 25.5 x 20.5.

Trochus Niloticus, Linn.

63746
GALIPAUD, Jean-Christophe & JAUNEAU, Valerie
AU-DELA D'UN NAUFRAGE . Les Survivants de l'expédition Lapérouse
$55.00 AUD

IRD Editions / Actes Sud / Editions Errance. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782877724883

Archaeology and Lapérouse expedition: underwater on the wrecks of Boussole and Astrolabe, and ashore for the survivors and their camps ...

34756
GAMMAGE, Bill
THE SKY TRAVELLERS - Journeys in New Guinea 1938-1939
$75.00 AUD

Miegunyah Press / Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1998. Reprint of the 1998 original. Foreword by Sir Rabbie L. Namaliu. XX, 292 PP with 7 maps, plus 1 folded map and 32 pages with 48 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.4 x 18. 0522848273

Exploration through the mountains of the western Highlands of Papua New Guinea, March 1938 to June 1939.

11605
GANN, Ernest
TWILIGHT FOR THE GODS
$5.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 256 PP. Hard cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Foxing spots on outside edges and few pages. Very good. Image shows title-page. 20.7 x 14.

Novel : 1927 voyage from Suva to Manzanillo of the barquentine Cannibal, forced call in Honolulu after the vessel shipped water leaving Suva.

58841
GARCIA, P., GUISSE A. M., ROSIERE, P.
CART'OUTRE-MER 93 - 2ème Exposition Nationale de Cartes Postales d'Outre-Mer
$20.00 AUD

Tropiques / Association des Colectionneurs de Cartes Postales et de Documents Anciens sur l'Outre-Mer. Meudon, France. 1993. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 39 b/w and 12 colour post cards. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 31 x 21.7.

65343
GARCILASO DE LA VEGA, Inca
COMENTARIOS REALES DE LOS INCAS - Epitome
$15.00 AUD

Editorial Mantaro. Lima, Peru. 1998. 1st Ed., April 1998. 204, (1) PP. Decorated soft covers. Light ageing of paper. Spanish text. Near fine. 20.5 x 14.2.

12890
GARDINER, Lyndsay
PACIFIC PEOPLES
$10.00 AUD

Longmans, Green & Co. Melbourne. 1957. 1st Ed. 134 PP with illustrations by Nancy Parker. Eps: Map of the the Pacific. Hard cover, device on front cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Brief history of settlement & development of the islands of the Pacific, including Australia & New Zealand.

48806
GARRETT, Jemima
ISLAND EXILES
$35.00 AUD

Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Sydney. 1996. 1st Ed. (8), 200 PP with 3 maps. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner on half title page signed by the author. Fine. 21.3 x 13.5. 0733304850

How Nauru and its people survived Japanese captivity and starvation during the Pacific War.

34825
GARRISON, Omar V.
BALBOA: CONQUISTADOR - The Soul-Odyssey of Vasco Nunez, Discoverer of the Pacific
$15.00 AUD

Lyle Stuart. New York. 1971. 1st Ed. 256 PP. Fp: Portrait of Vasco Nunez de Balboa. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24 x 16.

Balboa, while commanding the Spanish colony of Darien crossed the isthmus and discovered the Pacific Ocean. The King bestowed upon him the title of Adelantado of the Austral Sea.

73556
GASPAR, Ana, GARRIDI, Aracéli Sànchez ...
ORIGENES, ARTES PRIMERAS - Colecciones de la Peninsula Ibérica: América / Oceania / Asia / Africa
$100.00 AUD

Centro Cultural Conde Duque. Madris. 2005. 1st Ed. Introduction by Antonio Casanovas & Ana Gaspar. 391 PP with 165 b/w location maps and colour photos (including 165 on full page). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). Spanish text. 28 x 23.6. 849610219X

Catalogue of an exhibition held in Madrid 19th October 2005 to 8 January 2006. Pages 83 to 150: Oceania (items 33 to 63)

11148
GASSER, Bernard
LA FETE, Actes du Quatrième Colloque CORAIL Nouméa, 18 et 19 Novembre 1991
$50.00 AUD

CORAIL/UFP. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 211 PP with b/w tables & a few illust. Card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.

The feast as a traditional bond: its history, its inner meaning and significance in communities throughout the Pacific. (13 chapters).

11364
GASSER, Bernard (editor)
CONNAISSANCE ET COMMUNICATION, Actes du Troisième Colloque CORAIL, Nouméa, 3 et 4 Septembre 1990
$50.00 AUD

CORAIL/UFP. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 306 PP with b/w illust. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.

Thirteen chapters by authors on: exploration & discoveries, church & missions, communication & power ...

73185
GATHERCOLE, Peter, KAEPPLER, Adrienne L.& NEWTON, Douglas
THE ART OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$70.00 AUD

National Gallery of Art. Washington. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by J. Carter Brown. 366 PP with 4 maps, 14 plates in colour, 30 b/w photos and 352 photos of artifacts. Title spread (in colour): Canoe Prow Ornament, Marquesas. Eps: Bark Cloth (tapa). Stiff covers, illustrated front. Covers with light wear. A near fine copy. Scarce. 28 x 21.5.

Catalogue of an exhibition held in Washington: 1st July to 14 October 1979.

59294
GEIS, Darlene
LET'S TRAVEL IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$5.00 AUD

A Travel Press Book / Odhams Books Ltd. London. 1965. New edition of the 1961 original. 85 PP with 20 b/w illustrations (2 engravings and 18 photos) and colour illustrations (4 maps and 32 photos on full page). Hard cover, illustrated front. Ex Library copy. Endpapers with rubbed patches, stamps and small pocket. Covers rubbed. Internally very good. 28.5 x 22.

Fiji, Tahiti, Tonga and Western Samoa..

35660
GEIS, Darlene (editor)
LET'S TRAVEL IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$10.00 AUD

A Travel Press Book. Chicago. 1965. New edition of the 1961 original A Colorside Tour of The South Seas. 85 PP with 3 maps, 20 b/w and 32 colour photos. Pictorial hard cover with light wear, o/wise near fine. 28.5 x 22.2.

Tahiti, both Samoas, Tonga and Fiji.

51343
GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY OF NEW SOUTH WALES [THE]
THE AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHER - Vol III, No.4, May, 1938
$15.00 AUD

The Geographical Society of New South Wales.Sydney. 1938. 34 PP. Contains article from P. 3 to 15 with 1 map Australasia as defined by De Brosses. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, few foxing spots, o/wise near fine. 24.8 x 18.5.

Articles: " Austral-Asia" by J. Shepherd, "The Nymboida Hydro-Electric Undertaking" by H.V. Cransten.

72213
GERBAULT, Alain
SUR LA ROUTE DU RETOUR - Journal de Bord, II - De Tahiti vers la France
$25.00 AUD

Bernard Grasset. Paris. 1929. 1st Ed. 218, (2 contents), 4 PP plus 1 folded map "Voyage d'Alain Gerbault autour du monde" and 24 pages with 4 maps (Fidji, Wallis, Detroit Torres, Iles du Cap Vert)and 33 b/w photos. Fp: Alain Gerbault, arrivée au Havre. Soft cover within a clear plastic dust jacket, title on front cover and spine. French text. Very good. 19.2 x 14.2.

Crossing of the "Firecrest" from Bora Bora to Le Havre.

73604
GERBAULT, Alain
ILES DE BEAUTE
$15.00 AUD

NRF / Gallimard. Paris. 1941. 9th edition. 228, (4) PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. Ageing of paper and foxing on outside edges. French text. Very good. 19.2 x 14.2.

61204
GHOSHAL, Professor Baladas
THE FIRST BIENNIAL CONFERENCE - INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR ASIAN & PACIFIC STUDIES
$20.00 AUD

Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies, University of Calcutta. Kolkata, West Bengal, India. 2002. 1st Ed. (7), 50 PP, (11 members), (12 adverts.). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.3 x 18.5.

Conference held 1-3 March 2002. 15 papers by scholars: 7 from Indian University, 2 from Singapore, 1 from China, 1 from Japan, 1 from Australia (Queensland University of Technology) , 1 from France (Maison des Sciences de l'Homme), 1 from UK (British Library) and 1 from the USA (Cornell University).

73711
GIBNEY, Frank
THE PACIFIC CENTURY - America and Asia in a Changing World
$35.00 AUD

Charles Scribner's Sons / Macmillan Publishing Co. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. XII, 596 PP with 8 maps and 210 b/w illustrations, plus 16 pages with 34 colour illustrations. Eps: map "Pacific Rim". Hard covers, gilt title on cloth spine. Fine. 23.8 x 19.5. 0684193493

48543
GIBSON, Gregory
DEMON OF THE WATERS. The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe
$15.00 AUD

Hodder Headline. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. (10), 308 PP with 37 head pieces (silhouettes by Erik Ronnberg) and 3 drawings on double page by Gary Tonkin, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Fp: Mutiny. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Fine. 21 x 13.5. 0733615252

73109
GIBSON, Gregory
DEMON OF THE WATERS. The True Story of the Mutiny on the Whaleship Globe
$10.00 AUD

Hodder Headline. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. (10), 308 PP with 37 head pieces (silhouettes by Erik Ronnberg) and 3 drawings on double page by Gary Tonkin, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w illustrations. Fp: Mutiny. Pictorial stiff covers. Creases on covers and spine and light foxing, o/wise very good. 19.8 x 13.5. 0733615252

57901
GILBERT, John
CHARTING THE VAST PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Aldus Books. London. 1971. 1st Ed. Volume 7 in "Encyclopedia of Discovery and Exploration". 191 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Title spread (in colour): Dutch merchant ships arriving home. Hard cover, illustrated front, gilt title on cloth spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 26.7 x 19.2.

35868
GILLE, Bernard & TOULLELAN, Pierre Yves
DE LA CONQUETE A L'EXODE - Histoire des Océaniens et de leurs migrations dans le Pacifique (in two volumes)
$120.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 1999. 1st Ed. Volume I: 346, (2) PP with tables, maps, graphs. Volume II: 296, (4) PP with 6 maps and 24 tables. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 22.6 x 14.5. 2909790592 & 29

Volume I: The forced migrations in Oceania, lands of colonization and settlement. Volume II: Contemporary migrations in Oceania, lands of exile.

53247
GILLE, Bernard & TOULLELAN, Pierre Yves
DE LA CONQUETE A L'EXODE - Histoire des Océaniens et de leurs Migrations dans le Pacifique. Volume 2: Les Migrations Contemporaines en Océanie, Terre d'Exil
$60.00 AUD

Au Vent des îles. Papeete. 1999. 1st Ed. Volume II: 296, (4) PP with 6 maps and 24 tables. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 22.6 x 14.5. 2909790681

Volume II: Contemporary migrations in Oceania, lands of exile.

62477
GIRARD, Charles (editor)
LETTRES DES MISSIONNAIRES MARISTES EN OCEANIE 1836-1854 - Anthologie de la correspondance reçue par Jean-Claude Colin fondateur de la Société de Marie pendant son généralat
$45.00 AUD

Editions Karthala. Paris. 2009. 1st edition in "Collection Mémoires d'Eglises". Preface by Claude Prudhomme. Introduction by Claire Laux. 753, (3) PP with 1 b/w photos and 15 maps, plus 32 pages with 49 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782811100810

Catholic faith through Oceania: New Zealand, Wallis & Futuna, Tonga, Fiji & Rotuma, Samoa, Solomon Islands and New Caledonia.

48533
GLOVER, Winifred
REALMS OF THE PACIFIC
$30.00 AUD

Ulster Museum. Belfast. 1994. 1st Ed. Ulster Museum Publication No. 272. (6), 74 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.5. 0900761296

The Polynesian, Melanesian and Micronesian collections in the Ulster Museum.

73547
GODARD, Philippe
WALLIS & FUTUNA
$50.00 AUD

Editions Melanesia. Nouméa. 1975. Limited edition of 100 numbered copies (No. 011/100).. (2), 206 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 28 pages for "list of the illustrations" in French, Futunan, Wallisian & English. Pictorial laminated boards. Short repaired tear at head of front hinge. Foxing spots on front and back endpapers, o/wise a very good clean copy. Oblong. 25 x 27.5.

A voyage of discovery through the French islands of Wallis & Futuna in the 1970's. Entertaining book for would-be student or ethnologist, with lavish illustrations.

68784
GOLOVNIN, V.M.
DETAINED IN SIMON'S BAY - The Story of the Detention of the Russian Sloop DIANA, April 1808 - May 1809
$35.00 AUD

Naval Heritage Trust of South Africa. Simon's Town, South Africa. 2009. 2nd edition of the 1964 original. Translated from the Russian by Mrs. Lisa Millner. Edited with additional notes and Index by O.H. Spohr. XII; 108 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 14.5. 9780620428316

62040
GORODE, Déwé
TÂDO, TÂDO, WEE ! ou "No more Baby"
$45.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2012. 1st French edition in "Collection Littératures du Pacifique". 354, (2) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13. 9782915654936

Novel.

20209
GOUGH, Barry M. (editor)
TO THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC WITH BEECHEY, The Journal of Lieutenant George Peard of H.M.S. Blossom 1825-1828
$20.00 AUD

Hakluyt Society. Cambridge. 1973. Second Series, No. 143. X, 272 PP with 2 small explanatory drawings & 2 maps, plus 1 large folded chart & 3 b/w plates. Fp: Portrait of Frederick William Beechey. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few chips, signature of previous owner on FFEP, foxing on outside top edge, o/wise contents are near fine. 22 x 14. 0521200792

During the crossing of the South Pacific Ocean, after a call at Pitcairn, he stayed a fortnight in the Gambiers, then sailed to the Tuamotus (Mururoa & Fangataufa), pearl fishery of Hao... reaching Tahiti two months later.

15768
GOULTER, Mary Catherine
SONS OF FRANCE, A Forgotten Influence on New Zealand History
$20.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Wellington. 1957. 1st Ed. (10), 218 PP plus 7 full-page b/w portraits. Fp: Jean Baptiste Petitjean, S.M. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.5 x 14.5.

Seven French missionaries who lived and worked in New Zealand after 1838.

62039
GRACE, Patricia
MUTUWHENUA, La Lune Dort
$45.00 AUD

Au Vent des îles. Papeete. 2012. 1st French edition in "Collection Littératures du Pacifique". Translated from the English (New Zealand) original by Jean Anderson & France Grenaudier-Klijn. 189, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13. 9782915654950

Novel set in New Zealand.

53414
GRAND, Simone
TAHU'A, TOHUNGA, KAHUNA - Le Monde Polynésien des Soins Traditionnels
$50.00 AUD

Au Vent des îles. Papeete. 2007. 1st Ed. 354, (6 publications) PP. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 2915654264

Diseases and medicine in Polynesia, with the traditional doctors: Tahu'a in Tahiti, Tohunga in New Zealand, Kahuna in Hawai'i.

44088
GRANGER, E.
LES COLONIES FRANCAISES - Encyclopédie par l'Image
$15.00 AUD

Librairie Hachette. Paris. 1929. Reprint of the 1927 original. 64 PP with 8 maps and 108 b/w photos. Illustrated soft wrappers a little rubbed, o/wise near fine. French text. 24 x 17.

French colonies in Africa and the Indian Ocean, Asia, Oceania and the Americas.

33128
GRATTAN, C. Hartley
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC TO 1900 - A Modern History - Australia, New Zealand, the Islands, Antarctica
$15.00 AUD

The University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor. 1963. 1st Ed., in The University of Michigan History of the Modern World series. XIV, 558, XVII PP with 10 maps. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and spine, dj (price clipped). Fine. 24 x 16.

33129
GRATTAN, C. Hartley
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC SINCE 1900 - A Modern History - Australia, New Zealand, the Islands, Antarctica
$15.00 AUD

The University of Michigan Press. Ann Arbor. 1963. 1st Ed., in The University of Michigan History of the Modern World series. X, 759, XXVIII PP with 11 maps. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover and spine, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16.

38125
GREEN, R. C. & CRESSWELL, M. M. (editors)
SOUTHEAST SOLOMON ISLANDS CULTURAL HISTORY - A Preliminary Survey
$50.00 AUD

Royal Society of New Zealand. Wellington. 1976. 1st Ed., Bulletin No. 11 of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 287 PP with 17 tables and 79 figures (maps, sketches, photos), plus 4 folded plates. Pictorial soft cover. Light wear, o/wise near fine. 24.6 x 17.5.

15 contributions. New light on the Spanish settlement of the Southeast Solomons, by Jim Allen. The history of post-Spanish European contact in the Eastern District before 1939, by Kaye C. Green...

48231
GREENBIE, Sydney
THE PACIFIC TRIANGLE
$40.00 AUD

The Century Co. New York. 1921. 1st Ed. XV, 402 PP plus 1 large folded map of the Pacific and 48 pages with 86 b/w photos. Fp: Eruption of volcano on the island of Kyushu. Illustrated cloth cover. Book plate of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper. Near fine. 22.7 x 15.

Historical and travel material. Discussion of native problems: personal and social. Discussion of the political problems involving Australasia, Asia and America.

15661
GREGOR, Arthur S.
CHARLES DARWIN
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. London. 1967. 1st UK edition of the 1966 US original. 189 PP with 1 plan, 1 map and 16 bw illust. in text. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14.

A biography in 3 parts: voyage, discovery, and homecoming.

15628
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, dj (HM Bark Endeavour entering Botany Bay April 29, 1770). Dust jacket lightly chipped and rubbed. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise very good. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213

Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.

64454
GRENFELL PRICE, A. (editor)
THE EXPLORATIONS OF CAPT. JAMES COOK IN THE PACIFIC, As Told by Selections of His Own Journals 1768-1779
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 2nd edition of the 1958 original. XVII, 292 PP with 40 b/w drawings by Geoffrey C. Ingleton. Fp (in colour): Plaque by Flaxman of Capt. Cook, tipped in. FEP: Chart of Pacific Ocean, before Cook. REP: Chart of the Pacific Ocean, after Cook. Cloth cover, sunned on bottom of spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket sunned on spine with some rubbing on back. An otherwise near fine copy. 24.3 x 15.5. 0207952213

Selections of Capt. Cook's Journals compiled to give a running narrative accompanied by evocative & historically authentic illustrations.

49643
GRENFELL PRICE, A. & McFARLING, D. G. (editors)
AUSTRALIAN AND PACIFIC MATERIAL FROM THE NAN KIVELL COLLECTION in the National Library of Australia
$10.00 AUD

Libraries Board of South Australia. Adelaide. 1962. 1st Ed. Foreword by R. G. Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia. No pagination, 36 PP with 2 colour and 5 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.2 x 18.5.

Catalogue of an exhibition holding 206 items (123 Books and Manuscripts, and 83 Prints).

45221
GRENIER, Christophe
CONSERVATION CONTRE NATURE - Les Iles Galapagos
$40.00 AUD

Editions de l' IRD. Paris. 2000. 1st edition, in Collection Latitudes 23. 376 PP with 3 tables, 12 maps, 33 figures and 42 b/w photos. Fp: Roc de Leon Dormido, off the Island of San Cristobal. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 25 x 20. 2709914514

Environment in the Galapagos islands. 4 pages of English and 4 pages of Spanish summaries.

71906
GRIER, Mary C. (compiler)
REFERENCES ON THE PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN
$35.00 AUD

United States Navy Department, Hydrographic Office. Washington. 1946. 1st Ed. H.O. Publication No. 238. IX, 174 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover, staples. Slight ageing of paper. Foxing spots on front cover. Very good. 26 x 20.

1227 entries.

49946
GRIFFITHS, Rhonda, SMAALDERS, Mark & HOTERE, Rika (editors)
LES USAGES CULTURELS EN OCEANIE
$50.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Lourdes Pangelinan. IV, 152 PP with 1 map and 12 b/w photos. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9820000645

Cultural Etiquette in the Pacific Islands. American Samoa, Australia ... New Zealand / Aoteaorato Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna.

72285
GRIMBLE, Arthur
RETURN TO THE ISLANDS ... Life and Legend in The Gilberts ...
$35.00 AUD

William Morrow & Co. New York. 1957. 1st US edition. VIII, 215 PP with 1 sketch map and 29 drawings by Rosemary Grimble. Fp: Map of the Gilbert Islands and inset with location map. Cloth cover, device (coconut trees) on front cover. Covers marked and speckled (on spine and back). Offsetting on endpapers and occasional foxing. Near fine internally. 22 x 14.8.

70795
GRIMBLE, Arthur Francis
TUNGARU TRADITIONS - Writings on the Atoll Culture of the Gilbert Islands
$25.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1989. 1st Australian edition of the US original published as a Pacific Islands Monograph. Edited by H. E. Maude. XXXII, 383 PP with 9 tables, 15 figures, and 35 b/w photos. Fp: Sir Arthur Grimble. Eps: Map of the Pacific with location of the Gilbert Islands (Kiribati). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0522843867

Anthropological monograph.

48655
GRIMSHAW, Beatrice
THREE WONDERFUL NATIONS, TONGA, SAMOA, FIJI (in Tours to the South Sea Islands)
$250.00 AUD

Union Steam Ship Co. of N.Z., Ltd. Dunedin. 1913. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 46 b/w photos, plus 1 Routes Chart tipped in at centrefold. Inside front cover: Fleet List in February 1913. Inside back cover 2 advertisements. Pictorial soft wrappers (front cover: the Navua, rear cover: colour illustrations). Longitudinal crease in the middle of covers with 2 small closed and repaired tears. Minimal foxing around edges. Staples removed. Contents near fine. Scarce. 24.6 x 18.6.

73307
GRIMSHAW, Beatrice
IN THE STRANGE SOUTH SEAS
$40.00 AUD

Books for Libraries Press. Freeport, N.Y. 1971. Reprint in the "Black Heritage Library Collection", of the 1908 original. (2), X, 381 PP, plus 48 plates with 56 b/w photos. Fp: A native picnic, Tahiti. Cloth cover, title on spine, no dj. A near fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5. 0836987640

Tahiti, Cook Islands, Tonga.

62258
GROOM, Linda
A STEADY HAND: Governor Hunter & His First Fleet Sketchbook
$50.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Anne-Marie Schwirtlich. VI, 229 PP with 19 b/w illustrations, 16 maps or plans, 57 colour illustrations and 100 plates in colour. Fp: Portrait of Vice-Admiral John Hunter, Governor of New South Wales. Pictorial boards, dj. New. 29 x 24. 9780642277077

57943
GROVE DAY, A.
THEY PEOPLED THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Duell, Sloan and Pearce. New York. 1964. 1st Ed. X, 180 PP with 13 b/w illustrations (10 headpieces) by George Wilson. Eps: Map of the South Pacific. Cloth cover. Signs of water damage at lower corner of front cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good reading copy. 21 x 14.

73278
GUEGAN, Bertrand (editor)
VOYAGE DE LA PEROUSE AUTOUR DU MONDE, publié d' après tous les manuscrits de l'Auteur
$100.00 AUD

Editions du Carrefour. Paris. 1930. 1st Ed., in Collection Voyages et Decouvertes. XVI, 294 PP with b/w illustrations: 1 map on double page, 1 sketch map and 2 coastal views on a single page, 8 drawings on double pages and 10 drawings on single page. Bound copy of the 1930 paperback edition, retaining original soft covers. Half bound, marbled boards, leather spine with raised bands, gilt title and 2 devices. Marbled endpapers. French text. Excellent condition. 24 x 20.

Voyage: 1785, 1786, 1787 & 1786.

72804
GUGELYK, Ted & BLOOMBAUM, Milton
MA'I HO'OKA'AWALE - The Separating Sickness
$30.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Foundation & Ma'i Ho'oka'awale Foundation. Honolulu. 1985. New edition of the 1979 original. VI, 121 PP, plus 16 pages with 10 colour and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0824909890

Excerpts from interviews with exiled leprosy patients at Kalaupapa Settlement, Molokai. After word: Father Damien Legacy ... towards Sainthood.

72859
GUGELYK, Ted & BLOOMBAUM, Milton
THE SEPARATING SICKNESS - Ma'i Ho'oka'awale
$30.00 AUD

The Separating Sickness Foundation (Ma'i Ho'oka'awale). Honolulu. 1996. 3rd edition of the 1979 original. VI, 124 PP, plus 16 pages with 10 colour and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Occasional foxing. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0965397106

Excerpts from interviews with exiled leprosy patients at Kalaupapa Settlement, Molokai. After word: Father Damien Legacy ... towards Sainthood.

35017
GUIART, Jean
THE ARTS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$75.00 AUD

Thames and Hudson. London. 1963. 1st English edition in The Arts of Mankind series. Translated from the 1963 French original Océanie by Anthony Christie. 462 PP with 438 b/w & colour illust., plus 5 folding maps. Fp: Hawaiian god sculpture. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28 x 22.5.

A massive well-documented volume containing oceanic art and art forms.

38594
GUIART, Jean
DECOUVERTE DE L'OCEANIE - Tome I: Connaissance des îles
$55.00 AUD

Le Rocher à la Voile & Haere Po. Nouméa & Papeete. 2000. 1st Ed. 277 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.

47783
GUIART, Jean
LA DECOUVERTE DE L'OCEANIE - Tome II: Connaissance des Hommes
$50.00 AUD

Le Rocher à la Voile & Haere Po. Nouméa & Papeete. 2003. 1st Ed. 364 PP with 164 b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.

56561
GUIART, Jean
MON DIEU LA-HAUT, LA TETE EN BAS ! La Construction de l'ethnologie dans le Pacifique
$85.00 AUD

Le Rocher à la Voile / Haere Po. Nouméa & Papeete. 2009. 1st Ed. Volume 3 in "Essais pour servir à l' intelligence du temps présent". 308 PP with 46 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Covers lightly soiled/rubbed. Occadional foxing, o/wise contents near fine. French text. 25 x 16.5. 9782904171734

50911
GUILLAUD, Dominique, HUETZ DE LEMPS, Christian & SEVIN, Olivier (editors)
ILES REVEES. Territoires et identités en crise dans le Pacifique Insulaire
$50.00 AUD

Presses de l'Université de Paris-Sorbonne. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed., in Collection Géographie. 378 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (maps, plans). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French and English texts. 24 x 16 2901560520

Proceedings of a seminar held at Université de Paris-Sorbonne. 13 papers (1 in English and 12 in French): Melanesian Identity and Kava, by Annabel Chanteraud. Changes in Hawaii, by Huetz de Lemps... Island Dreaming: the contemplation of Polynesian Paradise by John Connell...

34023
GUILLAUD, Dominique, SEYSSET, Maorie & WALTER, Annie
LE VOYAGE INACHEVE... à Joël Bonnemaison
$45.00 AUD

ORSTOM / PRODIG. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed. 774 PP with 5 figures, 8 b/w photos, 26 maps and plans and 54 tail pieces, plus 8 pages with 17 colour photos. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. French text. 24 x 18. 2709914247

99 papers most in French, some in English, honouring Joël Bonnemaison, French Geographer / Anthropologist / Ethnologist. An Ancient Land Management practice in Raga, North Pentecost by Harold Brookfield... Language, Space and Identity in Vanuatu, by Darrell Tryon. Before geosymbols... Tongoa 1969-1970, by Richard Bedford... The link with land: questions about change, by Gerard R. Ward. Circling the centre: the pursuit of an Australian Heartland, by Joe M. Powell... P. 747 to 764 English abstract.

54240
GUILLAUME, Sylvie (editor)
LES ASSOCIATIONS DANS LA FRANCOPHONIE
$25.00 AUD

Maison des Sciences de l'Homme d'Aquitaine. Bordeaux. 2006. 1st Ed. Preface by Pierre Singaravélou. 333, (3) PP with figures, maps, tables. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.8.

Francophone networks in Oceania, by Frédéric Angleviel & Claire Laux. ... Francophone Identitiy in Québec (4 papers), by Sylvie & Pierre Guillaume, Gwenael Lamarque, & Christian Poirier.

50515
GUILLOU, Jean
DES JALONS DE L'HISTOIRE (Plats et Bouteilles Historiques)
$10.00 AUD

Editions de l'Etrave. Le Fresne, France. 2004. 1st Ed. 148 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22 x 15.5. 2909599701

Historical pewter plates and sealed bottles, used by discoverers and explorers, as a testimony of their call, act of ownership, distress...

53198
GUILLOU, Jean
ECHOS DU GRAND OCEAN
$35.00 AUD

Editions de l'Etrave. Verrières, France. 2006. 1st Ed. 155, (5) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, maps, plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22 x 15.5. 2909599823

17 true stories of the Indian or Pacific oceans.

73358
GUNN, Michael
ARTS RITUELS D'OCEANIE - Nouvelle-Irlande
$80.00 AUD

Musée Barbier-Mueller & Skira Editore. Geneva/Milan. 1997. 1st Ed. Preface by Philippe Douste-Blazy. Foreword by Jean-Paul Barbier. 161 PP with 1 b/w portrait of Richard Heinrich Robert Parkinson, 132 figures: 9 in colour (4 maps and 5 photos) and 123 in b/w (1 map, paintings and photos), and 43 colour plates (1 on double page and 42 on full page) by Pierre-Alain Ferrazzini. Fp: 12 men wearing "Malangan" masks. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj in a protective sleeve. A fine copy. French text. 31 x 23.5. 9788881181759

Art of New Ireland.

56067
GUNSON, Niel
THE DALTON JOURNAL, Two Whaling Voyages to the South Seas 1823-1829
$35.00 AUD

National Library of Australia Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed., foreword by Warren Horton. XII, 140 PP with 12 b/w illustrations. Eps: Facsimile of Log Book. Hard cover, scrimshaw illustration on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Dedicatory note to Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) on page facing title page, signed by Niel Gunson, editor. Fine. 24.8 x 17.4. 0642105057

A British account of whaling in the South Seas on board the Phoenix in 1823-25 and the Harriet 1826-29.

47578
GUNSON, Niel (editor)
THE CHANGING PACIFIC. Essays in honour of H.E. Maude
$35.00 AUD

Oxford University Press - Melbourne. 1978. 1st edition. XIV, 351 PP with 1 map and 7 figures, plus 4 plates with 7 b/w illustrations. Fp: Picture of H.E. Maude. FEP: map of Central Pacific Islands. REP: map of the Western Pacific Islands. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Stiff content page loosely inserted. Dust jacket slightly soiled, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5. 0195505182

55941
GWYNN-JONES, Terry
WILD BLUE YONDER: Flying Stories of Amazement and Wonder
$10.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1996. 1st Ed., in UQP Paperbacks series. X, 287 PP, plus 32 pages with 75 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper (not affectiong the pages with illustrations). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 19.7 x 13. 070222751X

59092
HABERKORN, Gerald & LEPERS, Christelle (editors)
PACIFIC ISLAND POPULATIONS
$10.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1998. Revised edition of the 1994 original. Foreword by Dr. Bob Dun. VI, 68 PP with 12 boxes and colour illustrations (1 map, 13 photos and 33 graphs). Large folded Data Sheet "Pacific Island Populations" for mid 1996 (with 3 tables and 24 graphs) loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9822036000

Revised edition of the 1994 edition prepared for the International Conference on Population and Development (held in Cairo, Egypt, 5-13 September 1994). Updated Data Sheet for 1996.

41031
HALL, Douglas B. & OSBORNE, Lord Albert
SUNSHINE AND SURF - A Year's Wanderings in the South Seas
$40.00 AUD

Adam and Charles Black. London. 1901. 1st Ed. XIV, 320 PP, plus 36 b/w plates and 1 large folded Map of Route at end of book. Fp: The Tropic Bird. Cloth cover. Hinges weak and with short tears. Ageing of paper and light foxing. Signature and bookplates of previous owners on front endpapers. Very good. 20.5 x 14.5.

Voyage San Francisco to Papeete on the Tropic Bird. Voyage from Papeete to the Marquesas on Gauloise. To Cook Island and New Zealand on the Ovalau. To Fiji on the Taveuni. To Samoa...

17202
HALL, James Norman
THE FAR LANDS
$20.00 AUD

Little, Brown & Co./ Book Club Edition. Boston. 1950. Reprint. XXII, 298 PP. Hard cover, dj. Top corner of front endpaper cut. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Very good. 21.7 x 14.5.

Capt. Winnie Brander of Tahiti, relates the mysterious call and the sailing with Maui of the people from the Tonga Clan in their search for the Far Lands.

42211
HANCOCK, Kathleen
SIR ALBERT HENRY - His Life and Times
$35.00 AUD

Methuen. Auckland. 1979. 1st Ed. 158 PP with 32 b/w photos. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 14.8. 0456025200

Premier of the Cook Islands.

73323
HANOTAUX, Pierre, MOHEN, Jean-Pierre, TAYLOR, Anne-Christine & CERUTTI, Helene (editors)
CHEFS-D'OEUVRE dans les Collections du Musée du Quai Branly
$50.00 AUD

Musee du Quai Branly. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. Preface by Stephane Martin, and foreword by Germain Viatte. 116 PP with 3 head pieces and colour illustrations (2 plans, 4 photos of the museum and 88 plates). Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. French text. 31 x 22. 0782915133219

Catalogue of 88 artefacts "masterpieces": 22 from Oceania. 22 from Africa. 22 from Asia. 22 from the Americas.

58573
HARDAKER, J. B. (editor)
THE SUBSISTENCE SECTOR IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

University of New England & University of the South Pacific. Armidale & Suva. 1975. 1st Ed. (2), IX, 210 PP with 6 tables. Folded sheet "Current Prices ... 1977" loosely inserted. Stapled soft cover, illustrated front. Name of previous owner at top of preliminary page. Very good. 29.5 x 20.8. 0858340941

11365
HARDING, Thomas G. & WALLACE, Ben J. (editors)
CULTURES OF THE PACIFIC - Selected Readings
$15.00 AUD

The Free Press. New York. c. 1975. 4th printing of the 1970 original. XVI, 496 PP with 9 tables and 17 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Bookplate of previous owner inside front cover, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 15.2.

28 readings on culture, history, technology & economics, social life, politics & social control, religion & culture change.

57661
HARDING, Thomas G. & WALLACE, Ben J. (editors)
CULTURES OF THE PACIFIC - Selected Readings
$10.00 AUD

The Free Press. New York. 1970. 1st printing.. XVI, 496 PP with 9 tables and 17 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Covers laminated. Light soiling on the outside edges. Very good. 23.5 x 16.2.

28 readings on culture, history, technology & economics, social life, politics & social control, religion & culture change.

49153
HARGREAVES, Dorothy and Bob
TROPICAL TREES OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Hargreaves Company. Kailua, Hawaii. 1970. 1st Ed. 64 PP with over 130 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Top corner of front cover lightly rubbed. Foxing on outside edges. Very good. 21.4 x 13.7.

73624
HARRIS, N. V.
THE TROPICAL PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

University of London Press. London. 1966 1st Ed. 176 PP with tables and 42 figures (maps, sketches & plans), plus 12 pages with 24 b/w photos. Top outside edge tinted. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Discreet signature of previous owner on inside of front cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5.

Melanesia, Fiji and Western Polynesia, The Hawaiian Islands, Central and Eastern Polynesia and Micronesia.

13247
HARRIS, Stuart & OSHIMA, Keichi
AUSTRALIA AND JAPAN: NUCLEAR ENERGY ISSUES IN THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Australia-Japan Economic Relations Research Project. Canberra. 1980. 1st Ed. (2), X, 245 PP with 4 graphs and 17 tables in text. Pict. card cover. Very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0959619720

12 papers: Australian uranium, the environmental issue - Commercial and economic aspects of uranium exports to Pacific area - Nuclear energy in the Pacific, an overview of both Japanese and Australian interests...

57667
HARTMAN, Tom
MAN IN THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Hamish Hamilton. London. 1967. 1st Ed. No. 22 in the Star Book series. 32 PP with 16 b/w and 16 colour illustrations by George Craig. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, o/wise near fine. 21 x 15.3. 0241913845

50679
HASSALL, Graham & SAUNDERS, Cheryl
ASIA - PACIFIC CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEMS
$20.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 2002. 1st Ed. XII, 314 PP with 1 map on double page. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 23.7 x 16. 0521591295

59712
HASTINGS, Peter
DOUBLE DUTCH AND INDONS, The Colonial Mastas
$10.00 AUD

Author. Canberra. 1980. Roneotyped paper. (2), 5 PP. Clear plastic cover. Very good. 30.5 x 23

Paper presented, 24th October 1980: on Dutch, Indonesian and Australian Kiaps on the island of New Guinea.

49861
HAU'OFA, Epeli
KISSES IN THE NEDERENDS
$15.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1995. 1st printing of the 1995 editon (original of 1987). X, (2), 175 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.8 x 12.5. 0824816854

54725
HEATHCOTE, Nina (editor)
NUCLEAR DISPERSAL IN ASIA AND THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION
$20.00 AUD

Department of Political Science, Institute of Advanced Studies / Australian National University. Canberra. 1965. June 1965 reprint of the February 1965 original. (2), II 101 PP typescript (recto only). Card covers. Slight ageing around edges, o/wise very good. 26 x 21.2.

Proceedings of a seminar (5 & 6 September 1964) conducted on behalf of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. ... Nuclear Forces in Australia, by A. L. Burns. Nuclear dispersal: China, India and Japan, by Nina Heathcote. A Nuclear-Free zone in South East Asia, by G. P. King.

54982
HEFFER, Jean
THE UNITED STATES AND THE PACIFIC. History of a Frontier
$30.00 AUD

University of Notre Dame Press. Notre Dame, Indiana. 2002. Reprint of the 2002 US edition. Translated from the 1995 French original Les Etats-Unis et le Pacifique: Histoire d'une frontière, by W. Donald Wilson. XII, (2), 510, (2) PP with 3 maps, 7 graphs and 23 tables. 0268043086

Chapter 1: the Chinese magnet. Chapter 2: The Whaler's Pacific... Chapter 7: Imperialism and the Open Door... Chapter 9: War in the Pacific... Chapter 12: toward cultural symbiosis?.

42906
HEFFERNAN, Thomas Farel
MUTINY ON THE GLOBE - The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock
$30.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 2002. 1st Ed. XX, 280 PP with 1 map on double page and 1 sketch map, plus 16 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of Mili Atoll (inset Pacific Ocean with location map). Hard cover, dj. Paper a little browned around edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0747559023

1824 mutiny on the Nantucket whaling ship Globe.

65626
HEFFERNAN, Thomas Farel
MUTINY ON THE GLOBE - The Fatal Voyage of Samuel Comstock
$10.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. London. 2002. 1st paperback edition. XX, 280 PP with 1 map on double page and 1 sketch map, plus 16 pages with 16 b/w illustrations. Eps: map of Mili Atoll (inset Pacific Ocean with location map). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16. 0747560986

1824 mutiny on the Nantucket whaling ship Globe.

33445
HEGARTY, David
STABILITY AND TURBULENCE IN SOUTH PACIFIC POLITICS
$15.00 AUD

Strategic & Defence Studies Centre / A.N.U. Canberra. 1989. 1st Ed., Working paper No. 185. (2), 18, (5 adv.) PP with 1 table. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0731506634

60536
HEMPENSTALL, Peter
PROTEST OR EXPERIMENT? - Theories of 'Cargo Cults'
$10.00 AUD

Research Centre for Southwest Pacific Studies / La Trobe University. Melbourne/ 1981. 1st Ed. Occasional Paper No. 2. (2), 10 PP. Soft cover, staples. Very good. 25 x 17.5. 0858162814

56938
HEMPENSTALL, Peter J.
PACIFIC ISLANDERS UNDER GERMAN RULE, A Study in the Meaning of Colonial Resistance
$50.00 AUD

A.N.U. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. XII, (4), 266 PP with 6 maps in text plus 8 pages with 19 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Spine of dust jacket sunned. Near fine. 22 x 14.5. 0708113508

Detailed study of the resistance of Samoans, Ponapeans & New Guineans under German rule.

59192
HENNINGHAM, Stephen, MAY, R.J. & TURNER, Lulu (editors)
RESOURCES, DEVELOPMENT & POLITICS IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$30.00 AUD

Crawford House Press. Bathurst. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by John Langmore. XVI, 324 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.7 x 15. 1863330631

Problems created by development and politics : Mining, compensation and crisis in Bougainville. Nickel and politics in New Caledonia. Forest logging, ...

33126
HERDT, Gilbert & LEAVITT, Stephen C. (editors)
ADOLESCENCE IN PACIFIC ISLANDS SOCIETIES
$15.00 AUD

University of Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pa. 1998. 1st Ed. Monograph No. 16 in Association for Social Anthropology in Oceania. IX, (3), 239 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 0822956721

33190
HERDT, Gilbert H. (editor)
RITUALIZED HOMOSEXUALITY IN MELANESIA
$25.00 AUD

University of California Press. Berkeley. 1984. 1st Ed. XX, 409 PP with 3 maps and 9 head pieces. Eps: Map of Melanesia. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 23.6 x 15.5. 0520050371

Seven leading anthropologists studying cross-cultural variations in homosexual behaviour in a non-western culture area.

33427
HERENIKO, Patricia
PACIFIC ARTISTS
$5.00 AUD

University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1986. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 94 PP with b/w illust. (paintings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 14.8.

55752
HERENIKO, Vilsoni
WOVEN GODS - Female Clowns and Power in Rotuma
$25.00 AUD

Center for Pacific Islands Studies, University of Hawai'i & Institute of Pacific Studies, USP. Suva & Honolulu. 1995. 1st Ed. XIV, (2), 197, (3) PP with 1 plan, 2 maps and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9820201101

58937
HERENIKO, Vilsoni
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDERS - (Original Peoples)
$15.00 AUD

Wayland. London. c. 1985. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 10 b/w (5 engravings and 5 photos) and 34 colour illustrations (3 maps, and 31 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Copy may lack its title page, o/wise near fine. 25.5 x 19.8. 0850784689

59843
HERENIKO, Vilsoni
TWO PLAYS: A Child for Iva / Sera's Choice
$15.00 AUD

Mana Publications. Suva. 1987. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Andrew Horn. X, 155 PP with 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.7 x 15. 9820200156

49652
HEYEN, Captain G. H. (compiler)
SAILING DIRECTIONS ON NAVIGATION IN AND BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND ATOLLS OF THE GILBERT GROUP
$55.00 AUD

49654
HEYEN, Captain G. H. (compiler)
SAILING DIRECTIONS ON NAVIGATION IN AND BETWEEN THE ISLANDS AND ATOLLS OF THE GILBERT GROUP
$45.00 AUD

Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Suva. 1937. 1st Ed. 18 PP, (2 blank) with 1 table "Current observations in the Gilbert Islands". A notice slip tipped in at top of first page. Stapled soft wrappers a little browned. Bottom corner of P.15 clipped without loss of text. Page (19) with following manuscript note At Bairiki, Tarawa, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, on 28th September 1945, Officers of H.M.A.S. Diamantina, signed by 8 officials (signature followed with their position). Very good. Scarce. 33.7 x 21.

13788
HEYERDAHL, Thor
THE KON TIKI EXPEDITION, By Raft Across the South Seas
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin London. 1965. School Edition, prepared by W. G. Bebbington. 235 PP plus 14 pages with 23 b/w photos. Fp: Route of Kon Tiki. Orig. cloth cover. Some ex-lib. stamps, o/wise good. 20.5 x 13.5.

The drifting voyage of the raft Kon Tiki trying to prove that Polynesia could have been settled from the east by Maoris coming from South America.

43363
HEYERDAHL, Thor
AKU-AKU - The Secret of Easter Island
$30.00 AUD

George Allen & Unwin. London. 1958. 1st UK edition, translated from the 1957 Norwegian original Aku-Aku: Paskeöyas Hemmelighet. 368 PP with 6 drawings and maps, plus 40 pages with 62 colour photos. Hard cover, device in blind on front board, gilt title on spine. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Ageing of paper around outside edges, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5.

44620
HEYERDAHL, Thor
AKU-AKU - The Secret of Easter Island
$5.00 AUD

Penguin Books. London. 1960. 1st paperback edition of the 1958 edition published by Allen & Unwin. Translated from the 1957 Norwegian original "Aku-Aku: Paskeöyas Hemmelighet". 350, (2 publications) PP with 8 drawings and maps, plus 32 pages with 42 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers rubbed and worn around edges. Pages browned. Good reading copy. 18.2 x 11.1.

45615
HEYERDAHL, Thor
AKU-AKU - The Secret of Easter Island
$25.00 AUD

George Allen & Unwin. London. 1958. 2nd edition (4th impression) of the April 1958 original. UK edition, translated from the 1957 Norwegian original Aku-Aku: Paskeöyas Hemmelighet. 368 PP with 6 drawings and maps, plus 40 pages with 62 colour photos. Hard cover, device in blind on front board, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket with small pieces missing, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5.

47373
HEZEL, Francis X., S. J.
THE NEW SHAPE OF OLD ISLAND CULTURES: A Half Century of Social Change in Micronesia
$30.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2001. 1st Ed., XII, 198, (1) PP with 1 map and 29 b/w photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Fine. 23.4 x 15.6. 082482380X

18819
HILDER, Brett
NAVIGATOR IN THE SOUTH SEAS
$5.00 AUD

Rigby. Adelaide. 1978. 1st soft cover edition. (6), 232 PP with many illust. by the author. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 18 x 11.5. 0727005537

Until his death in 1981, Capt. Hilder sailed the various South Pacific archipelagoes and the Indonesian islands. His first years at sea & his WWII years.

71054
HILDER, Brett
PORTRAIT - APOLO OF MANIHIKI, COOK ISLANDS
$250.00 AUD

Dated 1951. Original signed watercolour with pandanus frame. 41.5 x 29cm.

71066
HILDER, Brett
PORTRAIT - Norman K. WALLIS
$150.00 AUD

Dated 1954. Original unframed signed watercolour. 23 x18.5cm.

A timber merchant from Sydney who travelled extensively in the Western Pacific in search of suitable timber for Australia. See article in Pacific Islands Monthly, Oct.1954.

67181
HILL, Kenneth
THE HILL COLLECTION OF PACIFIC VOYAGES at the University of California, San Diego
$110.00 AUD

William Reese Company / Hordern House, Ltd. New Haven / Sydney. 2004. 2nd edition, revised and enlarged. Foreword by Lynda Corey Claasen. Biography "Kenneth Evan Hill as a Book Collector", by Jonathan A. Hill. Preface of original edition, by Melvin J. Voigt. XXIV, 792 PP. Fp: Dorothy and Kenneth Hill. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 26.2 x 18.5. 0939226103

Bibliography relating to voyages to the Pacific Islands with 1937 Entries (pages 1 to 685), References (pages 687 to 691), Chronological Index (pages 693 to 737) and General Index (pages 739 to 792).

63615
HINCH, Derryn
DEATH IN PARADISE
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. (12), 272 PP with 1 map on double page. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket wih a closed tear, o/wise fine. 24.2 x 15.7. 0207161658

Historical novel, on the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior and the sequels.

51240
HINDWOOD, K. A., KEITH, K. & SERVENTY, D. L.
BIRDS OF THE SOUTH-WEST CORAL SEA
$10.00 AUD

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization. Melbourne. 1963. 1st Ed. Division of Wildlife Research Technical Paper No. 3. 44 PP with 7 tables, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos on 7 plates, and a folded map at back of book. Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.8.

74627
HINZ, Earl R.
LANDFALLS OF PARADISE - The Guide to the Pacific Islands
$30.00 AUD

Western Marine Enterprises, Inc. Marina Del Rey, Ca. 1986. 2nd edition of the 1981 original. 384 PP with b/w figures (92 charts, maps, plans and 158 photos). Pictorial hard covers, National Flags of Pacific Nations (in colour) on back cover. Covers with light wear, light foxing on outside top edge, o/wise near fine. 28.2 x 21.5. 093003046X

Contents: The Islands of Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia and Eastern Pacific.

44611
HIRST, Warwick
PAINTING THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Dagmar Schmidmaier. 20 PP with 7 colour illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 24 x 14. 0731371186

Guide to an exhibition of 54 paintings held in the State Library's Picture Gallery in 2002. Short biography of 24 painters, and description of their paintings.

50706
HISARD, Philippe
MISE EN EVIDENCE DU CONTRE-COURANT EQUATORIAL DANS L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE ET L'OCEAN ATLANTIQUE AU COURS DE LA PREMIERE MOITIE DU XIXe SIECLE
$20.00 AUD

Institut Océanographique. Paris. 1993. Volume 19, Fascicule , in Océanis (série de documents océanographiques). (4), 68 PP with 12 b/w figures. Soft cover. Dedicatory note at top of title page dated and signed by the author. French text ( English abstract on page 2). Fine. 29.5 x 21.

The first observations of Pacific and Atlantic Equatorial Countercurrents during the early nineteenth century. Russian explorers: Krusenstern, Kotzebue, Lütke. French explorers: Freycinet, Duperrey. British explorers: Beechey, Hunter. American Explorer: Wilkes...

50707
HISARD, Philippe
MISE EN EVIDENCE DU CONTRE-COURANT EQUATORIAL DANS L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE ET L'OCEAN ATLANTIQUE AU COURS DE LA PREMIERE MOITIE DU XIXe SIECLE
$20.00 AUD

Institut Océanographique. Paris. 1993. Volume 19 (1993), Fascicule 1, in Océanis (série de documents océanographiques). (4), 68 PP with 12 b/w figures. Soft cover. Dedicatory note at top of title page dated and signed by the author. French text ( English abstract on page 2). Fine. 29.5 x 21.

63975
HMSO
WESTERN PACIFIC - REPORT ON THE TRADE OF THE NEW HEBRIDES
$30.00 AUD

H.M.S.O. London. 1905. High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, August 1905. 12 PP with 1 table. 24.2 x 15.2.

63977
HMSO
NEW HEBRIDES REPORT FOR 1921 & 1922
$30.00 AUD

H.M.S.O. London. 1923. Colonial Reports - Annual, No. 1161. 14 PP with 6 tables. 24.2 x 15.2.

Diseases in the New Hebrides, 1922, by Dr. Vernon Davies, M. D.

69918
HMSO
OCEAN FRONT - The Story of the War in the Pacific 1941-1944
$25.00 AUD

HMSO / Ministry of Information. London. 1945. 68 PP with b/w illustrations: 8 maps and 90 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 35 x 14.

From the battles of the the Coral Sea and Midway, to the landings in the Marianas and Peleliu (Palau).

71534
HMSO
AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume II
$40.00 AUD

Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 1999. Seventh edition of the 1918 original. N.P. 14. Preface to this 7th edition by Rear Admiral J. P. Clarke. Edited by P.C. McManaway, Master Mariner. X, 355, (1) with 14 tables, 31 maps in colour and over 100 aerial photos, plus 2 "Index to Charts (N.P. 14 (a), (b). Pictorial laminated boards. Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780707711171

South, south-east and east coasts of Australia from Green Cape to Port Jackson, including Bass Strait and Tasmania.

73099
HMSO
AUSTRALIA PILOT - Volume I
$50.00 AUD

Hydrographer of the Navy. Taunton, UK. 2005. 1st edition. Seventh edition of the 1918 original. N.P. 13. Preface by Dr. D.W. Williams. Edited by Commander G.D. Niven. XII, 428, PP with 20 tables, over 50 maps in colour (including 3 Index diagrams), and many colour illustrations (traffic & port signals, navigation & depth, Courtesy Flag and over 30 aerial photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Copy lacking the CD Rom called for inside back covers. An otherwise fine copy. 30.5 x 21.5. 9780707715599

North, North-West, West and South coasts of Australia from the west entrance of Endeavour Strait to Green Point.

13282
HNANGAN, Adrien (editor)
POEMES DE LA MICRO-POLY-MELA
$10.00 AUD

Office Culturel Scientifique et Technique Canaque. Nouméa. 1985. 1st Ed. 32 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and/or English. Fine. 29.8 x 20.8.

Poems from Micronesia, Polynesia and Melanesia, selected for the 4th Festival of the Pacific Arts. 1 poem in English, and 14 poems in French (7 with their English text).

11286
HOADLEY, Steve
THE SOUTH PACIFIC FOREIGN AFFAIRS HANDBOOK
$25.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin / New Zealand Institute of International Affairs. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XIII, 258 PP with tables & maps in text. Pictorial stiff covers. Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 1863731768

Concise survey of international affairs of the South Pacific. A good source of information on each of the states in the region.

58620
HOBLEY, L. F.
EXPLORING THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD

Methuen & Co. Ltd. London. 1969. Reprint of the 1957 original, in the Methuen's Outlines History series. (4), 71 PP with b/w illustrations by the author and G. Randall. Hard cover, illustrated front. Ex Library copy with 4 stamps and renewed endpapers. Stain on outside fore edge. Very good. 21.3 x 17. 41659610X

53927
HOFFMAN, Rosita & SMAALDERS, Mark & SPC Publications Section
MEETING HOUSE OF THE PACIFIC, the story of SPC 1947-2007 / LA MAISON COMMUNE DU PACIFIQUE, l'histoire de la CPS de 1947 à 2007
$30.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community / Secrétariat général de le Communauté du Pacifique. Nouméa. 2007. 1st bilingual edition (French text translated by Odile Montpetit). Foreword by Honourable Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi. Introduction by Jimmie Rodgers. 190 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fine. English & French text. Oblong: 23.3 x 26. 9789820002210

59603
HOGBIN, H. Ian
EXPERIMENTS IN CIVILIZATION - The Effects of European Culture on a Native Community of the Solomon Islands
$25.00 AUD

Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. 1969. Reprint of the 1939 original. XVII, 268 PP with 2 maps, plus 24 plates with 28 b/w photos. Fp: Maekali. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed at hinges. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 22.2 x 15. 0710065485

59598
HOGBIN, Ian
SOCIAL CHANGE - Josiah Mason Lectures delivered at the University of Birmingham
$10.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1970. 2nd impression of the 1958 original. (IX), 257 PP with 1 map (Map of New Guinea, Papua and Solomon Islands). Cloth cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise very good. 22 x 14.5. 052283986X

39554
HOGG, Colin
AKAROA Mon Amour (in Southern Skies)
$10.00 AUD

Ansett New Zealand. Auckland. 1995. Inflight Magazine, Issue of May 1995. Contains article P. 34 to 39 with 6 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.

Legacy of 63 French migrants on Banks Peninsula.

54245
HOLLYMAN, Jim & PAWLEY, Andrew (editors)
STUDIES IN PACIFIC LANGUAGES & CULTURES, in honour of Bruce Biggs
$40.00 AUD

Linguistic Society of New Zealand. Auckland. 1981. 1st Ed. 392 PP with figures. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly sunned. English text with 1 paper in French & Caaàc, 1 paper in English & Raga (New Hebrides / Vanuatu) and 1 paper in English and Kaironk (PNG). Very good. 21 x 14.7. 0959760350

22 papers including: La Buse et l' Hirondelle, un conte en Caaàc d'il y a 120 ans (collected in the 1860s by Father Mathieu Gagnière).

47441
HORDERN HOUSE
HORDERN HOUSE - Rare Books . Manuscripts . Paintings . Prints
$20.00 AUD

Hordern House. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. No pagination, 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 21. 1875567402

Catalogue detailing 79 items with price list.

70136
HORDERN HOUSE
A Selection of TRAVEL, LITERATURE, NATURAL HISTORY, ART & ARCHITECTURE, Catalogued for Collectors
$20.00 AUD

Hordern House. Sydney. 1998. 1st Ed. Edited by Anne McCormick and Derek McDonnell. No pagination, 62 PP with 80 b/w illustrations. 3 folded flyers loosely inserted. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1875567240

Catalogue detailing 268 items. ... Travel: 33 / The Pacific: 42.

70409
HORDERN HOUSE
VOYAGES
$20.00 AUD

Hordern House. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. No pagination, 96 PP with 116 b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Price list loosely inserted. Fine. 27 x 21. 01875567356

Catalogue detailing 97 items.

66311
HORDERN, Miles
VOYAGING THE PACIFIC: In Search of the South
$15.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 2002. 1st paperback edition. (12), 241, (3) PP with 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 3 b/w and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 0719564824

69214
HORNER, Frank
LOOKING FOR LA PEROUSE, D'Entrecasteaux in Australia and the South Pacific 1792-1793
$90.00 AUD

Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 1995. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. No. 7 in the Second Miegunyah Press series. XIV, 318, (2) PP with 4 pages ship plans, and 11 maps, plus 12 pages with 10 b/w plates. Cloth cover, dj. Copy dated and signed by the author on half title page. Near fine. 24.3 x 16. 0522844510

The valuable discoveries made by the D'Entrecasteaux expedition while searching for the French explorer whose fate was unknown after sailing from Botany Bay in 1788. Explorations on the West and South Coast of Australia, in Tasmania, the coast of New Caledonia and in the Solomons and New Guinea.

42762
HORRIDGE, Adrian
THE EVOLUTION OF PACIFIC CANOE RIGS
$10.00 AUD

The Journal of Pacific History / ANU. Canberra. 1986. Extract from Volume 21 of The Journal of Pacific History. Pages 83 to 99 with 2 pages of illustrations. Clear plastic cover, spiral bound. Fine. 24 x 16.2.

56125
HORROCKS, Linley
A STUDY IN INTERCULTURAL CONFLICT: The Du Fresne Massacre at the Bay of Islands, New Zealand 1772 (in The Artefact - Vol 1, No.1)
$25.00 AUD

The Archaeological Society of Victoria. Melbourne. 1976. March 1976. 44 PP. Contains article from P.7 to 30 with location map and map of North island of New Zealand. Soft cover. Very good. 21 x 15.

12941
HOUGHTON, Philip
PEOPLE OF THE GREAT OCEAN, Aspects of Human Biology of the Early Pacific
$40.00 AUD

Cambridge. 1996. C.U.P. 1st Ed. X, 292 PP with 35 tables & 51 figures (maps, graphs, ..) in text. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 25.4 x 18. 0521471664

Documents how the original settlers adapted culturally and biologically to the Pacific environment.

42007
HOWARD, Alan & BOROFSKY, Robert (editors)
DEVELOPMENTS IN POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY
$15.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1989. 1st Ed. X, 375 PP with 9 head pieces, 2 figures and 2 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Lower front corner of covers lightly bumped, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 16. 082481181X

12932
HOWARD, Michael C. & DURUTALO, Simione
THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC TO 1945
$50.00 AUD

JCU of North Qld. Townsville. 1987. Monograph Series No.26 of the Centre for Southeast Asian Studies. (3), IV, (1), 282 PP with 28 tables in text. Pict. card cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.5. 0864432534

Study of the early socio-ecnomic systems, European penetration (capitalist, then colonialist), political economy from the perspective of class formation and integration into the world system.

46962
HOWAY, Frederic W. (editor)
THE DIXON-MEARES CONTROVERSY
$20.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1969. Reprint of the 1929 edition published by The Ryerson Press. No. 2 in the Bibliotheca Australiana Extra Series. XII,(2), 156 PP with 3 facsimiles of title pages, 7 maps and 1 illustration (the long boat of the Felice, one of Meares's vessel at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, in June 1788). Simile navy blue vellum, gilt title on white label on front cover and spine. Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edges. Near fine. 24.8 x 16.5.

Trading vessels on the Northwest coast of America late 1780's, in the early days of the maritime fur trade.

12057
HOWE, K. R.
WHERE THE WAVES FALL, A new South Sea Islands history from first settlement to colonial rule
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1991. 3rd Impression of the 1984 original. XX, 403 PP with 6 head pieces, 11 maps, and 33 b/w illustrations. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23 x 18. 1863731911

Exploration & the interaction between the first inhabitants & the explorers, traders, beachcombers, missionaries...

33631
HOWELLS, William
THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS
$10.00 AUD

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1973. Paperback edition, in Peoples of the World series. XVI, (2), 299 PP with 6 figures and 14 maps, plus 16 pages with 30 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.8. 029776599X

Outlines the prehistory of Polynesia and Micronesia. The origins of these islanders with facts and interpretations from physical anthropology, archaeology and language studies, giving a picture of the past of the entire Pacific.

60805
HOWES, Edith
WHERE BELL-BIRDS CHIME
$10.00 AUD

Whitcombe and Tombs Limited Christchurch. c. 1930. 1st Ed. No.15 in the "Daintly Booklet" series. 48 PP with 23 b/w illustrations (paintings & photos). Stiff paper covers, stitched. Covers with small closed tears. Very good. 20.6 x 13.2.

72680
HOWGEGO, Raymond John
THE BOOK OF EXPLORATION
$45.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2009. 1st Ed. 360 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 29.7 x 25.8. 9780297855385

59736
HUGHES, Helen
The Pacific: Helping the Islands to Help Themselves (in Quadrant, No. 398)
$10.00 AUD

Quadrant Magazine Co. Inc. Sydney. 2003. Issue No. 398 (Vol. XLVII, No. 7-8), July-August 2003. 120 PP. Contains article pages 47 to 49. Soft cover. Fine. Slight ageing of paper. 27.5 x 20.3.

49118
HUIE, Shirley Fenton
TIGER LILIES - Women Adventurers in the South Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1990. 1st Ed. (10), 218 PP with 1 drawing, 9 engravings and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 23.8 x 17. 0207165920

Ysabel Barreto de Mendana, Jeanne Baré of the Bougainville expedition, Constance Cumming, Emma Coe, the Queen of the South Seas, Kathleen Scoresby Routledge & Easter Island, Louise Michel & New Caledonia ...

66745
HUNT, Susan, TERRY, Martin, & THOMAS, Nicholas
LURE OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS - The Voyages of Dumont d'Urville 1826-1840
$45.00 AUD

Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales. Sydney. 2002. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mary-Louise Williams and Peter Watts. Preface by Monique Ducreux. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Inside front cover: Portrait of Contre-Amiral Jules Dumont d'Urville. Inside back cover: Common Spotted Cuscus. Pictorial soft covers. Fine (as new condition). 30 x 23.6. 9781876991005

32673
HYDE, Robin
CHECK TO YOUR KING - The Life History of Charles, Baron de Thierry, King of Nukahiva, Sovereign Chief of New Zealand
$25.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1960. 1st New Zealand republication of the 1936 UK original. XII, 228 PP. Hard cover, dj. Name and address of previous owner on front endpaper, Short notes on recto of the rear endpaper. Ageing of paper, some foxing, o/wise very good. 21.2 x 13.5.

32674
HYDE, Robin
CHECK TO YOUR KING
$20.00 AUD

Golden Press. Auckland. 1975. Reprint of the 1936 UK original, in the New Zealand Classics series. XII, 13-288 PP. Hard cover, dj. Top of front endpaper rubbed. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14.

The life history of Charles, Baron de Thierry, King of Nukahiva, Sovereign Chief of New Zealand.

71547
Hydrographic / Topographic Center
SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) - PHILIPPINE ISLANDS - PUB 162
$25.00 AUD

Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic / Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1993. Third edition., SD 162. X, 464 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: charts (information), maps & plans, coastal views, drawings and photos. Inside front cover: world map with Sailing Directions limits. Soft covers, illustrated front. Fine. 26 x 19.7.

71548
Hydrographic / Topographic Center
SAILING DIRECTIONS (Planning Guide) - SOUTHEAST ASIA - PUB 160
$50.00 AUD

Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic / Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1993. Fourth edition., SD 160. X, 274 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: charts (information) &, maps. Plus 4 colour plates "Buoyage System" / 1 large folded "Route Chart" / 3 folded pages "Meteorology Instructions" and 25 folded plates with 48 monthly charts (Air Temperature, Temperature - Humidity Index, Precepitation, Surface Wind, Visibility, Waves, Pressure and Tropical Cyclone). Soft covers with light wear, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Near fine. 26 x 19.7.

71584
Hydrographic / Topographic Center
SAILING DIRECTIONS (ENROUTE) - SOUTHEAST CHINA SEA AND GULF OF THAILAND PUB 161
$25.00 AUD

Defence Mapping Agency, Hydrographic / Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1994. Sixth edition., SD 161. X, 271 PP with tables and b/w illustrations: charts (information) &, maps, coastal views & drawings and photos. Inside front cover: World Map with Sailing Directions limits. Soft covers, illustrated front, title on front cover and spine. Very good. 26 x 19.7.

71585
Hydrographic / Topographic Center
SAILING DIRECTIONS (Planning Guide) - SOUTH PACIFIC OCEAN - PUB 122
$60.00 AUD

Defence Mapping Agency Hydrographic/Topographic Center. Bethesda, Md. 1982. First edition., SD 122. XXII, 293 PP with tables, information charts & chartlets and 14 pages of colour illustrations on existing "Buoyage System". Plus 1 large folded chart of the Pacific Ocean, and in appendix, an Atlas with 182 folded plates: Surface Winds, Surface Air Temperatures, Temperatures Extremes and T-H Index, Sea Surface Temperatures ... Precipitations, Visibility ... Prevailing Surface Current, Major Oceanic Currents, Tides. Rivetted papered boards a little soiled, o/wise very good. 26.5 x 20.

35538
HÖPKER, Wolfgang
AKTIONSFELD PAZIFIK: Politik - Wirtschaft - Strategie
$5.00 AUD

Edition Interfrom. Zurich. 1979. 1st Ed. 79, (5 adv.) PP with 1 map and 1 table. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Near fine. German text. 21 x 12.5. 3720151123

65667
IBANEZ DEL CARMEN, Father Aniceto, RESANO, Father Francisco & others
CHRONICLE OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS
$60.00 AUD

Micronesian Area Research Center. Guam. 1976. 1st English edition, translated from the original Spanish text and introduced by Marjorie G. Driver. No. 5 in the MARC Publications series. XVI, 94 PP with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly rubbed, slight ageing & foxing of paper. Name of previous owner on title page. Dedicatory note to previous owner inside front cover, dated and signed by the editor / translator. Near fine. 23 x 15.

33432
IDIENS, Dale
PACIFIC ART IN THE ROYAL SCOTTISH MUSEUM
$20.00 AUD

Royal Scottish Museum. Edinburgh. 1982. 1st edition, in the Royal Scottish Museum Studies. 80 PP with 1 map, 46 colour and 49 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front "Poutokomanawa". Near fine. 24.6 x 18.8. 0900733284

33860
IHAGE, Wéniko (editor)
EDUCATION, CULTURE ET IDENTITE
$50.00 AUD

CORAIL / UFP. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 498 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5.

Seminar on Education, culture and identity in the South Pacific. 27 papers (1 in English and 26 in French) presented during the 10th seminar of the CORAIL Group. Each paper with a summary in English.

50770
IHIMAERA, Witi
MAORI
$15.00 AUD

A.R. Shearer, Government Printer. Wellington. 1975. 1st Ed. 45 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 20.2 x 26.5.

56846
IHIMAERA, Witi
KAHU, Fille des Baleines
$20.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2008. 1st French edition. Translated from the 2005 edition New Zealand original "The Whale Rider" by Yan Peirsegaele. 48 PP with colour illustrations by Bruce Potter. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. Oblong: 22.6 x 31. 9782915654493

Legends, on the arrival and impact of Byron on the continent of Hawaiki Nui.

51686
ILLOUZ, Charles (editor)
GEOHISTOIRE DE L'OCEANIE
$55.00 AUD

Association des Profeseurs d' Histoire et de Géographie/APHG. Paris. 2004. Reprint of Historiens et Géographes, issue No. 386, April 2004. 129-343 PP with 4 headpieces, 6 colour illustrations (2 maps and 4 photos) and b/w illustrations (maps, engravings, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (with English abstracts for each paper). New. 23.7 x 16.5.

An introduction to the encounter of 2 worlds: Europe and Oceania.

39828
INDER, Stuart (editor)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK - Thirteenth Edition
$20.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1978. 13th edition. 512 PP, ( 8 adverts. in colour) with adverts., tables and maps, plus 1 large folded map in colour of the Pacific Ocean in rear pocket. FEP: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Illustrated hard cover, clear plastic cover. Slight browning of paper on outside edges. Near fine. 21.2 x 14.7.

73507
INDER, Stuart (editor)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK - Twelfth Edition
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1977. 12th edition. Edited by Stuart INDER. 432 PP with b/w illustrationd (sketch maps, maps, plans, plus 8 pages with advertisements in colour, and 1 folded map in colour at rear of book. Illustrated hard covers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.2 x 14.7.

71415
INNES, Hammond
THE LAST VOYAGE, Captain Cook's Lost Diary
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1978. 1st Ed. 254 PP. Eps: Map of world with the three voyages of Cook. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. 21.6 x 13.8. 0002214458

The personal account written when he probably had time for reflection.

71339
INSOLE, Elizabeth Dawson
EXILE INTO ADVENTURE
$30.00 AUD

Christopher Johnson. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 219 PP, plus 8 plates with b/w illustrations by Alan V. Insole. Fp. Eps: Map of the Pacific with route of the author. Hard cover, dj with a small chip and a clear plastic sleeve. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

A voyage in 1957/58 to the Pacific islands as a health cure: New Zealand, Fiji, Samoa, Australia, New Caledonia and French Polynesia.

12974
IOSEFA, S. N. T., MUNRO, D. & BESNIER, N.
TE TALA O NIUOKU: The German Plantation on Nukulaelae Atoll 1865-1890
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1991. 2nd edition of the 1990 original. 50 PP with 2 maps. Pictoral card cover. Fine. Text in English & Tuvalu. 21 x 14.8. 9820200733

The 25 year lease on the islet of Niuoku by the Hamburg Trading Company J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn.

57797
IOSEFA, S. N. T., MUNRO, D. & BESNIER, N.
TE TALA O NIUOKU: The German Plantation on Nukulaelae Atoll 1865-1890
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1990. 1st Ed. 50 PP with 2 maps. Pictoral card cover. Fine. Text in English & Tuvalu. 21 x 14.8. 9820200164

The 25 year lease on the islet of Niuoku by the Hamburg Trading Company J.C. Godeffroy & Sohn.

44837
IPS
PACIFIC STUDIES (a journal devoted to the study of the Pacific - its islands and adjacent countries) - Vol. 8, No. 1
$10.00 AUD

Institute for Polynesian Studies / Brigham Young University. Laie, Hawai'i. 1984. Volume 8, No. 1, Fall 1984. Edited by Gloria CRONIN & Anita HENRY. (6), 170, (7) PP. Soft cover. Foxing. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.

Alienated land and Independence in Melanesia, by Peter Larmour. ... Schools in Micronesia prior to American Adminastration, by Francis X. Hezel.

60283
IRIYE, Akira
ACROSS THE PACIFIC - An Inner History of American-East Asian Relations
$10.00 AUD

A Harbinger Book. New York. c. 1970. Reprint "D" of the 1967 edition. Introduction by John K. Fairbank. XVII, (5), 361 PP. Soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 20.3 x 13.8.

American relations with Japan and China.

13246
IRWIN, Geoffrey
THE PREHISTORIC EXPLORATION AND COLONISATION OF THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

C.U.P. Cambridge. 1996. Paperback reprint. VIII, 240 PP with 83 figures & 22 tables, plus 8 pages with 13 b/w illustrations of "Canoes". Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0521476518

The author claims that, rather than sailing randomly in search of unknown lands, the Pacific islanders expanded settlement by exploring upwind so as to ensure their safe return.

33437
ISAACS, Jennifer (editor)
ARTS OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Festival of Pacific Arts Ltd. Townsville. 1988. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 map, illustrations in margin, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 0731633504

Published on the occasion of the 5th Festival of Pacific Arts, 14-27 August 1988, Townsville, Australia.

14719
JACOBY, Arnold
SENOR KON-TIKI
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. London. 1968. 1st Ed. 288 PP, plus 40 pages with 2 engravings & 49 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, dust jacket lightly rubbed. Very good. 24 x 16.

The story of Thor Heyerdahl of Kon-Tiki fame, up to his expedition to Easter Island and the Galapagos.

53193
JANKELIOWITCH, Anne
LE COCOTIER
$15.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2006. 1st Ed., in Collection Survol. 56 PP with 52 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20 x 13. 2915654190

On the coconut palm tree.

59461
JARRETT, Frank & ANDERSON, Kym & NGUYEN, D. T.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA - Economic Situation and Outlook
$10.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. 1990. March 1990 edition. International Development Issues No. 11. VIII, 97 PP with 4 diagrams or maps, 19 graphs and 38 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644118423

41303
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
THE YANKEE'S WANDER-WORLD (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1949. Volume XCV, No.1, January, 1949. Contains article between P. 1 and 50 with 1 map, 12 b/w and 42 colour photos. Soft cover (lightly rubbed). Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

4th world cruise (1st after the end of WWII) from Europe to Hawaii, via Galapagos, Easter, Pitcairn, Austral islands, Society Islands. Contains interesting photos.

41315
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
NEW GUINEA TO BALI IN YANKEE (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1959. Volume CXVI, No.6, December 1959. Contains article from P.767 to 815 with 2 maps, 6 b/w and 33 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

49603
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
THE YANKEE'S WANDER-WORLD (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1949. Volume XCV, No.1, January 1949. (16 adv.), 140, (4 adv.) PP. Contains article from P. 1 to 50 with 1 map, 12 b/w and 43 colour photos. Soft cover. Small piece missing at lower corner of the front cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

49618
JOHNSON, Irving & Electa
YANKEE ROAMS THE ORIENT (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1951. Volume XCIX, No. 3, March 1951. Contains article between P.327 and 370 with 1 map, 15 b/w and 31 colour photos. Soft cover (lightly rubbed). Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

New Hebrides, Tikopia, Solomon Islands, New Guinea, Indonesia...

73207
JOHNSON, Osa
BRIDE IN THE SOLOMONS
$20.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1946. Reprint of the 1st UK edition of 1945. 224 PP, plus 64 b/w plates. Cloth cover. Offsetting on endpapers. Spine sunned. Very good. Image shows title-page. 20.2 x 14.

The quest for bringing back the first authentic record of cannibals actually eating human flesh.

33317
JOHNSTON, George H.
PACIFIC PARTNER
$30.00 AUD

Victor Gollancz. London. 1945. 1st Ed. 182 PP. FEP: Map of Australia & inset map showing Australia and continental United States. Green cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Good dust jacket with only a few very small chips and a closed tear, although a small diamond shape piece has been cut out on the spine. Signature of previous owner on half-title page. An otherwise near fine copy. Scarce. 19 x 12.8.

The author: an Australian war correspondent gives a picture of Australia at war and of the Australian attitude to the U.S.A. and Great Britain.

73590
JOHNSTON, Michael
H-BOMBS & HULA GIRLS - Operation Grapple 1957 and the Last Royal Navy Gunroom at Sea
$80.00 AUD

Uniform / Unicorn Publishing. London. 2017. 1st Ed. Foreword by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. 319 PP with 1 colour painting and b/w illustrations: diagrams, drawings, sketches, maps (Christmas, Malden, Penrhyn, Pitcairn , postal stamps and photos. Illustrated stiff covers with flaps. Dedicatory note dated and signed by one of the ten National Servicemen. Fine (as new condition). 24.5 x 20.3. 9781910500682

Tale of 10 young men brought together through National Service in the Royal Navy, taking part while serving on HMS Warrior to Britain's secret thermonuclear weapons tests, near Christmas Island, Line Islands, Central Pacific. .

57680
JOLLY, Margaret & MACINTYRE, Martin (editors)
FAMILY AND GENDER IN THE PACIFIC, Domestic contradictions and the colonial impact
$25.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1989. 1st Ed. XIV, 209 PP with maps, figures, sketches in text. Laminated pictorial boards. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 14. 0521346673

The dramatic changes in medicine, health, religious beliefs, architecture... brought about by mission evangelism & colonial influence upon the Pacific peoples.

49394
JOLLY, Roslyn (editor)
THE CRUISE OF THE JANET NICHOL AMONG THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. A Diary by Mrs Robert Louis Stevenson
$20.00 AUD

University of Washington Press & University of New South Wales Press. Seattle & Sydney. 2004 1st Ed. 205 PP with 1 map and 27 b/w photos. Fp: Fanny Stevenson with two Pacific Islanders. Hard covers, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 22 x 16. 0295983701 / 0868406066

73487
JONES, A. G. E.
SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1861 (volume 1)
$40.00 AUD

Roebuck. Canberra. 1986. 1st Ed., Roebuck Society Publication No. 36. XVIII, 276, (104 Index) PP with b/w illust., charts, ports, sailing ships & whaling scenes. Inside covers: docks on the Thames River. Pictorial card covers rubbed around edges with a repaired tear at top of spine, small creases at top and bottom of front corners, o/wise contents fine. 24.8 x 17.6. 0909434301

Includes: Registrar general of shipping and seamen, transcripts of Registers of Shipping 1787-1862 (part III).

70070
JONES, A. G. E. & CHATWIN Dale
SHIPS EMPLOYED IN THE SOUTH SEAS TRADE 1775-1859 - Volume 3
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing / Roebuck Society. Hobart. 2013. Limited edition of 100 hand numbered copies. Publication No. 53 of the Roebuck Society expanded and edited by Dale Chatwin. 165 PP with 2 graphs, tables and 14 b/w illustrations (1 map, facsimile of documents and 3 whaling scenes). Card covers, illustrated front. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780992366018

British Southern Whale Fishery... Whaling trade.

60132
JONES, Minh Bui
THE DIPLOMAT: Australia's Window on the World - Vol. 2 No. 3 / 2003
$10.00 AUD

Sydney. 2003. Diplomat Media Pty. Ltd. Vol. 2 No. 3, August-September 2003. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.

Saving the Pacific: Judgement and the Solomons / Pacifying the Pacific / A state in waiting , by Paul Monk, Robert Ayson, Fergus Hanson and Abigail Makim.

60133
JONES, Minh Bui & JEFFREY, Hugh
THE DIPLOMAT: Australia's Window on the World - Vol. 3 No. 2 / 2004
$10.00 AUD

Diplomat Media Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 2004. VoL. 3 No. 2, June-July 2004. 60 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 20.5.

Australia's Pacific solution and Pacific Island Forum, by Chris Hammer.

54514
JONES, Noreen
NORTH TO MATSUMAE: Australian Whalers to Japan
$50.00 AUD

University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 2008. 1st Ed. XXIX, 208 PP with 2 maps, plus 8 pages with 6 b/w and 24 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing throughout with large foxing spots at times. Very good. Scarce. 23 x 15. 9780980296518

Voyage of the Lady Rowena, November 1830 to end of June 1832: Port Jackson, Solomon Islands, Minami Tori Shima (Marcus Island), Japan with return to Sydney via Guam, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, Wallis Island and Tonga. Voyage of the Eamont in 1850, shipwrecked in May 1850 off Akkeshi, Hokkaido Island.

65688
JOPPIEN, Rüdiger & SMITH, Bernard
THE ART OF CAPTAIN COOK'S VOYAGES - VOLUME I: The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771
$200.00 AUD

Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities. Melbourne. 1985. Vol.I (reprint of the 1985 original): The Voyage of the Endeavour 1768-1771. Vol I: XVI, 248 PP with 326 b/w & colour plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 35 x 25.5. 0195544552

60848
JORDAN, Peter & LANGTON, Nicholas
A DREAM OF ISLANDS - Voyages of Self-Discovery in the South Seas (based on the book by Gavan Daws)
$25.00 AUD

Melbourne. 1994. 1st Ed. (4), 19 PP with 13 b/w illustrations. A 2 pages letter and a 2 pages "Research Summary" loosely inserted. Soft cover, pictorial front, clear plastic covers, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.7 x 21.

Outline for a documentary series with 2 episodes.

49251
JOUVE, Dominique (editor)
L'ENFANT EN OCEANIE. Regards sur les enfants, regards d'enfants
$40.00 AUD

CORAIL & Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 213 PP. French text with English abstract and English text with French abstract. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2952090319

11 papers (2 in English and 9 in French) presented at the 2003 seminar organised by the CORAIL group.

57788
JOYCE, R. B.
SIR WILLIAM MACGREGOR
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1971. 1st Ed. XVI, 484 PP with 7 maps, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w plates. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Covers with signs of water damage and a small tear on back hinge. Dust jacket sunned, mainly on spine and with corresponding damage as on cover. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Otherwise, a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14.5. 0195503678

Chapter 2: Seychelles. Chapters 3, 4, 5: Fiji. Chapters 6, 7, 8, 9: New Guinea. Chapters 17 & 18: Queensland.

74818
JUIN, P. & THIEGI, J. (editors)
UTA - ATLAS DE VOL / FLIGHT ATLAS
$25.00 AUD

UTA / Union des Transports Aériens. Paris. 1970. 1st Ed. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations: 23 photos by Milan Alram and 8 charts with 2 inserts. Pictorial soft covers (staples removed). French and English text. Very good. Oblong: 21 x 27.

French airline, linking France to Africa since 1935 then Oceania as of 1st January 1956 with flights from Paris - Saigon - Port Darwin - Noumea ... Then to Auckland, New Zealand a year later ... Tahiti, Los Angeles...

37339
JULIEN, BRUHA, BOURGI, CROUZE, RENOUVIN
LES POLITIQUES D' EXPANSION IMPERIALISTE - Colonies et Empires - Etudes Coloniales No.5
$15.00 AUD

Presses Universitaires de France. Paris. 1949. Premiere serie, Etudes Coloniales No. 5. (4), 256 PP. Soft cover, Illustrated front cover. Ageing of paper, piece missing at bottom of spine, o/wise very good. French text. 22.8 x 14.3.

France: Jules Ferry, by Ch.-André Julien... Great Britain: Joseph Chamberlain, by Maurice Crouzet... USA: Theodore Roosevely, by Pierre Renouvin.

55601
JUMEAU, Michel-Alain & PIOGER, Yves
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE L'ILE DE PAQUES
$100.00 AUD

Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed. Publication No. 46. (2), XIII, 233 PP. Soft cover, clear plastic front. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Bibliography of Easter Island. 4 pages: List of ships calling between 1722 and 1937. 3 pages: Museums with Ethnographic collections. 227 pages with 4422 entries.

21685
KAEPPLER, Adrienne L. (editor)
COOK VOYAGE ARTIFACTS, in Leningrad, Berne and Florence Museums
$100.00 AUD

Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu, Hawaii. 1978. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publication No. 66. X, 186 PP with 9 colour (8 on full page) and 251 b/w illustrations. Fp (in colour): plate with Hawaiian objects. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine condition. Scarce. 28 x 21.5. 091024023X

The James Cook collection in the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Leningrad. The Webber collection, Berne. Notes on an Ethnographic collection made during the Third Voyage of Cook and preserved until the end of the last century in the Royal Museum of Physics and Natural History in Florence.

73517
KAEPPLER, Adrienne L., KAUFMANN, Christian & NEWTON, Douglas
OCEANIC ART
$200.00 AUD

Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Washington. 1997. 1st Ed. 633, (5 blank) PP with 2 figures, 5 diagrams, 263 colour photos (No. 1 to No. 263), 436 b/w photos (No. 264 to No. 702) and 1 map "Principal Oceanic Cultural Groups" with 252 b/w illustrations (No. 703 to No. 955) and colour illustrations. Eps: Bark Cloth (tapa). Cloth covers, title on spine, dj. A fine copy. Scarce. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 33 x 25.5. 9780810936935

47755
KAHN, Francis
LES PALMIERS DE L' ELDORADO
$30.00 AUD

ORSTOM Editions. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed. 251 PP with 2 maps, 17 botanic sketches and 150 colour photos. Pictorial laminated card covers. Fine. French text (abstracts in English Portuguese and Spanish). 26.7 x 13.5. 2709913593

Palm trees of the Amazon basin.

62187
KEATING, Paul
ENGAGEMENT: Australia faces the Asia-Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Pan Macmillan Australia. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. X, 310 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 8 pages with 20 colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Faint discoloured spots on fore outside edge. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.7.2 0732910196

Australia's place in the Asia-Pacific region and the world. APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum ...

49805
KEATS, Warren Davenport
FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH LAND
$15.00 AUD

Author. Tweed Heads, NSW. 2005. 1st Ed., limited to 500 copies. 355 PP with 4 maps and 60 b/w illustrations (photos and drawings by the author). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646432605

A story of enduring love and high adventure. Part 1: Flight to the South Land. Part 2: Sojourn in the South Seas, blackbirding in New Hebrides, voyages to New Zealand and Fiji... Adventures in the Marshall Islands with the discovery of Keats Reef, in the Carolines (marooned on Nukuoro... Sailing with Jardine Matheson, and death in Chinese waters).

59584
KEATS, Warren Davenport
FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH LAND
$20.00 AUD

Author. Tweed Heads, NSW. 2005. 1st Ed., limited to 500 copies. 355 PP with 4 maps and 60 b/w illustrations (photos and drawings by the author). Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 15. 0646432605

58495
KEEN, Grahame
ATOLL - A Bulletin for Schools (D)
$15.00 AUD

School Publications Branch, Department of Education. Wellington. 1976. 1st Ed. 48 PP with b/w photos by Marti Friedlander. Inside back cover: Location map for the Tokelau Islands and map of Fakaofo. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 24 x 17.5.

62291
KEENE, Florence
WITH FLAGS FLYING
$35.00 AUD

Author. Whangarei, NZ. 1972. 1st Ed. XII, 151 PP with b/w illustrations (facsimile of document, drawings, engravings, photos & portraits). Pictorial soft cover, dj (a little rubbed around edges), o/wise a near fine copy. 21.7 x 15.7.

Life in early New Zealand.

33174
KEESING, Felix M.
THE SOUTH SEAS IN THE MODERN WORLD
$5.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Relations / George Allen & Unwin. London. 1942. 1st UK Ed. XVI, 391 PP with 5 maps, plus 1 folded table. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers lightly soiled, spine sunned, 4 library stamps, o/wise near fine. 21.8 x 14.5.

The islands and their people, economic perspectives, government & leadership, religion, education, health,...

55976
KEESING, R. M. (editor)
'ELOTA'S STORY. The Life and Times of a Solomon Islands big Man
$15.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1978. 1st Ed. (X), 202 PP with 2 maps and 41 b/w photos. Fp: 'Elota. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 0702210552

'Elota of Ga'enaafou, Kwaio district, Malaita, Solomon Islands.

11576
KEESING, Roger M.
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY: A Contemporary Perspective
$10.00 AUD

Holt, Rinehart & Winston. New York. 1976. Reprint of the 1971 original. XII, 638 PP with b/w figures and illust. (paintings, photos). Pictorial boards. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 19. 0030894247

An Evolutionary Perspective: Human biology and the growth of culture; Culture, Society and the Individual; The legacy of Tribal Peoples & Anthropology and the Present.

33169
KEESING, Roger M.
CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY - A Contemporary Perspective
$10.00 AUD

Holt, Rinehart & Winston. New York. 1981. Second edition. XIV, 560 PP with b/w figures and illust. (paintings, photos). Pictorial boards. Faint foxing on outside edges. Very good. 24 x 19.3. 0030462967

Sections on An Evolutionary Perspective, Human biology and the growth of culture, Culture, Society and the Individual, The legacy of Tribal Peoples & Anthropology and the Present.

18653
KEESING, Roger M. & CORRIS, Peter
LIGHTNING MEETS THE WEST WIND - The Malaita Massacre
$25.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1980. 1st Ed. XV, 219 PP with 2 maps & 29 b/w illust. Eps: Map of the Solomon Islands. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine 23 x 15. 0195542231

The murder of W. Bell, Colonial Govt. Representative of Malaita following confrontation with the Kwaio warriors. The aftermath with the punitive expedition of HMAS Adelaide.

36244
KENDRICK, John
ALEJANDRO MALASPINA - Portrait of a Visionary
$30.00 AUD

McGill-Queen's University Press. Montreal. 1999. 1st Ed. XI, 200 PP with 1 map and 14 b/w illust. Fp: Alejandro Malaspina as a flag officer. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 16. 0773518304

His five-year scientific voyage (1789-1794) and examination of the Spanish colonies in the Americas and the Philippines. His report and proposals resulting in imprisonment...

15566
KENDRICK, John & INGLIS, Robin
VOYAGES DES LUMIERES, Malaspina & Galiano sur la Côte Nord Ouest 1791-1792
$15.00 AUD

Vancouver Maritime Museum. Vancouver. 1991. 1st French edition. (2), 81 PP with 57 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0969522118

Historical presentation of the Malaspina expedition and catalogue of the exhibition commemorating its bicentennial: Spain and the Pacifc, Malaspina on the Northwest Coast, scientific and artistic heritage, ...

42522
KENNEDY, T. F.
FISHERMEN OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$10.00 AUD

Reed Education. Wellington. 1974. Reprint of the revised edition of 1972 (original of 1962). 48 PP with line illustrations by Conrad Frieboe, and b/w photos by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with a crease. Near fine. 24.8 x 18.7. 0589046594

Fish, fishermen and fishing methods.

58670
KENNEDY, T. F.
A DESCRIPTIVE ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS - New Zealand, Australia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Philippines
$10.00 AUD

Reed Education. Wellington. 1974. 3rd edition, revised and extended (original of 1966). 80 PP with b/w illustrations (1 drawing, 5 photos and 67 maps). Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 23.5 x 18.3. 0589040529

51062
KENNY, Ian
FISHING OUR WAY
$20.00 AUD

Ian Kenny. Norfolk Island. 1995. 1st Ed. 60 PP with b/w illustrations (5 maps, 4 drawings and 52 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0646261991

Fishing experiences around Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Canada & Pitcairn Island.

73223
KENNY, Ian
FISHING OUR WAY
$30.00 AUD

Ian Kenny. Norfolk Island. 1995. 1st Ed. 60 PP with b/w illustrations (5 maps, 4 drawings and 52 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 0646261991

Fishing experiences around Norfolk Island, New Zealand, Canada & Pitcairn Island.

73224
KENNY, Ian
HOOKED BY THE SEA
$40.00 AUD

Ian Kenny. Norfolk Island. 1999. 1st Ed. 139 PP with b/w illustrations (1 sketch map, 4 drawings and 138 photos). Pictorial stiff covers. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 0646386034

Experiences at sea: Norfolk Island, Pitcairn Island, New Zealand ... Diving: recrational, fishing, salvage ... Whaling experiences in New Zealand (Tory Channel) and Norfolk island.

57745
KENT, Janet
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1972. 1st Ed., in The Islands series. 222 PP with tables, 2 maps & 34 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 22.5 x 14. 0715356526

Time before - Visitors and Settlers - WWII ...

60134
KILALA, Rev. William To & RATUVILI, Rev. Sitiveni
DEVELOPMENT IS PEOPLE - A Pacific View of Human Development
$5.00 AUD

Lotu Pasifika Productions. Suva. 1976. 1st Ed. 16 PP. Pictorial soft cover, staples. Near fine. 20.3 x 14.8.

From the January 1976 Pacific Conference of Churches Assembly, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.

50876
KILLICK, N. G. (editor)
NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 1980
$25.00 AUD

Department of Statistics / P. D. Hasselberg, Government Printer. Wellington. 1980. 85th Annual Edition. Preface by J. H. Darwin. VIII, 1027 PP with 5 maps, 35 diagrams and hundreds of tables, plus 8 pages Pictorial Supplement with 18 colour photos. Eps: Maps of North Island and Sputh Island. Pictorial hard covers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.5 x 16.

Authoritative reference on the resources, institutions, and social and economic conditions of New Zealand.

73847
KING, Marie
A MOST NOBLE ANCHORAGE - A Story of Russell and the Bay of Islands
$45.00 AUD

Northland Historical Publications Society. Kerikeri, NZ. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jack Lee. XIV, 210 PP with b/w illustrations: documents, maps, plans, paintings, prints and photos. Fp: Russell Regatta, 1926. FEP: Map of Bay of Islands and hinterland. REP: N.Z. Chart of the Bay of Islands. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine (as new condition). 29.3 x 22. 0959792619

72717
KINGSFORD-SMITH, C. E. & ULM, C. T. P.
THE FLIGHT OF THE SOUTHERN CROSS
$45.00 AUD

McBride, Robert M. & Co. New York. 1929. 1st edition, January 1929. Foreword by His Excellency the Right Hon. Lord Stonehaven. XIVV, (2), 295 PP with 1 sketch map, plus 22 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: Outward Bound. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Covers with light shelf wear around edges, front hinge starting, occasional foxing. Contents clean and still a very good copy. 21 x 14.3.

Trans Pacific Flight: Oakland, California (31st May 1928) - Honolulu, Hawaii - Suva, Fiji - Brisbane, Queensland - then Sydney (10th June 1928)..

42963
KISTE, Robert C.
HE SERVED - A Biography of Macu Salato
$25.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1998. 1st Ed. XVIII, 120 PP with 3 maps, 1 cartoon and 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9820201330

Fijian commoner who became: Medical doctor... Secretary-General of the South Pacific Commission... Acting Director of the Pacific Islands Development Program, Hawai'i...

53246
KLEIN, Florence
ARTS IN THE PACIFIC: a tradition of exchange
$30.00 AUD

Grain de Sable / Musée de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st English edition in The Artefacts tell their Story ... series. English translation by Roy Benyon. 40 PP with 1 map and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 14. 9782841701261

54869
KLEIN, Florence
ARTS DE L'ECHANGE EN OCEANIE
$30.00 AUD

Grain de Sable / Musée de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2006. 1st edition in Les Objets Racontent... series. 40 PP with 1 map and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 22 x 14. 9782841701182

47735
KLEIN, Florence & KASARHEROU, Emmanuel (editors)
JINU, L'esprit de l'Océanie
$20.00 AUD

A.D.C.K. / Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 4 maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 18 x 12. 2909407233

Jinu, the Spirit of Oceania, is a journey of discovery of the Pacific societies.

73037
KLOOSTERMAN, Alphons M. J.
DISCOVERERS OF THE COOK ISLANDS AND THE NAMES THEY GAVE
$30.00 AUD

Cook Islands Library & Museum. Rarotonga, Cook Islands. 1973. 1st edition by the Curiculum Development Unit. Bulletin No. 1 of the Cook Islands Library and Museum. 76 PP with 44 b/w illustrations (10 maps and 34 drawings). Card covers, illustrated front. Stapled typescript monograph. Covers a little soiled with light wear, occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21.

12893
KNAPPERT, Jan
PACIFIC MYTHOLOGY, An Encyclopedia of Myth and Legend
$10.00 AUD

Diamond Books. London. 1995. Reprint of the 1992 original. 336 PP with 1 double-page map, head-pieces for each alphabetically lettered chapter (illustrations by Elizabeth Knappert). Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 23.4 x 15.3. 026166655X

The world of gods and heroes, mariners, spirits & ghosts in a zone covering Singapore to Panama and Japan to New Zealand.

22156
KNIGHT, Alanna (editor)
R. L. S. IN THE SOUTH SEAS - An Intimate Photographic Record
$15.00 AUD

Mainstream Pub. Edinburgh. 1986. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map of the Pacific, 89 sketches & photos). Fp: Portrait of Robert Louis Stevenson. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on first few pages, o/wise fine. 24.6 x 19.7. 1851580131

Photos taken by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1888 to illustrate his history of the South Seas.

48097
KNOX, Margaret
PACIFIC ISLAND NEIGHBOURS
$10.00 AUD

Longman Paul. Auckland. 1972. Reprint of the 1971 original. VIII, 128 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with creases and light soiling, o/wise a very good clean copy. 24 x 18.4. 0582 664403

12897
KNOX-MAWER, June
A SOUTH SEA SPELL
$20.00 AUD

London. 1975. John Murray. 1st Ed. (6), 209 PP with 13 head pieces by Pearl Binder. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on edges. Near fine. 22.8 x 14. 071953402X

Travels and experiences in archipelagoes of the central Pacific: Fiji, Tonga, Gilbert & Ellice Island colony (now Kiribati & Tuvalu).

42139
KNOX-MAWER, June
TALES FROM PARADISE - Memories of the British in the South Pacific
$5.00 AUD

Ariel Books / BBC Publications. London. 1986. Reprint of the 1986 original. 136 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12. 0563204605

59942
KOLIA, Fepa'i F. S.
LOST REALITY (a message through poems)
$10.00 AUD

Mana Publications. Apia, Western Samoa. 1988. 1st Ed. VII, 68 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.

All but 2 of the poems are in English (2 in Samoan).

15441
KRAUSS, Bob
KENETI - South Seas Adventures of Kenneth Emory
$15.00 AUD

Kolowalu Book / University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1988. 1st Ed. IX, 419 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps and 57 bw photos in text. Eps: Map of the Pacific with tracks of Emory's expeditions. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0824811534

Biography of Kenneth Emory, anthropologist, ethnologist, archaeologist... and eight of his expeditions for the Bishop Museum.

71362
KUBALSKI, N.-A. (editor)
VOYAGES DANS L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE (Sud-Est) et description des îles principales
$45.00 AUD

Ad Mame et Cie. Tours. 1854. 1st Edition, in Bibliothèque des Ecoles Chrétiennes. (4), 188 PP. Fp. Marbled endpapers, and outside edges. Hard covers, decorated front and back, gilt title and decoration on spine. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Covers lightly rubbed, hinges starting and gutter of both endpapers split. Book plate of previous owner on front endpaper. In need of rebacking. Very good. French text. 18 x 11.

Part I: Voyages of Count Maurice - Auguste Beniowski during 1771 and 1772: Aleoutians Islands, Japan & China. Part II: Description of the Philippines.

72755
KURTOVITCH, Nicolas
BY THE EDGE OF THE SEA
$25.00 AUD

Awen Editions. Stroud, UK. 2018. 1st English edition, translated from the 1992 French "Foret, Terre et Tabac" by Anthony Nanson. (8), 99, (1) PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 20 x 12.8. 9781906900533

12 short stories, set in the Pacific. 3 of them in Australia: Desert dreaming / Brisbane on the Beach / Sydney by the Sea).

58494
KURURANGI, Mere
ACTION SONGS - The Arts of the Maori Instructional Booklet
$15.00 AUD

Art and Crafts Branch, Department of Education / A. R. Shearer Government Printer. Wellington. 1972. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.2.

49250
LACABANNE, Sonia (editor)
LES VIVRES & LE VIVRE EN OCEANIE / FOOD AND LIFESTYLES IN OCEANIA
$40.00 AUD

CORAIL & Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 188 PP. French text with English abstract and English text with French abstract. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2952090300

15 papers (5 in English and 10 in French) presented at the 2002 seminar organised by the C.O.R.A.I.L. group.

64734
LACK, Clem
RUSSIAN AMBITIONS IN THE PACIFIC - Australian War Scares of the Nineteenth Century
$15.00 AUD

Royal Historical Society of Quuensland. Brisbane. c. 1968. 1st Ed. 39 PP with b/w illustrations (3 engravings and 4 photos). Soft covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 21.2 x 13.7.

Edition based on a paper delivered on 22 February 1968.

31908
LAL, Brij V.
BROKEN WAVES
$35.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1992. 1st edition in the Pacific Islands Monograph Series, No.11. XXII, 404 PP, (4) with 3 maps, 12 figures and 4 tables. Eps: Maps. Hard cover. Fine. 24 x 16. 0824814185

56218
LAL, Brij V.
A TIME BOMB LIES BURIED: Fiji's Road to Independence, 1960-1970
$30.00 AUD

ANU E Press. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. Monograph No. 1, in the State, Society and Governance in Melanesia series. IX, 106 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 9781921313608

56217
LAL, Brij V. (editor)
THE DEFINING YEARS: Pacific Islands, 1945-65
$40.00 AUD

Pacific and Asian History, RSPAS / ANU. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. (3), IV, 154 PP with 1 table and 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0909524270

End of World War II to the advent of decolonisation in the 1960s.

41980
LAL, Brij V. & FORTUNE, Kate (editors)
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS - An Encyclopedia
$50.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2000. 1st Ed. XXXVI, 664 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Plus CD-ROM version of encyclopedia in rear pocket. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Remainder mark on front outside edge, o/wise near fine. 26.7 x 19. 082482265X

56221
LAL, Brij V. & LUKER, Vicki (editors)
TELLING PACIFIC LIVES: Prisms of Process
$40.00 AUD

ANU E Press. Canberra. 2008. 1st Ed. XIV, 301 PP with few figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 9781921313813

Telling Pacific lives: from Archetype to Icon, by Niel Gunson. Telling lives in Tuvalu, by Michael Goldsmith... On being a participant biographer: the search for J. W. Davidson, by Doug Munro... Biography of a nation: Solomon Islands, by Clive Moore...

11470
LAL, Brij V. & NELSON, Hank (editor)
LINES ACROSS THE SEA, Colonial Inheritance in the Post Colonial Pacific
$30.00 AUD

Pacific History Association. Brisbane. 1995. 1st Ed. XVI, 231 PP with 6 figures & 19 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Fine. 28 x 21.5. 0646246402

Twenty of the papers presented in December 1993 at the conference Colonial Inheritance: The Pacific Islands Experience, hosted by the Division of Pacific and Asian History, RSpacS, ANU.

12001
LAL, Brij V. (Edit.)
PACIFIC ISLANDS HISTORY, Journeys and Transformations
$20.00 AUD

Journal of Pacific History. Canberra. 1994. Reprint of 1992 Ed. XIV, 258 PP with 12 line drawings. Pict. card cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0959547762

Essays presented at the workshop held in Canberra , A.N.U. to mark the 40 years of the formal discipline of Pacific Islands historians.

50468
LAMBERT, S. M.
A DOCTOR IN PARADISE
$10.00 AUD

George Jaboor. Melbourne. 1943. 3rd Australian edition of the 1941 US original. X, 421 PP, plus 20 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp: The Author, in 1941. FEP: Map of the South West Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover. Spine lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

Dr. Lambert of the Rockefeller Foundation and his fight against Hookworm, between 1920 and 1938.

58358
LAMBERT, S. M.
A DOCTOR IN PARADISE
$10.00 AUD

George Jaboor. Melbourne. 1942. 1st Australian Special edition of the 1941 US original. X, 421 PP, plus 20 pages with 24 b/w photos. Fp: The Author, in 1941. FEP: Map of the South West Pacific Ocean. Cloth cover. Front part of the dust jacket tipped in on rear endpaper. Occasional foxing. Very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

Dr. Lambert of the Rockefeller Foundation and his fight against Hookworm, between 1920 and 1938.

58386
LANDAUER, Lyndall B. & Donald A. (compilers)
PACIFIC MARINE MUSEUMS and Data / Research Centers 1985
$10.00 AUD

Flying Cloud Publications / The Associates of the J. Porter Shaw Library & Institute for Marine Information. San Francisco & Pasadena. 1986. 1st Ed. (2), VI, 248 PP with b/w illustrations (12 sketch maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0933185014

170 Museums and Data/Research Centers.

56153
LANGE, Raeburn
ISLAND MINISTERS - Indigenous Leadership in Nineteenth Century Pacific Islands Christianity
$50.00 AUD

Pandanus Books / ANU. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. 436 PP with 8 maps. Eps: Maori ministers of the Anglican Diocese of Waiapu, North Island, New Zealand. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 01740761766

45365
LAUGESEN, Amanda
THIS UTOPIAN LAND OF THE PACIFIC - A glimpse into the National Library of Australia's Canadiana collection (in National Library of Australia News - Vol XIII, No. 10, July 2003)
$5.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2003. Volume XIII, No. 10, July 2003. Contains article between P. 15 and 18 with 6 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

The author describes how the nineteenth-century print culture of the Pacific Northwest helped to shape new nations.

45536
LAUX, Claire (editor)
LE PACIFIQUE
$40.00 AUD

Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine / Editions Île de Lumière. Nouméa. 2002 1st Ed. Volume 6, in the 101 mots pour comprendre series. 260 PP with 3 tables, 1 b/w sketch map, 4 b/w & 30 colour illustrations, and 17 maps in colour. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 19 x 13. 9782912429186

101 words, to understand the History of the Pacific. Colonisation (German, English, Spanish, French)... Whaling... Pearls and Pearling... EEZ (Exclusive Economic Zone).

73613
LAUX, Claire & ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editors)
"GRANDS HOMMES ET PETITES ILES": Acteurs et Actrices de la Christianisation de l'Océanie (1580-1966) (in Histoire & Missions Chrétiennes)
$30.00 AUD

Histoire & Missions Chrétiènnes / Editions Karthala. Paris. 2011. Issue No. 20, December 2011. 245, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, portraits, photos...). Stiff covers. French text. Fine (as new condition). 24 x 16. 9782811106386

Collection of 9 papers by: Annie Baert, Claire Laux, Yannick Essertel, Sylvette Boubin-Boyer ..., with English summaries between pages 184 and 189. Varia: Les Spiritains (Congregation of the Holy Ghost) aux Etats-Unis au service des Noirs en Louisiane: 1911-1935., by Henry J.Koren.

63756
LAWRENCE, Bonnie S., HILL, Carolina E. (editors)
RESTLESS EARTH
$20.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1997. Deluxe edition. Foreword by H. J. de Blij & Richard S. Williams, Jr. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, diagrams, maps & photos). Hard cover, simile leather, gilt device (erupting volcano) on front board, gilt title on spine, all edges gilt. Foxing spots on free fly of endpapers and first and last leaves. Near fine. 28.3 x 24.2. 0792270061

Our living earth, by Richard Lipkin. Severe Storms, by Jeff Rosenfeld. ... Climatic Shifts, by Michael H. Glantz.

73480
LAWRENCE, Bonnie S., HILL, Carolina E. (editors)
RESTLESS EARTH
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1997. 1st trade edition edition. Foreword by H. J. de Blij & Richard S. Williams, Jr. 288 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, diagrams, maps & photos). Hard cover, device in blind (erupting volcano) on front board, gilt title on spine. Fine (mint condition). 28.3 x 24.2. 0792270266

Our living earth, by Richard Lipkin. Severe Storms, by Jeff Rosenfeld. ... Climatic Shifts, by Michael H. Glantz.

57782
LAYTON, Suzanna
THE CONTEMPORARY PACIFIC ISLANDS PRESS
$15.00 AUD

Department of Journalism, University of Queensland. Brisbane. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jim Richstad. XII, 187 PP with 6 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0867764600

59008
LEE, Helen Morton
TONGANS OVERSEAS: Between Two Shores
$15.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2003. 1st paperback edition. X, 326 PP with 1 graph, 2 figures, 9 tables and 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover sligthly rubbed on front edge. Near fine. 23 x 15. 082482654X

73679
LEE, Ida (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott)
COMMODORE SIR JOHN HAYES, His Voyage and Life (1767-1831), with some account of Admiral D'ENTRECASTEAUX's Voyage of 1792-3
$300.00 AUD

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1912. 1st Ed. XVI, 340 PP with 1 family tree of Commodore Sir John Hayes and 31 b/w plates, plus 3 plates (frontispiece, 1 Map "Track of the Duke of Clarence and the Duchess", and 1 folded "Chart drawn by Hayes and published in 1798". Fp: Portrait of Sir John Hayes. Cloth covers with light wear around edges and a little faded, gilt title on rebacked spine. Stamp of the previous owner "Roberts Library No. 27" on half title page and renewed endpapers. An otherwise near fine copy. Scarce. 22.5 x 15.5.

Chapter II: Preparation and departures of the Expedition to Van Diemen's Land. Chapter III: John Hayes in Tasmania (discovery and exploration of the Derwent River / rediscovery of the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, the Huon River and Bruny Island). ... Chapter IV: Call in New Caledonia, where a volcanic eruption was witnessed (???).

73911
LEE, Ida (Mrs Charles Bruce Marriott)
COMMODORE SIR JOHN HAYES, His Voyage and Life (1767-1831), with some account of Admiral D'ENTRECASTEAUX's Voyage of 1792-3
$250.00 AUD

Longmans, Green, and Co. London. 1912. 1st Ed. XVI, 340 PP with 1 family tree of Commodore Sir John Hayes and 31 b/w plates, plus 3 plates (frontispiece, 1 Map "Track of the Duke of Clarence and the Duchess", and 1 folded "Chart drawn by Hayes and published in 1798". Fp: Portrait of Sir John Hayes. Cloth covers , gilt title on spne. Covers with light wear. Bookplate of "The Public Library of New london" on front endpaper, and library No. at foot of spine and at bottom of the Preface page. The folded chart facing page 24 is a photostat copy. Errata slip tipped in on title page. An otherwise very good clean copy. Scarce. 22.2 x 15.

71203
LEENHARDT, Maurice
ARTS OF THE OCEANIC PEOPLES
$60.00 AUD

Thames & Hudson. London. 1950. 1st Eng. Ed. Translated from the French by Michael Heron. 150 PP incl. 4 full-page colour plates plus 124 illustrations in text & 6 illust. in introduction and 11 maps, printed on superior gloss paper. Orig. gilt-engraved cloth cover & spine with dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket chipped with some small repaired tears and is protected. Signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise a very clean and near fine copy. Scarce. 25 x 16.

A fascinating book containing detailed descriptions of the strange objects, both ornamental and ritual of the Oceanic people of the far-flung islands and archipelagoes of the Pacific (New Caledonia, Tahiti, Marquesas, Easter Island, Fiji, Solomons, Hawaii, PNG, New Hebrides, including the natives of Australasia, as well as the islands of the Indian Ocean (Madagascar).

58942
LEIPZIG MUSEUM
JAHRBUCH DES MUSEUMS FÜR VÖLKERKUNDE ZU LEIPZIG - Band XLII - 2004
$20.00 AUD

LIT Verlag / Musezum für Völkerkunde Leipzig. Leipzig. 2004. 1st Ed. Foreword by Dr. Claus Deimel. Edited by Rolf KRISCHE & Ingo NENTWIG. (4), 302 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 1 colour plate and 24 pages with 46 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Das Grassimuseum, im Sommer 2001. Soft cover. Texts (6 in German, and 1 in French). Fine. 23.4 x 16.2. 3825881687

Les Batons de Danse des Iles Santa Cruz et la collection du Musée de Leipzig, by Gilles Bounoure.

65276
LESBROS, Jean-Louis & Association Île de Pâques
ÎLE DE PÂQUES: à la rencontre du Mana
$30.00 AUD

Albin Michel. Paris 1993. 1st Ed. Forewords by Paul Emile Victor & Alberto Hotu. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings / rongo rongo scripts) and colour illustrations (5 maps, 6 paintings by Robert Agussan & over 200 photos by Daniel Monconduit). FEP: Painting by Robert Agussan. Cloth cover, gilt title on front board and spine, dj. French text. Fine. Oblong: 23.8 x 32. 2226064818

12911
LESSA, William A.
ULITHI - A Micronesian Design for Living
$20.00 AUD

Holt, Rinehart & Winston. New York. 1966. Reprint ?, in Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology, Stanford University. X, 118 PP with 2 maps & 4 diagrams, plus 2 pages with 4 b/w photos. Fp: Islands of the Yap Empire. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.7. 030566150

Chapters include: basic social relations, political organization, aspects of law, the transcendental world, rituals, sexual behavior, from womb to tomb.

50875
LEWIN, J. P. (editor)
NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEARBOOK 1971
$25.00 AUD

Department of Statistics / A. R. Shearer, Government Printer. Wellington. 1971. 76th Annual Edition. (8), 1177 PP with 9 maps, 41 diagrams and hundreds of tables, plus 16 pages Pictorial Supplement with 30 b/w photos. 1 large folded map in colour N.Z.M.S. 84 A (6th edition, June 1976) in rear pocket. Fp (in colour): Wellington. Hard cover, pictorial front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 24.8 x 16.

Authoritative reference on the resources, institutions, and social and economic conditions of New Zealand.

15625
LEWIN, Roger
DARWIN'S FORGOTTEN WORLD
$10.00 AUD

Bison Books. London. 1989. Reprint of the 1978 original. 176 PP with b/w illustrations (1 map with Inset "Galapagos Islands", 1 map of the archipelago, 1 cutaway of HMS Beagle, portraits, photos) and 189 colour plates (photography by Sally Anne Thompson). Half title page: Galapagos tortoise. Title spread: Maritime Iguanas. Eps: Map of the Galapagos Archipelago. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 31.2 x 24.2. 0861240162

38412
LEWIS, Albert B.
THE MELANESIANS - People of the South Pacific
$35.00 AUD

Chicago Natural History Museum. Chicago. 1945. Second printing of the 1932 original, with additions and corrections. 275 PP with 56 figures (over 90 b/wphotos), plus 2 b/w plates and 2 folded maps. Fp: Man from New Britain. Illustrated soft cover (edges rubbed). Spine with creases. Stamp of previous owner on preliminary page, o/wise near fine. 21.7 x 14.7

47545
LEWIS, Albert Buell
DECORATIVE ART OF NEW GUINEA - Incised designs
$25.00 AUD

Field Museum of Natural History. Chicago. 1925. 1st Ed., No.4 in the Anthropology Design series. (2), 2 PP with 2 b/w photos, plus 52 b/w plates. Rebacked copy, retaining original front cover. Internally fine. 30.5 x 22.7.

15605
LEWIS, David
FROM MAUI TO COOK - The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 213 PP with drawings by Walter Stackpool. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean (FEP: discoveries Magellan to Torres - REP: discoveries Schouten / LeMaire to Cook). Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket defective and protected. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 086824001X

Pacific exploration, from prehistoric times, seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer.

45667
LEWIS, David
FROM MAUI TO COOK - The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. Sydney. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 213 PP with drawings by Walter Stackpool. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean (FEP: discoveries Magellan to Torres - REP: discoveries Schouten / LeMaire to Cook). Cloth cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 086824001X

Pacific exploration, from prehistoric times, seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer.

61851
LEWIS, David
FROM MAUI TO COOK - The Discovery and Settlement of the Pacific
$45.00 AUD

Doubleday Australia. Sydney. 1977. Limited edition to 100 copies (No. 81 /100). X, 213 PP with drawings by Walter Stackpool. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean (FEP: discoveries Magellan to Torres - REP: discoveries Schouten / LeMaire to Cook). Quarter bound, cloth cover, gilt title on leather spine. Hand numbered and signed by the author on preliminary page. Faint foxing. Near fine. 23.5 x 18. 0868240028

Pacific exploration, from prehistoric times, seen through the eyes of a modern-day seagoing adventurer.

17674
LEWIS, David & FORMAN, Werner
THE MAORI HEIRS OF TANE
$20.00 AUD

Orbis. London. 1985. Reprint in paperback edition of the 1982 original, in the Echoes of the Ancient World series. 128 PP with colour photos. Fp: Front of the storehouse Te Puawai O Te Arawa. Half-title page: Jade ornament. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.8 x 22.5. 0856129294

The author, drawing on his profound knowledge of navigation, archaeology and anthropology, tells the story of the Maoris from their origins to the arrival of Europeans in the 19th Century.

43313
LEXTREYT, M. BOYER, Ph. et al.
HOMMES ET ESPACES D' OCEANIE - Sciences Humaines 5ème
$45.00 AUD

CTRDP. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 72 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (graphs, maps & photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. French text. 26.5 x 20.

Human Sciences in Oceania (for students in 2nd year of secondary college).

73279
LEXTREYT, M. BOYER, Ph. et al.
HOMMES ET ESPACES D' OCEANIE - Sciences Humaines "6ème"
$45.00 AUD

CTRDP / Centre Territorial de Recherche et de Documentation Pédagogiques. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations (graphs, maps & photos). Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. French text. 26.5 x 20.

Human Sciences in Oceania (for students in 1st year of secondary college).

51235
LEXTREYT, Michel
NOUVELLE-ZELANDE. Aotearoa, le pays au long nuage blanc
$50.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2006. 1st Ed., in Collection Terres d'Océanie. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, illustrated boards, dj. French text. Fine.. 31.5 x 25. 2909790193

58823
LEXTREYT, Michel
LA NOUVELLE-ZELANDE, à la croisée des chemins
$40.00 AUD

SCEREN / CDP Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 40 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 18 colour transparency sheets. Contained in a colour folder with clear plastic cover and pockets. Fine. French text. 30.5 x 21.5. 9782913090705

53103
LIAUZU, Claude (editor)
DICTIONNAIRE DE LA COLONISATION FRANCAISE
$50.00 AUD

Larousse. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed., in the "Larousse à Présent" series. 646, (2) PP, plus 16 pages with 18 maps in colour. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 20.5 x 13.7. 9782035833433

Dictionary of the French Colonization.

32966
LINGE, Gabriel
NOUVELLE ZELANDE - Terre des Maoris
$25.00 AUD

Robert Laffont. Paris. 1972. 1st Ed. 300 PP with 2 maps, and 3 drawings, plus 12 pages with 23 b/w photos. Inside front cover: map of the Polynesian triangle. Pictorial card cover. Signed by the author on half title page. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5.

New Zealand / Aotearoa: the land of the Maoris.

42871
LINNEKIN, Jocelyn & POYER, Lin (editors)
CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ETHNICITY IN THE PACIFIC
$30.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1996. 1st paperback edition. VI, (2), 323 PP with 3 maps. Soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.4. 0824818911

57859
LINNEKIN, Jocelyn & POYER, Lin (editors)
CULTURAL IDENTITY AND ETHNICITY IN THE PACIFIC
$35.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1990. 1st Ed. VI, (2), 323, (5) PP with 3 maps. Hard cover, dj. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 0824812085

70711
LINTON, Ralph, WINGERT, Paul S. & D'HARNONCOURT, René
ARTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS
$40.00 AUD

The Museum of Modern Art. New York. 1946. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 16 maps, 184 b/w photos and 4 colour plates by Miguel Covarrubias. Fp: Human figure surmounted by a bird, from the Sepik River, New Guinea. Eps: Map of the South Seas. Card covers with light wear, pictorial front. Old damp marks at top of front cover. Internally near fine. 25.5 x 19.

70656
LLOYD, Christopher
PACIFIC HORIZONS - The Exploration of the Pacific before Captain Cook
$40.00 AUD

George Allen and Unwin Ltd. London. 1946. 1st Ed. 188 PP, plus 7 b/w plates (plate II on double page). Fp: Chart of The Pacific in 1589. Eps: map of the Pacific. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned and with a few small chips. War economy paper. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

52646
LOCKWOOD, Brian
SAMOAN VILLAGE ECONOMY
$15.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1971. 1st Ed. XVII, 232 PP with 12 maps or plans, and 58 tables. Eps: Map of Western Samoa and location map. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket a little rubbed on corners and edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 14.5.

66287
LOCKWOOD, Kim
VJ DAY: The End of WWII in the Pacific - 70th Anniversary
$15.00 AUD

Wilkinson Publishing. Melbourne. 2015. 1st Ed., in the WP Military series. No pagination, 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 31.5 x 24. 9781922178961

Last Days and Hours. Speeches (Japanese Emperor Hirohito, US President Truman, King George VI, Eleanor Roosevelt & General MacArthur) and Celebrations ...

74007
LOCKWOOD, Kim
AIR RAIDS - Epic Assaults of World War II - 70th Anniversary
$15.00 AUD

Wilkinson Publishing. Melbourne. 2015. 1st Ed., in the WP Military series. No pagination, 86 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 32 x 24. 9781925265054

The Blitz to Pearl Harbor & Hiroshima. Darwin ... Guadalcanal ...

11954
LOSSOUARN, Olivier
LE TOUR DU MONDE D'UN BRETON
$25.00 AUD

N.E.L. Paris. 1967. 1st Ed. 220 PP plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos. Pict. soft cover. Near fine with pages still uncut. French text. 19.2 x 14.

The world peregrinations of a Breton. In the mid 1960's, AB on board Calypso of Cousteau, voyages in Africa through the Indian Ocean islands, Australia, New Caledonia, Vanikoro, Tahiti...

73386
LOVERIDGE, Arthur
REPTILES OF THE PACIFIC WORLD
$60.00 AUD

The Macmillan Company. New York. 1945. 1st printing of the first edition, in "The Pacific World" series. Foreword by Fairfield Osborn. XII, 259 PP with VII Plates with 70 b/w illustrations. FEP: Locality Map: Pacific and East Indies. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. dj (with a clipped fore flap). Offsetting of endpapers and occasional foxing. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.

59261
LOVETT, Richard
TAMATE: The Life Story of JAMES CHALMERS Told for Young People
$15.00 AUD

Young People's Missionary Movement. New York. c. 1910. Juvenile edition. 320 PP with 2 maps, plus 8 b/w plates. Fp: "Carrying a heavy stone club ...". Cloth cover. Label on spine with title. Notes on front endpaper. Very good. 20.5 x 14.

13392
LOWER, J.A.
OCEAN OF DESTINY - A Concise History of the North Pacific, 1500-1978
$20.00 AUD

University of British Columbia. Vancouver. 1978. 1st Ed. XIV, 242 PP with 2 graphs, 3 maps and 22 tables, plus 16 pages with 32 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23 x 15. 0774801018

History of the North Pacific. Covers concurrent events in the East and West.

51050
LUDEL, Jacqueline
MARGARET MEAD
$5.00 AUD

Franklin Watts. New York. 1983. 1st Ed., in the An Impact Biography series. (4), 118 PP with 2 maps and 10 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Library binding. Dust jacket with closed tears and chips. Title page missing. Occasional foxing. Very good reading copy. 24 x 16. 0531045900

59761
LUEDTKE, Luther S. (editor)
MAKING AMERICA - The Society and Culture of the United States
$10.00 AUD

United States Information Agency. Washington, D.C. 1988. 2nd printing in the "Forum Series", of the 1987 original. Foreword by Perry Frank. XII, 393 PP, (3) with 5 headpieces, b/w illustrations (maps, 23 portraits) and 1 map in colour on double page, plus 32 pages with 14 colour and 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.

59762
LUEDTKE, Luther S. (editor)
MAKING AMERICA - The Society and Culture of the United States
$10.00 AUD

United States Information Agency. Washington, D.C. 1988. 4th printing in the "Forum Series", of the 1987 original. Foreword by Perry Frank. XII, 393, (3) PP with 5 headpieces, b/w illustrations (maps, 23 portraits) and 1 map in colour on double page, plus 32 pages with 14 colour and 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Spine with a crease, o/wise very good. 23 x 15.

47376
LUKERE, Vicki & JOLLY, Margaret (editors)
BIRTHING IN THE PACIFIC: Beyond Tradition and Modernity
$20.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2002. 1st Ed. XII, 249 PP with 5 tables, 19 figures (6 maps, photos). Hard cover, cloth spine, gilt title on front board and spine. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0824824083

6 papers - ... Obligatory Maternity and Diminished Reproductive Autonomy in A'jië and Paicî Kanak Societies: A Female Perspective, by Christine Salomon... From Darkness to Light? Epidemiologies and Ethnographies of Motherhood in Vanuatu...

54531
LUX, Stéphanie (editor)
IFREMER - Annual Report 2006
$20.00 AUD

Institut Français de Recherche pour l'Exploitation de la Mer. Paris. 2007. 1st English edition, translated from the French original. 114 PP with tables and colour illustrations (graphs and photos). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

IFREMER/Oceanography: activities and research programs in 2005.

19223
LYTE, Charles
SIR JOSEPH BANKS, 18th Century Explorer, Botanist and Entrepreneur
$25.00 AUD

David & Charles. London. 1980. 1st Ed. 248 PP with 19 b/w & 8 colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 0715378848

A skilled botanist who devoted his fortune and life to botany and science in general. Sailing to Newfoundland and Labrador, then joining Cook's first expedition.

35823
MACINTYRE, Captain Donald
SEA POWER IN THE PACIFIC - A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day
$20.00 AUD

Arthur Barker Ltd. London. 1972. 1st Ed. 281 PP with 12 maps & plans. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22 x 14. 213994569

From Portuguese ascendancy, and the Dutch East Indies Empire, to the opening of Japan by Commodore Perry and the Korean War of the 1950's and its aftermath.

12877
MACINTYRE, Michael
THE NEW PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1985. 1st Ed. 216 PP with numerous colour photos. Fp: Girl dressed for the Ati-Atihan Festival on the island of Panay. Hard cover. Fine. 28.8 x 25. 0002173484

The New Pacific, from the South East Asian rim to the islands dotting this ocean. Defence, Communications, Tourism, Art & Identity. The Future? Made in Japan??

58884
MACLELLAN, Nic
HELPING FRIENDS, OR HELPING YOURSELF, Australia's Intervention in Solomon Islands (in SPINACH7)
$5.00 AUD

SPINACH7.COM. Melbourne. 2003. Issue 2, Summer 2003/2004. 80 PP. Contains article pages 2/3 and 18 to 23 with 1 b/w and 3 colour photos. Pictorial (Guadalcanal woman) front cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

On RAMSI (Regional Assistance Mission Solomon Islands).

55726
MACLELLAN, Nic (editor)
NO TE PARAU TIA, NO TE PARAU MAU, NO TE TIAMARAA, For Justice, Truth and Independence
$40.00 AUD

Pacific Concerns Resource Centre (PCRC). Suva. 2000. 1st Ed. Opening Address by Oscar Temaru. 172 PP with tables and 93 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 29.7 x 20.8. 9829018024

Report of the 8th Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) Conference, held Arue, Tahiti, Te Ao Maohi (French Polynesia) 20-24 September 1999. Opposition to Nuclear Testing by Marie-Thérèse Danielsson... Learning from history in the Kanak struggle for Independence, by Louis Kotra Uregei... Global warming and Climate Change, by Mahendra Kumar (SPREP)... Kwajalein missile tests and regional conflicts, by Nic Maclellan... Legacies of French Nuclear testing, by Hiro Tefaarere...

19503
MACLELLAN, Nic & CHESNEAUX, Jean
AFTER MORUROA, France in the South Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Ocean Press. Melbourne. 1998. 1st Ed. (8), 280 PP with 4 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 1876175052

Reasons for the presence of France in the Pacific. Future for the three French overseas territories: New Caledonia/Kanaky, Wallis & Futuna, and French Polynesia/Te Ao Maohi.

52395
MACMILLAN BROWN, J.
PEOPLES & PROBLEMS OF THE PACIFIC (in two volumes)
$100.00 AUD

T. Fisher Unwin Ltd. London. 1927. 1st Ed. Volume I: XII, (4), 327 PP, plus 65 plates with 4 charts or maps and over 155 b/w photos. Fp: An Urevvera Carver looking up from his work. Volume II: VIII, (4), 297 PP, plus 32 plates with over 63 b/w photos. Fp: Portrait by Goldie of Hera (Sarah) Hipi. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Spine sunned. Covers slightly rubbed at hinges and worn at corners. Endpapers with some offsetting and splits at fold. Occasional light foxing. Still a very good set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 25.6 x 16.5.

Contains sections on Melanesia (The Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Fiji), Micronesia (Mariannes, Pelews, Yap, Caroline Islands, Marshalls, Gilberts & Ellice Islands), Polynesia (New Zealand, Rarotonga, Samoa and Tonga, French Oceania & Easter Island.

33597
MAFART, Alain
CARNETS SECRETS D'UN NAGEUR DE COMBAT - Du Rainbow Warrior aux glaces de l'Arctique
$20.00 AUD

Albin Michel. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 255 PP, plus 8 pages with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22.5 x 14.4. 2226108319

The surprising itinerary of a failed secret service agent. Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour.

53397
MAILLAUD, Claude & LEFEVRE, Yves
GUIDE DE LA FAUNE MARINE DANGEREUSE D' OCEANIE
$65.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2007. 1st Ed., in Collection Nature et Environnement d'Océanie. Preface by Jérôme Seyer. 360, (4) PP with colour illustrations (1 map on double page and 141 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 20.5 x 15.5. 2915654257

Dangerous marine fauna in Oceania.

17666
MAINE, René
LAPEROUSE
$15.00 AUD

Sagittaire. Paris. 1946. 1st Ed., in the Vies Ardentes series. 296 PP with 7 maps (1 on double page). Fp: Portrait of La Perouse. Soft cover. Spine fragile. French text. Very good. 19 x 12.

Ouvrage couronné par l'Académie de Marine (Prix exceptionnel 1944).

59194
MAIR, L. P.
AUSTRALIA IN NEW GUINEA
$15.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1970. 2nd edition of the 1948 original. (6), 254 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 13.8. 0522839576

12895
MALCOMSON, Scott L.
TUTURANI, A Political Journey in the Pacific Islands
$15.00 AUD

Poseidon Press. New York. 1990. 1st Ed. 267 PP with 1 map of the South-West Pacific. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22 x 14.5. 0671692097

Travel in 1989 through different island groups of the Western Pacific: America at Sea (Palau, Guam, Saipan, Marshalls). Annals of self-determination (Kiribati, Fiji, Vanuatu) and Franconésie (New Caledonia & French Polynesia).

45598
MALCOMSON, Scott L.
TUTURANI, A Political Journey in the Pacific Islands
$10.00 AUD

Hamish Hamilton. London. 1991. 1st UK edition of the 1990 US original. 267 PP with 1 map of the South-West Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing. Fine. 22.2 x 14. 0241129052

52323
MALHERBE, Michel
PARLONS MAORI
$45.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Parlons series. 190, (2) PP with 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French & Maori text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.6. 2296027558

Polynesian language of New Zealand. Pages 77 to 104: Lexicon French / Maori. Pages 105 to 185: Lexicon Maori / French.

58301
MALIFA, Sano
LOOKING DOWN AT WAVES - A collection of poems
$15.00 AUD

Mana Publications / The South Pacific Creative Arts Society. Suva. 1975. 1st Ed. (5), 57 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 13.7.

15442
MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw
THE SEXUAL LIFE OF SAVAGES IN NORTH-WESTERN MELANESIA, An Ethnographic Account of Courtship, Marriage and Family Life among the Natives of the Trobriand Islands, British New Guinea
$70.00 AUD

Eugenics Publishing Co. New York. 1929. 1st US edition "Complete in one Volume". Preface by Havelock Ellis. XXVIII, 603 PP with 1 plan of a dwelling House and 1 genealogical diagram of Relationship, plus 96 pages with a map of Trobriand Islands, a plan of the village of Omarakana, Cats'-cradle, The Beach of Kumilabwaga, the frontispiece, and 91 b/w photos. Fp: Two pretty girls. Cloth cover, gilt lettering of title faded.on a sunned spine. Ageing of paper, foxing. Very good copy. Image shows the frontispiece and title-page. 21.8 x 14.3.

39381
MALINOWSKI, Bronislaw
CRIME AND CUSTOM IN SAVAGE SOCIETY
$10.00 AUD

Routledge & Kegan Paul. London. 1949. 5th impression of the 1926 original, in the International Library of Psychology, Philosophy and Scientific Method series. XII, 132, (7 publications) PP, plus 6 b/w plates. Fp: Fishing canoes on the lagoon. Cloth cover, gilt title (dulled) on spine. Near fine. Image shows title-page. 27 x 13.8.

62397
MALLATRAIT, Clémence & MESZAROS, Thomas
LA FRANCE, PUISSANCE INATTENDUE AU XXIe SIECLE DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD - Eléments pour une approche géopolitique de l'Océanie
$30.00 AUD

L' Harmattan. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed., in the collection "Diplomatie et Stratégie". Preface by Contre-Amiral (2S) Bertrand Lepeu. 163, (3) PP with 8 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with laminated plastic peeling in places. Internally near fine. French text. 24 x 15.5. 9782296085916

12875
MALM, William P.
MUSIC CULTURES OF THE PACIFIC, THE NEAR EAST, AND ASIA
$10.00 AUD

Prentice-Hall History of Music Series. New Jersey. 1967. 12th printing. (8), 169 PP with 1 map on double page map,50 figures and 32 musical scores. Pictorial card cover (slight crease on front cover). Near fine. 22.6 x 15.

A comprehensive work.

58304
MALMALUAN Training Centre & MAVOR, John E.
TRADITIONAL BELIEF AND THE CHRISTIAN FAITH
$15.00 AUD

Lotu Pasifika Productions. Suva. 1977. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 15.

12908
MALONE, P., SIAPO, A., VAN BASTOLAER, J. et al.
INDIGENOUS STRUGGLE IN THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

National Aboriginal Conference. Canberra. 1984. 1st Ed. (5), 83 PP with 8 b/w photos in text. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.

Nine papers presented at the First Regional Meeting of the World Council of Indigenous Peoples, Pacific Region, held in Canberra on 25, 26 & 27 June 1984. East Timor, West Papua, New Caledonia, French occupied Polynesia, Hawaii, ....

12874
MAMAK, Alex & ALI, Ahmed
RACE CLASS AND REBELLION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. No. 4 in the Studies in Society series. 144 PP with 3 figures & 4 tables, plus 1 map on double page of the South West Pacific with inset map of Malaita Island at back of book. Card cover. Very good. 21.2 x 13.5. 0868610178

The setting and history of inequality in Australia, N.Z., the Solomon Islands, Fiji and Bougainville. Five case studies of rebellion in the South Pacific: Bougainville (1975), Fiji (1920), Maasina Rule in the Solomons, Parihaka rebellion in N.Z., Aboriginal resistance: the Gurindji at Wattie Creek.

54435
MAMAK, Alexander & McCALL, Grant (editors)
PARADISE POSTPONED. Essays on Research & Development in the South Pacific
$20.00 AUD

Pergamon Press. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. X, 277 PP with 1 figure & 7 tables. Decorated stiff cover. Signature of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise very good. 22.8 x 15.2. 080230040

Proceedings of the Young Nations Conference, held at the University of New South Wales in August 1976.

51224
MARCHANT, Leslie R.
FRANCE AND NEW ZEALAND: 1769-1846. A LIST OF NAVAL RECORDS IN PARIS
$35.00 AUD

Department of History, University of Western Australia. Perth. 1962. Reprint ?. Stencilled work printed on recto only. (4), 26 PP. Soft cover, clear plastic. Very good. 29.6 x 21.

30973
MARENCHES, Count De, & OCKRENT, Christine
THE EVIL EMPIRE - The Third World War Now
$15.00 AUD

Sidgwick & Jackson. London. 1988. 1st UK edition of the 1986 French original Dans le Secret des Princes, translated by Simon Lee and Jonathan Marks. XIII, 190 PP with 7 maps. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 16. 0283994916

The author was head of the French Military Intelligence/Secret Service for 11 years. Coups d'état, containment of Communist threats... The Greenpeace affair.

51063
MARKWITH, Carl
FAREWELL TO BIKINI (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1946. Volume 90, No. 1, July 1946. Contains article between P.97 and 116 with 16 b/w photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Bikini Atoll in the Ralik Chain of the Marshall Islands, prior to any testing of Atomic Bombs.

65011
MATHER, Patricia (editor)
A TIME FOR A MUSEUM: The History of the Queensland Museum 1862-1986
$25.00 AUD

Queensland Museum. Brisbane. 1986. 1st Ed. Volume 24 of the "Memoirs of the Queensland Museum". Preface by the Honorable Peter McKechnie. X, 386 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18.5. 0724216456

... Chapter 10: People and lifestyle / Anthropology, by M.C. Quinnell. Chapter 12: Pandora Box / Maritime Archaeology, by R. A. Coleman.

72198
MATSON Line
SOUVENIR PASSENGER LIST - S.S. "MONTEREY", First Class
$50.00 AUD

Matson Line. Sydney. 1939. Folded List dated 3rd March 1939. Illustrated card: Map in colour "Route of the Matson Line" on the outside, by E. Melbourne Brindle / Souvenir Passenger list on the inside. Captain E.R. Johanson. Near fine. Format - Map: 26 x 42.6 & folded: 26 x 21.3.

Attractive map by E. Melbourne Brindle. Sailing from Sydney to Auckland 3rd March 1939 at 11.00 a.m.

54137
MATSUDA, Matt K.
EMPIRE OF LOVE: Histories of France and the Pacific
$25.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. New York. 2005. 1st paperback edition. VIII, 232 PP with 15 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.5. 0195162951

Attempt to build the Panama Canal. Wallis & Futuna (martyrs and memories). Society Islands. New Caledonia. Indochina. Japan (Pierre Loti and Madame Chrysanthème).

73460
MATTHEWS, Owen
GLORIOUS MISADVENTURES - Nikolai Rezanov and the Dream of a Russian America
$40.00 AUD

Bloomsbury. New York. 2013. 1st Ed. XIV, 384, (2) PP with 2 maps and 29 b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings, sketches), plus 16 pages with 5 b/w and 31 colour illustrations. Hard covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Top outside edge with a rermainder mar, o/wise fine. 24 x 16.2. 9781620402399

73965
MATTHEWS, Professor R.E.F., GARDINER, John & FLATMAN, Pauline, ...
THE STORY OF THE HAURAKI GULF MARITIME PARK
$20.00 AUD

Hauraki Maritime Park. Russell, NZ. 1983. 1st reprint of the original. 176 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061079

First footprints: The Enduring Land. Prehistory and Hisory: pages 102 to 119.

51030
MAUDE, H. E.
OF ISLANDS AND MEN - Studies in Pacific History
$30.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. Melbourne. 1968. 1st Ed. XXII, 397 PP with 19 figures, plus 20 b/w plates. FEP: map of the South West Pacific. REP: map of the Central Pacific Islands. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled, o/wise a fine copy. 22.2 x 14.5.

Beachcombers and castaways, pork trade, coconut trade, colonization of the Phoenix Group.

55774
MAUDE, H. E.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE GILBERTESE BOTI: An Ethnohistorical Interpretation
$15.00 AUD

Gilbert Islands Extension Centre of the USP & Institute of Pacific Studies. Tarawa & Suva. 2005. Reprint of the 1963 original, published by The Polynesian Society. (4), 5-68, (2) PP with 1 map, 3 genealogical trees and 6 figures, plus 3 plates (figure 5 and 2 b/w illustrations). Inside covers: map of Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. New. 21 x 145.7.

58478
MAUDE, H. E.
THE EVOLUTION OF THE GILBERTESE BOTI: An Ethnohistorical Interpretation
$15.00 AUD

Gilbert Islands Extension Centre of the USP & Institute of Pacific Studies. Tarawa & Suva. 1977. Reprint of the 1963 original, published by The Polynesian Society. (4), 5-68, (2) PP with 1 map, 3 genealogical trees and 6 figures, plus 3 plates (figure 5 and 2 b/w illustrations). Inside covers: Map of Pacific Islands. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 145.7.

22616
MAYBURY-LEWIS, David
MILLENIUM, Tribal Wisdom and the Modern World
$30.00 AUD

Viking. New York. 1992. 1st Ed. XVIII, 398 PP with b/w & colour illust. P.285-387: photographic essay. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 28.2 x 22.5. 0670829358

An anthropologist demonstrates the wisdom which can be gained from indigenous societies swept aside by modern civilization. Trobriand Islanders and the Kula Ring. Weyewans of Indonesia and their stone-drag. Australian Aborigines and their Dreamtime...

58978
McARTHUR, Norma
ISLAND POPULATIONS OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1967. 1st Ed. XVI, 381 PP with 66 tables, 6 maps & 3 figures. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped and rubbed (now in protective sleeve. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing. Very good. 24.2 x 15.8.

Studies based on a census of the populations living on 5 island groups: Fiji, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands and French Polynesia.

57593
McBEAN, Angus
HANDICRAFTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS - An illustrated guide for buyers
$15.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1976. 2nd edition. 131 PP with 11 colour and 94 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Map showing area of South Pacific Commission. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed and with a crease at front, o/wise near fine. 23.2 x 15.

70564
McCALMAN, Iain & ERSKINE, Nigel (editors)
IN THE WAKE OF THE BEAGLE: Science in the Southern Oceans from the Age of Darwin
$50.00 AUD

University of New South Wales Press / Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Mary-Louise Williams. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover, contained in a nicely decorated slipcase. Fine. Oblong - Book: 23 x 25. Slipcase: 23.6 x 25.3. 9781921410949

Art and Exploration, by Richard Neville. ... Relying on the locals: Alfred Wallace and indigenous sailing craft. ...

15623
McCORMICK, Anne & McDONNELL, Derek
PACIFIC VOYAGES & EXPLORATION, From the Carlsmith Collection and Other Sources
$30.00 AUD

Hordern House. Sydney. 1987. 1st Ed. 160 PP profusely illustrated with 160 b/w & 31 colour illustrations. Newspaper clipping "Pacifism", by John McDonald, loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 095884786X

Catalogue detailing 289 items of the Carlsmith family collection of Pacific voyages: Cook, Bligh, La Pérouse ...

47701
McCORMICK, Donald
ISLANDS FOR SALE
$15.00 AUD

Peter Garnett. London. 1949. 1st Ed. (10), 133 PP with 9 maps, plus 16 pages with 33 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): Heron Island in the Barrier Reef group. Title page with vignette: Island for sale. Eps Map of the world. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Hinges slightly rubbed. Dust jacket tipped in on half title page (see image). Errata slip tipped in on page 13. Ingleton book plate on front endpaper, and his stamp with number catalogue 13390, on rear endpaper. Faint foxing. Very good. 22 x 14.5.

The British Isles, The Great Barrier Reef, The Pacific, The West Indies, The Mediterranean... Islands for all Tastes.

37872
MCDOUGALL, Derek J., MARTIN, Rodney A., SMITH, Gary K. & TRANTER, Bernard C.
FOREIGN POLICIES IN THE ASIAN-PACIFIC REGION
$25.00 AUD

Prentice-Hall of Australia. Sydney. 1982. 1st Ed. X, 446 PP with 1 table, 4 cartoons and 11 maps. Card cover. Near fine. 22 x 15.5. 072480451X

The Asian-Pacific region. Soviet Eastern Asia, Mongolia and environs... Australia: defence facilities and establishments.

58507
MCEWEN, J.M. & MACPHERSON, C.
UNDERSTANDING POLYNESIANS
$10.00 AUD

Vocational Training Council / A. R. Shearer, Government Printer. Wellington. 1974. 1st Ed. No. 1, by Polynesian Advisory Committee series. 16 PP. Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

12457
McGUIRE, Paul
WESTWARD THE COURSE - The New World of Oceania
$5.00 AUD

O.U.P. Melbourne. 1942. 1st Australian edition. 411 PP with 3 maps, plus 32 pages with 41 b/w photos. Cloth cover. Top corner of title page clipped, ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 22.2 x 14.5.

A profound study of the influence of the Western world on Oceania at the outbreak of the Pacific War.

70591
McKILLOP, Captain William
THE LAST OF THE SAIL WHALERS: Whaling off Tasmania and Southern New Zealand by Captain William McKillop (1865-1938)
$55.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2019. 1st Ed. No. 66, in the Roebuck series. Edited by Rhys Richards & Graeme Broxam. XIV, 216, (4 blank) PP with 1 family tree, 8 colour illustrations (including a map of Tasmania) and over 60 b/w illustrations: 5 maps (2 with inset), 6 drawings, 20 sketches by Gordon Grant and 35 photos and portraits. Laminated pictorial boards. Copy signed on title page by Graeme Broxam, publisher and co-editor. As new. 26.2 x 21. 9780992366070

Born Stewart Island, NZ, Coastal trading and seaing in New Zealand southern waters. Settled in Tasmania in 1893.

51284
McKINNON, Malcolm (editor)
NEW ZEALAND HISTORICAL ATLAS - KO PAPATUANUKU E TAKOTO NEI
$40.00 AUD

David Bateman / Historical Branch Department of Internal Affairs. Auckland. 1998. Reprint of the 1997 original. 290 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos sketches...). Eps: Map of New Zealand. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 36.5 x 26. 1869533356

32852
McLAREN, C. A. (editor)
RIPTIDE IN THE PACIFIC - Surveys of Social, Political and Economic Problems
$25.00 AUD

Auckland University College Labour Club. Auckland. 1948. 1st Ed. 68 PP with 1 map (centrefold). Pictorial soft cover. Good. 21.2 x 13.8.

6 papers presented at a symposium. Power politics in the Pacific, by H. Winston Rhodes... Trusteeship and Pacific destinies, by Keith Sinclair... New Zealand and the Pacific, by W. T. G. Airey.

41598
McLAREN, Fergus B.
FERGUS - A Memoir of Fergus Blair McLaren, by His Friends
$20.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1943. 2nd Ed. 162 PP, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Fp: The reverend Fergus Blair Mclaren, M. A., in 1940. Cloth cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 18.5 x 12.8.

Tribute... Killed on the shores of Greece in 1941.

66315
McLEAN, John
A MISSION OF HONOUR: The Royal Navy in the Pacific, 1769-1997
$30.00 AUD

Winter Productions. Wellington. 2010. 1st Ed. 518 PP, plus 16 pages with 4 sketch maps and 22 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24.5 x 15.8. 9781872970233

Great Britain, Royal Navy and the Pacific Ocean: from the arrival of Captain Cook in the Pacific, to the handover of Hong Kong to China.

61359
MEAD, Commander Jonathan
The Continued Utility of the ANZUS Treaty (in Journal of the Australian Naval Institute, No. 107)
$5.00 AUD

Australian Naval Institute, Inc. Canberra. 2003. No. 107 (Summer 2003). 44 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article page 31 to 37. Pictorial soft cover. A fine set. 29.8 x 21.2.

Also contains: Australia's Ocean Policy, by Lieutenant Commander Virginia Oborn, RAN.

33332
MEAD, Margaret
LETTERS FROM THE FIELD 1925-1975
$5.00 AUD

Harper Colophon Books. New York. 1979. 1st paperback edition. XV, 361 PP with 6 maps and 117 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ageing of paper and foxing spots on edges. Very good. 22.7 x 15.3. 0060906855

71790
MEAD, Sidney M. (Editor)
EXPLORING THE VISUAL ART OF OCEANIA: Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia
$60.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1979. 1st Ed. xviii, 455 PP with b/w illustrations throughout. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. A near fine copy. 24 x 21. 0824805984

Published following the 1974 international symposium converned with the state of art in Oceanie, scholarship on the subject, and the future direction of both. Includes the archaeological roots of Oceanic art, rock art, surveyed studies done in various areas of the Pacific ...

73648
MEADE, Lieut. The Hon. Herbert
A RIDE THROUGH THE DISTURBED DISTRICT OF NEW ZEALAND; Together with some account of the SOUTH SEAS ISLANDS.
$360.00 AUD

John Murray. London. 1870. 1st edited by his brother R.H. Meade with a preface (including a letter by Sir George Grey, Governor of New Zealand). XII, 375 PP with 18 cuts (b/w illustrations), plus 2 maps in colour (1 of them folded) and 3 chromolithographic plates. Fp (in colour): "Geyser, Boiling Cataracts, and Steam-Jets on the Waikato". Rebacked copy with new endpapers. Half bound covers retaining the original cloth and the spine pasted down on leather spine. Ageing of paper. Copy lacking the colour plate "Gate Pah Redoubt, Tauranga", facing page 9. An otherwise near fine copy. Scarce. 22.7 x 16.

... being selections from the Journals and Letters of Lieut. The Honorable Herbert Meade, R.N. The author served (1864, 1865) on "HMS Curaçoa" and "HMS Esk". Ingleton catalogue No. 5476.

65296
MEHAUT, Catherine
MER ET OUTRE-MER - "Bibliographie des Travaux intéressant l'Histoire Maritime publiés en France de 1962 à 1975"
$25.00 AUD

Les Editions de l'Erudit. Paris. 1984. 1st ed. Preface by Jean Baillou. (6), X, 376, (2) PP with 2571 titles listed. Soft cover, illustrated front. Title page rubbed at top and with name of previous owner. French text. Very good. 21 x 14.5. 2868160042

45520
MERLE, Isabelle & NAEPELS, Michel (editors)
LES RIVAGES DU TEMPS - Histoire et Anthropologie du Pacifique
$35.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed., No. 3 in Cahiers du Pacifique Sud Contemporain. 232 PP with 1 sketch map of the Pacific, and 4 figures. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747543676

7 papers on contemporary Pacific by: Chris Ballard, Greg Dening, Jonathan Friedman...

51555
MERLE, Jacques
OCEAN ET CLIMAT
$20.00 AUD

IRD Editions. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. 222, (2) PP with b/w and colour illustrations (26 photos and 104 figures) and 15 windows. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 26 x 17. 2709915847

Interaction: Weather and Ocean.

73531
MEYER, Anthony J.P.
OCEANIC ART - OZEANISCHE KUNST - ART OCEANIEN (in Two Volumes)
$200.00 AUD

Könemann. Köln / Cologne. 1995. 1st Ed. Volume I: 320 PP with 357 illustrations (mostly colour photos by Olaf Wipperfürth). Fp: Stone Mortar. FEP: Map of the Pacific Ocean. REP: Map of New Guinea. Volume II: P.321 to 640 with b/w & colour illustrations from P.358 to 731. Fp: A Barava from Choiseul Island. FEP: Map of Micronesia. REP: Map of Polynesia. Orig. cloth cover, gilt title on front cover & spine, dj. Contained in a pictorial slipcase. Dedicatory note on half title page of Volume 1, dated and signed by the author. Text in English, French & German. As new condition. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 32.4 x 27.5. 3895080802

A magnificent work.

55721
MEYLAN, M. A. & GLASBY, G. P. (editors)
MANIHIKI PLATEAU, MACHIAS AND CAPRICORN SEAMOUNTS, NIUE, AND TOFUA TROUGH: RESULTS OF TUI CRUISES
$50.00 AUD

SOPAC (South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission) Secretariat. Suva. 1996. 1st Ed. Technical Bulletin 10, SOPAC. VIII, 174, (8 interpolated pages) PP with tables and figures (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Head of spine with a slight bump. Spine lightly sunned. Near fine. 29.5 x 21. 9822070055

Results of 2 cruises in 1986, of HMNZS TUI, from Rarotonga to Nuku'alofa.

33389
MICHENER, James A.
TALES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Dymock's. Sydney. 1953. Reprint of the first Australian edition of 1951. V, (3), 309 PP. Cloth cover. Covers marked at hinges, renewed endpapers. Light browning of outside edges. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.

A collection of tales against the background of the South Pacific: the coastwatcher. The French planter who fell in love with the US nurse, ...

57162
MICHOUTOUCHKINE, Nicolai & PILIOKO, Aloi
CATALOGUE DE L'EXPOSITION ETHNOGRAPHIE ET ART DE L'OCEANIE / CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION ETHNOGRAPHY AND ART OF OCEANIA
$200.00 AUD

Académie des Sciences de l'URSS. Moscow. 1989. 2nd edition (revised and supplemented) by Y. Bromley. 104 PP, plus 88 pages with 31 colour and 101 b/w illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper dated and signed by Michoutouchkine and Aloi Pilioko. Near fine. Scarce. 29.7 x 22.5.

Exhibition of the foundation, held for the occasion of the 14th Congress of Pacific Sciences, Moscow, 1979. 132 illustrations of the 700 items exhibited.

70606
MILLER, Barbara
THE EUROPEAN QUEST TO FIND TERRA AUSTRALIS INCOGNITA: Quiros, Torres and Janszoon
$50.00 AUD

Barbara Miller. Cairns, Qld. 2014. 1st Ed. 332 PP with b/w illustrations (charts & maps, paintings & photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. 22 x 15. 9781925023824

57675
MILLER, Charles "Cannibal"
CANNIBAL CARAVAN
$20.00 AUD

Lee Furman, Inc. New York. 1939. 1st Ed., with an introduction by L. L. Stevenson. X, 11-318 P, plus 16 pages with 34 b/w photos. Eps: map of New Guinea (insert: south west corner of Dutch New Guinea). Cloth cover. Covers lightly marked. Faint foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.

Adventures in Dutch New Guinea.

19096
MINER, Roy Waldo
ON THE BOTTOM OF A SOUTH SEA PEARL LAGOON (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1938. Volume LXXIV, No.3, September 1938. Contains article between P. 365 and 382 with 17 b/w photos & VIII colour plates "Sea Floor Aquarelles from Tongareva" by Else Bostelmann. Soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.5.

Calls in Eastern Polynesia and the atoll of Tongareva (Penrhyn) in the Cook Islands in the Zaca by an expedition of the American Museum of Natural History, New York.

48605
MINISTERE DES ARMEES
REVUE HISTORIQUE DE L'ARMEE - TERRITOIRES FRANCAIS DU PACIFIQUE
$50.00 AUD

Revue Historique de l'Armée / Ministère des Armées. Paris. 1965. Special issue. 21st Year of publication, No. 3. Edited by Colonel P. LYET. (2), 206 PP, (CII advertising material) with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos), plus 2 plates with 4 colour illustrations. Soft cover, silver medallion on front cover. French text. Near fine. 27 x 21.4.

The Pacific Ocean, by Admiral Picard-Destelan ... Pomaré Vahiné IV, Queen of the Society Islands (1827-1877) by Patrick O'Reilly ... The Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides, by Colonel J. Chabanier ...

33518
MITCHELL, Andrew
A FRAGILE PARADISE - Nature and Man in the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1989. 1st Ed. 356 PP with 6 maps, plus 16 pages with 39 colour photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24.2 x 15.5. 0002179423

Broad natural history of the Pacific.

33526
MITCHELL, Andrew
A FRAGILE PARADISE - Nature and Man in the Pacific
$5.00 AUD

Fontana. London. 1990. 1st paperback edition of the 1989 original. 256 PP with 7 maps, plus 16 pages with 39 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.4 x 15.2. 000637655X

Broad natural history of the Pacific.

11865
MITCHELL, L. M. M.
PACIFIC PICTURE - Stories of Pacific Peoples
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1963. 3rd reprint of the 1962 original. 210 PP, plus 12 b/w plates. Pictorial card cover. Very good. 19.2 x 12.8.

Stories spanning the whole of the Pacific.

22090
MITCHELL, Mairin
THE BRIDGE OF SAN MIGUEL
$10.00 AUD

Herder Publications. London. 1960. 1st Ed. 285 PP. REP: map of the Isthmus of Panama and route to the Pacific taken by Balboa. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). One scratch on the front of the dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 22 x 14.3.

Romanced story of the first sighting of the South Sea (Pacific Ocean) by Vasco Nunez de Balboa, 25th September 1513.

14056
MITTON, Robert
THE LOST WORLD OF IRIAN JAYA
$150.00 AUD

Oxford Univ. Press. Melbourne. 1983. 1st Ed. IX, 234 PP, (1), with colour illustrations throughout. Hard cover, dj. Light foxing on the inside of the dust jacket, o/wise a near fine copy of a scarce item. 28.5 x 21. 0195543688

The pictorial study of a fast disappearing part of the world. The remarkable work of a young Australian geographer and anthropologist compiled over five years in this remote and primitive area.

47788
MOLINIER, Bernard
LA TERRE D'UNE ILLUSION PERDUE
$15.00 AUD

Author. Les Issambres, Var. 2000. 1st Ed. 112 PP with 1 map & 2 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20 x 13. 2950776124

Louis Antoine de Bougainville and his attempt to settle the uninhabited Islands of Malouines (Falkland Islands) in the South Atlantic.

52418
MONTGOMERY, James (editor)
VOYAGES AND TRAVELS ROUND THE WORLD, by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennett, Esq.
$150.00 AUD

John Snow. London. 1840. 2nd edition, corrected. XVIII, 288 PP with 12 engravings (5 on Tahiti), plus 14 b/w plates (9 on Tahiti). Fp: Rev. Daniel Tyerman. Rebacked copy. Card cover, spine reinforced. Binding fair. Title page/frontispiece reinforced at the fold. Small Sunday School Library plate pasted down on verso of the List of Plates page. Ageing of paper and a little foxing, o/wise still a good copy of a rare title. 24.2 x 16.

... deputed from the London Missionary Society to visit their various stations in the South Sea Islands, Australia, China, India, Madagascar, and South Africa, between the years 1821 and 1829. Chapter 2 (page 9) to chapter 35 (page 185): Polynesia, i.e. the islands of Tahiti, Huahine, Raiatea, Bora Bora, Hawaii, Marquesas, Cook and New Zealand...

73212
MOORE, Clive (compiler)
PACIFIC HISTORY JOURNAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
$200.00 AUD

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU. Canberra. 1992. 1st Ed. (4), XIII, 445 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Light foxing, mostly on first and last pages, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. Image shows the title-page. 30 x 21.5. 0731514874

55232
MOORE, W. Robert
PACIFIC WARDS OF UNCLE SAM (in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 94, No.1, 1948)
$5.00 AUD

NGS. Washington. 1948. Vol. 94, No. 1, July 1948. Contains article from P.73 to 104 with 2 maps, 11 b/w and 18 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.2 x 17.4.

United States Trust Territory of Pacific Islands.

40894
MOORE, W. Robert.
GRASS-SKIRTED YAP [in National Geographic Magazine, Volume 102, No.6, 1952]
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1952. Vol. 102, No.6, December 1952. Contains article P.805 to 830 with 6 b/w and 21 colour photos. Soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.5.

War made Uncle Sam foster parent to these far Pacific islanders, who prize old ways, taboos, and huge disks of Stone Money.

15683
MOOREHEAD, Alan
THE FATAL IMPACT - The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
$10.00 AUD

Hamish Hamilton. Sydney. 1987. New edition created and produced from the 1966 original. Preface by Manning Clark. 252 PP enhanced by 150 b/w and colour illustrations (paintings, drawings & etchings). Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 27 x 19. 0241123461

Tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour, when good intentions led to disaster, corruption & annihilation.

71882
MOOREHEAD, Alan
THE FATAL IMPACT, An Account of the Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840
$5.00 AUD

Penguin Books. London. 1987. Reprint of the paperback edition of 1968 (original of 1966). 283, (5 publications) PP with 3 drawings and 5 maps, plus 16 pages with 27 b/w illustrations. Soft covers, pictorial front. Slight ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 9780140027730

Tragic story of a great adventure which turned sour when good intentions led to disaster, corruption and annihilation.

45384
MORAN, Michael
BEYOND THE CORAL SEA - Travels in the old Empires of the South-West Pacific
$20.00 AUD

HarperCollins. London. 2003. 1st Ed. XXII, 410 PP with 4 maps and 25 head pieces, plus 20 pages with 17 colour and 25 b/w illustrations. Title page: Outrigger canoe. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0002261707

Voyage in the Islands of the Bismarck and Solomon Seas, settled a century ago by Great Britain and Germany.

59331
MORAUTA, Louise (Editor)
LAW AND ORDER IN A CHANGING SOCIETY
$15.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific Studies / A.N.U. Canberra. 19874. 1st Ed. Monograph No. 6, in Political and Social Change series. (VI), 119 PP with 8 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0867849355

12930
MORRELL, W.P.
THE GREAT POWERS IN THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD

Historical Association. London. 1963. Historical Association General Series No.54. 35 PP. Stapled card cover. Signature of previous owner. Light foxing around outside edges, and 3 lines of text underlined on P.35 titled "Suggestions for further reading", o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14.

Discovery, rivalry followed by partition and annexation. The Pacific between the two world wars and post-WWII Pacific.

56364
MORRIS, Roger
PACIFIC SAIL - Four Centuries of Western Ships in the Pacific
$20.00 AUD

David Bateman. Auckland. 1987. 1st Ed. 192 PP, with charts, drawings & paintings in b/w & colour. Fp: Windjammers in Auckland Harbour. Eps: Drawings of a caravel and of a Dutch sail ship. Hard cover, dj. Hinges at head of spine split on 1 cm. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. Oblong: 21 x 28. 0908610688

Ships which have sailed the Pacific since the arrival of Magellan.

59616
MORRISSEY, Di
THE ISLANDS
$5.00 AUD

Pan Macmillan Australia. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. (10), 483 PP with 1 map of the Hawaiian Islands and 15 headpieces. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 9781405038560

Novel set in Hawai'i.

15558
MORTIMER, Lt. George
OBSERVATIONS AND REMARKS MADE DURING A VOYAGE
$30.00 AUD

Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1988. Facsimile reprint of the 1791 original in a limited edition of 220 numbered copies (No.79). VIII, (8), 71 PP, (7). Fp: Facsimile of original title. FEP: Maria Is. REP: Amsterdam Island. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 26 x 18. 0877704562

A voyage made of the brig Mercury to Teneriffe, Amsterdam Island, Maria Island near Van Diemen's Land, Tahiti ... in 1789.

44674
MORTON, Harry
THE WIND COMMANDS - Sailors and Sailing Ships in the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

UQP. Brisbane. 1980. 1st Australian edition of the 1975 original. XXVII, 498 PP with 59 b/w figures, plus 64 b/w plates. Eps: Chart of The Pacific Area. Blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise contents near fine. 25.5 x 17. 0702215600

The opening and exploration of the Pacific.

56071
MORTON, Harry
THE WHALE'S WAKE
$40.00 AUD

University of Otago Press. Dunedin. 1982. 1st Ed. 396 PP with tail pieces by Peggy Morton, plus 40 pages with 108 b/w illustrations. FEP: Australasia whaling grounds. REP: Whaling harbours & shore station locations of New Zealand. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears at top. Bookplate of Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) on verso of front endpaper. Near fine. 24 x 15.4. 0908569297

Whaling in New Zealand waters from 1792 to the late 1850's, its impact on Maori culture and the shaping of the NZ character.

13679
MOUTOUSSAMY, Ernest
L'OUTRE-MER SOUS LA PRESIDENCE DE FRANCOIS MITTERAND
$20.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 1996. 1st Ed. 192 PP. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 14.5. 273844301X

The evolution of the French Overseas Departments and Territories during the 14 years in power of the French president François Mitterand.

34886
MOZINO, José Mariano
NOTICIAS DE NUTKA - An Account of Nootka Sound in 1792
$15.00 AUD

University of Washington Press / Douglas & McIntire. Seattle / Vancouver. 1991. 1st paperback edition, with a new foreword by Richard Inglis. Reprint of the 1970 original translated and edited by Iris H. Wilson Engstrand. LIV, 143 PP, plus 24 b/w plates. FEP: Vancouver Island and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21.5 x 14.6. 0295971037

Mozino was the official botanist-naturalist of the expedition led by Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra investigating in 1792 the Spanish limits to the North of California.

21354
MRANTZ, Maxine
WHALING DAYS IN OLD HAWAII
$25.00 AUD

Aloha Graphics. Honolulu. 1976. 1st Ed. 40 PP with duo tone illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.

Brief history of Hawaii followed by whaling & whalers.

56977
MRGUDOVIC, Nathalie
LA FRANCE DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD - Les Enjeux de la Puissance
$50.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed. No. 10 in Lettres du Pacifique series. Preface by Michel Rocard. 437, (3) PP with 1 sketch, 2 maps and tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296055483

65729
MUNDLE, Robert
BLIGH: Master Mariner
$25.00 AUD

Hachette Australia. Sydney. 2010. 1st Ed. XXXII, 368 PP with 6 maps (3 on double page), plus 8 pages with b/w and colour illustrations (facsimile of documents, etchings, paintings & watercolours). FEP: Point Venus, Tahiti. REP: The Providence and her tender Assistant. Hard cover, device and title in blind on front board and spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 9780733625060

21320
MUNGER, James F.
TWO YEARS IN THE PACIFIC AND ARCTIC OCEANS AND CHINA
$25.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield. Wash. 1987. Reprint of the 1852 1st ed. (3), 80 PP. Ep: whaling scene. Hard cover gilt engraved. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 25.3 x 17.7. 0877704015

A journal of every day life on board ship with interesting information on the inhabitants of different countries and the exciting events peculiar to a whaling voyage.

59716
MUNRO, Doug and THORNLEY, Andrew
THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF PACIFIC ISLANDERS PASTORS AND MISSIONARIES
$10.00 AUD

Doug Munro & Andrew Thornley / USP. Suva. c. 1997. Paper of 23 PP. Clear plastic folder. Brief note at top of 1st page by co author Doug Munro. Fine. 30.5 x 23.

This paper is a reworking and updating of their editorial introduction to "The Covenant Makers: Islander Missionaries in the Pacific" published Suva in 1996..

50954
MURPHY, John J.
THE BOOK OF PIDGIN ENGLISH (NEO-MELANESIAN) / BUK BILONG TOK PISIN
$25.00 AUD

W. R. Smith & Paterson. Brisbane. 1973 9th edition, new revised and enlarged edition of the 1943 original. Foreword by Basil Morris. 192 PP, plus 20 pages with 6 colour reproductions and 17 b/w illustrations (2 engravings & 15 photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Near fine. 18 x 11.8.

73672
MURRAY, Hugh (editor)
ADVENTURES OF BRITISH SEAMEN IN THE SOUTHERN OCEAN, displaying the striking contrasts which the Human Character Exhibits in an Uncivilized State
$200.00 AUD

Constable and Co. Edinburgh. 1827. 1st edition. Volume IV in the "Constable's Miscellany" of Original and Selected Publications. Preface by Hugh Murray. XI, 353 PP with vignette on half title page, plus a portrait of "Tippahee", a New Zealand Chief. Quarter bound, marbled boards, leather spine with 5 raised bands and gilt title "British Seamen". Fine copy. Scarce. Image shows title-page. 14.7 x 9.7.

I - Narrative of the Shipwreck of the "Antelope" in August 1783. II - Mutiny of the Bounty. III - Particulars of the Destruction of a British Vessel on the coast of New Zealand: the Boyd, Captain Thomson.

54465
MURRAY, John
THE MINNOWS OF TRITON: Policing, Politics, Crime and Corruption in the South Pacific Islands
$35.00 AUD

John T. Murray. Canberra. 2006. Revised edition of the October 2005 original. 292 PP with 1 map of the SW Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.7 x 14.7. 0646457896

51396
MURRAY-OLIVER, A. A. StC. M.
EARLY NEW ZEALAND PAINTINGS 1840 - 1900, FROM THE ALEXANDER TURNBULL LIBRARY
$10.00 AUD

R. E. Owen, Government Printer. Wellington. 1966. 1st Ed. Foreword by David C. Seath, Minister of Internal Affairs. No pagination, 20 PP with description of 50 paintings. Pictorial soft cover. (View up the Matavai Valley, 1777). Fine. 20 x 16.2.

Selection of 50 paintings exhibited in 1967.

45958
N/A
SECRETARIAT GENERAL DE LA COMMUNAUTE DU PACIFIQUE - Rapport Annuel 1998
$15.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed., translated from the English original. (2), 34 PP with 5 tables and 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21. 9822036701

SPC: Vision, philosophy, mission, goals...

46858
N/A
ECHO DU MONDE. Panorama Economique, historique et culturel de tous les pays hors l'Europe (in 3 volumes)
$75.00 AUD

Editions Metz. Zurich. 1964. 1st French edition translated by E. B. Stefan. Volume I: (8), 360 PP with tables and 34 location maps, plus 114 plates with 345 b/w photos and 4 colour plates on full page. Volume II: 374 PP with tables and 21 location maps, plus 136 plates with 323 b/w photos and 4 colour plates on full page. Volume III: (8), 392 PP with tables and location maps, plus 132 plates with 317 b/w photos and 3 colour plates on full page. Eps: maps of the world. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional foxing. Very good set. French text. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 28.7 x 21.5.

Cultural, Historic and Economic briefs, on the countries of the world outside Europe.

47125
N/A
DISCOVERERS - Across the Southern Oceans they came in search of new lands, and discovered AOTEAROA
$15.00 AUD

New Zealand Post. Wellington. 1997. Presentation pack. 3 folds with 7 colour photos and 6 stamps. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

6 of the Discoverers: Maui, Kupe, Abel Tasman, Jean de Surville, James Cook and Dumont d'Urville.

50126
N/A
IN MAORILAND. Old Times in a New Country
$25.00 AUD

Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd. Wellington. c. 1909. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 20 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, illustrated front. Staples removed. Near fine. Small format: 14 x 11

52799
N/A
SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY, Annual Report 1998
$15.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. Edited by Dr. R.B. Dun. (2), 34 PP with 5 tables and 21 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 20.8. 9822036620

SPC: Finance, Land resources, Marine resources, Social resources...

57780
N/A
PACIFIC CONSTITUTIONS - Volume 2 : Independent states of Melanesia and Micronesia
$45.00 AUD

Pacific Law Unit & Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Port Vila & Suva. 1983. 1st Ed. (8), 425 PP with 6 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, one stain on outside front edge, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 19.7.

Melanesia: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands. Micronesia: Kiribati, Nauru.

57817
N/A
PACIFIC CONSTITUTIONS - Volume 1: Polynesia
$45.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. c. 1983. 1st Ed. VI, 507 PP with 13 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on soft cover and outside edges, o/wise near fine. 29.5 x 19.7.

12 Nations, Territories and States (Hawai'i): American Samoa, Cook Islands ... Wallis & Futuna, Western Samoa.

58668
N/A
FRANCE IN THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
$20.00 AUD

Ministry for Overseas France. Paris. 1956. 1st Ed. 26 PP with 6 sketch maps of French Overseas Territories and 9 b/w photos. Soft cover, illustrated front. Rear cover replaced, occasional foxing. Very good. Oblong: 13.5 x 21.

Published for the "French Industrial and Trade Exposition" held in Sydney, Australia, March-April 1956.

59254
N/A
JOURNAL OF PACIFIC STUDIES - REFLECTIONS ON PACIFIC HISTORIOGRAPHY - Volume 20
$30.00 AUD

School of Social and Economic Development / University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1996. 1996. Edited by Doug MUNRO. (4), 297, (3) PP with 1 b/w photo. Soft cover. Sticker of previous owner on front cover and contents page, o/wise very good. 21.3 x 15

23 papers on: Reflections (6): by Dorothy Shineberg, ... Max Quanchi. Historiography (5): by J.G. A. Pocock... Clive Moore. Autobiographical (9): by Andrew Thornley, ... Brij Lal. ...

59594
N/A
NUCLEAR FREE PACIFIC NEWS - Issues 1, 2 & 3
$20.00 AUD

Nuclear-Free Pacific Campaign. Melbourne. 1982. 3 first issues of 1982. A total of 24 pages with b/w illustrations. Leaf 3/4 of issue No. 1 with "Support Form" clipped, o/wise very good. 30 x 21.

No. 1: Moruroa - That sinking feeling. No. 2: Mururoa or bust. The Peoples Charter for a Nuclear Free Pacific. No. 3: New Caledonia, South Pacific Forum takes soft line on Independence. Pacific peacemaker confronts Trident. Civil Rights, Qld Style...

59606
N/A
MICRONESIA
$10.00 AUD

Australian Institute of International Affairs / Department of History, University of Queensland. Brisbane. 1984. Vol. 23, No. 1, April 1984, "World Review , A Journal of Contemporary Relevance". Edited by Glen BARCLAY. 84 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 21.6 x 14.

United States Security Interests in the Pacific Islands, by John C. Dorrance. The changing Geo-politics of ANZUS: the place of the South Pacific, by R. A. Herr. ...

59636
N/A
AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC: TROUBLE IN PARADISE
$10.00 AUD

Department of Government, University of Queensland. Brisbane. 1989. Volume 8, No. 2, July 1989. Guest Editor: Randal G. STEWART. 76 PP. 13 articles (P.3 to 51) with 1 map and b/w illustrations (tail pieces, cartoons and 13 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.

Australia in the South Pacific, by Gareth Evans. Australia's partnership in the South Pacific, by Senator John Button. ... Land and Politics in Melanesia, by Peter Larmour.

64079
N/A
ART TRIBAL 06 - Supplément "Parcours des Mondes"
$10.00 AUD

Art Tribal / Arts Traditionnels d'Afrique, d'Asie, d'Océanie, et des Amériques. Paris. 2004. Supplement to issue No. 06, of Art Tribal (Autumn 2004). 24 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21 1660368006

On the world of "Art Galleries" dealing with Tribal Art and Artifacts, when 59 Art Galleries from 9 countries exhibited in Paris.

75162
N/A
WALKABOUT Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.1, November, 1935)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1935. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Surf Boat). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Tribal Wars in Unexplored New Guinea, by M. J. Leahy. Aboard the London Airmail, section Brisbane to Camooweal (Qld), by C. H. Holmes. Surfing: Australia's National Pastime, by Violet A. Roche. In the wake of the Willy-Willies, by Ernestine Hill. New Caledonia, by Stephen Henty. Melbourne Cup. ...

75163
N/A
WALKABOUT Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.2, December, 1935)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1935. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Mountainering in the New Zealand Alps). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

With the Buffalo Hunters, Arnhem Land, by C. H. Holmes. Tasman Island, by E. K. Sinclair. On the road to Broken Hill, by A. B. Haines. Mutton-Birds of Bass Strait, by M. S. R. Sharland. Glory of the Islands, coast of West Australia, by Ernestine Hill. Levuka (Fiji), by G. Scoresby Shepherd.

75164
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.4, February 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (The Lace Lizard "Goanna"). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Picnic Racing in the "Outback", by Jim McCarter. Islands in the Sun (Great Barrier Reef), by G. Rogers. Laying the Bass Strait Telephone Cable, by A. B. Haines. A Native Fish-Hunt in New Ireland, by William C. Groves. Water in the Desert (W.A.'s 350-mile Pipe-Line to the Kalgoolie goldfields), by John K. Ewers.

75165
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.5, March 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (The "Joseph Conrad"). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

The "Joseph Conrad" A Full-Rigger in the South Seas, by A. J. Villiers. The Unveiling of a Continent (the Kennedy Expedition: 2nd part), by Russell S. Clark. Ambergris, by Richard Ross. A Nullarbor Sheep Station, by D. R. Nicholls. The Dugong, by G.H. Sunter.

75166
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.6, April 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Launching the Lifeboat at Queenscliff). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Australia's Flying Doctors, by Dr. George Simpson. Whaling at Point Cloates (700 miles North of Perth, W.A.), by John K. Ewers. Storm Warriors (shipwreck! Life-boat ...), by Lorenzo Robertson. The Unveiling of a Continent (Part 3) : with Burke and Wills to the Gulf of Carpentaria, by Russell S. Clark.

75167
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.8, June 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (A Young Wedge-tailed Eagle). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Cape York Peninsula, (1) The civilised foreground, by Ursula H. McConnel. Below Zero, Life on a Ross Sea Whaler, by Henrik Brammall. Roving the Coral Seas, by C.B. Christesen. Unveiling of a Continent (Part 5): with Eyre along the Great Australian Bight, by Russell S. Clark. The Kanaka Mercantile Marine, by F. A. Hood. Headlands and History, by T. Dunbabin.

75168
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.10, August 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Mustering, Dargo High Plains, Victoria). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Hoof-Beats on Bogong, by Lorenzo Robertson. Does Lasseter's Reef Exist?, by Michael Terry. New Guinea Jewellery, by F. A. Hood. Cape York Peninsula (part 3): Development and Control, by Ursula H. McConnell. Native surgery in the South Seas Islands (Gazelle Peninsula, New Britain), by G. McLaren.

75169
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 2, No.12, October 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Competitor at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Show). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Australia's Antarctic Dependency, by John K. Davis. Fighting the Prickly Pear, by Edward Samuel. Hobart, the City by the Mountain, by C. C. D. Brammall. A Native Feast in Melanesia, by W. C. Groves. "Wilgie-Mia": an Aboriginal Red Ochre Mine, by W. H. Kretchmar.

75170
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 3, No.1, November 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (The "Cathedral", Tawong Station, Corryong). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Lazy Days in Crocodile Land (North Australia), by Ion L. Idriess. In Wild New Guinea, Up the Sepik River, by Brian Stirling. Water Conservation in Australia, by Lewis R. East. My Island Home,: Whitsunday Passage, Qld, by H. G. Lamond.

75171
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 3, No.2, December 1936)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1936. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (Turtle Riding at Heron Island, G.B.R.). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Heron Island, a Fairy Isle of Romance, by Colin Roderick. The River Murray Steamers, a Romance of Australian transport in the early days, by L. D. Mackay. New Zealand's Thermal Regions, by Edward Samuel. South Seas Withchery: notes from a Tahitian Journey, by J.K. Stone. Digging for Kauri Gum in New Zealand, by Ronald Vine.

75172
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 3, No.4, May 1937)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1937. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (The Drover). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

FEZ (Morocco), by Adrian Brunel. Tending 113,000,000 Sheep, by Arthur Barclay. Rafting down the Markham (New Guinea), by B. U. Kay. The Palaces of London, by Peter Fenn.

75173
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine Australia and the South Seas (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 3, No.4, February 1937)
$50.00 AUD

Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1937. 56 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (A Biwa warrior, Ono River, New Guinea). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

New Guinea Borderland, by Brian Stirling. Peopling Australia's Northern Territory, by A. B. Haines. The SIngatoka Road (Fiji), by Harvey Vaughan. Adrift in Mid-Pacific (Ill-fated Regina), by Warren C. Steele. With the Japanese Luggers off North Australia, by Arthur Barclay. Rotuma - Gem of the Pacific, by C. W. Hodge.

75175
N/A
WALKABOUT Geographic Magazine (Walkabout Magazine, Vol. 7, No.12, October 1941)
$20.00 AUD

Australian National Publicity Association. Melbourne. 1941. 48 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (A Student at the Longerenong Agricultural College, Victoria). Covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.5 x 24.5.

Life on a Sheep Station, by Helena Cass. Ayer's Rock (said to be the largest rock in the world), by Frank Clune. Rubber Production, by John Gibb. Australia's Great Gold Story, by C. R. Bradish.

60411
NACOLA, Jo
I NATIVE NO MORE - Three Drama Sketches
$10.00 AUD

Mana Publications. Suva. 1976. 1st Ed. (4), 42 PP. Pictorial soft cover, staples. Near fine. 21.6 x 15.2.

33493
NAKANO, Ann
BROKEN CANOE - Conversations and Observations in Micronesia
$10.00 AUD

University of Queensland Press. Brisbane. 1983. 1st Australian edition. (XIV), 289 PP with 19 colour and 21 b/w photos by Tim Porter. Fp: Children, Ponape. Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket has a few small rubs and chips around edges, o/wise near fine. 26 x 18.2. 0702216844

Travels through Micronesia in the 1980s, on assignment for the Japanese newspaper Mainchi Daily News.

37021
NAN KIVELL, Rex & SPENCE, Sydney
PORTRAITS OF THE FAMOUS AND INFAMOUS - Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific 1492-1970
$50.00 AUD

Authors. London. 1974. 1st Ed. IV, 332 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Colour portrait of Abraham Ortelius. Hard cover, clear dust jacket (illustrated). Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 43 x 29. 0950376906

59439
NANKIVELL, Paul
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS ECONOMY: Prospects for Stabilisation and Sustainable Growth
$15.00 AUD

AIDAB - Australian International Development Assistance Bureau. Canberra. 1991. November 1991 edition. International Development Issues No. 21. XII, 65 PP with 1 map, 22 graphs and 25 tables. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 17.7. 0644241853

14280
NAPIER, William, GILBERT, John, & HOLLAND, Julian
EASTERN ISLANDS, SOUTHERN SEAS - A History of Discovery and Exploration
$15.00 AUD

London. 1973. Aldus Books / Jupiter Books. Reprint of the 1971 edition. 488 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (protected). Clear plastic film covering the dust jacket pasted down on endpapers. Very good. 26.7 x 19.5. 490002927

Towards the lands of spice and treasure, by William Napier. Charting the vast Pacific, by John Gilbert. Lands of the Southern Cross, by Julian Holland.

65079
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
MYSTERIES OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1979. 1st Ed. 224 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, simile leather, device on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a sunned spine, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 18. 0870442546

Ancient India: cities lost in time, by Tee Loftin. Easter Island: Brooding Sentinels of Stone, by Ron Fisher ...

65081
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
INTO THE WILDERNESS
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1978. 1st Ed. 208 PP with colour illustrations by H. Tom Hall and with foreword and photos by Lowell Georgia. Hard cover, illustrated front board, dj. Dust jacket with a sunned spine, a few chips or closed tears and a small rub, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 18. 087044252X

51032
NAVIS, Christian
MYSTERIEUSES CIVILISATIONS DU PACIFIQUE
$25.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. No. 4 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. 172, (2) PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 2296006388

Early civilizations in the Pacific Ocean.

44050
NEDELJKOVIC, Maryvonne
YHI - LES PAYS DU PACIFIQUE EN CRISE: à la recherche de l'unité dans la multiplicité / THE PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES IN CRISIS: looking for unity within diversity
$35.00 AUD

Centre d'Etude du Pacifique / L'Harmattan. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed. Yearly publication, YHI No. 5. 320 PP with 1 map, 1 table and 4 figures. Soft cover. Fine. French and English texts (with summary in the other language). 21.5 x 13.5. 2747521532

YHI: Australian Aborigines' sun goddess. 13 texts: 2 in English and 11 in French. Australian-Indonesian relations in the post-Timor period, by Andrew Gibson. Memory and Identity: remembering the ANZACS, by Claire Bowen. The Korean Peninsula in the Regional economic cooperation, by Kim Pil-Woo... Bilingual New Zealand a factor of national unity. Australian Aboriginal Languages: Unity, Diversity, Adversity, by Annie Langlois.

48505
NEDELJKOVIC, Maryvonne
YHI - TERRE ET TERRITOIRES: Défis et Evolutions dans les Pays du Pacifique/LAND AND TERRITORIES: Challenges and Changes in the Pacific Rim Countries
$30.00 AUD

Centre d'Etude du Pacifique/L'Harmattan. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. Yearly publication, YHI (No. 6). 170, (2) PP with 2 tables. Soft cover. French and English texts (with summary in the other language). Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747544222

YHI: Australian Aborigines' sun goddess. 7 texts: 3 in English and 4 in French. Law, Practice and Culture, by Ron Crocombe. Australian Aborigines or Aboriginal Australians: from Cultural sovereignty to Political sovereignty. The notion of sovereignty and money havens in the South Pacific, by Ron Crocombe... Beyond boundaries: Blacks in the South Pacific, by F. Clary ...

56024
NEDELJKOVIC, Maryvonne (editor)
YHI - MINORITES ET PUISSANCES DANS LE PACIFIQUE
$35.00 AUD

CEPAC / Centre d' Etudes du Pacifique. Le Havre. 1998. 1st Ed. No. 1, January 1998. Foreword by Alain Serieyx, Association France Australie. 168 PP with 2 maps (1 on double page), 3 graphs and 7 illustrations (map, plan, engravings). Soft cover. French and English texts. Fine. 24 x 16. 2747592618

YHI: Australian Aborigines' sun goddess. 8 texts on The Minorities in the Pacific Rim Host Countries: Cognition and Recognition. 1 in English and 7 in French.

58392
NEEMIA, Uentabo Fakaofo
COOPERATION AND CONFLICT - Costs, Benefits and National Interests in Pacific Regional Cooperation
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1986. 1st Ed. 172 PP with 1 table, 19 tables and 14 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 20 x 14.7. 9820200024

67790
NEITZEL, Michael
NIUE - Jewel in the Pacific (in Australian Yachting, July 1991)
$5.00 AUD

Baird Publications. Melbourne. 1991. Volume 8, No. 11, July 1991. 64 PP edited by Neil Baird. Contains article pages 28 to 31 with 1 location map, 1 b/w and 5 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.7 x 21.

57905
NELSON, Hank
TAIM BILONG MASTA - The Australian Involvement with Papua New Guinea
$25.00 AUD

ABC Books / Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Sydney. 1990. New edition of the 1982 original. 224 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Name of previous owner on inside front cover. A very good clean copy. 26 x 20.5. 0733300693

Based on the ABC Radio series, produced by Tim Bowden.

57923
NELSON, Hank
P.O.W. PRISONERS OF WAR - Australians Under Nippon
$15.00 AUD

ABC Enterprises / Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 b/w photo, 16 maps and 18 illustrations by Don Moore. Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise near fine. 24.5 x 17.2. 0642527369

Based on the ABC Radio series

73550
NEWTON, Douglas
AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART IN JERUSALEM - The Israel Museum Collection
$70.00 AUD

The Israel Museum. Jerusalem. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by James Snyder, Anne and Jerome Fisher, and preface by Martin Wright. 331, (1 blank) PP with 2 maps in colour (Africa and South East Asia & Islands of the Western Pacific), 2 drawings and 186 colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). 30.2 x 23. 9652782629

African Art: pages 18 to 201. Oceanic Art: pages 202 to 328.

73649
NEWTON, Douglas (editor)
ARTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS: Islands Southeast Asia, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia - The Collections of the Musée Barbier-Mueller
$100.00 AUD

Prestel Verlag. Munich / London / New York. 1999. 1st English edition. Translated from the French original by David Radzinowicz Howell. Foreword by Jean-Paul Barbier. 368 PP with b/w illusttrations: 1 diagram, 15 maps and c. 330 photos, and c 200 colour photos by Pierre-Alain Ferrazzini. Fp: Domestic altar (Tavu) of a noble house, Selaru, Tanimbar Islands. Erratum page for map of page 22, loosely inserted. Hard cover, title on spine, dj (in protective sleeve). Small bumps on corners, o/wise a fine copy. 31.5 x 25. 9783791320922

Circa 500 objects found in the Barbier-Mueller Museum, Geneva, Switzerland.

60259
NGWELE, S.
BAMBOO LEAVES - A Collection of Poems
$15.00 AUD

Commonwealth Youth Programme / South Pacific Creative Arts Society. Suva. 1989. 1st Ed. Introduction by H. G. Alatoa. X, 50 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 14.7.

62541
NIAUSSAT, Pierre-Marie
LE LAGON ET L'ATOLL DE CLIPPERTON
$45.00 AUD

Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer & Centre de Recherches du Service de Santé des Armées. Paris. 1978. 1st Ed., in Travaux et Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer. (8), 190 PP with 83 figures (drawings, graphs, maps, tables and 6 b/w photos). Soft cover a little soiled. Lower corner bumped. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Internally near fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2900098009

47357
NICHOLSON, John
THE INCOMPARABLE CAPTAIN CADELL
$20.00 AUD

A Sue Hines Book / Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. XII, 307 PP with 1 map on double page, 15 location maps, 15 head pieces and 28 b/w illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Portrait of Captain Cadell on title page. Pictorial boards, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Fine. 21.8 x 14.2. 1741141087

Paddle-steamers on the Murray river... Blackbirding and pearling days...

48001
NIGHTINGALE, Neil, CLEVERS, Jeni, PEARSON, Hugh, & SUMMERILL, Mary
WILD AUSTRALASIA
$15.00 AUD

BBC Books. London. 2004. 1st Australian and New Zealand edition of the 1993 original. Foreword by Tim Flannery. 240 PP with 14 maps and colour photos. Fp: Koala chewing gum leaves. Hard cover, dj. Foot of spine slightly bumped, o/wise near fine. 28.6 x 25.5. 056348820

71409
NORDHOFF, Charles & HALL, James Norman
MUTINY !
$20.00 AUD

Chapman & Hall. London. 1933. 1st Ed. VIII, 416 PP. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean with tracks of Bounty, open-boat and Pandora. Cloth cover, device on front cover and spine. Covers lightly soiled and with fade spots on rear cover. Occasional foxing (heavy on outside edges). Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good copy. 20.7 x 13.5.

59178
NORFOLK ISLAND
NORFOLK ISLAND - Home Edition -1989 / Universal Business Directories
$10.00 AUD

Universal Business Directories. Auckland. 1989. 1989 edition. 16 PP with 3 b/w photos and advertisements, plus 1 map in colour of Norfolk Island. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 22.

72071
NORTHCOTT, Cecil
JOHN WILLIAMS SAILS ON
$25.00 AUD

Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1939. 1st Ed. 255 PP, plus 6 plates with colour illustrations. Fp (colour): Portrait of John Williams: Missionary - Mariner - Martyr. Vignette on title page. FEP: Map of South Pacific Islands. Cloth cover. Near fine. 19 x 13.

Published for the one hundredth anniversary of his death on the island of Erromanga, New Hebrides.

56211
NOSSAL, Kim Richard & VIVIAN, Carolynn
A BRIEF MADNESS: Australia and the Resumption of French Nuclear Testing
$20.00 AUD

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1997. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 121. (10), 69 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731527194

48800
NOURY, Arnaud
LE REFLET DE L'AME LAPITA - Tome I
$25.00 AUD

Author. Versailles, France. 2005. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 1 map and over 70 figures (drawings, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 20.7. 2952445508

Lapita pottery and their decorative system.

60388
NOURY, Arnaud
LE REFLET DE L'AME LAPITA - Tome I
$40.00 AUD

Author. Versailles, France. 2005. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 1 map and over 70 figures (drawings, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author at top corner of title page. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 20.7. 2952445508

Lapita pottery and their decorative system.

63439
NOURY, Arnaud & GALIPAUD, Jean-Christophe
LES LAPITA, NOMADES DU PACIFIQUE
$60.00 AUD

IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) Editions. Marseille. 2011. 1st Ed. 127, (1) PP with b/w illustrations (diagrams, drawings, sketches and photos) and colour illustrations (24 maps & insets, and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21. 9782709917162

39450
NUGENT, Ann
IMPRESSIONS OF THE EXOTIC (in National LIbrary of Australia News - Vol XI, No. 9, June 2001)
$5.00 AUD

National Library of Australia. Canberra. 2001. Volume XI, No. 9, June 2001. Contains article from P.3 to 6 with 7 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

Role and meaning of the exotic in the 18th century, as perceived by the participants at the XIth David Nichol Smith Conference, 26-28 March 2001.

60281
NUNN, Judy
PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Random House Australia. Sydney. 2004. 1st Ed. (8), 661, (3 publications) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. Very good. 23.2 x 15.2. 1740513045

Novel set in New Hebrides, now Vanuatu.

71675
O'CONNELL, James F.
A RESIDENCE OF ELEVEN YEARS IN NEW HOLLAND AND THE CAROLINE ISLANDS
$30.00 AUD

A.N.U. Canberra. 1972. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the Pacific History Series. Foreword by H. E. Maude, Introduction and annotations by Saul H. Riesenberg. XIV, 232, (2) PP with 10 b/w illust. Eps: Map of the island of Ponape. Cloth cover, dj. Few foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 22.2 x 14. 0708105386

Account of the early days of Australia (1820-1826) then life in Ponape where he lived for 5 years (1826-1831).

33356
O'DWYER, Brendan (editor)
AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$45.00 AUD

Centre for Continuing Education / ANU. Canberra. 1983. 1st Ed. (2), IV, 157 PP with 4 facsimile of newspaper articles and 8 tables. Card cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.3.

Proceedings of the conference held at A. N. U., 18-19 February 1983, organised and sponsored by The Centre for Continuing Education / ANU and The Foundation for the Peoples of the South Pacific (Australian Committee).

42012
O'MEARA, J. Tim
SAMOAN PLANTERS - Tradition and Economic Development in Polynesia
$10.00 AUD

Holt, Rinehart and Winston. Fort Worth. 1990. 1st Ed., in the Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology series. XVII, 242 PP with 1 map, 15 figures (plan, maps graphs...), and 43 b/w photos. Fp: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Pictorial soft cover (spine lightly sunned). Some pencil annotations in margin and text underlining, o/wise very good. 23.5 x 16. 0030228476

11547
O'NEILL, Robert (editor)
INSECURITY! - The Spread of Weapons in the Indian and Pacific Oceans
$15.00 AUD

ANU Press. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. X, (2), 280 PP with 1 map, 2 graphs and 23 tables. Hard cover, dj rubbed). Near fine. 22 x 14. 0708105467

Current and future trends in the spread of weaponry in and around the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

11368
O'REILLY, Patrick
BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE L'OCEANIE 1950
$15.00 AUD

Musée de l'Homme. Paris. 1951. Extrait du Journal de la Société des Océanistes, Tome VII, Déc. 1951. 44 PP (327-370). Soft cover, staples. French text. Near fine. 24 x 15.

73052
OGILVIE, Gordon
BANKS PENINSULA, Cradle of Canterbury
$100.00 AUD

Government Printer Books. Wellington. 1990. 1st Ed. VIII, 283 PP with b/w illustrations (8 maps or plans, drawings, paintings and photos), plus 1 sheet "Additional Information" tipped in on page 248.. Eps: Map of Banks Peninsula. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Ex Library copy with stamp on front outside page edge, number on rear endpaper and old sellotape marks on endpapers and covers. Dedicatory note on title page signed by the author. Scarce first edition. Contents near fine. 29 x 22. 0477014399

Comprehensive record of the development of the Banks Peninsula to mark 150 years of European & 1000 years of Maori presence.

17109
OLIVER, Douglas L.
NATIVE CULTURES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

University of Hawaii Press. Honolulu. 1989. 1st Ed. IX, 172 PP with 19 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover (1 corner creased). Near fine. 22.7 x 15. 824811828

Physical setting, prehistory, activities and social relations before European influence.

33143
OLIVER, Douglas L.
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

Harvard University Press. Cambridge, USA. 1951. 1st Ed. X, (4), 313 PP with 7 maps and 23 decorations. Title page: figure from Siuai area. Eps: Map of the Ethnic Areas of the Pacific. Cloth cover. Stamp on recto of rear endpaper, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 16.

The Islanders. The Aliens. Metamorphosis. Cataclysm and aftermath.

33368
OLIVER, Douglas L.
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$10.00 AUD

Harvard University Press. Cambridge, USA. 1967. 2nd printing of the 1962 revised edition. XIX, 456 PP with 9 maps and 23 decorations by Sheila Mitchell Oliver. Title page: figure from Siuai area. Cloth cover. Ex-library copy with stamps, 7 pages with perforated cancellation, number on verso of title page and spine. Renewed endpapers. Corners of spine worn and frayed. Internally very good. 20.3 x 18.7.

The Islanders. The Aliens. Metamorphosis. Cataclysm and aftermath.

33369
OLIVER, Douglas L.
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$5.00 AUD

Doubleday. New York. 1961. 2nd printing of the revised edition, in the Natural History Library. XXIII, 456 PP with 9 maps and 23 decorations by Sheila Mitchell Oliver. Title page: figure from Siuai area. Soft cover, illustrated front. Near fine. 18 x 10.5.

The Islanders. The Aliens. Metamorphosis. Cataclysm and aftermath.

59596
OLIVER, W. H. & WILLIAMS, B. R. (Editors)
THE OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NEW ZEALAND
$10.00 AUD

Oxford Univ. Press. Wellington. 1981. 1st paperback edition. XIII, 572 PP with 4 maps, 8 graphs and 11 tables. Pictorial soft cover (slightly rubbed). Spine with creases. Some pencil underlining. Very good. 23.8 x 15. 019558063X

48099
ORSTOM
RAPPORT D' ACTIVITE 1974-1976
$10.00 AUD

Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer. Paris. 1977. 1st Ed. Edited by G. CAMUS. (4), 340 PP, VI (index), (2) with b/w illustrations, plus 1 errata slip loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 20.8.

Research and Achievements between 1974 and 1976, of this specialized Institute working between the tropics: Human Sciences, Geology, Hydrology, Oceanography ...

13718
ORSTOM & COLLECTIVE AUTHORS
OUTRE-MER FRANCAIS ET EXPLOITATION DES OCEANS
$30.00 AUD

Académie des Sciences d'Outre-Mer & ORSTOM. Paris. 1981. 1st Ed. (2), 204 PP with 2 tables and 8 maps. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 23.7 x 15.2. 290098025

Inventory in 1980 of the Exclusive Economic Zone of the French overseas dependencies and approach to their development.

33127
OSBORN, Fairfield (editor)
THE PACIFIC WORLD - Its vast distances, its lands and the life upon them, and its peoples
$15.00 AUD

W. W. Norton & Co. New York. 1944. 1st Ed. 218 PP with 8 drawings and 9 maps, plus 9 plates on double page (2 b/w & 7 colour). Cloth cover. Spine sunned. Stamp and signature of previous owners on front endpaper. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.8 x 15.2.

20365
OSBUN, Albert G.
TO CALIFORNIA AND THE SOUTH SEAS - The Diary of Albert G. Osbun 1849-1851
$25.00 AUD

The Huntington Library. San Marino, Ca, USA. 1966. 1st Ed. Edited by John Haskell Kemble. XIII, 233 PP with 2 maps and 3 drawings. Fp: Portrait of Albert Gallatin Osbun. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket is a little browned around edges. A near fine copy. 23.6 x 15.8.

Unsuccessful at gold digging in California, he sailed on the brig Rodolph to Samoa, Wallis Island, Tuvalu, and Hawaii, intending to bring back pigs, chickens, yams, etc.. to San Francisco.

40040
OSTER, José & THOMAS, Philippe
LE MUSEE DE L'HOMME - Anthropologie Ethnologie Prehistoire
$20.00 AUD

Ouest-France. Rennes, France. 1982. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 1 plan and 19 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 23 x 16.3. 285882486X

Anthropology, ethnology and prehistory at the Musée de l'Homme, Paris.

51706
OTAGO MUSEUM
CRAFTSMANSHIP IN POLYNESIA
$20.00 AUD

Otago Museum Trust Board. Dunedin. 1963. 1st Ed. 48 PP with 1 map and 104 b/w photos by R. R. Foster. Pictorial soft cover (a Tapa cloth) . Fine. 24 x 18.

13038
OXENHAM, Stephen (editor)
THE ROAD OUT, Rural Development in Solomon Islands
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Nuku'alofa. 1981. 1st Ed. X, 118 PP with 35 b/w photos & many facsimiles of newspaper clippings. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x 14.8.

Chapters written by various authors on rural development: human resources, education, communications, politics, Man and machine, ...

57927
OXENHAM, Stephen (editor)
THE ROAD OUT, Rural Development in Solomon Islands
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Nuku'alofa. 1985. Reprint of the 1981 original. X, 118 PP with 35 b/w photos & many facsimiles of newspaper clippings. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 21 x 14.8.

Chapters written by various authors on rural development: human resources, education, communications, politics, Man and machine, ...

33502
PACIFIC
PACIFIC TOURISM - As Islanders see it
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1985. Reprint of the 1980 original. VI, 171 PP with 1 comic strip, 6 tables, 9 maps, 12 colour and 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5.

Social and cultural impact of tourism in Tonga... Urbanization, tourism and natral environment in Kiribati. Commercializing culture or culturizing commerce ?, in Hawaii.

34664
PACIFIC
NOTICIAS DE GALAPAGOS (3 Newsletters)
$45.00 AUD

Noticias de Galapagos / Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands. Paris. 1963 & 1964. Issues No. 1 of July 1963, No. 2 of December 1963 and No. 3 of July 1964. No. 1: 19 PP, plus 2 b/w photos. No. 2: 21 PP, plus 1 b/w photo. No. 3: 21 PP, plus 1 b/w photo. Card cover. Near fine. French, English and Spanish texts. 26.6 x 21.

48575
PACIFIC
KON-TIKI MUSEET / THE KON-TIKI MUSEUM
$15.00 AUD

Kon-Tiki Muséet. Oslo. 1983. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 1 plan, 3 maps, 3 b/w and 32 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Norwegian and English text. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 8271820591

55799
PACIFIC
HAFA ADAI: GUAM - 1988, a visit to the villages
$10.00 AUD

The Palm Press. Tamuning, Guam. 1988. 1st Ed. 184 PP with colour illustrations (coat of arms, seals, maps & plans, photos). Photographs by Don Seery. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with a light crease. Near fine. 28 x 21.6.

Photo documentary on the villages of Guam.

56632
PACIFIC
BUSINESS ADVANTAGE SOUTH PACIFIC - 2009
$10.00 AUD

Business Advantage International. Melbourne. 2009. 1st Ed. Edited by Rose Michael, Jo Shiells & Jacqueline Bennett. 82 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780980608106

Your gateway to the South Pacific Economy.

56774
PACIFIC
Universal Business Directories: Nouvelle Calédonie (New Caledonia), Polynesie Francaise (Tahiti French Polynesia), Wallis et Futuna (Wallis & Futuna) - BUSINESS & TRADE DIRECTORY 1995
$20.00 AUD

UBD Publication. Auckland, NZ. 1995. 1995 edition. (10), 395-438, (16), 831-868, (4), 961-972 PP with 2 plans and 3 maps in colour, b/w or colour advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5.

56787
PACIFIC
ALIMENTATION ET SANTE DANS LE PACIFIQUE
$20.00 AUD

Département de la Santé / Commission du Pacifique Sud. Nouméa. 1997. 8 technical Index-Cards. Nos. 1 to 8. A total of 50 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 21.

Health problems in the Pacific. 1: Overweight. 2: Diabetes. 3: High blood pressure. 4: Heart diseases. 5: Goutte. 6: Cancer. 7: Tooth decay and Gum problems. 8: Anaemia.

56788
PACIFIC
ALIMENTS DU PACIFIQUE SUD
$30.00 AUD

Services de Santé Publique (section nutrition) / Commission du Pacifique Sud. Nouméa. 1993. Revised edition of the 1980 original. 18 technical Index-Cards. Nos. 1 to 18. A total of 86 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 21.

Food in the South Pacific: Dalo, Pawpaw, Mango..., Yams... Fish & Sea food.

58404
PACIFIC
COOK ISLANDS NEWS - 1974
$10.00 AUD

Cook Islands Broadcasting and Newspaper Corporation. Rarotonga. 1974. 4 issues of 1974: 17th January, 18th, 19th and 20th of February. A total of 38 pages. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 30.5 x 23.

58405
PACIFIC
COOK ISLANDS NEWS - 1980
$10.00 AUD

Cook Islands Broadcasting and Newspaper Corporation Rarotonga. 1980. 4 issues of late December 1980: 27th, 29th, 30th and 31st December 1980. A total of 46 pages. Plus 1 issue of "Te Akatauira / Morning Star" (Vol 11, No. 123, 30 Dec 1980). Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 34 x 21.5.

Te Akatauira "Morning Star", the oldest newspaper in the Cook Islands.

58406
PACIFIC
COOK ISLANDS NEWS - 1981
$10.00 AUD

Cook Islands Broadcasting and Newspaper Corporation Rarotonga. 1981. 9 issues of early January 1981: 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th and 15th January 1981. A total of 108 pages. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 34 x 21.5.

3rd January: "Full state burial for Albert Henry", premier of the Cook Islands 1965-1978.

58408
PACIFIC
COOK ISLANDS NEWS - 1985
$10.00 AUD

Cook Islands Broadcasting and Newspaper Corporation. Rarotonga. 1985. 4 issues of 1985: 25 june, then 3, 4 and 5 October 1985. A total of 48 pages. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 34 x 21.5.

59135
PACIFIC
REPORT OF THE FIRST CONFERENCE OF SOUTH PACIFIC LABOUR MINISTERS
$15.00 AUD

AGPS / Australian Department of Labour. Canberra. 1974. 1st Ed. (4), 52 PP. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.8. 0642005176

Conference held Sydney: 30 October to 1 November 1973.

59263
PACIFIC
1987 PACIFIC WORLD DIRECTORY
$20.00 AUD

Pacific Information Bank (Saipan). Saipan. 1986. October 1986 edition. Edited by Francisco T. Uludong. 364 PP with b/w illustrations (22 sketch maps with insets and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 28 x 21.2.

59505
PACIFIC
MAN AND CULTURE IN OCEANIA - Volume 12
$15.00 AUD

Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies. Kobe. 1996. Vol. 12, March 1996. Edited by Michiko Intoh & Matori Yamamoto. 101 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.7 x 18.2.

6 Papers: ... The Paraoa site: fishing and fishhooks in Mitiaro, Southern Cook Islands, by Richard Walter and Matthew Campbell. ... An Archaeological Survey of Mangareva, by Marshall I. Weisler. ...

59506
PACIFIC
MAN AND CULTURE IN OCEANIA - Volume 13
$15.00 AUD

Japanese Society for Oceanic Studies. Kobe. 1997. Vol. 13, March 1997. Edited by Michiko Intoh & Matori Yamamoto. 156 PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.7 x 18.2.

7 Papers: Biological origins of Hawaiians, by M. Pietrusewsky ... Prehistoric Maori Fishermen at Kokohuia..., by F. Leach, J. M. Davidson and L.M. Horwood. ...

59608
PACIFIC
PACIFIC ISLANDS COMMUNICATION JOURNAL - Vol. 10, No. 4
$10.00 AUD

Department of Business, Massey University. Palmerston North, NZ. 1981. Vol. 10, No. 4, 1981, edited by Jim Richstad, and Floyd K. Takeuchi. (2), 68 PP with 2 organigrams and 2 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 29.5 x 21.

59609
PACIFIC
PACIFIC ISLANDS COMMUNICATION JOURNAL - Vol. 12, No. 2
$10.00 AUD

Communication Institute, East-West Center. Honolulu. 1983. Vol. 12, No. 2, 1983, edited by Jim Richstad, and Floyd K. Takeuchi. (4), 182 PP with 1 table. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 22.5 x 15.

59611
PACIFIC
PACIFIC ISLANDS COMMUNICATION JOURNAL - Vol. 16, No. 2: Media Freedom in the Pacific Islands
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies. Suva. 1995. Vol. 16, No. 2, 1995, edited by Suzanna Layton. VI, 100, (1) PP with 3 b/w photos and 13 facsimile of front cover of Pacific Islands Newspapers. Illustrated soft cover. Near fine. 22.5 x 15.

Special issue: Media Freedom in the Pacific Islands.

60135
PACIFIC
AID HAS FAILED THE PACIFIC (in Issue Analysis No. 33)
$5.00 AUD

Centre for Independent Studies. Sydney. 2003. Issue Analysis, No. 33, 7 May 2003. Edited by Helen HUGHES. 32 PP with 8 tables and 9 graphs/charts. Soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

60137
PACIFIC
THE SOLOMON ISLANDS CENTRE - The University of the South Pacific Extension Services
$10.00 AUD

USP Extension Services. Honiara. 1977. 1st Ed. No pagination, 12 PP with 1 plan, 2 maps and 17 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover, staples. Very good. 25.3 x 17.8.

60648
PACIFIC
PACIFIC ECONOMIC BULLETIN - Volumes 1-19 - 1986-2004
$20.00 AUD

Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government / ANU. Canberra. 2005. CD-ROM - Volumes 1 to 19, covering the years 1986 to 2004. CD-ROM in a clear plastic box. New. Format: 19 x 13.5.

60651
PACIFIC
THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND OCEANIC COUNCIL OF TRADE UNIONS / SPOCTU SOCIAL CHARTER FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT
$10.00 AUD

SPOCTU. Brisbane. 1995. 1st Ed. Foreword by Susana Tuisawau. 8 PP with 1 portrait. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 26.7 x 19.2.

59826
PACIFIC ARTS
MANA, A South Pacific Journal of Language and Literature: Volume 11, No. 2
$20.00 AUD

Mana Publications & South Pacific Creative Arts Society. Suva. 1996. Volume 11, No. 2, 1996. Edited by Subramani. No. 2: IV, 112 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

59827
PACIFIC ARTS
MANA, A South Pacific Journal of Language and Literature: Volume 11, No. 1
$20.00 AUD

Mana Publications & South Pacific Creative Arts Society. Suva. 1995. Volume 11, No. 1, 1995. Edited by Marjorie Tuainekore CROCOMBE & Linda CROWL. No. 1: V, 113 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

59828
PACIFIC ARTS
MANA, A South Pacific Journal of Language and Literature: Volume 10, No. 2
$20.00 AUD

Mana Publications & South Pacific Creative Arts Society. Suva. 1994. Volume 10, No. 2, 1994. Edited by Marjorie CROCOMBE. V, 96 PP, (1). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.

60593
PACIFIC EDUCATION
PACIFIC ROUNDUP - Vol. 2, No. 3
$15.00 AUD

Curriculum Development Unit / Teacher's Training College. Avatiu, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. 1975. Vol. 2, No. 3, 1975. (1), 17, (6) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial front cover, staples. Text in English, with 2 pages in Cook Island Maori. 29.7 x 21.

On the edge of the Pacific: Communism - Vietnam - Dominoes, by Graeme Kitto.

60858
PACIFIC HISTORY
SELECTION OF STATISTICS RELATING TO PACIFIC LABOUR MIGRATION
$10.00 AUD

Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education. Toowoomba. c. 1980. Compilation with acknowledgment of sources. 16 PP with 3 graphs, 3 maps and 18 tables. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.3 x 20.7.

Handout compiled for students taking "Pacific History".

33797
PACIFIC SCIENCE ASSOCIATION.
GALAPAGOS ISLANDS: A Unique Area for Scientific Investigations - Contribution No.4 of the Charles Darwin Foundation
$30.00 AUD

Charles Darwin Foundation. San Francisco. 1963. Contribution No. 4 of the Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands. Reprint from the Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, No. 44. 154 PP with 50 figures. Fp: Colour photos of Academy Bay, Isla Santa Cruz and Sulivan Bay, Isla San Salvador. Soft cover a little browned around the edges, o/wise near fine. Fine. 25.4 x 17.1.

A Symposium presented at the 10th Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, University of Hawaii, 21st August to 6 September 1961. Bathymetry, Climate, Archaeology...

59267
PACIFIC TRAVEL
PACIFIC ISLAND PARADISES - 2001 edition
$10.00 AUD

Paradises Ink / P.I.P. Publications Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2000. 1st Ed. Edited by Jennifer MOALEM. Foreword by Peter Bloomfield, and a word from Joseph McInerney, CEO PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association). 348 PP with colour illustrations (1 map on double page, sketch maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6 x 21.

The most comprehensive holiday manual of the Pacific.

59268
PACIFIC TRAVEL
PACIFIC ISLAND PARADISES - 2005 edition
$10.00 AUD

Paradises Ink / P.I.P. Publications Pty Ltd. Sydney. 2005. 1st Ed. Edited by Artemis Gouros. Foreword by Peter Bloomfield, and a word from Peter de Jong, CEO PATA (Pacific Asia Travel Association). 344 PP with colour illustrations (1 map on double page, sketch maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.6 x 21.

The most comprehensive holiday manual of the Pacific.

63851
PACIFIC TRAVEL
ALTITUDE, No. 94 - Aircalin Inflight Magazine
$15.00 AUD

Aircalin / Air Calédonie International. Nouméa. 2010. No. 94, November-December 2010. Edited by Jean-Michel MASSON. 172 PP with colour photos. Text in French and English (with Japanese extracts). Fine. 27 x 21.

Bougna, the taste of tradition, by Caroline Idoux. Queenstown, Alpine Adventure Capital, by Pierre Larue. The charms of Tahiti, by Christian Grondin.

45344
PAGDEN, Anthony
PEOPLES AND EMPIRES
$15.00 AUD

Weidenfeld & Nicolson. London. 2001. 1st Ed., in the Weidenfeld & Nicolson Universal History series. VIII, 216 PP. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 20.5 x 14. 0297643703

Europeans and the rest of the world, from antiquity to the present. Chapter 4: Conquering the ocean.

40484
PAKEHA MAORI (MANING, Frederick Edward)
OLD NEW ZEALAND
$25.00 AUD

Whitcombe and Tombs. Christchurch. 1930. 4th impression of the 1906 edition. XXXVI, 328 PP with 17 headpieces and 19 b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj (chipped). Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 15.

A tale of the good old times, together with a History of the War in the North of New Zealand against the Chief Heke in the year 1845 as told by an old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe, also Maori Traditions.

33435
PALMER, Bruce & DEAN, Beth
SOUTH PACIFIC - Pacific Islands Art and Dance
$5.00 AUD

Fiji Times & Herald Limited. Suva. 1972. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 1 map , 52 b/w and 65 colour photos. Pictorial card cover (rubbed). Ex library copy with stamps on title page and inside back cover, library number on spine, library pocket inside back cover, prize plate. Very good. 27.3 x 21.3.

Published for the first historic South Pacific Festival of Arts.

60204
PALMER, Norman D.
THE NEW REGIONALISM IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Lexington Books / D. C. Heath and Company. Lexington, Mass., USA. 1991. 1st Ed., in "Issues in World Politics" series with a foreword by James N. Rosenau. XII, 221, (3) PP with 3 figures. Hard cover, dj. Name label of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine. 23.3 x 16.3. 0669209716

40695
PANOFF, Michel & PERRIN, Michel
DICTIONNAIRE DE L'ETHNOLOGIE
$35.00 AUD

Petite Bibliothèque Payot. Paris. 1973. 1st Ed. 293, (10 publications) PP with 5 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 18 x 11. 2228322407

From Aborigène to Zuni. 4 pages lexique English French.

60235
PARFIT, Michael
HOTSPOT: ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC [in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 203, No.3]
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 2003. March 2003. 132 PP. Contains article from P. 106 to 125 with 1 map (with 3 inserts) and 18 colour photos by Tim Laman. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.4 x 17.5.

65046
PARSONS, Ronald
FLEET LIST OF BURNS, PHILP AND COMPANY, Sydney ...
$15.00 AUD

Australasian Maritime Historical Society. Woodville, S.A. 1970 & 1972. 1st Ed. no pagination, 34 PP (typescript), with the 1 page "addendum dated June 1972". Soft covers with a few marks, cloth spine. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Oblong: 17 x 21.

40890
PATTERSON, Carolyn Bennett
IN THE FAR PACIFIC - AT THE BIRTH OF NATIONS (in National Geographic Magazine)
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1986. Volume 170, No. 4, October 1986. Contains article from P.460 to 499 with 1 map, 4 national flags and 36 colour photos by David Hiser and Melinda Berge. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 17.4.

The four island nations: Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands - Republic of Palau (Belau) - Federated State of Micronesia - Republic of the Marshall Islands.

73960
PEARSON, Jane & DENNIS, Andy
THE STORY OF MOUNT COOK NATIONAL PARK
$20.00 AUD

Department of Land and Survey. Wellington, NZ. 1991. 6th edition, completely revised and reset of the 1986 original. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a large colour map (dated 1986) of the Park pasted down inside back cover. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061362

A handbook to help you enjoy the Park. From Diaries, Books and Journals: pages 87 to 93.

11476
PEIRCE, Henry Augustus
BIOGRAPHY
$10.00 AUD

Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wash. 1976. Reprint of 1880 original printing by A.L. Bancroft of San Francisco. Edition limited to 240 numberedd copies (No. 236). 25 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Few stains (coffee ???) on P.11, o/wise very good. 25 x 17.5. 0877701601

Trader, shipowner and ship master on the Northwest coast of America, Hawaii Islands and the Far East.

43059
PELLISSIER, Jean
5 HOMMES SUR UN RADEAU - Expéditions Tahiti-Nui II et III
$15.00 AUD

Editions de la Pensée Moderne. Paris. 1959. 1st Ed., with a preface by Bob Putigny. 222 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 16 pages with 20 b/w photos. Soft cover, dj (closed tear). Light foxing and ageing of paper, o/wise very good. French text. 21 x 15.3.

Raft voyages from Tahiti to South America and return with wreck on Rakahanga Atoll, and death of Eric de Bisschop.

15667
PEREZ, Michel
VOYAGE, DECOUVERTE, COLONISATION, Actes du Cinquième Colloque CORAIL, 15 et 16 Juillet 1992, Nouméa, Nouvelle-Calédonie
$35.00 AUD

C.O.R.A.I.L./U.F.P. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. 258 PP, 2 adv. with some b/w illust. (2 maps, 1 graph, 6 photos). Soft cover. French and English texts. Fine. 21 x 14.6.

Seventeen papers (11 in French, 6 in English) on voyages of discovery by the Portuguese, French, English, Russians and the impact of colonisation.

50816
PEROUSE de MONTCLOS, Dr. Marie-Odile (editor)
SANTE MENTALE DE L'ENFANT ET DE L'ADOLESCENT DANS LE PACIFIQUE. Violences face à l'autre
$50.00 AUD

L' Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. 314 PP with 3 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Texts in either French or English (French synthesis for them). Fine. 24 x 15.5. 274759159X

16 papers presented at a symposium held in Nouméa: 4, 5 & 6 April 2002. 10 in French and 6 in English. Infancy and Mental Health in Australia, by Prof. Campbell Paul... The civilized and the savage: The Stolen Generation and indigenous History, by Dr. Helen Milroy... Le suicide des jeunes Calédoniens, by Nidoïsh Naisseline... The inter-cultural and socio-historical context of aboriginal personal violence in remote Australia, by Prof. Ernest Hunter...

57872
PESCAIA, Mahealani
EARLY HAWAIIAN LIFE
$35.00 AUD

Department of Education, State of Hawaii. Honolulu. 1981. 1st Ed. Edited by Jane Kinoshita, with a foreword by Charles G. Clark. (2), IV, 248 PP (typescript) with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. Oblong: 21.2 x 27.5.

Instructional Materials / Resources for Social Studies (Elementary)

54637
PETERSON, Roger Tory
THE GALAPAGOS, Eerie Cradle of New Species (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1967. Volume 131, No. 4, April 1967. Contains article from P.540 to 585 with 2 pages of colour illustrations (2 maps, 1 portrait and the Galapagos finches family tree) and 58 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.4

58396
PHELAN, Nancy
SERPENTS IN PARADISE
$15.00 AUD

Macmillan. London. 1967. 1st Ed. (6), 215 PP. Hard cover, dj. Occasional foxing. Name of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Very good. 21.2 x 13.5.

56023
PHELAN, Nancy (compiler)
CORAL AS A BUILDING MATERIAL
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1952. 1st Ed. Introduction by H. E. Maude. Technical Paper No. 28, July 1952. (4), 8 PP with 1 map and 4 illustrations. Inside front cover; map of the area of the South Pacific Commission. Card covers. Staples removed. Name of previous owner at top of front cover. Very good. 26.3 x 21.3.

57663
PHILLIPS, V. & BRADLEY, P.et al.
EXPLORING THE PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Baybooks. Sydney. 1982. 1st Juvenile edition, in The Making of Australia series. 42 PP with numerous illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 23.5 x 18.5. 0858355426

61046
PIGNEGUY, Dee
SALTWATER IN HER HAIR - Stories of Sisterhood at Sea
$20.00 AUD

VIP Publications. Auckland. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Captain Jim Varney. 160 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Crease on the spine. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by the author. Near fine. Oblong: 20.8 x 25.7. 0958227705

35 Women in the New Zealand maritime industry.

71829
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY - Vol. 41, No. 6
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1970. June 1970. Edited by Stuart INDER. 152 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Portrait of King Taufa'Ahau Tupou IV, by Captain Brett Hilder). Slight ageing and foxing of paper. Very good. 24 x 18.5.

The News Magazine of the South Pacific. Tonga: Independence for the last Kingdom in the South Pacific. Journal of an adventurous voyage to the South Seas, by Captain William Driver in the brig Charles Doggett.

75143
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 47, No. 3 - 1976
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1976 Volume 47, No.3, March 1976, edited by Stuart INDER & John CARTER. 80 PP, with b/w illustrations. Colour pictorial soft covers. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 18.

An "Old Chef's" Recipe for a new South Pacific Commission, by T.R. Smith. A Christian reality, Pacific Churches, by Roxanna Coop. The Kokoda Trail for tourists or pilgrims, by Maclaren Hiari. Outpost of Empire (Gilbert Islands / Kiribati) - a vanishing breed celebrates a birthday, by Michael Hook.

75144
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 47, No. 8 - 1976
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1976. Volume 47, No.8, August 1976, edited by Stuart INDER & John CARTER. 78 PP, with b/w illustrations. Colour pictorial soft covers. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 18.

Pacific unseen links: Fiji reach for the stars and plans more links, by Robert Keith-Reid. Fiji, 6th Star for the Australasian Federation, by Max Quanchi.

75145
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 47, No. 11 - 1976
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1976 Volume 47, No.11, November 1976, edited by Stuart INDER & John CARTER. 88 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 24.2 x 18.

When Tahiti was a land of perpetual Intoxication, by George Farwell.

75146
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 45, No. 11 - 1974
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1974 Volume 45, No.1, November 1974, edited by Stuart INDER. 104 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 24.2 x 18.

Irian Jaya's dancers are an eye-opener, by R.S. Roosman. Problems of Polynesia's biggest city (Auckland), by W. G. Coppell.

75147
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 48, No. 1- 1977
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1977. Volume 48, No.1, January 1977, edited by Stuart INDER and John CARTER. 80 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Some underlining in several articles, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 18.

The perils of living in a Pacific Paradise, by Robert Keith-Reid. Drama in the dusty files: fragments of Fiji history (5 of them), by Max Quanchi.

75148
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 48, No. 5 - 1977
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1977. Volume 48, No.5, May 1977, edited by Stuart INDER and John CARTER. 106 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Very good. 24.2 x 18.

The Last Paradise. Hokuele'a, the canoe, taught modern man an old lesson, by Lasarusa Vuisoniwailala. The cruises of 2 Challengers and the antics of some crewmen, by W. G. Coppell. PNG, last havens for old-time gold-seekers, by H.N. Nelson.

75149
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 48, No. 8 - 1977
$5.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1977. Volume 48, No.8, August 1977, edited by Stuart INDER and John CARTER. 90 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (rubbed and creased). Some underlining in several articles, o/wise very good. Very good. 24.2 x 18.

Norfolk: from hell-hole to heaven-on-earth, by Alan Gill. The Germans, the colonial masters of New Guinea..., by James Sinclair.

75150
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 48, No. 9 - 1977
$5.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1977. Volume 48, No.9, September 1977, edited by Stuart INDER and John CARTER. 90 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (rubbed). Some underlining in several articles, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 18.

A Norfolk Island editor takes the lid off, by Administrator O'Leary. When some fools stepped in - or a Wokabout Niuailan (aka New Ireland), by John Glynn. When wings of gold first flew over a stone-age Papua New Guinea, by James Sinclair.

75151
PIM
PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY, Volume 48, No. 12 - 1977
$5.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1977. Volume 48, No.129, December 1977, edited by Stuart INDER and John CARTER. 90 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers (rubbed). Some underlining in several articles, o/wise very good. 24.2 x 18.

Frangipani flowers (Flying Boats of TEAL / Air New Zealand) cannot float on concrete, by George Lynch.

59560
PINERI, Ricardo
CONFLUENCE - qaRus -'ARU - Revue Océanique d'Expression Française, No. 1
$40.00 AUD

Haere Po. Papeete. 2008. Issue 1. (3), 131, (6) PP with 2 b/w and 4 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9782904171741

59561
PINERI, Ricardo
CONFLUENCE - qaRus -'ARU - Revue Océanique d'Expression Française, No. 2
$40.00 AUD

Haere Po. Papeete. 2009. Issue 2. 123, (4) PP with 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.5 x 21. 9782904171857

60115
POHNPEI
FRIENDS OF THE POHNPEI PUBLIC LIBRARY - 1988 CALENDAR
$10.00 AUD

Friends of the Pohnpei Public Library. Kolonia, Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia. 1987. 1st Ed. 24 PP with 12 b/w illustrations (Art Work of "World War II sites and events" by Ideia Sackryas). Soft cover, pictorial front. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28.

31992
POIGNANT, Roslyn
OCEANIC MYTHOLOGY - The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia
$15.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn. London. 1967. 1st Ed. 141 PP with over 100 b/w & 29 colour illust. Fp (in colour): The great serpents, Murinbata people. Half-title page: Malanggan. FEP: Te Rongo and his 3 sons. REP: Wooden image of Hawaii. Hard cover, illustrated front, dj. Near fine. 28.4 x 21.

74767
POIGNANT, Roslyn
Myths and Legends of the SOUTH SEAS
$10.00 AUD

Paul Hamlyn / Sun Books. London / Melbourne. 1970. 1st edition in the All-colour paperbacks series. 160 PP with colour illustations by Meg Rutherford. Pictorial stiff covers. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Very good. 218 x 11. 060000130X

49944
POIGOUNE, Dan, BENSA, Alban, SALOMON, Christine, SAND, Christian, BROWN, Peter,
ELEVEN APPROACHES TO CULTURE AND NATURE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$40.00 AUD

Cultural Affairs Programme, Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2005. 1st English edition, with a foreword by Yves Corbel and an introduction by Hamid Mokaddem. 164 PP with 10 head pieces and 3 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 9820001129

5 parts: Culture - Health - Industry, Economy and the Environment - Urbanisation and Land - Expressions of Identity.

46628
POIRIER, Nicolas
LES BALEINIERS FRANCAIS EN NOUVELLE-ZELANDE. Des ambitions coloniales de la Monarchie de Juillet dans le Pacifique
$75.00 AUD

Les Indes Savantes. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. Preface by Jacques Weber. 172, (2) PP with 2 crests, 7 maps and many tables, plus 12 pages with 6 b/w and 13 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 2846540314

French whaling in the Pacific, and attempt to create a French settlement in New Zealand.

11858
POIRINE, Bernard
LES PETITES ECONOMIES INSULAIRES: Théorie et Stratégies de Développement
$30.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 1995. 1st Ed. 280 PP, (2 contents pages), (4 adverts.) with tables, diagrams & graphs. Soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 15.7. 273843343X

Theory and practice on the economies of small island territories or states (development, aid, etc..) Study of the French overseas departments and territories and the Pacific Islands.

48098
POLYNESIAN AIRLINES
PACIFIC PANORAMA 10 : THE FRENCH CONNECTION
$10.00 AUD

Polynesian Airlines. Apia. 1989. No.10, Spring 1989. 58 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains articles between P.5 and 14 with 15 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.6

Issue featuring the French lifestyle in the Pacific. Published to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution.

54124
THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY
THE JOURNAL OF THE POLYNESIAN SOCIETY - Volume 79, No. 2
$20.00 AUD

The Polynesian Society. Wellington. 1970. Vol. 79, No. 2, June 1970. 119-268 PP. Edited by Mervyn McLEAN. Soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 15.2.

A Contact history of the Balade People of New Caledonia 1774-1845, by Bronwen Douglas.

70817
PONDER, Winifred
AN IDLER IN THE ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

Cornstalk Publishing Company. Sydney. 1924. 1st Ed. (10), 90 PP, plus 11 plates with 22 b/w photos. Fp: The simple savage and the suit case. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Title page with repaired closed tear. Contents near fine. 19 x 13.

Travel to: Fiji, Niaoufou (Tin Can island) and Tonga, Samoa ..

65496
PONIATOWSKI, Michel
HISTOIRE DE LA RUSSIE D'AMERIQUE ET DE L'ALASKA
$20.00 AUD

Horizons de France. Paris. 1958. 1st Ed. Preface by Michel de Saint-Pierre. XVI, 363 PP with 1 location map and 4 maps, plus 10 pages with 14 b/w illustrations. Eps: Ville de St-Pierre et St-Paul au Kamchatka (Petropavlosk). Decorative cloth covers. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise near fine French text. 21.3 x 15.5.

13248
POOKONG, Kee (editor)
ASIA-PACIFIC MIGRATION TO AUSTRALIA [in Asian and Pacific Migration Journal]
$10.00 AUD

Scalabrini Migration Center. Quezon City, Philippines. 1994. Special issue Volume 3, No. 2-3, 1994. Pages 199 to 529 with numerous tables in text. Soft cover. Near fine. 23 x 15.3.

Includes papers on: Asian immigrant settlement and adjustment in Australia - Roaming Yuppies: Hong Kong migration to Australia - Australia and Pacific Islander migration...

72507
PORTER, Captain David
JOURNAL OF A CRUISE MADE TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN by Captain David Porter, in the United States Frigate ESSEX in the Years 1812, 1813 and 1814 (Volume I)
$65.00 AUD

Gregg Press. Upper Saddle River, N.J. 1970. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1822. Volume I: (VI), LXXVI, 246 PP, plus 5 b/w plates: 3 folded (1 table, 2 maps "Gallapagos Islands") & 2 engravings (Galapagos Turtle & Coastal views Galapagos Islands). Decorated cloth cover. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 839815735

The frigate used the Galapagos Islands as a base during the war of 1812, between the United States and Great Britain. Chapter X: departure for Washington Island (Nuku Hiva), Marquesas Islands.

55165
PORTS
PORT OF SEATTLE
$20.00 AUD

Public Information Department / Port of Seattle. Seattle. 1986 Clear plastic envelope containing 11 documents. 3 Information sheets (2 pages each): The Seattle Harbour, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, The Tax Levy. 4 folded flyers: The Port in short - In Out and about Sea-Tac International Airport - Pier 86 Grain Terminal - Jet Aircraft Noise and you. Facilities Handbook: A Directory of Port of Seattle facilities and Servoces, 92 PP with 1 plan at centrefold, 1 map and 17 b/w photos. Brochure Landing of Opportunity, 12 PP with 1 graph, 1 map and 28 colour photos. Tradelines Port of Seattle, U. S. A., issue for March / April 1985: 8 PP with b/w illustrations. Port of Seattle Annual Report 1984: 32 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, tables, photos). Near fine condition. Image shows the Facility Handbook. 28 x 21.5.

73926
POTTON, Craig
THE STORY OF MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS MARITIME PARK
$20.00 AUD

Marlborough Sounds Maritime Park Board. Blenheim, NZ. c. 1985. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a large colour map of the Park, with location map pasted down inside back cover. Pictorial stiff covers. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page, o/wise fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061435

History and settlement: pages 126 to 157.

73961
POTTON, Craig
FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEA - THE STORY OF WESTLAND NATIONAL PARK
$20.00 AUD

Department of Conservation. Wellington, NZ. 1991. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a large colour map of the Park (dated 1984) pasted down inside back cover. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061303

History: pages 124 to 155. .

73962
POTTON, Craig
THE STORY OF NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK
$20.00 AUD

Department of Conservation. Wellington, NZ. 1988. 2nd edition of the 1983 original. 160 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus a large colour map of the Park (dated 1988) pasted down inside back cover. Pictorial stiff covers. Near fine. 21 x 14.2. 0477061141

History: pages 84 to 101. .

33430
PRICE, Christine
MADE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Arts of the Sea People
$20.00 AUD

The Bodley Head. London. 1980. 1st UK Ed. X, 134 PP with 1 map and 137 b/w illust. (drawings and photos). Half title page: Wooden stopper for gourd container, Santa Cruz Islands. Fp: Detail of carving at end of carrying pole, Hawaii. Cloth cover, dj. Front cover of dust jacket lightly rubbed, faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 18.8. 0370302311

Feathers, fibres and leaves. Tapa and tatu. Bone and shell... Wood.

44085
PROUST DE LA GIRONIERE, Muriel
LA FRANCE EN NOUVELLE-ZELANDE 1840-1846 - Un Vaudeville Colonial
$40.00 AUD

Editions du Gerfaut. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed. 302, (2) PP with 16 copies or facsimiles of documents and 14 b/w illustrations (2 plans, 6 maps...), plus 4 pages with 6 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.8 x 14.6. 2914622090

Attempt of French settlement at Akaroa, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand.

60256
PULEA, Mere
THE FAMILY, LAW AND POPULATION IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1986. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 199 PP with 1 map, 51 tables, 1 poster and 17 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Rubbed patch on lower part of front cover, o/wise very good. 21 x 14.6.

17186
PULESTON, Capt. W. D.
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE PACIFIC, A Comparison of the Military and Naval Power of the United States and Japan
$20.00 AUD

Yale University Press. New Haven. 1941. 1st Ed. XVI, 273 PP with tables in text. Eps: Map of the Pacific. Cloth cover a little browned, title vignette pasted down on front cover & spine. Spine sunned. Bookplate of previous owner on preliminary page. Paper ageing around edges, o/wise an excellent copy. 23.5 x 15.5.

Chapters include: The Rise of Japan and Japanese Military Organizations. The American High Command, the Position of the USA in the Far East, the Japanese and American Navies, Strategy and Tactics,..

69263
PUXLEY, W. L.
STRAYED AMONG LONELY ISLANDS
$30.00 AUD

Williams & Norgate. London. 1949. 1st Ed. 176 PP, plus 6 pages with 6 b/w illustrations and the Fp: Photo of W. Lavallin Puxley. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped and with small pieces missing. Very good. 18.5 x 12.5.

Travels and natural history in Australia, New Zealand and some remote islands. Mauritius, Kerguelen (in 1928), Kermadecs, Lord Howe, Galapagos.

71924
PUXLEY, W. Lavallin
GREEN ISLANDS IN GLITTERING SEAS
$45.00 AUD

George Allen & Unwin Ltd. London. 1925. 1st Ed. 317, (2) PP, plus 17 plates with 31 b/w illustrations (1 painting and 30 photos). Fp: Duk-Duks (secret society of New Guinea). Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover ad spine. Front cover a little flecked. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 15.

Wanderings in the Pacific Islands.

60228
QUAMMEN, David
THE NAME GIVER - Carl Linnaeus, Botanist: the Man who Named Plants (in National Geographic Magazine)
$5.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 2007. Volume 211, No. 6, June 2007. Contains articles between P. 72 and 87 with 3 b/w illustrations (1 portrait & 2 facsimiles), and 13 colour photographs by Helene Schmitz. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

Swedish botanist who treasured nature and gave a system for naming species.

43804
QUANCHI, Max
JACARANDA ATLAS OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

Jacaranda / John Wiley & Sons Australia. Brisbane. 2003. 1st Ed. IV, 156 PP with colour illustrations (maps and photos). FEP: Map of the world. REP: The language of maps. Pictorial soft cover. Folded flyer loosely inserted. Fine. 30 x 23.5. 9780701636623

Up-to-date and accurate coverage of the Pacific Islands.

61585
QUANCHI, Max
TEACHING PACIFIC HISTORY - An occasional Newsletter for Teachers of Pacific History, Volume 2, No. 2
$5.00 AUD

Pacific History Association. Brisbane. 1990. Vol. 2, No. 2, November 1990. No pagination, 12 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front, staples. Fine. 21 x 15.

11967
QUANCHI, Max & ADAMS, Ron (Editors)
CULTURE CONTACT IN THE PACIFIC, Essays on Contact, Encounter & Response
$30.00 AUD

CUP. Cambridge. 1993. 1st Ed. XIV, 186 PP with b/w illust. incl. maps. Pict. soft cover. Signature on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 24.6 x 17.4. 0521422841

Pacific society: pre-European, their European discovery, relations between islanders & Europeans, colonialism to independence, ...

45445
QUANCHI, Max & McCALL, Grant (editors)
TEACHERS, TEACHING AND HISTORY
$15.00 AUD

Teaching The Pacific Forum / Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund Project. Brisbane. 1996. 1st Ed. (4), 59, (1) PP with tables and 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.5.

Papers from the TTPF Hilo Workshop 8-13 July 1996.Fiji, Tonga, Palau, Nauru...

66430
QUANCHI, Max & SHEKLETON, Max
POSTCARDS FROM OCEANIA: Port Towns, Portraits and the Picturesque during the Colonial Era
$75.00 AUD

University of the South Pacific Press. Suva. 2015. 1st Ed. 202 PP with b/w or colour illustrations of 221 postcards. Pictorial soft cover. Note on title page signed by the authors. New. 25 x 17.5. 9789820109414

51561
QUANCHI, Max, & SO'O, Asofou (editors)
TEACHING HISTORY - A Guide for Teachers Teaching History for the First Time
$10.00 AUD

Brisbane. 2003. The Council of Presidents of Pacific Island History Associations (History COPs). 1st Ed. 20 PP with 6 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.7.

37019
QUANTIN, Paul
Archipel des Nouvelles-Hebrides, ATLAS DES SOLS et de quelques données du Milieu Naturel / New Hebrides Archipelago, ATLAS OF SOILS and of Natural Environment data
$240.00 AUD

ORSTOM (Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer). Paris. 1972 to 1978. 1st Ed. 7 booklets for a total of 259 PP, plus 18 large folded maps in colour, and a 30 pages explanatory booklet, contained in a decorated box. Fine. Except for the bilingual (French/English) explicative booklet, text is in French. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 47.5 x 37. 270990263X

Atlas of Vanuatu: Natural environment, pedogenesis, land use - Soils.

33159
QUILICI, Folco
PRIMITIVE SOCIETIES
$10.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1972. 1st Ed. in the International Library series. 127 PP with 62 b/w and 120 colour photos. Eps: Mappemonde. Pictorial laminated boards. Sellotape marks on endpapers which are also rubbed in parts. Contents clean and otherwise a very good copy. 26 x 18.5. 001001698

Techniques for survival... The primitive soul. Authority and the community...

33172
RABLING, Harold
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC - Explorers of the Earth's Mightiest Ocean
$15.00 AUD

W. W. Norton. New York. 1965. 1st Ed. 192 PP with 2 maps and 40 b/w illust. Title spread: Model of a fifteenth-century caravel with Lateen sails. Decorated cloth cover, dj (price clipped and a little rubbed). Still a near fine copy. 20.8 x 14.

33173
RABLING, Harold
PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC - The Story of the South Seas
$10.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1966. 1st Australian edition, of the 1965 US original The Story of the Pacific - Explorers of the Earth Mightiest Ocean. 147 PP with 2 maps and 23 b/w illust. Title spread: The Resolution and the Discovery at anchor in Kealakekua Bay, Hawaii. Decorated hard cover, dj (price clipped). Near fine. 22.2 x 14.

57918
RABLING, Harold
PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC - The Story of the South Seas
$5.00 AUD

38462
RAHS
AUSTRALIA AND THE PACIFIC - 1788 to 1885 (in Journal and Proceedings of the R.A.H.S.)
$10.00 AUD

Royal Australian Historical Society. Sydney. 1942. Volume XXVIII, Part III, 1942. 129-192 PP with 3 b/w illustrations. Contains article by C. Brunsdon Fletcher between P. 157 and 184 with 1 map. Card cover. Browning of outside edges. Near fine. 21 x 14.

73277
RAY, Sidney Herbert
COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE MELANESIAN ISLAND LANGUAGES
$100.00 AUD

The University Press & Melbourne University Press. Cambridge. 1926. 1st Ed. XVI, 598 PP with tables, plus 6 plates with maps of (New Caledonia, New Hebrides & Solomon Islands). Green cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Minute insect damage (small holes), on covers near spine and corresponding endpapers, the 6 first and 20 last leaves. Signature of previous owner at top of front endpaper. Otherwise, contents clean and near fine. Scarce. 24.5 x 17.

40483
REED, A. H.
THE STORY OF NEW ZEALAND
$25.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1950. 5th edition limited to 2000 copies of the 1945 original. 528 PP with 14 maps, 122 b/w illustrations and 31 crossword exercises. FEP: Map of North Island. REP: Map of South Island. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket chipped and foxed. Faint foxing spots on outside edges and few pages, o/wise near fine. 22.3 x 14.52.

65733
REED, A. H.
THE STORY OF HAWKE'S BAY
$45.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1958. October 1958 edition, with a foreword by the Right Hon. Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 312 PP, plus 24 pages with 79 b/w illustrations. FEP: Napier in the earlier Seventies (1870). REP: Map and sketch plan of Hawke's Bay. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket chipped at head and foot of spine. Signed by the author on title page. Card "With Greetings", signed by the author, loosely inserted. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

45435
REED, A. W.
WONDER TALES OF MAORILAND
$10.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1973. Reprint of the 1964 original. (6), 122 PP with 15 head pieces, 6 tail pieces and 56 drawings (illustrations by A. S. Paterson). Hard cover, dj. Dust jacket with a closed tear and a small chip. Near fine. 25.4 x 19.5.

Book complete but a misbound copy with pages 75 to 90 twice present.

58505
REED, A. W.
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Reed Education. Wellington. 1972. 1st Ed. 24 PP with line drawings by Conrad Frieboe. Illustrated soft cover. Faint foxing. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 18.5. 0589043889

58544
REED, A. W.
THE COOK ISLANDS
$10.00 AUD

A. H. & A. W. Reed. Wellington. 1970. 1st Ed., in the Reeds Pacific Social Studies Readers series. 16 PP with line drawings by E. H. Papps. Illustrated soft cover. Faint foxing. Signature of previous owner on title-page, o/wise very good. 24.8 x 18.5. 0589044486

58258
RENFREW, Colin & BAHN, Paul
ARCHAEOLOGY, Theories, Methods, and Practice
$20.00 AUD

Thames and Hudson. London. 1997. Reprint of the 2nd edition of 1996 (original of 1991). 608 PP with over 550 b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 18.7. 0500276879

73537
RENSCH, Karl (editor)
TIKISIONALIO FAKA'UVEA - FAKAFALANI, Dictionnaire Wallisien - Français
$110.00 AUD

Archipelago Press. Canberra. c. 2000. Revised edition. VIII, 274 PP, 1 map of Wallis Island (Uvea). Pictorial stiff covers. Note to previous owner signed by the author at top of title page. Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.8. 0959378790

Dictionary of Wallis Island (Uvea) to French.

73538
RENSCH, Karl (editor)
DICTIONNAIRE FRANCAIS - WALLISIEN / TIKISIONALIO FAKAFALANI - FAKAUVEA
$100.00 AUD

Archipelago Press. Canberra. 2002. 1st edition. (6), VII, 236 PP 1 map of Wallis Island (Uvea). Pictorial stiff covers. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Scarce. 23.8 x 17.

Dictionary: French to Wallisian.

47383
RENSEL, Jan, & RODMAN, Margaret (editors)
HOME IN THE ISLANDS: Housing and Social Change in the Pacific
$15.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 1997. 1st Ed. VII, 264 PP with 7 tables and 39 figures (maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0824819349

Housing: Rotuma Island... Papua New Guinea... New Zealand... Hawaii.

40028
REYNELL BELLAMY, R.
THE REAL SOUTH SEAS
$30.00 AUD

John Long Limited. London. 1933. 1st Ed. 253 PP, plus 1 folded map of "Oceania", 2 maps of "New Guinea and neighbouring groups" & "New Caledonia & Loyalty Islands" and 32 pages with 40 b/w photos. Fp: New Caledonian fishermen with tomahawks and fish spears and some of the catch. Cloth cover, gilt device (coconut tree) on front cover, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

Experiences after a four years' sojourn.

51739
RICHARDS, Rhys
WHICH PAKEHA ATE THE LAST MOA
$25.00 AUD

The Paremata Press. Paremata, NZ. 1986. 1st edition, limited to 250 copies. 48 PP with 11 drawings (from Duff, 1951) at the centrefold, and 5 b/w photos. Soft cover, staples, dj. Near fine. 21 x 14.7.

51757
RICHARDS, Rhys
WHALE TEETH ARTEFACTS IN THE WESTERN SOLOMON ISLANDS (in Tuhinga)
$15.00 AUD

Te Papa Museum of New Zealand. Wellington. 2006. Extract from Tuhinga (Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa) No. 17. Pages 69 to 79 with 1 map and 8 colour photos. Plastic covers, clear plastic front, spiral bound. Fine. 29.8 x 21.

66268
RICHARDS, Rhys
CAPTAIN CHARLES BAYLEY: Whaling Master 1813-1857
$20.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2014. 1st Ed. No. 65 in the Roebuck series. VI, 54 PP with 5 tables, 5 b/w illustrations (1 portrait, 2 paintings, 2 maps with insets and 4 photos) and colour illustrations (1 graph, 2 photos and 6 paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 9780992366025

75110
RICHARDS, Rhys
SAMOA'S FORGOTTEN WHALING HERITAGE - American Whaling in Samoan Waters 1824-1878
$125.00 AUD

Lithographic Services Ltd. Wellington. 1992. 1st Ed. XI, 208 PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, diagrams, paintings, photos). Pictorial stiff cover with light wear and a short tear and rub at foot of spine. Contents near fine. Scarce. 29.8 x 20.7. 0473016079

Reminiscences and souvenirs of Samoa, through logbooks of whaling ships. History of the Samoa Islands.

56109
RICHARDS, Rhys and Margaret
PACIFIC ARTIFACTS BROUGHT HOME BY AMERICAN WHALEMEN
$50.00 AUD

Paremeta Press. Paremata, NZ. 2000. 1st Ed. Preface by Michael A. Jehle. (2), 65 PP with 2 maps and tables. Soft cover. Note to previous owner, Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) signed by Rhys Richards, tipped in on half title page. Fine. 25.5 x 17.5. 0473073773

A report by Rhys and Margaret Richards for the New Bedford Whaling Museum, October 2000.

57816
RIDGELL, Reilly
PACIFIC NATIONS AND TERRITORIES. The Islands of Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia
$30.00 AUD

Bess Press, Inc. / Pacific Region Educational Laboratory. Honolulu. 1988. 2nd edition, revised from the 1982 original. VI, 170 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps and 101 photos). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2. 0935848509

49562
RIGBY, Nigel , Van Der MERWE, Pieter, & WILLIAMS Glyn
PIONEERS OF THE PACIFIC. Voyages of Exploration, 1787-1810
$15.00 AUD

University of Western Australia Press. Perth. 2005. 1st Australian edition. 144 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (charts & maps, drawings & engravings, paintings & photos). Half title page (in colour): Bay on the South coast of Australia, by William Westall. Title spread: Entrance of Rio de Janeiro. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.3. 1920694641

Chapter 1: In the Wake of Cook. Chapter 2: Gentleman, Scholar and Seaman: Arthur Phillip and Australia. Chapter 3: The Spirit of Discovery: the tragic voyage of Laperouse... Chapter 5: Lost voyage of Alejandro Malaspina... Chapter 7: Matthew Flinders' circumnavigation of Australia.

71324
ROBERT, Derek
LOOK AT ME NOW - A Sailor in the South Pacific
$30.00 AUD

Travel Book Club. London. 1964. Reprint (2nd Impression) of the 1963 original. (8), 198 PP. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges and on page margins mostly, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22 x 14.5.

While sailing the Pacific on a British Phosphate Commission ship, then on a passenger ship, the author, an English Merchant Navy officer, visited Nauru, PNG, Fiji, Tahiti, New Caledonia... He finally settled at Bellbird, Victoria.

51364
ROBERT, Willem C. H.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALIA AND THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS (3 Volumes)
$250.00 AUD

Philo Press. Amsterdam. 1969 - 1972. Volume I (2nd edition, revised and enlarged): X, 275 PP. Volume II (1st Ed.): XII, 227 PP, plus large folded chart of Malay Archipelago and Australia at rear of book. Volume III (2nd edition, entirely revised and greatly enlarged): X, 401 PP, (2 adv.). Blue cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Ex library copy with stamp of the General Assembly Library - New Zealand in blind on front cover, gilt library number on spine, plate of the Library on front endpaper and empty library pocket on rear endpaper. Few foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 23 x 15.5.. 9060220455, 906

Massive work compiled by Willem Carel Hendrik Robert. Volume I: Printed Material relating to Discovery, Exploration and Travel issued in the Netherlands to 1921. Volume II: Index and Bibliography of Dutch Manuscripts and Manuscript-charts relating to the Discovery. Volume III: Printed Material relating to Discovery, Exploration and Travel, issued in Europe, except the Netherlands, to 1853 with a geographical index and an index of ships cited.

45338
ROBERTS, J. M.
THE EUROPEAN EMPIRES
$20.00 AUD

O. U. P. New York. 1999. 1st US edition, Volume 8, in the Illustrated History of the World series. 192 PP with 1 time chart, 13 maps in colour, b/w and colour illustrations. Title page: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, in Petrograd, 1920. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 29.5 x 23.5. 019521529X

45846
ROBERTS, Stephen H.
HISTORY OF FRENCH COLONIAL POLICY (1870-1925) (in two volumes)
$70.00 AUD

P. S. King & Son. London. 1929. 1st Ed. Monograph No. 95 in the Studies in Economics and Political Science series. Volume I: XVI, 374 PP with 9 maps and diagrams, plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Map of the French Empire. Volume II: VIII, 375-741, (9 adv.) PP with 8 maps, plus 1 folded map. Hard cover, gilt title on spine. Ex Library copies with stamps on both endpapers and on title page of each volume. Shelf number on spine. Covers of both volumes lightly soiled and with sunned spine. Some foxing, o/wise very good. Scarce. 25.3 x 16.

74568
ROBERTSON, Bruce
WESTLAND WHIRLWIND - Described
$10.00 AUD

Kookaburra Technical Publications. Melbourne. 1970. 1st Ed. Technical Manual "Series 1, No. 4". 24 PP with 5 colour artworks by L.G. Halls, and b/w illustrations (3 sets of plans: prototype development, Westland / Whirlwind and 1 cutaway of Whirlwind MK.1) and 31 photos . Pictorial stiff covers (front cover with painting by Geoffrey Pentland). Faint stamp of previous owner at top of front cover, o/wise fine. 24.8 x 16.5.

58174
ROBIE, David
EYES OF FIRE - The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
$15.00 AUD

Lindon Publishing. Auckland. 1986. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Walter Lini. (5), 168 PP with 55 b/w illustrations (3 maps, cartoons and photos). Fp: Hole in the hull. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 17.7 x 22.7.

From Spain, through the Marshall Islands to final resting place in New Zealand.

46682
ROBILLARD, Albert B. (editor)
SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

Kegan Paul International. London. 1992. 1st Ed. XVI, 507 PP with maps and tables. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 15.6. 07103 04005

New Caledonia: Social Change, Political Change and Tradition in a Settler Colony, by John Connell... French Polynesia: A nuclear Dependency, by Ben Finney...

11544
ROBINSON, David (editor)
THE PACIFIC VISION
$20.00 AUD

University of Guam Gallery of Art. Guam. 1971. 1st Ed., No.3 in the Micronesian Working Papers series. No pagination, 16 PP with 22 b/w illust. by: Sainson, A.W. Denis, Danvin, J. Wedgebrough, E. Paris... Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 26.5 x 21.5.

Catalogue of an exhibition on the way in which Micronesia was presented to 18th and 19th Century European and American audiences.

52991
ROBINSON, Kathryn, GUINNESS, Patrick & PENNELL, Emma (editors)
THE ASIA PACIFIC JOURNAL OF ANTHROPOLOGY - Vol. 6, No. 1
$15.00 AUD

ANU / Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. Canberra. 2005. Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2005. (2), 98, (4) PP with 2 maps, 2 b/w photos and 3 tables. Soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 17.5.

Frontiers, Sovereignty, and martial tactics: Borneo, Indonesia-Malaysia-Singapore growth triangle, by Matthew Amster and Johan Lindquist. Autonomy, Identity and illegal logging West Kalimatan, by Reed L. Wadley and Michael Eilenberg... Literal meanings: the case of Mekeo Sorcery (Papua New Guinea), by Mark Mosoko.

60195
ROBINSON, Kenneth
THE DILEMMAS OF TRUSTEESHIP. Aspects of British Colonial Policy between the wars
$10.00 AUD

Oxford University Press. London. 1965. 1st Ed. Preface by Watson Kirkconnell. VIII, 95 PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Some underlining of text and scoring in margins, o/wise very good. 20.3 x 13.5.

39825
ROBSON, R.W. & TUDOR, Judy (Editors)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK AND WHO'S WHO
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1963. 9th edition. 496, (2), 156, (LXXII, XLVIII & 12 adverts.) PP with tables and maps, plus 5 folded maps (Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Islands, French Oceania, the Bismarck Archipelago and Territory of Papua New Guinea). Fp: The Wealth-Producer of the Pacific Islands: The Coconut Palm and what it gives to mankind. Cloth cover, dj (repaired). Spine of dust jacket sunned, foxing spots on outside edges, short notes on front endpaper. Very good. 21.7 x 14.

39824
ROBSON, R.W. (Editor)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1959. 8th edition. 479, (LXXX & 4 adverts.) PP with tables and maps, plus 5 folded maps (Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Islands, French Oceania, the Bismarck Archipelago and Territory of Papua New Guinea). Fp: The Wealth-Producer of the Pacific Islands: The Coconut Palm and what it gives to mankind. Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 14.2.

48894
RODGERS, Richard, HAMMERSTEIN, Oscar & LOGAN, Joshua
MARY MARTIN in the Musical Play SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Theatre Royal. London. c. 1950. 1st Ed., adapted from James Mitchener's Tales of the South Pacific. 20 PP with 33 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. Small crease on lower corners, o/wise fine. 27 x 20.7.

Produced by Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd, Leland Hayward & Joshua Logan. Music by Richard Rodgers...

72558
ROE, Michael (editor)
THE JOURNAL & LETTERS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES BISHOP on the North-West Coast of America, in the Pacific & in New South Wales 1794-1799
$25.00 AUD

Hakluyt Society. Cambridge. 1967. 1st edition in the Second Series, No. CXXXI. LVI, 341 PP, plus 6 b/w plates: frontispiece and 5 maps (2 of them folded). Fp: A page of Bishop's Memoranda on ship Nautilus. Cloth cover, gilt device "Victoria" on front cover, gilt title on a lightly sunned spine.. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.

18098
ROEDELBERGER, F. A. & GROSCHOFF, Vera I.
WILD LIFE OF THE SOUTH SEAS
$20.00 AUD

Constable. London. 1967. 1st English edition translated from the German original edition (switzerland) "Fauna Ferner Inselm / Faune des Iles" by Peter J. Whitehead. 216 PP with 1 map on double page and 225 b/w photos, plus 24 pages with 25 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device engraved on front, dj. Back cover of dust jacket with piece missing at top. Very good. 24.5 x 22.

250 photographs illustrating the animal life of the Indo-Pacific, Indonesia, Australia, Oceania and Galapagos.

53822
ROEDERER, Patrice (editor)
20 000 LIEUES SUR LES MERS - LA MARINE ORSTOM
$25.00 AUD

ORSTOM / Institut Français de Recherche Scientifique pour le Développement en Coopération. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed. 120, (4) PP with 1 plan, 2 facsimile of documents and 46 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.

Oceanographic Research Vessels in the employ of the Orstom, a research institute working in tropical waters of overseas French Territories or former Colonies. Oceans: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Inland: Lake Chad in central Africa.

47908
ROSE, Ronald
INOKE SAILS THE SOUTH SEAS
$20.00 AUD

Collins. London. 1966. 1st Ed. no pagination, 48 PP with 57 colour photos. Pictorial boards, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled and with closed tears, o/wise near fine. 29.4 x 21.5.

Juvenile story set on Naviti island, Fiji.

57115
ROSE, Samantha, QUANCHI, Max & MOORE, Clive
A NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR THE STUDY OF THE PACIFIC
$20.00 AUD

AAAPS / Australian Association for the Advancement of Pacific Studies. Brisbane. 2009. 1st Ed. XIV, 203 PP with 3 maps, 6 graphs, 6 tables, 8 b/w and 6 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780646515717

73410
ROSENKILDE NIELSEN, Bent
DANSKE PIONERER PAA STILLEHAVET - Den Danske Somandspioner tilegnet
$150.00 AUD

C. A. Reitzels Forlag. Kobenhavn. 1944. 1st edition of April 1944. 142, (2 publications) PP, plus 32 plates with 42 b/w photos. Quarter bound, marbled boards. Sprinkled outside edges. Ageing of paper (war economy paper). Near fine. Rare. Danish text. 24 x 17.5.

49481
ROSS, J.O'C.
THIS STERN COAST. The Story of the Charting of the New Zealand Coast
$30.00 AUD

Reed. Wellington. 1969. 1st Ed. 277 PP with 69 b/w illustrations (paintings, charts, photos ..). Hard cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.8.

The sea surveyors of New Zealand's coastline and coastal waters, from Tasman and Cook to the Royal New Zealand Navy men of the present day.

53468
ROSS, Ken
REGIONAL SECURITY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC: The Quarter-Century 1970-1995
$20.00 AUD

Strategic & Defence Studies Centre/RSPS/ANU. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 100. (10), 206 PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731515978

Chapter 8: Regional cooperation. Chapter 9: Papua New Guinea. Chapter 10: Fiji. Chapter 11: New Caledonia. Chapter 12 Vanuatu. Chapter 13: the Quiet States.

73938
ROTH, Hal
TWO ON A BIG OCEAN - The story of the first circumnavigation of the Pacific basin in a small sailing ship
$15.00 AUD

The Macmillan Company. New York. 1972. 1st printing. (14), 288 PP with 8 maps and 48 b/w photos. Fp: The 35-foot sailboat "Whisper". Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean with the track of "Whisper". Cloth covers, silver lettering title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Dust jacket with small chip at head of spine and in a protecctive sleeve. Foxing spots on outside edges. Still a near fine copy. 24 x 16.

19 months (1968-1969) circumnavigation from San Francisco to Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Gilbert & Ellice... Japan, Alaska and Canada.

52865
ROUCHEUX, Nicole & TETOKA, Floriane
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE SOUTH PACIFIC 1978-1979
$10.00 AUD

Author. Auckland. 1978. 1st Ed. Preface by R. D. Muldoon, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 224 PP with advertisements, and 23 maps & plans. Soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 19.8 x 13.

6 countries : New Caledonia, Fiji, New Hebrides, Sydney, New Zealand and Tahiti, in 1 book.

10310
ROUGHLEY, T. C. & BAYLOR ROBERTS, J.
BOUNTY DESCENDANTS LIVE ON REMOTE NORFOLK ISLAND (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1960. Vol.118, No.4, October 1960. Contains article between P.558 and 584 with 1 map, 1 b/w & 19 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.

73327
ROUX, Jean-Claude & SHEKLETON, Max (editors)
Les Souvenirs du Colon EDMOND CAILLARD aux Nouvelles-Hébrides (Vanuatu) 1903 1913 - Une Jeunesse aux colonies d'antan
$55.00 AUD

L'Harmattan. Paris. 2016. 1st edition, No. 35 in "Collection Portes Oceanes". 337, (11) PP with 2 maps of the New Hebrides and Ambrim Island and 37 b/w photos. Stiff covers, illustrated front. Fine. French text. 23.7 x 15.2. 9782343104300

Life of French white settler in Vanuatu 1903 to 1913.

64952
ROYAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF QUEENSLAND - JOURNAL - Vol. IV, No. 4
$25.00 AUD

The Historical Society of Queensland (Inc.). Brisbane. 1951. Journal Vol. IV, No. 4, December 1951. Foreword by G. Greenwood. 447-590 PP with 2 b/w plates. Soft covers, browning around edges and spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. 21.4 x 13.7.

8 papers read to the Society in 1951 "The Jubille Year" (Second half-century of Australia existence) by: Allan A. Morrison, Clem Lack, Glenville Pike, C.G. Austin, Arthur Laurie...

14886
RUBY, Robert H. & BROWN, John A.
MYRON EELS AND THE PUGET SOUND INDIANS
$10.00 AUD

Superior Publishing. Seattle. 1976. 1st Ed. 122 PP, 1 map, 4 PP Index with b/w & colour illust. Fp: Portrait Rev. Myron Eels. Hard cover, gilt title on spine & front cover, dj. Very good. 27.2 x 27. 087564337X

A pictorial record of the implements, tools, weapons of the Indians of Puget Sound in Washington State in the late 19th century.

17107
RUHEN, Olaf
OPENING THE OCEANS
$15.00 AUD

Nautical Press. Sydney. 1987? 1st Ed. 189 PP, plus 31 pages of prints and 1 folded chart of the voyages of Captain Cook in pocket at rear of book. Hard cover, dj. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 26.8 x 19.5. 0949756067

Study of exploration of the Pacific: Anson, Wallis & Carteret, Cook, followed by the French, Spanish, Russians, Americans...

49428
RUHEN, Olaf
OPENING THE OCEANS
$10.00 AUD

Nautical Press. Sydney. 1987? 1st Ed. 189 PP, plus 31 pages of prints and 1 folded chart of the voyages of Captain Cook in pocket at rear of book. Hard cover. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Near fine. 26.8 x 19.5. 0949756067

Study of exploration of the Pacific: Anson, Wallis & Carteret, Cook, followed by the French, Spanish, Russians, Americans...

65232
RUHEN, Olaf
THE TONGANS
$20.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1978. 1st Ed. 84 PP with colour photos by Jozef Vissel. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Oblong: 20 x 25. 0858070324

55397
RUNDALL, Charlotte, TYRRELL, Nichola et al. (editors)
AMONG THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC.
$20.00 AUD

Reader's Digest (Australia) Pty. Ltd. Sydney. 1997. 1st Australian edition of the 1996 original, in the Reader's Digest Travels & Adventures series. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 28.6 x 21.5. 0864490364

Part 1: The Islands of Paradise, an evocation. Part 2: The South Seas Dream, an adventure, by John Dyson (condensed from his The South Seas Dream).

67561
RUSDEN, Athol
RASCAL OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC - An Autobiography
$15.00 AUD

Author. Gold Coast, Qld. 2005. 1st Ed. Foreword and Endnote by Brian McNiven. 408 PP with 24 headpieces, plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 65 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Ex Library copy with stamp on lower part of title page and front outside edge, and covers laminated . Name of previous owner at top of half title page. Faint foxing. Very good reading copy. 23 x 15.2. 0646449052

The Pacific Islands 1948 to 1982. Yachting, Chartering: New Zealand, Tahiti, Hawaii... Shipowner based in Port Vila, New Hebrides... Page 223: poem of 1952 by James Norman Hall to his daughter Nancy.

58971
RUSSIER, Henri
LE PARTAGE DE L'OCEANIE
$300.00 AUD

Vuibert et Nony, Editeurs Paris. 1905. 1st Ed. XII, 394 PP with 2 diagrams, 11 maps, 23 tables and 93 b/w photos, plus 1 large folde map "Carte de l'Océanie" at rear of book. Errata slip between pages X & XI. Quarter bound, marbled boards, gilt title on spine. French text. Near fine. 25.7 x 17

Thesis of 1904: University of Lyon.

58539
RUTHERFORD, Danilyn
RAIDING THE LAND OF THE FOREIGNERS
$25.00 AUD

Princeton University Press. Princeton, NJ. 2003. 1st paperback edition. XXII, (2), 296 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps and 9 photos). Fp: Papuan and Chinese children. Pictorial soft cover. Signatures of previous owners on half title page and title page, o/wise fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 0691095914

The limits of the Nation on an Indonesian frontier (the island of Biak off the coast of Western New Guinea).

57411
RYMAN, Anders
NAVIGATING BY NATURE IN MICRONESIA (in Boat International - Issue 116, February 1996)
$20.00 AUD

Boat International. Kingston Upon Thames. 1996. 113, (47 advertisements) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Contains article pages 56 to 63 with 2 maps and 18 photos. Pictorial dsoft cover. Fine. 30 x 22.5.

Sailing the "Yapese Empire", with Mau Piailug.

50542
SAILING DIRECTIONS / INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES
INSTRUCTIONS NAUTIQUES. ILES DE L'OCEAN PACIFIQUE A L'OUEST DU MERIDIEN 170° E - 1er Volume
$25.00 AUD

Imprimerie Nationale/Service Hydrographique de la Marine. Paris. 1971. 1st Ed. Série K, Volume VIII, with a foreword by R. Grousson. XXII, 304 PP with tables and b/w figures (13 coastal views, 5 figures, 2 port plans and 8 plates with 12 charts), plus 4 folded maps. Correction No. 1, 1973 (13 with 1 port plan) loosely inserted. Hard cover. Covers lightly soiled. French text. Very good. 27.6 x 19.5.

Sailing directions for: New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Carolines, Marianas.

58970
SAINT-YVES, G.
L'OCEANIE
$300.00 AUD

Maison Alfred Mame et Fils. Tours. No date, circa 1895. 1st Ed. 398, (2) PP with 6 maps (2 of them: Océanie & Australasie, on full page) and 74 b/w illustrations (16 on full page). Fp: Cascade de Barron, dans le Queensland. Cloth cover, colour illustration on front board, gilt title and decorations on front board and spine. All edges gilt. Inside top of spine perhaps a little loose, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. French text. 30 x 21.5.

Australia: Pages 7 to 146. Dutch East Indies: Pages 147 to 204. Philippines, Carolines & Marianas. ... Hawaii: Pages 356 to 369. New Zealand: Pages 370 to 394.

36634
SANZ, Carlos
BIBLIOGRAFIA PRINCIPAL DE LOS DESCUBRIMIENTOS AUSTRALES (in Publicaciones de la Real Sociedad Geografica)
$20.00 AUD

Real Sociedad Geografica. Madrid. 1967. Issue No. 472, Serie B. 24 PP with 1 illustration (facsimile of Le Continent Austral by Armand Rainaud). Soft cover. Fine. Spanish text. 24.5 x 17.

Essential biography on the discovery of the Great South Land.

52960
SARKOZY, Nicolas
DISCOURS aux Parlementaires de la Majorité - Palais de l'Elysée 20 Juin 2007
$20.00 AUD

Paris. 2007. Palais de l'Elysée. 1st Ed. 66 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 14.8.

President of France to the Members of Parliament.

45998
SARMENTO RODRIGUES, Commodore M. M. (editor)
ENQUETE SUR L' ANTICOLONIALISME - INQUIRY ON ANTI-COLONIALISM
$30.00 AUD

Ministerio do Ultramar. Lisbon. 1957. 1st Ed. Volume II in Estudios de Ciencias Politicas e Sociais. 394 PP. Soft cover (foxing spots). Pages uncut. Very good. Texts in English, French and Spanish. 25.7 x 19.5.

12 papers: 1 in Spanish, 3 in French and 8 in English. Developments towards self-government in dependent territories of the United States, by Professor Henry Wells. Self-government movements in Australia and New Zealand in the nineteenth century, by Professor C. H. Currey. The South Pacific and Australia, by Professor A. P. Elkin.

65270
SARMIENTO DE GAMBOA, Pedro
MOI, GOUVERNEUR DU DETROIT DE MAGELLAN: La Première Colonisation de la Terre de Feu 1581-1584
$20.00 AUD

Cosmopole. Paris. 2001. 1st edition of the 1988 Spanish original. Translated and explained by André Roussel. 219, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (3 maps, 1 chart, facsimile of signature, 3 engravings and 7 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 19 x 12.5. 2864300038

First Governor of Tierra del Fuego.

59207
SASAKAWA
SPINF - The Sasakawa Pacific Islands Nations Fund
$10.00 AUD

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation. Tokyo. c. 2003. Folded poster (2 folds). Top half: map of the Pacific Islands. Lower half with information on 22 Islands States or Territories, with their flag in colour, and 7 b/w or colour photos with comments from the Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford. Poster size: 62 x 44. Folded size: 31 x 22.

Nations or territories: 7 for Micronesia, 5 for Melanesia and 10 for Polynesia.

40684
SCARR, Deryck (editor)
MORE PACIFIC ISLANDS PORTRAITS
$20.00 AUD

A. N. U. Canberra. 1979. 1st Australian edition. XII, 298 PP with 7 maps. Eps: Map of the Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Ex library copy with stamp on title page and its verso, pocket on half title page, number on spine of dust jacket, and sellotape marks on endpapers. Internally clean and a very good reading copy. 21.7 x 14. 0708118011

Stories of colourful characters, islanders or expatriates: Naisseline of Maré, Bouarate of Hienghène, Robert Louis Stevenson & Samoa, Hipour & the Star Path Navigators...

73440
SCHMIT, Claude (editor)
UTA, Une Belle Histoire
$125.00 AUD

UTA / Union des Transports Aériens. Paris. c. 1980. 1st Edition. Foreword by Francis C. Fabre, Chairman. (2), 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers with wear around edges and extremities of spine. Contents near fine. French text. 29.5 x 21.

History of this French airline, linking France to Africa since 1935 and Oceania as of 1st January 1956 with flights from Paris - Saigon - Port Darwin - Noumea ... Then to Auckland, New Zealand a year later ...

47878
SCHWARTZ, Susanna
24 HOURS IN AUCKLAND. A quick city guide (in SilverKris)
$10.00 AUD

Singapore Airlines. Singapore. 2004. Issue for April 2004. 104 PP. Contains article from P.28 to 30 with 1 plan and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 27.6 x 21.2.

49609
SCOFIELD, John
NEW GUINEA (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1962. Volume 121, No.5, May, 1962. Contains article between P.583 and 637 with 5 maps and 64 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.2 x 17.5.

Dutch New Guinea & Australian New Guinea.

71464
SCOTT, Ernest
LAPEROUSE
$40.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1912. 1st edition. 104 PP with 1 b/w illustration "Lapérouse Coat of Arms", plus 1 folded chart of La Pérouse voyage and 12 plates. Fp: portrait of La Pérouse. Card cover, dj tipped in by the spine. Spine worn and split at hinges. Internally very good. 18 x 15.3.

Life of La Pérouse prior to his expedition, voyage of discovery in the Pacific, disappearance.

72725
SCOTT, Gillian (editor)
COMPLETE ANNOTATED CATALOGUE - PMB MANUSCRIPT SERIES / MICROFILMS PMB 1-1030
$200.00 AUD

Pacific Manuscripts Bureau, Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU. Canberra. 1991. 1st Ed. (2), II, 822, 48 (index) PP. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Fine. 30 x 21.5. 0731512928

50762
SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY
PACIFIC ISLANDS REGIONAL MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS REPORT 2004
$35.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. VIII, 156 PP with 1 map, graphs and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8. 9820000513

Covers 8 goals: Eradication of poverty & hunger, achieve universal primary education, gender equality, reduction of child mortality, improvement of maternal health, combat againsy HIV/AIDS, malaria .., environmental sustainability and global partnership for development.

69509
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING THE SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION (with Resolution concerning Immediate Projects) - Canberra, 6th February, 1947
$100.00 AUD

Parliament / His Majesty's Stationery Office. London. 1947. Miscellaneous No. 9 (1947) - Cmd. 7104, 4/47. 12 PP. Staples removed. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.3.

42417
SEGAL, Gerald
RETHINKING THE PACIFIC
$30.00 AUD

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1990. 1st Ed. XI, 400 PP with 16 figures (31graphs). Cloth cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0198273452

The wider context: the decline of the superpowers, the new paths to development for Third World states, and the growing interdependence in the global economy are all factors challenging local economies and societies.

62489
SHADBOLT, Maurice
POLYNESIA WONDERFUL MARINERS
$5.00 AUD

Reader's Digest. Sydney. 1975. Article pulled out from the February 1975 issue of Reader's Digest Magazine. Pages 23 to 29 with 2 colour illustrations (1 map and 1 painting). Soft cover. Fine. 19.3 x 14.

48887
SHADBOLT, Maurice & RUHEN, Olaf
ISLES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1968. 1st Ed. 212 PP with over 250 bw and colour photos. Title spread: Canoeists fish by lantern light as the sun dips behind the ragged heights of Moorea. Eps: Sketch map of the Pacific Islands. 3 signed letters from National Geographic, to Captain Brett Hilder (Australian Master Mariner), loosely inserted. Hard cover (cloth binding reproducing a design of Tonga tapa). Fine. 25.5 x 18.

Polynesia: Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga & New Zealand. Melanesia: Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons & New Guinea.

69044
SHADBOLT, Maurice & RUHEN, Olaf
LES ILES DU PACIFIQUE SUD
$10.00 AUD

Flammarion / National Geographic Society. Paris / Washington. 1977. 1st French edition of the 1971 reprint of the 1968 US original. 212 PP with over 250 b/w and colour photos. Title spread: Canoeists fish by lantern light as the sun dips behind the ragged heights of Moorea. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine. Near fine. French text. 26 x 17.7. 2082010058

Polynesia: Tahiti, Cook Islands, Samoa, Tonga & New Zealand. Melanesia: Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomons & New Guinea.

55692
SHARMA, Dr Kamlesh
INDIGENOUS GOVERNANCE
$25.00 AUD

KP's Publications. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. 75, (5) PP with 1 portrait and 5 headpieces. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 17.6. 0975802801

44619
SHARP, Andrew
ANCIENT VOYAGERS IN THE PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Penguin Books. London. 1957. Paperback edition of the 1956 original. 240 PP with 3 maps, plus 12 plates with 14 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. 18 x 11.2.

Man's arrival and early development in the islands of the Pacific. Polynesian origins and migrations...

58228
SHARP, Nonie
THE RULE OF THE SWORD - The Story of West Irian
$15.00 AUD

Kibble Books & Arena. Malmsbury, Vic. 1977. 1st Ed. (4), 76 PP, plus 4 pages with 1 map and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 13.2.

14841
SHAW, Henry I. Junior
TARAWA: A Legend is Born
$5.00 AUD

Macdonald. London. 1969. 1st UK edition, in Purnell's History of WWII - Battle book No.8. 160 PP with b/w illust. (maps & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Spine sunned, o/wise very good. 21 x 13.8. 356029654

The atoll of Betio secured by the US Marines in 76 hours in November 1943.

11542
SHEARS, Richard & GIDLEY, Isobelle
THE RAINBOW WARRIOR AFFAIR
$15.00 AUD

Unwin. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. XII, 217 PP with 3 full-page maps & 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 19.8 x 12.8. 0868618594

31923
SHEARS, Richard & GIDLEY, Isobelle
THE RAINBOW WARRIOR AFFAIR
$5.00 AUD

Unwin. Sydney. 1985. 1st Ed. XII, 217 PP with 3 full-page maps & 8 pages with 12 b/w photos. Pict. soft cover. Very good. 19.8 x 12.8. 0868618594

44763
SHEKHDAR, Jim & GRIFFITHS, Edward
BOLD MAN OF THE SEA - My Epic Journey
$20.00 AUD

Hodder & Stoughton. London. 2001. 1st Ed. XVI, 255 PP with 1 map on double page, plus 16 pages with 31 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 23.4 x 15.2. 0340822759

Rowing single-handed for 274 days (29 June 2000 to 30 March 2001) across the Pacific, from Ilo in Peru to North Stradbroke Island, southern Queensland.

32268
SHERRY, Frank
PACIFIC PASSIONS - The European Struggle for Power in the Great Ocean in the Age of Exploration
$15.00 AUD

William Morrow. New York. 1994. 1st Ed. 431 PP with 2 maps, and 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Fine. 24 x 16. 0688075185

56209
SHERWOOD, Dick (editor)
OPERATIONAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS IN MARITIME WARFARE: Implications for the Western Pacific
$20.00 AUD

Strategic and Defence Studies Centre / ANU. Canberra. 1994. 1st Ed. Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence No. 105. (18), 159 PP with 38 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731520114

Papers presented at a seminar hosted by the Royal Australian Navy's Maritime Studies Program and the Australian Naval Institute.

51633
SHINEBERG, Dorothy
THEY CAME FOR SANDALWOOD
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1967. 1st Ed. 299 PP with facsimile of the title page of the Log of the Louisa and 2 maps, plus 12 pages with 22 b/w illustrations. Fp: Andrew Cheyne's plan of the Isle of Pines, 1842. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with clear plastic sleeve. Faint foxing spots on top outside edges, o/wise fine. 22 x 14.5.

A study of the sandalwood trade in the South West Pacific 1830-1865.

72727
SHINEBERG, Dorothy
CAPTAIN EDWARD WOODIN AND THE SANDALWOOD TRADE OF THE SOUTH-WEST PACIFIC (in Papers and Proceedings Volume 13, No. 4)
$5.00 AUD

Tasmanian Historical Research Association. Hobart. 1966. Volume 13, No. 4, August 1966. 101 - 147 PP. Contains article pages 133 to 144. Stapled card covers. Near fine. 24.5 x 15.5.

Paper read to the Association on 8 December 1964. Other article: Of Ships and Sealing Wax: the Montagu, the Navy and the Law, by P.A. Howell

55368
SHINEBERG, Dorothy (editor)
THE TRADING VOYAGES OF ANDREW CHEYNE 1841-1844
$25.00 AUD

Australian National University Press. Canberra. 1971. 1st Ed., No. 3 in the Pacific History series. XV, 351 PP with the facsimile of a page of the manuscript, 5 maps, and 10 drawings & sketches. Eps: The voyages of Andrew Cheyne on the Diana, Bull & Naiad. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 13.8. 0708101259

Travels between Sydney and China after trading in sandalwood out of New Caledonia, the Solomons and Micronesia.

74537
SHORTLAND, Edward
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICTS OF NEW ZEALAND; A Journal, Passing Notices of the Customs of the Aborigines
$40.00 AUD

Capper Press / The Caxton Press. Christchurch, NZ. 1974. Reprint of the 1851 original. XVI, 316, 32 (publications) PP with drawings, plus 1 b/w plate, 1 large folded map, 5 genealogical tables and 6 "details" maps. Fp: Map of the Southern Districts of New Zealand tipped in on verso of half title page. Hard covers, dj. A fine copy. 22 x 14.5.

16269
SIERS, James
TARATAI - A Pacific Adventure
$15.00 AUD

Millwood. Wellington. 1977. 1st Ed. (2), 306 PP with maps & b/w or col. illust. Fp: Taratai II under sail. Eps: Map of the S.W. Pacific with route of Taratai. Pictorial soft covers with light wear. Dedicatory note on verso of FFEP, o/wise near fine. 23 x 18.3. 0908582005

The Taratai expedition, a traditional sailing attempt between Tarawa (Kiribati), Suva (Fiji) and Papeete (Tahiti).

73412
SIEVERS, Prof. Dr. Wilhelm & KÜKENTHAL, Prof. Dr. Willy
AUSTRALIEN, OZEANIEN und POLARLÄNDER
$100.00 AUD

Bibliographischen Institut. Leipzig & Wien. 1910. 2nd edition of the 1902 original. XII, 640, (4 publications) PP with 198 b/w illustrations in text, plus 14 plates with maps in colour (4 on single page, 10 on double pages for 21 maps and 13 insets), 9 plates in colour with tissue guard, and 15 b/w plates with 22 woodcuts. Illustrated endpapers. Quarter bound, cloth boards, title on front board, gilt title and decoration on leather spine. Outside edges marbled. Covers soiled, hinges of spine rubbed, some rust marks in the gutters and a few loose pages where staples have rusted in the first few pages and the last few pages of the gathering. Nota: from the 1880s, wire staples were used as a substitute to stitching: a habit which luckily did not last long. Very good. Complete. Gothic German text. 25.7 x 18.5.

42959
SIGRAH, Raobeia Ken & KING, Stacey M.
TE RII NI BANABA
$40.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 2001. 1st Ed. 367 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, sketches and photographs). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9820203228

The backbone of Banaba, or history of Ocean Island (Banaba).

59499
SILVERMAN, Martin G.
DISCONCERTING ISSUE: Meaning and Struggle in a Resettled Pacific Community
$25.00 AUD

The University of Chicago Press. Chicago. 1971. 1st Ed., in the Symbolic Anthropology series. Foreword by David M. Schneider. XVIII, 362 PP with 1 map, 2 tables and 10 figures. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed. Near fine. 23.5 x 16. 0226757501

Banabans of Ocean Island, Kiribati, and their resettlement on Rambi Island, Fiji.

16253
SIMPSON, Colin
PLEASURE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD

Methuen. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 239 PP with 7 maps, plus 32 pages with 54 colour photos. Eps: Easter Island scene. Hard cover, decoration on front cover, dj. Fine. 23.5 x 15. 0454001584

The beautiful islands of the South Pacific: Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Cooks, French Polynesia and Easter Island.

59213
SIMPSON, Colin
PLEASURE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Methuen. Sydney. 1979. 1st Ed. (6), 239 PP with 7 maps, plus 32 pages with 54 colour photos. Eps: Easter Island scene. Hard cover, decoration on front cover. Dedicatory note on half title page (from Ulysses, by Tennyson). Near fine. 23.5 x 15. 0454001584

The beautiful islands of the South Pacific: Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Cooks, French Polynesia and Easter Island.

60716
SINCLAIR, Andrew
THE SAVAGE - A History of Misunderstanding
$5.00 AUD

Weidenfeld and Nicolson. London. 1977. 1st Ed. (8), 168 PP. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket chipped at foot of spine. Ex Library copy with 4 stamps and renewed endpapers. Foxing. Very good. 24 x 16. 0297772260

30290
SINCLAIR, Keith V.
LAPLACE IN NEW ZEALAND, 1831
$10.00 AUD

Heritage Press. Waikanae, NZ. 1998. 1st edition with a foreword by John Dunmore. Translated with Introduction and Notes by Keith V. Sinclair. 155 PP with 11 b/w plates, notes, bibliography & index. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0908708459

The French expedition led by Captain Laplace on the Corvette Favorite during his circumnavigation.

62287
SINKER, William
BY REEF AND SHOAL - Being an account of a Voyage amongst the Islands in the South-Western Pacific
$35.00 AUD

Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. London. 1905. 3rd edition. Preface by L. P. Robin. VI, 7-64, (16 publications) PP with 1 map and 6 b/w illustrations by H. J. Ford. Fp: "Southern Cross". Red cloth cover, title on front board. Covers with speckled patches, and a defective spine, o/wise very good and very clean and bright internally. 17.2 x 12.

Maiden voyage of the "Southern Cross" built 1903 at Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sailed from Norfolk Island on 17th September 1903, New Hebrides, Banks, Torres... return to Norfolk Island 18th November 1903.

58229
SISSONS, Jeffrey
NATION AND DESTINATION: Creating Cook Island Identity
$25.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP Centre in the Cook Islands. Rarotonga. 1999. 1st Ed. 140 PP with 2 maps and 37 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signs of dampness on lower part of covers and pages. Very good reading / working copy. 21 x 14.7. 982020142X

56180
SMITH, Anita
AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF WEST POLYNESIAN PREHISTORY: Terra Australis 18
$45.00 AUD

Pandanus Books / RSPAS, ANU. Canberra. 2002. 1st Ed. , Volume 18 in the Terra Australis series. XVI, 230 PP with 69 tables and 26 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 01740760190

72065
SMITH, Ian
THE NEW ZEALAND SEALING INDUSTRY - History, archaeology, and heritage management
$50.00 AUD

Department of Conservation / Te Papa Atawhai. Wellington. 2002. 1st edition of June 2002. (V), 72 PP with 6 tables and 21 figures (graphs, maps, photos & sketches). Soft covers, pictorial front. Near fine. Scarce. 29.8 x 21. 0478222505

60790
SMITH, Margaret
ISABELLE'S WEDDING / TE 'AKAIPOIPO'ANGA O ISABELLE
$45.00 AUD

Wellington / Whanganui a Tara. 1992 & 1993. Learning Media, Ministry of Education / Tu'anga Tata Puka 'Api'i, Tipatimani o te Api'i. 1st Ed. 3 booklets & 16 photograph cards (in colour). "Isabellle's Wedding Day, notes for students": 20 pages with 2 documents and 16 b/w photos. - "Te 'Akaipoipo'anga o Isabelle": 32 pages with 2 documents and 16 b/w photos. - "Isabelle's Wedding: suggestions, activities and background information for teachers": 15 pages. Plastic folder containing the 3 booklets and 16 colour photos (format: 16 x 24). All photographs by Dave Wood. Text in English and Cook Islands Maori. Fine. 25.5 x 21. 0478055994 - 0478056648 - 0478056168

Wedding in the Cook Islands.

45843
SMITH, Mary Benton & REA, Frederic M.
ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Lane Books. Menlo Park, Ca. 1966. 1st printing in May 1966, A Sunset Travel Book. 96 PP with 5 maps on full page and 151 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. 27.4 x 21.

50788
SMITH, Nancy & STEWART, Robert (editors)
AUSTRALIAN NATURAL HISTORY - SPECIAL ISSUE NEW ZEALAND - Volume 18, No.10, June, 1976
$15.00 AUD

Australian Museum. Sydney. 1976. Pages 345 to 380 with 5 colour photos and 43 b/w illustrations. Inside covers: Maps of New Zealand.

Gondwana Genesis, by C. A. Fleming. From Hawaiki to Te-Ika-A-Maui, by Janet Davidson... Islands, Oceans and Marine Life Patterns by Alan Baker and John Yaldwyn.

55961
SMITH, Nancy, STEWART, Robert (editors)
ANH Australian Natural History - Volume 18, No. 12, 1976
$15.00 AUD

The Australian Museum. Sydney. 1976. December 1976. 421-452 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

A Satellite View of Australia, by J. F. Huntington. A most successful invasion: the diversity of Australia's Skinks, by Allen E. Greer. Botanaviti: the elusive Fijian Frogs, by John C. Pernetta and Barry Goldman. People, Pigs and Punishment (Highlands of Papua New Guinea), by D. K. Feil...

33160
SMITH, T. R.
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION - An analysis after twenty-five years
$15.00 AUD

New Zealand Institute of International Affairs / Price Milburn. Wellington. 1972. 1st Ed. 248 PP, plus 8 pages with 20 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the South Pacific Commission Area. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 15.8. 0705503461

60280
SMITH, Valene L. (editor)
HOSTS AND GUESTS - The Anthropology of Tourism
$20.00 AUD

Basil Blackwell. Oxford. 1978. 1st UK edition of the 1977 US original. VI, (2), 254 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket rubbed and with small chips. Signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise near fine. 23.3 x 15.5. 063118970X

Chapter 2: Tourism as a form of Imperialism. ... Chapter 5: Tourism in Tonga: troubled times, by Charles F. Urbanowicz. ... Tourism in Toraja (Sulawesi, Indonesia). ... Chapter 14: The Polynesian Cultural Center: A Multi-ethnic Model of seven Pacific Cultures, by Max E. Stanton.

49476
SNOW, Philip & WAINE, Stefanie
THE PEOPLE FROM THE HORIZON - An Illustrated History of the Europeans among the South Sea Islanders
$10.00 AUD

Phaidon Press. Oxford. 1979. 1st Ed. 296 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title spread: Landing on Tikopia. Cloth cover. Dust jacket tipped in on endpapers. Ingleton bookplate on front endpaper. Faint foxing on outside edges and few pages. Very good. 28.7 x 25. 0714820067

The contact between two cultures: European & Pacific. Misunderstandings, clashes, attractions, exchanges,...

69503
SNOW, Philip & WAINE, Stefanie
THE PEOPLE FROM THE HORIZON - An Illustrated History of the Europeans among the South Sea Islanders
$20.00 AUD

Oxford. 1979. Phaidon Press. 1st Ed. 296 PP with b/w & colour illust. Title spread: Landing on Tikopia. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket a little sunned on rear near spine, o/wise a fine copy. 28.7 x 25. 0714820067

The contact between two cultures: European & Pacific. Misunderstandings, clashes, attractions, exchanges,...

39840
SOLOMON ISLANDS
BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS - Report for the years 1959 and 1960
$30.00 AUD

HMSO. London. 1962. 1st Ed. 80 PP with tables, plus 4 pages with 8 b/w photos and 1 large folded map tipped in at back of book. Soft cover. Signature of previous owner at top of front cover. Staples removed, o/wise very good. 21.3 x 14.

59732
SOLOMON ISLANDS
O'O, A Journal of Solomon Islands Studies - Vol. 2, No. 1
$25.00 AUD

O'O, USP, Solomon Islands Centre. Honiara. 1989. Vol. 2, No. 1, 1989. Edited by Esau TUZA. 78 PP with figures and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Soft cover, illustrated front. Fine. 26.5 x 18.5.

O'O = Drum. Pushing options of Pacific Island writers, by Linley Chapman. The role of telecommunications in the Nation's Economy, by John M. Kaliuae. Logging is no development, by Billy Abana. ...

73588
SOTHEBY'S
ARTS D'AFRIQUE ET D'OCEANIE
$40.00 AUD

Sotheby's. Paris. 2011. June 2011 edition. 132 PP with 8 period photos (2 colour and 6 b/w) and over 111 colour photos (some with details) of 111 artifacts. FP: Lega Mask, Democratic Republic of the Congo. FEP: Malangan from Northern New Ireland. Pictorial soft covers (Hemba ancestor figure, southern Niemba, Democratic Republic of the Congo). Texts in English and French. Near fine. 27 x 21.

Catalogue of auction sale: 15th June 2011 listing 392 items. Collections of: Pierre Guerre / Thomas G.B. Wheelock, Burkina Faso / Alain Lagarde, Congo / Raphaël Stora ...

47887
SOUMILLE, Pierre (editor)
Dossier ITINERAIRES D'OUTRE-MER (in Ultramarines - No. 18-19)
$25.00 AUD

AMAROM (Amis des Archives d'Outre-Mer) / IHCC (Institut d'Histoire Comparée des Civilisations). Aix en Provence. 1999. December 1999. 64 PP with 64 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.

Special issue. Files on France and her colonies. Forced or voluntary migrations by Christophe Beyeler... From the Indian Ocean to Indochina: a French family (1720-1956), by Jacques Spielmann...

11997
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
THE PACIFIC ISLANDS TODAY, People and Places
$20.00 AUD

S.P.C. / South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1962. December reprint of the 1962 original. 72 PP with maps, tables, graphs, sketches & b/w photos of the islands and its peoples. Spiral bound pictorial card cover. Very good. 21 x 17.

Contents include: High Islands and Low Islands; How many Islands?; Volcanoes; Melanesia, Micronesia, and Polynesia; The People of the Pacific; Where Did We Come from?..

62483
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SPC / THE SECRETARIAT OF THE PACIFIC COMMUNITY and its role in the region
$5.00 AUD

Secretariat of the Pacific Community. Nouméa. 2000. Folded brochure: 3 folds with colour illustrations (1 flag, 1 map and 20 photos). Fine. Format: 30 x 15.

SPC: Guardian of the resources of the Pacific Islands.

63521
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 16, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1966. Vol. 16, No. 1, 1st quarter 1966. Edited by C. E. Birchmeier. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (Coffee from the Highlands, transferred from an aircraft). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

Weather Service in Papua and New Guinea, by Hon. J. D. Anthony. ... Honiara, Capital of the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, by J. L. O. Tedder.

63522
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 19, No. 2
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1969. Vol. 19, No. 2, 2nd quarter 1969. Edited by C. E. Birchmeier. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (Nan Madol, Ponape). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

Rhinoceros Beetle Project, by A. Catley. ... Public Health and Hygiene Department of New Caledonia and Dependencies, by Dr. H. Boutin. The Stamps of Nauru, by F. Collas.

63523
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 20, No. 3
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1970. Vol. 20, No. 3, 3rd quarter 1970. Edited by C. E. Birchmeier. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (M.V. Tagua, off Atiu, Cook Islands). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

Paddy Rice project, Makham Valley, Morobe district, by M. Boerner. ... Fishing Gear and boats of the South Pacific, by V. T. Hinds. The Stamps of New Caledonia, by J. Dequeker.

63524
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 21, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1971 Vol. 21, No. 1, 1st Quarter 1971. Edited by C. E. Birchmeier. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Lacks pages 27 to 30 (article on Tagabe Agricultural School, New Hebrides)/ Pictorial soft cover (Children's Ward, Central Colony Hospital, Tarawa). Very good. 27 x 21.5.

Pacific Islands Fishing Boats and Gear, by V. T. Hinds. Stamps of the Tokelau Islands, by Ben C. Goffman.

63525
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 22, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1972. Vol. 22, No. 1, 1st quarter 1972. Edited by C. E. Birchmeier. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (South Pacific Commission Headquarters, Nouméa). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the SPC, by G. F. D. Betham. ... The Tokelau Islands, by Kazimierz Wodzicki. Pacific Islands Fishing Boats and Gear, by V. T. Hinds. Stamps of New Guinea, by F. Collas.

63526
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 23, No. 1
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1973. Vol. 23, No. 1, 1st quarter 1973. Edited by C. E. Birchmeier. 64 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (Flare lighting ceremony, Yanuca Island). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

House design in the Solomon Islands by D. Stafford Woolard. The Stamps of French Polynesia, by Raoul Teissier.

63528
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 30, No. 3
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1980. Vol. 30, No. 3, 3rd quarter 1980. Edited by Kevin Earl. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (view on Rangiroa atoll). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

SPC Regional Meeting on Atoll Cultivation: 9 papers by Jan Newhouse (4), Michel Lambert (2).

63529
SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
SOUTH PACIFIC BULLETIN - Vol. 30, No. 4
$5.00 AUD

South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau. Sydney. 1980. Vol. 30, No. 4, 4th quarter 1980. Edited by Kevin Earl. 52 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover (singsing welcome , Port Moresby). Near fine. 27 x 21.5.

The 20th South Pacific Conference - Port Moresby, by Caroline Nalo. ... Atoll survival - a century on Palmerston Island, by Pamela Takiora Ingram Pryor.

59504
SOUTH PACIFIC TOURISM ORGANISATION
SOUTH PACIFIC TOURISM (11 issues)
$50.00 AUD

The South Pacific Tourism Organisation. Suva. 1997 / 2001. 11 issues edited by Robert KEITH-REID & Peter LOMAS. 1 (March-May 1997), 3 (Oct-Dec 1997) to10 (Third Quarter, 1999), 12 & 13 (First Quarter 2001). A total of 4598 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine set. 27.2 x 20.7.

73248
SPEISER, Felix
SÜDSEE, URWALD, KANNIBALEN. Reise-Eindrücke iaus den Neuen Hebriden
$120.00 AUD

R. Voigtländers Verlag. Leipzig. 1913. 1st Ed. (II), VI, 308 PP, plus 100 plates with 185 b/w photos and 1 folded plate at rear of book with 2 maps "Coral Sea" & "New Hebrides ". Fp: Bowman from Nitendi. Top outside edge tinted. Marbled endpapers. Original cloth cover, decoration on front cover and spine, title in red letters on front cover and spine . Top part of plates 89/90 cut out with 1 photo missing (top of 89) and half of the photo on the verso (plate 90). Underlining in text. Slight ageing of paper with occasional foxing. German text, Gothic script. Very good copy. 24 x 17.5.

Privileged impressions while in the New Hebrides before WWI.

55061
SPENNEMANN, Dirk H. R.
MAKMOK. Notes on the occurence, utilisation, and importance of Polynesian Arrowroot (Tacca leontopetaloides) in the Marshall Islands
$35.00 AUD

Historic Preservation Office, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Majuro Atoll. 1992. 1st Ed. Occasional Papers in Traditional Food Crops. XII, 97 PP with over 13 tables and 49 figures. Soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

54831
SPERKA, Michael K.
THE HIKAROA COLLECTION
$20.00 AUD

Old Hawaiian Charts and Prints. Honolulu. 1987. 1st Ed. (1), 40, 7 PP (recto only). Invitation card loosely inserted. Soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.5.

Catalogue for the display and sale (24 to 28 Mach 1987) of rare and unusual collection of antique prints, maps, engravings and photographs from Hawaii, the Pacific and Europe. 655 items offered.

59190
SPOEHR, Alexander (editor)
PACIFIC PORT TOWNS AND CITIES - A Symposium
$25.00 AUD

Bishop Museum Press. Honolulu. 1963. 1st Ed. (10), 90 PP with 1 graph, 1 map & 6 tables, plus 3 folded maps in pocket at back of book. Soft cover. Name of previous owner at top of half title page, o/wise fine. 25.6 x 17.6.

Symposium held at the 10th Pacific Science Congress of 1961. Cities of S.E. Asia: Medan, Dumaguete City. Cities of the Pacific: Nouméa (by Jean Guiart), Suva (by Nayacakalou) & Papeete (by Douglas L. Oliver, Michel Jullien, Paul Kay and Richard Moench).

60136
SPRINGALL, R. C. & QUANCHI, Max
AN AUSTRALIAN ROLE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC / FROM THE ISLANDS: Attitudes towards Australia and Australians (in Dyason House Papers)
$10.00 AUD

Victorian Branch of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. Melbourne. 1980. Volume 7, Number 1 - Sept. 1980. 8 PP. Near fine. 28.5 x 22.

21295
STANBURY, Peter & BUSHELL, Lydia (editors)
SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
$15.00 AUD

Macleay Museum / University of Sydney. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. (6), 130 PP with 7 tables, 3 maps, 5 figures & 53 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 24 x 18. 0909635269

An introduction to the Pacific islands. Contributions on: European Discovery (Robert Langdon), Landforms (John Connell), Botany (Wee-Lek Chew), Languages (Darrell Tryon), Arts (Beth Dean & Victor Carell), Whaling (William Dawbin), Crops & Farming (Peter Searle), Politics and Independence (Stuart Inder).

50988
STANLEY, David
SOUTH PACIFIC Handbook
$15.00 AUD

Moon Publications. Chico, Ca., USA. 1992. Reprint of the 4th edition of 1989 (original of 1979). 740 PP with 40 charts, 136 maps, b/w illustrations (photos, engravings), plus 18 pages with 75 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.7 x 13. 0918373298

60260
STEAD, C. K. (editor)
The Faber Book of CONTEMPORARY SOUTH PACIFIC STORIES
$15.00 AUD

Faber and Faber Limited. London. 1994. 1st Ed. XVII, 286 PP. Hard cover, dj (creases and chips with repaired tears). Ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on title page. Near fine. 22.2 x 14 0571167659

60278
STEFFEN, Jerome O. (editor)
THE AMERICAN WEST, New Perspectives, New Dimensions
$5.00 AUD

The University of Oklahoma Press. Norman. 1981. 2nd printing in paperback form, of the 1979 original. IX, 238 PP with 2 tables and 6 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14. 0806117443

74695
STEPHENSON, Pamela
TREASURE ISLANDS. Sailing the South Seas in the Wake of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson
$15.00 AUD

Headline Book. London. 2005. 1st paperback edition. (XVI), 399 PP with b/w illustrations (10 maps, 17 headpieces and 17 photos), plus 24 pages with 77 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. Corners of front cover with signs of wear, o/wise very good. 23.3 x 15.3. 9780755314058

42240
STERNDALE, Handley Bathurst
MY ADVENTURES AND RESEARCHES IN THE PACIFIC, by a Master Mariner
$40.00 AUD

Mulini Press. Canberra. 2001. 1st edition of some 40 articles published in a serial form by the Australian Town and Country Journal between January 1871 and February 1872. Introduced and edited by Dirk H.R. Spennemann and Jane Downing. XLIV, 327 PP, with 1 map and 15 b/w woodcuts. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.7. 0949910864

Reminiscences ?? Beche-de-mer trade in the Caroline Islands in the 1860s... Year 1871/1872, for the Pacific Island Trading Company limited, on the atoll of Suwarrow, where he was rescued by Bully Hayes... Chapter 6 on Pearl fishing. Chapter 7 on the Beachcombers...

60746
STEVENSON, Robert Louis
ISLAND NIGHTS' ENTERTAINMENTS
$5.00 AUD

Hogarth Press. London. 1987. New edition of the 1893 original, with an introduction by Lisa St Aubin de Teràn. (10), 3-150 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Good reading copy. 19.6 x 13. 0701207671

3 tales by R.L. Stevenson or Tusitala (Teller of Tales). The beach of Falesa. The bottle imp. The isle of voices.

34504
STEVENSON, Robert Louis & OSBOURNE, Lloyd
THE WRECKER
$15.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1892. 16th thousand. VII, 428, (12 adv.) PP, plus 12 b/w plates illustrated by William Hole and W. L. Metcalf. Fp: 'That kind of an accident', said he. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers rubbed and worn around edges, spine sunned, signature previous owner at top of title page. Very good. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 20 x 13.

The yarns of Loudon Dodd, started in Taio Hae, Marquesas Islands.

33521
STEWART, Dr. Robert A. C. (editor)
PACIFIC PROFILES
$10.00 AUD

Extension Services / University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1982. 1st Ed. IX, 259 PP with 5 b/w illust. Eps: Map of the South West Pacific. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. 21 x 15.

Personal experiences of 100 South Pacific Islanders: Infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood and old age.

56667
STEWART, I. G.
THE SHIPS THAT SERVE NEW ZEALAND, Volume 1: British and European Line
$25.00 AUD

A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1964. 1st Ed. Preface by W. C. Comber. 255 PP with 156 b/w illust. plus 12 pages with 17 colour illust. FEP: Routes of vessels engaged in NZ, UK, Europe trade. REP: Mediterranean, North Sea & the Channel. Hard cover. Covers laminated with clear plastic. Copy lacking the title page. Fleet List (3 folds) of Shaw Savill Group, April 1973, tipped in on the half title page. Some clippings of magazines, losely inserted. Good working copy. 24.7 x 19.3.

49784
STICKLES, William
RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S SOUTH PACIFIC, easy-to-play Piano Selections
$10.00 AUD

Williamson Music Ltd. London. 1956. 1st Ed. 16 PP with musical scores. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Near fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 28.

Some Enchanted Evening. Dites Moi. A Wonderful Guy. Younger than Spring-Time. Bali Ha'i.

54889
STINNETT, Caskie, GOLD, Don ... (editors)
SOME ENCHANTED ISLANDS (in Holiday - Volume 42, No. 1, July 1967)
$30.00 AUD

Holiday / The Curtis Publishing Company. Philadelphia, Pa. 1967. 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 34 x 27.

The Philippines, by John Griffin. Samoa, by Caskie Stinnett. The Outer Islands of Hawaii, by Kenneth Lamott... Micronesia, by Carl Purcell... New Caledonia, by Horace Sutton. The fascination of Fiji, by Richard Atcheson...

65870
STONE, Andrew J.
A WALK IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS: A Kokoda Trail Experience - A Modern Soldier's Personal story
$20.00 AUD

Australian Military History Publications. Sydney. 1997. 1st Ed. X, 102 PP with 2 maps and 44 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Signature of previous owner on title page, o/wise fine. 21 x 15. 0958669341

44057
STONE, Craig, BRIGNALL, John, & COWIE, David & Linda
STONES OF REMEMBRANCE - Mercy Ships Pacific - The First Decade
$15.00 AUD

Marine Reach. Tauranga, New Zealand. 2000. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 21. 0473070030

On board ships servicing isolated islands. Faith and healing (minor surgery, dental assistance, eye problems, etc....).

35762
STOUT, Wesley W.
SECRET
$20.00 AUD

Chrysler Corporation. Detroit. 1947. 1st Ed., with a foreword by K. T. Keller. (8), 67 PP with 22 b/w & 14 colour photos, and 10 figures (b/w & colour). Fp: All the pure uranium metal to be had in 1941 came from the laboratory of a Westinghouse lamp plant at Bloomfield, N.J. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Image shows the title page and frontispiece. Head of spine frayed and torn on 1/2 cm. Contents are fine. A scarce item. 20.5 x 13.5.

In the tremendous endeavour which produced the atom bomb, and thus brought World War II to a sudden close, Chrysler Corporation had an important part. K. T. Keller, president of Chrysler Corporation.

39791
STRANDBERG, Olle
TIGERLAND & SOUTH SEA
$15.00 AUD

Michael Joseph. London. 1954. 3rd Impression of the 1953 original English edition, translated from the Swedish by M.A. Michael. 235 PP, plus 12 pages with 14 b/w photos. Fp: The schooner California under sail. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price-clipped). Foxing spots on edges and some pages, o/wise near fine. 20.8 x 14.2.

Two years' travel through South-East Asia and the Paradise on Earth, supposedly in the South Seas.

18797
STRANGE, James
JAMES STRANGE'S JOURNAL AND NARRATIVE OF THE COMMERCIAL EXPEDITION FROM BOMBAY TO THE NORTHWEST COAST OF AMERICA
$30.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Washington. 1982. Reprint of the 1928 original, with an introductory material by A.V. Venkatarama Ayyar, and notes by John Hosie & F. W. Howay. 144, (2 colophon) PP with 3 b/w plates, plus folded map in back pocket. Eps: chart of the Cook Channel and Strange Island near Nootka Island. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Occasional light foxing spots, o/wise fine. 23.8 x 16.2. 0877702675

Expedition to the North-west Coast of America in 1786, which sailed from Bombay on 08/12/1785, on board the Captain Cook and The Experiment.

72353
SUAREZ, Thomas
EARLY MAPPING OF THE PACIFIC: The Epic Story of Seafarers, Adventurers, and Cartographers who Mapped the Earth's Greatest Ocean
$100.00 AUD

Periplus Editions. Singapore. 2004. 1st edition. 224 PP with 223 figures with b/w or colour illustrations. Half title page: Volvelle on a north polar projection. Fp (in colour): Islamic World Map. FEP: World map, circa 1700) by Frederic de Wit. REP: Physical Map of the Pacific, by Philippe Buache. Pictorial laminated boards and illustrated dj (front: Pacific Ocean, by Abraham Ortelius / back: North Pacific, by Joao Teixeira Albernatz). Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Fine (as new condition). 31.3 x 22.8. 9780794400921

45966
SUHONEN, Alli K. (editor)
GOOD BOOKS - On Pacific History for Classroom Use
$5.00 AUD

Teaching The Pacific Forum. Brisbane. 1999. 1st Ed., with a preface by Grant McCall and Max Quanchi. (2), 19 PP with 15 b/w illustrations (15 front cover of books). Soft cover. 29.8 x 20.8.

69 titles

55970
SUNDERLAND, Reverend J. P. & BUZACOTT, Reverend A. (editors)
MISSION LIFE IN THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC. Being a Narrative of the Life and Labours of the Reverend A. Buzacott
$40.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / U. S. P. Suva. 1985. Reprint of the 1866 orig. XXII, 288 PP with 10 b/w illustrations in text. Pictorial soft cover. Covers lightly rubbed. Signature of previous owner inside front cover. Very good. 19.5 x 12.5.

A narrative of the life and labours in the islands of the Pacific in the 1850's: teaching, medical practices, missionary voyages, hurricanes & famine.

20897
SUTTON, Martin
STRANGERS IN PARADISE
$5.00 AUD

Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1995. 1st Australian edition. 160 PP with 5 maps, 44 bw & 31 colour illust. Eps: Map of Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 28.8 x 22. 0207184143

The Western world's love affair with the South Seas. Writers: Robert Louis Stevenson, James A. Michener. Artists: Gauguin, Matisse. Scientists: Darwin, Heyerdahl. Robinson Crusoes: from Alexander Selkirk to Tom Neale.

57683
SWAN, Epi
NONU
$15.00 AUD

Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with colour illustrations (8 diagrams by Barry Way & 37 photos by Justine Lord). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057008

Nonu = a paopao (traditional fishing canoe) from Nukunonu, Tokelau Archipelago.

57684
SWAN, Epi
KO TE NONU
$15.00 AUD

Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 32 PP with colour illustrations (8 diagrams by Barry Way, and 37 photos by Justine Lord). Pictorial soft cover. Text in Tokelauan. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057318

Nonu = a paopao (traditional fishing canoe) from Nukunonu, Tokelau Archipelago.

57685
SWAN, Epi
NONU - Notes for teachers
$15.00 AUD

Learning Media / Ministry of Education. Wellington. 1995. 1st Ed. 56 PP with b/w illustrations (9 diagrams by Barry Way). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 18. 0478057326

Book to accompany the titles: Ko te Nonu (Tokelauan) and Nonu (English)

57858
SYDNEY MORNING HERALD
BRITISH MISMANAGEMENT IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS
$25.00 AUD

Sydney Morning Herald. Sydney. 1907. 1st Ed. 24 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers fragile and reinforced. Ageing of paper. Very good. 21.4 x 14.

Being a series of articles reprinted from the "Sydney Morning Herald" (Sydney, Australia), Oct. - Nov., 1907

20416
SZABO, Michael
MAKING WAVES
$20.00 AUD

Reed. Auckland. 1991. 1st Ed. (16), 248 PP (16), with b/w & colour illust. (maps, line drawings & photos). Title page: Rainbow Warrior, Rungelap. Ep: Anti-whaling campaign. Soft cover with dj. Fine. 27.2 x 19.5. 0790002302

Greenpeace New Zealand. Protest voyages into nuclear testing zone of Mururoa. Whale protection. Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior.

74534
TAPP, E. J.
EARLY NEW ZEALAND: A Dependency of New South Wales 1788-1841
$20.00 AUD

Melbourne University Press. Melbourne. 1958. 1st Ed. XI, 192 PP with 2 maps, plus 6 b/w plates. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dj. Name and addresss of previous owner on front endpaper. Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 14.5.

42891
TARTE, Daryl
ISLANDS OF THE FRIGATE BIRD
$20.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Suva. 1999. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 11 maps and 27 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9820201470

33424
TAUSIE, Vilsoni
ART IN THE NEW PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / South Pacific Commission. Suva. 1980. 1st Ed. X, 89, (4 adv.) PP, plus 8 pages with 1 b/w & 16 colour photos and 28 pages with 44 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5.

33425
TAUSIE, Vilsoni
ART IN THE NEW PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / South Pacific Social Sciences Association. Suva. 1981. 2nd printing of the 1980 original. X, 89, (4 adv.) PP, plus 8 pages with 1 b/w & 16 colour photos and 28 pages with 44 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.8 x 14.5.

33426
TAUSIE, Vilsoni
ART DU PACIFIQUE
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / South Pacific Social Sciences Association. Suva. 1981. 1st Ed. Translated from the 1980 English original "Art in the New Pacific" by Eric Le Moal. 148 PP, plus 8 pages with 1 b/w & 16 colour photos and 28 pages with 44 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 20.4 x 14.2.

50113
TAYLOR, C. R. H.
MILESTONES. Some Events in New Zealand History
$15.00 AUD

Bank of New South Wales. Wellington. 1959. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 18 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft wrappers. Fine. 24 x 15.5.

The Maori and his age-old land... Captain Cook takes possession...

52377
TAYLOR, C. R. H.
A PACIFIC BIBLIOGRAPHY - Printed matter relating to the Native Peoples of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia
$25.00 AUD

The Polynesian Society. Wellington. 1951. 1st Ed., with an introduction by H. Ian Hogbin. Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Volume 24. XXX, 492 PP, plus folded map of Oceania at back of book. Red cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Head and foot of spine slightly rubbed, dust jacket torn and repaired, o/wise near fine internally. 25.5 x 16.

This volume includes 65 pages of references under 26 subjects, on the Maori of New Zealand. Every island group in the Pacific is covered similarly. It is a guide and handbook to writings on Oceania and its peoples.

71397
TAYLOR, James
PICTURING THE PACIFIC - Joseph Banks and the Shipboard Artists of Cook and Flinders
$50.00 AUD

Adlard Coles. London. 2018. 1st Ed. Foreword by Richard J. Westall. 256 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (artworks, drawings, engravings, prints, paintings). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 25.2 x 19.5. 9781472955432

72518
TAYLOR, John Patrick
THE OTHER SIDE: Ways of Being and Place in Vanuatu
$75.00 AUD

University of Hawai'i Press. Honolulu. 2008. 1st Ed. No. 22 in the Pacific Islands Monograph series. XIV, 238, (4) PP with 1 table, 3 maps and 36 figures (drawings, plans, photos). Eps: Map of "The Pacific Islands. 9780824833022

65637
TAYLOR, Nancy M. (editor)
THE JOURNAL OF ENSIGN BEST 1837-1843
$25.00 AUD

Government Printer. Wellington. 1966. 1st Ed. 645 PP with 5 maps, plus 8 pages with 12 b/w plates. Fp (in colour): Ocean Bay, Port Underwood, in Cloudy Bay (1848). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket slightly rubbed and with a lightly sunned spine. Foxing spots on edges. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 25.2 x 15.7.

Voyage to New South Wales on the "James Pattison", where he arrived 25/10/1837. Sojourn on Norfolk Island August 1838 to April 1839. New Zealand up to January 1843.

60368
TCHERKEZOFF, Serge
POLYNESIE / MELANESIE - L'Invention Française des "Races" et de Régions de l'Océanie (XVIe-XXe Siècles)
$35.00 AUD

Au Vent des Iles. Papeete. 2008. 1st Ed. 374 PP, (4) with 23 sets of maps (14 in colour and 18 in b/w)16 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 22.5 x 14.5. 9782915654523

On the Pacific Ocean and its regions: Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

33379
TEASDALE, Bob & Jennie (editors)
VOICES IN A SEASHELL - Education, Culture and Identity
$45.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / USP & UNESCO. Suva. 1992. 1st Ed. (6), 76 PP with 1 b/w photo. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 20.3 x 14.3. 9820101190

Papers presented at the Rarotonga Seminar. Contribution of education to the survival of small cultures.

44563
TERRY, Martin
LURE OF THE SOUTHERN SEAS (in Signals No. 61)
$10.00 AUD

Australian National Maritime Museum. Sydney. 2002. No. 61, December 2002-February 2003. 40 PP. Contains article from P. 10 to 12 with 5 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.

The voyages of the great 19th-century French explorer Dumont d'Urville.

35034
THAKUR, Ramesh (editor)
THE SOUTH PACIFIC - Problems, Issues and Prospects
$35.00 AUD

Macmillan / University of Otago. London. 1991. 1st Ed. XVII, 232 PP with 1 map, 4 figures and 9 tables. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 24 x 16. 0333557042

14 papers of the 25th Otago Foreign Policy School, 1990. New Zealand and the South Pacific, by Fran Wilde... France as a Pacific Actor, by Georges Martins... Australia and New Zealand from a distance by Margaret M. Taylor...

73979
THATCHER, David
THE HAURAKI GULF BOATIES ATLAS
$25.00 AUD

Captain Teach Press. Auckland. 1999. 1st Ed. 122 PP with tables, b/w location maps and 24 colour maps on full page. Laminated illustrated stiff covers, spiral bound. Stamp of previous owner at top of title page. Near fine. 30 x 22. 1877197165

... For both Power and Sail.

56057
THIERCELIN, Dr. Louis
TRAVELS IN OCEANIA - Memoirs of a Whaling Ship's Doctor, 1866
$60.00 AUD

University of Otago Press. Dunedin. 1995. 1st English edition. Edited, annotated and translated from the French original by Christiane Mortelier. 350, (2) PP with 8 maps & plans, and 42 b/w illust. Half title page: figurehead of the Ville de Bordeaux. Title spread: La pêche à la baleine. Pictorial soft cover. Note to Honore Forster, Australian Historian (Whaling Specialist) at top of half title page signed by the editor. Spine a little sunned, o/wise near fine. 23 x 15.5. 0908569718

Accounts during two voyages started in 1837 and 1863 on the places visited in the Pacific: New Caledonia. The Chatham Islands and New Zealand. Tahiti. Hawaii.

47683
THOMAS, Larry
OUTCASTS / LES EXCLUS
$20.00 AUD

ADCK / Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2004. 1st French edition, translated by Sonia Lacabanne from the 1995 edition (University of the South Pacific). 179, (3) PP with 12 portraits and 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 15 x 11. 2909407314

Theatre play.

21921
THOMAS, Nicholas
OCEANIC ART
$35.00 AUD

Thames and Hudson. London. 1995. 1st Ed. 216 PP with 1 map of Oceanic Pacific, and 182 illustrations (26 in colour). Fp: Korawai man from Irian Jaya, with a shield. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15. 0500202818

Some of the chapters include: The Art of War, the Art of the Body, Barkcloth, Feathers... Narrative Art and Tourism, National Independence, Indigenous Minorities and Migrants..

72517
THOMAS, Nicholas
VOYAGERS - The Settlement of the Pacific
$45.00 AUD

Head of Zeus / Apollo Book. London. 2021. 1st edition in "The Landmark Library" series. 228 PP with 6 maps with colour on double page, 7 head pieces "Tupaia's map", b/w and colour illustrations (26 on double page). Hard cover, dj. New. 20 x 14.5. 9781838930486

32397
THOMAS, Nicholas & LOSCHE, Diane
DOUBLE VISION - Art Histories and Colonial Histories in the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. 1999. 1st Ed. XII, 289 PP with 62 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.7 x 17.5. 0521659981

This book explores the ambivalence of European perceptions of the Pacific and juxtaposes them with the indigenous visual cultures that challenge western assumptions about art and representation.

13300
THOMPSON, Anne-Gabrielle (editor)
THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC. An annotated guide to bibliographies, indexes and collections in Australian Libraries
$30.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific Studies / A.N.U. Canberra. 1986. 1st Ed. X, 127 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17.5. 0867848327

479 entries.

54887
THOMPSON, Edward K. HUNT, George P... (editors)
ASIAN SPECTACULAR (Asia's Vacationland) - Special Double Issue (in Life International)
$30.00 AUD

Time-Life International. Amsterdam. 1964. Volume 37, No. 3, August 24, 1964. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover. Very good. 34.5 x 26.5.

Pre Olympic Issue for the Games at Tokyo (October 1964). Traveler Beware, by C. Northcote Parkinson. Pages 18 to 87: Japan, by Lee Griggs, Robert Fisher, Carleton Mitchell... Pages 90 to 104 South Seas... Hong Kong, by Dong Kingman. Singapore, by Richard M. Powers... Australia by Ernest Shirley...

51521
THOMSON, J. P.
THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC (in National Geographic Magazine)
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1921. Article pulled out from Volume XL, No. 6, December 1921. Pages 543 to 558 with 15 b/w photos. Soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 17.6.

11700
THORNE, Alan & RAYMOND, Robert
MAN ON THE RIM - The Peopling of the Pacific
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1989. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 17 maps, b/w & colour illustrations. FEP: Map of human migrations in the Pacific Basin. REP: Map of animals & plants domesticated in the Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29 x 21.5. 0207163468

How the continents making up the rim of the Pacific Ocean were settled, the last being Polynesia around 1000 years ago.

57657
THORNE, Alan & RAYMOND, Robert
MAN ON THE RIM - The Peopling of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

How the continents making up the rim of the Pacific Ocean were settled, the last being Polynesia around 1000 years ago.

33440
THROSBY, C. D. & GANNICOTT, K. G.
THE QUALITY OF EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

National Centre for Development Studies / A.N.U. Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed. Islands/Australia Working Paper No. 90/9. (2), VIII, 53 PP, (4 adv.) with 14 tables. Soft cover, staples. Near fine. 29.8 x 21. 073150710X

59025
THROSSELL, Karen
THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. Australia, 'The Empire', ANZUS, Nuclear Disarmament and Neutrality
$15.00 AUD

Hyland House. Melbourne. 1988. 1st Ed. 144 PP with b/w illustrations (cartoons, graphs and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 18.5. 094706219X

10261
TIFFIN, Chris (editor)
SOUTH PACIFIC IMAGES
$15.00 AUD

South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. Brisbane. 1978. 1st Ed. VIII, 222 PP. Pict. soft cover. Near fine. 21.5 x 14. 0909892628

Selected papers presented at the 1st Conference of the South Pacific Association for Commonwealth Literature & Language Studies by New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Solomons & Western Samoa.

11835
TODD, Ian
ISLAND REALM - A Pacific Panorama
$20.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1974. 1st Ed. (8), 214 PP with 19 maps, 32 drawings by Lindsay Wilson and 61 b/w photos, plus 48 pages with 63 colour photos. EPS: Map of the Pacific with winds and currents. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 28 x 22. 0207127611

A contemporary observation over time and space within the realm of the Pacific: community & individual culture, history, political life, ...

33530
TODD, Ian
ISLAND REALM - A Pacific Panorama
$10.00 AUD

A contemporary observation over time and space within the realm of the Pacific: community & individual culture, history, political life, ...

60338
TOMPKINS, Robert (Bob)
COMPENDIUM OF AUSTRALASIAN MERCHANT SHIPS 1831 - 2008
$80.00 AUD

Nautical Association of Australia Inc. Melbourne. 2008. 1st Ed. 316 PP. Pictorial soft cover. A fine copy. Scarce. Oblong: 21 x 29.7. 9780959907995

A listing of non-sail-powered Australian, New Zealand and South Pacific merchant ships.

60186
TONGIA, Makiuti
KORERO - A Collection of Poems of the Cook Islands
$15.00 AUD

Mana Publications. Suva. 1977. 1st Ed. (2), 29 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5.

12905
TOOMIN, Philip & Pauline
BLACK ROBE AND GRASS SKIRT
$15.00 AUD

Horizon Press. New York. 1963. 1st Ed. 286 PP. Eps: Map of the South-West Pacific. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21.5 x 14.8.

The contrast between Western concepts of civilization and the beauty and trials of life in primitive land, witnessed by a U.S. Federal Judge appointed to the native courts of the U.S. T.T.P.I.

64136
TRAVEL
NEW ZEALAND - Scenic Playground of the Pacific
$10.00 AUD

G.H. Loney, Government Printer. Wellington. c. 1930. Travel brochure. Inside covers: world map and addresses of NZ Government Tourist Department Free Travel Services. Fine. 22.5 x 21..

11501
TRUMBULL, Robert
TIN ROOFS AND PALM TREES - A Report on the New South Seas
$5.00 AUD

ANU Press. Canberra. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 302 PP with 17 maps, plus 16 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Hard cover, cloth spine. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 23.5 x 15. 0708107443

Description of the various archipelagoes of the South Pacific in the mid 1970's.

73246
TRUMBULL, Robert
TIN ROOFS AND PALM TREES - A Report on the New South Seas
$10.00 AUD

ANU Press. Canberra. 1977. 1st Ed. X, 302 PP with 17 maps, plus 16 PP with 34 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Hard cover, cloth spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, and with light insect damage. Ex Library copy with stamps on front endpaper, recto and verso of title page, and pocket on rear endpapers. Foxing spots on outside edges. Otherwise contents clean and near fine. 23.5 x 15. 0708107443

Description of the various archipelagoes of the South Pacific in the mid 1970's. Chapter 5: New Caledonia, nickel plated paradise.

54588
TSUKAMOTO, Yushiro
MAGNETIC SURVEY OF JAPAN 1954-55 (in The Bulletin of the Hydrographic Office)
$20.00 AUD

Maritime Safety Board. Tokyo. 1961 . 1st Ed. Publication No. 945, Volume XV: (2), IV, 228, (2) PP with 10 tables [table X: covering 133 locations (tables and sketch maps on Magnetic observations)], plus 7 folded charts in colour. Papered boards. Near fine. 25.5 x 18.5.

50443
TUDOR, Judy (editor)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK AND WHO'S WHO - Tenth Edition
$100.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1958. 10th edition, January 1968. 719, (XCVI & XLVIII advertisements) PP with tables and maps, plus 6 folded maps (Pacific Ocean, Hawaii Islands, French Oceania, Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, the Bismarck Archipelago and Territory of Papua New Guinea). Fp: The Wealth-Producer of the Pacific Islands: The Coconut Palm and what it gives to mankind. Erratum page following the Devaluation of Sterling on 18th November 1967, tipped in on page 7. The 1969 supplement (31 PP pasted down on rear endpaper). Hard cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges. Publisher card "With the Compliments of Mrs Tudor" pasted down on front endpaper. Contents near fine. 21.7 x 14.

65240
TUDOR, Judy (editor)
PIM's PACIFIC - STORIES FROM THE SOUTH SEAS
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1965. 1st Ed. 223 PP with 26 b/w illustrations (drawings and tail pieces), plus 16 b/w plates. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands. Decorated hard cover. Outside edges browned. Very good. 20.5 x 14.

PIM or the Pacific Islands Monthly.

39827
TUDOR, Judy (Editor)
PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK
$10.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1972. 11th edition. 542, (CXII adverts.) PP with tables and maps, plus 2 folded maps (Pacific Ocean, Territory of Papua New Guinea). Hard cover with a few marks. No dj. Browning of paper on outside edges. Very good. 21.7 x 14.

21279
TWYNING, John P. & BAYS, Peter
WRECK OF THE MINERVA
$70.00 AUD

Ye Galleon Press. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1996. Facsimile reprints of two separate books: Shipwreck and Adventures of John P. Twyning among South Sea Islands, 2nd edition of the 1850 original, and Wreck of the Minerva, 1850. 108 PP, (4), 109-229, (8 Index), 1 colophon with 8 b/w illustrations. Fp: Facsimile of title-page Shipwreck and Adventures of John P. Twyning. Illustrated endpapers. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise a fine copy. 26 x 18.5. 0877705747

The wreck in September 1829 on Nicholson's Reef. Two narratives by one of the boatsteerers and the sailing master of the Australian brig Minerva on a sperm whaling voyage. Twyning lived for 20 years in the Islands and returned to England after the death of his wife from Horn Island (Futuna). Only two copies of the original are known to be held in Australia.

59744
UBD
BUSINESS AND TRADE DIRECTORY 1994 Universal Business Directories: Nouvelle Calédonie (New Caledonia), Polynesie Francaise (Tahiti French Polynesia), Wallis et Futuna (Wallis & Futuna) -
$20.00 AUD

UBD Publication. Auckland, NZ. 1994. 1994 edition. (11), 394-435, (10), 802-821, (2), 906-908 PP with 1 plan of Nouméa and 3 maps in colour, b/w or colour advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. English text with some advertisements in French. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5.

31089
ULLMAN, James Ramsey
WHERE THE BONG TREE GROWS - The Log of one man's Journey in the South Pacific
$10.00 AUD

The World Publishing. Cleveland, Ohio, USA. 1963. 2nd printing. 316, (3) PP. Eps: Map of the Pacific Islands with routes taken. Decorated cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Dust jacket rubbed, old watermarks on covers, o/wise very good. 24 x 15.8.

A one year voyage of discovery to the South Seas starting in San Francisco on a cargo ships. Then by plane, flying boat, Islands trading schooners, outriggers and yacht between Tahiti and Los Angeles for the return. Place visited: Hawaii, Guam and Micronesia, Fiji, Polynesia (Tonga, Niue, both Samoas, Cook Islands and French Polynesia).

33144
Van LOON, Hendrik Willem
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1940. Reprint of the November 1940 original. 315 PP with 92 drawings by the author. Fp: The great discoverers of the Pacific. FEP: Map of the Pacific Ocean. REP: Route of the migratory Polynesians. Cloth cover, dj (price clipped). Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper, some foxing of pages and edges, pieces missing from the dust jacket. Very good. 22.2 x 15.

The prehistoric Pacific. The earliest history of Polynesia. The quest of the great unknown continent of the south... Abel Tasman. Jacob Roggeveen. James Cook.

33165
Van LOON, Hendrik Willem
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1940. Reprint of the November 1940 original. 315 PP with 92 drawings by the author. Fp: The great discoverers of the Pacific. FEP: Map of the Pacific Ocean. REP: Route of the migratory Polynesians. Cloth cover. Ex-library copy, with 2 library stamps, sellotape marks on endpapers, some foxing, rear endpaper with piece missing (repaired). Good reading copy. Image shows the frontispiece and title-page. 22.2 x 15.

The prehistoric Pacific. The earliest history of Polynesia. The quest of the great unknown continent of the south... Abel Tasman. Jacob Roggeveen. James Cook.

72526
Van LOON, Hendrik Willem
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
$10.00 AUD

George G. Harrap. London. 1948. February 1948 reprint of the November 1940 original. 315 PP with 92 drawings by the author. Fp: The great discoverers of the Pacific. FEP: Map of the Pacific Ocean. REP: Route of the migratory Polynesians. Cloth cover. Very good. Image shows Frontispiece and Title-page. 22.2 x 15.

The prehistoric Pacific. The earliest history of Polynesia. The quest of the great unknown continent of the south... Abel Tasman. Jacob Roggeveen. James Cook.

56577
VAN TRINH, Tao, CELESTIN, Nicole (editors)
L ' AMAROM A 20 ANS (in Ultramarines)
$25.00 AUD

AMAROM / Amis des Archives d'Outre-Mer & Institut d'Histoire Comparée des Civilisations. Aix en Provence. 2004. Issue No. 24. 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.

Special issue on the 20th aniversary of AMAROM, containing articles on: Africa, French West Indies, Asia, IndoChina and the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, Middle East, Indian Ocean and Pacific.

46997
VANCOUVER, George
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND ROUND THE WORLD (in 4 Volumes)
$300.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1967. Facsimile reprint of the 1798 original. Nos. 30, 31, 32, & 33, in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. Volume 1: (2), (VI), XXIX, (IX) 432 PP, plus 7 b/w plates. Volume 2: (2), (VIII), 504 PP, plus 5 b/w plates. Volume 3: (2), (VIII), 505, (3 errata) PP, plus 6 b/w plates. Volume "Charts": clam box containing 16 large folded plates (1 general chart, 6 coastal views and 9 survey charts). Hard covers, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front cover and spine). Volumes 1, 2 & 3, with glassine protection. Foxing spots on top outside edge. Near fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 26 x 21.

A voyage of discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and round the world: in which the coast of North-West America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed . Undertaken by His Majesty's Command..., and performed in the years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham...

60412
VERAMU, Joseph C.
LET'S DO IT OUR WAY - A Case Study of Participatory Education in a Rural Fijian School and Community
$10.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific Studies / University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1992. 1st Ed. X, 127 PP with 2 maps and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9820200760

52109
VERIN, Pierre & VECCELLA, Robert (editors)
L'AMERIQUE HISPANIQUE ET LE PACIFIQUE. Hommage à Hugo Neira
$30.00 AUD

Karthala. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. 211, (5) PP with tables and 6 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French & Spanish texts. Fine. 21.5 13.5. 2845867123

2 texts in Spanish and 9 in French. Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza and the naming of the Marquesas Islands by Annie Baert.

66111
VERIN, Pierre & VECCELLA, Robert (editors)
L'AMERIQUE HISPANIQUE ET LE PACIFIQUE. Hommage à Hugo Neira
$40.00 AUD

Karthala. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. 211, (5) PP with tables and 6 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page dated and signed by co-author Annie Baert. French & Spanish texts. Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 21.5 13.5. 2845867123

2 texts in Spanish and 9 in French. ... Don Garcia Hurtado de Mendoza and the naming of the Marquesas Islands by Annie Baert.

48082
VERNAY, Jean-François & LE MESTRE, Monika (editors)
LA CREATION (in CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES, Revue Culturelle Calédonienne)
$10.00 AUD

Correspondances Antipodéennes. Nouméa. 2004. April 2004. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.

David Unaipon, le Léonard de Vinci australien, by Valérie Djenidi. On David Malouf, by Marine Simplot.

13786
VICTOR, Frances Fuller
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM OF THE PACIFIC
$5.00 AUD

Ye Galleon. Fairfield, Wa., USA. 1994. Reprint of the 1901 edition by the Oregon Historical Quarterly. 24 PP. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0877705453

Tales of ocean life and trade to the Columbia River and the Oregon coast by Captain Francis A. Lemont while serving on board the Owyhee, the Sultana and the May Dacre.

14343
VILLARET, Bernard
AU VENT DES ILES - deux cent soixante quinze paradis (ou enfers) insulaires de par le monde
$15.00 AUD

Berger-Levrault. Paris. 1975. 1st Ed. 357 PP with 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. French text. 21 x 15.2.

From Spitzbergen island in the North to New Zealand in the South. The Pacific Islands, West Indies ...

11826
VILLARET, Bernard, BATAILLE, M. C., et al...
LES ILES DU PACIFIQUE
$15.00 AUD

Larousse. Paris. 1980. 1st edition in Collection Monde et Voyages. 240 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Title Page: Nguzu Nguzu of the Solomon Islands. FEP: Outrigers from New Caledonia. REP: Spear fisherman. Pictorial laminated boards a little worn. Foxing spots on first and last leaves, o/wise very good. French text. 26.5 x 22.5. 2030532223

The islands of the Pacific Ocean: geography & discovery. The Galapagos to Australia, Hawaii to New Zealand & Easter Island.

10924
VILLIERS, Alan
PILOT PETE
$15.00 AUD

Angus & Robertson. Sydney. 1963. Reprint of the 1953 original. 64 PP with 61 illustrations by H. T. Cauldwell. Eps. Hard cover, dj. Small stain on lower part of front cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. Note on the verso of the front endpaper, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 22.2 x 14.5.

Novel set on a rocky island, far away in the South Pacific.

14718
VILLIERS, Alan
THE CORAL SEA
$35.00 AUD

Museum Press. London. 1949. 1st UK edition. 292 PP with 6 maps, plus 24 pages with 37 b/w photos. Fp: Into the Coral Sea. Eps: Map of the SW Pacific with routes of the Pacific explorers. Green cloth cover, gilt title on white vignette on spine, dj (price-clipped and with a few closed tears/chips), now in a protective sleeve. Signature and sticker of former owner on top of title-page, o/wise a near fine copy. 22.5 x 14.5.

Adventure & exploration of the Coral Sea from the Polynesians to WWII.

46955
VON KOTZEBUE, Otto
A NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE YEARS 1823, 24, 25, and 26 (in Two Volumes)
$130.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1967. Reprint of the 1830 original. Nos. 20 & 21 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. Volume I: (2), (8), 341, (3) PP, plus 4 coloured plates and 3 maps (2 of them folded). Fp : Reception of Captain Kotzebue at the island of Otdia. Volume 2: (2), (4), 362 PP. Fp: Nomahanna, Queen of the Sandwich Islands. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette. Bookplate on front endpaper. Foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 22 x 14.5.

Voyage of discovery: Brazil, Cape Horn, Chile, Tuamotus and Tahiti, Pitcairn, Samoa, Marshall, Kamtschka, Alaska, California, Sandwich,... St Helena.

10302
WADDELL, Eric & NUNN, Patrick D. (editors)
THE MARGIN FADES - Geographical Itineraries in a World of Islands
$15.00 AUD

Institute of Pacific studies. Suva. 1993. 1st Ed. X, 297 PP with 17 figures & 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0982020092X

Thirteen essays presenting a new portrait of geography in the Pacific: Contemporary Industrialization of Fiji. Jean-Marie Tjibaou: Kanak Witness to the World. What Future Pacific Cities?...

12460
WAINHOUSE, David W.
REMNANTS OF EMPIRE: The United Nations and the End of Colonialism
$20.00 AUD

Council on Foreign Relations. New York. 1964. 1st Ed. X, (2), 153, (3 adv.) PP with 1 table and 1 double page map. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 14.

The Colonial emancipation debate initiated by WWII. Chapters on: Australia's difficult Trust obligations, New Zealand's enlightened colonial record, Disengagement and special problems in the British colonial domain...

46996
WAKEFIELD, Edward Jerningham
ADVENTURE IN NEW ZEALAND 1839-1844 (in Two Volumes)
$60.00 AUD

N. Israel. Amsterdam. 1971. Reprint of the 1845 original. No. 74 in the Bibliotheca Australiana series. Volume I: (2), X, 482 PP, 1 large folded map at rear of volume. Volume II: (2), X, 546 PP. Hard cover, simile vellum, gilt title on blue vignette (front and spine), glassine covers. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise a fine set. 22 x 14.7. 9060720946

Adventure in New Zealand from 1839 to 1844; with some account of the beginning of the British colonization of the Islands.

63517
WALDMAN, Michael
PLANET USTINOV - Following the Equator with Sir Peter Ustinov
$10.00 AUD

Simon Schuster. London. 1998. 1st Ed., with an epilogue by Sir Peter Ustinov. 256 PP with 6 b/w photo and colour illustrations (8 maps with 1 insert and 210 photos). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 26.5 x 20.5. 0684819759

Travels (a century later) in the footsteps of Mark Twain: Hawaii, Kiribati, Fiji, New Zealand, Australia, India, Mauritius & South Africa.

42321
WALELIGN, Tsigereda & RUSSELL, Jeffrey
LE PACIFIQUE SUD ET LA COMMUNAUTE EUROPEENNE
$20.00 AUD

Service d'Information de la CEE. Bruxelles. 1989. 1st Ed. 36 PP with 13 tables, 16 maps (with 8 country profiles), 1 b/w and 14 colour photos. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21

51366
WALKER, Ian
TALL SHIPS AND CANNIBALS. The Story of Captain Richard Copping of Hobart Town
$25.00 AUD

Navarine Publishing. Hobart. 2005. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. Publication No. 60 in the Roebuck Society series. VIII, 152 PP with 42 b/w illustrations. FEP: Map of the Northern & Southern Hemispheres. REP: Map of Oceania. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 097513311X

33853
WALTER, Annie & SAM, Chanel
FRUITS D'OCEANIE
$50.00 AUD

IRD Editions. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 310 PP with 41 location maps, 29 botanic sketches and 114 colour photos. Pictorial laminated card covers. Fine. French text. 26.7 x 13.5. 2709914301

Traditional Fruit growing and Food in Oceania. Ethnobotanic inventory of fruits in Oceania. Scientific, common (English, French and Bichlamar) and vernacular names.

11808
WARD, Marion W. & van NUFFEL, Sandra (editors)
CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL MELANESIA - Fifth Waigani Seminar
$25.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU/ UPNG. Canberra. 1972. 1st Ed. Opening address by M. To Liman. 556 PP (typescript) with figures. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 25.5 x 20.5. 0708107532

Papers delivered at the 5th Waigani Seminar held in Port Moresby 14-20 May 1971.

57879
WARD, Marion W. & van NUFFEL, Sandra (editors)
CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT IN RURAL MELANESIA - Fifth Waigani Seminar
$20.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific Studies/ANU/UPNG. Canberra. 1972. 1st Ed. Opening address by M. To Liman. 556 PP (typescript) with figures. Pictorial soft cover. Covers rubbed, corners worn, name of previous owner on title page. Very good working copy. 25.5 x 20.5. 0708107532

Papers delivered at the 5th Waigani Seminar held in Port Moresby 14-20 May 1971. Title XI: Transport - The role of co-operative in coastal shipping, by Michael R. Grey.

57889
WARD, Marion W., TARUA, Susan C. & DUDLEY, May (editors)
THE POLITICS OF MELANESIA - Fourth Waigani Seminar
$20.00 AUD

Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU/ UPNG. Canberra. 1970. 1st Ed. Preface by C. D. Rowley. 734 PP (typescript) with figures. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with rubbed patch. Name of previous owner on title page. Very good working copy. 25.5 x 20.5. 0708107524

47 papers delivered at the 4th Waigani Seminar held in Port Moresby 9-15 May 1970.

54640
WARD, Professor R. G. (editor)
THE AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY / RESEARCH SCHOOL OF PACIFIC STUDIES - ANNUAL REPORT 1992
$10.00 AUD

ANU / RSPS. Canberra. 1993. 1st Ed. 150 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.

Report of the Director, by Professor R. G. Ward... The work of the School in 1992: Divsion of Pacific and Asian History, by Professor D. Denoon... Division of Society and Environment (Anthropology, Biogeography and Geomorphology... ) ...

44230
WARD, R. Gerard
WIDENING WORLDS, SHRINKING WORLDS? - The Reshaping of Oceania
$20.00 AUD

Canberra. 1999. Centre for the Contemporary Pacific / ANU. 1st Ed. (2), II, 38 PP with 22 figures. Soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15.2. 0909524408

Pacific Distinguished Lecture, delivered at the Australian National University on 12 October 1999.

53119
WARD, R. Gerard (editor)
AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 1790-1870, A history, geography and ethnography pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers, etc. [in 8 volumes]
$450.00 AUD

The Gregg Press. Ridgewood, N.J., USA. 1966 & 1967. 1st edition with b/w illustrations. Introduction by Ernest S. Dodge. Vol. 1: (4), 316 PP with 35 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Advertising sailing card of the clipper ship "Robin Hood". Vol. 2: XIII, 596 PP with 56 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: U.S. Sloop of war "Portsmouth". Vol. 3: XIII, 655 PP with 59 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Advertising card of the clipper ship "Anglo Saxon". Vol. 4: XIII, 695 PP with 52 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: A Marquesan Chief. Vol. 5: XIII, 578 PP with 41 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Man of the New Hebrides. Vol. 6: XI, 572 PP with 32 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Chief of Rarotonga. Vol. 7: XIII, 545 PP with 31 illust., plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Chief Poulaho, from Tonga. Vol. 8: VII, 295 PP. Fp: Barque "Mermaid". Volume 1 in a slipcase containing also 8 large folded charts. All volumes in original decorated cloth cover. Occasional foxing. Very good complete set. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 26.5 x 17.5.

Volume 1: Abaiang to Baker. Volume 2: Bampton reefs to Futuna. Volume 3: Gaferut to Kwajalein. Volume 4: Ladd's Island to Motu Iti. Volume 5: Namoluk to Pingelap. Volume 6: Pitcairn to Tabiteuea. Volume 7: Tahiti to Zephyr shoal. Volume 8: Appendix and Index. 8 Charts: Cape Horn to Cape Corrientes. Pacific Ocean: S.E. sheet (Cook Island to Easter Island). Pacific Ocean / S.W. sheet (New Guinea/Australia to Tonga). Pacific Ocean / N.W. sheet (Japan to Philippines). Archipel des Tuamotu. Tonga or Friendly Islands. Fiji Islands. Cape Corrientes to Kodiak Island.

53371
WARD, R. Gerard (editor)
AMERICAN ACTIVITIES IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC 1790-1870, A history, geography and ethnography pertaining to American involvement and Americans in the Pacific taken from contemporary newspapers, etc. - Volume 5
$35.00 AUD

The Gregg Press. Ridgewood, N.J., USA. 1967. 1st Ed. Vol. 5: XIII, 578 PP with 41 illustrations, plus 7 folded maps. Fp: Man of the New Hebrides. Decorated cloth cover. Ex library copy, with library stamp (in blind) on title page and page 37, and withrawn stamp on outside edges. Contents are otherwise near fine. 26.5 x 17.5.

Vol. 5: Entries for Namoluk to Pingelap. 23 on Nauru (34 pages), 10 on New Caledonia (16 pages). 4 on New Guinea (34 pages)... 16 on Nuku Hiva, Marquesas ( 45 pages

74583
WARNER, Oliver
CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Cassell. London. 1964. 1st UK edition. A Cassell Caravel Book. 153 PP profusely illustrated in b/w and colour thoughout (paintings, drawings and maps of the period). Erratum slip loosely inserted opposite title-page. Illustrated boards. A near fine copy. 26 x 18.5

72687
WAUGH, Alec
HOT COUNTRIES
$45.00 AUD

Farrar & Rinehart. New York. 1930. 1st Ed. VIII, (2), 304 PP with 20 b/w illustrations by Lynd Ward (title page, content page, 11 headpieces and 6 plates. Fp: Woodcut of a vahiné. Cloth cover, red decoration on front board, title in red lettering on a sunned spine. Slight ageing of paper on outside edges. Contents near fine. 22 x 15.5.

A voyage through exotic places: Tahiti, New Hebrides, Martinique..

12108
WAVRIN, Marquis de
GALAPAGOS - Iles Enchantees
$15.00 AUD

Libris. Liege. 1942. 1st Ed. 252 PP, plus 8 pages with 6 b/w photos and 1 map of the Galapagos. Pictorial soft covers, a little cocked, o/wise good condition. French text. 19 x 13.

A three-month stay in the Galapagos Archipelago by a naturalist before WWII.

51024
WEBER, Thérèse & WATSON, Jeanie (editors)
COOK'S PACIFIC ENCOUNTERS: The Cook-Forster Collection of the Georg-August University of Göttingen
$45.00 AUD

National Museum of Australia. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Craddock Morton. XIV, 110 PP with 2 maps in colour (Pacific voyages of Captain Cook, and Polynesian migration routes), b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers. Folded flyer for exhibition and photocopy of press review loosely inserted. Fine. 21.5 x 24. 1876944471

Catalogue of the exhibition held at the National Museum of Australia: 22nd June to 10 September 2006, together with 3 essays. Cook's voyages to the Pacific by Michelle Hetherington. Pacific cultural heritage: the Göttingen Cook-Forster collection by Brigitta Hauser-Schäublin & Gundolf Krüger. Collecting from the Collectors: Pacific islanders and the spoils of Europe, by Jennifer Newell.

59586
WEDGWOOD, Camilla H.
DEATH AND SOCIAL STATUS IN MELANESIA
$30.00 AUD

Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. London. 1927. Reprint from Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. LVII, July-December 1927. 377-397 PP. Soft cover. Dedicatory note at top of front cover to Ian H. Hogbin ..., dated and signed by C.H. Wedgwood. Foxing spots throughout, o/wise fine. Scarce. 27.5 x 18.8.

37588
WEEKS, Stanley B. & MECONIS, Charles A.
THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USA IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
$20.00 AUD

Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1999. 1st Ed. in The Armed Forces of Asia series. XX, 300 PP with 5 maps, 8 tables and 8 organigrams. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.8 x 15. 1864489219

Organisation, roles and functions of each branch of the armed forces of the United States of America in the Asia and Pacific region. Historical background...

50505
WENDT, Albert
THE ANGRY YOUNG MEN OF OCEANIA (in Courier)
$10.00 AUD

UNESCO. Paris. 1976. February 1976 Special Issue The Search for Cultural Identity. Contains article between P.4 and 11, & page 32 with 9 b/w photos.

Young writers and artists are leading a cultural reawakening in the Pacific.

60636
WENDT, Albert
POULIULI
$5.00 AUD

Penguin Books. Sydney. 1987. Paperback reprint of the 1977 original. (6), 147 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Faint ageing of paper. Name of previous owner on preliminary page, o/wise very good. 18 x 11. 0140096817

57868
WEYER, Edward, Jr.
PRIMITIVE PEOPLES TODAY
$20.00 AUD

Crescent Books. New York. c. 1965. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 14 sketch maps, 58 colour and 154 b/w photos. Hard cover, decoration in blind on front and back boards, gilt title on spine, dj. Fine. 28.5 x 22.2.

Sub-title: A uniquely revealing account of life outside civilization.

62294
WHITCOMBE & TOMBS
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
$25.00 AUD

Whitcombe & Tombs. Auckland. c. 1935. Revised and enlarged edition. 153 PP, plus 12 pages with 4 maps and 15 b/w illustrations. Title page: Drake's first view of the Pacific Ocean. Fp: Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Cloth cover, illustrated front. Foxing. Very good. 18.2 x 12.5.

51758
WHITE, Geoffrey M. & LINDSTROM, Lamont (editors)
CHIEFS TODAY - Traditional Pacific Leadership and the Postcolonial State
$35.00 AUD

Stanford University Press. Stanford, Ca. 1997. 1st Ed., in Contemporary Issues in Asia and the Pacific series. XIV, 6, 344 PP with 1 genealogical tree and 1 map on double page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22.5 x 15. 0804728518

33285
WHITE, Osmar
TIME NOW, TIME BEFORE
$10.00 AUD

Heinemann. London. 1967. 1st Ed. X, 260 PP with 6 head pieces by Erica McGilchrist. Eps: Map of Australia and surrounding seas. Hard cover, dj with chips around edges. Stamp of a previous owner on half title page and last page. Name of previous owner at top of title page. Some foxing, o/wise near fine. 22.5 x 14.2.

The author, an Australian newspaper writer describes 6 episodes of life in South-East Asia and the South Pacific between 1949 and 1963. 2 in Papua New Guinea, 1 in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate, 1 in the Anglo French condominium of the New Hebrides, 1 in Indonesia, and 1 in Portuguese Timor.

57712
WIEST, Andrew & MATTSON, Gregory Louis
THE PACIFIC WAR
$20.00 AUD

MBI Publishing Company. St Paul, Mn, USA. 2001. 1st US edition, in the Campaigns of World War II series. 256 PP with b/w photos and colour illustrations (maps, artworks and 3 photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj (closed tear). Near fine. 30.2 x 23.5. 0760311463

57319
WILLIAMS, Basil & DUNCAN Jim
NEW ZEALAND IN FOCUS
$10.00 AUD

Books for Pleasure. Auckland. 1977. 1st Ed. No pagination, 62 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.2 x 21. 086866066X

57636
WILLIAMS, Glyndwr
THE GREAT SOUTH SEA: English Voyages and Encounters, 1570-1750
$15.00 AUD

Yale University Press. New Haven, USA. 1997. 1st Ed. XV, 300 PP with 4 maps and 42 b/w illust. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Name of previous owner on title page. Fine. 24 x 16. 0300072449

The world encompassed: Drake and his Successors. Dampier's explorations and writings... Anson's circumnavigation.

57412
WILLSTEED, Theresa (editor)
NELSON MEERS FOUNDATION: Heritage Collection 2009
$15.00 AUD

State Library of New South Wales. Sydney. 2008. 1st Ed. Foreword by Regina Sutton. VI, 42 PP with 10 b/w and 20 colour illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.2. 0731371933

Catalogue to an exhibition held in 2009. Mapping of Antarctica, 1657-1990. James Cook: Death of a hero. Art of the Surveyor...

57740
WILSON, Donald C., GROSSMAN, David L. & KENNEDY, Kerry J. (editors)
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC - Issues of Educational Policy, Curriculum and Practice
$15.00 AUD

Detselig Enterprises. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 1990. 1st Ed. (6), 198 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Note at top of title page signed by co-editor Donald C. Wilson. Fine. 23 x 15.3. 1550590081

33714
WILSON, Margaret (editor)
SOUTH PACIFIC FESTIVAL OF ARTS - SOUVENIR PROGRAMME
$30.00 AUD

South Pacific Festival of Arts. Port Moresby. 1980. 1st Ed. 120 PP with b/w and colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 28.8 x 21.2.

Souvenir programme published for the Third Festival held in Port Moresby and regional centres of Papua New Guinea, between 29th June and 12th July 1980.

73697
WINCHESTER, Simon
THE PACIFIC - The Ocean of the Future
$15.00 AUD

William Collins. London. 2015. Reprint. (XIV), 492 PP with b/w illustrations and 3 double-page maps. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 23.5 x 15.6. 9780007550760

65080
WINDSOR, Merrill
AMERICA'S SUNSET COAST
$10.00 AUD

National Geographic Society. Washington. 1978. 1st Ed. 224 PP with colour illustrations, including photos by James A. Sugar. Hard cover, device on front board, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with a sunned spine and a few small chips, o/wise a near fine copy. 26 x 18. 0870442538

54767
WINKELMANN (Photos by)
VIEWS OF NEW ZEALAND
$120.00 AUD

Wildman & Arey. Auckland. c. 1920. Album with 18 pages with 18 sepia plates by Winkelmann, tipped in and 9 tissue sheets . Soft covers with light shelf wear, front cover with gilt title and a circular photo vignette, ties with tassel. Near fine. Oblong: 22.8 x 28.6..

A scarce item.

11812
WINSLOW, John H. (Edit.)
THE MELANESIAN ENVIRONMENT (Ninth Waigani Seminar)
$20.00 AUD

ANUP. Canberra. 1977. XXXIV, 562 PP with tables & figures in text. Eps: Map of South Pacific showing population figures. Orig. cloth cover (front speckled), o/wise contents near fine. 24 x 18.5.

Papers from various contributors following the Ninth Waigani Seminar held in Port Moresby from 2-8th May, 1975. Chapters on the Environment and its role in Prehistory, Fishing, Conservation, Extracting Minerals and Energy, Forest Resources, Tourism, Health and Planning.

58991
WISNIOWSKI, Sygurd
TIKERA OR CHILDREN OF THE QUEEN OF OCEANIA
$15.00 AUD

Auckland University Press. Auckland. 1972. 1st edition in the "New Zealand Fiction" series, of the 1877 Polish original "Dzieci Krolowej Oceanii". Translated by Jerzy Podstolski. Edited and introduced by Dennis McEldowney. XXVI, 311 PP with 1 map of North Island of New Zealand. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Near fine. 22.3 x 14.5.

71416
WITHEY, Lynne
VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY, Captain Cook and the Exploration of the Pacific
$20.00 AUD

Hutchinson. London. 1988. 1st UK edition. 512 PP with 36 b/w illustrations. Eps: Mappemonde with Voyages of Captain James Cook. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Discreet signature of previous owner on front endpaper. Near fine. 24.2 x 16. 0091736021

Account of the last great age of European sea exploration, making use of the fragments of oral traditions, collected by early missionaries and anthropologists as well as the discoverers' notes.

53182
WOJCICKI, L. John
FROM HELL TO HOPE: How Nouvelle France became Australia's New Italy (in Historic Australia)
$10.00 AUD

Historic Australia / DBS Publishing. Sydney. 1983. Volume 1, No. 3, March / April 1983. 100 PP. Contains article P. 51 to 53 with 3 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover with a few small creases. Very good. 29 x 21.

59204
WOLFF, Bente
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR OCEANISTS - DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS 1996
$15.00 AUD

The European Society for Oceanists / Institute of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen. Copenhagen. 1996. 1st Ed. 111 PP. Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.

Directory up to date: End November 1996.

33185
WOOD, Gordon L.
THE PACIFIC BASIN
$15.00 AUD

Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1930. 1st Ed. XII, 340 PP with 180 b/w illust. (maps, photos and sketches). REP: regional map of the Pacific (in colour). Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Rear endpaper split, some pencil underlining. Good. 20.5 x 14.

General Survey. Malaysia and the East Indies. Australia. New Zealand. The Pacific Islands. Asia. North and South America.

73292
WOODHOUSE, Margaret & TRYON, Gaye (compiler)
Cumulative Index to the PACIFIC ISLANDS MONTHLY: Volumes 16 to 25 (August 1945 to July 1955)
$65.00 AUD

Pacific Manuscript Bureau, Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU. Canberra. 1984. 1st edition, Robert Langdon (editor). 346 PP. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine. Fine. 28.7 x 21.8. 0867844744

12888
WOODS, Gay (editor)
SOUTH PACIFIC DOSSIER
$15.00 AUD

Australian Council for Overseas Aid. Canberra. 1978. 1st Ed. Foreword by Michael P. Sullivan. (2), 132 PP with 1 map & b/w illust. Pictorial soft covers with light foxing, o/wise near fine. 29.7 x 21. 0909831130

A general view and fact sheet on the nations and territories of the South West Pacific. The hopes, dreams & aspirations of their inhabitants.

58674
WORLD BANK
KNOWLEDGE FOR DEVELOPMENT - World Development Report 1998/99
$15.00 AUD

The World Bank / Oxford University Press. New York. 1999. 1st printing, September 1999. Foreword by James D. Wolfensohn. VIII, 251, (5) PP with 5 colour plates (1 world map and 4 headpieces), 10 tables, 37 figures and 60 boxes. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. 26.5 x 20. 0195211189

74536
WRIGHT, Harrison M.
NEW ZEALAND, 1769-1840: Early Years of Western Contact
$20.00 AUD

Harvard University Press. Cambridge, Mass. 1980. 3rd printing of the 1959 original. Harvard Historical Monograph No. XLII. XII, 225, (3 publications) PP with 1 map of New Zealand North Island and an insert. Cloth covers, gilt title on spine, dust jacket. A fine copy. 20.5 x 14. 0620003674

Chapter II: Traders and Whalers.

65721
WRIGHT, Malcolm
THE GENTLE SAVAGE
$25.00 AUD

Lansdowne Press. Sydney. 1966. 1st Ed. Foreword by Commander Eric Feldt. (10), 172 PP, plus 12 pages with 25 b/w photos. Fp: The approaching monsoon seen from a New Guinea beach. Eps: map of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea. Name of previous owner on title page. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Occasional foxing. Near fine. 22 x 14.

41097
WRIGHT, Rob
WITH HOOK, LINE AND SNORKEL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
$15.00 AUD

Pacific Publications. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 168 PP with 1 map on double page, 1 drawings and 3 tail pieces, plus 32 pages with 1 sketch and 62 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Pacific Ocean. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on title page, signed by the author. Near fine. 22.4 x 14.2.

The author's personal experiences, mostly in Fiji.

72397
WYNNE, Barry
THE MAN WHO REFUSED TO DIE - Teehu Makimare's 2,000 mile drift in an open boat across the South Seas
$35.00 AUD

Souvenir Press. London. 1966. 1st Ed. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. Keith Holyoake, Prime Minister of New Zealand. 158 PP with 3 maps & 2 plans, plus 12 pages with 25 b/w photos. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Faint foxing on outside edges, signature of previous owner on FFEP, o/wise near fine. 22.2 x 14.5.

A short inter island (Manihiki to Rakahanga) trip of the "Tearoha" that ended 64 days later in Erromango, Vanuatu.

60099
YENSEN, Helen, HAGUE, Kevin & McCREANOR, Tim
HONOURING THE TREATY - An Introduction for Pakeha to the Treaty of Waitangi
$10.00 AUD

Penguin Books. Auckland. 1989. 1st Ed. 157 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Offsetting of the inside of covers and ageing of paper. Very good reading copy. 19.8 x 13 014012425X

42180
YPMA, Herbert
PACIFIC ISLAND
$15.00 AUD

Stewart, Tabori & Chang. New York. 1996. 1st US edition of the 1996 original published by Thames and Hudson. World Design series. 160 PP with 145 full-colour photographs. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.6 x 23. 1556704798

Tatau, the origin of the tattoo. Maori mythology... Coral churches of the Cook Islands...

13278
ZELDINE, Georges
L'HEMISPHERE PACIFIQUE, Réalités et Avenirs
$20.00 AUD

Author. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 1 map. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note at top of title page signed by the author. Foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Near fine. 20.9 x 14.5.

Geostrategy and policy of the Pacific rim countries. France's point of view, with her overseas territories.

40008
ZELLNER, Peter
PACIFIC EDGE - Contemporary Architecture on the Pacific Rim
$20.00 AUD

Thames and Hudson. London. 1998. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 496 illustrations (b/w photos, plans, sketches and 216 colour photos). Hard cover, dj. Fine. 27.8 x 25.8. 050034163X

A survey of the region's contemporary architecture, presented thematically rather than geographically to demonstrate the cross culture architecture.