New Caledonia, Vanuatu (New Hebrides) & Wallis Island
Last update: 27 November 2023
47060 ABBAL, Odon (editor) LES CAHIERS DE WALLIS ET FUTUNA: Histoire - Géographie - Ethnologie. No. 2 $20.00 AUD
Les Amis de Wallis et Futuna. Sisia-Ono, Futuna. 2002. 1st Ed., issue No. 2, March 2002. (6), 70, (2) PP with 2 genealogical trees, 1b/w and 5 colour photos. Soft cover, decorated front. Near fine. French text. 20.5 x 14.5.
4 texts: Osokalaga: warrior and political statesman, by Atonio Takasi... Lotu mavae: changes in religious identity in Wallis and Futuna, by Filihau Asi Talatini...
47061 ABBAL, Odon (editor) LES CAHIERS DE WALLIS ET FUTUNA: Histoire - Géographie - Ethnologie. No. 3 $20.00 AUD
Les Amis de Wallis et Futuna. Sisia-Ono, Futuna. 2003. 1st Ed. No. 3, March 2003. 70, (2) PP with 6 sketches and 34 colour photos. Soft cover, decorated front. Fine. French text. 20.5 x 14.5.
3 texts: Neotectonic and geomorphology of Futuna, by Noël Gourmelen... Agriculture and customary exchanges in Futuna, by Marc Soulé.
48537 ABBAL, Odon (editor) WALLIS ET FUTUNA: Aux temps premiers de la Mission (1841-1862) - Extraits des Annales pour la Propagation de la Foi $15.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed., in Collection Fac-Similés Océaniens. (4), XIV, (166) PP with 2 endpieces. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782747557146
55784 ABONG, Marcellin LA PIROGUE DU DARK BUSH: Aperçus critiques sur l'histoire du mouvement Nagriamel au temps des Nouvelles-Hébrides (Vanuatu) $60.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2008. 1st Ed. IX, 177, (1) PP with 2 maps, 2 organigrams, 9 b/w and 19 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.7 x 14. 9789829032539
Jimmy Stevens, Nagriamel and the Independence of the New Hebrides.
46800 ADAMS, Bruce THE FLYING FRENCHMAN OF THE SOUTH SEAS (in Today's People) $15.00 AUD
Today's People. Sydney. 1968. Volume 19, No. 6, 8 May 1968. Contains article from P.20 & 21 with 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 34 x 26.
Henri Martinet, a 61year old daredevil flier.
33058 ADECAL INVEST IN NEW CALEDONIA $10.00 AUD
Agence de Développement Economique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1998. 1998 edition. 32 PP with 6 graphs, 7 maps, and 20 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.
40797 ADECAL INVESTIR EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $15.00 AUD
Agence de Développement Economique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1998. 1998 edition. 32 PP with 6 graphs, 7 maps, and 20 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 20.8.
11135 AGNIEL, Guy DE LA COLLECTIVITE HUMAINE A LA COLLECTIVITE LOCALE DE DROIT COMMUN. L'Evolution de la Structure Communale en Nouvelle-Calédonie (1853-1977) - S.E.H. No.51 $35.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. 252 PP with 1 table & 1 folded map on back cover. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.8 x 14.6.
The evolution of townships towards municipalities in New Caledonia.
58849 AGNIEL, Guy, LECA, Antoine & ORFILA, Gérard LE DROIT MEDICAL EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $110.00 AUD
Centre de Documentation Pédagogique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., in "Collection Université". Preface by Dr. F. Vangheluwe. 516, (2) PP with tables. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782913090842
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2008. June 2009 edition. 2 folded brochures (French and English): 4 folds with graphs and tables. Pictorial front. Text in French or English. Fine. Small format: 16 x 11.5..
2008 state of agriculture in New Caledonia: in graphs and tables.
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.
63769 AIR CALIN BIENVENUE A BORD - AIR CALEDONIE INTERNATIONAL $15.00 AUD
Air Calédonie International. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 24 PP, with organization chart and colour illustrations (graphs, plans, photos), plus 2 sheets in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20 x 20.
Guide to employees or prospective employees of this airline.
40906 AIR FRANCE 1949 / 1999 50ème ANNIVERSAIRE DU PREMIER VOL COMMERCIAL PARIS-NOUMEA $25.00 AUD
Air France. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jacques Clabaut. Edited by MARTIN, Frank, MARTIN, Marie-Claude, FUSTEC, Bernard et al. 114 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Carnet commémoratif of 12 pages, No. 835/1000 loosely inserted. Near fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Published in 1999, to commemorate the first commercial flight between Paris and Nouméa in 1949. Paris (21 September 1949), Tunis, Cairo, Bassorah, Karachi, Calcutta, Saïgon, Batavia, Darwin, Brisbane, Nouméa (27 September 1949).
62588 AIRCALIN MAP - The Pacific Routes of AIRCALIN $15.00 AUD
Air Calédonie International. Nouméa. c. 1980. Colour map of the South West Pacific, with an inset map of Japan. Fine. Oblong: 59.5 x 99.
Routes between Melbourne and Papeete, and up to Japan.
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.
46515 ALIBERT, Pierre & SHEKLETON, Maxwell (editors) CALENDRIER 1978. ALBUM DE VUES DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE: Allan Hughan, Photographe 1870 - 1880 $15.00 AUD
Galerie Ad-Lib / Editions d'Antan. Nouméa. 1977. Calendar for 1978. 28 PP with 14 b/w photos (2 on covers and 12 on full page). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.5 x 32.5.
How the Australian photographer Allan Hughan saw New Caledonia.
11696 ALLEMANE, Jean MEMOIRES D'UN DEPORTE DE LA COMMUNE, Centenaire de la Déportation en Nouvelle-Calédonie $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1990. Reprint of the 1977 original. Publication No. 15, of the Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 190 PP. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 28 x 17.5.
46672 ALLEMANE, Jean MEMOIRES D'UN DEPORTE DE LA COMMUNE - Centenaire de la Déportation en Nouvelle-Calédonie $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1982. Reprint of the 1977 original. Publication No. 15, of Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 190 PP. Soft cover, dj. Fine. French text. 28 x 17.5.
58631 ALLEMANE, Jean MEMOIRES D'UN DEPORTE DE LA COMMUNE - Centenaire de la Déportation en Nouvelle-Calédonie $25.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1977. 1st Ed. Publication No. 15, of Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 190 PP. Soft cover, dj. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
71583 ALLEMANE, Jean MEMOIRES D'UN DEPORTE DE LA COMMUNE - Centenaire de la Déportation en Nouvelle-Calédonie $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1977. 1st Ed. Publication No. 15, of Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 190 PP. Soft covers a little soiled, o/wise very good. French text. 27.5 x 17.5.
74014 ALLEN, Percy S. (compiler) NEW HEBRIDES - British and French (Dual Control) $20.00 AUD
Colin Hinchcliffe, "Empire Books". York, UK. c.1995. Facsimile transcript of an article compiled for "Stewart's Hand Book of the Pacific Islands", 1918. 15 PP (recto only). Soft covers, title on front cover, spiral bound. Near fine 29.9 x 21.
52346 AMIOT-ROLLAND, Denise, ANOUYA, GODARD, Philippe, HARBULOT, Geneviève et al. DU ROCHER A LA VOILE - Recueil de récits et nouvelles $25.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. No. 3 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. Preface by Hélène Colombani. 206, (2) PP with 6 head pieces and 12 portraits. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747582604
33 short stories or narratives set in New Caledonia.
12126 AMMANN, Raymond LES DANSES KANAK: Une Introduction - Description, Classification et Analyse $45.00 AUD
ADCK. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 72 PP, (4), with 1 map, tables, music scores and line drawings, plus 32 pages with 57 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. As new. French text. 29.5 x 21. 2909407675
Traditional dances of the past, initiation dances, the rhythms, the costumes, the musical instruments, etc... of the mainland and the Loyalty islands.
37124 AMMANN, Raymond KANAK DANCE AND MUSIC - Ceremonial and intimate performance of the Melanesians of New Caledonia, historical and actual $15.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. & Kegan Paul International. Noumea & London. 1997. 1st English edition. Editorial assistance for the English text: Helena E. Reeve-Brinon. XIV, 285 PP with Labanotations, musical scores, 5 maps, 83 b/w illust. (engravings and photos by David Becker). Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 15.5. 0710305869
45994 ANDREWS, Surgeon Captain O. W. SEAMARKS AND LANDMARKS, being leaves from the log of Surgeon Captain O. W. Andrews, C.B.E., R.N. $60.00 AUD
Ernest Benn Limited. London. 1927. 1st Ed. (8), 360, X, PP with 1 musical score and 5 drawings, plus 34 plates with 48 b/w illustrations, and a folded map of the Dardanelles and a folded chart of the South West Pacific). Fp: Portrait of the author. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Faint foxing and light wear to covers, o/wise a fine copy. 22.7 x 14.5.
Pacific Islands between December 1891 and February 1894 (Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, New Hebrides ...). Dardanelles and Gallipoli landing...
57640 ANGGRAENI, Dewi STORIES OF INDIAN PACIFIC $15.00 AUD
Indra Publishing. Melbourne. 1992. 1st Ed. (8), 265, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 0958771839
3 tales. To drown a cat (pages 1 to 96): set in the New Caledonia of 1988.
12769 ANGLEVIEL, F. et al. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, TERRE DE RECHERCHES, Bibliographie analytique des thèses et mémoires $30.00 AUD
Association Thèse-Pac. Nouméa. 1996. Thèse-Pac Bulletin 9-10. 1st edition with a foreword by Philippe Palombo. 258 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23.8 x 16.
Bibliography of 1831 theses on New Caledonia classified by themes: oceanography, meteorology, soil sciences, health, literature, ...
11944 ANGLEVIEL, Frederic & MOUILLESEAUX, Mireille LES POPULATIONS EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE AU SIECLE DERNIER - Catalogue de l'exposition $20.00 AUD
Centre Territorial de Recherche et de Documentation Pédagogiques. Nouméa. 1993. July 1993 edition. 42, (2 blanks) PP with b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Catalogue of an exhibition held to demonstrate the different races which settled in New Caledonia during the 19th century, creating a melting-pot: European beachcombers, the colonists, the Chinese, the Indian Malabars via La Réunion, the Arabs, the indentured labour from Vietnam & Indonesia, the blackbirded ni-Vanuatu.
52292 ANGLEVIEL, Frederic, & TERRIER, Christian (editors) HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. Approches croisées $50.00 AUD
Les Indes Savantes / Pacific History Association. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed. Volume 1 of Proceedings. 307, (3) PP with 2 maps, 4 graphs, 4 tables and 26 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Texts in English or French with abstracts in other languages. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 17. 2846541558
Proceedings of the 16th Pacific History Association conference, Noumea/Kone (6-10 Decembre 2004). Volume 1: 22 papers (17 in French and 5 in English).
11872 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric FAUNE ET FLORE EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. 1990. 1st Ed. 65 PP with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, sketches...). Illustrated soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
The flora and fauna of New Caledonia with their natural environment. A good bibliography.
51033 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. Nouvelles approches, nouveaux objets $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan & Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed., No. 1 in Portes Océanes series. 350 PP with 2 graphs and 5 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.2. 2747598837
51684 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric LES FONDEMENTS DE L'HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. Définition, Périodisation, Sources $40.00 AUD
CDP / Centre de Documentation Pédagogique. Nouméa. 2004. New edition, in Collection Université series. (2), 201 PP with 4 b/w photos, 2 chronological tables, 5 tables, 3 diagrams, 8 maps and 15 documents. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 19.7. 2913090699
51685 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric HISTORIOGRAPHIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, ou l'émergence tardive de deux écoles historiques antipodéennes $40.00 AUD
Editions Publibook Université. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. 362, (2) PP with 1 graph, 1 organigram, 2 diagrams, 16 documents and 21 tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22.5 x 13.8. 2748302893
51687 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric BREVE HISTOIRE POLITIQUE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE CONTEMPORAINE (1945-2005) $250.00 AUD
Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine / GRHOC. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed., in Collection Histoire Calédonienne. 313 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.7 x 15. 2951558031
Contemporary (1945 to 2005) political history of New Caledonia.
65184 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric LE PAYS KUNIE: Déportation, Bagne et Patrimoine Pénitentiaire $30.00 AUD
Mairie de l' île des Pins et editions du GRHOC. Nouméa. 2014. 1st edition with foreword by Sarah and Hilarion Vendégou. 48 PP with 39 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. Inside covers: map of the Western coast of the Isle of Pines. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 9782953990874
Isle of Pines: convict settlement and heritage.
67130 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric GRAVURES CALEDONIENNES D'ANTAN: Du temps des Austronésiens à la Colonisation Libre (1100 ans avant J.- C. à 1903) $100.00 AUD
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2015. 1st Ed. 208 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 23.7. 9782908166002
68686 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric Les BALLANDE et l'Appel du Large - Cinq générations d' Aventuriers et d' Entrepreneurs 1838 - 2016 $125.00 AUD
Groupe Ballande & GRHOC. Nouméa. 2016. 1st edition with a preface by Louis Ballande. 248 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 23.5. 9791094708026
Shipowners, businessmen, traders, farmers and graziers, mining interests... New Caledonia, New Hebrides / Vanuatu. ...
70716 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric Entre Mer et Montagnes, BOULOUPARIS, 1857 - 1879 - 2019 $125.00 AUD
Ville de Boulouparis & GRHOC. Nouméa. 2019. 1st edition, with a preface by Alain Lazare, Mayor. 224 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 23.5. 9791094708002
70852 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric LA FRANCE AUX ANTIPODES - Histoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $75.00 AUD
Vendémiaire. Paris. 2018. 1st Ed. 389, (5) PP with 3 maps. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 19.8 x 14.5. 9782363583062
70854 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric KALEIDOSCOPE KANAK, Dix Nouvelles Calédoniennes (Nouvelle-Calédonie 1100 av. J.-C. à 2035 ap. J.-C.) $40.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint Denis, Paris. 2015. 1st Ed. 154 PP. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. French text. 20.5 x 13.4. 9782334052023
Short stories.
70855 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric POESIES HISTORIQUES NEO-CALEDONIENNES - Poèmes Libres et Fragments de Prose $30.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint Denis, Paris. 2015. 1st Ed. 146, (4) PP. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. French text. 20.5 x 13.4. 9782334082846
Short stories.
70856 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric MANIFESTE POUR UN PEUPLE CALEDONIEN, ou la construction à venir d'une Nouvelle-Calédonie arc-en-ciel, "petite nation" dans la France ultramarine. Essai. Version courte $15.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Groupe de Recherche Historique sur l'Océanie Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2019. 1st Ed. 114 PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. French text. New. 20.5 x 13.4.
Short stories.
70857 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric POUR COMPRENDRE LES REFERENDUMS DE 2018-2022 EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Un éventail de futurs possibles. Essai. Version Courte $25.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Groupe de Recherche Historique sur l'Océanie Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2018. February 2018 edition. 1st Ed. 116 PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 20.5 x 13.4.
71181 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric A BRIEF HISTORY OF NEW CALEDONIA - From Austronesians to the "Destin Commun", 1100 BC - 2018 AD $40.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Groupe de Recherche Historique sur l'Océanie Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2018. 1st Ed. 100 PP with 22 b/w or colour illustrations. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine (as new condition). 20.5 x 13.4.
71182 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric LE PREMIER CYCLE DU GRAAL - Nouvelles "historisées" d'une quête mythique revisitée $40.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint Denis, Paris. 2017. 1st Ed. 146, (4) PP. Pictorial soft covers. Fine. French text. 20.5 x 13.4. 9782414097272
9 short stories.
71193 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric Le Quartier de SAINT-QUENTIN, Hier et aujourd'hui $10.00 AUD
Societé Immobilière de Nouvelle Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. December 2013 edition. 20 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Near fine. 20 x 20.
District of Nouméa, built at the time of the "Nickel Mining Boom" of the late 1960s. Used by refugees from New Hebrides when this country achieved independence as Vanuatu. ... New developments...
72078 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric VIVA D'UN PEUPLE OCEANIEN EN DEUIL - Reflexions désabusées d'un "Sage en Haillons" imaginaire Kanak, Nouvelle-Calédonie (1774-1878) $20.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint-Denis. 2020. 1st edition. 121, (3) PP. Soft covers. Fine. French text. 20 x 14.5. 9782414480807
Historical novel.
72379 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric L' HISTOIRE DES MOYENS DE COMMUNICATION EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $25.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint-Denis. 2021. 1st edition. 131 PP. Soft covers, title on front cover and spine. Fine. French text. 20 x 14.5. 9782414523948
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2014. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine (mint condition). 29.7 x 23.6. 9782908186574
73184 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric HISTOIRE ILLUSTREE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Des Austronésiens à la Communauté de Destin, 1050 avant J.- C. - 2013 apres J.C. $100.00 AUD
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed. 216 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 23.7. 9782908186567
73209 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric MANIFESTE POUR UN PEUPLE CALEDONIEN, ou la construction à venir d'une Nouvelle-Calédonie arc-en-ciel, "petite nation" dans la France ultramarine. Essai $20.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint Denis. 2019. 1st Ed. 170, (4) PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 20.5 x 13.4. 9782414323528
73233 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric LES OUTRE-MERS FRANCAIS. Actualités et Etudes - Volume I: Année 2012 $45.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2012. 1st Ed. No. 18 in "Collection Portes Océanes". 335, (3) PP with graphs, tables and sketch maps. Siff covers with light wear, pictorial front. Foxing spots on top outside edge. French text (with English summary). Near fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296996526
The future of Overseas France, by Jean-Pierre Doumenge. Mayotte, the 101st French Department.... English summary for 13 of the texts.
73272 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric COMPRENDRE LES REFERENDUMS DE 2018-2022 EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - La France ou l' independance, Decryptages historiques, socio-économiques et communautaristes - ESSAI $60.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint-Denis, France. 2018. 1st edition, February 2018. 460, (2) PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 20.5 x 13.4. 9782414191109
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 ...
54241 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor) LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, TERRE DE METISSAGES $30.00 AUD
Les Indes Savantes / Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. Volume 1 in Annales d'histoire calédonienne. 274 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 15.8. 2846540950
15 papers on: New Caledonia, a land of cross breeding: biological (different races) and cultural (different backgrounds). Authors: Eddy Wadrawane, Luc Legeard ... Philippe Palombo... Jerry Delathière... Hamid Mokkadem ...
61206 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor) FARINO - Un Siècle de Convivialité 1911-2011 $65.00 AUD
Mairie de Farino & Editions du GRHOC. Farino. 2011. 1st Ed., with a preface by Ghislaine Arlie (Mayor). 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21.5 x 22.2. 9782953990805
Smallest city of New Caledonia. Home of the French writer Jean Mariotti.
72079 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor) UNE PAROLE MECONNUE: Le Préambule de l'Accord de Nouméa ! $30.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint-Denis. 2020. 1st edition. 298, (5) PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. French text. 20 x 14.5. 9782414486830
73267 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric (editor) DU CAILLOU AU NICKEL - Contribution à l' Archéologie Industrielle de la Province Sud $75.00 AUD
Université Française du Pacifique Sud & C.D.P.N.C. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. 280 PP with 24 maps & plans, and 52 bw photos. Pages 171 to 269: inventory of archives. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 20.
Comprehensive survey on the industrial heritage of modern New Caledonia: mines and mining centres, military establishments and forts, slipway and shipbuilding, churches, hospital...
72077 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & FIZIN, Paul (editors) CHRONIQUES INSULAIRES: Nouvelles Historiques et Paroles de Nouvelle-Calédonie - Tome II $25.00 AUD
Edilivre. Saint-Denis. 2020. 1st edition. 193, (3) PP. Soft covers, pictorial front. Fine. French text. 20 x 14.5. 9782414501878
56974 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & LEBIGRE, Jean-Michel (editors) DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE AU PACIFIQUE. Eléments de recherches en Lettres, Langues et Sciences Humaines $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan & Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed., No. 8 in Portes Océanes series. 286, (2) PP with tables and 7 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Texts in French and English (abstract in English and French). Fine. 24 x 15. 9782296076655
12 texts: 2 in English and 10 in French.
56636 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & LEVINE, Stephen (editors) NEW ZEALAND - NEW CALEDONIA: Neighbours, Friends, Partners / LA NOUVELLE-ZELANDE ET LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Voisins, amis et partenaires $50.00 AUD
Victoria University Press. Wellington. 2008. 1st Ed. Forewords by Hon. Michel Legras, Ambassadeur de France & Brett Mason. 347 PP with tables and 11 graphs. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French or English text. 21 x 14.8. 9780864735829
15 papers: 7 in French and 8 in English.
11881 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & LEXTREYT, Michel WALLIS ET FUTUNA, Hommes et Espaces $30.00 AUD
CTRDP / Centre Territorial de Recherche et de Documentation Pédagogiques. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 64 PP with colour illust. (maps, graphs, photos...). Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. French text. 26.5 x 19.5.
Geology and geography, flora and fauna, settlement and history, myths and legends. Text-book for use in high school in New Caledonia.
64125 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & PAPILIO-HALAGAHU, Bernadette WALLIS ET FUTUNA, 3500 ans d'Histoire $75.00 AUD
Comité du Cinquantième / GRHOC. Noumea. 2014. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 2 maps, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. Oblong: 22.3 x 22.5. 9782953990805
A French dependancy in the central Pacific: archipelago north of Fiji and south of the Equator.
54242 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric & WADRAWANE, Eddy (editor) LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, LES KANAKS ET L'HISTOIRE $90.00 AUD
Les Indes Savantes / Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed. Volume 2 in Annales d'histoire calédonienne. 556 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text (1 of the 27 papers is in English). Fine. 22 x 15.8.
27 papers on: Kanaks and History in New Caledonia. Authors: Christophe Sand, Jacques Bolé & André Ouetcho... Eddy Wadrawane, Luc Legeard ... Philippe Palombo... Jerry Delathière... Emmanuelle Crane...
58744 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric, BARBIE, Eric, PALOMBO, Philippe et al.. (editors) REPERTOIRE DU FONDS DES THESES ET MEMOIRES THESE-PAC - Bulletin No. 11 $20.00 AUD
Association Thèse-Pac & Service Territorial des Archives de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2000. February 2000 edition. 86 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, drawings, Photos...). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
535 Thesis on New Caledonia and the South Pacific, to be found at the Archives of New Caledonia.
65802 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric, BOUBIN-BOYER, Sylvette, LAGARDE, Louis and LEGEARD, Luc HISTOIRE DU PAYS KUNIE (L'Île des Pins) - De la terre de tous les exils à l'île la plus proche du Paradis $45.00 AUD
Mairie de l'Ile des Pins et Editions du GRHOC. Nouméa. 2014. 1st edition with foreword by Sarah and Hilarion Vendégou. 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. New. 22.5 x 22.5. 9782953990867
50341 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric, DAUPHINE, Joël & BUTTET, Catherine AMAROM & IHCC / SPECIAL PACIFIQUE (in Ultramarines) $25.00 AUD
Amis des Archives d'Outre-Mer & Institut d'Histoire Comparée des Civilisations. Aix en Provence. 1997. Issue No. 14, June 1997. 40 PP. Contains 3 articles (Wallis & Futuna, Blackbirding in the New Hebrides and New Caledonia), with 4 maps and 16 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Christianisation in Wallis and Futuna (1837-1846). Blackbirding in the New Hebrides (1965-1905). European attempts at separatism in New Caledonia, 1907-1909.
63866 ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric, PALOMBO, Philippe, BOUBIN-BOYER, Sylvette & BARBIE, Eric LE PARADOU - De l'hopital du Marais au centre hospitalier Albert-Bousquet 1868-2014 $75.00 AUD
Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Albert Bousquet / GRHOC. Noumea. 2013. 1st Ed. Preface by Jacqueline Bernut and Introduction by Philippe Palombo. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. French text. Fine. Oblong: 22.3 x 22.7. 9782953990836
58868 ANGLEVIEL-MARIOTTI, Frédéric DE LA VENDETTA A LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. Paul Louis Mariotti, matricule 10318 $55.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed, with a preface by Hélène Colombani. 249, (3) PP with 1 family tree and 13 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782296115460
Historical novel.
65179 APIKAOUA, Roch & BRISEUL, Jean-Paul LE PRÊTRE ET LE JUGE - Le Père Roch Apikaoua s'entretient avec le Juge Jean-Paul Briseul $20.00 AUD
Le Corridor Bleu. Saint Pierre. 2014. 1st Ed. Preface by Jean-Yves Faberon. 246, (10) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 14.5. 9782914033428
Interviews of a Catholic Priest of Kanak origin on the problems of New Caledonia, conducted by a French Judge.
11023 ARAMIOU, Sylvain & EURITEIN, Jean PECI RHE - Mi na gëve, cè gèré rhau rhe pè kau Bâô a... Salamo 95/1 $35.00 AUD
F.E.L.P. Houaïlou. 1983. 1st Ed. 314 PP with b/w or colour photos to accompany stories. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and on spine. Near fine. A'jië text. 22.8 x 14.8.
Reminiscences and souvenirs of the people from the A'Jië region.
F.L.E.P. / Section des Langues Vernaculaires. Houaïlou. 1990. 1st edition. Volume 5 in Collection Bwêwêyê (Allée Centrale). 180 PP with 60 b/w illustrations (many full-page) to accompany tales and stories. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.6 x 15.3. ISSN09903003
Fifty legends, tales or short stories in A'Jië language.
11929 ARAMIOU, Sylvain & EURITEIN, Jean KE YU MÊRÊ A'JIË - Langue A'Jië - Propositions d'Ecriture $30.00 AUD
F.E.L.P./Section des Langues Vernaculaires. Houaïlou. 1986. 1st Ed., Volume 1 in Collection Bweweye (Allée Centrale). 75 PP with 2 maps, plus 1 errata page for 18 corrections. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in French and A'jië. 24 x 15.5.
Deals with one of the 28 languages of the Kanaks, written by and for the Kanaks.
47772 ARAMIOU, Sylvain, & EURITEIN, Jean (editors) PECI I BWEEYOUU ERIJIYI / CAHIERS DE BOESOU EURIJISI. Pèci ka baayê 1915-1920 / Première série 1915-1920 $30.00 AUD
F.E.L.P. / Section des Langues Vernaculaires. Houaïlou. 2002. 1st Ed., No. 7 in Collection Bweweye - Allée Centrale. 180 PP with 1 photo, 2 pages (facsimile of original manuscript) and 6 b/w drawings. Pictorial soft cover. A'Jie text with French abstracts. Fine. 24 x 15.5.
47773 ARAMIOU, Sylvain, & EURITEIN, Jean (editors) PECI I BWEEYOUU ERIJIYI / CAHIERS DE BOESOU EURIJISI. Pèci pè kaaru 1918-1921 / Seconde série 1918-1921 $30.00 AUD
F.E.L.P. / Section des Langues Vernaculaires. Houaïlou. 2003. 1st Ed., No. 8 in Collection Bweweye - Allée Centrale. 201, (3) PP with 1 photo, 1 page (facsimile of original manuscript) and 11 b/w drawings. Pictorial soft cover. A'Jie text with French abstracts. Fine. 24 x 15.5.
45952 ARCHAMBAULT, Claude (editor) TRESOR PUBLIC EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport d'Activité 1997 $20.00 AUD
Ministère de l' Economie, des Finances et de l'Industrie. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 9 PP with 1 map and 1 organigram. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.6 x 21.
Controls and role of the French Treasury in New Caledonia. Annual report for 1997.
62441 ARCHITECTURE VARANGUE - Le Magazine de l' Architecture en Nouvelle-Calédonie - 23 $40.00 AUD
Média Organisation / Varangue. Nouméa. 2012. Issue No. 23, October 2011. Edited by Nicholas VIGNOLES. Foreword by Jean-Gabriel Cayrol. 172 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, plans & photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 31 x 23.
Architecture, Heritage Architecture... in New Caledonia.
64155 ARCHIVES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE & CORRE, Bruno COLLECTION SCHELER (dite La Collection Amsterdam) - Exposition Organisée par le Service Territorial des Archives de Nouvelle-Calédonie (Inventaire) $10.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. Booklet "Inventaire" with a foreword by Alain Christnacht: 58 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. French text. Format: 22 x 15.
Collection Scheler (referred to as the Collection Amsterdam) on the political convicts (communards), deported / exiled to New Caledonia between 1872 and 1878.
64156 ARCHIVES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE & VITTORI, Pascal COLLECTION SCHELER (dite Collection Amsterdam), Exposition Organisée par le Service Territorial des Archives de Nouvelle-Calédonie - "Catalogue" $10.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. Booklet "Catalogue" with a foreword by Alain Christnacht. 84 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. Near fine. French text. 22 x 15.
Collection Scheler (referred to as the Collection Amsterdam) on the political convicts (communards), deported/exiled to New Caledonia between 1872 and 1878.
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.
12641 ASSOCIATION FRATERNITE CALEDONIENNE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Combat pour les Droits de l'Homme 1981-1984 $100.00 AUD
Association Fraternité Calédonienne. Nouméa. 1984. 1st edition, by Georges Zeldine & the A.F.C. (2), 212 PP with 1 full-page map and many b/w photos in text. Pictorial soft cover (lightly rubbed). Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 29.9 x 20.8.
A compilation of newspaper articles published between 1981 (the election of a Socialist President in France) and 1984 (change of political statute for New Caledonia) prior to the political turmoil of November 1984. Fights for human and constitutional rights in New Caledonia. A scarce book.
11130 ATTALI, Yves & MOSER, René NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - NEW CALEDONIAN $45.00 AUD
Editions Delroise / Vilo. Paris. 1974. 1st Ed. 152 PP with colour photos. Eps: Landing of European discoverers. Hard cover, dj (chipped). Near fine. French text with English translation of text & legends of photos between P. 129 and 151. 27.8 x 21.5.
Photographic voyage through the island of New Caledonia in the mid-1970's.
73230 ATTALI, Yves & MOSER, René NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - NEW CALEDONIAN $30.00 AUD
Editions Delroise / Vilo. Paris. 1974. 1st Ed. 152 PP with colour photos. Eps: Landing of European discoverers. Hard cover, clear plastic protection. Very good. French text (English translation of text & legends of photos between pages 129 and 151). Image shows part of the endpapers. 27.8 x 21.5.
Photographic voyage through the island of New Caledonia in the mid-1970's.
51423 AUBERT, B. & ERPA / ORSTOM POISSONS PROFONDS DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Deep sea fishes, 15 colour photos by B. Aubert. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
15 of the Fishes found in deep water off the reef of New Caledonia.
65801 AUPLAT, Elisabeth & GRANDCLER, Myriam 60 ANS DANS LE CIEL CALEDONIEN - 1954-2014 De La Transpac à Air Calédonie $100.00 AUD
Air Calédonie. Nouméa. 2014. 1st Ed. Editorial by Samuel Hnepeune. Prefaces by Herbert Coursin and Louis Eschembrenner. 184 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus 2 illustrated plates with signed dedicatory notes by Herbert Coursin and Louis Eschembrenner. Hard cover, illustrated front. Small scratch/bump on bottom side edge, o/wise near fine. French text. 29.7 x 25.5.
The national airline of New Caledonia, linking Noumea to the major townships of mainland and the outlying archipelagoes of Belep, Loyalty and Isle of Pines.
53202 AUPLAT, Elizabeth DESTINATION NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 2007 $30.00 AUD
Destination Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. Annual edition. 216 PP with 2 maps, 12 b/w and hundreds of colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text (Japanese abstracts between pages 192 and 215). Fine. 27.5 x 15.7.
General information. History. Economy. Culture... Hotels, restaurants, shopping, services...
55684 AUPLAT, Elizabeth DESTINATION NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 2008 $30.00 AUD
Destination Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. Annual edition. 324 PP with 1 map, 10 b/w and hundreds of colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text (Japanese abstracts between pages 300 and 323). Fine. 27.5 x 15.7.
General information. History. Economy. Culture... Hotels, restaurants, shopping, services...
57105 AUPLAT, Elizabeth DESTINATION NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 2009 $30.00 AUD
Destination Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. Annual edition. 324 PP with advertisements, 2 maps, 8 b/w and hundreds of colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text (Japanese abstracts between pages 300 and 323). Fine. 27.5 x 15.7.
General information. History. Economy. Culture... Hotels, restaurants, shopping, services...
56635 AURAND, Frédéric & SERRE, Xavier (editors) LE JOURNAL DE L' ANNEE 2008 (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $20.00 AUD
Pacifique Presse Communication / Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2009. Special Issue, No. 11346, 2nd January 2009. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, comic strip, photos). Soft cover. Very good. 42.5 x 29.5..
An abstract of the news in 2008, by the daily newspaper of New Caledonia: New Caledonia, France and the rest of the world.
59573 Australian Consulate-General AUSTRALIE / NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: 70 ans de relation bilatérale / 70 years of Bilateral Relations $25.00 AUD
Consulat Général d' Australie. Nouméa. 2010. 1st Ed. 112 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, newspaper covers, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and English. Fine. 23.5 x 23.5.
52832 AUSTRALIAN NAVAL INSTITUTE AN EXPEDITION IN REGIME CHANGE: Australia's party to the Ralliement of New Caledonia during World War II (in Headmark, Journal of the Australian Naval Institute) $30.00 AUD
Australian Naval Institute. Canberra. 2007. Issue 124, 2007. 52 PP. Contains article from P. 8 to 16 with 2 colour and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
September 1940: New Caledonia , from Vichy France to Free French Forces.
70702 AWDRY, Frances IN THE ISLES OF THE SEA: The Story of Fifty Years in Melanesia $120.00 AUD
Bemrose & Sons Limited. London. 1902. 1st Ed. XIV, 147, (5) PP with tables and 54 b/w illustrations (endpieces, drawings by R.Quiller Lane, photos and portraits), plus 1 folded map of the South West Pacific. Fp: Interior of St. Barnabas Chapel, Norfolk Island. Cloth covers, decorated front board, gilt title on front board and spine. Decorated endpapers. Light wear at head and foot of spine, and lower corner of front board. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce.. 25 x 19.5.
Melanesian Mission.
73821 BALTZER, Frédéric, JOUIN, Claude, TIXIER-DURIVAULT, Andrée & COINEAU, Nicole EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Quatrième: Etude Sédimentologique du Marais de Mara. Archiannélides Interstitielles. Les Octocoralliaires. Isopodes Interstitiels $150.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1970. Volume 4. 1st Ed. (4), 376 PP with 14 tables, 352 figures et 20 photos, plus 8 pages with 5 Colour and 15 b/w photos. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Title page with stamp of previous owner. Head and foot of spine worn. Contents near fine. French text. 32 x 24.
55413 BANQUE CALEDONIENNE D' INVESTISSEMENT B C I / BANQUE CALEDONIENNE D'INVESTISSEMENT - Rapport Annuel d'Activité 2007 $20.00 AUD
B. C. I. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 1 map, 1 organigram, tables, graphs, and colour photos, plus a 24 pages annexe in rear pocket. Pictorial soft cover. French text (English extracts, pages 30 to 37). Fine. 29.8 X 21.4.
Annual report of the Development Bank of New Caledonia for the year 2007.
40912 BARBANCON, Louis-José GOMEN - A L'ombre du Kaala $40.00 AUD
Mairie de Kaala-Gomen. Kaala-Gomen. 1992. 1st Ed. Folder with 16 PP with 1 b/w and 18 colour photos, plus 16 colour plates on full page by Philippe Giraud. Contained in an illustrated box. Near fine. French text. Large format: 42 x 31.
File presented to guests/dignitaries to commemorate the township of Kaala-Gomen on the northwest coast of New Caledonia.
45108 BARBANCON, Louis-José L'ARCHIPEL DES FORCATS - Histoire du bagne de Nouvelle-Calédonie (1863-1931) $45.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. Lille, France. 2003. 1st Ed., in Histoire et Civilisations series. 448 PP with over 10 tables, 3 maps, 47 graphs, and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Signed by the author on preliminary page. French text. 24 x 15.8. 285939785X
History of the convict settlements of New Caledonia.
66267 BARBANCON, Louis-José L'ARCHIPEL DES FORCATS - Histoire du bagne de Nouvelle-Calédonie (1863-1931) $60.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. Lille, France. 2003. 1st Ed., in Histoire et Civilisations series. 448 PP with over 10 tables, 3 maps, 47 graphs, and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on preliminary page signed by the author. Near fine. French text. 24 x 15.8. 285939785X
History of the convict settlements of New Caledonia.
45204 BARBANCON, Louis-José, BROU, Bernard & GRISCELLI, Paul (editors) DEPORTATION A LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, il y a un siècle $40.00 AUD
Association Souvenir de la Déportation en Calédonie. Nouméa. 1977. Special edition limited to 150 numbered copies (No. 130/150). 50 PP on art paper (Vergé Narcisse) with 11 illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Beige velour hard cover, gilt title on leather vignette on spine. Fine. French text. 30.5 x 21.2.
Guide to an exhibition held in Nouméa in 1977 on the convict settlement period in New Caledonia.
12018 BARBAULT, G. & BROU, B. LIEUX HISTORIQUES DE BALADE, POUEBO / Historical Sites of ... (S.E.H. Publication No. 26) $25.00 AUD
S.E.H. Nouméa. 1981. 1st Ed. 60 PP with plans, maps & photos (40) plus 1 folded plan of the region of Balade/Pouebo. Pictorial soft cover. Staples rusty, o/wise near fine. French & English text. 21 x 15.
Balade and Pouebo, historical sites of the explorers Cook & d'Entrecasteaux, the Catholic missionaries, the French Navy calls, etc ...
41094 BARBIER, Jean-Eudes & BOURGEOIS, Pierre (editors) NAKAMAL - LE NEO-HEBRIDAIS : A bi-monthly magazine in French and in English - Issue No. 10 $20.00 AUD
Société de Presse et d'Editions Néo-Hébridaise. Port Vila. 1972. No. 10, November 1972. 28 PP with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27 x 20.8.
Tourism in New Hebrides: So much to do. Tribune libre, or Freedom of Speech...
12689 BARONNET, Jean & CHALOU, Jean COMMUNARDS EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Histoire de la Déportation $35.00 AUD
Mercure de France. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. 432 PP, plus 32 pages with 47 b/w illustrations. Card covers a little soiled. Foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Very good. 20.5 x 14. 271521443X
The life of nearly 4500 exiles sent to New Caledonia. From the fall of the Commune de Paris, in May 1871, to their return in France.
60370 LE BARS, Yves, FAUGERE, Elsa ... L'ENERGIE DANS LE DEVELOPPEMENT DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
IRD Editions. Marseille. 2010. 1st edition in Collection Expertise Collégiale. 472 PP with 8 tables and 15 figures (figure 12 in colour), plus a CD-ROM in envelope on the inside of back cover . Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text (CD-ROM with: English version of the synthesis and the complete papers of authors). 21 x 14.8. 9782709916929
Energy in the development of New Caledonia.
49875 BAUDCHON, G., & BAULARD, E. (editors) L'ECONOMIE CALEDONIENNE EN MOUVEMENT $25.00 AUD
IEOM / Institut d' Emission d' Outre-Mer & CEROM / Comptes Economiques Rapides pour l'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., December 2005. 48 PP with 2 maps, 6 tables and 32 graphs. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Growth and trends of the economy of New Caledonia.
60335 BAUDCHON, Gérard PANORAMA DES TRIBUS - PROVINCE SUD $35.00 AUD
ITSEE / Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques Nouméa. 1998. April 1988 edition. Notes et Documents No. 78. Preface by Berger Kawa. 97 PP with maps, location maps, tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Study on the 51 Tribes and Tribal lands of the Southern Province of New Caledonia.
60336 BAUDCHON, Gérard PANORAMA DES TRIBUS - PROVINCE ILES LOYAUTE $35.00 AUD
ITSEE / Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques Nouméa. 1998. April 1988 edition. Notes et Documents No. 79. Preface by Berger Kawa. 128 PP with maps, location maps, tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Study on the 37 Tribes and 3 Tribal lands of the Province "Loyalty Islands" of New Caledonia.
60337 BAUDCHON, Gérard PANORAMA DES TRIBUS - PROVINCE NORD $45.00 AUD
ITSEE / Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques Nouméa. 1998. April 1988 edition. Notes et Documents No. 80. Preface by Berger Kawa. 277 PP with maps, location maps, tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Study on the 206 Tribes and 28 Tribal lands of the Northern Province of New Caledonia.
ISEE / Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques & IEOM / Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2002. June 2002 edition. Notes et Documents No. 87. 30, (2) PP with 1 map, 1 organization chart, 20 graphs, 4 tables and 12 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
History, New Caledonia specificities...
55820 BAUDCHON, Gérard, De CLERCQ, Henry-Philippe & SUPERA, Luc (editors) LES DEFIS DE LA CROISSANCE CALEDONIENNE $20.00 AUD
Agence Française de Développement / Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques / Institut d' Emission d' Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 60 PP with diagrams and graphs. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Growth in New Caledonia between 1998 and 2007: a comparison. I table on the price of Big Mac in New Caledonia and 48 other countries.
45254 BAUDCHON, Gérard, LARVOR, Raphaël, et al. (editors) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - BILAN ECONOMIQUE 1998 Une année en demi teinte $30.00 AUD
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 56 PP with graphs, maps, tables and b/w photos. Plus a 2 pages English summary loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
New Caledonia - A patchy year for 1998. Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia for 1998.
45992 BAUDCHON, Gérard, LARVOR, Raphaël, et al.. (editors) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - BILAN ECONOMIQUE 1999 Une croissance à nuancer $30.00 AUD
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 56 PP with graphs, maps, tables and b/w photos. Plus a 2 pages English summary loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
New Caledonia - A delicate growth in 1999. Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia for 1999.
56699 BAUDCHON, Gérard, LEMBEGE ANNONIER, C., VALENTINI, C. COMPTE DU TOURISME - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 2005/2006 $20.00 AUD
ISEE / Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. Notes et Documents No. 106. 32 PP with graphs and tables. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29 x 21.
New Caledonia - Tourism Activity for 2005/2006.
54526 BAUDCHON, Gérard, LEMBEGE ANNONIER, C., et al. (editors) LES COMPTES ECONOMIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1998-2003 $20.00 AUD
ISEE / Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. Notes et Documents No. 104. 32 PP with graphs and tables. Soft cover. French text. New. 29 x 21.
New Caledonia - Activity between 1998 and 2003.
55410 BAUDCHON, Gérard, LEMBEGE ANNONIER, C., et al. (editors) LES COMPTES ECONOMIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 2004 $30.00 AUD
Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. Notes et Documents No. 107. 32 PP with graphs and tables. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
ISEE / Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Nouméa. 2009. 1st edition of December 2009. No. 110 in Notes et Documents series. 152 PP with organigrams, maps, graphs and tables. Inside front cover: Location map. Inside back cover: Map of New Caledonia. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 24 x 16.3.
New Caledonia - Facts and Figures 2009. Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia up to December 2007.
45255 BAUDCHON, Gérard, ROSAIRE, Anne, et al. (editors) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - BILAN ECONOMIQUE 2001 Activité ralentie mais soutenue $30.00 AUD
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 76 PP with graphs, maps, tables and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text with a 2 pages English summary. 29.8 x 21.
New Caledonia - Activity for 1998 slower but steady. Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia for 2001.
11159 BAUDOUX, Georges IL FUT UN TEMPS ... Souvenirs du Bagne - S.E.H. Publication No. 6 $25.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1984. Reprint of the 1974 original. Publication No. 6. 274 PP with 30 b/w illustrations by Patrice Nielly. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Near fine. 21.8 x 14.5.
The truth about the convict settlement of New Caledonia - murder, corporal punishment, escapes ...
73299 BEAUDEMOULIN, Claude ITINERAIRE - Dix Ans de Photographie en Nouvelle-Calédonie $80.00 AUD
Editions du Poisson-Clown. Nouméa. 2003. 1st edition limited to 1500 copies. (1), 91 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Near fine. 32 x 24. 295205150X
Tribute to the 8th Festival of Pacific Arts held in New Caledonia, October 2000. Encounter between Pacific People, the author/photographer and writers from New Caledonia.
11740 BEAUDEMOULIN, Claude, & POSTIC, Jean-Raymond DE MAHAMATE A TENE $30.00 AUD
Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 142 PP with 1 map of Christian religions and 199 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt device and title on front cover, dj. French text. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 21.5.
Published for the sesquicentenary of the arrival of the Catholic faith in New Caledonia and the first Catholic mass celebrated on 20th December, 1843 at Balade.
55809 BEAUVAIS, Marie-Laure, COLENO, Alain & JOURDAN, Hervé LES ESPECES ENVAHISSANTES DANS L'ARCHIPEL NEO-CALEDONIEN: Un risque environnemental et économique majeur / INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE NEW CALEDONIAN ARCHIPELAGO: A major economic and environmental hazard $55.00 AUD
IRD Editions. Paris. 2006. 1st bilingual edition, in Collection Expertise Collégiale. 260 PP with tables and maps, plus CD-ROM in pocket on the inside of back cover. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. 21 x 14.7. 9782709916134
French text: pages 1 to 136. English text: pages 137 to 259.
73187 BEDFORD, R.D. NEW HEBRIDEAN MOBILITY: A Study of Circular Migration $150.00 AUD
Research School of Pacific Studies / ANU. Canberra. 1973. 1st Ed. Publication HG/9 (1973), Department of Human Geography. X, 164 PP (typescript) with 25 figures (maps, sketch maps and graphs) and 26 tables. Stiff covers, title on front cover and spine. Covers a little soiled with some wear. Contents clean and overall a very good copy of a scarce item. 29.3 x 29.5. 0708100988
73942 BELL, Georges PARIS INCENDIE - HISTOIRE DE LA COMMUNE DE 1871 $250.00 AUD
Imprimerie de E. Martinet. Paris. c. 1872. 1st edition in 15 bound gatherings. 240 printed on 3 columns and 117 of them with woodcuts by various artists: 7 on double page including a plan of Paris, 69 on full page and over 120 with 3 charts of New Caledonia, c. 25 portraits, views... Rebacked copy. Cloth covers retaining the original leather spine with gilt title "Paris Incendié" and year of publication 1871, renewed endpapers. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. French text. A very nice copy. 38 x 27.5.
36473 BENCIVENGO, Yann LA MINE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Editions Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. Volume 2 in the "101 mots pour comprendre" series. 268 PP with b/w & colour illustrations and 2 folded colour maps. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 19 x 13. 2912429072
Mines and mining industry in New Caledonia.
53250 BENEBIG, Bernard UN ETUDIANT CALEDONIEN A PARIS - Journal $70.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2005. 1st. Ed. 420 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Spine with a crease, o/wise fine. French text. 22.5 x 15.4. 2951401302
Student in France in the 1960's.
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...
37583 BENOIT, Pierre OCEANIE FRANCAISE $35.00 AUD
Editions Alpina. Paris. 1933. 1st Ed., in collection Les Grandes Escales. 152 PP with 4 colour plates illustrated by Philippe Tassier and 105 b/w photos, plus 1 map at rear of book. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 21.7 x 16.7.
A photographic voyage in 1928 through the French-speaking islands of New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), & Tahiti/Marquesas. Excellent photos of daily life at the time in these islands.
72609 BENOIT, Pierre OCEANIE FRANCAISE (Bound Copy) $100.00 AUD
Editions Alpina. Paris. 1933. 1st Ed., in collection Les Grandes Escales. 152 PP with 4 colour plates illustrated by Philippe Tassier and 105 b/w photos, plus 1 map at rear of book. Bound copy (Atelier de Reliure Isabelle) retaining original pictorial covers. Quarter bound, marbled boards, spine with raised bands, gilt decoration and title. French text. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise a near fine copy. 21.7 x 17.
A photographic voyage in 1928 through the French-speaking islands of New Caledonia, New Hebrides (Vanuatu), & Tahiti/Marquesas. Excellent photos of daily life at the time in these islands.
11871 BENSA, Alban NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Un Paradis dans la Tourmente $15.00 AUD
Gallimard. Paris. 1990. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w & colour illust. throughout. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 18 x 12.5. 2070530884
From the discovery of the Kanak civilization, to the "Matignon Agreement" of 1988.
34311 BENSA, Alban NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, vers l'émancipation $15.00 AUD
Gallimard. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed., in Découvertes Gallimard Histoire series. 176 PP with 140 b/w & colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 18 x 12.5. 2070523888
From the discovery of the Kanak civilization, to the opening of the Centre Culturel Jean Marie Tjibaou, May 1998.
37121 BENSA, Alban & LEBLIC, Isabelle (editors) EN PAYS KANAK - Ethnologie, linguistique, archaeologie, histoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. Mission du Patrimoine ethnologique, Collection Ethnologie de la France, Cahier No. 14. XII, (2), 369 PP with figures (maps, plans, drawings and b/w photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 23 x 15. 2735108643
On the Kanak Chiefs, by Alban Bensa. Law of the Sea and the Kanaks, by Marie-Helene Teulieres-Preston... Pre-european Noumea and the Kanaks, by Dorothee Dussy...
60908 BENSA, Alban & SALABERRY, Emilie KANAK PORTRAIT DE GROUPE - Photographies de Patrick Mesner $85.00 AUD
Idées + Passion Photos. Bezouce, France. 2010. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. 180 PP with 2 b/w illustrations and 151 colour photos (including 3 portraits) by Patrick Mesner. Pictorial boards. New. Text in French and English (translation by Nicolas Jean). 23 x 21. 978291679536.3
39916 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 3: LA DAME BLONCHE $35.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2000. Reprint of the 1986 original. Volume 3 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6.
39917 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 2: TONTION LES GOSSES ! $35.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2007. Reprint of the 1985 original. Volume 2 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial boards. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6. 2914544006
39919 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 4: LA MARCHE DE CRABES MOUS DANS LE DESERT $45.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2000. Reprint of the 1989 original. Volume 4 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6.
39920 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 5: ROUSSETTES DE CUISINE $35.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2000. Reprint of the 1990 original. Volume 5 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6.
39921 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 6: A L'OMBRE DES NIAOULIS $35.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 1999. Reprint of the 1992 original. Volume 6 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6.
39923 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 8: ON A MARCHE SUR LA GOLCOSSE $45.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 1998. Reprint of the 1994 original. Volume 8 in "La Brousse en Folie" series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6.
Holidays on the Gold Coast.
41164 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 1: LES PREMIERES FEINTES A TONTON MARCEL $35.00 AUD
Author / Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 1990. Reprint of the 1984 original. Volume 1 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: Profiles. Pictorial laminated boards. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.4.
53058 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 21: PANIER DE CRABES $45.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. Volume 21 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6. 2914544290
53145 BERGER, Bernard BEATING AROUND THE BUSH - The First Book $35.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. The First Book. Translated from the French by Marcel N. Noest. 54 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.5 x 22. 291454426X
Best comics strips of New Caledonia.
54808 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - Tome 20: LE CHAPEAU DE MON PERE $45.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed. Volume 20 in La Brousse en Folie series. 52 PP of comic strips by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 29.2 x 22.6. 2914544290
54815 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE - LE PETIT MARCEL ILLUSTRE: Encyclopédie révisée de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $80.00 AUD
Editions La Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 220 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, comic strips and cartoons). Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6.
Encyclopedia of New Caledonia, revised by Tonton Marcel, Hero of La Brousse en Folie.
56908 BERGER, Bernard DIS PAPA, C'EST QUOI UN HAUSSAIRE? : 100 dessins Satiriques et Inédits $45.00 AUD
Editions Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 104 PP with 100 cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 14.7 x 20.7.
100 satirical cartoons.
60322 BERGER, Bernard LA BROUSSE EN FOLIE DE TONTON MARCEL - Tome 24: LES JEUX AU LOIN PIC $45.00 AUD
Editions La Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. Volume 24 in La Brousse en Folie series. 60 PP of comic strips (in colour) by Bernard Berger. Eps: The farm. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6. 9782914544436
Olympic Games at Oukontienban, New Caledonia;
63598 BERGER, Bernard La Fabuleuse Histoire du Destin Commun - Livre un: ON REFAIT PAS L'HISTOIRE 1774-1900 $85.00 AUD
Editions La Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. 164 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, comic strips and cartoons). Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6. 9782924544467
65143 BERGER, Bernard LE PAYS D'ENTRE-DEUX - La Fabuleuse Histoire du Destin Commun, Livre Deux: 1900-1957 $85.00 AUD
Editions La Brousse en Folie. Nouméa. 2014. 1st Ed. 164 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (drawings, comic strips and cartoons). Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 22.6. 9782914544566
42573 BERNUT-DEPLANQUE, Pascale L'IDENTITE CULTURELLE CALEDONIENNE: Construction Possible ou Utopie? - Des Accords de Matignon à l'Accord de Nouméa: quelle place pour l'identité dans les politiques culturelles de Nouvelle-Calédonie $35.00 AUD
Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 215 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 13. 2912429153
Cultural identity in the melting pot of New Caledonia, following the 1998 Nouméa Agreement.
56973 BERTRAM, Robert GOUVERNER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. L'accord de Nouméa à l'épreuve de son premier gouvernement: Jean Lèques (1999-2001) $40.00 AUD
l'Harmattan. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed., in the Monde Océaniens series. Foreword by Paul De Deckker and Preface by Jean-Yves Faberon. 292, (2) PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782296068957
13407 BESSET, Jean-Paul LE DOSSIER CALEDONIEN, Les Enjeux de l'Après-Référendum $30.00 AUD
Edition la Découverte. Paris. 1988. Collection Cahiers Libres. 174 PP. Pict. card cover. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise very good. French text. 22 x 13.5. 2707117935
Very interesting & informative study on New Caledonia: prospects for the future through the Matignon Agreement.
13044 BITTER, Maurice & CALE, Noël NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Ile de Lumière $10.00 AUD
Editions N.C. Nouméa. 1965. 1st Ed. 134 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos plus folded plate with 2 maps at rear of book. A 4 pages Addendum in English "New Caledonia, The Isle of Light" for legends and geographical data, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. French and English text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.2.
73510 BITTER, Maurice & CALE, Noël NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Ile de Lumière $25.00 AUD
Editions N.C. Nouméa. 1965. 1st Ed. 134 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos plus folded plate with 2 maps at rear of book. A 4 pages Addendum in English "New Caledonie, The Isle of Light", for legends of text and geographcal, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, device on front cover, dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by Noël Calé, photographer. French and English text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.2.
73512 BITTER, Maurice & CALE, Noël NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Ile de Lumière $5.00 AUD
Editions N.C. Nouméa. 1965. 1st Ed. 134 PP profusely illustrated with b/w & colour photos plus folded plate with 2 maps at rear of book. A 4 page Addendum in English "New Caledonia, The Isle of Light" for legends and geographical data, loosely inserted. Cloth cover, device on front cover. French and English text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 27.8 x 21.2.
64022 BLACKBIRDING DOSSIER DE PRESSE: EMBARQUEMENT POUR LE QUEENSLAND: DES LOYALTIENS EN TERRE AUSTRALIENNE $20.00 AUD
Bibliothèque Bernheim. Nouméa. 2001. Press release for the Exhibition. Discours / Speech by Mme Sally Mansfield, Consul General of Australia. No pagination, 28 PP (recto only) with b/w illustrations and 19 b/w photos in the section "Photos du Vernissage / Photos of the Launch", plus the poster for the exhibition. Clear plastic front, spiral bound. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
File with photocopies of pages published in "Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes", "Télé 7 Jours Nouvelle-Calédonie", "Challenge Magazine", "Le Gratuit". Loyalty Islanders and blackbirding to Queensland.
61242 BLADINIERES, Gilbert, MASCART, Paul & Roland DANS LA LUMIERE - Un Autre Regard sur la Nouvelle-Calédonie des Années 1930: Paul Mascart (1874-1958) / Roland Mascart (1909-1988) $150.00 AUD
ADCK / Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2011 1st Ed., with a foreword by Emmanuel Kasarhérou. 320 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Hard cover, title in blind on front board and spine, dj. French text. Fine. 31.5 x 25.3. 9782909407715
55077 BLANCHARD, Christian GUIDE DE L' ECOLE DES METIERS DE LA MER - Edition 1999 $10.00 AUD
Ecole des Métiers de la Mer. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 56 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Maritime College of New Caledonia: Merchant Navy - Fishing Industry - Yachting and Tourism.
55078 BLANCHARD, Christian GUIDE DE L'ECOLE DES METIERS DE LA MER - Edition 2006 $10.00 AUD
Ecole des Métiers de la Mer. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed. 90 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Maritime College of New Caledonia: Merchant Navy - Fishing Industry - Yachting and Tourism.
38608 BLANCHET, Gilles (editor) LES PETITES ACTIVITES DE PECHE DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD $35.00 AUD
Editions de l'IRD. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 210, (4) PP with maps, tables, figures and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 17. 2709914387
Human aspects of South Pacific inshore fisheries. Fisheries and fishermen in the Tonga Islands, by Marie-Claude Bataille... Kanak fishermen and development of fisheries in New Caledonia, by Isabelle Leblic...
11876 BLAZY, R. & RAUCH, O. GEOGRAPHIE: LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, LA POLYNESIE FRANCAISE, WALLIS & FUTUNA $35.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. 1990. 1st Ed. 88 PP with illust. Illustrated laminated hard cover. Fine French text. 27 x 20.
A school book of geography, for students in their last year of primary school, on the geography of New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna and French Polynesia.
12749 BOGLIOLO, François PAROLES ET ECRITURES, Anthologie de la Littérature Néo-Calédonienne $80.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. Foreword by Gérard Blanchard. (2), 264 PP, (2 blanks), with b/w & colour illust. Laminated decorated boards. 2 daily newspaper clippings, dated 23/04/1994, loosely inserted. Near fine. French text. 26.5 x 18.5.
An anthology of the literature of New Caledonia. Oral traditions. Myths told to European explorers or missionaries. Colonial literature, poems, etc..
13509 BOGLIOLO, François GARE L'AREU - Sur les traces biographiques de Jean Mariotti. Farino, 1901 - Paris, 1975 $35.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1995. 1st limited edition (1000 copies). 112 PP with 1 drawing by Jean Mariotti and 43 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13.8. 2841700194
The life and biography of a poet and writer born in New Caledonia, and acknowledged in Paris (Société des Gens de Lettres de France).
47763 BOI, Paula PAULA BOI. Symbole & réalité - pura ma komui $20.00 AUD
Agence de Développement de la Culture Kanak. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 5 b/w and 9 colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover, spiral bound. Fine. Oblong: 16 x 21.5.
Exhibition held at the ADCK centre in June/July 1996.
55968 BONNEMAISON, J., HUFFMAN, K., KAUFMANN, C. & TRYON D. (editors) VANUATU OCEANIE, Arts des Îles de cendre et de corail $120.00 AUD
Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux / ORSTOM. Paris. 1996. 1st edition, with a foreword by Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Jean Hubert Martin, Ralph Regenvanu and Clara B. Wilpert. Preface by José Garanger. (16), 368 PP with 383 b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Map of Central Pacific Ocean. Laminated illustrated stiff cover. French text. Lower corner with a slight bump, o/wise fine. 24.4 x 22. 2711829146
Published in April 1996 to accompany a travelling exhibition held in Port Vila and Nouméa in 1996, then in Basle, Switzerland in 1997 and Paris in 1997/98. Lavish illustrations.
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1975. 1st Ed. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations ( photos by Bernard Hermann ). Eps: Toka Dance. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. French text. 21 x 17.5.
A pictorial and narrative description of the tribal customs and social organisation of the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, 5 years prior to Independence.
57580 BONNEMAISON, Joël NEW HEBRIDES (VANUATU) $15.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1980. 2nd edition of the 1975 original. 128 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Fp. Hard cover, dj. Title on dust jacket: "Vanuatu". Near fine. 21.2 x 17.5. 2857001118
A pictorial and narrative description of the tribal customs and social organisation of the New Hebrides, now Vanuatu, 5 years prior to Independence.
71225 BONNEMAISON, Joël THE TREE AND THE CANOE, History and Ethnogeography of Tanna $100.00 AUD
University of Hawaii Press / South Sea Books. Honolulu. 1994. 1st English edition of the 1986 French original: "La Dernière Ile". Translated and adapted by Josée Pénot-Demetry. XXIV, 368 PP with 10 maps & 33 b/w photos, and 3 head-pieces. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with light wear, o/wise near fine. Scarce. 24 x 16. 9780824815257
Resistance and resilience to Western cultural contacts.
63519 BONVALLOT, Jacques, GAY, Jean-Christophe, HABERT, Elisabeth ATLAS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $150.00 AUD
IRD Editions. Marseille. 2012. 1st Ed. Prefaces by Roch Wamytan and Michel Laurent. 269, (3) PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos) and 60 colour plates (graphs, maps and plans for each subject). Pictorial laminated boards. French text (English summary for each of the 60 subjects). Fine. Large oblong format: 30.2 x 43. 9782709917407
Geographical & oceanic setting, nature in the Archipelago, population (origin, settlement), rural areas, economy, infrastructure, social servies. A most comprehensive work.
11062 LE BORGNE, Jean GEOGRAPHIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DES ILES LOYAUTE $35.00 AUD
Ministère de l'Education, de la Jeunesse & des Sports. Nouméa. 1959. 1st Ed. 312 PP plus 1 folded physical map of New Caledonia, with b/w illust. (maps, graphs, tables & photos). Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Very good. 24 x 17.5.
The first synthesis of various sciences/studies on New Caledonia: geology, ethnology, history, pedology... published by the Ministry for Education at the time of the first autonomous government of New Caledonia. An excellent book.
51038 LE BORGNE, Jean NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1945-1968. La confiance trahie $75.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st edition, with a preface by Professor Pierre Chaunu. 602 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.2. 2747585638
New Caledonia between 1945 and 1968: towards dissidence and secession.
73819 BOROJEVIC, Radovan, LEVI, Claude, INGLIS, William G., Higgins, Robert P. ... EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Deuxième: Eponges Calcaires / Démosponges Récoltées / Interstitial Nematodes from St. Vincent Bay ... $100.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1967. Volume 2. 1st Ed. (2), 148 PP with tables, c.148 figures, plus 5 b/w plates with 6 photos and 62 shells and 2 plates with 9 photos. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Top of page 1 with stamp of previous owner. Head of spine worn on 4 cms. French and English text. Contents near fine. 32 x 24.
8 papers: 2 in English and 6 in French.
39374 BOSS LA CALEDONIE DE NUCCI A MONTPEZAT - Le film de cinq ans d'événements mis en scène et raconté $100.00 AUD
Nouméa. 1986. Multipress. 1st Ed. 64 PP with cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
New Caledonia from the election of François Mitterand as President of the French Republic, followed by a Socialist parliament, to the return of a Gaullist parliament.
57513 BOUBIN-BOYER, Sylvette CALEDONIENS DANS LA GRANDE GUERRE: Niaoulis et Tiraileurs Canaques $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed., August 2008. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.
11945 BOULAY, Roger LE BAMBOU GRAVE KANAK $35.00 AUD
Parenthèses/ADCK. Marseille. 1993. 1st Ed., in Collection Arts Témoins. 80 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.5. 2863645021
The engraved bamboo: a support to language and a record of history and as an object (flutes, combs, etc.).
37122 BOULAY, Roger KANNIBALS ET VAHINES - Imagerie des Mers du Sud $25.00 AUD
Editions de l'Aube. La Tour d'Aigues. 2000. 1st Ed. Preface by Pascal Dibie. 135 PP with 7 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 19 x 11.5. 2876785730
Views through European eyes of the South Seas Islands: the savages or Kanaks are ugly looking, mean and untrustworthy, where the Vahines are exquisite, attractive, cheerful...
42290 BOULAY, Roger KANNIBALS ET VAHINES - Imagerie des Mers du Sud $60.00 AUD
Editions de la Réunion des Musées Nationaux. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. 184 PP with hundreds of b/w or colour illustrations. Inside covers: folded map of the Pacific Ocean. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 22. 2711842428
Views through European eyes of the South Seas Islands: the savages or Kanaks are ugly looking, mean and untrustworthy, where the Vahines are exquisite, attractive, cheerful...
47752 BOULAY, Roger ARTS DU VANUATU, Le pays qui se tient debout $30.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2004. Reprint of the 1996 original. 40 PP with 1 map and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 14. 2841701042
The artefacts tell their story: Arts of Vanuatu (the land standing up), explained by the common objects, some still in use.
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2004. Reprint of the 1996 French original, translated into English by Nicholas Thieberger and Alix Beane. 40 PP with 1 map and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 14. 2841701050
The artefacts tell their story: Arts of Vanuatu (the land standing up), explained by the common objects, some still in use.
47756 BOULAY, Roger ARTS KANAK $30.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 40 PP with 1 map and b/w or collour ilustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 14. 2841701069
The artefacts tell their story: Arts of the Kanaks (natives from New Caledonia), explained by the common objects, some still in use.
70979 BOULAY, Roger KANNIBALS ET VAHINES - Imagerie des Mers du Sud $35.00 AUD
Editions de l'Aube. La Tour d'Aigues. 2000. 1st Ed. Preface by Pascal Dibie. 135 PP with 7 b/w illustrations, plus 16 colour plates. Pictorial card covers. 4 newspaper clippings loosely inserted. French text. Fine. 19 x 11.5. 2876785730
Views through European eyes of the South Seas Islands: the savages or Kanaks are ugly looking, mean and untrustworthy, where the Vahines are exquisite, attractive, cheerful...
71353 BOULAY, Roger EROTIK KANAK $25.00 AUD
Editions de l'Etrave. La Talbotière. 2013. 1st Ed. 48 PP with drawings based on engraved bamboos from New Caledonia. Stiff covers. Near fine. French text. 16 x 16. 9782359920222
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.
53632 BOUQUET, Maurice, TABUTEAU, R., CATALA, R., BARRAU, Jacques ... Horizons du Monde: NOUVELLE CALEDONIE 68 $30.00 AUD
S.O.C.I. Press. Paris. 1968. Issue No. 8, May 1968. Introduction by Michel Inchauspé, Minister for Overseas Departments and Territories. Foreword by Jean Risterucci, High Commissioner. (2), 120 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. 27 x 21.
New Caledonia in 1968: Historical and Touristic Outline of New Caledonia. Description of Nouméa. Tourism. Mine-Field and Mining Activities. Civil Aviation. Local and long haul Airlines. Sports. Health. Chamber of Commerce and of Industry.
21064 BOUR, William UN MOLLUSQUE NACRIER DU PACIFIQUE, Biologie, Ecologie et Gestion Rationnelle d'un Mollusque Nacrier du Pacifique: Le Troca (Trochus Niloticus L.) de Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
ORSTOM. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. 174 PP with 48 fig. including 5 colour photos & 3 colour maps, plus 30 tables in text. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 26.5. x 20.8. 270991090X
Rhizome. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 3 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 23 x 15.
Poems: A different view on the City of Nouméa.
58002 LE BOURDIEC, P., JOST, C. & ANGLEVIEL, F. GEO-PACIFIQUE DES ESPACES FRANCAIS $45.00 AUD
Géopacifique & C.T.R.D.P. Nouméa. 1996. New edition of the 1994 original, in Collection Université. (2), 228 PP, (2) with graphs, tables & maps, and 40 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 20.5.
14 papers presented to the French National Congress of Geography (C.N.F.G.) on the three French-speaking territories of the Pacific: New Caledonia (physical & human geography), French Polynesia (coral reefs & atolls, from paradise to tourism, the nuclear experiment centre & the aftermath), Wallis (history, traditions) & Futuna (geography & population).
15008 LE BOURDIEC, P., JOST, C. & ANGLEVIEL, F. (editors) GEO-PACIFIQUE DES ESPACES FRANCAIS $45.00 AUD
C.T.R.D.P. / Université Française du Pacifique. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed., with a preface by Professeur Francis Dubus. (2), 228 PP, (2) with graphs, tables & maps, and 40 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 20.5.
14 papers presented to the French National Congress of Geography (C.N.F.G.) on the three French-speaking territories of the Pacific: New Caledonia (physical & human geography), French Polynesia (coral reefs & atolls, from paradise to tourism, the nuclear experiment centre & the aftermath), Wallis (history, traditions) & Futuna (geography & population).
13170 BOURGET, Henri NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - Ile de l'Eternel Printemps $15.00 AUD
Editions Delroisse. Nouméa. c. 1970? 1st Ed. 128 PP profusely illustrated with colour photos. Plastified stiff covers. Very good. French & English text. 21 x 17.2.
A photographic discovery of New Caledonia in the late 1960's.
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1986. Reprint of the 1980 original. 262 PP with 2 b/w photos, 8 maps, and 16 etchings by Jean-Marie Thorimbert. Illustrated soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 21.2 x 15.
Sixty short stories and tales by Melanesians of New Caledonia, collected in the 1970's.
54534 BOYER, Jean-Marc, CHAILLAN, Pierre & KRAFFT, Brigitte (editors) LIVRET DE L'ETUDIANT 2008 $20.00 AUD
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 130 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 16.
Guide for students preparing/entering the University of New Caledonia.
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...
62778 LE BREÜS, Alain LE DESTIN TRAGIQUE DE LA MONIQUE - Le cabotage maritime entre Nouméa et les îles Loyauté (1950-1955) $60.00 AUD
Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. Preface by Maurice Pelissou. 93, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 21.8. 978746636392
Coastal trader Monique "lost with all hands" (126 people perished) on 1st August, 1953, between the Loyalty Islands and New Caledonia.
67178 LE BREÜS, Alain LES VIEUX VOISINS DE L'ANSE UARE $60.00 AUD
Musée Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2015. 1st Ed. Foreword by Valérie Vattier. 56 PP with 8 colour illustrations (1 map, 1 painting and 6 photos) and 48 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.8. 9782951868816
Anse Uaré, a cove in the port of Nouméa, where 9 derelict vessels (2 steamships and 7 former windjammers) are buried under slag, a by product of the Nickel smelting plant.
73296 BRIAL, André & Fabien LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE AU FIL DES CARTES $100.00 AUD
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2019. 1st Ed. Preface by Mike Hosken. 111 PP with around 200 b/w illustrations. Pictorial hard covers. Newspaper "Review" (clipping) loosely inserted. Fine (mint condition). French text. Oblong: 25.7 x 30.5. 9782908166408
53258 BRIAULT, Jean-Claude 2018, LA FIN DE L'ACCORD DE NOUMEA - La Solution est dans la France $35.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 154, (4) PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 9829095010
New Caledonia between 1984 and 1988. Matignon Agreement of 1988. Nouméa Accord of 1998 valid for 20 years... Future???
59802 BRIAULT, Jean-Claude NOUMEA 2025 - Le Projet d' Aménagement et de développement Durable $20.00 AUD
Direction de la Communication, Mairie de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean Lèques. 50 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
72677 BRIAULT, Jean-Claude NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - ASPECT ECONOMIQUE / New Caledonia - Economical Aspect $30.00 AUD
Edipac / Univente (F. Goyetche). Nouméa. 1971. 1st bilingual edition. 64 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French & English text. Front cover slightly rubbed. Contents near fine. 20.5 x 17.
A presentation of New Caledonia : History, resources, life in ...
Groupement Destination Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1991. Yearly report. (4), 93 PP with 1 organigram, 2 diagrams, 4 maps and many graphs and tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Tourism in New Caledonia and the Japanese, Australian and New Zealand markets in 1991.
13683 BRIDON, Edouard & CHAUVEAU, Eugène POUR UNE HISTOIRE DES MINES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Deux documents historiques (S.E.H. No. 56) $55.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. Publication No. 56. Preface by Bernard Brou. 232 PP. Stiff cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Reprint of two texts published in 1890 and mid 1950 on the history of the Mines (gold, coal, cobalt... and nickel) and the mining industry in New Caledonia.
11161 BROU, Bernard LIEUX HISTORIQUES DE LA CONCEPTION, SAINT LOUIS, YAHOUE (S.E.H. No.32) $25.00 AUD
S. E. H. Nouméa. 1982. 1st Ed. Publication No. 32, Société d' Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. (2), 100 PP with 6 maps & 51 b/w photos (36 old photos & 15 recent). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 21 x 14.5.
Historical sites where the first catholics from around New Caledonia were regrouped at the beginning of French settlement.
11684 BROU, Bernard POTERIES, Pré-Européennes de Nouvelle Calédonie - S. E. H. Publication No. 22. $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1980. 1st Ed. 33 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Pottery in the traditional Kanak society: manufacture and use.
12006 BROU, Bernard PEUPLEMENT ET POPULATION DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, La Société Moderne: Le Fait Calédonien - SEH Publication No.23 $45.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1980. 1st Ed. 111 PP with graphs, tables & photos. Pict. card cover. Light foxing of covers, o/wise near fine. French text. 22.5 x 15.8.
The study of the pluriethnic society which is a daily fact of life in New Caledonia.
12735 BROU, Bernard 30 ANS D'HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, 1945-1977 $30.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1982. 1st Ed. Publication No. 31. (6), 220, 10 (index & adverts), plus 48 pages with maps, graphs, tables & photos. Soft cover (rubbed). Slight musty smell. Internally near fine. French text. 26.6 x 18.2.
History of New Caledonia between 1945 and 1977.
12736 BROU, Bernard HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Les Temps Modernes: 1774-1925 (S.E.H. No.4) $60.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1973. 1st Ed. Publication No. 4. 321 PP, plus 60 pages with 67 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 17.5.
The modern history of New Caledonia, since the discovery by Capt. James Cook in 1774 up to 1925.
12743 BROU, Bernard ESPOIRS ET REALITES, La Nouvelle-Calédonie 1925 a 1945 - S.E.H. Publication No. 9 $35.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1975. 1st limited edition of 2000 copies. 316 PP plus 72 pages with 104 b/w illust. (photos, maps, graphs). Stiff wrappers with dj. Traces of foxing, musty smell. Internally very good. French text. 27 x 18.2.
The history of New Caledonia between 1925 and 1945.
13168 BROU, Bernard LA CATHEDRALE DE NOUMEA $20.00 AUD
N.E.L. Paris. 1980. 1st Ed. Publication No. 36, Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 32 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 19 x 13.5. 2723302628
The building and the base of Catholic faith in New Caledonia.
13383 BROU, Bernard RICHESSES MINIERES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
Nouvelles Editions Latines. Paris. c. 1976. 1st Ed. Dossier No. 3. 32 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Very good. 19 x 14. 2723300579
Brief history of the mineral resources of New Caledonia.
37703 BROU, Bernard 30 ANS D'HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, 1945-1977 - S.E.H. Publication No. 31 $45.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques. Nouméa. 1982. 1st Ed. 6), 220, 10 (index & adverts), plus 48 pages with maps, graphs, tables & photos. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 26.6 x 18.2.
History of New Caledonia between 1945 and 1977.
59023 BROU, Bernard NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Images au Collodion 1860 1930 $225.00 AUD
Nouvelles Editions Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1979. 1st Ed. Foreword by Annick Da-Ros. 291 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Dust jacket with closed tears. French text. Near fine. 30.2 x 22.
62898 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 58, 59, 60 & 61 - 1984 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1984. No. 59 (1st Term 1984): 72 PP. No. 59 (2nd Term 1984): 72 PP, plus a 12 pages supplement loosely inserted. No. 60 (3rd Term 1984): 72 PP. No. 61 (4th Term 1984): 72 PP. 4 issues for 300 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 58: Indians (from India) in New Caledonia, by Jean-Claude Roux.. The last discoveries in the Pacific, by Bernard Brou. ... No. 59: Paratroopers from New Caledonia during World War II, by André Bordier. ... Monument for the US Airport of PDG (Plaine des Gaiacs). No. 60: On the use of motor coach in New Caledonia, as of July 1904/ .... No. 61: Through the Torres Strait, by Jean Guillou.
62899 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 62, 63, 64 & 65 - 1985 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1985. No. 62 (1st Term 1985): 72 PP. No. 63 (2nd Term 1985): 72 PP. No. 64 (3rd Term 1985): 96 PP. No. 65 (4th Term 1985): 74 PP. 4 issues for 314 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 62: British influence on New Caledonia and the Free French Movment, June to October 1940, by Georges Pisier. ... No. 64: Torres Strait (Part 2). Dumbea in the 1930s, by Henri Daly. No. 65: Le Commandant Jean Joseph Brun et le "Prony" (part 1), by Georges Kling.
62900 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 66, 67, 68 & 69 - 1986 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1986. No. 66 (1st Term 1986): 70 PP. No. 67 (2nd Term 1986): 76 PP. No. 68 (3rd Term 1986): 76 PP. No. 69 (4th Term 1986): 75, (5) PP. 4 issues for 302 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 66: Maritime heritage of New Caledonia, by Jean Guillou. Le Commandant Jean Joseph Brun et le "Prony" (part 2), by Georges Kling. No. 67: Peter Dillon of Vanikoro, by Jean Guillou. No. 68: Australian gunners for New Caledonia Defence.
62901 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 70, 71, 72 & 73 - 1987 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1987. No. 70 (1st Term 1987): 72 PP. No. 71 (2nd Term 1987): 72 PP. No. 72 (3rd Term 1987): 88 PP. No. 73 (4th Term 1987): 72 PP. 4 issues for 304 pages with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 71: New Zealand Army in New Caledonia during the Pacific War, by Henri Daly. No. 73, the French whaling ship Ville de Bordeaux in Australian waters, by Jean Guillou. ...
62904 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 11 to 21 - 1972 to 1974 $80.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1972, 1973 & 1974. No. 11 (April 1972), ... No. 15 & 16 (2nd & 3rd Term 1973), ... No. 21 (4th term 1974). 11 issues for a total of 622 PP with b/w illustrations, plus folded plate in issue 21 "Pénitencier à Norfolk", by Patrice Nielly. 11 issues without their original soft cover and bound together. Cloth cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 28.8 x 19.
62906 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 30 to 37 - 1977 & 1978 $75.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1977 & 1978. No. 30 (1st term 1977), ... No. 37 (4th term 1978). 8 issues for a total of 530 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 12 pages "Une Stèle pour la "Monique". 8 issues without their original soft cover and bound together. Cloth cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 28.8 x 19.
62907 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 38 to 45 - 1979 & 1980 $75.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1979 & 1980. No. 38 (1st term 1979), ... No. 45 (4th term 1980). 8 issues for a total of 524 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages "controversy on La Révolte de 1878". 8 issues without their original soft cover and bound together. Cloth cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 28.8 x 19.
62908 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 46 to 53 - 1981 & 1982 $75.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1981 & 1982. No. 46 (1st term 1981), ... No. 53 (4th term 1981). 8 issues for a total of 576 PP with b/w illustrations. 8 issues without their original soft cover and bound together. Cloth cover. French text (some of the texts with an English summary). Faint foxing. Very good. 28.8 x 19.
63256 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 102, 103, 104 & 105 - 1995 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1995. No. 102 (1st term 1995), ... No. 105 (4th term 1995). 4 issues for a total of 396 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No 105: "La Commune de Paris" and the return of Lucien Scheler collection dite "Collection Amsterdam" to the Archives of New Caledonia. .
63257 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 106, 107, 108 & 109 - 1996 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1996. No. 106 (1st term 1996), ... No. 109 (4th term 1996). 4 issues for a total of 402 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No 109: The discovery of the Pacific by the Spaniards during the 16th century.
63270 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 110, 111, 112 & 113 - 1997 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1997. No. 110 (1st term 1997), ... No. 113 (4th term 1997). 4 issues for a total of 402 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No 110: R.P. Montrouzier, savant Naturaliste, by Jean Claude Estival. No. 111: pages 18/19 & 22/23 Blank. No. 113: Australia assistance in New Caledonia during World War II, by Henri Daly.
63273 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 118, 119, 120 & 121 - 1999 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1999. No. 118 (1st term 1999), ... No. 121 (4th term 1999). 4 issues for a total of 402 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 118: Free French and the Americans in Wallis. No 121: Paul Gauguin in New Caledonia.
63274 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 122, 123, 124 & 125 - 2000 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2000. No. 122 (1st term 2000), ... No. 125 (4th term 2000). 4 issues for a total of 398 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 122: Petrol research in New Caledonia. No 125: Sandalwood traders in the South Seas.
63397 BROU, Bernard SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 94, 95, 96 & 97 - 1993 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. No. 94 (January 1993), ... No. 97 (4th term 1993). 4 issues for a total of 410 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
74008 BROU, Bernard QUESTION DE PRINCIPES - Mémoires $50.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 380 PP with b/w illustrations: maps, facsimile of documents and newspaper clippings and photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Dedicatory note to the previous owner on preliminary page, signed by the author. French text. Near fine. 21 x 14.8.
The author created the "Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Caledonie". Youth in the centre of France, World War II and Resistance to the German invaders... 10 years in New Caledonia, involvement in politics and local heritage / history.
54823 BROU, Bernard (editors) A LA DECOUVERTE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: 1774-1974 $10.00 AUD
Comité Cook / S. E. H. Nouméa. 1974. 1st Ed. Souvenir programme. No pagination, 16 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 21 x 15.
Exhibition Cook, held for the bicentenary of the discovery of New Caledonia, by James Cook.
72761 BROU, Bernard, & ALIBERT, Pierre HISTOIRE DU GAULLISME EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $150.00 AUD
Edition de L'Atelier. Nouméa. 1983. Limited Edition (No. 0084). No pagination. 156 pages on glossy paper with b/w and colour illustrations (badges, documents, lettres, maps, plans, photos) and 106 photos on full page (3 colour and 103 b/w). Title Page: Colour portrait of General de Gaulle. Hard cover, imitation leather, decorated front with light soiling. Note to previous owner on preliminary page "L' Album des Calédoniens". A rubbed patch on title page, o/wise neear fine. Oblong: 27 x 36.
62506 BUCHALSKI, Gérard & PIERRON, Roland LES PETROGLYPHES NEO-CALEDONIENS: ou un siècle d'occultation scientifique (S.E.H. No.41) $55.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1988. 1st Ed. Publication No. 41. (4), 140, (2) PP with b/w illustrations (sketches, drawings and 29 photos), plus large folded map at rear of book. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
42574 BUISSON, Virginie LETTRES RETENUES - Correspondance confisquée des Déportés de la Commune en Nouvelle-Calédonie $25.00 AUD
Le Cherche Midi Editeur. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 180 PP, plus 8 plates with 4 b/w engravings and 6 facsimile of Censured letters. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.4. 2862748854
Letters written by Communards (Political deportees) addressed to family or friends but which never reached them after censorship.
12666 BURCHETT, W. G. PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND - New Caledonia $30.00 AUD
F. W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1942. 2nd edition of the 1941 original. 230 PP with 1 map, plus 20 pages with 26 b/w photos. Fp: Coconut tree. Eps: Map of Pacific Ocean with location of New Caledonia. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Dust jacket chipped and with repaired tears. Ageing of paper and foxing. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.7.
Voyage through its land and wealth: the story of its people and past by a young Australian journalist in 1941.
36768 BURCHETT, W. G. PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND - New Caledonia $20.00 AUD
F. W. Cheshire. Melbourne. 1942. 2nd edition of the 1941 original. 230 PP with 1 map, plus 20 pages with 26 b/w photos. Fp: Coconut tree. Eps: Map of Pacific Ocean with location of New Caledonia. Cloth cover. Very good. 21.5 x 13.7.
Voyage through its land and wealth: the story of its people and past by a young Australian journalist in 1941.
73336 BURCHETT, Wilfred G. PACIFIC TREASURE ISLAND - New Caledonia $20.00 AUD
David McKay Co. Philadelphia. 1944. 4th US edition of the 1941 original. (2), 230 PP with 1 map, plus 20 pages with 26 b/w photos. Fp: Coconut tree. Eps: Map of Pacific Ocean with location of New Caledonia. Cloth cover, title on spine (lightly rubbed). Ex Library copy with with envelope on verso of front endpaper and stamp on title page. Slight ageing of paper. Very good. Image shows title page and frontispiece. 22 x 14.
Voyage through its land and wealth: the story of its people and past by a young Australian journalist in 1941.
70655 BURNETT, Clyde W. MY RETURN TO NEW CALEDONIA (via Tahiti, New Zealand, and Australia) $45.00 AUD
Vantage Press. New York. 1978. 1st Ed. (10), 81 PP. Title spread: Map of New Caledonia. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Sparse foxing spots on top outside edge, o/wise fine. 21.2 x 14. 533032989
Based at Camp Barnes, Nouméa, New Caledonia, between 1943 and 1945. Return to the South Pacific in 1969...
62983 BURROWS, E. G. SONGS OF UVEA AND FUTUNA $100.00 AUD
Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Hawaii. 1945. 1st Ed., Bulletin No. 183. (2), II, 3-121 PP with 60 figures (musical scores). Rebound papered boards with original partial front cover pasted down on front. Ex-library copy: discarded stamp on covers and endpapers, library number on front cover and inside covers, library stamp on top and bottom edge, and library pocket inside front cover. Boards worn around edges with bottom front corner piece missing. Internally very clean and a very good copy overall. Scarce. 26.5 x 18.5.
Société Française d' Ethnopharmacologie Metz. 2010. Bulletin No. 45. Special Issue, July 2010. 84 PP. Contains articles from P.11 to 76 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
40795 CAISSE CENTRALE DE COOPERATION ECONOMIQUE LA CAISSE CENTRALE 1941-1991 $25.00 AUD
Caisse Centrale de Coopération Economique. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed. Edited by Manuel BRIDIER. 156 PP with graphs, maps, tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20.8 x 22.7.
Created in 1941, as the Central Bank of the Free French Movement of General De Gaulle. After World War II: tool for the development of the French Colonies, and more recently with the Less Developed Conutries.
Grain de Sable Jeunesse / CDP. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., in collection Le moustik qui vole. 160 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 18 x 14. 2841701070
51455 CAMDEN, Pastor Bill A DESCRIPTIVE DICTIONARY, Bislama to English $45.00 AUD
Maropa Bookshop. Vila. 1977. 1st Ed. (2), XVIII, 138 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Note to previous owner on free fly of front endpaper, o/wise very good. 26 x 20.4. 0959677402
Bislama is the lingua franca of Vanuatu (formerly New Hebrides), a nation where some 150 traditional languages are in use.
60352 CAMOUI, Luc Enoka LIEN ET SEPARATION FAMILIALE DE L'ENFANT KANAK, dans le Monde Socioculturel de Kaala-Gomen $25.00 AUD
Editions de la Province Nord. Koné, New Caledonia. 2009. 1st Ed., with a preface by Hamid Mokaddem. (2), 66 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 18 x 12.
62890 CAMOUI, Luc, WAIXEN, Georges, POURAWA, Denis ... CD / Livret de Poèmes - AFRIKANAK - De la Terenga à la Kanaky - Nouvelle-Calédonie $25.00 AUD
EDIPOP / Les Editions Populaires Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. 24 PP with colour illustrations, plus 1 Compact Disc in pocket at rear of booklet. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 12.5 x 14.
40020 CAPELL, A, PARKER, G. J. & SCHUTZ, A. J. PAPERS IN LINGUISTICS OF MELANESIA No. 1 $35.00 AUD
Pacific Linguistics / ANU. Canberra. 1980. Reprint of the 1968 original. Pacific Linguistics, Series A, No. 15. IV, 52, (10 publications) PP. Soft cover. Fine. 24.8 x 20. 0858830205
Lexicostatistical study of the languages of Choiseul Island. Southeast Ambrym verb inflection and morphophonemics...
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).
70850 CARCO, Francis MAMAN PETITDOIGT $50.00 AUD
Les Editions G. Crès et Cie. Paris. 1922. 11th print of the 1920 original. 94, (2) PP. Fp: Portrait of Francis Carco. Soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. 18.5 x 12.
French writer born in New Caledonia in 1886. Souvenirs: growing up in Noumea, crossings between New Caledonia and France... Paris.
71351 CARCO, Francis LA BOHEME ET MON COEUR, suivi de Chansons Aigres-Douces et de Petits Airs $200.00 AUD
Editions de la Nouvelle Revue Française. Paris. 1922. Limited edition of 525 numbered copies (No. 323). 92 PP. Fp: Portrait of Francis Carco (etching by D. Galanis). Soft cover, illustrated dust jacket with title on spine, illustrated slipcase. A fine copy. French text. Format - Book: 18.5 x 13 / Slipcase: 19.3 x 13.5..
French writer born in New Caledonia in 1886.
71356 CARCO, Francis LE ROMAN DE FRANCOIS VILLON $30.00 AUD
Editions Albin Michel. Paris. 1951. Edition définitive of the 1926 original. 317, (3) PP. Soft cover. Most of pages uncut, foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. French text. 18.7 x 12.
French writer born in New Caledonia in 1886.
47190 CAROL, Jean LE BAGNE $40.00 AUD
Les Editions du Caillou. Nouméa. 1979 1st edition limited to 3000 copies, in the 8 volumes series Le Bagne Calédonien. 265, (3) PP, plus 12 colour plates illustrated by Georges Kihm. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, illustration on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Fine. 22.5 x 17.2.
No. 1947 / 3000.
73650 CATALA, René OFFRANDES DE LA MER $70.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1980. 1st Ed. 336 PP with b/w illustrations (5 documents, 7 series of sketches and 5 photos) and circa 650 colour photos. Cloth cover, title on front board and spine, dj. Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned and frayed at head and foot. Contents near fine. French text. 29.7 x 25.7. 285700107X
38229 CATALA, René L. A. CARNIVAL UNDER THE SEA $30.00 AUD
Editions R. Sicard. Paris. 1964. 1st English edition, with foreword by Jean Rostand and preface by Louis Fage. 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 27 plates with 105 colour photos. Navy blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (foxed). A 4 pages flyer and a colour plate for subscribers, loosely inserted. Printed on art paper (glossy). Stamp of previous owner on front endpaper and the flyer. Occasional foxing, o/wise near fine. 27.6 x 20.4.
The marine biology station & aquarium of Nouméa: their research on coral.
73232 CATALA, René L. A. CARNIVAL UNDER THE SEA $30.00 AUD
Editions R. Sicard. Paris. 1964. 1st English edition, with foreword by Jean Rostand and preface by Louis Fage. 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate with a sketch map in colour of "Australasia", and 27 plates with 105 colour photos. Navy blue cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj with a few chips and light foxing. A colour plate for subscribers, loosely inserted. Printed on art paper (glossy). Occasional foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. 27.6 x 20.4.
The marine biology station & aquarium of Nouméa: their research on coral.
16595 CATALA, René L.A. CARNAVAL SOUS LA MER $45.00 AUD
Editions R. Sicard. Paris. 1966. 2nd edition of the 1964 original. 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate with a sketch map in colour of Australasia, and 27 plates with 105 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Offsetting on endpapers, faint foxing on outside pages. Dedicatory note on front end paper dated and signed by the author. French text. Near fine. 27.6 x 20.4.
The marine biology station & aquarium of Nouméa: their research on coral.
73442 CATALA, René L.A. CARNAVAL SOUS LA MER $45.00 AUD
Editions R. Sicard. Paris. 1964. 1st Edition with a foreword by Jean Rostand. 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate with a sketch map in colour of Australasia, and 27 plates with 105 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Offsetting on endpapers, faint foxing on outside pages. Near fine. French text. 27.6 x 20.4.
The marine biology station & aquarium of Nouméa: their research on coral.
73511 CATALA, René L.A. CARNAVAL SOUS LA MER $50.00 AUD
Editions R. Sicard. Paris. 1964. 1st Edition with a foreword by Jean Rostand. 142 PP with 48 b/w illustrations, plus 1 plate with a sketch map in colour of Australasia, and 27 plates with 105 colour photos. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine. Covers rubbed/split at hinges of a sunned spine. Faint foxing on outside pages. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by Dr René Catala, thre author, at top of front endpaper. French text. Very good. 27.6 x 20.4.
The marine biology station & aquarium of Nouméa: their research on coral.
11165 CATHEDRALE DE NOUMEA HISTOIRE DE LA CATHEDRALE DE NOUMEA 1853 - 1953 $45.00 AUD
Imprimerie de la Cathédrale. Nouméa. 1953. 1st Ed. 63 PP. Stapled card covers. Ageing of paper. French text. Near fine. 21.3 x 13.5.
The beginning of the Catholic Church in Nouméa, the first church blessed in 1858, the actual cathedral began in 1888, consecrated in 1894 by the bishops from Christchurch, Wellington & Fiji. Description of the cathedral and its successive priests.
11094 CATON, Joannes JOURNAL D'UN DEPORTE 1871-1879 DE LA COMMUNE A L'ILE DES PINS $65.00 AUD
France-Empire. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. Foreword by Clément Rouanay. 487, (3 blank) PP, plus 12 pages with 16 b/w illustrations including 2 maps. Soft covers, pictorial front, spine lightly sunned and creased. Light foxing, mostly on prelims. Very good. French text. 24 x 15.4. 2704804990
Diary of Joannès Caton. Arrested & judged for association with the Communards in 1871, deported to New Caledonia on the "Calvados". Life at Numbo (dugong fishing in 1874) and on the Isle of Pines.
53924 CAUDMONT, Sterenn & MAITREPIERRE, Luc ATLAS CLIMATIQUE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $65.00 AUD
Météo France. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. Introduction by Marie-Noëlle Thémereau. 130 PP with tables, colour illustrations (charts & maps, graphs, sketches, and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 97829527921
59563 CAWA, Davel Raymond ADRAPO & WANIMOC - La mante religieuse et la petite fauvette $50.00 AUD
Editions Grain de Sable / ADCK, Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 25 PP with colour illustrations by Dominique Berton. French and Nengone text. 35 minutes CD in rear pocket. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24.7 x 22.5. 9782909407531
Kanak tale in French and Nengone (Island of Mare, one of the Loyalty Islands).
66455 CAZALET, Yves (editor) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, ANNUAIRE DU TOURISME / 2014 - 2015 / NEW CALEDONIA, DIRECTORY OF TOURISM $30.00 AUD
Agence PEC. Nouméa. 2013. 1st bilingual edition. 184 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. New. 29.7 x 21.
Pages 8 to 128: History and Museums, tourist destinations, Fauna and Flora ... Pages 129 to 176: Professional Directory. Pages 177 to 181: Directory of emails, websites and partners.
35602 CAZAUMAYOU, Jérôme & De DECKKER, Thomas GABRIEL PAITA: TEMOIGNAGE KANAK - D'Opao au pays de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 1929-1999 $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. in Collection Mondes Océaniens. (6), 274 PP with 1 map, plus 8 pages with 41 b/w photos (36 portraits). Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 21.6 x 13.5. 2738481892
A contemporary history of New Caledonia by one of the Kanak leaders who refused the violence of 1984 and 1988.
47869 CENTER, E. G. ... BY FLOOD, FERRY AND FLYING FOX IN NEW CALEDONIA (in Qantas Airways) $10.00 AUD
Qantas Airways Ltd. Sydney. 1972. Vol. 38, No. 2, February 1972. 20 PP. Contains article from P.1 to 4 with 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 20.5.
47880 CHALLENGE MAGAZINE LE PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC DANS LE PACIFIQUE (in Challenge Magazine) $30.00 AUD
Challenge Magazine. Nouméa. 2003. No. 65, August/September 2003. Edited by Jean-Claude HUNIN. 76 PP with 1 map, 144 b/w photos (65 on New Caledonia and 79 on French Polynesia), 10 colour photos on Bora Bora and 8 pages with advertisements in colour. Pictorial soft cover. French text, with 3 pages in English Speech by Mr. Jacques Chirac, French President to the France-Oceania meeting. Fine. 30 x 23.
Official visit to the 3 provinces of New Caledonia, and in French Polynesia. France-Oceania Meeting in Papeete, attended by 15 Islands States and the 3 French speaking countries of the South Pacific).
47881 CHALLENGE MAGAZINE LA MINISTRE DE L' OUTRE-MER dans les trois Provinces. Wallis et Futuna... (in Challenge Magazine) $25.00 AUD
Challenge Magazine. Nouméa. 2003. No. 64, June/July 2003. Edited by Jean-Claude HUNIN. 48 PP with 2 maps and over 100 b/w photos (11 on Wallis & Futuna, 30 onNew Caledonia...). Pictorial soft cover. French text, with 5 pages in English (A sustainable development strategy for Wallis and Futuna. Agreement on the privileges and immunities of the Pacific Community. The State's cultural actions in New Caledonia...). Fine. 30 x 23.
Official visit to the 3 provinces of New Caledonia, by Madame Brigitte Girardin, French Minister for Overseas Territories. Development for Wallis & Futuna...
52962 CHALLENGE MAGAZINE BALLANDE, une histoire familiale rehaussée d'une belle aventure: de Bordeaux à Valparaiso (in Challenge Magazine) $15.00 AUD
Challenge Magazine. Nouméa. 2006. No. 79, March / April 2006. Edited by Jean-Claude HUNIN. 42 PP. Contains articles P. 28 & 29 with 2 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The Castle and Cook of New Caledonia: A dynasty.
52963 CHALLENGE MAGAZINE FRANCOIS BAROIN (Ministre de l'Outre-Mer) EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (in Challenge Magazine) $15.00 AUD
Challenge Magazine. Nouméa. 2006. No. 79, March / April 2006. Edited by Jean-Claude HUNIN. 42 PP. Contains articles P. 4 to 13 with 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The 2006 visit of the French Minsiter for Overseas in New Caledonia: Cities, Nickel Mining projects... Call in Australia.
59861 CHALLENGE MAGAZINE LAFLEUR - TJIBAOU: La Paix et la Liberté en Héritage (in Challenge, Le Magazine Français du Pacifique No. 109) $15.00 AUD
Challenge Magazine. Nouméa. 2011. Issue No. 109, January/February 2011. Edited by Jean-Claude HUNIN. 44 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Following the death of Jacques Lafleur: article with 18 colour photos, between pages 12 and 15.
59871 CHALLENGE MAGAZINE CHALLENGE: Le Magazine Français du Pacifique No.108 $25.00 AUD
Challenge Magazine. Nouméa. 2010. Issue No. 108, November/December 2010. Editorial by Pierre ALLA, C.E.O. of SLN. 54 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Special article: 103 Ans de la SLN, Une épopée Calédonienne depuis 1880. Mining and metallurgy in New Caledonia.
47565 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D' INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE - 2003 $25.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2004. Yearly report. Edited by Michel QUINTARD. 28 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 21.2.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2003.
47945 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D' INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE - 2001 $25.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2002. Annual report. Edited by Michel QUINTARD. 24 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 21.2.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2001: International airport of Tontouta. Training, Assistance...
49031 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D' INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE - 2004 $25.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2005. Yearly report. Edited by Michel QUINTARD. 28 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 21.2.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2004.
56557 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D' INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE - 2007 $25.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2008. Yearly report. Edited by André DESPLAT. 28 PP with 1 organigram, and colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2007.
56792 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D' INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE CCI-INFO - Le Magazine des Entreprises de Nouvelle-Calédonie - 2008 $30.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2008. Year 2008. Edited by André Desplat. Nos. 157 (February 2008) to 145 (December 2006). 11 issues. A total of 396 PP with tables and b/w or colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Trade journal of businesses in New Caledonia.
45977 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE - 2002 $25.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2003. Annual report. Edited by Michel QUINTARD. 28 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 21.2.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2002: International airport of Tontouta. Toll road Savexpress.
53054 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE- 2006 $25.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2007. Annual report. Edited by André DESPLAT. 28 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2006.
57113 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE & D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE RAPPORT D'ACTIVITE - 2008 $30.00 AUD
C.C.I. N.-C. Nouméa. 2009. Yearly report. Edited by André DESPLAT. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 29.8.
Chamber of Commerce and Industry: aims and activities in 2008.
56807 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE MEMENTO - Special 80 - No.46 $15.00 AUD
CCI-NC. Nouméa. 1980. Annual edition. January-February 1980. Editorial by Arnold Daly, President. 120 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Guide to Commerce and Industry for 1980: Starting a Concern. Administration and management. Tourism. Finance. Trade and by-laws. Customs and Commerce....
56808 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE MEMENTO - Special 81 - No.52 $15.00 AUD
CCI-NC. Nouméa. 1981. Annual edition. January-February 1981. Editorial by Arnold Daly, President. 108 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Guide to Commerce and Industry for 1981: Starting a Concern. Administration and management. Tourism. Finance and Taxes. Trade and by laws. Customs and Commerce....
56809 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE MEMENTO - Special 82 - No.58 $15.00 AUD
CCI-NC. Nouméa. 1982. Annual edition. January-February 1982. Editorial by Arnold Daly, President. 94 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Guide to Commerce and Industry for 1982: Starting a Concern. Administration and management. Tourism. Finance and Taxes. Trade and by-laws. Customs and Commerce....
56810 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE MEMENTO - 1987 - No.88 $15.00 AUD
CCI-NC. Nouméa. 1987. Annual Edition. January-February 1987. Editorial by Arnold Daly, President. 96 PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Guide to Commerce and Industry for 1987: Starting a Concern. Administration and management. Tourism. Finance and Taxes. Trade and by-laws. Customs and Commerce....
56811 CHAMBRE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE BULLETIN de la Chambre de Commerce et d' Industrie de Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 57 $10.00 AUD
CCI-NC. Nouméa. 1981. November / December 1981. 48 PP with tables. A 16 page supplement "Training Facilities" loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
72611 CHANIEL, Maurice MEMOIRES ET ETAT D'ÂME D'UN GARDIEN DE PRISON $70.00 AUD
Maurice Chaniel. Nouméa. c. 1992. 1st Ed. 338, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing. French text. Near fine. 21 x 15.
Recollection and mood of a jail keeper in New Caledonia detention centre between 1966 and 1991.
56637 CHANTEAU, Suzanne , PERROT, Annick, & DEFRANCE, Véronique Histoire d'une épopée au service des hommes... LES 120 ANS DE L' INSTITUT PASTEUR $10.00 AUD
Institut Pasteur Nouvelle-Calédoine / Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed., March 2009. 24 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.7 x 21.
71216 CHANTEPLEURE, Guy ESCALES OCEANIENNES, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Nouvelles-Hébrides $25.00 AUD
Calmann-Lévy. Paris. 1935. 1st Ed. (6), 214, (2 contents) PP with 2 maps (New Caledonia and New Hebrides). Soft covers. Covers chipped and soiled. Ageing of paper and foxing. French text. Good copy. 19 x 12.
Voyage to New Caledonia and the New Hebrides (Vanuatu), on board the La Pérouse of Messageries Maritimes in June/July 1933. Return trip : Sydney, Nouméa, Port Vila, Santo, Hog Harbour, Port Sandwich, Lifu, Sydney.
11785 CHATENAY, Georges ITINERAIRE D'UN ENFANT DE THIO ou Le Défi Calédonien $45.00 AUD
Globasia Editions. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 380 PP with b/w illust. (photos, facsimile newspaper articles, ..). Pict. card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.7.
Autobiography of a lawyer from Thio and his political moves and motives before and since the turmoil of the mid-1980's.
13172 CHAZEAU, Jean BIBLIOGRAPHIE INDEXEE DE LA FAUNE TERRESTRE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Systématique, écologie et biogéographie $35.00 AUD
Orstom Editions. Paris. 1995. 1st Ed. (4), 95 PP. Pict. card cover. Text in French and English. Fine. 24 x 16. 270991274
Indexed bibliography of New Caledonia's terrestrial fauna: systematic, ecology and biogeography. Covers 929 publications.
70124 CHEESMAN, Evelyn THINGS WORTH WHILE $25.00 AUD
Hutchinson. London. 1957. 1st Ed. 330 PP. Fp: Author. Eps: Maps of the Pacific with author's journey. Cloth cover, gilt title on spine, dj (price clipped). Foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 22 x 14.5.
Reminiscences of an entomologist during scientific surveys to the Galapagos from 1923 to 1925 / French Polynesia 1924-1925 / New Hebrides 1928-1930 and New Caledonia & Lifou 1950-1952 (P.273-308).
54286 CHEESMAN, L. Evelyn THE ISLAND OF MALEKULA, NEW HEBRIDES (In the Geographical Journal) $20.00 AUD
The Royal Geographical Society. London. 1933. Volume LXXXI, No. 3 (March 1933): 193-210 PP with 2 maps, plus 2 plates with 9 b/w illustrations (3 paintings, 6 photos). Soft cover. Front cover with a closed tear. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24.7 x 15.5.
Paper read at the Evening Meeting of the Society on 21 November 1932.
60319 CHERIOUX, Bernard REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 17 $45.00 AUD
RJPENC / Revue Juridique ... Nouméa. 2011. No. 17, Issue 2011 / 1. 170 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Issue including: Portrait of Mrs. Jeanne Tunica Y Casas, first Communist in New Caledonia (1930 to 1946), Sydney and France, then Santo (1954-1965). Files on Fiscal policy, Finances and Governance.
61602 CHERIOUX, Bernard REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 18 $50.00 AUD
RJPENC / Revue Juridique ... Nouméa. 2011. No. 18, Issue 2011 / 2. 200 PP with b/w illustrations (graphs, map, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.8 x 21.
Issue including - Portrait of Yann Céléné Uregei: Union Multiraciale & Front Uni de Libération Kanak. Portrait of Gabriel Ireve Païta: Union Calédonienne & Union des Indigènes Amis de la Liberté dans l'Ordre. Files on the "International Laws for the Indigenous People of New Caledonia". Wallis & Futuna: 50 years anniversary as an Overseas Territory of France.
73820 CHEVALIER, J.P. EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Troisième: Géomorphologie de l'Ile de Maré, Les Récifs actuels de l'Ile de Mare, Les Madréporaires Fossiles de Maré $100.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1968. Volume 3. 1st Ed. (4), 158 PP with tables, 29 figures, plus 3 folded plates (map of Maré and 2 tables) and 13 b/w plates with 61 photos. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Free fly of the endpaper with stamp of previous owner. Contents near fine. French text. 32 x 24.
Studies on the Island of Maré, one of the Loyalty Islands.
73822 CHEVALIER, Jean-Pierre EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Cinquième: Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Calédonie, Iles Chesterfield, Isles Loyauté, Nouvelles-Hébrides) - 1ère partie $150.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1971. Volume 5. Part 1. 1st Ed. 307 PP with tables and 182 figures, plus 80 pages with 38 b/w plates with 235 b/w photos. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Free fly of front endpaper with stamp of previous owner. Head and foot of spine worn. French text. Contents near fine. 32 x 24.
73826 CHEVALIER, Jean-Pierre EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Septième: Les Scléractiniaires de la Mélanésie Française (Nouvelle-Calédonie, Iles Chesterfield, Isles Loyauté, Nouvelles-Hébrides) - Deuxième Partie $150.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1975. Volume 7. (Part 2). 1st Ed. 407 PP with tables and 253 figures, plus 88 pages with 42 b/w plates with 168 b/w photos. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Free fly of front endpaper with stamp of previous owner. Head and foot of spine worn. Contents near fine. French text. 32 x 24.
Imprimerie Générale Calédonienne. Nouméa. 1966. 1st Ed. 120 PP plus 53 bw plates and 2 plans. Illustrated card cover, with Japanese style tie on spine. French text. Very good. 24.4 x 17.2.
History of the settlement of Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia in words and pictures.
34560 CHEVALIER, Luc NOUMEA, de l'an 1854 à l'an 2000 $125.00 AUD
Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 199 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Eps: Port de France, 1858. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. French text. 30.2 x 21.5. 9782913256002
A pictorial history and changes of the city of Nouméa, New Caledonia.
34561 CHEVALIER, Luc L'OR VERT - L'Epopée du Nickel en Nouvelle-Calédonie $100.00 AUD
Editions de la Martinière. Paris. 1996. 1st Ed. 144 PP with 26 b/w and 105 colour photos by Philippe Schaff. FEP: silica traces on garnierite. REP: Coast of New Caledonia seen from the Tiebaghi mine. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 29.3 x 25. 2732422851
Pictorial history of the nickel industry: ore, mining and transport, smelting plant and refineries.
60479 CHEVALIER, Luc VILLE DU MONT-DORE: Terre de Couleurs et Couleurs de Terres - Découverte Historique et Touristique $85.00 AUD
Ville du Mont-Dore. Mont-Dore, New Caledonia. 2008. 1st Ed. Preface by Eric Gray, Mayor. 297, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Light bump at top corner of back cover. French text. Near fine. Oblong: 25.5 x 30.5.
50536 CHEVASSU, Prof. Maurice LES DEBUTS DU SERVICE POSTAL A LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET LES TIMBRES DU SERGENT L. TRIQUERA (in l'écho de la Timbrologie) $40.00 AUD
L'Echo de la Timbrologie. Amiens, France. 1949. Issues 1146, May 1949, and 1151, October 1949. No. 1146: pages 245 to 247 with 1 engraving. No. 1151: pages 504 to 506. Soft cover. Ageing of paper. Very good. French text. 7 x 22.
Early New Caledonia, and postal service: first stamp on the 1st January 1860. Conference read at l'Académie de Philatelie, 15 January 1949.
68741 CHEVEAU, Dominique (editor) L'OUVRE BOITE, Le Journal Interne du CHT / Centre Hospitalier Territorial Nouméa - No. 65 $10.00 AUD
CHT Nouméa. Nouméa. 2016. No. 65, April - June 2016. 32 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.6 x 20.8.
68742 CHEVEAU, Dominique (editor) L'OUVRE BOITE, Le Journal Interne du CHT / Centre Hospitalier Territorial Nouméa - No. 66 $10.00 AUD
CHT Nouméa. Nouméa. 2016. No. 66, July - September 2016. 36 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.6 x 20.8.
16619 CHEVILLON, Christophe BIOSEDIMENTOLOGIE DU GRAND LAGON NORD DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
Editions ORSTOM. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. in Collection Etudes et Thèses series. 224 PP with graphs, 7 tables, and 82 figures. Pict. card cover. French text. Fine. 26.8 x 20.8. 2709911000
Study of 206 sediment samples from the soft bottoms of the Great Northern Lagoon of New Caledonia. Textural and granulometric characteristics, terrigenous fraction and colour.
45027 CHIRAC, Jacques NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - LA VISITE DU PRESIDENT DE LA REPUBLIQUE, 23-24-25 Juillet 2003 $25.00 AUD
Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes / Pacifique Presse Communications. Nouméa. 2003. Supplement to the Daily newspaper for 26 July 2003. 32 PP with 74 b/w and 28 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 42 x 29.5.
Photographic album on the visit of July 2003 to the three provinces of New Caledonia.
46705 CHRISTNACHT, Alain LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
La Documentation Française. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. 174 PP with 1 map, 1 graph and 18 tables. Soft cover. Fine.. French text. 24 x 16 2110054484
The author was the French High Commissioner in New Caledonia between 1991 and 1994.
57537 CHRISTNACHT, Alain (editor) NEW CALEDONIA - THE MATIGNON ACCORDS, 1991 Progress Report: A review of achievements so far $40.00 AUD
High Commission of the Republic in New Caledonia. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed., July 1992 English edition of the May 1992 French original. (4), 55, (3) PP with graphs, histograms, maps, tables and 18 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28.5 x 20.8.
1991 report of the Matignon Agreement.
56227 CHUNG, Ying Shing Anthony A DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR OF MEREI (Vanuatu) $60.00 AUD
Pacific Linguistics / ANU. Canberra. 2005. 1st Ed. Pacific Linguistics No. 573. XI, 74 PP with 2 maps and 20 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0858835606
45442 CILLAUREN, Espérance, DAVID, Gilbert & GRANDPERRIN, René ATLAS DES PECHERIES COTIERES DE VANUATU - Un Bilan décennal pour le développement / COASTAL FISHERIES ATLAS OF VANUATU - A 10-year development assessment $75.00 AUD
IRD Editions. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed., with a preface by Professor François Doumenge. 256 (2) PP with 9 tables and colour illustrations (23 figures and 152 maps), plus 1 CD-ROM (Macintosh / PC) in plastic envelope inside back cover. Pictorial boards, spiral bound. Fine. English and French text. 30.5 x 23.8. 2709914832
34042 CLAIR, Sylvie & HENAULT, Gyssie TERRES DE BAGNE - Metiers et Savoir-faire $30.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 8 PP, plus 10 photo plates by Nicolas Dubuisson in the rear pocket. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 30.5 x 21.7.
The convict settlements of New Caledonia: Overseers, Executioner, and Convicts.
52870 CLERGET-GURNAUD, Dr. Jean- Marie (editor) MEDECINE D'OCEANIE - Nos, 1, 2, & 4 $20.00 AUD
Association Médicale de Nouvelle Calédonie. Nouméa. 1989, 1990. No. 1, April 1989: 70 PP. No. 2, July 1989: 74 PP. No. 4, May-July 1990: 51 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 20.5.
Journal of the French Medical Doctors practising in the Pacific: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna.
59900 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 6: June/July '86 $5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1986. Issue June / July 1986. Foreword by Fred W. Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 112, (56 Boat Brokerage) PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
Boat building thrives in the country of... 1200 Coral Atolls, Maldives, by Paul Steel. ... Nouméa, so near and yet so French, by Susan Kurosawa...
59901 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - Volume 7: Oct/Nov '87 $5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1987. Issue Oct / Nov 1987. Foreword by Fred W. Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 104 PP, (16 Boat Brokerage) with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Raffles revamp in Singapore tourist booster, by Susan Kurosawa. ... Exit from Paradise, Kastellorizo, by Alan Lucas. Treasured Tropical Memories: Yachties gather for Isle of Pines festivities, by Hilary Roots.
59902 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - June/July '88 $5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1988. Issue June / July 1988. Foreword by Fred W. Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 94 PP, (8) with b/w and colour photos, plus special insert of 16 pages "Race Preview" . Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.5 x 21.
Fiji Sheraton Resort by David & Carolyn Colfelt. Race Preview: The Inaugural Nouméa-Brisbane return Yacht Race, by Brian Ferguson.
59903 CLUB MARINE CLUB MARINE MAGAZINE - October/November 1989 $5.00 AUD
Club Marine Australia Ltd. Melbourne. 1989. Issue Oct / Nov 1989. Foreword by Fred W. Wilson. Edited by Andrew WOODLEY. 112 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover (with creases). Fine. 27.5 x 21.
Linked by the Sea: a new Australia-U.S. museum exhibit, by Jeffrey Mellefont. ... Magic of Micronesia, by Peter Stone. Exit from Paradise, Kastellorizo, by Alan Lucas. Escape to Lifou, in the Loyalty Islands of New Caledonia, by Hilary Roots.
61336 COCKCROFT, John MELANESIA: Isles of the South Pacific $10.00 AUD
Angus and Robertson. Sydney. 1969. 1st Ed. 120 PP with 7 maps, 21 drawings by Faye Owner, 48 b/w and 16 colour photos. Hard cover, dj (slightly rubbed). Dust jacket with short tears at head and foot of spine. Faint foxing, o/wise near fine. 28.7 x 22. 207951X
Fiji, New Caledonia, New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, Norfolk.
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.
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...
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.
48032 COLOMBANI, Hélène VOYAGE ET POESIE DANS LA LITTERATURE CALEDONIENNE $20.00 AUD
Association C.O.R.A.I.L. Nouméa. 1988. 1st Ed. 30 PP (recto only), plus 3 b/w plates (photocopy quality). Soft cover, plastic protected, spiral bound. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Paper presented at the 1988 seminar migration(s) et Identité. Literature of New Caledonie: voyages and poetry.
Bibliothèque Bernheim / Territoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie & Dépendances. Nouméa. 1981. Special issue: 32 PP with b/w illustrations. Portrait and letter of Lucien Bernheim at centrefold. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21.5.
Opening after extension and improvments of the Public Library of New Caledonia.
62433 COLOMBANI, Hélène Bulletin de Liaison BIBLIOTHEQUE BERNHEIM - Semaine du Livre Calédonien 1988 $30.00 AUD
Bibliothèque Bernheim. Nouméa. 1988. Special issue: IX, (2), 10-173 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 22.
59 Analysiss: 21 of texts by Authors or Poets from New Caledonia. 17 analyses of Ethnography, Culture and Traditions ... 12 analyses: Travels, Explorations. 7 analyses of Travels, historical or political documents.
Bibliothèque Bernheim. Nouméa. 1989. Issue No. 2, December 1989. 64 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21.5.
Literary Review of New Caledonia, authors, writers, poets... Cultural chronicle, novels, poems... Be BE NOd, Chant guerrier de Maré, by M. J. Dubois. ...
33089 COLOMBANI, Jean-Marie DOUBLE CALEDONIE - D'une utopie à l'autre $30.00 AUD
Denoël. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 266, (4 adv.) PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. A little light foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 22.5 x 14. 2207244857
New Caledonia, a country with two ethnic groups (Kanaks and European settlers) of equal importance, a Nation built within the framework of the French Republic. The author is the managing director of the French daily Le Monde.
14971 COMITE MAURICE LEENHARDT CENTENAIRE MAURICE LEENHARDT 1878-1954, Pasteur et Ethnologue (S.E.H. No. 52) $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1994. Reprint of the 1978 original. Publication No. 52, (2), 110 PP with 26 photos & facsimiles of documents. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27.5 x 17.5.
Minister and ethnologist, arriving in Nouméa when the Kanak was a disappearing race.
42314 CONDOMINAS, Georges ESQUISSE D'UNE ETUDE SUR LA NAVIGATION ET LA PECHE AUX NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES $50.00 AUD
IRD / Vanuatu National Cultural Centre. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed., in Documents Scientifiques et Techniques III 4, May 2001. 47 PP with 3 maps and 16 drawings, plus 26 b/w plates with drawings and 9 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 29 x 20.2.
On navigation and Fishing in Vanuatu. First edition of a manuscript written in 1947, after studying these subjects from archival documents held then by the Museum of Mankind (Musée de l'Homme) in Paris.
57598 CONNELL, John NEW CALEDONIA OR KANAKY? The Political History of a French Colony $40.00 AUD
ANU. Canberra. 1987. 1st Ed. Volume 16 in the Pacific Research Monograph series. XX, 493 PP (28 pages of references) with 22 tables, 18 maps, and 6 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Spine lightly sunned and with creases. Near fine. 24.5 x 17.5. 0731505123
From the first settlers, Melanesians, to the 1987 "Fabius Plan", towards autonomy and independence.
62929 COPOLA, André GUIDE DE L'ECOLE DES METIERS DE LA MER - Edition 2012/2013 $10.00 AUD
Ecole des Métiers de la Mer. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. 48 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Maritime College of New Caledonia: Merchant Navy - Fishing Industry - Yachting - Tourism ...
12696 CORMIER, Manuel LA COLONISATION PENALE $40.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed., No. 8 in the Points d'Histoire series. 80 PP with b/w illust. (maps, photos, draw.). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 17.5.
The impact of convict settlements on New Caledonia. The origins of the deportation, the reasons, the penal authorities, the convicts, etc... An excellent study.
33854 CORNET, Claude COMMUNARDS, PUIS CALEDONIENS - La vie et la descendance des déportés politiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
Editions de la Boudeuse. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 161, (3) PP with 12 b/w photos and 23 facsimile of documents. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Some of the Communards (political deportees) settled in New Caledonia, after the general Amnesty of 1878. Their life then, their lineage in New Caledonia today.
66099 CORNET, Claude LA GRANDE REVOLTE 1878 - Comptes-rendus officiels, Extraits de presse, Lettres et documents inédits $65.00 AUD
Editions de la Boudeuse. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 313, (3) PP with 4 maps, 15 facsimile of documents and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on front endpaper signed by the author. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Kanak rebellion of 1878 against French settlers and troops, through official documents, newspaper reports ...
66100 CORNET, Claude COMMUNARDS, PUIS CALEDONIENS - La vie et la descendance des déportés politiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie $40.00 AUD
Editions de la Boudeuse. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 161, (3) PP with 12 b/w photos and 23 facsimile of documents. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note on front endpaper signed by the author. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Some of the Communards (political deportees) settled in New Caledonia, after the general Amnesty of 1878. Their life then and their lineage in New Caledonia today.
Nouméa. 1987. CTRDP. 1st Ed. 300 PP with b/w & colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
Ecosystems and influence of Man on his environment.
13042 CORNUET, V., OLIVA, J. & TALON, M. F. ECOLOGIE EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE: Corrigés et Compléments d'Information $40.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. 1989. 1st Ed. 103 PP with illust. Illustrated card cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
An addendum with answers to certain questions raised in their previous book.
45944 CORRE, Bruno (editor) ARCHIVES TERRITORIALES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. No pagination, 8 PP with 6 b/w photos, by Frédéric Atlan. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Opening of the Archives building, 16th July 1992.
33849 CORRE, Bruno & BAURET, Gabriel PORTRAITS - Bataillon du Pacifique, 1941 $30.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de Nouvelle-Caledonie. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed., in the Temps d'Images series. No pagination, 64 PP with 26 portraits of Melanesian soldiers. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 13.
Pictorial souvenir of Melanesian soldiers who joined the Free French and fought Italian and German forces during World War II.
33850 CORRE, Bruno & BAURET, Gabriel REPORTAGE - De Gaulle à Nouméa, 1966 $30.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed., in the Temps d'Images series. No pagination, 76 PP with 32 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 13.
Pictorial souvenir of the 1966 visit of President Charles De Gaulle to Nouméa.
33851 CORRE, Bruno & BAURET, Gabriel ALBUM DE FAMILLE - Famille Calédonienne, 1906 $30.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed., in the Temps d'Images series. No pagination, 76 PP with 32 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 13.
Pictorial souvenir (from photographic plates) of a family in New Caledonia, probably in 1906.
11596 CORRE, Bruno & VITTORI, Pascal COLLECTION SCHELER (dite Collection Amsterdam), Exposition Organisée par le Service Territorial des Archives de Nouvelle-Calédonie (in three booklets) $50.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. Booklet "Exposition" with preface and introduction by Max Shekleton. 68 PP with 43 b/w illustrations, plus 11 illustrated plates (6 in colour). Booklet "Inventaire" with a foreword by Alain Christnacht: 58 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Booklet "Catalogue": 84 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. Format: 22 x 22 & 22 x 15.
Collection Scheler (referred to as the Collection Amsterdam) on the political convicts (communards), deported/exiled to New Caledonia between 1872 and 1878.
73954 CORRE, Bruno & VITTORI, Pascal COLLECTION SCHELER (dite Collection Amsterdam) - Exposition: Inventaire & Catalogue (in two booklets) $20.00 AUD
Archives Territoriales de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. Booklet "Inventaire" with a foreword by Alain Christnacht: 58 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Booklet "Catalogue": 84 PP with 10 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft covers, cloth cover slipcase. French text. Fine. Format: 22.5 x 15.2.
Collection Scheler (referred to as the Collection Amsterdam) on the political convicts (communards), deported/exiled to New Caledonia between 1872 and 1878.
60354 COTTEREAU-REISS, Pascale (editor) ETRE JEUNE EN PROVINCE NORD: Enquête psycho-sociale réalisée auprès des 18-30 ans $45.00 AUD
OSAS-PN / Observatoire de la Santé et des Actions Sociales de la Province Nord. Kone, New Caledonia. 2010. 1st Ed. Preface by Paul Néaoutine. 280 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, tables, and 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
73825 COUDRAY, Jean EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Huitème: Recherches sur le Néogène et le Quarternaire Marins de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $150.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1976. Volume 8. Foreword by Jacques Avias. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 30 tables and 75 figures, plus 50 plates with b/w illustrations (1 map and 301 photos). Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Contents near fine. French text. 32 x 24
13159 COULON, Marc & AUDRAIN, Odile BIBLIOGRAPHIE DES AUTEURS KANAK, Consultables à la Médiathèque de l'ADCK (Avril 93) $20.00 AUD
Collection Observatoire Kanak. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. (2), 27 PP typescript printed on recto only with 3 tables at rear. Soft cover, clear plastic, spiral bound. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Bibliography: alphabetical, thematic...
12021 COURTIS, C. APRES 1878: LES SOUVENIRS DU CAPITAINE KANAPPE, La Fondation de Hienghène - S.E.H. Publication No.35 $30.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed. 122 PP (2), with b/w illust., plus 1 folded watercolour of the fort built at Hienghène after the 1878 rebellion. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 17.3.
History and ethnographic study at the end of the 1878 rebellion, with some studies in the 1880's around Hienghène ...
71446 CREEKMORE, Hubert THE LONG REPRIEVE and Other Poems from New Caledonia $70.00 AUD
New Directions Books. New York. 1946. 1st edition of November 1946 limited to 1000 copies. XII, 68 PP, deckled edges on the fore part of outside edges. Hard cover with dust jacket which is in a protective sleeve. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. 24 x 16.
Based on his experiences in New Caledonia when the Americans troops were based there during WWII.
51438 CROWLEY, Terry A NEW BISLAMA DICTIONARY $225.00 AUD
Institute of Pacific Studies & Pacific Languages Unit (Vila). Suva. 1995. 1st Ed. VIII, 484 PP with some text figures. Fp: Map of Vanuatu with location map. Pictorial stiff covers. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. Scarce. 21 x 15. 9820200903
56226 CROWLEY, Terry NESE: A diminishing Speech variety of Northwest Malakula (Vanuatu) $60.00 AUD
Pacific Linguistics / ANU. Canberra. 2006. 1st Ed. Pacific Linguistics No. 577. Edited, and with a preface by John Lynch. XIII, 81 PP with 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5. 0858835665
18049 D'ENTRECASTEAUX LE VOYAGE DE D'ENTRECASTEAUX (1791-1793) $25.00 AUD
Comité d'Entrecasteaux. Nouméa. 1993. No pagination. 24 pages with b/w & colour illust. Pict. stiff cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
In 1792 & 93, the French explorer's voyage of discovery of the New Caledonian coasts (West then North-east) during his search for the vanished La Pérouse.
52345 DALMAYRAC, Dany L'ILE MONDE - Nouvelles $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. No. 2 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. 156 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747582604
4 short stories set in New Caledonia.
65205 DALMAYRAC, Dany L'ILE MONDE - Nouvelles $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. No. 2 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. 156 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note dated and signed by the author. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747582604
4 short stories set in New Caledonia.
45263 DALY, Henri NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Porte-Avions Américain dans les Mers du Sud - La Guerre du Pacifique 1941-1945 - SEH Publication No.60 $100.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 321 PP with 6 drawings, 9 maps, and hundreds of b/w photos. Title page: USS Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CV6), 10 October 1945. FEP: US troops landing in Nouméa. REP: US Navy ships anchored, in Grande Rade. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. French text. Fine. 28.8 x 21.4.. 2951723008
New Caledonia: American aircraft carrier during the Pacific War. WW II, before Pearl Harbor and the arrival of Poppy Force on 12 March 1942... USN in Wallis Island... Battle of the Coral Sea...
54145 DAMM, Hans KANAKA - Menschen der Südsee $15.00 AUD
Veb F. A. Brockhaus Verlag. Leipzig. 1959. 1st Ed. 372 PP with 32 text illustrations (drawings, maps), plus 1 folded map, 8 colour plates and 20 plates with 31 b/w photos. Cloth cover, decoration on front cover, dj (chipped). German text. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise very good. 20.5 x 14.5.
60663 DAUFELT LES DAMNES DU PACIFIQUE $30.00 AUD
Kiwanis Club. Nouméa. 1974. 1st Ed. Preface by Paul Griscelli. XII, 170 PP with 19 b/w photos. Clippings dated 30/10.1974, from 2 newspapers (La France Australe & Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes), loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Near fine. 24 x 16.
Chronicle spanning 30 years of the convict system in New Caledonia: the atrocities committed & cruelty inflicted upon the convicts, related by Delfaut, himself a convict, whose 'nom de plume' was an anagram of his name.
11066 DAUPHINE, Joël IL Y A 100 ANS ... ET MAINTENANT - Des Relations Commerciales et Culturelles entre le Japon et la Nouvelle-Calédonie - Chaque Jour Plus Fortes $100.00 AUD
Province Nord, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Koné. 1992. 1st Ed. 30 PP with colour photos (captions in French & Japanese), 142 PP with b/w illustrations. Cloth cover, gilt title on front cover, dj. Fine. French text. Large format: 32.7 x 24.8.
Published by the Northern Province of New Caledonia to celebrate the centenary of Japanese involvement in New Caledonia, first with indentured labour, nowadays as nickel-ore buyer. Most of the b/w photos come from the archives of the Marist Brothers in Rome. A scarce book.
12406 DAUPHINE, Joël LES SPOLIATIONS FONCIERES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (1853-1913) $60.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1989. 1st Ed. 347 PP (3 adv.). Pictorial card covers. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise near fine. French text. 24 x 15.7. 2738404510
The author taught history for nearly 20 years in New Caledonia and used the words of Jomo Kenyatta as a preamble: When the white man arrived in Africa, we had the land, they had the Bible. They taught us to pray with closed eyes. When we re-opened them, they had the land and we had the Bible.
12703 DAUPHINE, Joël CHRONOLOGIE FONCIERE ET AGRICOLE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1853-1903 $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 3 maps & 5 illust. Card cover. Near fine. French text. 21.4 x 13.4. 2858027366
A chronological compilation of all the Government Acts which affected agriculture and land tenure during the first 50 years of the colonization of New Caledonia.
31719 DAUPHINE, Joël CANAQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE A PARIS EN 1931 - De la case au zoo $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed. 191 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21.6 x 13.6. 273846384
Kanaks of New Caledonia brought in France at the time of the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition. From native hut to a zoo exhibit.
74005 DAUPHINE, Joël HENRI ROCHEFORT: Déportation et Evasion d'un Polémiste $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. 340, (2 contents) PP with 4 tables and 14 b/w illustrations: facsimile of a document, 3 drawings, 4 maps and 7 photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Dedicatory note to the previous owner on half title page signed by the author. Near fine. French text. 21.4 x 13.4. 9782747569675
49032 DAUPHINE, Joël, CORNET, Claude... PALOMBO, Philippe et al. ILE D'EXIL, TERRE D'ASILE. Les déportations politiques et le expulsions en temps de guerre en Nouvelle-Calédonie $100.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 140 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card covers. French text. Fine. 24 x 21. 2841701115
Island of exile, Land of refuge. Political deportees after the Paris' Commune... Expulsion of Japanese settlers, after Pearl Harbour... Catalogue accompanying an exhibition held in Nouméa in May 2005.
33071 DAUPHINE, Joël, HOUMBOUY, Béniéla, et al...(editors) LITTERATURE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (In Notre Librairie, Revue des littératures du Sud) $40.00 AUD
Club des Lecteurs d'Expression Française. Paris. 1998. Issue No. 134, May/August 1998. 216 PP with 40 b/w illust. (3 engraved bamboos and 37 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24.5 x 16.
17 papers on New Caledonia: History, ethnicity, writers and their writings.
54818 DAUREILLAN, Alain & BROU, Bernard (editors) Bi-centenaire - JAMES COOK & NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE / NEW CALEDONIA 1774-1974 - Bicentenary $25.00 AUD
Comité Cook / Cook Committee. Nouméa. 1974. 1st Ed. Souvenir brochure. No pagination, 28 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. 2 letters loosely inserted. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 20.7 x 22.8.
Exhibition Cook, by Jacques Cheval & Numa Daly. Theater Play Cook, by Michel Camboulives. Opening of Avenue Cook, by Roger Laroque. Monument Cook, by Albert Ferré.
64051 DAVAR L'AGRICULTURE CALEDONIENNE de 2002 à 2011 $40.00 AUD
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. 96 PP with colour illustrations (photos, graphs and tables). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.7 x 21.
The state of agriculture of New Caledonia: in graphs and tables.
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2013. July 2013 edition. 2 folded brochures (French and English): 4 folds with graphs and tables. Pictorial front. Text in French or English. Fine. Small format: 16 x 11.5..
2012 state of agriculture in New Caledonia: in graphs and tables.
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2014. July 2014 edition. 2 folded brochures (French and English): 4 folds with graphs and tables. Pictorial front. Text in French or English. Fine. Small format: 16 x 11.5..
2013 state of agriculture in New Caledonia: in graphs and tables.
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2016. July 2016 edition. 2 folded brochures (French and English): 4 folds with graphs and tables. Pictorial front. Text in French or English. New. Small format: 16 x 11.5..
2015 state of agriculture in New Caledonia: in graphs and tables.
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2017. July 2017 edition. 2 folded brochures (French and English): 4 folds with graphs and tables. Pictorial front. Text in French or English. New. Small format: 16 x 11.5..
2016 state of agriculture in New Caledonia: in graphs and tables.
33855 DAVID, Gilbert, GUILLAUD, Dominique & PILLON, Patrick (editors) LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE A LA CROISEE DES CHEMINS $75.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes / Institut de Recherche pour le Développment. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 324 PP with 1 b/w photo, graphs, maps and tables, plus 34 pages with 23 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
Results on the attempt by the French Government to counter-balance the society in New Caledonia: inequality between cultures in the schooling processes, land tenure, job opportunities...
43998 de BROSSARD, Capitaine de Vaisseau OCEAN DES FRANCAIS - Nouméa, Le Roman Calédonien $35.00 AUD
Editions France-Empire. Paris. 1963. 1st Ed. 303 PP with 14 maps, plus 12 pages with 28 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, dj. Head of spine of dust jacket chipped. Light foxing of edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 19.2 x 14.
History of New Caledonia.
12760 de CAMARET, H. & HERMANN, B. NEW CALEDONIA $15.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1975. 1st Ed. 128 PP with col. illust. throughout. Eps: Coral fringe reef. Hard cover, dj. Near fine. 21.5 x 18. 2857000030
39637 de CAMARET, H. & HERMANN, Bernard NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $15.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1975. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 map in colour, 4 b/w and 160 colour illustrations. Eps: Coral fringe reef. Hard cover. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 18.
73229 de CAMARET, H. & HERMANN, Bernard NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1975. 1st Ed. 128 PP with 1 map in colour, 4 b/w and 160 colour illustrations. Eps: Coral fringe reef. Hard cover, dj. French text. 21.5 x 18. 2857000030
12688 de DECKKER, Paul (editor) LE PEUPLEMENT DU PACIFIQUE ET DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE AU XIXè SIECLE, Condamnés, Colons, Convicts, Coolies, Chân Dang $50.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1994. 1st Ed. 432 PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2738423582
The various phases of settlement in New Caledonia. Penal & political deportees, work force (coolies, indentured labour) and development of the Territory: white settlers & colonialism with their impact...
45555 DE DECKKER, Paul, FABERON, Jean-Yves, LE GUILLOU, Chantal et al... L' OUTRE-MER FRANCAIS DANS LE PACIFIQUE: NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, POLYNESIE FRANCAISE, WALLIS-ET-FUTUNA $50.00 AUD
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed., with a preface by Brigitte Girardin. 282 PP with tables, b/w figures (graphs, maps, organigrams...) and 32 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.8. 2913090540
Comprehensive study of the 3 overseas territories of France in the Pacific: demography, culture, religion, economy, finances...
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.
47864 DE DECKKER, Professeur Paul (editor) LA RECHERCHE A L'UNIVERSITE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 24 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 21 x 21.
Research and the University of New Caledonia.
47865 DE DECKKER, Professeur Paul (editor) IMOA - Institut des Mondes Océanien et Australasien $10.00 AUD
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 16 portraits in colour. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
The Who's Who in the Institute of Oceanian and Australasian Researches, of the University of New Caledonia.
38116 DE LA TULLAYE, Nicolas & STAHL, Paul-Jean PEINTRES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE au 20ème Siècle $90.00 AUD
Les Editions du Santal. Nouméa. 2000. 1st edition, limited to 2500 copies. 142 PP with 86 b/w portraits of artists, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the authors on front endpaper. French and English text. Faint foxing. Fine. Oblong: 21.7 x 24. 295087391X
An overall presentation of the painters who have worked in New Caledonia during the 20th Century.
56971 DE LA VEGA, Bernard POUR QU'UN CIEL FLAMBOIE... $50.00 AUD
Grain de Sable éditions. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 433, (5) PP with 2 maps and 10 head pieces (engravings). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 12.9. 9782841701155
Novel set in Koné/Pouembout, the central part of New Caledonia.
47914 DE MARI, Jules & RENNETEAU, Hervé (editors) GUEST GUIDE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - NEW CALEDONIA $20.00 AUD
SPAP / Agence de Publicité Internationale. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. No pagination, 150 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Text in French, English & Japanese. Light foxing. Near fine. 29.3 x 21.7.
History, discovery, daily life ...
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.
52861 De SAINT MARTIN, Géry, AMICE, Denis, CONSIGNY, Olivier et al... NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - DIXIT 93 $30.00 AUD
Jeune Chambre Economique de Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouméa. 1993. Yearly issue. 220 PP with graphs, maps, tables, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 29.7 x 20.8.
Everything you should know on New Caledonia in 1993: Government, Geophysic, Population, Culture and Religion, Economy...
73290 DE SALINIS, Le P. A. MARINS ET MISSIONNAIRES, Conquête de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 1843-1853 $300.00 AUD
Retaux et Fils, Libraires-Editeurs. Paris. c. 1904. 10th edition of the 1892 original. (6), 340 PP with 30 head-pieces, 17 tail-pieces, 2 maps & 35 b/w illustrations (30 on full-page). Fp: L'Amiral Febvrier des Pointes. Modern binding, half bound, marbled boards, gilt devices and title on the leather spine with 5 raised bands, marbled endpapers. Book Prize plate from "Petit Séminaire St. Charles, Brignoles, (Var), dated 23 July 1904 loosely inserted. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. An excellent copy. French text. 24.5 x 15.5.
The progressive takeover of New Caledonia, thanks to the French Navy and Catholic missionaries.
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.
73335 DEFRANCE, Véronique LES BATISSEURS - Architecture à Nouméa de 1853 à 1940 $100.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean Lèques. 161 PP with many b/w illustrations, including 3 large folded panoramic views, plus 8 pages (chapter headings) on transparent paper. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on front endpaper dated and signed by Jean Lèques, Lord Mayor of Nouméa. French text. Fine. 24 x 21.
Study of the different types of architecture in Nouméa, a legacy of the military, penal administration, religious groups, public works and industry. Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museum of the City of Nouméa, 1996-1997.
34045 DEFRANCE, Véronique (editor) LE NOUMEA - Circuits Nouméens, une page d'histoire $25.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed., published for Christmas 1998. 44 PP with 8 plans in colour, 26 b/w and 54 colour photos. Inside covers: View of early Nouméa. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 20.6.
History and Heritage, City of Nouméa.
54975 DEFRANCE, Véronique & OLLIVIER, Sabine (editors) AU FIL DES JOURS ... La Nouvelle-Calédonie, son histoire en 366 jours $45.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jean Lèques. 370 PP with 366 b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, calendar stand, spiral bound, illustrated slipcase. French text. Fine. 16 x 14.
Each calendar day with an illustration, its commentary, a question and the answer.
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 167 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 21.
Political facts, economy, way of life ... witnessed by women living in New Caledonia.
70704 DEFRANCE, Véronique & VILLECHALANE, Bernard RENE METZGER, Carnets de Guerre (1915-1918) $60.00 AUD
Cercle du Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2015. 1st edition limited to 300 copies. Foreword by Odile Magnon. 65 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21x 29.7. 9782953506976
Correspondence to his family and notes, accompanied by his own photos, and published to commemorate the Centenary of the First World War.
42348 DEFRANCE, Véronique, & OLLIVIER-TECLES, Sabine (editors) DE SPORT EN SCORES - L' épopée du Sport en Nouvelle-Calédonie $55.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 21. 2841700631
Sports and sporting activities in New Caledonia. South Pacific Games.
55486 DEFRANCE, Véronique, & ZONGO, Sophie DE L'ANCIENNE MAIRIE AU MUSEE DE LA VILLE, Une Mémoire Nouméenne $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2006. August 2006 edition. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 21 x 15.
First Town Hall of Nouméa to the Museum of the City of Nouméa.
53171 DEFRANCE, Véronique, BOYER, Sylvette & DELATHIERE, Jerry VOS PAPIERS, s'il vous plait!. Les différents statuts de la population calédonienne de 1853 à 1946 $70.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. 104 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 21. 2841701247
French citizenship and statute/rules for: Settlers from France - Convicts - Malabars: French of Indian descent coming from la Réunion - Soldiers. Indigenous people: Canaque / Kanak. Tonkinese...
55485 DEFRANCE, Véronique, FAUPALA, Atumaï & MERCIER, Svetlana ET DANSEZ MAINTENANT... Une Mémoire des Dancings Nouméens $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., May 2007. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
11119 DEL NERI, Anna ANDRE PASSA: U NE QAN, Les Esprits des Origines $20.00 AUD
ADCK. Nouméa. c. 1992. 1st Ed., in Collection Ko I Neva 8 PP with b/w and colour photos of sculptures. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 19.
Catalogue of an exhibition, where this Kanak sculptor and pastor is showing the mythical spirits haunting Lifou island.
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.
62245 DELADRIERE, Bernard POINT SUD "INFOS", Bulletin de Communication Interne des Services de la Province Sud - (Nos. 1 to 8) $20.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1994, 1995. No. 1 (June 1994) to No. 8 (June 1995). 8 issues for a total of 60 PP with b/w illustrations (plans & photos). French text. Fine. 44 x 28.
Issue No. 2 without pages 3/4 & 5/6.
58316 DELATHIERE, Jerry L'AVENTURE SUCRIERE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1865 - 1900 (S.E.H. No. 64) $55.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. Publication No. 64. Editorial by Gabriel Valet. 167, (4) PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 18.5. 9782917373639
62777 DELATHIERE, Jerry GENERATION "CHAPEAUX DE PAILLE" - Un système d'éducation particulier: les internats pénitentiaires de Néméara (Bourail) et Fonwhary (La Foa) $70.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. Publication No. 69. Preface by Gabriel Valet. 229, (3) PP with tables and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 27.5 x 18.5. 9782917373639
73208 DELATHIERE, Jerry ILS ONT CREE LA FOA : Familles Pionnières de Nouvelle-Calédonie 1871-1920 $150.00 AUD
Mairie de La Foa. La Foa. 2001. 1st Ed. Preface by Philippe Gomès. (2), 380 PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Some newspaper clippings loosely inserted. Dedicatory note on FEP signed by the author. Light foxing on prelims and last pages. French text. Near fine. 29 x 25. 2951608802
Early settlers of La Foa, on the Central West Coast of New Caledonia.
73237 DELATHIERE, Jerry LA FOA: 120 ANS D' HISTOIRE MUNICIPALE (1883 - 2003) $125.00 AUD
Agence Demain / Mairie de La Foa. La Foa. 2004. 1st Ed. Introduction Philippe Gomès. 249, (8 thanks and Contents) PP with b/w illustrations. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover, dj. Dedicatory note on FEP dated and signed by the author. Light foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. French text. 29 x 25. 9782951608818
History of the minicipality of La Foa, on the Central West Coast of New Caledonia.
73479 DELATHIERE, Jerry FARINO - Regards sur le passé: Témoignages et Récit de Vie $100.00 AUD
Mairie de Farino / Expressions. Farino. 2016. 1st Ed., with a preface by Régis Roustan (Mayor). 164 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22.2 x 22.7. 971096354018
Smallest city of New Caledonia. Home of the French writer Jean Mariotti.
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2015. 1st Ed. No. 29 in the "Portes Océannes" series. Preface, by Hamid Mokkadem. 217, (6) PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. Dedicatory note by the author signed on title page. French text. Faint foxing on top outside edge. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782343068541
71219 DELATHIERE, Jerry, ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric... KURTOVITCH, Ismet, LAFLEUR, Jacques et al. 150 ANS DE MEMOIRE COLLECTIVE CALEDONIENNE $100.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 120 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 21. 2841701026
Catalogue accompanying an exhibition on New Caledonia after 150 years of French presence.
73236 DELATHIERE, Jerry, JAROSSAY, Serge et Rosemonde CANALA, de Napoléonville à la Grande Guerre - Familles Pionnières de Nouvelle-Calédonie (1859 - 1914) $150.00 AUD
Association "Négropo Mémoires et Racines". Nouméa. 2016. 1st Ed. Preface by Eric Gay and foreword by Evelyne Persan. 392 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Light foxing on top outside edge. French text. Fine. 28.8 x 24.6. 9782746693043
Early settlers of Canala on the Central East Coast of New Caledonia.
45215 DELBOS, Georges L'EGLISE CATHOLIQUE AU VANUATU - Un Siècle et Demi d'Histoire $50.00 AUD
CEPAC / Episcopal Conference of the Pacific. Suva. 2001. 1st French edition. Presentation by Bishop Michel Visi, and preface by Cardinal Bernardin Gantin. 536 PP with tables and 12 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 9825060026
History of the Catholic faith in New Hebrides / Vanuatu.
49020 DELBOS, Georges L'EGLISE CATHOLIQUE A WALLIS ET FUTUNA - Généalogie d'une chrétienté (1837-2003) $80.00 AUD
CEPAC / Episcopal Conference of the Pacific. Suva. 2004. 1st French edition. 328 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 14. 9825060034
History of the Catholic faith in the French Territory of Wallis & Futuna.
55042 DELBOS, Georges MONTMARTRE: Haut-Lieu de l'Eglise Catholique au Vanuatu $40.00 AUD
Evêché de Port Vila. Port Vila. 2002. 1st Ed. Preface by Bishop Michel Visi. 227 PP with 1 plan and 20 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.3.
47682 DELLA-MAGGIORA, Christine & ROBERJOT, Dominique RENCONTRES SUR LA MEME LATITUDE 21°.5 - Tome 1: Kanak - Bushmen $35.00 AUD
Association Dekomané. Nouméa. 2003. Volume 1: 1st Ed. 94, (2) PP with b/w photos by both authors. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in French and English. 21 x 21. 295198300X
Cultural exchange between two different communities through the medium of photography. Indigenous people living on the same latitude: Kanaks of Nengone, Island of Mare, New Caledonia, and Bushmen (or San) of the Kalahari desert, Botswana, South Africa.
58850 DELOBEL, Alex & TRAN, Maurice LES COLEOPTERES DES DENREES ALIMENTAIRES ENTREPOSEES DANS LES REGIONS CHAUDES $100.00 AUD
ORSTOM / CTA. Paris. 1993. 1st Ed., in "Faune Tropicale XXXII". Preface by Professeur Cl. Caussanel. 424, (4) PP with 145 figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2709911302
58318 DELVINQUER, Benoît & FISCHER, Fabienne LES OUBLIES DE GOMEN - Contribution à l'historique de la "Compagnie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie" (Société André Marchand) et de ses suivantes: la "Société Foncière Calédonienne" et la "Société Franco-Australienne", de 1868 à 1888 $50.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. 1st edition of Publication No. 66. Foreword by Gabriel Valet. 120 PP with 4 colour photos, 4 maps in colour, facsimile of documents or bank notes, and b/w photos. Inside back cover: document with map in colour. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5. 9782917373651
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.
56837 DEROIN, Guy Michel MINO, La Pieuvre du Grand Bleu. $40.00 AUD
Alliance Française du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed. No. 2 in "Une Nouvelle Légende du Fils des Chefs Tabu" series. 55 PP with illustrations by the author. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21. 9782952910019
Comic strip on Mino, a young manbush from Vanuatu.
59379 DEROIN, Guy Michel MINO, Le Secret d'un Village $40.00 AUD
Alliance Française du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2009. 1st Ed. No. 3 in "Une Nouvelle Légende du Fils des Chefs Tabu" series. 53 PP with illustrations by the author. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21. 9782952910040
Comic strip on Mino, a young manbush from Vanuatu.
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Déwé Gorodey. 149, (3) PP with 7 headpieces. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.2.
The Kanaks of New Caledonia, in the archives of Australia, France, Italy, United Kingdom, New Caledonia, New Zealand...
55081 DESBOIS, J. (Editor) LES TRAVAUX PUBLICS OUTRE - MER (in Les Travaux Publics) $40.00 AUD
Syndicat National des Ingénieurs des Travaux Publics de l' Etat. Paris. 1974. 109 Year of publication. No. 1009 of this Quarterly Magazine on Public Works: Special Issue on New Caledonia. (4), 56, (32 adv.) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
6 of the 8 papers are on New Caledonia. Urbanism and the City of Nouméa, by D. Bourdet. Port Authority of Nouméa, by L. Chaumont. Bridges on rivers, by G. Baudrouet. Airports in New Caledonia, by L. Suisse. French Airports in the South Pacific, by M. Lafoux. New Caledonia, Land of Nickel, by B. Catteau.
52860 DESCHAMPS, Bernard & JACQUIOT, Nadine (editors) REVUE LES ARTS (Issues 1 & 2) $15.00 AUD
Editions DEAMA. Nouméa. 1993. Issue 1, April 1993: 48 PP. Issue 2, July-September 1993: 44 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 23.2.
Quarterly magazine covering The Arts (paintings, music, literature, sculpture...) in New Caledonia.
47179 DESCHAMPS, Charles LA PEUR EN PRIME $25.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 240 PP with 2 watercolours by Marie Odile Vittori, 17 colour and 31 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 23 x 15.
Scary moments in yachting: first experiences at sea, some yachting races between Nouméa, Australia, New Zealand and Vanuatu. A single handed crossing from Nouméa to Brisbane (and return).
65189 DESCHAMPS, Charles LES PATTES JAUNES - Itinéraire d'une jeune fille de Bourail $45.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. (14), 235, (7) PP with 1 drawing of a "Acridotheres tristis" (Merle des Moluques). Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 21 x 15. 9782955052105
Novel set in New Caledonia.
70878 DESCHAMPS, Emile LES ILES WALLIS (in Le Tour du Monde) $70.00 AUD
L. Hachette / Le Tour du Monde. Paris. 1885. Instalment (livraison 1269) out of Le Tour du Monde, Volume XLIX. 16 PP (273-289) with wood-engravings (3 on full page): 1 map and 11 drawings by Th. Weber (7 of them from sketches by the author). Bound copy, red cloth, title on a vignette pasted down on front cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Near fine. 30.2 x 21.5.
Emile Deschamps was the surgeon on board the French Navy frigate "Orne", sent from Noumea to rescue the crew of Lhermitte, another French Navy vessel, wrecked in Wallis Island.
53259 DESCOMBELS, Alain, & LAGADEC, Gaël QUELLE ECONOMIE POUR LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ? $30.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. 210, (2) PP with diagrams, graphs and tables. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15. 2952995405
How to prepare New Caledonia for 2018 (end of the Nouméa Accord).
12683 DESJARDINS, Thierry NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: ILS VEULENT RESTER FRANCAIS $15.00 AUD
Plon. Paris. 1985. 1st Ed. 224 PP. Pict. card cover. Fine. French text. 20 x 13. 2259013198
New Caledonia, its history: cannibals, missionaries & settlers, communards & convicts... to the recent upheavals of 1984/1985. Independence or Kanaky, liberty or France??
70440 DESMAZURES, A. Ch. (editor) Guide Officiel - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Ile des Pins, Iles Loyauté $30.00 AUD
Syndicat d'Initiatives de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1959. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jean Mariotti "L'Ile de Lumière, Terre de Tourisme". 94 PP with b/w illustrations (2 plans, 19 photos, plus 1 colour plate "Coraux Fluorescents" and a large folded map. Soft cover, illustrated front. Errata page loosely inserted. French text. Light ageing of paper. Very good. 21 x 13.5.
63470 DESPLAT, André, ROGER, Charles TIME MAG - Aéroport International / Nouméa - La Tontouta / International Airport $15.00 AUD
CCI / Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Nouméa. 2013. April - October 2013 issue, bi-lingual edition. 76 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Texts in French and English. 23.5 x 16.5.
On the end of the airport's expansion and its official opening of April 2013.
34608 DEVAUX, Marianne L'ORGANISATION DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Institutions et régime législatif $45.00 AUD
CDP. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed., in the Collection Université series. 146 PP. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
France and her overseas dependencies. Political statute of New Caledonia...
63610 DHIE, Florence FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 41 $10.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2009. No. 41, November 2009. Editorial by Pierre Alla. 8 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 42 x 29.7.
Mining at Kouaoua, Prony,Tiebaghi, Thio and smelting plant at Doniambo.
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.
59172 DIRECTORY ANNUAIRE DES BTS 2008/2009: 120 profils pour votre entreprise $15.00 AUD
Service Emploi Formation, Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. 72 PP with colour photos and tables with CV. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 26 x 21
BTS = Baccalaureat Technique & Scientifique. The CV (curriculum vitae) of 120 post matriculation candidates looking for a job.
11907 DOISY, Isabelle CHRONIQUES DES ANNEES DE CENDRES - Nouvelle Calédonie (1984-1986) $20.00 AUD
Editions Jean Picollec. Paris. 1988. 1st Ed. 274 PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13. 2864770660
Day to day account of the period between 1984 & 1986 which saw New Caledonia on the brink of civil war.
11686 DORNOY, Myriam POLITICS IN NEW CALEDONIA $15.00 AUD
Sydney University Press. Sydney. 1984. 1st Ed. XVI, 302 PP with 16 maps & figures. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 0424001012
New Caledonia prior to the turmoil which shook this French territory between November 1984 & May 1988.
11787 DORNOY-VUROBARAVU, Myriam POLICIES AND PERCEPTIONS OF FRANCE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC: New Caledonia and Vanuatu, OBJECTIFS ET INTERPRETATIONS DE LA POLITIQUE FRANCAISE DANS LE PACIFIQUE SUD: La Nouvelle Calédonie et le Vanuatu $20.00 AUD
Institute of Pacific Studies / USP. Port Vila. 1994. 1st Ed. XII, 92 PP, (2), with 14 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French & English text. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 9820200997
59030 DOUMENGE, François LES ILES DEPENDANTES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET LEURS PROBLEMES (in Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer, revue de géographie de Bordeaux) $50.00 AUD
Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer. Bordeaux. 1961. Extract from Volume XIV, (1961), P. 393-430. 42 PP with 3 maps, 4 tables and 8 b/w photos. Soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Dedicatory note at top of title, signed by the author. Very good. French text. 24 x 15.5.
10149 DOUMENGE, J.-P., METAIS, E. & SAUSSOL, A. LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Occupation de l' Espace et Peuplement $20.00 AUD
CRET / Centre de Recherche sur les Espaces Tropicaux de l'Université de Bordeaux III. Talence. 1986. 1st Ed., No. 5, in collection "Iles et Archipels". Reprint from the journal Les Cahiers d'Outre-Mer (volume XXXIX, July-September 1986). (2), 217-338 PP with 2 tables, 7 b/w photos and over 14 figures. Errata slip loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 23.8 x 15.8. 290508104X
11925 DOUMENGE, Jean-Pierre PAYSANS MELANESIENS EN PAYS CANALA, Nouvelle Calédonie $15.00 AUD
C.E.G.E.T. / CNRS. Talence. 1975. 1st Ed. IV, 220 PP with 25 tables, and 50 b/w or colour figures (graphs, maps, plans) b/w illust. plus 20 full-page plates with 38 photos. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text with one-page summary in English. 29.8 x 21.2. 2222016460
A study of the agricultural society on tribal lands in the region of Canala.
G. P. Maisonneuve & Larose. Paris. 1976. 1st Ed. 316 PP with 1 musical score, 3 b/w illustrations and 5 maps, plus 1 folded map and 6 b/w plates. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.2. 2706806184
The Kanak uprising of 1878: roots and reasons, events...
12685 DOUSSET-LEENHARDT, Roselène A FLEUR DE TERRE, Maurice Leenhardt en Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1984. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 1 line drawing & 16 b/w photos (10 full-page) in text. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2858024046
Reflections on the author's youth & her relationship with her father Maurice Leenhardt. Describes the effect upon the Kanaks of the two World Wars & comparison with the current problems of the 80's.
12722 DOUSSET-LEENHARDT, Roselène LA GRANDE CASE $40.00 AUD
Buchet/Chastel. Paris. 1965. 1st Ed. 198 PP with 4 b/w plates. Pict. card cover. Slight browning of edges, o/wise very good. French text. 19 x 14.
Brief anthology of the literary creations of the Kanak.
12744 DOUSSET-LEENHARDT, Roselène COLONIALISME ET CONTRADICTIONS - Nouvelle-Calédonie, 1878-1978, Les Causes de l'Insurrection de 1878 $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1978. Reprint of the 1970 original. 206 PP with 2 maps & 8 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Very good. French text. 24 x 15.8. 2858020531
Maisonneuve & Larose. Paris. 1998. Reprint of the 1976 original. 316 PP with 1 musical score, 3 b/w illust. and 5 maps, plus 1 map and 6 b/w plates. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 2706813164
The Kanak uprising of 1878: roots and reasons, chronology...
11673 DOUYERE, C., ANGLEVIEL, F. & CAPECCHI, B. LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Histoire CM $30.00 AUD
CTRDP / ADCK. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 96 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (maps, tables, graphs & photos). Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Fine. 26.8 x 20. 2850696994
The history of New Caledonia, as per the original settlement to the "Matignon Agreement" of 1988. CM = Cours Moyen, i.e. for 8 to 10 year old students.
Archives Territoriales de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed., in the "Documents & Commentaires" series. Folder containing 11 leaves (recto only) with illustrated documents and 11 leaves (recto only) with comments. Pictorial card covers. Near fine. French text. 30.5 x 21.7.
French settlers brought by Governor Feillet to colonize and work the land.
33097 DOUYERE, Eric H. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Quel Avenir pour l'Independance ou du rééquilibrage des idées (petit lexique impertinent) $30.00 AUD
Editions Île de Lumière. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 95 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14. 2912429021
Insolent and impertinent dictionary on key words (Kanak, Lafleur, Tjibaou...) to understand a future independent New Caledonia.
60332 DRILË SAM, Léonard AQANE CINYIHANYI QENE DREHU: Propositions d'écriture de la langue Drehu $45.00 AUD
ALK / Académie des Langues Kanak. Nouméa. 2009. 1st edition limited to 800 copies. Introduction by Weniko Ihage. "Collection Académie des Langues Kanak". 54, (2) PP with 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in Drehu and French. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782918248484
Language spoken / written by around 15,000 inhabitants living either on Lifou Island or in the rest of New Caledonia.
11160 DUBOIS, Marie Joseph KWENYII, L' ILE DES PINS AUX TEMPS ANCIENS (S.E.H. Publication No. 30) $25.00 AUD
S. E. H. Nouméa. 1982. 1st Ed. 56 PP with maps, plans & b/w illustrations, plus a folded genealogical tree of the Isle of Pines Chiefdom. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 15.2.
The actual synthesis of the pre-European contact knowledge of the Isle of Pines.
12008 DUBOIS, Marie Joseph HISTOIRE RESUMEE DE BELEP (S.E.H. No. 37) $20.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1985. 1st Ed. Publication No. 37. 72 PP with b/w illust. (maps, plans & photos). Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Near fine. 21 x 15.2.
A study of the traditional history of the island of Belep.
11942 DUBOIS, Marie-Joseph AVENTURIER DE DIEU $20.00 AUD
Editions Anthropos. Paris. 1985. 1st Ed. 222, (4) PP with 5 drawings, 8 b/w photos, & 4 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 22.2 x 14.2. 2715711255
The life of a Catholic missionary in New Caledonia (mainly Maré Island) between 1938 & 1967.
12007 DUBOIS, Marie-Joseph HISTOIRE RESUMEE DE MARE (Iles Loyauté) $25.00 AUD
S.E.H. Nouméa. 1987. Reprint of the 1981 original. Publication No. 27, Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. 68 PP with maps, graphs, tables & photos. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Near fine. 21.2 x 15.
History of the island of Maré where the natives (before the arrival of Europeans) used boomerangs and rhombs of the Australian aborigines.
13429 DUBOIS, Marie-Joseph MYTHES ET TRADITIONS DE MARE, NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Les Eletok $50.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1975. Publication No. 35. (8), 346 PP with 1 b/w photos, 3 plans 20 maps. Soft cover (lightly soiled). French and Nengone text. Fine. 25 x 20.
Study on the former chiefdom of the island of Maré, according to the customs & traditions from the beginning of time. Texts in Nengone & French.
54239 DUCOIN, Rose-May, LAPLAGNE, Jacques, LARDY, Françoise... OREZOLLI, René MILLE ET UN MOTS CALEDONIENS $45.00 AUD
Fédération des Oeuvres Laïques. Nouméa. c. 1982. 1st Ed., with a preface by Professor K. J. Hollyman. (8), 188 PP with illustrations by Patrice Breinlein, Dandy Brucus, Yves Guilland and Jean-Pierre Ormand. Pictorial soft cover, dj (rubbed). 2 newspaper clippings loosely inserted. French text. Near fine. 21.5 x 17.3.
Words and expressions peculiar to New Caledonia.
52948 DUDON, Jean & GERMAIN, Philippe (editors) MADE IN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, No. 9 $15.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. Issue No. 9, for March 2007. 78 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Economy, Development... W.T.O. ...
52949 DUDON, Jean & GERMAIN, Philippe (editors) MADE IN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, No. 10 $15.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. Issue No. 10, for March 2007. 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
54505 DUDON, Jean & GERMAIN, Philippe (editors) MADE IN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, No. 11 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. Issue No. 11, for November 2007. 88 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Economy, Development... Visits of 3 factories. Biology: biodiversity of New Caledonia...
42553 DUFLOS, Luc (editor) PILOTES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - A Guide to Pilotage in New Caledonia $20.00 AUD
Syndicat Professionel des Pilotes Maritimes de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations (plans, charts & maps, photos), 1 errata page loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French & English text. 29.8 x 20.8.
47172 DUPARC, Hélène DE PARIS A NOUMEA. L'histoire des communards de la Commune de Paris déportés en Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
Editions Orphie. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. 200 PP with b/w illustrations (maps and plans, facsimile of documents, engravings and photos) selected by Pierre Barthélémy Alibert. . Pictorial card covers. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.2. 2877632237
Political convicts deported to New Caledonia following the 1871 uprising and crushing of the first communist government in Paris.
34607 DURAND, Roger & AMIOT, Michel (editors) NOUMEA AUX YEUX DES JEUNES 1954 $20.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa / Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1996. Limited edition to 1300 copies. 96 PP with 12 drawings and 24 b/w photos. Inside covers: sketch plan of the city of Nouméa. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 13. 2841700402
Poems on the city of Nouméa, seen by young school boys (1st year of Secondary school) in 1954.
11762 DUROY, Lionel HIENGHENE, LE DESESPOIR CALEDONIEN $20.00 AUD
Bernard Barrault. Paris. 1988. 1st Ed. 322 PP with 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 15. 2736000870
A history of Hienghène where two communities were estranged by the political events leading to the massacre of December, 1984.
38598 DUROY, Lionel LES CALEDONIENS $25.00 AUD
Agence Editing. Lyon. 1999. 1st Ed. No pagination, 80 PP with 1 map, and b/w & colour photos by Jean-François Marin. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 24.
51234 DUTAILLY, Etienne Petit DICTIONNAIRE CALEDONIEN PARTICULIER et de très mauvaise foi $35.00 AUD
Editions Le Chien Bleu. Nouméa. c. 2006. New updated edition of the 2000 original. Preface by Pierre Faessel. 130 PP with b/w illustrations by AB. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 18 x 10.
73181 DUTAILLY, Etienne Petit DICTIONNAIRE CALEDONIEN PARTICULIER et de très mauvaise foi $40.00 AUD
Editions Le Chien Bleu. Noumea. 2000. 1st Ed. Preface by Pierre Faessel. 124 PP with b/w illustrations by Antoine Murgier. Pictorial stiff covers. 2 postcards "Longage à Nouzautes!" loosely inserted. Faint foxing spots on top outside edge. French text. Fine. 18 x 10.
64662 DUYKER, Edward CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834) $35.00 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. Near 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...
70464 DUYKER, Edward CITIZEN LABILLARDIERE - A Naturalist 's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834) $75.00 AUD
Miegunyah Press. Melbourne. 2003. 1st edition, limited to 1000 copies. XX, 383, (3) PP with 12 maps, plus 16 pages with 18 b/w illustrations. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note to previous owner signed by the author on title page Spine of dust jacket lightly sunned, o/wise fine. 24.3 x 16.5. 0522850103
Naturalist with the Bruny d'Entrecasteaux expedition with calls in Van Diemens Land, New Holland, the Friendly Islands, New Caledonia...
52892 ECREPONT, Jean-Marie (editor) HORIZONS CALEDONIENS $10.00 AUD
Jeune Chambre Economique de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1977. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jean-Gabriel Eriau, High Commissioner. 72 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with light creases. French text. Very good. 27.7 x 21.
Mines, Industry, Trade, Agriculture, Fauna, Flora, Tourism..., in 1977. Published for the National Congress of the Jeunes Chambres Economiques Françaises held in Nouméa in August 1977.
61397 EKSTROM, Jonathan M. M., JONES, Julia P. G. ... BARRE, Nicolas NEW INFORMATION ON THE DISTRIBUTION, STATUS AND CONSERVATION OF TERRESTRIAL BIRD SPECIES IN GRANDE TERRE, NEW CALEDONIA (in Emu) $5.00 AUD
CSIRO / Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union. Canberra. 2002. Reprint from Emu No. 102, 2002. Pages 197 to 207 with 2 maps. Clear plastic protective envelope. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
70710 EKSTROM, Jonathan M.M., JONES, Julia P.G., WILLIS, Jake & ISHERWOOD, Isabel THE HUMID FORESTS OF NEW CALEDONIA: biological research and conservation recommendations for the vertebrate fauna of Grande Terre $100.00 AUD
CSB Conservation Publications. London. c. 2000. 1st Ed. (12), 94, (13 appendices) PP with tables, 1 plate with 15 colour photos and b/w illustrations (15 figures and 28 artworks by Christine Isherwood). Soft cover, illustrated front with a clear plastic protection, spiral bound. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 1901399052
The final report of Project Diadema.
58581 ESCHYLLE, Jean (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 15 $40.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2010. No. 15, Issue 2010 / 1. 116 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Issue including: Portraits of Georges Baudoux, New Caledonian born author & writer. File on Health in New Caledonia
60401 ESCHYLLE, Jean-Florian (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 16 $45.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2010. No. 16, Issue 2010 / 2. 96 PP with b/w illustrations and 4 pages with colour flags. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Issue including: Portraits of Rock Pidjot, Georges Baudoux, New Caledonian born author & writer. File on the "Flags" of/for New Caledonia. File on Health in New Caledonia.
75023 ESTIVAL, Jean-Claude LA MAISON ROSE à Nouméa, ou Petite histoire souriante de cette fameuse maison de tolérance par ceux qui l'ont vécue... $35.00 AUD
La Malle du Gouverneur. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed. (4), 47 PP with 11 b/w illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers with light wear around edges, o/wise fine. French text. 27.5 x 21. 9782953845006
An history of the short lived Military Brothel for US troops based in New Caledonia .
70860 ESTOURNES, Jean-Marc 1855-2016 ON L'APPELAIT GASTON - Centre Hospitalier Territorial Gaston-Bourret $150.00 AUD
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2019. 1st Ed. 263, (1) PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. New. 28.7 x 24.7. 9791069932142
The various Health Establishments in New Caledonia - Gaston Bourret: general health, specialist centres (Raoul Follereau for leprosy - Sanitarium de la Pirogue for tuberculosis - Centre Albert Bousquet for aged care ) ... Towards the Médipole of Koutio.
14785 EVANS, Julian TRANSIT OF VENUS, Travels in the Pacific $5.00 AUD
Minerva. London. 1993. 1st paperback edition. (6), 278 PP with 8 maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. Fine. 19.8 x 12.4. 0749391650
A journalist travels and discovers the Pacific islands of the late 1980's.
53262 EXBROYAT, Jacqueline UNE ILE SI LONGUE - Nouvelles $60.00 AUD
Editions Amalthée. Nantes. 2006. 1st Ed., with a preface by Roger Le Leizour. 132 PP, (6 publications). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 2350273709
10 short stories.
48002 EYRAUD, Arlette NEW CALEDONIA TODAY $15.00 AUD
Editions du Jaguar. Paris. 1993. 1st English edition, translated fom the French original "La Nouvelle-Calédonie Aujourd'hui" by Melissa Thackway. 240 PP, with 94 pages of colour photos, 12 maps & sketches. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. 28.7 x 14. 2869502397
Everything you want to know quickly on New Caledonia: history, economy, daily life. Second part: A guide for the tourist, province by province.
11373 FABERON, Jean-Yves LE STATUT DES TERRITOIRES D'OUTRE-MER $45.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 152 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 17.5.
Comparative study of the different constitutions of French overseas territories: French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna & French Antarctic Territory.
12020 FABERON, Jean-Yves LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE LABORATOIRE DE STATUTS DE TERRITOIRE D'OUTRE-MER - (SEH PUB. 49) $25.00 AUD
S.E.H. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 202 PP. Card cover. Near fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Study of the status (charter) of New Caledonia, an experiment for future/other overseas territories.
61669 FABERON, Jean-Yves DES INSTITUTIONS POUR UN PAYS - La Nouvelle-Calédonie en Devenir $50.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille. Aix-en-Provence. 2012. 1st Ed., in "Collection Droit d'Outre-Mer". Preface by Harold Martin and Gilbert Tyuiénon. 292 PP, with 1 organigram, 2 maps, 1 b/w photo, and colour illustrations (1 table, 1 logo, 2 photos and 11 portraits). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 20.7 x 14.7. 9782731408089
47905 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 1 $30.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2003. No. 1, Issue 2003 / 1. 96 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2913090559
New Caledonia and the March 2003 changes in the French constitution, by J-Y Faberon. Reef of New Caledonia on the world heritage listing of UNESCO, by Céline Boudeele. The Kanak and Wallisian tense cohabitation at Saint Louis, by Savelio Felomaki & Leon Wamytan...
47906 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 2 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2003. No. 2, Issue 2003 / 2. 100 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2913090613
Future of New Caledonia and the Nouméa Agreement, conference given by Alain Christnacht (former High Commissioner of France in New Caledonia) on 7th August 2003. On the Front de Liberation Nationale Kanak Socialiste (F.L.N.K.S.) by Matcha Iboudghacem... On French Citizenship and Kanak, in 1946, by Ismet Kurtovitch...
47907 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 3 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique.Nouméa. 2004. No. 3, Issue 2004 / 1. 100 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2913090672
France, New Caledonia and the South Pacific, by Bernard Deladrière. International relations for New Caledonia, by Cameron Diver. List of regional organisations in the South Pacific (FFA, SOPAC, CPS/SPC, Pacific Island Forum...)... The Government of the Fiji Islands, by Marion Bastogi...
49023 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 5 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2005. No. 5, Issue 2005 / 1. 100 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2913090990
Military cooperation with French Forces of New Caledonia, by Hélène Goirand-Ponsard. Judiciary Institutions in New Caledonia prior to 1946, by Benoit Coquelet...
51563 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 8 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2006. No. 8, Issue 2006 / 2. 100 PP with 1 sketch and 3 b/w photos. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2350260121
Special issue: Mines, Nickel Ore, Environment, by Thierry Mennesson, Didier Leroux, Céline Martini...
54476 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 4 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2004. No. 4, Issue 2004 / 2. 100 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2913090966
Elections in May 2004 in the New Caledonia and in French Polynesia. The Gaullist Movement and New Caledonia: 1946 to 1981.
54477 FABERON, Jean-Yves (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 6 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2005. No. 6, Issue 2005 / 2 (1000 copies). 100 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2350360003
Changes in Politics, Institutions, and Economy in New Caledonia between 1945 and 1999, by Luc Steinmetz. Economy and Goro Nickel...
45537 FABERON, Jean-Yves & GARDE, François (editors) LES INSTITUTIONS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $25.00 AUD
Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine / Editions Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. Volume 5, in the 101 mots pour comprendre series. 242 PP with 1 table, and colour illustrations (2 maps & 15 colour photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 19 x 13. 291242917X
101 words, to understand the form of government of New Caledonia and its institutions.
53260 FABERON, Jean-Yves & JEAN, Patrice (editors) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 9 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2007. No. 9, Issue 2007/1 (1000 copies). 100 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9782350260256
New Caledonia in the Archives of Overseas France at Aix en Provence. New Caledonia during the First World War, by Sylvette Boubin-Boyer...
54475 FABERON, Jean-Yves & JEAN, Patrice (editors) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 10 $35.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2007. No. 10, Issue 2007 / 2 (1000 copies). 104 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9782350360294
Agreements on New Caledonia: Nainville-les-Roches 12/07/1983 - Matignon 26/06 & 20/08 1988 - Nouméa 05/08/1998. Elections in April and May 2007 . New Caledonia and the European Union.
55686 FABERON, Jean-Yves & JEAN, Patrice (editors) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 11 $40.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2008. No. 11, Issue 2008/1. 120 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9782350360867
63697 FABERON, Jean-Yves & MENNESSON, Thierry (editors) PEUPLE PREMIER ET COHESION SOCIALE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Identités et Rééquilibrages $60.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires d'Aix Marseille. Marseille. 2012. 1st Ed. 480 PP with b/w or colour illustrations (diagrams, graphs, maps, plans, photos and tables). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 24.3 x 15.7. 9782731408546
Proceedings of a symposium held in Nouméa 30 & 31 August, 2012.
58788 FABERON, Jean-Yves, HAGE, Armand & TRYON, Darrell (editors) NEW CALEDONIA AND MELANESIAN UNITY (in The New Pacific Review Volume 4, No. 2) $55.00 AUD
The Pacific Centre, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Canberra / Nouméa. 2009. The New Pacific Review / La Nouvelle Revue du Pacifique, Volume 4, No. 2, Decembre 2009. Preface by Darrell Tryon and Opening Address by Yves Dassonville. VIII, 205 PP with 1 map & 3 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25 x 17.5.
Proceedings of the international symposium on the occasion of the inauguration of the House of Melanesia, Nouméa, 4-5 September 2008. 25 papers.
48949 FABERON, Jean-Yves, MARION, Gérard Gabriel et al. L'OUTRE-MER (in Pouvoirs, Revue Française d' Etudes Constitutionnelles et Politiques) $40.00 AUD
Seuil. Paris. 2005. Issue 113, April 2005. 253, (3) PP. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 15. 2020688778
France and Overseas Departments and Territories of France.
Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille. Marseille. 2011. 1st Ed., in Collection Droit d' Outre-Mer. 438 PP (2) with tables, 1 sketch map (British Commonwealth of Nations) and 6 maps (in colour) of Oceania. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24.5 x 15.7. 9782731407778
Marseille. 2011. Presses Universitaires d'Aix-Marseille. 1st Ed., in Collection Droit d' Outre-Mer. (12), 453-878 PP, (2) with tables, 8 graphs (in colour), 5 b/w and 10 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24.5 x 15.7. 9782731407891
Seminar held in Nouméa: 7 to 11 March, 2011.
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.
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. Publication No. 1, Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. 142, (2) PP with 1 colour map, 18 colour and 70 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong 21.5 x 22. 9782951558007
An Anthology on Noumea: the port and the city since its origin (Tardy de Montravel in 1854).
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. 116 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 16.
Guide for students preparing / entering the University of New Caledonia.
11078 FAIVRE, Jean-Paul, POIRIER, Jean, ROUTHIER, Pierre GEOGRAPHIE DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $45.00 AUD
Nouvelles Editions Latines. Paris. 1955. 1st edition. A publication for the Centenary of France in New Caledonia. 313 PP with graphs, tables and maps, plus 16 pages with 23 b/w photos. Soft covers, pictorial front. Ageing of paper. Pages uncut. Near fine. French text. 22.5 x 14.
Physical description of New Caledonia, from its discovery to French union (1953), mineral resources, population, etc...
11750 FALLON, Judy PACIFIC PANTOMIME $10.00 AUD
Andrew Melrose. London. 1952. 1st Ed. 200 PP with b/w vignette at end of each chapter. Eps: Map of New Caledonia drawn by Geoffrey Frazer. Cloth cover, dj (price-clipped). Small pieces missing from dust jacket. Foxing spots on outside edges. Very good. 21.8 x 14.5.
A pleasant and diverting account of life in New Caledonia after WWII.
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).
12009 FAURE-BOURDONCLE, M.T. & KLING, G. LES RUES DE NOUMEA, 750 Notices Historiques et Biographiques concenant les Voies, Sites, Quartiers et Lieux-dits de la Commune de Nouméa - S.E.H. Publication No. 40 $40.00 AUD
S.E.H. Nouméa. 1988. 1st Ed. 324 PP with 9 b/w illust. in text plus a large folded map at rear. Pictorial card cover, dj. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 17.2.
Historical notes on the names of the streets, roads, districts in the City of Nouméa.
47748 FEDERATION DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT LIBRE PROTESTANT LEXIQUE DE PLUS DE 1000 MOTS - Anglais / Français / A'Jië $40.00 AUD
Fédération de l'Enseignement Libre Protestant / Section des Langues Vernaculaires. Houaïlou. c. 1989. 1st Ed., Volume 4 in Collection Bweweye (allée Centrale). 82 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 15.7.
Short dictionary: English/French/A'Jië.
54195 FERGUSON, Peter SHOWDOWN IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC (in The Bulletin) $10.00 AUD
The Bulletin / ACP Publishing. Sydney. 1995. Vol. 116, No. 5997, 21 November 1995. 108 PP. Contains article between P. 40 & 41, with 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
In September 1940, Australian gunboat diplomacy helped overthrow the government in New Caledonia and gave new heart to the Gaullist cause.
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.
52816 FILIPPI, Orso & SQUILLARIO, Th. (editors) 2000 L'ALBUM DE L'ANNEE - L'actualité Calédonienne au Crible $25.00 AUD
Mémorial Calédonien & Objectif Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. Special issue. 82 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5.
The year 2000: Politics, Social, Economy...
40011 FILIPPI, Orso , & FUSTEC, Bernard (editors) LE MEMORIAL DE NOUMEA - 1859-1999 - à travers 140 ans d'histoire du conseil municipal $250.00 AUD
Planète Memo. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 366 PP with b/w and colour photos. Hard cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 28.8 x 22.5.
The city of Nouméa through 140 years of its City Council.
47913 FILIPPI, Orso, DE MARI, Jules, & LE JEUNE, Muriel LA PROVINCE SUD $60.00 AUD
La Province Sud / Planète Mémo. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed., in Collection Découvertes Calédoniennes. 66 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text: Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2914070233
The Southern Province of New Caledonia.
47806 FILIPPI, Orso, FARREN, Judith et al. NOUMEA (in Street Café Magazine) $10.00 AUD
SPAP / Streetcafe.org. Nouméa. c. 2004. 1st edition. Issue No. 4. 82 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Nouméa for teenagers and young adults.
11765 FILLOUX, Frédéric & SYLLEBRANQUE, J.J. DES AILES DANS LES ALIZES (La Nouvelle Calédonie en Ultra-Léger Motorisé) $30.00 AUD
Studio Magenta. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed. 144 PP with colour photos. Hard cover, dj. Fine. French text (English translation pages 136 to 144). Oblong: 18.6 x 25.6.
Pictorial discovery from the air, while travelling extensively through New Caledonia on board an ultra light.
68685 FIZIN, Paul & ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric CONGRES ET PARLEMENTS DE LA MELANESIE - Fidji, Nouvelle-Calédonie, Papouasie Nouvelle-Guinée, Salomon, Vanuatu $75.00 AUD
Congrès de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2016. 1st edition. 206 PP with colour illustrations (maps, national flags, coat of Arms, photos and portraits. Pictorial laminated boards. French text with some articles in English. Fine. 29.7 x 23. 9782953990881
English texts for: The 2013 Constitution of Fiji - The 1975 Constitution of Papua New Guinea - The 1978 Constitution of the Solomon Islands - The 1960 Constitution of the Independent State of Samoa - The 1979 Constitution of the Republic of Palau. Charter of the Melanesian Spearhead Group.
61802 FLEURENTIN, Jacques, WENIGER, Bernard ETHNOPHARMACOLOGIA - No. 46 / Dossier Spécial: Nouvelle-Calédonie et Polynésie Française $40.00 AUD
Société Française d' Ethnopharmacologie Metz. 2010. Bulletin No. 46. Special Issue, December 2010. 92 PP. Contains articles from P.7 to 74 with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
13 papers - 1 on Pacific - 1 on Vanuatu - 5 on New Caledonia & 6 on French Polynesia.
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2002. Reprint of the 1998 original, in the Art de Vivre series. 80 PP with 1 portrait and 35 drawings by Gielbé. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700380
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed., in the Art de Vivre series. 88 PP with 1 portrait and 27 drawings by Gielbé. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700798
56 recipes (salads and entrées) from New Caledonia.
16398 FONDATION SINGER-POLIGNAC CAHIERS DU PACIFIQUE - NUMERO 15 $40.00 AUD
Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1971. No 15, September 1971. 254 PP with & map, 48 figures and tables in text plus 4 folded plates and 12 pages with 2 col. and 17 bw photos. Soft cover. Very good. French text. 22.9 x 15.7.
Includes chapters on actinaria from Mururoa atoll, an account on the ecology and entomology in the Australian New Guinea, land tenure in the Melanesian world and the inalienable land reserves in New Caledonia, bird life on the atoll of Clipperton...
16402 FONDATION SINGER-POLIGNAC CAHIERS DU PACIFIQUE - NUMERO 11 $30.00 AUD
Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1967. No 11, December 1967. 167 PP with 6 maps & 33 figures in text plus 6 pages with 2 col. and 10 bw photos. Soft cover. Very good. French text. 22.9 x 15.7.
Includes chapters on shell fauna in the Polynesian atolls, microfauna on the east coast of Malaya, fishes with various degree of toxicity in New Caledonia...
16403 FONDATION SINGER-POLIGNAC CAHIERS DU PACIFIQUE - NUMERO 10 $30.00 AUD
Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1967. No 10, May 1967. 190 PP with 2 maps & 10 bw illust. in text plus 10 pages with 2 col. and 24 bw photos. Soft cover. Very good. French text. 22.9 x 15.7.
Includes chapters on ciguatera (fish poisoning), coral shores, coral fishes of New Caledonia, shell fauna in Oceania and on men, plants and sea in tropical Oceania.
16404 FONDATION SINGER-POLIGNAC CAHIERS DU PACIFIQUE - NUMERO 9 $40.00 AUD
Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1966. No 9, September 1966. 240 PP with 1 map & 4 figures in text plus 14 pages with 1 col. and 18 bw plates. Soft cover. Stamp on front cover, o/wise very good. French text. 22.9 x 15.7.
Includes chapters on the botanical gardens in the French islands of the South Seas, flora of New Caledonia, growth of corals...
71195 FORCES ARMEES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ANTIPODE - No. 4 $10.00 AUD
Noumea. 1989. Mars 1989 edition, Issue No. 4. Edited by Colonel Fevai & Capitaine P. Conce. 60 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
73816 FOREST, Jacques & GUINOT, Danièle EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Préliminaire: Crustacés Décapodes Brachyoures de Tahiti et des Tuamotu $75.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1961. 1st Ed. Foreword by Roger Heim. XII, 196 PP with over 178 figures, plus 36 pages with 18 b/w plates (4 with 16 figures and 14 with 41 photos). Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Free fly of the front endpaper with stamp of previous owner. French text. Near fine condition. 32 24.
13439 FORESTIER, Patrick LES MYSTERES D'OUVEA $15.00 AUD
Filipacchi. Paris. 1988. 1st Ed. 267 PP, (8), with 3 maps & 1 plan. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 24 x 15.4. 2850182095
Ouvea in April/May, 1988: Hostages, Gendarmes, French Presidential elections & the struggle for the independence of New Caledonia.
58912 FORESTIER, Patrick TJIBAOU ET SON ASSASSIN - Ouvéa (in Paris Match) $50.00 AUD
Paris Match / Cogedi Presse. Paris. 1989. Issue No. 2086, 18th May 1989. 100 PP. Contains article pages 25 to 33 with 1 b/w and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 29.5 x 23.5.
On the murder of Yeiwéné Yeiwéné and Jean-Marie Tjibaou, by Djubelly Wea.
11142 FORTINI, Marcel, MICHELI, Mathieu & PUJADE, Robert L'ASCENDANT DES ILES $40.00 AUD
Editions Eric Koehler. Paris. 1994. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 67 b/w plates. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 26 x 20. 2907220179
Photographical voyages through New Caledonia in 1906-1909 by Mathieu Micheli and in 1992-93 by Marcel Fortini.
75047 FOUCHER, Philippe NOMENCLATURE CARTOPHILE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $300.00 AUD
Editions du Premier Mai. Paris. 1987. New edition of the 1984 original, plus 13 newsletters "La lettre du Collectioneur de Cartes Anciennes de Nouvelle-Caledonie'. No continuous pagination, 304 PP typescript with b/w illustrations. Part 1: 238 PP & Part 2: "Newsletters": 68 PP. Stiff covers, spiral bound. Spiral binding a little fragile, o/wise near fine. Scarce. French text. 29.7 x 21. 2907063006
45107 FOUGERE, Eric LE GRAND LIVRE DU BAGNE EN GUYANE ET NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $45.00 AUD
Editions Orphie. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed., in collection Le Grand Livre. 254 PP, (1) with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Endpapers rubbed, o/wise fine. French text. 24.7 x 16.5. 9782877631501
The convict settlements of French Guyana and New Caledonia.
56579 FOUGERE, Eric ESCALES EN LITTERATURE INSULAIRE - Iles et Balises $50.00 AUD
l'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed., in Littératures Comparées series. 244 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747568377
43324 FRADET, Françoise, VATTIER, Valérie & Al. PATRIMOINE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Un Regard en Province Sud $85.00 AUD
Province Sud, Direction de la Culture. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jacques Lafleur. 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 28 x 24.
Heritage in the Southern Province of New Caledonia: Catholic churches and Protestant temples... Penal settlement... Colonial houses...
71185 FRENCH RESISTANCE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE SE RALLIE A LA FRANCE LIBRE / NEW CALEDONIA RALLIES FREE FRANCE - 1940 $250.00 AUD
Les Editions du Courrier Australien. Sydney. 1944. 1st edition. 36 PP with 38 b/w photos. Inside front cover: Call to all French by General De Gaulle, 18 June 1940. Soft cover, illustrated front. Covers soiled, with small chips and repaired at fold/spine. Slight insect damage and foxing. French and English text. Very good. Rare. 20.8 x 13.8.
French resistance in the Colonies 1940.
47709 FRENCH TERRITORIES LA FRANCE ET LES OUTRE-MERS. L'Enjeu Multiculturel (Hermès - N°.32-33) $40.00 AUD
CNRS Editions. Paris. 2002. April 2002. Edited by Tamatoa BAMBRIDGE, Jean-Pierre DOUMENGE, Bruno OLLIVIER, et al. 634, (22 publications) PP with graphs, tables and 5 maps. Soft cover. Fine. French text (with English abstracts between pages 595 and 626). 22 x 22. 2271060311
Over 60 papers on: knowledge, history, communication and politics, in the overseas communities, countries and territories, of France.
72992 FROGIER, Pierre ET MAINTENANT, SACHONS NEGOCIER UN DESACCORD ! $20.00 AUD
Pierre Frogier. Nouméa. 2019. 1st Ed. 16 PP. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Following the 2 first inconclusive Referendums for or against Independance: A new approach towards settling the differences.
47707 FROGIER, Pierre (editor) RAPPORT D' INFORMATION - MISSION DU GROUPE D' AMITIE FRANCE-AUSTRALIE, 7-13 Septembre 2003 $25.00 AUD
Documents d'Information Assemblée Nationale. Paris. 2004. 1st edition DIAN 58/2004. 156 PP with 2 maps in colour and tables. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.2. 2111174262
Official visit in New South Wales and Queensland by the Members of the French-Australian group, Parliament of France.
70446 FROMENT-GUIEYSSE, Georges (editor) L'OCEANIE FRANCAISE - Possessions Françaises - Australasie - Pacifique (in Bulletin Mensuel du Comité de l'Océanie Française, No. 6, 1911) $80.00 AUD
Action Coloniale et Maritime. Paris. 1911. Bulletin No. 6, December 1911. (4), 137- 164, (4 adverts) PP with 3 maps. Soft wrappers are browned and chipped around edges. Staples have been removed. Stamp of previous owner on front cover, title page and 1 map. Light pencil underlining of text on a few pages, o/wise very good. French text. Scarce. 29 x 22.
73040 FULLERTON, Laurie NEW CALEDONIA - A Travel Survival Kit $10.00 AUD
Lonely Planet Publication. Melbourne. 1990. 1st edition. 140, (4 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches), plus 8 pages with 20 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. A few library stamps, o/wise contents near fine. 18.5 X 12.8. 9780864420909
40632 FULLERTON, Laurie, LOGAN, Leanne & COLE, Geert NEW CALEDONIA - A Travel Survival Kit $20.00 AUD
Lonely Planet. Melbourne. 1994. 2nd edition of the 1990 original. 282, (6 publications) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches), plus 12 pages with 39 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18.5 X 12.8. 0864422016
58860 GA'EKE, Falakika, TOA, Epifania & FILIMOHAHAU-AMOLE, Hiasinita L'ARBRE POMETIA DE TAGALOA / TE TAVA O TAGALOA $15.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. c. 2010. 1st Ed. Collection Conte d'Océanie. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and Wallisian. Fine. Oblong: 18.5 x 20.5. 9782296097261
12687 GABRIEL, Claude & KERMEL, Vincent NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Les Sentiers de l'Espoir $25.00 AUD
La Brèche. Paris. 1988. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 1 map in text. Pictorial soft cover. Foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Fine. 21 x 13. 2902524692
The events in New Caledonia following the political turmoil of 1984/85 and the tragedies of Ouvéa and Canala (May 1988), leading to the Matignon Agreement.
33073 GAGNOLET, Colette CUISINER LE TAZAR $25.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 1 map and 24 colour photos by Eric Bua. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 19.8 x 19.8. 2841700623
42 recipes on how to cook the Spanish Mackerel.
59565 GAILLARD, Blanche-Marie MEDECIN AU BAGNE DE NOUMEA $40.00 AUD
Editions Epistemea. Plouharnel, France. 2010. 1st Ed. 87, (1) PP with b/w illustrations (1 map, 1 plan, 2 facsimile of documents, 6 letters and 43 b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 17 9782952187145
A 3 year stay in the convict settlement of New Caledonia, by Felix Gaillard, assistant Medical Doctor.
ISEE / Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. Notes et Documents No. 112. 24 PP with graphs and tables. Soft cover. Faint water stain at top of back cover and last leaf. French text. Near fine. 29 x 21.
New Caledonia: Building Activities and Public Works between 1997 and 2008.
58582 GANTELET, Pascal, ROSAIRE, Anne, et al. (editors) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - BILAN ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL 2009 - "Bemol sur la Croissance" $45.00 AUD
Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed., May 2009. 53, (3) PP with graphs and tables. English summary on page 2: "New Caledonia - Reserved Growth". Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
New Caledonia - Activity for 2009 : "The New Caledonian Economy... reserved growth". Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia for 2009.
46549 GARANGER, José ARCHEOLOGIE DES NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES. Contribution à la connaissance des Îles du Centre $45.00 AUD
ORSTOM / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1972. 1st Ed., publication No. 30 Société des Océanistes. VII, 156 PP with 15 tables, plus 250 pages (glossy paper) with maps, sketches and b/w photos. Soft cover, dj. Discreet stamp of previous owner at top of title page. French text. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 25 x 20.
Archaeology in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu).
42081 GARDE, François LES INSTITUTIONS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed., in Collection Mondes Océaniens. Preface by Jean-Jack Queyranne. 351, (3) PP. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747510646
The 1998 Nouméa Agreement and the Institutions of New Caledonia created by law dated 19th March 1999..
47681 GARDISSAT, Paul NABANGA. Une Anthologie Illustrée de la littérature orale du Vanuatu $55.00 AUD
Conseil Culturel National du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2004. 1st Ed. 304 PP with 3 maps and many illustrations by Jacques Harry Tenene & Joseph Samuel Thomas. Pictorial card cover, dj. French text. Fine. 25 x 19.6. 9829032043
Tales and legends of Vanuatu, published between 1975 and 1980 (independence of the New Hebrides) in the weekly magazines Nabanga and Le Mélanésien.
56839 GARDISSAT, Paul & GRINDLEY, Pauline LE RAT ET LA PIEUVRE. Légende d' Ifira, province de Shefa $20.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Nabanga Pikinini series. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations by David Tovovur. Pictorial soft cover. French text by Rufino Pineda (Bichelamar traduction by Anna Naupa). Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21. 9789829032270
56840 GARDISSAT, Paul & GRINDLEY, Pauline LA LEGENDE DE LA LUNE ET DU SOLEIL. Légende de Pentecôte, province de Penema $20.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Nabanga Pikinini series. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations by David Tovovur. Pictorial soft cover. French text by Rufino Pineda (Bichelamar traduction by Anna Naupa). Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21. 9789829032256
56841 GARDISSAT, Paul & GRINDLEY, Pauline LA LEGENDE DE LA PIERRE CARNIVORE. Légende d'Ambrym, province de Malampa $20.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Nabanga Pikinini series. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations by David Tovovur. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text by Rufino Pineda (Bichelamar traduction by Anne Naupa & Joel Simo). 29.8 x 21. 9789829032263
56842 GARDISSAT, Paul & GRINDLEY, Pauline LA LEGENDE DE LA NOUVELLE LUNE. Légende de Malo, province de Sanma $20.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Nabanga Pikinini series. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations by David Tovovur. French text by Rufino Pineda (Bichelamar traduction by Anna Naupa). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9789829032249
73251 GARENNE, Albert A NOUMEA - L' Amour qui mène au Bagne $50.00 AUD
Les Editions du Caillou. Nouméa. 1979. 1st edition limited to 3000 copies, in the 8 volumes series Le Bagne Calédonien. 276, (1) PP, plus 12 colour plates illustrated by Patrice Nielly. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, illustration on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Small stain at lower corner of first 2 leaves. Top and bottom of spine with small splits and a little insect damage along the gutter of front endpaper. Otherwise a clean and near fine copy. French text. 22.5 x 17.2.
11742 GARNIER, Jules VOYAGE A LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1867-1868 $90.00 AUD
Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1990. Facsimile reprint of the 1867 original in Le Tour du Monde, Voyage à la Nouvelle-Calédonie published by Librarie Hachette. (4), 123 PP with 6 charts and plans, and 67 b/w engravings. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 30.5 x 21.5.
The voyages of Jules Garnier through New Caledonia, between 1863 and 1866, where he studied mineral deposits and gave his name to the nickel ore Garnierite. An exceptionally good book.
44048 GARNIER, Jules VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE - OCEANIE, Les Iles des Pins, Loyalty (et Tahiti) $50.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2002. New edition, in Colledtion Fac-Similés Océaniens. Comments and annotations by Sonia Faessel to the volume 2 of the 1871 edition (original published in 1867 & 1868) . XII, (2 publications), 14, 318 PP, (2 tables), plus 3 engravings. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747529991
In spite of its title this reprint covers the exploration of the West Coast of New Caledonia, and the Loyalty Islands.
46686 GARNIER, Jules VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE - LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (côte orientale) $125.00 AUD
Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur. Paris. 1871. 1st Ed. (4), 364 PP, plus 4 b/w plates (engravings and tissue guard) and 1 large folded map in colour (New Caledonia). Soft cover. Map with a closed tear, o/wise near fine. Rare. French text. 18.6 x 12
The voyages of Jules Garnier through New Caledonia, between 1863 and 1866, where he studied mineral deposits and gave his name to the nickel ore Garnierite.
72511 GARNIER, Jules VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE - OCEANIE: Les Iles des Pins, Loyalty et Tahiti $300.00 AUD
Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur. Paris. 1871. 1st Ed. (4), 388 PP, plus 1 large folded map in colour "Tahiti et Morea" and 4 b/w plates with tissue guard. Eps: moire. Quarter bound, decorated green morocco, leather spine with raised bands and gilt decoration and title, all edges gilt, ribbon page-marker. Note to previous owner on half title page. Rubbed patches (light) at foot of spine. Repaired tear at margin of map close to the gutter. Rare in such good condition. French text. 18.7 x 12.
Exploration of the West Coast of New Caledonia, the Loyalty Islands and Tahiti.
72512 GARNIER, Jules VOYAGE AUTOUR DU MONDE: LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (côte orientale) $225.00 AUD
Henri Plon, Imprimeur-Editeur. Paris. 1871. 1st edition. (4), 364 PP, plus 1 large folded map in colour "Nouvelle Calédonie et ses Dépendances" with an inset " Nouméa et l'Ile Nou et son pénitencier" and 4 b/w plates with tissue guard. Fp: Halte dans la brousse. Modern "half bound" copy retaining original covers, marbled boards and endpapers, leather spine with raised bands, gilt decorations and title. Original covers with signs of ageing. French text. Rare in this condition. 18.6 x 13.
The voyages of Jules Garnier through New Caledonia, between 1863 and 1866, where he studied mineral deposits and gave his name to the nickel ore Garnierite.
48509 GARNUNG, Francis CONTES ET COUTUMES CANAQUES AU XIXe SIECLE $15.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed., in La Légende des Mondes series. 80, (1) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747541908
Tales and legends from New Caledonia in the second half of the 19th century. Some of them collected by Louise Michel in the 1870s.
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Sea mammals, colour illustrations by Richard Lisiak. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
Sea mammals: dolphins, whales, dugong found in New Caledonia waters.
34604 GARRIGUE, Claire & GREAVES, Jacqui NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, UN RENDEZ-VOUS POUR LES BALEINES - New Caledonia, A Rendezvous for the Humpback Whale $130.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 1 map, 1 duotone illust., and hundreds of colour photos. Includes an audio CD of Humpback whale songs recorded in the lagoon of New Caledonia. Hard cover, dj. Fine. French and English text (preface and acknowledgments in Japanese). 25.5 x 25.5. 2950578411
The humpback whale at a glimpse. Life and behaviour of the humpback whale.
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).
55819 GATE, Gabriel (editor) BON APPETIT! - Gourmet Guide to New Caledonia $15.00 AUD
New Caledonia Tourism. Nouméa & Sydney. 2007. 1st Ed. 24 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. New. 38 x 26.5.
New Caledonia is one of the best French gourmet experiences outside France
73443 GAUHAROU, Bernard & FUSTEC, Bernard LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - 1998 $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 53 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
38618 GAUHAROU, Bernard & KLEIN, Florence LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 1999 $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
42832 GAUHAROU, Bernard & KLEIN, Florence LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2001 $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country - Windjammer France II - Biodiversity: New Caledonian crow (Corvus moneduloides), whales & flying fox - Kite surfing...
47674 GAUHAROU, Bernard & KLEIN, Florence LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2003 $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country. Natural history: Gropers, Dugong, Gecko. Painters: Gauguin, Tatin d'Avesnières. Sport with the 12th South Pacific Games of Fiji...
47757 GAUHAROU, Bernard & PAGE, Marianne LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2002 $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country. Natural history: Turtles, sperm whales. Painters: Adrien Trohmae. Sport with the 15th World championship of Hobie Cat 16...
49263 GAUHAROU, Bernard, & OLLIVAUD, Jean-Yves LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2004 - NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country. Natural history: Cagou/Kagu (bird), Stingrays, Whales. Researches in the French speaking Pacific...
42831 GAUHAROU, Bernard, KLEIN, Florence & MOZZICONACCI, Cécile LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2000 $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country - Lighthouse - Shipwreck - Biodiversity - Traditional (Kanak) money ...
53402 GAUHAROU, Bernard, OLLIVAUD, Jean-Yves & CAMILLE, Stéphane LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2005 - NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed. 54 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country. Natural history: Dolphins, Sharks, Birds (lorikeets)... Transport: coastal shipping, Train Nouméa to Paita.
53403 GAUHAROU, Bernard, OLLIVAUD, Jean-Yves & CAMILLE, Stéphane LE LIVRE DES TIMBRES 2006 - NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. 52 PP with colour illustrations. Illustrated endpapers. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. Oblong: 24.7 x 26.2.
Stamps: images of a country. Sixty years of Red Cross in New Caledonia. Natural history: endangered birds ( kagu, lorikeets)... Kanak heritage: Kanak music, Sculpture...
IEOM / Institut d' Emission d' Outre-Mer & CEROM / Comptes Economiques Rapides pour l'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed., April 2011. 48 PP with graphs, tables and photographs. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Businesses and Industries of New Caledonia.
60314 GAUTIER, Alexandre, LE ROUX, Margot et al. (editors) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - BILAN ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL 2010 - "L'économie calédonienne est bien orientée, soutenue par un contexte mondial favorable" $50.00 AUD
Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed., May 2011. 48 PP with graphs and tables. English summary on page 2: "The New Caledonian economy is well orientated, supported by a favorable world context". Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
New Caledonia - Activity for 2010 : "The New Caledonian Economy... well positioned...". Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia for 2010.
61817 GAUTIER, Alexandre, UJICAS, Véronique et al. (editors) NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - BILAN ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL 2011 - "L'économie calédonienne n'a pas fléchi en 2011" $50.00 AUD
Institut de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed., July 2012. 48 PP with graphs and tables. English summary on page 1: "The New Caledonian economy hasn't declined in 2011". Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
New Caledonia - Activity for 2011 : "The New Caledonian Economy hasn't declined in 2011". Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia for 2011.
65221 GAÜZERE, Richard & ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric NOMENCLATURE DE LA SCRIPTOPHILIE Néo-Calédonienne et Néo-Hébridaise (1845-1992) - Actions, Obligations et Emprunts $175.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2013. 1st edition limited to 500 copies (No. 498 / 500). 180 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Lower corner of front board with a light bump, o/wise a fine copy. Scarce. French text. Oblong: 27 x 35.5. 9782953990850
List / Nomenclature of: Shares - Bonds / Debentures - Loans in New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.
71178 GAÜZERE, Richard & ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric LES BILLETS DE BANQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, des Nouvelles-Hébrides et de Wallis et Futuna 1848 - 2018 $100.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Association Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2019. 1st edition. 128 PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations (medals, coins, bank notes, short snorter & canteen notes). Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 30.5 x 22.5. 9791094708194
A history of Bank Notes, Coins, US and NZ currencies (during WWII), in New Caledonia and New Hebrides.
62795 GERARD, Hervé SOIS TOUBIB MON FILS - Raymond Magnin pionnier de la chirurgie libérale en Nouvelle-Calédonie $65.00 AUD
Clinique Magnin. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed., with a foreword by Jean Lèques, Maire de Nouméa. 71, (4) PP with b/w and colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards. Newspaper review loosely inserted. French text. As new. 30.5 x 21.7. 9782746642935
70862 GERMAIN, Philippe (editor) 2015-2018: QUATRE ANS D'ENGAGEMENT DE DE REFORMES DE FOND $30.00 AUD
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2015. 1st Ed. 61 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Front cover with 3 folds: Planning leading to the 2018 referendum. Pictorial soft covers. French text. As new. 29.7 x 21.
Preparing for a new Model of Society and Changing the Economy outlook.
62248 GEY, Pierre, ESTOURNES, Jean-Marc COURRIER SUD - Numéro Spécial: Bilan 2004 2006 $15.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2006. Special issue (November 2006). Foreword by Philippe Gomes. 68 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28.7 x 21.
Results and achievements between May 2004 and November 2006.
54876 GIELBE AGLAE ET SIDONIE ET LEURS AMIS. No. 1. $35.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2003. 1st edition of 2000 copies. 3-66 PP with comic strips. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Comic strips published in the daily newspaper Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes.
54879 GIELBE AGLAE ET SIDONIE ET LEURS AMIS SE LIBERENT - No. 4 $35.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 3-66 PP with comic strips. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 2952118833
Comic strips published in the daily newspaper Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes.
71279 GILES, W. E., SCARR, Deryck (editor) A CRUIZE IN A QUEENSLAND LABOUR VESSEL TO THE SOUTH SEAS $30.00 AUD
ANUP. Canberra. 1968. 1st edition with a foreword by H. E. Maude. No. 1 of the Pacific History series. XIV, 124 PP with 1 map of the New Hebrides, plus 4 pages with 6 b/w photos. Cloth cover, dj. Dust jacket with light wear, o/wise a near fine copy. 21.2 x 14. 0708102522
A voyage in a labour-recruiting vessel or "blackbirding".
53104 GILIBERT, Jean UN VOYAGE SANS RETOUR, De l'Aubrac à la Nouvelle-Calédonie - Journal de Jean Gilibert (1818-1891), Missionaire mariste chez les Kanaks de 1858 à 1891 $60.00 AUD
CEPAC. Suva / Nouméa. 2007. Introduction and notes by Frédéric Angleviel. Transcription and biography by Marie-Louise Gondal. 538 PP with b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document, 3 maps, 5 photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.2 x 14.7. 09825060048
62515 GIRARD, France LA VIE INSOLITE DE JEAN TARAGNAT, l'Auvergnat $20.00 AUD
Direction de la Culture de la Province Nord. Koné, Province Nord. 2012. Janvier 2012 edition, in Collection "Connaissez-vous votre Province - Nos Fondateurs". (3), 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (engravings, maps, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 16. 9782919510108
1844: First Catholic Missionary in New Caledonia. 1852 / 1860: gold digging and life in Australia. ...
11941 GODARD, Ph. JAFFRE, T. & THEMEREAU, A. FLEURS EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Tome I: Fleurs des Jardins $30.00 AUD
Editions Françaises d'Océanie. Nouméa. 1978. 1st Ed. 238 PP with 234 colour plates. Eps: Malvaviscus Arboreau. Hard cover, title on front cover, dj. Very good. French text. 26 x 18.8.
Flora : Flowers found in the gardens of New Caledonia, very few endemic to the Territory.
11752 GODARD, Philippe LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE QUE J'AIME $125.00 AUD
Editions d'Art Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1988. 1st limited edition. 445 PP with colour illustrations on superior art paper. Hard cover, decorated front board, pictorial slipcase. Foxing spots on both endpapers, o/wise fine. French text. Oblong: 26 x 36.5.
A beautiful pictorial voyage through New Caledonia and its outlying islands.
11924 GODARD, Philippe L'ILE LA PLUS PROCHE DU PARADIS $75.00 AUD
Editions d' Art Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1982. 1st Ed. 278 PP with colour photos on art paper. Hard cover, title on front cover and spine, dj. Dust jacket has a few small chips, occasional foxing, o/wise fine. French text. Large format: 35 x 27.5.
Personalities of New Caledonia, the Chesterfields Archipelago (guano, whaling, birds), fresh-water world of New Caledonia.
40030 GODARD, Philippe ITINERAIRES POETIQUES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - No. 1 $40.00 AUD
Editions d'Art Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1989. 1st Ed, October 1989. No pagination, 48 PP with 27 colour plates by Jean-Philippe and Philippe Godard, and 27 b/w photos for their legends. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 30.7 x 25.
Pictorial discovery of the main island of New Caledonia.
49033 GODARD, Philippe HISTORIAL DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, en Bandes Dessinées (in 4 volumes) $250.00 AUD
Nouméa Editions. Nouméa. c. 1982. 1st Ed. Vol I: 124 PP with colour drawings by Marcel Fréchin. Vol II: 120 PP with colour drawings by Eric Loublandes and Serge Sirac. Vol III: 108 PP with colour drawings by Marcel Fréchin. Vol IV: 105 PP with colour drawings by Marcel Fréchin. Cloth cover, gilt device (New Caledonia and Loyalty Islands) on front cover of each volume. Volumes contained in 2 slipcases. Occasional foxing. Top of slipcases and top corner of back cover of Volume I with old water marks. A near fine set. French text. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. 32.5 x 25.8.
Pictorial history of New Caledonia. Vol I: Explorers, Missionaries and Settlers. Vol II: Military Governors: convicts, communists and early setllement. Vol III: Agricultural settlers and mining industry. Vol IV: World War I and World War II, to the 1970s.
56706 GODARD, Philippe FUTUNA - Perle du Pacifique $300.00 AUD
Editions d'Art Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1994. Limited edition "Bibliophilie" of 100 numbered copies (No.73/C). Introductory text by Richard Rossille (Université de Paris-Sorbonne). 234 PP with 1 geological map in colour colour, 6 b/w illustrations and 165 colour photos (7 of them of paintings). Plus colour photo on double page of a Tepi (Tapa from Futuna Island) at rear of book. Hard cover. Simile leather, title on front cover and spine, slipcase decorated by a "Tepi" from Futuna (specially made for this run of 100 copies). Fine. French text. This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Large format: 32 x 26.
73495 GODARD, Philippe WALLIS $30.00 AUD
Editions d'Art Océaniennes. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 60 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Front cover with light creases. French text. Very good. 27.8 x 22.
Pictorial souvenir album on the Island of Wallis.
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.
11917 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME I - 1774-1863 $75.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1978. 1st Ed. (2), 466 PP, (2) with b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Spine lightly sunned. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 28.5 x 23.
Covers the period of first discoveries, missionaries, French possession.
12729 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN, TOME V - 1940-1953 $75.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1975. 1st Ed. (2), 552 PP, (2) with b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, b/w photo vignette on front cover. Last ten pages & back cover with water stain, not affecting text. Faint foxing. Very good. French text. 28.8 x 23.
WWII, the Free French, the Americans, airline communications.
12730 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN, TOME VI - 1954-1966 $75.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1978. 1st Ed. 454 PP, (2) with b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, colour photo vignette on front cover. Covers lightly soiled, and cloth at bottom of front cover with small tear. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 28.5 x 23.
Union Calédonienne, great figures, arrival of jets.
60736 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME VII - 1967-1976 $100.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1979. 1st Ed. (2), 550, (4) PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Hard cover, colour vignette on front cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 28.5 x 22.5.
The boom years on the nickel markets, stamps & coins....
60737 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN, TOME VI - 1954-1966 $100.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1978. 1st Ed. 454 PP, (2) with b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, colour photo vignette on front cover. Occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 28.5 x 23.
Union Calédonienne, great figures, arrival of jets.
60738 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME III - 1900-1919 $75.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1976. 1st Ed. (2), 504 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover, Colour vignette on front cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 28.5 x 22.5.
Nickel mining, WWI & New Caledonia. Chromium.
60739 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME I - 1774-1863 $100.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1978. 1st Ed. (2), 466 PP, (2) with b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Top corner of front cover bumped, occasional foxing. Very good. French text. 28.5 x 23.
Covers the period of first discoveries, missionaries, French possession.
60734 GODARD, Philippe (Edit.) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME IV - 1920-1939 $100.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1976. 1st edition. (2), 524 PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 28.8 x 23.
Shipping, sports, nickel mining & smelting.
11048 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME VIII - 1977-1981 $100.00 AUD
Editions d'art Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1982. 1st Ed. 510, (2) PP with b/w & colour illust. Cloth cover, colour vignette on front cover. Fine. French text. 28.5 x 24.5.
Resurgence of political & racial turmoil, the New Hebrides (history to the end of the Anglo-French condominium (P.281-503).
60735 GODARD, Philippe (editor) LE MEMORIAL CALEDONIEN - TOME II - 1864-1899 $100.00 AUD
Nouméa Diffusion. Nouméa. 1977. 1st edition. 506, (6) PP with b/w & colour illustrations. Cloth cover, b/w vignette on front cover. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 28.8 x 22.8.
From the convict & political deportees (communards) to the 1878 revolt.
45224 GOLDSWORTHY, David THE HAWKE GOVERNMENT AND AFRICA: Hands across the Indian Ocean ? (in Australian Outlook) $10.00 AUD
The Australian Journal of International Affairs. Canberra. 1985. Volume 39, No.3, December 1985. Contains article from P. 139 to 146. Soft cover. Few foxing spots on outside edges and covers, o/wise near fine. 28 x 20.3.
60416 GOMES, Philippe MANIFESTE - Pour un Drapeau Reconnu par Tous $25.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. 69, (3) PP. Soft covers with light soiling, o/wise fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Quest for a National Flag in New Caledonia.
60509 GOMES, Philippe BILAN DE L'ACTION DU GOUVERNEMENT (15 Juin 2009 - 17 Février 2011) $25.00 AUD
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle- Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. 32, (4) PP. Soft cover, spiral bound. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 30.
139 of the problems faced by the Government of New Caledonia: 53 completed, 71 work in progress and 15 to be tackled.
56634 GOMES, Philippe (editor) CE QUI A CHANGE: 2004-2008 $20.00 AUD
Province Sud. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 68 PP with colour photos. An 8 pages comic strip in colour "Alice et les Secrets des Pyramides" loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
What did change in the Southern Province of New Caledonia between 2004 and 2008. Education, Economic Development, Agriculture, Environment, Sports, Tourism, Health, Culture...
56620 GOMES, Philippe & NEAOUTYINE, Paul LE DEBAT: Philippe Gomès / Paul Néaoutyine - Quel Avenir après l'Accord ? $25.00 AUD
Editions Tabù. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. Edited by Estelle Delonca and Nicolas Vignobles. 38 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
On the 1999 "Nouméa Agreement" and the 2014 Referendum on the Independence of New Caledonia, by 2 political leaders: Philippe Gomès for Calédonie Ensemble (Caledonia Together) and Paul Néaoutyne for Union Nationale pour l'Independance (National Union for Independence).
70859 GOMES, Philippe & POADJA, Gérard (editors) LE PATRIMOINE COMMUN DU PEUPLE CALEDONIEN $30.00 AUD
Calédonie Ensemble. Nouméa. 2018. 1st Ed. 52 PP with duo-tone or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Letter dated 14 september 2018, loosely inserted. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Published and disributed 2 months prior to the first of three Referendums, leading to ... Independence or not.
70861 GOMES, Philippe & POADJA, Gérard (editors) REFERENDUM, 4 Novembre 2018: Construisons par le dialogue - entre Calédoniens - un avenir dans la France aux couleurs de la paix $30.00 AUD
Calédonie Ensemble. Nouméa. 2018. 1st Ed. 36 PP with duo-tone or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Letter dated 14 september 2018, loosely inserted. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Published and disributed prior to the first of three Referendums, leading to ... Independence or not.
58929 GONOD, Michel & GALLIFET, Liliane NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - Notre Paradis sous l'orage (in Paris Match) $20.00 AUD
Paris Match / Cogedi Presse. Paris. 1987. Issue No. 1998, 11 September 1987. 90 PP. Contains a 10 page article with 7 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Very good. 29.5 x 23.5.
60404 GOPOEA, Mme Astrid (editor) LES CAHIERS DE LA CITOYENNETE - No. 1 $20.00 AUD
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouméa. 2010. Issue No. 1, September 2010. 24 PP with colour photos. Bilingual edition French and English (translated by Nic Maclellan & Leila Bouchet). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 42 x 29.7.
The origins of New Caledonian Citizenship. Citizenship New Caledonia 2010. ... National Anthem.
52831 GORO LE PROJET GORO NICKEL EN 10 POINTS $20.00 AUD
Goro Nickel. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., in June 2007. 12 PP with colour illustrations (1 map, 2 plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover creased, o/wise fine. French text. 35.8 x 24.
Nickel factory under construction (2/3 complete in June 2007... Start Up : early 2009).
61386 GOURAYA, Eugénie & Firmin, KOMOUUARE, Floriane & VERNAUDON, Jacques NÂÂ KWENYÏ - Propositions d'écriture du Nââ Kwényï $25.00 AUD
Académie des Langues Kanak. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. in Collection Propositions d' Ecriture, limited to 500 copies. 38, (2) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Text in Nââ Kwényï and French. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782918248477
Language used in the South of New Caledonia and at the Isle of Pines.
12699 GOURGUECHON, Charlene JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLD - A three-year adventure in the New Hebrides $10.00 AUD
Charles Scribner's Sons. New York. 1977 1st English edition of the 1974 French original "L'Archipel des Tabous". (8), 338 PP with 1 map and 39 b/w photos. Fp: Map of the New Hebrides. Hard cover, dj. A small closed tear in rear of dust jacket. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 23.2 x 15.5. 0684148471
An exciting story on the New Hebrides islands: of roguish boat captains, missionaries & slave traders, planters & natives, ancient customs & a present-day (1974) but bizarre government "Condominium" shared by France & the U.K.
12142 GRACE, G.W. GRAND COULI DICTIONARY (New Caledonia) $40.00 AUD
ANU. Canberra. 1976. 1st Ed., in the Pacific Linguistics series. Series C, No. 12. VIII, (2), 114, 16 (publications) PP. Soft cover. Fine. 24.4 x 19.8. 0858831546
Dictionary of the language spoken at Grand Couli where the Tiri and Mea people had to settle after the 1878 revolt.
62005 GRAS, Anne REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 19 $50.00 AUD
RJPENC / Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2012. No. 19, Issue 2012 / 1. 156 PP with b/w illustrations (graphs, map, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (1 article in French and English). Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Issue including - Caledonian and Independence, by Robert Bertram. Nickel / New Caledonia and Chinese longing, by Isabelle Anselme ... France and the South Pacific: an Australian Perspective, by Denise Fisher.
64047 GRASSET SAINT SAUVEUR, Jacques MOEURS, LOIS ET COSTUMES DES PEUPLES DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE (in Encyclopédie des Voyages, 1796) $100.00 AUD
Author / Deroy. Paris. 1796 (An 4e. de la République Française). Extract. (2 title page), 6 PP. Foxing and a ittle fragile, o/wise near fine. A rare document. French text. 24.3 x 18.5.
Manners, Laws and Cloths of the people from New Caledonia.
13166 GRISCELLI, Ecole A. NEPOUI, CENTRE MINIER DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. ND. c.1980. GEO 9 in the series. 11 PP booklet (typescript) with a few b/w illust. plus 16 colour slides, together in a plastic folder. Fine. French text. 22 x 18.5. /ISSN 07504276
71357 GROUSSET, Paschal LE 26 OCTOBRE $150.00 AUD
Dépot Central chez Madre. Paris. 1869. New edition with a post-scriptum of the 1869 original. 35, (1) PP. Soft cover, title pasted down on front cover. Half title page with stamp 'Timbre Imperial". Covers lightly soiled. Ageing of paper. A very good copy of a rare item. French text. 17 x 11.
Post Sriptum regarding the vote of 26 October 1869: Letter sent by Comte de Kératry and a reply by the author. Paschal Grousset, editor of "La Marseillaise", was sent to New Caledonia after the "Commune de Paris", but escaped on board the P.C.E., with Rochefort and Jourde.
53126 LE GUERROUE, Armelle UN PARFAIT COUPABLE $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed. (juvenile), No. 5 in La Bibliothèque du Caillou series. (4), 68 PP with 10 drawings by J. M. Pouly. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 17.5 x 11.3. 2913256619
Drug related problems and growing up in New Caledonia.
13027 GUIART, Jean MYTHOLOGIE DU MASQUE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $70.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océannistes. Paris. 1987. 2nd reprint of the 1966 original. 177 PP with 1 map, 1 diagram, 4 tables, 8 b/w & 7 colour illustrations. Soft cover, dj. French text. Fine. 25 x 15.5.
Types of masks, their meaning, why and how to wear them...
13192 GUIART, Jean UN SIECLE ET DEMI DE CONTACTS CULTURELS A TANNA NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES $70.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1956. 1st Ed., Publication No.5 de la Société des Océanistes. X, 426 PP, plus 3 maps in the text part, followed by VII plates with 28 b/w photos and 2 large folded maps at rear. Soft cover. Edges browned, light soiling, faint foxing of the outside edges, o/wise a near fine copy. Scarce. French text. 27.5 x 18.
Covers subjects of kava and dance, ceremonies and rituals, magic, John Frum movement, ancestral cults ... Very comprehensive.
31011 GUIART, Jean JULES CALIMBRE - Chronique de trois générations, trois femmes et trois maisons $40.00 AUD
Le Rocher-a-la-Voile. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 2 in the "Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent" series. 162 PP with 1 map, and 62 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15
Saga of three generations of settlers in New Caledonia, starting with a French soldier discharged in Noumea and his son Jules who was a successful businessman, miner, stevedore... and humanist.
31012 GUIART, Jean BWESOU EURIJISI - Le premier écrivain canaque $50.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 3 in the Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent series. 154 PP with 2 maps, and 52 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover a little soiled, o/wise fine. French text. 21 x 15.
First Kanak writer who, between 1908 and 1925, described Kanak culture (in his language meRea Ajië; spoken in the valley of Houailou), set out in 24 manuscript text-books.
31013 GUIART, Jean LA TERRE QUI S'ENFUIT - Les pays canaques anciens, de La Foa, Moindou, Bourail et Kouaoua $30.00 AUD
Le Rocher a la voile. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 4 in the Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent series. 167 PP with 13 maps and plans, and 19 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
The pre colonial history and traditional culture of a central part of New Caledonia where the first inhabitants were evicted and expelled by early French settlers...
31720 GUIART, Jean LES MELANESIENS DEVANT L'ECONOMIE DE MARCHE - Du milieu du XIXème siècle à la fin du millénaire $55.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed., No. 5 in the Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent series. 192 PP with 1 map, 5 tables, and 19 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
From subsistence economy before the pre colonial period to the world at the end of the second millenium.
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed., No. 1 in essais pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent series. 296 PP with 3 maps and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20.8 x 15.
46683 GUIART, Jean LES EFFIGIES RELIGIEUSES DES NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES $55.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1949. Extract from the Journal de la Société des Océanistes, Volume V, No. 5, December 1949. 36 PP, with 23 figures. Soft cover. Covers repaired at spine and with light chips on edges. Slight ageing of paper. French text. Contents near fine. Scarce. 26.8 x 17.2.
49000 GUIART, Jean CA PLAIT OU CA NE PLAIT PAS - Eléments de Bibliographie Critique. II - Ethnologie générale et Océanie, dont la Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed., No. 4 in "essais pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent" series. 216 PP with 1 b/w photo on title page. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.8 x 15. 2952197008
49002 GUIART, Jean L'ENFER EXPATRIE. Réflexion sur la guerre dans le Pacifique Sud (1941-1945) $30.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., No. 5 in "Essais pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent" series. 117 PP with 8 maps and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20.8 x 15. 2952197016
On the War in the Pacific (1941-1945)
53100 GUIART, Jean UNE CLE DE LA SOCIETE CANAQUE, Les réseaux d' identité partagée $30.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile & les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., No. 11 in "Essais pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent" series. 204 PP with 4 maps, 10 tables, and 24 genealogy trees. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20.8 x 15. 2952197032
53102 GUIART, Jean DU SANG SUR LE SABLE. Le vrai destin de Jean-Marie Tjibaou $40.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile & les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., No. 8 in "essais pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent" series. 392 PP with 3 maps. Fine. French text. 20.9 x 15.
9782952197045
60419 GUIART, Jean LA TERRE QUI S'ENFUIT - Le cadre social de l'insurrection de 1878 $60.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile & Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2009. New edition of the 1998 original. No. 4 in the Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent series. 328 PP, (2) with 7 genealogy trees and b/w or colour illustrations (19 maps and plans, and 16 drawings, photographs). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Revolt of 1878.
60420 GUIART, Jean JULES CALIMBRE - Chronique de trois femmes et de trois maisons $60.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile & Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2009. New edition of the 1998 original. No. 2 in the Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent series. 327 PP, (1) with 100 b/w or colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15
Saga of three generations of settlers in New Caledonia, starting with a French soldier discharged in Noumea and his son Jules who was a successful businessman, miner, stevedore... and an humanist.
70444 GUIART, Jean CONTES ET LEGENDES DE LA GRANDE-TERRE $100.00 AUD
Editions des Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 1957. 1st edition in "Petite Collection Mélanésienne". 87 PP with 9 b/w illustrations (engraved bamboos). Soft cover, illustrated front, staples (rusty). Covers somewhat soiled and annotations in top margin of page 37. Ageing of paper / foxing. French text. An otherwise near fine copy. French text. Scarce. 24 x 15.5.
Tales, legends and myths from the main island of New Caledonia.
72426 GUIART, Jean AUTOUR DU ROCHER D'ATE - L'axe Koné-Tiwaka et les effets d'un siècle de résistance canaque $40.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed., No. 6 in the Cahiers pour l'intelligence du temps présent series. 192 PP with 3 organigrams, 6 maps and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Near fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Kanak opposition to colonial rule and upheaval against the French settlers and established order, in the valleys of northern New Caledonia.
58597 GUIGUENO, Vincent & VATTIER, Valérie LE PHARE AMEDEE - Lumière de Paris & de Nouvelle-Calédonie $85.00 AUD
Musée de l'histoire maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie / Editions Point de Vues. Nouméa / Paris. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean-Paul Mugnier. 144 PP with location map & charts, maps & plans, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 36 x 25.5. 9782915548372
Metallic Lighthouse: built 1862 in Paris then knocked down. Shipped to New Caledonia, then erected in 1865.
16514 GUILLE, A., LABOUTE, P. & MENOU, J.L. GUIDE DES ETOILES DE MER, OURSINS & AUTRES ECHINODERMES DU LAGON DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Handbook of the sea-stars, sea-urchins and related echinoderns of New-Caledonia lagoon $85.00 AUD
Editions ORSTOM. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. 238 PP with b/w or colour illust. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. French text. 27.8 x 21.8. 2709907488
The Echinoderns of the largest coral reefs of the world. Foreword, Introduction and abstracts in English.
47928 GUILLEMIN, Francis, TYVELEIN, Anne & SCHEERCOUSSE, Laurent (editors) NOUVELLE CALEDONIE: Choisir, Créer, Investir / New Caledonia: Choose, Create, Invest $25.00 AUD
Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. c. 1996. 1st Ed. Folder containing: 1 booklet of 68 PP with tables an colour illustrations (maps, graphs, photos), and 23 flyers of/on business concerns. Text in French and English. Near fine. 28.8 x 14.5.
For the potential investor in New Caledonia.
12639 GURY, Jean-Jacques RECETTES DU LAGON $40.00 AUD
Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 77, (3 blank) PP with some 20 drawings and 10 colour plates. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. French text. 26.8 x 18.5.
70 different recipes prepared with local seafood by the author, chef of the Lycée Hôtelier in Nouméa.
63984 HAGEN, Nicolas Assemblée Générale Ordinaire du 2 Juin 1931 - COMPAGNIE COLONIALE DES ILES BANKS (Nouvelles-Hébrides) $20.00 AUD
Compagnie Coloniale des Iles Banks. Paris. 1931. 1931 edition. 14, (2) PP with tables. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21.3.
39740 HALL, Basil THE NEW HEBRIDES (in Walkabout Magazine, 1939 -Volume 5, No. 6) $20.00 AUD
Australian National Travel Association. Melbourne. 1939. April 1939. Contains article P. 42 to 45 with 1 map and 4 b/w photos. Pictorial soft covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. 30.2 x 24.5.
Other articles: Gold! Golden Mile Kalgoorlie, by John K. Ewers. Australia and the South Pacific in pictures: Tonga, the Friendly Islands ...
60333 HAMILTON-JONES, Robert BUSINESS ADVANTAGE NEW CALEDONIA / NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - 2010 / 11. New Caledonia's International Business and Investment Guide / Guide International des Affaires et de l'Investissement en Nouvelle-Calédonie $15.00 AUD
Business Advantage International / Adecal. Melbourne. 2010. 1st Ed. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bilingual text (English and French). New. 29.7 x 21.
Understanding New Caledonia. Mining & Resources. Transports. Human resources... Who's Who..
72605 HARBULOT, Ginette LA LUNE NE NOUS QUITTE PAS POUR TOUJOURS $60.00 AUD
Ginette Harbulot. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. Preface by Jean Boulic, Académie Française. 304 PP with 1 genealogical tree, 3 maps and 43 b/w photos, plus 8 pages with 14 colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Faint foxing spots on outside edges. French text. Near fine. 20.8 x 14.5.
Saga of a "Caldoche" family, who settled as early as 1855 in New Caledonia, and spread between Noumea, mining centres or farms, as well as in the New Hebrides.
73146 HARRISSON, Tom SAVAGE CIVILISATION $200.00 AUD
Victor Gollancz. London. 1937. 1st Ed. 461, (3) PP with 8 maps and 37 figures in text, plus 32 plates with 38 b/w photos, the frontispiece, and the folded map at back of the book. Fp: Woman and child of the northern New Hebrides. Cloth cover, gilt title on a sunned spine. Top edges of covers rubbed at corners, and worn at head of spine. Foxing. Image shows the frontispiece and title page. Very good copy of a scarce item. 22.2 x 14.5.
A stay in the New Hebrides in the 1930's of a member of the Oxford University Expedition, who remained there for two more years following the end of the expedition.
11091 HAUDRICOURT, A.G., OZANNE-RIVIERRE, F. DICTIONNAIRE THEMATIQUE DES LANGUES DE LA REGION DE HIENGHENE, Pije, Fwâi, Nemi, Jawe $75.00 AUD
SELAF. Paris. 1982. 1st Ed. 285 PP with 2 maps (1 with the various dialects spoken around Hienghène). Pict. soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 19 x 23. 2852971348
The various dialects spoken in the Hienghène area in the North of New Caledonia. French/vernacular language.
11828 HEGARTY, D. & POLOMKA, Peter (editor) THE SECURITY OF OCEANIA IN THE 1990'S - Volume 1: Views from the Region $35.00 AUD
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre. Canberra. 1989. 1st Ed., No. 60 in the Canberra Papers on Strategy and Defence series. (12), 92 PP with 1 map and 4 tables. Card cover. Fine. 20.6 x 14.5. 0731508130
Security concerns of island states, value of regionalism, the role of Big Brothers of Oceania (Australia & New Zealand).
50692 HENNINGHAM, Stephen FRANCE AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC, A Contemporary History $25.00 AUD
Allen & Unwin. Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. XVI, (2), 292 PP with 7 maps, photos, and tables. Pictorial soft cover. Dedicatory note on title page, dated and signed by the author. Fine. 21.5 x 14. 044423276
French presence in the region until WWII. Recent history and politics in the three French territories and in the Condominium of New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).
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, ...
57611 HESNAULT, J. & P. NEW HEBRIDES, ISLANDS OF ASHES AND CORAL $15.00 AUD
Editions Delroisse. Paris. c.1967. 1st Ed. 127 PP with b/w & colour photos throughout. Eps. Hard cover, gilt title on front cover, dj. Rubbed patch on front part of dust jacket. Very good. 20.5 x 17.
The New Hebrides two decades prior to Independence.
44991 HIENGHENE HYENGHEN - Tourism in the Future $40.00 AUD
Town Council of Hienghène. Hienghène. 1991. 1st Ed. Folder with 16 PP with 17 colour photos, plus 18 colour plates on full page, photos by Philippe Giraud and Patrice Godin. Contained in an illustrated box. Few foxing spots on verso of some plates, o/wise fine. Large format: 42 x 31.
File presented to guests/dignitaries to commemorate the township of Hienghène on the north east coast of New Caledonia (birth place of the Kanak Leader, Jean-Marie Tjibaou).
71065 HILDER, Brett PORTRAIT - CHARLES BERNARD DUPERTUIS $150.00 AUD
No date. Original unframed watercolour. 38 x 29cm.
Pacific Islands Monthly , March, 1954, P.78, contains an article on him. He was born in Switzerland but spent most of is life working in the New Hebrides where he worked on entomology and in particular, the parasite "pleurotropis".
71072 HILDER, Brett PORTRAIT - GEORGE FORESTIER $150.00 AUD
Dated 7.11.50. Original unframed watercolour. 25 x 18cm.
Reference in Pacific Islands Monthly of July 1952, P.67. Born in New Caledonia, worked in New Hebrides, including for Burns Philp.
63969 HMSO REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1897 ON THE TRADE, &c., OF NEW CALEDONIA $30.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1898. Foreign Office. Annual Series. No. 2151 - Diplomatic and Consular Reports - France - 12 PP with 9 tables. Soft cover. Very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
The consular report on the Trade, Commerce and Agriculture for the year 1897.
63970 HMSO REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1898 ON THE TRADE, COMMERCE, AND SHIPPING OF NEW CALEDONIA $30.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1899. Foreign Office. Annual Series. No. 2300 - Diplomatic and Consular Reports - France - 14 PP with 8 tables. Soft cover. Very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
The consular report on the Trade, Commerce and Agriculture for the year 1898.
63971 HMSO REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1900 ON THE TRADE AND COMMERCE OF NEW CALEDONIA $30.00 AUD
H.M.S.O. London. 1901. Foreign Office. Annual Series. No. 2626 - Diplomatic and Consular Reports - France - 12 PP with 7 tables. Soft cover. Very good. 24.2 x 15.2.
The consular report on the Trade, Commerce and Agriculture for the year 1900.
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.
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).
37557 HOLLYMAN, K. J. ETUDES SUR LES LANGUES DU NORD DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $50.00 AUD
Editions Peeters. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. Volume 13 of Langues et Cultures du Pacifique series. (6), 179 PP with 1 b/w photo, 2 figures, 2 engravings and 3 maps. Fp: Photo of Maurice Mweaou. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2877234398
Comprehensive study on the languages of the North of New Caledonia. SELAF No. 377.
Editions Grain de Sable / Ngan Jila, Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. No pagination, 28 PP with colour illustrations by Isabelle Goulou. French and Iaai text. 14 minutes CD in rear pocket. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24.7 x 22.5. 2905407357
Kanak tale in French and Iaai (language of Ouvéa, one of the Loyalty Islands).
59041 HOSKEN, Mike CALENDRIER 2009 - NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2008. Calendar for 2009. 28 PP with colour illustrations (13 photos on full page) and at centre fold a colour poster (map of new Caledonia and plannin). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 24.5 x 32.5.
73183 HOSKEN, Mike & SAVOIE, Hélène CHEMIN INSOLITE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. No pagination, 140 PP with 18 colour photos by Mike Hosken. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 22 x 22.
38625 HOSKEN, Mike & WIMART, Frédérique LE CHARME DES MAISONS DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
Editions Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 130 PP with colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22 x 22.3. 2908186104
Houses and colonial architecture in New Caledonia.
11431 HOWE, K. R. LES ILES LOYAUTE - Histoire des Contacts Culturels de 1840 à 1900 - S.E.H. Publication No. 19. $80.00 AUD
SEH. Nouméa. 1989. Reprint of the 1978 French edition. 252 PP with 1 graph, 6 maps in text plus 20 pages with 44 b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 17.8.
French translation by Georges Pisier of The Loyalty Islands, A History of Culture Contacts 1840-1900 published by ANUP in 1977.
12757 HOWE, K.R. THE LOYALTY ISLANDS, A History of Culture Contact 1840-1900 $20.00 AUD
Austraian National University Press. Canberra. 1977. 1st Ed. XVI, 206 PP with 1 graph and 5 maps. Illustrated hard cover. Fine. 21.8 x 15. 0708113311
46704 HYEST, Jean-Jacques, COINTAT, Christian & SUTOUR, Simon LES EVOLUTIONS STATUTAIRES OUTRE-MER: Le Choix de la Diversité, Les exemples de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et de Wallis-et-Futuna $20.00 AUD
Sénat. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed., No. 216 in Les Rapports du Sénat. 64 PP with 3 maps in colour. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2111121258
Voyage by the authors (Members of the Senate of France) between 9th & 20th September 2003 to New Caledonia and Wallis & Futuna to study and report on the laws governing these overseas French territories.
11709 I.T.S.E.E. NEW CALEDONIA FACTS AND FIGURES - TEC 94 $35.00 AUD
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Noumea. 1994. 1st English Ed. 214 PP with graphs, tables & maps, plus 2 pages errata. Pict. soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16.
Publication providing statistics and information to improve and better understand New Caledonia: population, agriculture and aquaculture, mining and tourism...
ITSEE / Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 224 PP with maps, graphs and tables. Inside covers: 14 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 23.8 x 15.7.
New Caledonia - Facts and Figures 1997. Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia up to December 1997.
49037 I.T.S.E.E. NEW CALEDONIA FACTS AND FIGURES 2000 $35.00 AUD
ITSEE / Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 256 PP with maps, graphs and tables. Inside covers: 14 colour photos. Four folds flyer New Caledonia in brief, 2001 loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16.
New Caledonia - Facts and Figures 2000. Economic and social study, as well as statistics for New Caledonia up to December 2000.
52147 IBANEZ BUENO, Hélène ART VIVANT NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. L'Art au passage du XXIe Siècle $100.00 AUD
Editions l' Eclectique. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 85 b/w portraits of artists (with their biography) and hundreds of b/w or colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21.5 x 24. 2952437203
Art exhibitions held in Nouméa between 1998 and 2004.
48946 ILLOUZ, Charles DE CHAIR ET DE PIERRE. Essai de Mythologie Kanak (Maré - Îles Loyauté) $25.00 AUD
Editions de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. 190, (2) PP with 5 figures (3 maps) and 2 diagrams. Pictorial soft cover. Light foxing on covers and prelims, o/wise fine. French text. 23 x 15. 2735108783
40815 INCO INCO - 1998 ANNUAL REPORT $30.00 AUD
International Nickel Co. Ltd. Toronto. 1999. 1st Ed. 78 PP with graphs, tables, 1 colour and 29 duotone photos. Inside folded front cover: Inco at a glance. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.4.
International Nickel Co. Ltd. Toronto. 2001. 1st Ed. 78 PP with graphs, tables, 8 b/w portraits and 26 colour photos. Inside folded front cover: Inco at a glance. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.4.
Inco Today and tomorrow. Annual report for 2000. Sustaining success. Reducing costs.
49872 INCO INCO - ANNUAL REPORT : 2001 $30.00 AUD
International Nickel Co. Ltd. Toronto. 2002. 1st Ed. (2), 78 PP with graphs, tables, 35 portraits and 4 colour photos. Inside folded front cover: Inco at a glance (Corporate profile & Strategic overview). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.4.
Inco 100 years (1902 - 2002) strong . Annual report for 2001.
13309 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER WALLIS-ET-FUTUNA, Rapport Annuel 1993 $25.00 AUD
I.E.O.M. Paris. 1994. 1st Ed. 88 PP with 1 map, and tables plus 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Laminated soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Annual report (1993) on the Economy of the French territory of Wallis & Futuna, in the Central Pacific.
45252 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2002 $55.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. 214 PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 foded map in colour and 6 pages with 12 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 23.7 x 16.
45273 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 1998 $35.00 AUD
Institut d' Emission d' Outre-Mer. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 159 PP with graphs & tables, plus 1folded map & 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Soft covers. Top corner of front cover with a small crease, o/wise fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.2.
Population, economy, nickel export and nickel metallurgy... Tourism ... in 1998.
48033 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER PRESENTATION GENERALE - Rapport Annuel 1993 $60.00 AUD
IEOM. Paris. 1994. Yearly publication. 100 PP with 1 map on double page, graphs and tables. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
The 1993 Annual Report of the Central Bank of the French Overseas Territories.
56540 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2006 $50.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed. 252 PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 folded map in colour and 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. French text. Fine. 23.7 x 16.
56794 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2008 $75.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. 210 PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 folded map in colour and 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
56796 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER WALLIS ET FUTUNA, Rapport Annuel 2008 $30.00 AUD
I.E.O.M. - Institut d'Emission d' Outre-Mer. Mata'Utu, Uvea. 2009. 1st Ed. 150, (2) PP with 4 colour photos, graphs and tables, plus 4 pages with 2 maps and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
Annual report (2009) on the "Economy" of the French Territory of Wallis & Futuna, in the Central Pacific.
60315 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2010 $75.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. (june 2011). 202, (2) PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 folded map in colour and 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
60402 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER WALLIS ET FUTUNA, Rapport Annuel 2010 $30.00 AUD
.E.O.M. - Institut d'Emission d' Outre-Mer. Mata'Utu, Uvea. 2011. I 1st Ed. 150, (2) PP with 4 colour photos, graphs and tables, plus 4 pages with 2 maps and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
Annual report (2010) on the "Economy" of the French Territory of Wallis & Futuna, in the Central Pacific.
61796 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2011 $75.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. (June 2012). 204, (2) PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 folded map in colour and 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
61797 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER WALLIS ET FUTUNA, Rapport Annuel 2011 $30.00 AUD
I.E.O.M. Institut d'Emission d' Outre-Mer. Mata'Utu, Uvea. 2012. 1st Ed., (June 2012). 128, (2) PP with 4 colour photos, graphs and tables, plus 4 pages with 2 maps and 4 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
Annual report (2011) on the "Economy" of the French Territory of Wallis & Futuna, in the Central Pacific.
63400 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2012 $75.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed. (June 2013). 203, (3) PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 folded map in colour and 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16.
63579 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER WALLIS ET FUTUNA, Rapport Annuel 2012 $30.00 AUD
I.E.O.M. / Institut d'Emission d' Outre-Mer. Mata'Utu, Uvea. 2013. June 2013 edition. 131, (3) PP with graphs and tables, plus 6 pages with 2 maps and 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16.
Annual report (2013) on the "Economy" of the French Territory of Wallis & Futuna, in the Central Pacific.
65146 INSTITUT D'EMISSION D'OUTRE-MER LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Rapport Annuel 2013 $75.00 AUD
Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2014. June 2014 edition. 203, (3) PP with graphs and tables, plus 1 folded map in colour and 4 pages with 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16.
IEOM / Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Nouméa. 2021. June 2021 edition. Foreword by Yann Caron. Edited by Marie-Anne POUSSIN-DELMAS. 201, (3) PP with tables and colour illustrations (7 maps, graphs and 12 colour photos), plus 1 folded map with 2 inserts "Location Maps". Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16.
Annual report for 2020: Population, Economy, Salaries, Tourism, Welfare, Health and Covid-19, ... Industry, Mining... Budget.
52854 INSTITUT D'EMISSION DES DEPARTEMENTS D'OUTRE-MER LE TOURISME DANS LES DOM-TOM $10.00 AUD
Institut d' Emission des Départements d'Outre-Mer & Institut d'Emission d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1993. 1st Ed., August 1993. (4), VIII, (2), 550 PP with 2 maps, and hundreds of graphs & tables, plus 8 pages with 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft covers with a few small creases, o/wise near fine. French text. 29.8 x 20.8.
Tourism in the French Overseas Departments (Guadeloupe, Guyana, Martinique, & Réunion), Collectivities (Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Mayotte) and Territories (French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis & Futuna).
11926 IPERE, Camille YORA ET FIRIAGO - TEPE RE YORA ME FIRIAGO, Légendes de Kouaré $25.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1989. 1st Ed. 20 PP with b/w illust. in text by Paula Boi on art paper. Pict. card cover. Very good. In French & Xaracuu. 18.2 x 21.2.
How the Cooki pines grew near Thio.
19095 IPERE, K., GODIN, P., WEDOYE, J.Y. ... WHO WE ARE - Delegation of New Caledonia: Sixth Festival of Pacific Arts - Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 1992 $20.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 60 PP with b/w or colour illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 22 x 22. 2909407195
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.
41079 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Annual Report 2000 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2001. 1st English edition, translated from the French original. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER, Michèle CHOUCHAN & Corinne SCHWARTZ. 60 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
41080 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 2000 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER, Michèle CHOUCHAN & Corinne SCHWARTZ. 60 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
45239 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 2001 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER & Elisabeth DUVAL & Corinne SCHWARTZ. 60 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
45955 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Centre de Nouméa - Rapport d'Activité 1999 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. Edited by THOMAS, Jacqueline, GASSER, Isabelle & SEGURA, Marie-Noëlle. 93 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text with English abstracts. 29.7 x 21.
Annual report on research in New Caledonia and the Pacific.
45956 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 1999 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER & Laurence PORGESE. 64 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
45957 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Annual Report 1999 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2000. English Edition. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER & Laurence PORGESE. 64 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
45982 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 2002 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER & Elisabeth DUVAL. 60 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
47793 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 2003 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER & Elisabeth DUVAL. 62 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Research. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
49027 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 2004 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. Edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER & Elisabeth DUVAL. 60 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 29.7. 2709915723
Research in the Pacific. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
53174 IRD INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Rapport d'Activité 2006 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed. Editorial by Jean François Girard & Michel Laurent. 64 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 29.7. 2709915723
Research in the Pacific. IRD and its partners. People and resources.
63603 IRD L'IRD en Nouvelle-Calédonie - Rapport d'Activité 2012 $10.00 AUD
IRD / Institut de Recherche pour le Développement. Noumea. 2013. June 2013 edition. Editorial by Michel Laurent, edited by Marie-Noëlle FAVIER. 52 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Research in New Caledonia. People, programs and resources.
53929 ISRAEL, Henri UNE HISTOIRE DU MOUVEMENT SYNDICAL EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $50.00 AUD
Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. Preface by François Chérèque. 426 PP with 90 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 16. 9782912429179
Workers Unions in New Caledonia: USOENC, USTKE... First Union launched in 1902
11508 ISY-SCHWART, Marcel LA CROISIERE BLEUE, Joyaux de la Mer de Corail $35.00 AUD
Robert Laffont. Paris. 1968. 1st Ed. 190 PP with 1 map in text plus 32 pages with 35 b/w photos plus 4 pages with colour photos. Pict. soft cover. French text. Very good. 21.5 x 13.8.
The sailing cruise around New Caledonia and the atolls of Ouvéa & Beautemps-Beaupré, of an adventurer, photographer, scuba diver in 1967.
51039 IZOULET, Jacques OUVEA. Histoire d'une mission catholique dans le Pacifique sud au XIXe siècle $35.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. 353, (3) PP with maps and b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.2. 2747588831
Catholic missions on the Island of Uvea, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia.
11859 IZOULET, Jacques LES PREMIERES ANNEES DE LA MISSION CATHOLIQUE A LIFOU 1858-1870 $30.00 AUD
CTRDP. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed., in the Points d'Histoire series. 132 PP with 26 b/w illust. (maps, photos, documents). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 17.5.
The beginnings of the Catholic Mission on the island of Lifou 1858-1870. The implantation of the Catholic church began on 11th April, 1858, whereas the LMS had started in 1842.
72502 JACOMB, Edward FRANCE AND ENGLAND IN THE NEW HEBRIDES - The Anglo-French Condominium $100.00 AUD
George Robertson. Melbourne. 1914. 1st Ed. 234 PP plus 6 pages of adverts at rear, plus 4 b/w plates including the Frontispiece: Vila, from the sea and a folded map of the New Hebrides. Cloth cover with light wear and a small rub on the spine and in a protective clear sleeve. Vignette of previous owner on inside front cover. Light foxing and browning of paper. A very nice copy of a scarce item. 18.8 x 13.
The first results after 7 years, of the experiment commenced with the Anglo-French convention of 20th October, 1906. History up to 2/12/1907, settlers & natives, climate & agriculture, joint naval commission, land & labour questions, missionaries..
64046 JACOTTET, Henri NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (in Cahiers d'enseignements illustrés, No. 78) $120.00 AUD
L. Baschet. Paris. 1888-1890. Issue No. 78. 16 pages with 4 b/w and 4 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Stitches removed. Slight ageing of paper, o/wise fine. French text. 21.3 x 16.
Ref O'Reilly No. 2575: "Brochure éducative. Soigneusement rédigée, et illustrée de dessins documentaires d'ordre ethnographique".
37308 JACQUES, Claudine NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - COUPS DE COEUR $50.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 128 PP with spectacular colour photos by Vincent Audet. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 31 x 24. 2913256023
The spectacular views of New Caledonia showcased by some of the island's beautiful women.
42171 JACQUES, Claudine K@O.NC - ou le vrai Voyage de Clara $25.00 AUD
CDP / Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2001. 1st juvenile edition, in collection Moustik qui Vole. 84 PP with b/w illustrations by Paula Boi. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 18 x 14. 2841700739
61461 JACQUES, Claudine EPISODES NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Terre de Parole, Terre de Partage - No. 1 $15.00 AUD
Episodes Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. Issue No. 1, January 2009. 162 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 19 x 15. 9782918460008
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Flowers, 33 colour photos by Tanguy Jaffré. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
33 of the Flowers found in New Caledonia.
71442 JAMES, John Stanley LE VAGABOND, La Guerre en Nouvelle-Calédonie (1878) $50.00 AUD
Assoc. Culturelle Franco-Australienne. Boulogne, France. 1989. 1st edition, translated into French by Géraldine Pons-Ribot. 171 PP, (5) with 7 b/w illust. in text. Card covers. Near fine. French text. 18.8 x 12.2.
John Stanley James, aka Julian Thomas, aka The Vagabond. He arrived in New Caledonia in July 1878 to cover the indigenous uprising for the Sydney Morning Herald. He later was accredited as the war correspondant by Governor Olry.
61243 JANET, Alain & IBANEZ-BUENO, Hélène LES CHEMINS DE LA DEPORTATION - Regards Néo-Calédoniens $45.00 AUD
Editions de l'Eclectique. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. Forewords by Daniel Maximin, Déwé Gorodey & Jean Digne. 77 PP, (3) with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21. 9782953971200
Exhibition held: Artothèque in September/October 2011 and Musée de Montparnasse November/December 2011. Through the eyes of 34 artists.
70849 JELIANE (Eliane Ciceri Jaquet) MES PROMENADES DANS LE TEMPS, suivi de Histoires de mon père (Nouvelle-Calédonie). $45.00 AUD
l'Harmattan. Paris. 2019. 1st edition. No. 74 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique series. Introduction by Hélène Colombani. Foreword by Max Shekleton. 148, (2) PP with over 100 b/w or colour illustrations (watercolours) by the author. Pictorial soft cover. Signed by the author on title page. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782343173290
Souvenirs of a New Caledonia of yesteryear, by a painter born in Nouméa. Memoirs from her father Dante Ciceri, ashore or at sea.
74013 JERSEY, M.E. A FRENCH COLONY: NEW CALEDONIA $30.00 AUD
Colin Hinchcliffe, "Empire Books". York, UK. c.1995. Facsimile reprint of an article published in "The Nineteenth Century", A Monthly Review - 1892. 12 PP (recto only). Soft covers, title on front cover, spiral bound. Near fine. 29.9 x 21.
The author, Lord Jersey (then Governor of Australia) and his wife Countess of Jersey arrived in New Caledonia, on board the "Armand Behic" of Messageries Maritimes. The first Australian Governor to have visited the Island: 13 July 1891.
33074 JOANNOT, Pascale LA CITE DE CORAIL $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed., No. 3 in the Faune & Llore series. 56 PP with 15 drawings by Yannick Le-Bars, and 25 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2481700119
Coral City, or the biology of corals.
60355 JOANNOT, Pascale NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - TERRE DE CORAIL $60.00 AUD
Editions Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie / Solaris. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed., with an introduction by Joël Viratelle. 123, (3) PP with 3 b/w and hundreds of colour illustrations (drawings, sketches, maps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. The 24 pages booklet "New Caledonia - Land of Coral" of the travelling exhibition, loosely inserted. New. 24 x 21. 9782953049121
64060 JOANNOT, Pascale NEW CALEDONIA: "LAND OF CORAL" $10.00 AUD
Editions Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie / Solaris. Paris. 2010. Catalogue edited by Joël Viratelle. 24 PP with 2 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 15.
Catalogue of a travelling exhibition held in 2010, the year of Biodiversity.
INALCO / Institut National des Lagues et Civilisations Orientales & ALK / Académie des Langues Kanak. Paris. 2009. 1st Ed., in the "En Paroles de la Collection Bonjour/Salut" Preface by Thierry Grognet. 104 PP with 2 maps and b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 10 colour photos. Plus 1 CD in pocket at rear of book. Pictorial soft cover. Text in Drehu and French. Fine. 22 x 18. 9782842461256
45961 JOHNSON, Lawrence M. & DAHL, Richard J. (editors) NEW CALEDONIA ECONOMIC REPORT - June 1999 / Rapport Economique sur la Nouvelle-Calédonie Juin 1999 $15.00 AUD
Bank of Hawaii. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 44 PP with 2 maps, graphs, tables and 5 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. English and French text. 28 x 21.5.
71355 JOLY, Roger LA COMMUNE DE 1871, Ses Incidences Chartraines $25.00 AUD
Sociétés Archéologiques d'Eure-et-Loire. Chartres, Eure et Loire. 1970. Off-print from Bulletin des Sociétés Archéologiques d'Eure-et-Loire, Mémoires, Vol. XXV 1970. 169-205 PP with 2 portraits (Gustave Maroteau, Auguste Rogeard) and 3 tables. Soft covers with light wear, o/wise near fine. French text. 24.5 x 16.
Commune de Paris, and 2 citizens of Chartres. Gustave Maroteau was transported to New Caledonia on the "Rhin", and died there on 18th March 1875.
75026 JOREDIE, Leopold LA PROVINCE NORD - "Un Pays en Devenir" / NORTHERN PROVINCE - "The Land of Development" $60.00 AUD
Province Nord. Koné. 1992. 1st Ed. Foreword by Leopold Joredie, President of the Northern Province. Foder with 2 booklets of 16 PP with 26 colour photos, plus 42 colour plates on full page by Philippe Giraud. Contained in an illustrated box. French, English and Japanese text. Fine. Large format: 42 x 31.
File presented to guests/dignitaries to commemorate the township of Kone, capital of the Northern Province of New Caledonia.
35603 JOUVE, Dominique (editor) ECRIRE A LA CROISEE DES ILES - Otherness in island writing: meeting the Other, understanding the Others $25.00 AUD
Université de la Nouvelle-Calédonie & C.O.R.A.I.L. / L'Harmattan. Nouméa & Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 203 PP with 13 text illustrations. Illustrated card cover. Fine. French and English texts. 21.6 x 13.5. 2738483852
11 papers (5 in French and 6 in English) presented during the 8th seminar held in Nouméa in 1998. Lands of Liberty: Communards in Australia, 1873-74, by Michael Meehan. Affective Territory: writing white guilt and responsibility in 1990s Australia, by Brigitta Olubas. Speaking from Her I-sland: The Singular Parti Pris of Insularity and Ethnicity in the Writing of Déwé Gorodé, by Raylene Ramsay...
57347 JOUVE, Epone TIEBAGHI, Mémoires d'un Village Minier - 1945-1961 $150.00 AUD
ASPMHNC / Association pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine Minier et Historique du Nord Calédonien. Koumac, New Caledonia. 2009. 1st Ed. Preface by Robert Frouin. Acknowledgement by Henri Reuillard. 230, (6) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. French text. As new. Oblong: 23.8 x 25.5.
Mine in the north of New Caledonia, with deposits of Chromium and Nickel.
37125 JULIEN, Jacqueline LET ME GUIDE YOU IN... NOUMEA $20.00 AUD
Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1999. 1st English edition. 234 PP with 26 cartoons and hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 19 x 12. 2841700488
... to discover, along the routes, Noumea's history and memory inside out. A good smaller size guide, perfect for the tourist.
45202 KAAHWA, Théodore Braïno LES CAHIERS DE THEODORE BRAINO KAAHWA $30.00 AUD
Le Rocher-à-la-Voile. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed., No. 5 in "dossiers pour servir à l'intelligence du temps présent" series. Edited by Jean Guiart. 151 PP with 2 maps, 3 colour and 11 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20.8 x 15.
Two diaries written in 1940/1941 and relating daily life and events in the area close to La Foa, New Caledonia.
33047 KACATR, Denise DREHU: AQAN HNEKEN LA XEN - CUISINE DE LIFOU $50.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 249 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text, titles in Drehu. 21 x 19. 2841700186
Cooking on the Island of Lifou (Loyalty Islands).
60863 KADDOUR, Roger, EMAD, Cynthia & BODMER, Lydia NOUMEA LA SPORTIVE - Infrastructures Sportives d'hier et d'aujourd'hui $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2011. July 2011 edition. 32 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. Nouméa and the 2011 South Pacific Games.
Summer entertainment for summer 2010/2011. Beaches & Swimming Pools - Sport ... Culture..
32895 KAKOU, Serge DECOUVERTE PHOTOGRAPHIQUE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1848-1900 $75.00 AUD
Actes Sud. Arles, France. 1998. 1st Ed. 176 PP with 153 b/w photos. Title page: Type Neo-Caledonien,vers 1875 by Allan Hughan. Eps: Map of New Caledonia and view of Noumea. Cloth cover, dj. Fine. 28.7 x 22.8. 9782742717316
Early photographs (1848-1900), and photographers of New Caledonia.
49272 KALOROS, Kaltav, & NATONGTONG, Timothy Andrew BIMBINGO. Une légende d'Erakor, Village de l'Île d'Efate/Wan kustom storian blong Erakor, won vilej long aelan blong Efate/A tale from Erakor, a village on the island of Efate $15.00 AUD
Conseil National Culturel de Vanuatu. Port Vila. c. 2004. 1st Ed. Livre/Buk/Book 2. French text by Patrick Rory and English text by Sara Lightner. 20 PP with b/w drawings by Moïse Jobo. Inside front cover: Location Map and Map of Vanuatu. Inside back cover: Lexique/Mining blong ol toktok ia/Vocabulary words. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French Bislama and English. Fine. Oblong: 18 x 21.5. 2952114617
Colouring Book, to learn the 3 official languages of Vanuatu.
38626 KASARHEROU, Emmanuel (editor) LANGUES KANAK ET ACCORD DE NOUMEA $55.00 AUD
Agence de Développement de la Culture Kanak. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 72 PP. Illustrated soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 2909407837
Papers presented at a March 2000 seminar on the indigenous languages of New Caledonia and the Nouméa agreement of May 1998.
38612 KASARHEROU, Emmanuel & KLEIN, Florence MWAKAA - The Pathways of Kanak Tradition $45.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 2000. 1st English edition translated by Stéphane Goiran. 80 PP with drawings by Paula Boi and illustrations by Cécile Lanchon. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18 x 12.1. 2909407853
Follow the paths of Kanak tradition: Mwakaa is a stroll through Kanak country.
64129 KASARHEROU, Emmanuel, BOULAY, Roger ... KANAK, l'Art est une Parole $435.00 AUD
Musée du Quai Branly / Actes Sud. Paris. 2013. 1st Ed. Preface by Stéphane Martin. 340 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. Fine (as new condition). French text. 31.5 x 24.2. 9782330018535
Catalogue of an exhibition on Art of the Kanaks of New Caledonia held 15 October 2013 to 26 January 2014 in Paris.
38604 KASARHEROU, Emmanuel, PITOISET, Anne & SANDOZ, Valérie (editors) BIENNALE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE NOUMEA: Nouméa-Pacifique 2000 $10.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos. Errata page loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2909407861
The contemporary art biennale of Nouméa, at the time of the 2000 Festival of Pacific Arts.
60676 KASARHEROU, Emmanuel, PITOISET, Anne & SANDOZ, Valérie (editors) BIENNALE D'ART CONTEMPORAIN DE NOUMEA: Nouméa-Pacifique 2000 $25.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 160 PP with b/w and colour photos, errata page loosely inserted. Plus photocopy of a 21 pages report "Symposium held 26-27 October 2000 at the South Pacific Community Conference Room, by Michael A. Mel. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 2909407861
The contemporary art biennale of Nouméa, at the time of the 2000 Festival of Pacific Arts.
11770 KLEIN, Florence NOUMEA LE TEMPS D'UN REGARD $60.00 AUD
Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 1989. 1st edition with an introduction by Max Shekleton. 224 PP with colour photos & postcards. Eps: Children at the opening of the South Pacific Games. Hard cover, dj, Invitation addressed to Max Shekleton, for the launch of this book, signed by the editor Mike Hosken. French text. Near fine. 31 x 24. 2908186004
Noumea and its surroundings seen through the eyes & camera lens of various photographers. Changes in the city: daily life, sports, entertainment..
45532 KLEIN, Florence LE CAGOU, un drôle d' Oiseau $35.00 AUD
Grain de Sable Jeunesse. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed., in Le p'tit facteur collection-découverte. 72 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 18 x 14. 2841700879
Kagu, endemic bird and emblem of New Caledonia.
73702 KLEIN, Florence NOUMEA LE TEMPS D'UN REGARD $50.00 AUD
Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 1989. 1st edition with an introduction by Max Shekleton. 224 PP with colour photos & postcards. Eps: Children at the opening of the South Pacific Games. Hard cover, dj. French text. Near fine. 31 x 24. 2908186004
Noumea and its surroundings seen through the eyes & camera lens of various photographers. Changes in the city: daily life, sports, entertainment..
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.
12028 KLING, G. LA POSTE ET LE TIMBRE EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $15.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. c.1975. 1st Ed. Cahier No. 1. 32 PP with b/w ilustrations (maps, stamps, franking stamps and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 19 x 13.5.
Postal history of New Caledonia up to the beginning of the 1970's.
72556 KLING, George HISTOIRE DE LA POSTE ET DU TIMBRE EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE & DEPENDANCES $100.00 AUD
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Nouméa. 1983. 1st Ed. 310 PP with b/w illustrations and 11 colour plates (pages 5, then 155 to 133) with 234 illustrations of stamps. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper and foxing on outside edges. French text. Very good. Scarce. 29.9 x 21.
Published to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Office.
62916 KLING, Georges L'ALCMENE / L'Exploration de la Nouvelle-Calédonie 1848 -1851 (in Bulletin No. 80) $40.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1989. Special Issue 80 (3rd term 1989). 151, (7 advertisements) PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings & photos), plus 4 pages with 9 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover with small crease at bottom, otherwise near fine. French text. 27.6 x 17.5.
Exploration and surveys of the coasts of New Caledonia, by the French Corvette, l'Alcmene. ... Shipwrecked on 3rd June 1851 in the North of New Zealand.
66347 KLING, Georges NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Iles Loyauté, Ile des Pins $15.00 AUD
Paris. 1964. Librairie Hachette. 1st Ed., in "Les Guides Bleus Illustrés". 218 PP with b/w ilustrations (2 diagrams, 6 maps), plus 12 b/w plates and 1 folded plan in colour. Soft covers, pictorial front. Covers rubbed, signature of previous owner on half title page. Copy lacking the large folded map in colour called for inside back cover. Near fine. French text. 16 x 10.5.
71287 KLING, Georges NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Iles Loyauté, Ile des Pins $25.00 AUD
Librairie Hachette. Paris. 1964. 1st Ed., in "Les Guides Bleus Illustrés". 218 PP with b/w ilustrations (2 diagrams, 6 maps), plus 12 b/w plates, 1 folded plan in colour and 1 large folded map in colour tipped inside back cover. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 16 x 10.5.
33088 KOCE, Leon EN CHEMINANT DE HNAENEDR A PAKADA, ou Comment ecouter les lieux des ancètres $25.00 AUD
Centre Culturel Yeiwene-Yeiwene / Grain de Sable. Hnaenedr, Maré. 1996. 1st Ed., No. 1 in the Guide des Sentiers de Mare series. 56 PP with 1 map, 50 b/w and 32 colour photos. Inside back cover: plan of the track between Pakada and Hnaenedr, Mare Island. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French and Nengone text. 22 x 14. 2841700305
13108 KOHLER, J. M. COLONY OR DEMOCRACY, A Political Sociology of New Caledonia $10.00 AUD
Les Editions Populaires / Edipop. Nouméa. 1987. 22 PP, typescript monograph. Stapled card cover. Very good. 24.8 x 16.
The dilemma of New Caledonia (edited by Michael Spencer, translated by Michael Spencer & Helen de Zubicaray).
56701 KOHLER, J. M. POUR OU CONTRE LE PINUS ? - Les Mélanésiens face aux Projets de Développement $45.00 AUD
Institut Culturel Melanésien / ORSTOM. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed., in collection "Sillon d'Ignames". Preface by Tito Tikouré. 172 PP with tables, figures (graphs, maps) and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20 x 14.5.
Reafforestation with pine trees in the centre of New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines.
47829 KOHLER, Jean Marie LE CHRISTIANISME EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET AUX ILES LOYAUTE - Présentation Sociologique $25.00 AUD
Conférence des Eglises du Pacifique / Centre de Recherche des Eglises du Pacifique / ORSTOM. Nouméa. 1980. 1st Ed. (4), 29 PP with 12 figures (including 7 b/w photos) and 4 tables. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 29.5 x 20.5.
Christianity in New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands.
56268 KOTRA, Walles CONVERSATIONS CALEDONIENNES - Rencontre avec Jacques Lafleur $25.00 AUD
Au Vent des îles. Papeete. 2009. 1st Ed. 126 PP, (2 publications). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 13. 9782915654585
Encounter between a Kanak journalist and a Political Leader, voice of the white settlers.
65180 KOTRA, Walles ANTOINE KOMBOUARE - Paroles d'un Footballeur Kanak $35.00 AUD
Au Vent des îles. Papeete. 2014. 1st Ed. 273, (11 publications) PP with 3 b/w and 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 13. 9782915654585
35606 KOURILSKY-AUGEVEN, Chantal & FABERON, Jean-Yves (editors) LES AUTOCHTONES DE L'OUTRE-MER FRANCAIS (in Droit et Cultures - No.37) $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. Revue semestrielle d'anthropologie et d'histoire, issue No. 37, 1999/1. 305, (10 adv.) PP. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2738475280
The indigenous people of French overseas dependencies. The private laws protecting the indigenous population of New Caledonia, by Gilda Nicolau. The Indigenous people and the Nouméa Agreement of 1998, by Jean-Yves Faberon...
33098 KURTOVITCH, Ismet AUX ORIGINES DU F.L.N.K.S. - l' U.I.C.A.L.O. et l' A.I.C.L.F. (1946-1953) $30.00 AUD
Editions île de Lumière. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 146 PP with 9 portraits. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 18 x 12. 2912429048
To understand the progress and process leading to the Socialist and Kanak National Liberation Front, and the claim for independence.
47760 KURTOVITCH, Ismet A CALEDONIAN PASTORAL $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable / Institute of Pacific Studies (USP). Nouméa / Suva. 2002. 1st English edition, translated from the French by Roy Benyon. Collection Words on stage. 64 PP with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 15 x 11. 9820203589
Theatre play, performed in July 2001.
72112 KURTOVITCH, Ismet LA VIE POLITIQUE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: 1940-1953 $250.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires du Septentrion. Villeneuve d'Ascq, France. c. 2000. 1st Ed. (2), 690, (2) PP. Stiff covers, title on front cover and spine. Dedicatory note at top of title page signed by the author. French text. Scarce copy. Near fine. 24 x 16. 9782284015093
Phd Thesis: New Caledonia and a New Colonial Order following the end of World War II.
13503 KURTOVITCH, Nicolas FORET, TERRE ET TABAC - Nouvelles $25.00 AUD
Editions du Niaouli. Nouméa. 1997. 2nd edition of the 1992 original. 130 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 12.
12 short stories, set in the Pacific (3 in Australia).
33084 KURTOVITCH, Nicolas ASSIS DANS LA BARQUE $25.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 94 PP. Card cover. French text. Fine. 20.3 x 13.6. 2841700089
Poems.
16513 LABOUTE, P. & MAGNIER, Y. GUIDE SOUS-MARIN DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
Edit. du Pacifique. Papeete. 1978. 1st Ed. 162 PP with 229 colour photos (212 of them for different species: from algae to turtles). Pictorial laminated boards. French text. Very good. 18.8 x 13.4. 2857001010
Some of the seascapes and the marine organisms found in the lagoon of New Caledonia.
50625 LABOUTE, P. & MAGNIER, Y. GUIDE SOUS-MARIN DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1983. 2nd edition of the 1978 original. 162 PP with 229 colour photos (212 of different species, from algae to turtles). Pictorial laminated boards. Very good. French text. 18.8 x 13.4. 2857001592
Some of the seascapes and the marine organisms found in the lagoon of New Caledonia.
16572 LABOUTE, P. FEUGA, M. & GRANDPERRIN, R. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, LE PLUS BEAU LAGON DU MONDE $100.00 AUD
Edition Alizés. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with maps & colour photos. Ep: Gorgones & Crinoïdes. Hard cover, pict. dj. Beautifully presented in a pictorial box containing 16 large colour posters (format 30 x 44cm). Near fine. French text. 29.3 x 21.5. 2950578403
New Caledonia is almost completely surrounded by a barrier reef inside of which is one of the biggest & most beautiful lagoons in the world: fauna, flora & underwater world (coral, fishes, shells...). 7 page glossary and scientific/common names.
11039 LABOUTE, P., FEUGA, M., & GRANDPERRIN, R. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - LE PLUS BEAU LAGON DU MONDE $55.00 AUD
Editions des Alizes. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 272 PP with maps & colour photos. Eps: Gorgones & Crinoïdes. Hard cover, dj. Fine. French text. 29.3 x 21.5. 2950578403
New Caledonia is almost completely surrounded by a barrier reef inside of which is one of the biggest & most beautiful lagoons in the world: fauna, flora & underwater world (coral, fishes, shells...). 7 pages glossary and scientific/common names.
16512 LABOUTE, P., MAGNIER, Y. UNDERWATER GUIDE TO NEW CALEDONIA $25.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1979. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 171 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards a little rubbed around edges. Signature on FFEP, o/wise very good. 18.7 x 13.2. 2857001029
Descriptions of the most representative types of flora & fauna found amongst the swamps, mangroves, coral reefs, ... of New Caledonia.
73275 LABOUTE, Pierre & GRANDPERRIN, René POISSONS DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $150.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru / IRD. Nouméa. 2000. 1st edition. Preface by Yves Magnier. 520 PP with 3 colour figures, 4 colour maps and hundreds of colour photos. Half title page: Cirrhilabrus Laboutei. Eps: Coral fishes. Pictorial laminated boards. Newspaper clipping loosely inserted. Dedicatory note dated and signed by Pierre Laboute, co-author on verso of front endpaper and on page 3. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 23.1. 2950578438
Some 1000 species described. Fishes of fresh and brackish waters. Sharks...
47551 LABOUTE, Pierre & RICHER DE FORGES, Bertrand LAGONS ET RECIFS DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $50.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru / IRD. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 520 PP with 1 b/w photo, 3 colour maps and 2200 colour photos. Title spread: Annella Mollis. Eps: Coral. Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. French text. 29.2 x 23.1. 9782950578471
Some 1600 species described.
73273 LABOUTE, Pierre & RICHER DE FORGES, Bertrand LAGONS ET RECIFS DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $70.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru / IRD. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 520 PP with 1 b/w photo, 3 colour maps and 2200 colour photos. Title spread: Annella Mollis. Eps: Coral. Pictorial laminated boards. Dedicatory note on front endpaper, dated and signed by Pierre Laboute, co-author. 3 sets of pages (210/211, 258/259 & 398/399) with slight damage affecting 5 photos and a few words, o/wise near fine. French text. 29.2 x 23.1. 9782950578471
Some 1600 species described.
51420 LABOUTE, Pierre / ORSTOM TORTUES MARINES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Turtles, 12 colour illustrations by Jean-Richard Lisiak. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
12 of the Turtles found in coastal waters and the lagoon of New Caledonia.
47672 LACABANNE, Sonia BASE WALLAHS - L'Armée Néo-Zélandaise en Nouvelle-Calédonie 1942-1944, stories of the Units of the Base Organisation, NZEF IP $35.00 AUD
Sonia Lacabanne. Nouméa. 2004. 1st French edition of the 1946 New Zealand original, translated by Sonia Lacabanne & François Planche. 184 PP with 5 drawings, plus 32 pages with 3 maps and 53 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Story of the units remaining at the bases of the 3rd N.Z. Division, in New Caledonia, during the Pacific campaign of World War II.
48522 LACAM, Guy SOUVENIRS DES NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES $55.00 AUD
S. E. H. Nouméa. 1997. Reprint of the 1990 original. Publication No. 45, Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. (8), VIII, 370 PP, plus 12 pages with 1 map & 22 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.8 x 15.
A description of the New Hebrides during a voyage through this archipelago in 1928/30. The settlers, missionaries, different tribes...
11105 LACOURREGE, Gérard QUI A TUE PIERRE DECLERCQ ? - Qui a tué: DST ? FLNKS ? DECLERCQ ? $35.00 AUD
Press Contact. Nouméa. 1986. 1st limited edition. 124 PP with b/w photos & facsimiles of many documents. Card cover (lightly soiled). French text. Near fine. 28.5 x 21.
The mysterious and still unexplained murder of a leader for the Independence of New Caledonia. A plausible hypothesis?
11169 LACOURREGE, Gérard LES HEURES NOIRES DE LA CALEDONIE - Récit Chronologique et Critique $110.00 AUD
Combat. Nouméa. 1985. 1st Ed. Dossier Special. 100 PP with b/w illustrations (photos & comic strips). FEP: Map of New Caledonia. REP: Photos of Edgar Pisani. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 21.
Chronological events as seen by journalists & newspapers between November 1984 & September 1985. A scarce booklet.
49019 LACOURREGE, Gérard UNE CONQUETE DU HASARD $75.00 AUD
Author/IRN. Nouméa. 1974. Limited edition, hand numbered ((No. 495). Preface by Pierre Maresca. 436 PP with b/w illustrations between pages 373 and 435. Soft cover, dj. French text. Dedicatory note by Gérard Lacourrège on preliminary page. Near fine. Rare. 22 x 15.
Corail / Société des Editions de Franceville. Nouméa. 1984. Final issue: No. 221, 29 Juin 1984. 42 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers with repaired tears. French text. Very good. 30 x 22.
Self censorship of this magazine after 4 years and 2 months of publishing by the owner, editor, and journalist (who was at the time "Le Journaliste le plus condamné de France").
11163 LACOURREGE, Gérard & ALIBERT, Pierre NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE AU TEMPS DES BAGNES $60.00 AUD
Editions Atlas. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. 208 PP with b/w illustrations (photos, paintings & maps). Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. French text. Fine. 29.2 x 23. 2731204990
History & daily life of the convict settlement of New Caledonia between 1864 & 1897.
73145 LADIESSE, Jean-Denis LA POSTE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Livre I: Les Voies de Communication Maritimes, Terrestres et Aériennes $150.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Association Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2014. 1st edition. 345, (3), PP with tables and hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations (Newspaper clippings, maps, franking stamps & stamps, postcards & photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. French text. Fine. 30.5 x 21.8. 9782954449012
73147 LADIESSE, Jean-Denis LA POSTE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Livre II: Timbres et Tarifs $150.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC / Association Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2013. 1st edition. 357, (2), PP with hundreds of b/w and colour illustrations (addressed envelopes with stamps and/or franking stamps, stamps, newspaper clippings, postcards & photos). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. French text. Fine. 30.5 x 21.8. 9782954449005
59765 LAFLEUR, Isabelle & CHARMASSON, Martin (editor) JACQUES LAFLEUR: LA PAIX EN HERITAGE (in Demain en Nouvelle-Calédonie, No. 220) $20.00 AUD
Demain en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2010. Issue No. 220, 10th December 2010. 20 PP. 11 pages with 2 b/w and 41 colour photos on Jacques Lafleur. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 42.5 x 28.5
Jacques Lafleur: 20th November 1932 - 4th December 2010.
11178 LAFLEUR, Jacques NOTRE RESISTANCE 1981-1986, le Combat pour la Nouvelle-Calédonie et pour la France dans le Pacifique $100.00 AUD
Association des Comités de Soutien à Jacques Lafleur. Nouméa. 1986. 1st Ed. 72 PP with 2 maps on double page, and b/w & colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Foxing. Near fine. 30 x 21.
The problems faced in New Caledonia by the 'Nationaux' (French extreme right wing) during the French Socialist Government between May 1981 and March 1986.
37118 LAFLEUR, Jacques L' ASSIEGE - Vingt-cinq ans de vie politique, Une histoire partagée avec la Nouvelle-Calédonie $20.00 AUD
Plon. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. 273 PP with 2 maps. Pictorial card covers. Light foxing on prelims, o/wise fine. French text. 22.5 x 14. 2259193366
The author was the political leader vehemently opposing any sort of independence for New Caledonia. His views.
72689 LAFLEUR, Jacques CE QUE JE CROIS $25.00 AUD
Imprimeries Reunies de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 32 PP. Stiff cover. French text. Newspaper clipping "Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes", 27/12/2002, loosely inserted. Fine. 21 x 15.
Facts at the end of 2002 ... towards a political future.
54688 LAFLEUR, Jacques (editor) AGENDA DE LA PROVINCE SUD DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1995 $30.00 AUD
Le Gouvernement. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 130, (110 PP diary), with many maps and organigrams, over 60 colour photos and 32 portraits. Hard cover, device on front cover, all edges gilt. Fine. French text. 27.5 x 21.5.
Unused diary describing all the institutions in/of the Southern Province of New Caledonia.
47808 LAFLEUR, Jacques & LEQUES, Jean (editors) NOUMEA & SOUTHERN PROVINCE $15.00 AUD
Nouméa & Southern Province Tourist Office. Nouméa. 1998. April 1998 edition. 32 PP with 10 advertisements, 1 map, 2 plans, 1 b/w and 60 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 24.8.
Tourist guide.
35601 LAMBERT, Jean-Marie LA NOUVELLE POLITIQUE INDIGENE EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - Le Capitaine Meunier et ses gendarmes 1918-1954 $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. in Collection Mondes Océaniens, with a preface by Paul de Deckker. 240 PP with 2 maps. Illustrated card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 273847446
Role of the French Gendarmerie (constabulary force) in New Caledonia and their actions towards the Kanaks.
60488 LAMBLE, Pierre CHRONIQUES WALLISIENNES - Récits et Nouvelles $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed. No. 34 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. 189, (3) PP with 2 maps. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782296138872
12677 LARSEN, May & Henry THE GOLDEN COWRIE - New Caledonia: Its People and Places $15.00 AUD
Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh & London. 1961 1st English edition of the French original La Cyprée d'or. XV, 187 PP with 2 maps & 2 drawings, plus 6 full-page colour photos & 28 pages with 47 b/w photos. Fp: The ROM or good spirit. Hard cover, dj (price clipped). Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 15.6.
An expedition by a couple of Swiss naturalists in search of the Cyprée d'Or or Golden Cowrie takes them to New Caledonia. Excellent description of daily life of the settlers and Melanesians in the 1950's.
12763 LARSEN, May & Henry BLACK SAND, New Hebrides: Its People and Places $10.00 AUD
Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1961. 1st English edition, translated from the French original by John and Patricia Russell. XVI, 178 PP with 1 plan and 2 maps, plus 6 colour plates and 32 plates with 66 b/w photos. Fp: 'Rom' figure wearing dance mask. Hard cover, spine sunned. Occasional foxing. Name of previous owner on front endpaper. Very good. 21.5 x 15.5.
Voyage of a naturalist through the New Hebrides archipelago.
56231 LARSEN, May & Henry BLACK SAND, New Hebrides: Its People and Places $15.00 AUD
Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh. 1961. 1st English edition, translated from the French original "Sable Noir" by John & Patricia Russell. XVI, 178 PP with 1 plan and 2 maps, plus 6 colour plates and 32 plates with 66 b/w photos. Fp (in colour): 'Rom' figure wearing dance mask. Hard cover, dj. Spine sunned and rubbed at head and foot. Ex-Libris of Dr. Paul A. C. V. Geraghty on front endpaper. Occasional foxing. Excellent copy. 21.5 x 15.5.
Voyage of a naturalist through the New Hebrides archipelago.
73176 LARSEN, May & Henry THE GOLDEN COWRIE - New Caledonia: Its People and Places $25.00 AUD
Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh & London. 1961. 1st English edition of the French original "La Cyprée d'Or". XV, 187 PP with 2 maps & 2 drawings, plus 6 full-page colour photos & 28 pages with 47 b/w photos. Fp: The ROM or good spirit. Hard cover, dj. Manuscript note at top of front endpaper and half-title page, and manuscript index (more than useful) on rear endpaper Light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. 21.5 x 15.6.
An expedition by a couple of Swiss naturalists in search of the Cyprée d'Or or Golden Cowrie takes them to New Caledonia. Excellent description of daily life of the settlers and Melanesians in the 1950's.
73221 LARSEN, May & Henry THE GOLDEN COWRIE - New Caledonia: Its People and Places $10.00 AUD
Oliver & Boyd. Edinburgh & London. 1961 1st English edition of the French original La Cyprée d'or. XV, 187 PP with 2 maps & 2 drawings, plus 6 full-page colour photos & 28 pages with 47 b/w photos. Fp: The ROM or good spirit. Hard cover, remainder mark on bottom outside edge. Light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. Image shows title-page and frontispiece. 21.5 x 15.6.
An expedition by a couple of Swiss naturalists in search of the Cyprée d'Or or Golden Cowrie takes them to New Caledonia. Excellent description of daily life of the settlers and Melanesians in the 1950's.
56040 LARUE, Pierre LA FIN DE LA DIEPPOISE (in Subaqua) $10.00 AUD
Fédération Française d' Etudes et de Sports Sous-Marins. Marseille. 1991. Issue No. 119, Nov.-Dec. 1991. 100 PP. Contains article pages 28 to 33 with 4 b/w photos, and colour illustrations (1 sketch chart and 7 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
La Diéppoise: minesweeper sunk in 1988 to become a diving site in the lagoon of New Caledonia.
64057 LARUE, Pierre LA DIEPPOISE: une patate de grande classe (in Cols Bleus) $10.00 AUD
Cols Bleus, Hebdomadaire de la Marine et des Arsenaux. Paris. 1998. Issue No. 2437, 11 & 18 April 1998. 36 PP. Contains article pages 8 to 10 with 7 colour photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
La Diéppoise: minesweeper sunk in 1988 to become a diving site in the lagoon of New Caledonia.
45943 LARUE, Pierre, PRONER, Raymond et al. LE PATRIMOINE MARITIME CALEDONIEN - Association Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes $15.00 AUD
Association Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1989. 1st Ed. of November 1989. 32 PP with 1 map, 4 drawings, 10 colour and 16 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Shipwrecks in New Caledonia.
13510 LAUBREAUX, Alin LE ROCHER A LA VOILE $40.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1996. Reprint of the 1930 original. 212, (4) PP. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine.. 21.6 x 13.7. 2841700224
Novel set in New Caledonia during the first quarter of the 20th century. Fate and fortune of a seaman, a free settler, a kanak and a former convict in colonial New Caledonia.
59507 LEANEY, Caroline (editor) REPORT ON AOBA BY DR. M. R. ALLEN: Incidental Papers on Ndui Ndui District, Aoba Island, New Hebides $25.00 AUD
British Residency in the New Hebrides. Port Vila. 1969. 1st Ed. (1), XIII, 246 PP with tables, 1 map of Ndui Ndui district (with a location map) and 16 diagrams. Soft cover, staples. Signature on top of title-page, o/wise near fine. 29.8 x 21.
Research work between 1958 and 1961. Ndui Ndui social structure, Kinship, Leadership, Land usage, Marriage ... The Vilakalaka French School Issue. Calendar of events: 239 / 240.
60359 LEBIGRE, Jean-Michel & DUMAS, Pascal (editors) LA BROUSSE CALEDONIENNE: Transformations et Enjeux - Actes du XXe Colloque CORAIL $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed., No. 9 in Portes Océanes series. 202 PP, (2) with tables and figures (graphs, maps and b/w photos). Pictorial soft cover. Texts in French (abstract in English and French). Fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296125674
11 texts (Brousse = Bush). Mandingues in Senegal. ... Australian Bush, by Luc Vacher. ... Rural Flight exode in the Guizhou Province, South-West China, by Dan Wenhong ... Exposure to asbestos. ...
56848 LEBLIC, Isabelle VIVRE DE LA MER, VIVRE AVEC LA TERRE... EN PAYS KANAK. Savoirs et Techniques des Pêcheurs Kanak du sud de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $80.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed. No.1 in Collection Travaux & Documents Océanistes. 283, (3) PP with 16 figures, 19 tables, and 685 b/w or colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.6 x 18. 2854300114
46109 LEBOT, Vincent & CABALION, Pierre KAVAS OF VANUATU. Cultivars of Piper Methysticum Forst $40.00 AUD
South Pacific Commission. Nouméa. 1988. 1st English edition of the French original Les Kavas du Vanuatu. Technical Paper No. 195. X, 191 PP with 20 tables and 26 figures. Soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 X 20.6. 9822031017
58865 LECA, Antoine & GILLE, Bernard HISTOIRE DES INSTITUTIONS DE L'OCEANIE FRANCAISE: Polynésie - Nouvelle-Calédonie - Wallis & Futuna $40.00 AUD
l'Harmattan. Paris. 2009. 1st Ed., in the Monde Océaniens series. Foreword by Paul De Deckker. 303, (2) PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296092341
73474 LECA, Antoine, VANGHELUWE, Frédéric & FABERON, Florence (editors) LA SANTE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
CDPNC / Centre de Documentation Pédagogique & GRHOC / Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2017. 1st Ed. Volume 11, in the 101 mots pour comprendre series. 251 PP with 18 figures/illustrations (1 b/w photo, 1 diagram with colour and 16 colour photos). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Fine. French text. 19 x 13. 9782350361642
17196 LEDER, Jean LES CENT JOURS DU BOUT DU MONDE, (Autopsie d'une tragédie) $10.00 AUD
Jean Leder. Nouméa. 1981. 2nd edition of October 1981, limited to 1000 copies. 280 PP with 4 maps, 52 bw photos and facsimile of many documents. Fp: Slit gongs from Ambrym. Pict. card cover. French text. Fine. 20.6 x 14.7.
The 100 day Santo Rebellion, or Coconut War which occurred at the time of the independence of the Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides. The author was the lawyer who defended Jimmy Stevens, the leader of the Verama, who was against the creation of Vanuatu.
11550 LEE, Jenny (editor) IMAGINING THE PACIFIC (In Meanjin - Volume 49, No.4) $10.00 AUD
University of Melbourne. Melbourne. 1990. Summer 1990. Pages 593 to 798, 2 adv. with 1 cartoon and 8 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.4 x 13.8.
Special issue with essays, fiction & poetry. Islands of Turmoil, Contemporary Fiji revisited by Brij V. Lal. New Caledonia and French Polynesia, Towards Independence-in-Association, by Stephen Henningham. Indigenous Peoples, Racism and the Environment, by Russel Barsh...
13181 LEENHARDT, Maurice DO KAMO, Die Person und der Mythos in der melanesischen Welt $15.00 AUD
Ullstein Materialien. Frankfurt. 1984. Reprint of the 1971 German edition translated from the 1947 French original. 253 PP, (3 adv), with 14 figures in text. Soft cover. German text. Fine. 17.9 x 11.6. 3548351859
Person and myth in the Melanesian world.
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).
33075 LEENHARDT, Maurice, SARASIN, Fritz & MONTAGUE, Paul D. LE PILOU $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed., in the Chemin de Paroles series. 74 PP with 18 b/w illust. by Adrien Millet. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700534
Dances performed by Kanak and followed by ceremonial exchanges. Description by two scientists and a minister.
13174 LEENHARDT, Raymond H. AU VENT DE LA GRANDE TERRE, Histoire des Iles Loyalty de 1840 à 1895 $30.00 AUD
Author. Paris. 1980. Reprint of the 1957 original. 208 PP with 2 tables, 6 maps and 13 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22.4 x 14.4. 2903689210
History of the Loyalty Islands, a dependency of New Caledonia.
32573 LEENHARDT, Raymond H. AU VENT DE LA GRANDE TERRE - Histoire des Iles Loyalty de 1840 à 1895 $60.00 AUD
Encyclopédie d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1957. 1st Edition. 208 PP with 2 tables, 6 maps and 13 b/w illustrations, plus 8 pages with 14 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Covers rubbed, foxing on outside edges. Dated and signed by the author on top of half title page. Small piece pissing at top left of cover, o/wise a very good clean copy. French text. 22.7 x 14.2.
History of the Loyalty Islands, a dependency of New Caledonia.
53771 LEENHARDT, Raymond H. TEMOIGNAGE - Un tournant de l'histoire de la Nouvelle-Caledonie: Maurice Leenhardt (1878-1954) $15.00 AUD
Revue Française d'Histoire d'Outre-Mer. Paris. 1978. Extract: 236-252 PP. Soft cover. French text (English summary). Very good. 24 x 15.6.
Lecture read to the Société Française d'Outre-Mer on 29 March 1978.
40012 LEENHARDT, Raymond-H. UN SOCIOLOGUE CANAQUE: LE PASTEUR BOESOOU ERIJISI 1866-1947 - Houailou, Nouvelle-Calédonie $10.00 AUD
Cahiers d'Histoire du Pacifique. Paris. 1976. Reprint from Cahier No. 4. No pagination, 40 PP with 2 sketches and 2 b/w photos. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 21 x 15.
Boesoou Erejisi, Kanak, sociologist and minister.
74070 LEFEVRE, Capitaine Lucien HISTOIRE DE LA VOILE $100.00 AUD
Capitaine Lefèvre / Imprimerie Nouvelle. Nouméa. 1955. 1st Ed., with a preface by Capitaine L. Lacroix. No pagination, 80 PP with 8 b/w illustrations (portrait of M. Prentout, shipowner of France II, and 7 photos of windjammers / cape horners). Stiff covers, illustrated front. Staples removed. Back cover reinforced and the last 8 pages with repairs and the first word of 19 lines handwritten where print is missing. Front cover soiled and with foxing spots. Still a very good copy of a rare book. French text. 21.2 x 13.8.
5 Informal Talks/Papers presented in 1949 (4: 02/03, 10/04, 15/10 & 15/12) and 1950 (1: 01/02) at the Institut Français d'Océanie. Capitaine Lefèvre was one of the last Cape Horners.
35063 LEGEARD, Luc (editor) ON FAIT LE PEUPLE D'ICI / KOLA XUPE LA NOJE NE LA HNEDRAICELE $25.00 AUD
Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 44 PP with colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 20 x 20. 2841700615
Ifejicatre: Poems by young adults from Lifou, Loyalty Islands.
Editions Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 2000. 1st edition. Volume 4 in the 101 mots pour comprendre series. 266 PP with 17 b/w & 7 colour illustrations (1 map, 1 plan and 5 photos). Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 19 x 13. 2912429153
101 Words (explanations) to understand and discover the island of Lifu in the Loyalty Islands.
44065 LEJEUNE, Paule LA COMMUNE DE PARIS AU JOUR LE JOUR (18 Mars - 28 Mai 1871) $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed. 115, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747520714
Daily life during the first Communist uprising in Paris (Over 4000 of these communards will be deported to New Caledonia).
11947 LENORMAND, Maurice MORPHOLOGIE STRUCTURELLE ET FONCTIONNELLE DU SYSTEME PRONOMINAL DE LA LANGUE DE LIFOU, ILES LOYAUTE $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. Feb. 1976. Extract from Issue No.26. (2), 22 PP with 2 tables. Stapled card cover. French text. 23 x 15.5.
Grammatical study of the Drehu language.
70552 LEQUES, Jean (editor) ROGER LAROQUE: 1910 - 1985 $150.00 AUD
Mairie de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1986. 1st edition with a preface by Jean Lèques. 52 PP with 11 colour photos and 48 b/w illustrations (1drawing, 1 facsimile of document and 46 photos). Pictorial soft covers with a few small marks, o/wise a fine copy. French text. Scarce. 29.7 x 20.5.
Mayor of Nouméa between 7th May, 1953 and 17th November, 1985.
71192 LEQUES, Jean (editor) NOUMEA - 2008-2011: 3 Ans d'Actions dans votre Quartier $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2011. July 2011 edition. 20 PP with colour illustrations: 8 location plans, 8 plans of districts on double page and 7 colour photos for each district. Soft covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 20 x 20.
Planning for 8 of the districts of Noumea between 2008 and 2011.
70709 LERICHE, Fernande BOUTIQUES ET MARCHANDS AMBULANTS D'AUTREFOIS $60.00 AUD
Association des Amis du Livre et de la Reliure / Bibliothèque Bernheim. Nouméa. 1999. 1st edition of 340 hand numbered copies (No. 328). 28, (1) PP with 8 b/w illustrations (period postcards). Card cover, label with title, tie. Invitation card for the launch of this title and newspaper clipping (27/10/1999) loosely inserted. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.6. 2912686016
47046 LESTRADE, Claude 38 MOIS EN MELANESIE $55.00 AUD
Editions du Petit Véhicule. Nantes. 2003. 1st Ed. 398, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, facsimile of documents and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20.5 x 13.6. 2842733592
Souvenirs of a 38 months stint as District Officer (representative of the French government) in the New Hebrides 1938 to 1941, and few months in New Caledonia, October 1941 to May 1942, before a posting to French Polynesia.
33848 LEVI, Claude (editor) SPONGES OF THE NEW CALEDONIAN LAGOON $80.00 AUD
Editions de l' Orstom. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed., No. XXXIII, in Collection Faune et Flore Tropicales. 214 PP with 51 b/w and 126 colour photos by Pierre Laboute, Georges Bargibant & Jean-Louis Menou. Cloth cover, title in blind on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. Oblong: 21.7 x 27.7. 2709913542
The role of sponges in coral reefs. Sponge diversity, distribution and biogeography... most comprehensive.
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
15005 LIBERATION KANAK SOCIALISTE POUR UNE NOUVELLE POLITIQUE, Le Problème des Valeurs $35.00 AUD
L.K.S. Nouméa. May, 1994. 1st Ed. 72 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Contains a loosely updated report (24 PP) entitled "De Tjibaou à Tjibaou, Ou de L'IKS aux Accords de Matignon". Near fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Results of the 12th Congress of this political party. How to prepare New Caledonia for the 1998 referendum and independence.
64023 LONGHURST, Robert & GRANO, Suzanne EMBARQUEMENT POUR LE QUEENSLAND: DES LOYALTIENS EN TERRE AUSTRALIENNE / ACROSS THE CORAL SEA: LOYALTY ISLANDERS IN QUEENSLAND $40.00 AUD
Australian Consulate General / DFAT, Australian Commonwealth Government. Nouméa. 2001. New edition, updated for the Exhibition in New Caledonia. Foreword by Sally Mansfield, Australian Consul General in New Caledonia. 36 PP with b/w illustrations (1 facsimile of document and 6 maps). Pictorial soft cover. Text in English and French. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Exhibition on "Loyalty Islanders and blackbirding to Queensland" held in 2001 at: Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville - Bibliothèque Bernheim, Nouméa - Musée d' Easo, Lifou. .
62508 LORMEE, Nicolas, CABAILLON, Pierre & SAIKUIE HNAWIA, Edouard HOMMES ET PLANTES DE MARE, îles Loyauté, Nouvelle-Calédonie / Nodei ngom ne yeserei ri node Nengone $80.00 AUD
IRD editions / Institut de Recherche pour le Développement. Marseille. 2011. 1st Ed. 358 PP profusely illustrated with hundreds of photos and 4 maps. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. New. 26.7 x 17.5. 9782709917056
47751 LUCAS, Alan CRUISING NEW CALEDONIA AND VANUATU (New Hebrides) $40.00 AUD
Horwitz Grahame. Melbourne. 1981. 1st Ed. (12), 192 PP with maps, plans & b/w photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Spine lightly sunned. Foxing spots on outsided edges, both endpapers, and on first and last leaves. Very good. 22 x 14. 0725510676
General information on New Caledonia and Vanuatu ports and anchorages.
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...
61205 LURTON, Isabelle EN PAYS NENGONE $70.00 AUD
Commune de Maré. Tadine, Maré Island. 2010. 1st Ed. 95 PP with 1 map in colour, 5 b/w and over 200 colour photos. CD with a 52 minute film by Elie Peu, contained in a plastic envelope pasted down on page 1. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Top corner slightly bumped. Fine. 30 x 23.2. 9782746615076
Culture, heritage, food on the Island of Mare, one of the Loyalty Islands.
38559 LYNCH, Bohun (editor) ISLES OF ILLUSION, Letters from the South Seas $70.00 AUD
Small, Maynard and Company. Boston. 1923. 1st US edition. 332 PP. Red cloth cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, top edge tinted. Covers worn around edges and frayed on spine extremities. Ageing of paper on outside edges. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Otherwise contents are near fine. Scarce. 20.7 x 14.2.
Life in the New Hebrides between 1912 and 1919, then in Tahiti up to 1923, of Robert James Addison Gerard Fletcher. [He travelled by tall ship from Europe to Thio (New Caledonia)].
11927 LYONS, Martyn THE TOTEM AND THE TRICOLOUR - A Short History of New Caledonia since 1774 $10.00 AUD
NSW University Press. Sydney. 1986. 1st Ed. XI, 148 PP with 8 maps, 14 photos & 4 graphs. Hard cover, dj. Fine. 22.6 x 14.5. 0868401226
The historical background which lead to the 1984 crisis.
55783 MacCLANCY, Jeremy FAIRE DE DEUX PIERRES UN COUP: une brève Histoire du Vanuatu jusqu'à l'indépendance $35.00 AUD
Centre Culturel de Vanuatu / Vanuatu Kaljoral Senta / Vanuatu Cultural Centre. Port-Vila. 2002. 1st French edition. Translation of the 1980 To Kill a Bird with Two Stones by Stéphane Camille. 184 PP with 1 map & 36 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8. 9829032035
12725 MACDONALD-MILNE, B. & THOMAS, P. YUMI STANAP, Leaders and Leadership in a New Nation $20.00 AUD
University of the South Pacific. Suva. 1981. 1st Ed. XX, 136 PP with b/w portraits. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
Cameos on: national leaders, politicians, custom chiefs, church leaders, prominent business people...
70863 MACINTYRE BRYCE, Ian THE BRYCE - GIBSON - LANCON FAMILY STORIES: 1835 to 2001 $250.00 AUD
Author. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. 292 PP with 6 Family Trees, over 12 Tables / Fact Sheets, b/w illustrations: (1 chart, 3 plans (2 of them folded), 33 portraits, 54 photos; and colour illustrations (5 colour plates (tartans and medals), 5 folded maps. Soft cover, title on front cover and spine. Rare. Fine. 29.3 x 20.7. 0958002207
Migration to the New Hebrides by 1 family from France and 2 families from Scotland. Life in the Condominium of the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). Contacts with Australia...
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.
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed., in the Art de Vivre series. 88 PP with 7 b/w photos and 18 drawings. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700577
Recipes and drinks of the West Indies, by Association des Femmes Antillaises de Nouvelle-Calédonie.
11511 MAESSE, P. & I.T.S.E.E. (Edit.) RECENSEMENT DE LA POPULATION DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Les Ménages - Tome 2 $45.00 AUD
Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 237 PP (1 adv.). Text: P.5 to 18 with 10 tables then 116 pages of tables. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.5 x 21. 07580029
Results of the 1989 Census.
11597 MAILHE, Germaine DEPORTATION EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE DES COMMUNARDS ET DES REVOLTES DE LA GRANDE KABYLIE (1872-1876) $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1994. 1st Ed. 424 PP with few b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on top outside edge, o/wise near fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2738427960
In 1871, France and its empire was shaken by the popular uprising in Paris (la Commune) and by the revolts of the Berbers (Kabyles) against French colonial rule in Algeria. Trials, exiles to New Caledonia, ...
59378 MAKTARINI, Elda NANGORET MO HERON, wan kastom storian blong Vunavarai, won vilej long aelan blong Santo / NANGORET ET HERON, une légende de Vunavarai, village de l'île de Santo / NANGORET AND HERON, a tale from Vunavarai, a village on the island of Santo $15.00 AUD
Conseil National Culturel de Vanuatu. Port Vila. c. 2004. 1st Ed. Livre/Buk/Book 4. French text by Christelle Thieffry and English text by Anna Naupa. 16 PP with b/w drawings by Jean William. Inside front cover: Location Map and Map of Vanuatu. Inside back cover: Lexique/Mining blong ol toktok ia/Vocabulary words. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French, Bislama and English. Fine. Oblong: 18 x 21.5. 2952114633
Colouring Book, to learn the 3 official languages of Vanuatu.
12713 MALAHOFF, Alexander GRAVITY AND MAGNETIC STUDIES OF THE NEW HEBRIDES ISLAND ARC $20.00 AUD
British Service / New Hebrides Condominium Geological Survey. Port Vila. 1970. 1st Ed. (8), 67 PP with 5 tables and 63 figures. Papered boards, cloth spine. Very good. 25.2 x 20.
Results of the first systematic geophysical survey of the New Hebrides undertaken by a small team from the Hawaii Institute of Geophysics.
Editions Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 1999. 1st edition. Volume 3 in the 101 mots pour comprendre series. 258 PP with 3 colour maps, organigrams, tables and b/w illustrations. Covers with light wear with light foxing on outside page edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 19 x 13. 2912429099
101 Words (explanations) to understand and discover the islands of Wallis and Futuna, a French Overseas Territory in the Pacific.
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
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).
45354 MAMPASSE, Pierre (editor) DOO HUNY - Bulletin $10.00 AUD
Association Doo Huny / Centre Culturel Provincial Nord Goa ma Bwarhat. Hienghène. 2002. Bulletin du Centre Culturel Provincial, Issue No. 1, May 2002. (2), 10, (5) PP with 6 b/w illustrations and 8 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Heritage In the Northern Province. One legend in Nemi language with French translation.
52848 MANNE, Cathie (editor) LIRE UN PAYS... La Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
Association des Editeurs et Diffuseurs de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., March 2005. Preface by Frédéric Ohlen. 174 PP with over 200 colour photos (covers of books). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 21 x 15. 1952372403
Catalogue of titles published in New Caledonia, with a brief description.
47426 MANTOVANI, Ennio AN INTRODUCTION TO MELANESIAN RELIGIONS, A Handbook for Church Workers $15.00 AUD
The Melanesian Institute for Pastoral and Socio-Economic Service. Goroka, PNG. 1987. Reprint of the 1984 original. XII, 306 PP with b/w illustrations by Sr Emily Duguay. Illustrated soft cover. Stamp of previous owner on inside front cover, o/wise fine. 20.3 x 14.2.
Medicine and Sorcery, by Mary Macdonald... Cargo Movements, by Brian Schwarz...
70497 MARC, Joel, RAMBEAU, Marc & BLACKMAN, Ross CRUISING IN NEW CALEDONIA - A guide to the harbours and anchorages ... $65.00 AUD
Nouméa Yacht Charters / Club Marine Services Pty. Ltd. Nouma / Brighton, Vic. 1989. 1st English edition, translated from the French original by Club Marine Services. 380 PP with numerous maps and plans, b/w and colour photos. Stiff covers with a crease on back cover, pictorial front. Occasional foxing, with foxing spots on outside edges. Near fine. 28 x 21. 2950853021
Details of over 170 anchorages.
61388 MARESCA, Pierre L'EXCEPTION CALEDONIENNE - Petites histoires humaines et politiques de la grande histoire Calédonienne (1970-2011) $35.00 AUD
Editions du GRHOC. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. 206, (2) PP with 11 b/w and 10 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 13.5. 9782953990829
42084 MARIELLO, Philippe NOS DEPARTEMENTS ET TERRITOIRES D'OUTRE-MER, en questions-réponses $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed. 204, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Light foxing on top outside edges, o/wise fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747513815
Questions and answers, on France's overseas departments and territories.
11073 MARION, Denis ENCYCLOPEDIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - TOME 7: La Vie Marine (1ère Partie) $70.00 AUD
NEFO Diffusion. Nouméa. 1990. 1st Ed. 159 PP with colour illust. (maps, plans, photos ...). Hard cover, gilt decoration and title on front cover and spine, dj. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.5.
Oceans and seas, life in the oceans: pelagic, benthic, algae, crustaceans.
13045 MARION, Denis ENCYCLOPEDIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - TOME 1: Géographie Physique $60.00 AUD
NEFO Diffusion. Nouméa. 1983. 1st Ed. 173 PP with colour illustrations (maps, photos, graphs..). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine. Light foxing. Near fine. French text. 30 x 21.5.
New Caledonia in the Pacific environment. Geology of the South West Pacific and New Caledonia. Meteorology, hydrology, soils, etc...
61808 MARION, Denis ENCYCLOPEDIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - TOME 1: Géographie Physique $70.00 AUD
NEFO Diffusion. Nouméa. 1983. 1st Ed. 173 PP with colour illustrations (maps, photos, graphs..). Hard cover, gilt title on front cover and spine, dj. Light foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 30 x 21.5.
New Caledonia in the Pacific environment. Geology of the South West Pacific and New Caledonia. Meteorology, hydrology, soils, etc...
11158 MARIOTTI, Jean TAKATA D'AIMOS (S.E.H. No. 53) $55.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1995. Reprint of the 1930 original. Publication No. 53. (2), 222 PP, plus 24 pages with 12 b/w illustrations by Françoise Jauneau. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Jean-Mariotti's first novel written in 1930.
12010 MARIOTTI, Jean LA CONQUETE DU SEJOUR PAISIBLE (S.E.H. No. 46) $45.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1990. Reprint of 1952 original. Publication No. 46. Preface by Paul Griscelli. 270 PP with b/w illustrations by J. Wahono. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
A novel on the Kanak culture.
33063 MARIOTTI, Jean REMORDS $35.00 AUD
Association pour l'edition des oeuvres de Jean Mariotti / Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1997. Reprint of the 1931 original edited by Florence Launay. 241 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 14. 2841700291
34593 MARIOTTI, Jean DAPHNE $35.00 AUD
Association pour l'edition des oeuvres de Jean Mariotti / Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1999. Reprint of the 1959 original, edited by Dominique Jouve. 272 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.8. 2841700453
39996 MARIOTTI, Jean NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Le Livre du Centenaire 1853-1953 $45.00 AUD
Association pour l'édition des oeuvres de Jean Mariotti / Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2001. Reprint of the 1953 original. Edited and annotated by Bernard Gasser, and with an introduction by Nicolas Kurtovitch. 364 PP with b/w illustrations (engravings, maps & photos) between pages 107 and 252. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 17.8. 2841700682
Book published to commemorate in 1953 the 100 years of French presence in New Caledonia.
42172 MARIOTTI, Jean LA TOURTERELLE ET LE CORBEAU - Conte $25.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2001. 1st juvenile edition, in collection Moustik qui Vole. 144 PP with b/w illustrations by Christophe Van Rompaey. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 18 x 14. 2841700747
Published to commemorate the centenary of the birth of Jean Mariotti.
45527 MARIOTTI, Jean NOUVEAUX CONTES DE POINDI $35.00 AUD
Association pour l'édition des oeuvres de Jean Mariotti / Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2002. Reprint of the 1945 edition. Introduction by Mireille Soury-Lavergne, edited and annotated by Bernard Gasser. 190, (2) PP with 25 b/w text-drawings by V. Néchoumoff. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 14. 2841700763
45530 MARIOTTI, Jean SANS TITRE $35.00 AUD
Association pour l'édition des oeuvres de Jean Mariotti / Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2001. Reprint of the 1969 original. Edited by Dominique Jouve. 208 PP. Illustrated soft cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 14. 2841700690
Poems.
52777 MARIOTTI, Jean LES CONTES DE POINDI $50.00 AUD
Editions Stock, Delamain et Boutelleau. Paris. 1941. 19th edition. 211 PP with b/w text-drawings (5 tail pieces and 16 on full page) by F. Rojankovsky. Pictorial soft cover, colour illustrations on covers and spine. Covers slightly soiled. Paper ageing with a little foxing. Very good. Scarce. French text. 22 x 14.
45529 MARIOTTI, Jean & RICHARD, Roger TOGHI - Notes Ethnologiques et Pièces Radiophoniques $35.00 AUD
Association pour l'édition des oeuvres de Jean Mariotti / Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2003. 1st edition with comments and notes by Jerry Delathière and Bernard Gasser. Introduced by Patrice Godin and Bernard Gasser. 324, (4) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 14. 2841700887
52150 MARK, Elder, REGENVANU, John et al. LA LEGENDE DE L'ANGUILLE et autres histoires de l'ïle d' Uripiv, Vanuatu / The story of the EEL and other stories from Uripiv Island, Vanuatu $45.00 AUD
Conseil National Culturel de Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2004. 1st Ed. (2), 25, 35, (2) PP with endpieces and 9 b/w illustrations. Illustrated soft cover. Text in English, French and Iripiv Island dialect. Near fine. 21 x 15.5. 9829032051
Iripiv Island, off the north-east Malakula.
57086 MARSEGUERRA, Pierre NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: SI PROCHE DU PARADIS (in Thalassa No. 72) $10.00 AUD
Revue Thalassa / Presses de Nevers. Paris. 1993. No. 72, Nov/Dec 1993. 52 PP. Contains article between P.32 to 39 with 13 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.6 x 21.
39442 MARTIN, Frank, MARTIN, Marie-Claude, FUSTEC, Bernard et al. 1949 / 1999 50ème ANNIVERSAIRE DU PREMIER VOL COMMERCIAL PARIS-NOUMEA $10.00 AUD
Air France. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jacques Clabaut. 114 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. 29.8 x 21
Published in 1999, to commemorate the first commercial flight between Paris and Nouméa in 1949. Paris (21 September 1949), Tunis, Cairo, Bassorah, Karachi, Calcutta, Saïgon, Batavia, Darwin, Brisbane, Nouméa (27 September 1949).
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1998. 1st bilingual edition with a foreword by Jean Lèques, Mayor and a preface by Jean Hubert Martin, Curator. 68 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial stiff covers. French and English text. Near fine. 20.5 x 20.5.
The third Noumea Biennial of Contemporary Arts: 5 Japanese artists (Takashi Murakami, Yoshinobu Takagawa, Hideya Shimada, Emiko Tokushige & Kenji, Yanobe) and 14 artists from New Caledonia.
14968 MARTINEZ, Emile LANGAGE, LANGUES ET PEDAGOGIE: Pourquoi et comment enseigner autrement le français en Nouvelle-Calédonie? $15.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. No. 3 in Cahier des Conférences de l' A.D.C.K. 46 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.5. 2909407529
Teaching the French language in New Caledonia: bi-culturalism & bi-linguistics.
35608 MARTRES, Jean-Pascal LA JUSTICE SOUS LES TROPIQUES - Du chêne au manguier $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. 176 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738479766
Examples showing how the justice rendered in France had to be modified according the specificities of her various overseas dependencies.
45604 MASACHS, Paulette LA CUISINE CALEDONIENNE $35.00 AUD
Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1982. 4th edition of the 1980 original. 84 PP with b/w illustrations & 11 colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. French text. 26.8 x 18.5.
Recipes for local dishes made from local produce. 126 typical Caldoche recipes.
54800 MAURER, Jean-Luc, MAGI, Marcel & SIBAN, Marie-Jo LES JAVANAIS DU CAILLOU: Des affres de l'exil aux aléas de l'intégration - Sociologique historique de la communauté Indonésienne de Nouvelle-Calédonie $100.00 AUD
Association Archipel / EHESS. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. Cahier d'Archipel No. 35. 367 PP with 3 portraits, 38 b/w or colour illustrations and 41 pages with facsimile of documents. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27 x 21. 2910513475
The Indonesians in/of New Caledonia since 1896: from indentured labour to French citizen.
35607 MAZENOT, Georges EVALUER LA COLONISATION $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. in Collection Les Tropiques entre mythe et réalité. 162 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738476694
A judgement on colonization or the start of Globalisation.
11600 McNEISH, James PENELOPE'S ISLAND $15.00 AUD
Hodder & Stoughton. London. 1990. 1st Ed. 304 PP. Hard cover, dj. Name on FFEP . Paper browning around outside edges, o/wise a very good clean copy. 22.2 x 14. 0340507012
Novel set in New Caledonia, based on the political turmoil of the mid-1980's. One of the main characters, Dominique, resembles Jean-Marie Tjibaou.
52829 MEDEF-NC 70 ANS MEDEF-NC: Au coeur du développement économique et social de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
MEDEF-NC / Fédération Patronale. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed., October 2006. 52 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
70 years of achievments for the Employers Federation of New Caledonia. In 2001 MEDEF (Mouvement Des Entreprises de France) replaced the Fédération Patronale (Employers Federation).
43323 MENAGER-STAHL, Noelle LE VOYAGE ou Minimax et Mélanie à la conquête de leur monde $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Chien Bleu. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 82 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by Marnie Morat and Paula Boi. Soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 19.4 x 20.5. 2950976700
Juvenile novel set in New Caledonia.
54870 MENET, Véronique PROMENADE DANS LES JARDINS DE NOUMEA $70.00 AUD
Editions Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. 92 PP with b/w and colour illustrations by the author. Decorated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. French text. Fine. Oblong:23 x 30.2.
Rambling through Nouméa and visit to some of its gardens.
44076 MERLE, Henri CHIRURGIEN DANS LA COLONIALE - La saga d'un Cul Noir $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2001. 1st Ed., in Collection Mémoires du XXe siècle. 326, (4) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747518493
Military surgeon, in French overseas colonies and territories. Student in Hanoï, Tonkin, Indochina, during the Japanese occupation 1940-1945. Early years of war between France and pro independence Viet-Minh. Practising in Cameroon, New Hebrides (Vanuatu) and Ivory Coast.
58321 MERLE, Isabelle CANALA - A Development in Line with Tradition $40.00 AUD
Town Council of Canala / Delroisse Canada. Canala. 1991. 1st English edition. Folder with a 16 pages booklet with 20 colour illustrations (1 map and 19 photos), plus 18 plates with 21 colour photos (17 on full page) by Philippe Giraud. Contained in an illustrated box. Near fine. Large format: 42 x 30.5.
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat. Nouméa. 2006. Issue No. 26, August 2006. 98 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat.. Nouméa. 2007. Issue No. 28, March 2007. 86 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat. Nouméa. 2006. Issue No. 25, May 2006. 98 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat. Nouméa. 2006. Issue No. 27, October 2006. 98 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat. Nouméa. 2005. Issue No. 23, June 2005. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat. Nouméa. 2004. Issue No. 22, December 2004. 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
11509 MERLO, Jean LE PROBLEME DES KANAK EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $25.00 AUD
Les Editions Populaires / Edipop. Nouméa. 1986. 1st Ed. (4), 128 PP typescript with 1 table, plus 1 errata page loosely inserted. Soft cover. Very good. French text. 29.6 x 21.
Cultural, economic & social analysis. Land tenure, traditions, customs & identity of the Kanak.
11934 METAIS, Eliane ART NEO-CALEDONIEN $20.00 AUD
Nouvelles Editions Latines. Paris. c. 1976. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 30 b/w illustrations. Title page: Nose of a Talé. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 19 x 14. 2723300676
The art of the Kanak people when they were farmers, fishermen, hunters & warriors, before European discovery.
12676 METAIS, Eliane AU COMMENCEMENT ETAIT LA TERRE - Réflexion sur un Mythe Canaque d'origine $35.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires de Bordeaux. Talence. 1988. 1st Ed. 356 PP (8), with 32 figures and 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. Faint foxing on outside edges, o/wise fine. French text. 21 x 13.3. 2867810493
The creation of the world through the myths of Melanesians.
14002 MEUNIER, Maurice (editor) LES DEBARQUEMENTS, Juin - Août 1944 [in Les Anciens Combattants] $10.00 AUD
Amicale des Anciens Combattants de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 64 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 20.6.
Special issue celebrating the 50th anniversary of the landings by the Allies in Normandy (June 1944) and in Provence (August 1944).
48510 MICHALSKI, Cédric L'ASSAUT DE LA GROTTE D'OUVEA. Analyse juridique $40.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. 320, (1) PP with 2 facsimile of document and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747564673
Hostage crisis on the atoll of Uvea, Loyalty Islands, in April and May 1988.
11515 MICHAUS, Paul Ahmed & DUZER, Isabelle BULLETIN DE CONJONCTURE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Bilan Annuel 1994 / Annual Assessment $20.00 AUD
Institut Territorial de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques. Noumea. 1995. 1st Ed. 38 PP with graphs and tables. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
International environment, economic climate, mining and metallurgy... employment and finance.
13491 MICHEL, Louise AUX AMIS D' EUROPE $25.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1996. Reprint of 1875 & 1885 original, edited by François Bogliolo. 88 PP with b/w illust.(carved bamboo). Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 12. 284170050X
Legends and gests of the Kanaks of New Caledonia published in 1875 in a local newspaper by Louise Michel, communard and political deportee to this territory between 1873 and 1880.
54810 MICHEL, Louise LOUISE MICHEL, Matricule 2182: Souvenirs de ma vie (extraits) $30.00 AUD
Editions du Dauphin. Paris. 1981. 1st Ed., with a preface by Paule Lejeune. 210 PP with 1 illustration (facsimile of front cover of the weekly La Vie Populaire). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 19.2 x 13.2. 2716310254
The author, a Communard, nicknamed "The Red Virgin" was deported to New Caledonia.
71347 MICHEL, Louise LEGENDES ET CHANTS DE GESTES CANAQUES $100.00 AUD
Hachette Calédonie / Obun Printing, Japon. Nouméa. 1980. Facsimile edition of the 1885 original, in a limited edition of 750 numbered copies (No. 220). (4), 187 PP, plus 4 folded plates with drawings by Louise Michel. Hard cover, simile leather, gilt title on front board and spine, lightly rubbed. Faint foxing. Near fine. French text. 19 x 12.5.
Glossary of dialects of New Caledonia between pages 147 and 183.
47189 MILFORD, Jacques LE PURGATOIRE SANS RETOUR $50.00 AUD
Les Editions du Caillou. Nouméa. 1980. 1st edition limited to 3000 numbered copies, in the 8 volumes series Le Bagne Calédonien. 328, (6) PP, plus 12 colour plates illustrated by Tatin d'Avesnières and 18 pages with 20 b/w illustrations (post cards photos facsimile of documents). Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, illustration on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Fine. 22.5 x 17.2.
Final volume in the series: No. 1947/3000.
47176 MILLET, Michel 1878 CARNETS DE CAMPAGNE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
Anacharsis. Toulouse. 2004. 1st edition introduced and presented by Alban Bensa. 144 PP with 1 Map, 1 portrait and the facsimile of the first page of manuscript. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 20 x 12.5.
Diary of a French gunner sent to New Caledonia to quell the 1878 insurgency by the Kanaks led by Ataï. Diary preceded by a 4 page note of this Kanak uprising as kept and told by Kanaks.
64135 MILLOT, Philippe & Chorale Mélodia HYMNE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $15.00 AUD
Gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. Folder (3 folds) containing a 15 page booklet with 12 colour photos, and a Compact Disc with 8 tracks. Preface by Harold Martin and introduction by Jean-Pierre Cabée. Pictorial covers. French text. Fine. Oblong: 12.7 x 14.2.
National Anthem for New Caledonia.
70703 MILLOT, Philippe & Yves UN SERVITEUR TOMBE DANS L'OUBLI: Le Lazaret de l'Îlot Freycinet $60.00 AUD
Cercle des Musées de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2017. 1st edition limited to 300 copies. Foreword by Odile Magnon. 78 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9782956054023
The Quarantine Station used between 1886 and 1936
47192 MIMANDE, Paul CRIMINOPOLIS $50.00 AUD
Les Editions du Caillou. Nouméa. 1980. 1st edition limited to 3000 copies, in the 8 volume series Le Bagne Calédonien. 260, (8) PP, plus 12 colour plates illustrated by Henri Crocq. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, illustration on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Fine. 22.5 x 17.2.
No. 1947/3000.
63535 MINING KONIAMBO NICKEL SAS (in Mines, Hors Série) $25.00 AUD
Mines/Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2013. Special Issue, April 2013. Edited by Ali AIT-YAHIA & Laurent CARRIER. 32 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Opening of KNS: Mining at Koniambo and Metallurgy at Vavouto, Northern Province, New Caledonia.
63536 MINING MINES - Actualités du Secteur Minier et de l'Energie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 70 $20.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso.. Nouméa. 2013. No. 70, May/June 2013. Edited by Ali AIT-YAHIA & Laurent CARRIER. 32 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Round up of technologies at the 3 Nickel plants: SLN at Thio and Nouméa, Vale / Goro Nickel at Gora and Xtrata / KNS at Vavouto. ... 10 April 2013, first pouring of nickel metal at Vavouto, Northern Province, New Caledonia.
63537 MINING LES METIERS DE LA MINE (in Mines, Hors Série) $25.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2011. Special Issue, December 2011. Edited by Fabrice BERTRAND-PENICHOU & Sylvie AUCORDIER. 44 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Trade and Business related to the mining industry in New Caledonia.
63538 MINING NOUVELLE LEGISLATION ET REGLEMENTATION MINIERE (in Mines, Actualités du Secteur Minier et de l'Energie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 48) $25.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2009. No. 48, May/June 2009. Edited by Sylvie AUCORDIER. 52 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Special part on the New Rules and Regulations for the mining industry
63539 MINING MINES - Actualités du Secteur Minier et de l'Energie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 45 $20.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso.. Nouméa. 2008. No. 45, Novembre/Decembre 208. Edited by Sylvie AUCORDIER. 44 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
63540 MINING MINES - Actualités du Secteur Minier et de l'Energie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 42 $20.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2008. No. 42, May 2008. Edited by Sylvie AUCORDIER. 40 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
63541 MINING MINES - Actualités du Secteur Minier et de l'Energie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 60 $20.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2011. No. 60, June 2011. Edited by Fabrice BETRAND-PENICHOU & Sylvie AUCORDIER. 32 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
63542 MINING MINES - Bulletin d'Information du Secteur Minier de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 15 $20.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2002. No. 15, May 2002. Edited by Sylvie AUCORDIER & Erik DUFOUR. 44 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
63543 MINING MINES - Bulletin d'Information du Secteur Minier de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - No. 23 $20.00 AUD
Mines/Agence Recto/Verso. Nouméa. 2004. No. 23, July 2004. Edited by Sylvie AUCORDIER & Erik DUFOUR. 36 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
33072 MINISTERE DE LA CULTURE MIROIRS DU COLONIALISME - Terrain No.28 $25.00 AUD
Ministère de la Culture. Paris. 1997. Special issue Miroirs du Colonialisme. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 27 x 21. 2110898755
Anthropology, colonization and social changes in New Caledonia. Includes article by Michel NAEPELS from P.43 to 58 with 14 b/w illust. "Il a Tué les Chefs et les Hommes - L'anthropologie, la colonisation et le changement social en Nouvelle-Calédonie".
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 ...
40908 MIROUX, Daniel, ANGLEVIEL, Frédéric et al. SPECIAL WALLIS FUTUNA (in Bulletin No. 97) $35.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. Special issue, bulletin No. 97 (4th term 1993). 118, (4 advertisements) PP with 7 maps and b/w illustrations (drawings, engravings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Small rub at bottom of front cover, o/wise a fine copy. French text. 27.6 x 17.5.
Settlement. Discovery (Eendracht of Le Maire and Schouten in 1616, and Dolphin of Captain Samuel Wallis in 1767). Christianity...
GECO / Groupement d' Editions Concept d' Océanie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st issue of January 2008. 3-122 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30.5 x 21.5.
Quarterly publication of the Northern Province of New Caledonia. VKP: Voh Koné Pouembout. SMSP (Société Minière du Sud Pacifique) with Nickel mining at Koniambo, Nickel factory KNS (Koniambo Nickel Sas) and port of Vouavouto. SLN (Société Le Nickel) at Paagoumene. ... Belep archipelago and the fisheries...
22909 MOKADDEM, Hamid EXPRESSIONS, Revue de l'Association Pwötimulip $10.00 AUD
Association Culturelle Communale de Touho. New Caledonia. 1993. 1st edition limited to 1000 copies. 44 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.5 x 21.
On music, tales, sculptures and painting in this Kanak township of the North of New Caledonia. P.26-42: article on Hienghène, the birth place of the Kanak leader Jean Marie Tjibaou, and the massacre of some of his tribe in November 1984 at Tiendanite.
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. in Collection Mondes Océaniens, with a preface by Paul de Deckker. 167 PP with 1 table and 4 graphs. Card cover. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738480632
Attempts to improve the relations between the different ethnic and cultural groups (Kanaks and Europeans).
50663 MOKADDEM, Hamid CE SOUFFLE VENU DES ANCETRES... L'Oeuvre politique de Jean-Marie Tjibaou (1936-1989) $50.00 AUD
Editions Expressions / Province Nord. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 412 PP. Pictorial stiff cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2951937121
52316 MOKADDEM, Hamid KANAKY ET / OU NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
La courte échelle / Editions transit. Marseille. 2005. 1st Ed. 25, (5) PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 19 x 11. 2951934653
47188 MONCELON, Léon LE BAGNE ET LA COLONISATION PENALE A LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, par un témoin oculaire $50.00 AUD
Les Editions du Caillou. Nouméa. 1980. 1st edition limited to 3000 copies, in the 8 volumes series Le Bagne Calédonien. 290, (6) PP, plus 12 colour plates illustrated by Vermande. Decorated endpapers. Hard cover, gilt decorated covers, illustration on front board, gilt title on spine. All edges gilt. Fine. 22.5 x 17.2.
No. 1947 / 3000
49291 MONFAT, Le P. A. DIX ANNEES EN MELANESIE. Etude Historique et Religieuse $40.00 AUD
Librairie Catholique Emmanuel Vitte. Lyon. 1925. 3rd edition. 302 PP with 2 b/w plates, plus 1 folded map (Solomon Islands). Fp: Portrait of Mgr. Jean-Baptiste Epalle. Pictorial soft cover. Slight ageing of paper around outside edges. French text. Near fine. 25.5 x 16.5.
Solomon Islands. New Caledonia.
12740 MONNIER, Père Paul APOTRES DES NOUVELLES-HEBRIDES (S.E.H. No. 54) $65.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. c. 1995. 1st Ed. Publication No. 54. IV, 368 PP plus 2 pages with 8 maps, and 27 plates with 74 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
A history of the Catholic priests and brothers who brought their faith to Vanuatu.
48995 MONNIN, Jean & SAND, Christophe KIBO - Le Serment Gravé. Essai de synthèse sur les pétroglyphes calédoniens $80.00 AUD
Département Archéologie, Service des Musées et du Patrimoine de Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. Volume 16 in Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie. 320 PP with hundreds of b/w illustrations (drawings, maps, plans, photos, & sketches). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. French text. Fine. 28 x 19.8. 2951920822
Petroglyph/rock carvings of New Caledonia.
71352 MOREAU, Abbé & CROZES, Abbé SOUVENIRS DE LA PETITE ET DE LA GRANDE ROQUETTE $100.00 AUD
Paris. 1884. Jules Rouff et Cie, Editeurs. 1st Ed. (6), VIII, 414 PP with facsimile of documents (autographs, letters, journal Tam-Tam Ballon). FP (with tissue guard): Portrait of Abbé Crozes. Marbled endpapers, Quarter bound, gilt title on spine. Foxing spots on outside edges. Contents near fine. French text. 18.3 x 12.
Roquette = Jails of Paris. Petite: young offenders / Grande: people judged and condemned. Chapters VII, VIII & IX (pages 235 to 361) "Six Ans a la Nouvelle-Caledonie": Letters received by Abbé Crozes jailed at the time of the "Commune de Paris", by Communards (political convicts) transported to New Caledonia.
11133 MOSER, René LES ILES LOYAUTE, Nouvelle Calédonie $40.00 AUD
Editions Delroise. Paris. c. 1979. 1st Ed. 177 PP with colour illustrations. Hard cover, dj (one closed tear). Lower edge of covers soiled, upper edge of dust jacket rubbed. Very good. French text with English translation (P.168-177) of text & legends of photos. 27.8 x 21.5.
A photographic voyage through the Loyalty Islands.
11920 MOSER, René ILES WALLIS $35.00 AUD
Editions Delroise. Paris. c. 1970. 1st Ed. 64 PP with 80 colour illustrations (1 map and 79 photos). Hard cover, gilt title on front board, dj. Dust jacket lightly soiled and now with a protective sleeve. Text in French & Wallisian. A near fine copy. 21 x 17.5.
Description of this remote French territory, north-east of the Fiji islands.
48529 MOUCHENIK, Yoram L'ENFANT VULNERABLE. Psychothérapie transculturelle en pays Kanak (Nouvelle-Calédonie) $35.00 AUD
La Pensée Sauvage. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed., with 2 prefaces by Marie Rose Moro and Alban Bensa. 256 PP with 1 map and 10 drawings. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 14. 2859191917
48030 MOYATEA, Robert & GOMES, Philippe (editors) ERPA / ETABLISSEMENT DE REGULATION DES PRIX AGRICOLES - Bilan d' Activité $25.00 AUD
ERPA. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 36 PP with tables, graphs and 15 colour photos. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 21
Achievements of the Marketing Board for Agricultural Products from New Caledonia.
73347 MOYSE-FAURIE, Claire LE XÂRÂCUU -Langue de Thio-Canala (Nouvelle-Calédonie) - Eléments de syntaxe $70.00 AUD
Editions Peeters. Paris. 1995. 1st Ed. Volume 10 of "Langues et Cultures du Pacifique" series. 256 PP with 2 maps. Illustrated card covers. French text. Small rub on front cover, light foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. 24 x 16. 2877231542
73592 MOYSE-FAURIE, Claire TE LEA FAKA'UVEA / LE WALLISIEN $50.00 AUD
Editions Peeters. Leuven. 2016. 1st Ed. Volume 7 of "Les Langues du Monde" series. 269 PP with 1 map and a few tables. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French and Faka'uvea texts. Fine (as new condition). 21.4 x 14. 9789042933767
42175 MOZZICONACCI, Cécile VOYAGE DANS LE CENTRE CULTUREL TJIBAOU $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w illustrations. Inside front cover: Ngan Jila Cultural Centre. Inside back cover: plan of the Cultural Centre. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 11. 2841700844
53926 MOZZICONACCI, Cécile KAVA, Plante du Pacifique / Ecoutez le chant du Kava - Lisen singsing blong Kava $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2007. New edition of the 1997 original, in the D'île en île series. 84 PP with 1 map, and 36 b/w photos. Pictorial stiff cover. French text. Fine. 15 x 10.8.
Study on the Kava (Piper Methysticum) of Vanuatu.
71278 MOZZICONACCI, Cécile ECOUTEZ LE CHANT DU KAVA - Lisen singsing blong Kava $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed., in the "D'îles en îles" series. 80 PP with 1 map, and 32 b/w illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Very good. French text. 15 x 10.8. 284170033X
Study on the Kava (Piper Methysticum) of Vanuatu.
40875 MULLER, Kal TANNA AWAITS THE COMING OF JOHN FRUM (in National Geographic Magazine) $10.00 AUD
N.G.S. Washington. 1974. Volume 145, No. 5, May 1974. Contains article from P.706 to 715 with 1 map and 12 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 25.5 x 17.4.
A Pacific Island from the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) awaits its messiah.
44055 MURIE, Yves L'ENFANT DE LA VIERGE ROUGE $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed., in Collection Roman Historique. 288, (2) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747524884
Historical novel: the meetings of Victor Hugo and Louise Michel, leader of the Commune de Paris and nicknamed the Red Virgin before her exile to New Caledonia.
72082 MURPHY, Gwénael, LAGARDE, Louis & BANARE, Eddy SOUS LE CIEL DE L'EXIL - Autobiographie Poétique de Marius Julien, forçat de Nouvelle-Calédonie $80.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires de la Nouvelle-Calédonie (PUNC). Nouméa. 2020. 1st Ed. Preface by Dominique Jouve. 457, (5 publications PUNC) PP with 3 tables and 54 b/w & colour illustrations. Fp: Marius Julien and his cat Doré en Australie, 1920s. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French text. New. 24 x 16. 9791091032162
40 Years a convict in New Caledonia. Arrival in Australia 19/05/1920, last years with Wolla Meranda, Australian writer.
53123 MUSSARD, Firmin JADE ET LES PETITS FARCEURS $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed. (juvenile), No. 4 in La Bibliothèque du Caillou series. (8), 92 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 17.5 x 11.3. 2913256937
Growing up in New Caledonia.
53125 MUSSARD, Firmin BALTHAZAR EST EN PETARD $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. (juvenile), No. 3 in La Bibliothèque du Caillou series. (4), 104 PP with 7 cartoons by J.-R. Lisiak. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 17.5 x 11.3. 2913256619
Drug related problems and growing up in New Caledonia.
12723 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - Nos. 1 - 3 - 1993 $40.00 AUD
ADCK / Mwà Véé. Nouméa. 1993. 3 first issues of this quarterly Journal. No.1 (May 1993): 64 PP. No.2 (September 1993): 60 PP. No.3 (Decembre 1993) : 76 PP. A total of 200 PP (printed on 2 columns) with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 35.5 x 26.
Quarterly Kanak cultural magazine on a number of subjects: language, history, art, society, etc...
13674 MWA VEE COURANTS OCEANIENS - PACIFIC CURRENTS (in Mwà Véé, Revue Culturelle Kanak) $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1996. Issue No. 14, October 1996. 72 PP, with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and English. Fine. 36 x 26.
Special issue published for the 7th Festival of Pacific Arts, held in Apia, Samoa in 1996. Kanaks in the history of the Pacific, from Melanesia 2000 to the Jean Marie Tchibaou Cultural Centre, Pacific trends: arts of Vanuatu, indigenous peoples... The extraordinary epic of William Jacob Watriama, a Kanak from Maré who became an ardent Australian patriot.
47964 MWA VEE LIVING HERITAGE - KANAK CULTURE TODAY (in Mwà Véé, Kanak Cultural Review) $10.00 AUD
ADCK / Tjibaou Cultural Centre. Nouméa. 2000. Special Issue, October 2000. 76 PP with 2 maps, 1 drawing and 70 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 33 x 24.
Quarterly Kanak cultural magazine: Kanak languages. Cultural Heritage. Contemporary Art. Spirituality.
57282 MWA VEE L' ESPACE DE VIE KANAK (in Mwà Véé, Revue culturelle Kanak) $10.00 AUD
ADCK - centre culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2009. Special issue, "Environnement et Patrimoine", No. 63. 60 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 33 x 24.
Environment and heritage in New Caledonia. Corals and Lagoons: World Heritage listing with UNESCO.
57454 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - Nos. 4 to 7 - 1994 $20.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1994. Issues No. 4 (March 1994) to No. 7 (December 1994). 4 quarterly issues: a total of 360 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
Kanak Languages. Cultural heritage & Contemporary Art. Spirituality.
57455 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - Nos. 23 to 26 - 1999 $40.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1999. Issues No. 23 (January 1999) to No. 26 (October 1999). 4 quarterly issues: a total of 310 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Kanak Languages. Cultural heritage & Contemporary Art. Spirituality.
57456 MWA VEE CENTRE CULTUREL TJIBAOU - (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 20 - 1998 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1998. Issue No. 20 (April 1998). 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
4th of May 1998: Official Opening of Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Kanak Languages. Cultural heritage & Contemporary Art. Spirituality.
57457 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 23 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1999. Issue No. 23 (January 1999). 68 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Kanak and US troops during WWII. Contemporay Art: Kanak, Bilum from Papua, Masi ffrom Fiji, Asmat from Irian Jaya...
57458 MWA VEE LA GUERRE KANAK DE 1917 (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 62 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2008. Issue No. 62 (October 2008). 72 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
The 1917 Revolt of Kanaks against French rule during World War I
57461 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 2 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1993. Issue No. 2 (September 1993. 68 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
Kanak Music & Dance. Xaracûû: Kanak Language. Cultural heritage.
57462 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 4 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1994. Issue No. 4 (March 1994). 76 PP with b/w illustrations, plus colour poster "Kaneka 1993" at centrefold . Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
Kanak Music & Dance. A'jie: Kanak Language. Cultural heritage.
57463 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 13 $15.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1996. Issue No. 13 (July 1996). 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
Kanak s part of the 1931 Colonial Exhibition in Paris. Education and the Kanaks. Cultural heritage.
57467 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 8 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1995. Issue No. 8 (March 1995). 79, (5) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Occasional foxing. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
Heritage and Culture in the Pacific Islands, museums of: PNG, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Solomon Islands. Kanak Languages of the Hoot Ma Whaap area...
57468 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 11 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1995. Issue No. 11 (December 1995). 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
Kanak and First World War
57554 MWA VEE LES CHEMINS DU PATRIMOINE (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 26 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1999. Issue No. 26 (Oct / Dec. 1999). 80 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Special issue on heritage, culture...
57555 MWA VEE SPIRITUALITE KANAK ET RELIGIONS (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 27 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2000. Issue No. 27 (Jan / Mar 2000). 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Special issue on Kanak Sprituality and Religion in New Caledonia and the Pacific
57556 MWA VEE L'ART KANAK AUJOURD'HUI (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 28 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2000. Issue No. 28 (Apr / June 2000). 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Special issue on contemporary Kanak Art
57558 MWA VEE MAURICE LEENHARDT, cent ans plus tard (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 38 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2002. Issue No. 36 (Oct / Dec 2002). 60 PP with b/w illustrations, plus a 4 pages "Natas, Missi & Moniteurs". Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Special issue on "Maurice & Jeanne Leenhardt in New Caledonia - 1902-1926".
57559 MWA VEE SOUS LA GRANDE CASE DE L' HISTOIRE (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 44 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2004. Issue No. 44, (Apr / June 2004). 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
History and prehistory in New Caledonia: Kanak and Settlers
57560 MWA VEE ENFANT ET SOCIETE (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No.49 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2005. Issue No. 49, (Jul / Sep 2005). 64 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Children and Society, in New Caledonia.
57562 MWA VEE CENTRE CULTUREL TJIBAOU (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 60 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2008. Issue No. 60, (Apr / June 2008). 64 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
10th year anniversary.
57626 MWA VEE LES COMMUNARDS EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (in Mwà Véé - Revue Culturelle Kanak) - No. 51 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2006. Issue No. 51, (Jan / March 2006). 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 32.8 x 24.
Communards, or political deportees of the 1870 "Commune de Paris", in New Caledonia.
60328 MWA VEE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE A L'HEURE DE LA MELANESIE (in Mwà Véé, Revue culturelle Kanak, No. 71/72) $10.00 AUD
ADCK - Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2011. Special issue, No. 71/72. Edited by Emmanuel KASARHEROU & Emmanuel TJIBAOU. 80 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages with 40 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 33 x 24.
On the 4th Festival of Arts in Melanesia, held in New Caledonia in September 2010.
61880 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 3 - 1993 $10.00 AUD
ADCK / Mwà Véé. Nouméa. 1993. Issue No. 3, of this quarterly Journal. No.3 (Decembre 1993) : 76 PP (printed on 2 columns) with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.5 x 26.
Quarterly Kanak cultural magazine on a number of subjects: language, history, art, society, etc...
64138 MWA VEE ART ET IDENTITE (in Mwà Véé, Revue culturelle Kanak, No. 81) $20.00 AUD
ADCK - Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2013. Issue, No. 81, July-Sept 2013. Edited by Emmanuel Tjibaou & Gérard Del Rio. 72 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages on the Exhibition "Je Suis Noir" with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 33 x 24.
64139 MWA VEE SEXUALITE EN OCEANIE (in Mwà Véé, Revue culturelle Kanak, No. 82 -83) $20.00 AUD
ADCK - Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2014. Issue, No. 88/83, January 2014. Edited by Emmanuel Tjibaou & Gérard Del Rio. 72 PP with b/w illustrations, plus 4 pages on the Exhibition "Ko Névâ 2013" with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 33 x 24.
65060 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 10 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1995. Reprint of issue No. 10 (September 1995). 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 33 x 24.
20 years anniversary of "Melanesia 2000".
65061 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 9 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1995. Issue No. 9 (June 1995). 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65062 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - Nos. 15 - 18 / 1997 $30.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1997. Issue No. 15 to No. 18. 4 issues : 286 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65063 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - Nos. 31 - 34 / 2001 $30.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2001. Issue No. 31 to No. 34. 4 issues : 248PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 33 x 24.
65064 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 19 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1998. Issue No. 19 (January 1998). 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65065 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 21 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1998. Issue No. 21 (July 1998). 72 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65066 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 22 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 1998. Issue No. 22 (October 1998). 68 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65067 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 29 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2000. Issue No. 29 (July 2000). 68 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65068 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 30 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2000. Issue No. 30 (October 2000). 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
65069 MWA VEE REVUE CULTURELLE KANAK - No. 80 $10.00 AUD
Mwà Véé / ADCK. Nouméa. 2013. Issue No. 80 (April 2013). 60 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 35.7 x 25.5.
12714 N/A FROM NEW CALEDONIA TO KANAKY - Report on a Visit by Australian NGOs, August 1990 $10.00 AUD
Australian Council for Overseas Aid. Canberra. 1990. 1st Ed., Development Dossier No.26. (4), 67 PP with 9 b/w illust. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 0909831483
Background of political parties, the FLNKS, Australia's interest and involvement, future development, Kanak independence, ..
30704 N/A RECETTES CALEDONIENNES $20.00 AUD
Groupe de Dames de la Paroisse du Vieux Temple. Nouméa. 1977. 1st Ed. 40 PP. Pictorial soft cover (rubbed). Some light foxing. Good. French text. 22.5 x 14.5.
Recipes from New Caledonia.
33055 N/A NEW CALEDONIA $15.00 AUD
New Caledonia Tourism. Nouméa. 1998. May 1998 edition. 24 PP with 3 maps & plans, and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.
Why visit New Caledonia. What you should know. Accommodation in Nouméa, the Provinces and the Islands.
33852 N/A RECETTES - L'AVOCAT DE MARE $30.00 AUD
Editions du Niaouli. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed., in the Produit des Iles series. 48 PP with 5 sketches and 12 colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15. 2910502074
42 recipes using the avocado growing on the Island of Maré, one of the Loyalty Islands.
38605 N/A LA REFORME FONCIERE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1978-1998 $50.00 AUD
Agence de Développement Rural et d'Aménagement Foncier. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. 118 PP with tables, graphs, 8 maps and colour illustrations. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 25 x 17. 2841700593
Land reforms (White Settlers / Kanaks -Indigenous People) in New Caledonia.
46509 N/A ARCHIVES TERRITORIALES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
Archives Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. 14 PP with colour photos by David Becker. Illustrated card covers, ties. Fine. French text. 15 x 15.
Guide to the Archives of New Caledonia.
46707 N/A GEOECONOMIE - No.27 - LES GRANDS ENJEUX STRATEGIQUES DU PACIFIQUE $30.00 AUD
Géoéconomie. Paris. 2003. Issue No. 27, Autumn 2003. 184, (8) PP. Edited by J.F. DAGUZAN & Pascal LOROT. Contains articles from P. 5 to 139 PP with 2 tables and 6 maps. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5.
8 papers - Australia, France and the future of the South Pacific, by William N. Fisher (Australian Ambassador in France)...
47925 N/A LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Des attraits et des atouts $20.00 AUD
Direction du Développement Economique de la Formation Professionnelle et de l'Emploi de la Province Sud Nouméa. 1992. March 1992 edition. (4), 57, (3) PP with tables. Illustrated soft cover. French text. Fine. 30.2 x 14.2.
47926 N/A LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Des attraits et des atouts $20.00 AUD
Direction du Développement Economique de la Formation Professionnelle et de l'Emploi de la Province Sud. Nouméa. 1993. March 1993 edition. (4), 57, (3) PP with tables. Illustrated soft cover. French text. Fine. 30.2 x 14.2.
Azur Média. Nouméa. 2005. File No. 8. 126 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. Frency text. 29.7 x 21.
Environment in New Caledonia. Nickel Mines. Energy and wind farms. Other files: water treatment plants, dams, ..
52957 N/A NEW CALEDONIA / NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 2007/8 - Business and Investment Opportunities / Opportunités d'Affaires et d' Investissement (in Business Advantage: New Caledonia) $10.00 AUD
Business Advantage International. Melbourne. 2007. 1st Ed. Issue June / Juin 2007. Foreword by Didier Leroux and Introduction by Jean-Michel Arlie & François Turcot... 36 PP with colour colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bilingual text (English and French). Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Understanding New Caledonia. Future-proofing New Caledonia's resources. Human resources... Who's Who.
Azur Média. Nouméa. 2007. File No. 10. Special Issue Mines and Mining. 138 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. New. 29.7 x 21.
Environment in New Caledonia and Nickel Mines: P. 21 to 50. 6 papers on: Smelting plant at Doniambo. Environment, mining and factory of Goro Nickel. Environment and the Koniambo project (mining, port and smelting plant)
Azur Média. Nouméa. 2008. File No. 11. 148 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
... Energy and renewable energies in New Caledonia: pages 43 to 59. Nickel Mines and mining: pages 61 to 92...
55472 N/A VIVE LA FRANCE 2006 $15.00 AUD
POL Publications. Melbourne. 2006. Annual Issue. 88 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
A dog's eye view of Paris, by Lisa Dabscheck. A Paris Affair by Alexander Lobrano... Paradise Found: Tahiti... Crown Jewel: Monaco...
56631 N/A BUSINESS ADVANTAGE NEW CALEDONIA / NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - 2009. New Caledonia's International Business and Investment Guide / Guide International des Affaires et de l'Investissement en Nouvelle-Calédonie $15.00 AUD
Business Advantage International. Melbourne. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Annie Beustes. 36 PP with colour colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Bilingual text (English and French). Fine. 29.7 x 21. 9780980608120
Understanding New Caledonia. Mining & Resources. Transports. Human resources... Who's Who
56705 N/A GUIDE DES AIDES FINANCIERES A L'INVESTISSEMENT EN PROVINCE SUD $25.00 AUD
DEFE / Direction de l'Economie, de la Formation et de l'Emploi , Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. Folder with pockets containing 6 documents. Code des Aides Financierères: 34 PP with by-laws. Guide des Aides Financières: 22 PP with 2 maps and 15 colour photos. New Caledonia Weekly No. 42: 4 PP (English text). 3 others documents on tourism and the Conference held on 2nd April 2009. Folder. Fine. French text for 5 of the documents. 30.5 x 21.5.
56773 N/A UBD VANUATU - BUSINESS INFORMATION DIRECTORY 1996 $15.00 AUD
UBD Publication. Auckland, NZ. 1996. 1996 edition. (10), 743-757, (3) PP with 1 map in colour, b/w or colour advertisements. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.2 x 21.5.
56785 N/A LE CHIEN BLEU, Journal Satirique - Hors Série No. 2: "Spécial Dessin" $10.00 AUD
Edition Le Chien Bleu. Nouméa. 2005. Special issue on Cartoons. Edited by Etienne Dutailly. 30 PP with a compilation of the cartoons of the year 2004. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
56799 N/A TE FENUA - Revue Hebdomadaire d' Information et de Loisir du Territoire des Iles Walis et Futuna $50.00 AUD
Te Fenua - Wallis et Futuna. Mata Utu, Wallis Island. 1992 / 1993. Issues No. 2 (12 November 1992) to No. 23 (8 April 1993). Edited by Robert Trussardi. 17 issues (2, 5-9, 11-15, 18-23) with a total of 512 pages with b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Staples removed. Near fine. Text in French and Faka Uvea. Scarce. 26 x 18.5.
Weekly magazine.
56802 N/A TE FENUA FO'OU - Hebdomadaire de Wallis et Futuna - 1999 $150.00 AUD
Te Fenua Fo'ou. Mata Utu, Wallis Island. 1999. Issues No. 159 (8 January 1999) to No. 210 (31 December 1999). Edited by J.L. David. 49 issues (159-177, 180-187, 189-199, 201-210) for around 1172 pages with b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. Text in French and Faka Uvea. Scarce. 30 x 21.
Weekly magazine.
56803 N/A TE FENUA FO'OU - Hebdomadaire de Wallis et Futuna - 2000 $150.00 AUD
Te Fenua Fo'ou. Mata Utu, Wallis Island. 2000. Issues No. 211 (7 January 2000) to No. 260 (15 December 2000). Edited by Jean-Luc David, then Michel Bodineau (from issue 238). 50 issues (211 to 260) for around 1400 pages with b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. Text in French and Faka Uvea. Scarce. 30 x 21.
Weekly magazine for 2000 (set lacking issues 261 and 262 2nd half of december 2000)
56804 N/A TE FENUA FO'OU - Hebdomadaire d' Informations et de Loisirs de Wallis et Futuna - 1998 $50.00 AUD
Te Fenua Fo'ou. Mata Utu, Wallis Island. 1998. Issues No. 108 (2 January 1998) to No. 117 (6 March 1998). Edited by Jean-Luc David. 10 issues for atotal of 240 pages with b/w illustrations. Soft covers. Near fine. Text in French and Faka Uvea. Scarce. 30 x 21.
Weekly magazine: First 10 issues of 1998.
59246 N/A ETUDES MELANESIENNES, Bulletin Périodique de la Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes, No. 6 $25.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 1952. New Serie, No. 6, September 1952. 112 PP, plus 1 folded plate. Illustrated soft cover. Ageing of paper (browning), o/wise near fine. Scarce. French text. 24.2 x 15.5.
59247 N/A ETUDES MELANESIENNES, Bulletin Périodique de la Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes, No. 7 $25.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 1953. New Serie, No. 7, September 1953. 113 PP with figures, plus 13 plates with 22 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. Scarce. French text. 24.4 x 16.
60268 N/A VIVE LA FRANCE 2009 $10.00 AUD
Peter Berman / Maison de la France. Sydney. 2009. Annual Issue. 104 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
Made in France: Collette Dinningan secrets of Paris. ... Treasure Island: La Réunion. Passion and panoramas / Sails in the sunset: in Tahiti.
60608 N/A VIVE LA FRANCE 2011 $10.00 AUD
Peter Berman / Maison de la France. Sydney. 2011. Annual Issue. 10th Anniversary Edition. 140 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 28 x 21.
Pleasure of the "Palette" on the Riviera ... , by Anthony Dennis. ... New Caledonia, by Judith Elen. Tahiti, by Paul Croci. Island Life: Réunion, by Philippe Starck.
62894 N/A RENDEZ VOUS EN FRANCE 2012 $10.00 AUD
Atout France, Australia and New Zealand. Sydney. 2012. Issue, No. 1. 120 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 30 x 23.
... Beyond the blue lagoon: new eco-luxury in Tahiti, by Persephone Nicholas. France Sur Mer: tasting France in New Caledonia, by Judith Elen.
68733 N/A MADE IN (NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE) Revue d'Information Economique, No. 37 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2016. Issue No. 37, July 2016. Edited by Xavier BENOIST & Charlotte ANTOINE. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (4 pages "Avenir Export No. 4 : Mission Economique en Nouvelle-Zéalande / A Trade Mission to New Zealand" in French and English). Fine. 23 x 23.
Economy, Development ... Training.
68734 N/A MADE IN (NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE) Revue d'Information Economique, No. 38 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2016. Issue No. 38, October 2016. Edited by Xavier BENOIST & Charlotte ANTOINE. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (4 pages "Avenir Export No. 5" in French and English). Fine. 23 x 23.
Economy, Development ... Training.
68735 N/A MADE IN (NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE) Revue d'Information Economique, No. 39 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2016. Issue No. 39, December 2016. Edited by Xavier BENOIST & Charlotte ANTOINE. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (4 pages "Avenir Export No. 6: A Mission of Economic Diplomacy to Australia" in French and English). Fine. 23 x 23.
Economy, Development ... Training.
68736 N/A MADE IN (NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE) Revue d'Information Economique, No. 40 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2017. Issue No. 40, April 2017. Edited by Xavier BENOIST & Charlotte ANTOINE. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (4 pages "Avenir Export No. 7: N.C. Trade & Invest" in French and English). Fine. 23 x 23.
Economy, Development ... Training.
70923 N/A MADE IN (NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE) Revue d'Information Economique, No. 41 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2017. Issue No. 41, August 2017. Edited by Xavier BENOIST & Charlotte ANTOINE. 56 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text (4 pages at centrefold "Avenir Export No. 8: N.C. Trade & Invest" in French and English). Fine. 23 x 23.
Economy, Development ... Training.
32639 NAEPELS, Michel HISTOIRES DE TERRES KANAKES - Conflits fonciers et rapports sociaux dans la région de Houaïlou (Nouvelle-Calédonie) $50.00 AUD
Editions Belin. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed. 380 PP with 2 tables and 4 maps. Card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 270112364X
60324 NEAOUTINE, Marie-Solange & CAYROL-BAUDRILLART, Françoise ARTHUR LAVINE PHOTOGRAPHE, Nouvelle-Calédonie: Première Source d'Inspiration / ARTHUR LAVINE's Pacific Inspiration: Early Photographs in New Caledonia $100.00 AUD
Musée de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st bilingual edition. 97 PP with 1 colour and 10 b/w photos, and a portfolio with 4 colour and 50 b/w plates. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and English. Fine. 27 x 25.
Serving with the U.S. Army Signal Corps as Official Army Photographer: arriving in New Caledonia in April 1944..
34323 NEMIA, Willy INTRODUCTION D'UNE LANGUE KANAK DANS LE SYSTEME EDUCATIF POUR UN BILINGUISME EQUILIBRE / Aokonenilo Ore La Nengoc Pene Dridri Ri Yeno Bane Thuni Roion Ore Rue La Nengoc $50.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 160, (1 corrigenda) PP with colour illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French and Nengone text. 21 x 15.
Following the Nouméa Agreement signed in 1998, vernacular languages must be taught in New Caledonia. This book is a guide for the teachers in the Nengone language, used on Maré, one of the Loyalty Islands.
13043 NEPORON, M. & BACHELOT, S. KUNGO BRE - Les Racines de l'Arbre Nouveau $45.00 AUD
EDIPOP / ADCK. Nouméa. 1991. 116 PP with 36 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 18.
Three generations of Kanak women talk about: life, childhood, schooling, work, family ...
11753 NEPORON, Micheline GEÏRA, LE LIEU D'OU JE SUIS $20.00 AUD
ADCK. Nouméa. 1993. No. 2 in Collection Ko I Neva. 8 PP with b/w photos of engraved bamboos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 19.
A contemporary Kanak artist expressing herself through the art of engraved bamboos.
11162 NERVAT, Marie et Jacques CELINA LANDROT, fille de Pouembout $35.00 AUD
Nouméa. 1987. SEH-NC / Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Reprint of the 1904 original. Publication No. 39, with an introduction by Paul Griscelli. . (4), XII, 240, (13) PP with b/w illustrations (1 plan, 1 engraving, 6 photos and 11 drawings by Johannès Wahono). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
22349 NEW CALEDONIA LIVRE BLANC SUR LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Un Document de l'Antenne $35.00 AUD
L'Antenne. Paris. 1985. 1st Ed. 102 PP with 7 tables in text. Card cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 13.8.
White Paper on New Caledonia, published by a think tank a few months after the political turmoil in late 1984.
33056 NEW CALEDONIA THE LOYALTY ISLANDS, Accommodation & Leisure $10.00 AUD
Destination Iles Loyauté. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. No pagination, 12 PP with 4 maps and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8.
Practical information on the Loyalty Islands. Accommodation at Lifou, Maré and Ouvéa.
33057 NEW CALEDONIA NEW CALEDONIA - NOUMEA - SOUTH PACIFIC $10.00 AUD
Jason Publishing. Nouméa. 1998. Large poster (58 x 86) folded with 3 maps & plans and colour photos. Fine. French and English text. Folded size: 29 x 21.7.
45942 NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA & NEW CALEDONIA Vive la Différence! - South Pacific Passport 2002 $10.00 AUD
Jason Publishing. Nouméa. 2002. Large poster (58 x 86) folded with 3 maps, 2 plans and colour photos. Fine. French and English text. Folded size: 29 x 21.7.
47957 NEW CALEDONIA NOUMEA & NEW CALEDONIA - South Pacific Passport 1999 $10.00 AUD
Jason Publishing. Nouméa. 1998. November 1998 edition. Large poster (58 x 86) folded with 5 maps, 3 plans and colour photos. Fine. French and English text. Folded size: 29 x 21.7.
52986 NEW CALEDONIA LES ILES LOYAUTE, Nouvelle-Calédonie - Catalogue 07-08 / Guide Randonnées 07-08 $20.00 AUD
Destination Iles Loyauté. Noumea. 2007. Catalogue 07-08: 60 PP with colour illustrations (3 maps and photos). Guide 07-08: 24 PP with 2 maps, 9 walking tracks with location maps and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 22 x 22
Loyalty Island (Maré, Lifu and Uvea): Tourist guide and walking guide.
58739 NEW CALEDONIA GUIDE TO DISCOVER NOUMEA AND THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE $10.00 AUD
Nouméa. c. 2005. Office du Tourisme. 1st Ed. Prefaces by Jacques Lafleur and Jean Lèques. 56 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. New. 21 x 15.
59171 NEW CALEDONIA GUIDE DES AIDES FINANCIERES A L'INVESTISSEMENT EN PROVINCE SUD - 2009 $15.00 AUD
DEFE / Direction de l'Economie, de la Formation et de l'Emploi , Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. 64 PP with tables and colour illustrations (2 maps and 23 photos). Errata slip loosely inserted. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 26 x 21
59690 NEW CALEDONIA MADE IN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, No. 20 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2010. Issue No. 20, December 2010. Edited by Martine LAGNEAU-DASSENOY & Charlotte ANTOINE. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Economy, Development ... Training.
59691 NEW CALEDONIA L'AGRICULTURE CALEDONIENNE DE 2000 A 2009 $40.00 AUD
DAVAR (Direction des Affaires Vétérinaires, Alimentaires et Rurales). Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 94 PP, (2) with colour illustrations (photos, graphs and tables). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
The state of agriculture of New Caledonia between 2000 and 2009: in graphs and tables.
59763 NEW CALEDONIA CYCLONE VANIA, Vendredi 14 Janvier 2011 (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $10.00 AUD
Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes Nouméa. 2011. Issue of 17th January 2011. Edited by Xavier SERRE. 26 pages with 1 map, 22 colour and 52 b/w photos. Special issue of 25 January 2011: 16 pages with 32 colour photos. French text. Fine. 42 x 29.5 & 29.5 x 21.
Cyclone Vania on New Caledonia, 13/14 January 2011.
59764 NEW CALEDONIA RETRO 2010 - LE JOURNAL DE L' ANNEE 2010 (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $20.00 AUD
Pacifique Presse Communication / Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2011. Special Issue, No. 11960, 1st & 2nd January 2011. Edited by Xavier SERRE & Marion PIGNOT. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, comic strip, photos). Soft cover. French text. Fine. 42.5 x 29.5..
An abstract of the news in 2010, by the daily newspaper of New Caledonia: New Caledonia, France and the rest of the world.
59766 NEW CALEDONIA JACQUES LAFLEUR 1932-2010 (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $20.00 AUD
Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes Nouméa. 2010. Issues of 6th, 7th and 10th of December 2010. Edited by Xavier SERRE. 3 issues (Nos.: 11938, 11939 & 11942) for a total of 224 PP. 3 articles: 16 pages with 1 cartoon, 1 plan, 4 colour and 33 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 42 x 29.5.
59811 NEW CALEDONIA ANNUAIRE DES BTS 1997 - 87 profils pour votre entreprise $15.00 AUD
Association Partner. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 72 PP with colour photos and tables with CV. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 26 x 21
BTS = Baccalaureat Technique & Scientifique. The CV (curriculum vitae) of 87 post matriculation candidates looking for a job.
60313 NEW CALEDONIA MADE IN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, No. 21 $20.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. Issue No. 21, April 2011. Edited by Martine LAGNEAU-DASSENOY & Charlotte ANTOINE. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Economy, Development ... Training.
60591 NEW CALEDONIA PUB' EN BULLES - Trimestriel de Bande Dessinée $10.00 AUD
Teg Illustrateur. Nouméa. 2002. Issue No. 1, April 2002. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons/strips). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Cartoons and Advertising material in/for New Caledonia.
Footprint Pacifique. Nouméa. 1987. 1988 Calendar. No pagination, 28 PP with colour illustrations (2 maps and 13 colour photos) Pictorial soft cover. Caption of first text photograph in French and English. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 30.
Azur Média. Nouméa. 2012. File No. 18. 176 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
... Energy and renewable energies in New Caledonia. Water. ... Nickel Mines and mining. ...
61807 NEW CALEDONIA RETRO 2011 - LE JOURNAL DE L' ANNEE 2011 (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $20.00 AUD
Pacifique Presse Communication / Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2012. Special Issue, No. 12270, 2nd January 2012. Edited by Xavier SERRE & Marion PIGNOT. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, comic strip, photos). Soft cover. French text. Fine. 42.5 x 29.5..
An abstract of the news in 2011, by the daily newspaper of New Caledonia: New Caledonia, France and the rest of the world.
61823 NEW CALEDONIA INFORMATION STATISTIQUES RAPIDES - No. 100 Special $20.00 AUD
Service de la Statistique. Nouméa. 1980. No. 100 Special, March 1980: (4), 29 PP with tables, plus a 9 pages supplement of June 1980. Soft cover. Very good. Oblong. 20.5 x 29.7.
62730 NEW CALEDONIA LES NOUVELLES CALEDONIENNES - LA RETRO 2012 $20.00 AUD
Pacifique Presse Communication / Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2012. Special Issue, No. 12579, 2nd January 2013. Edited by Xavier SERRE & Marion PIGNOT. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, comic strip, photos). Soft cover. French text. Fine. 42.5 x 29.5..
An abstract of the news in 2012, by the daily newspaper of New Caledonia: New Caledonia, France and the rest of the world.
64019 NEW CALEDONIA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET DEPENDANCES - NOUVELLES HEBRIDES $30.00 AUD
Ministère de la France d' Outre-Mer / Agence des Colonies. Paris. 1946. 1946 edition. 13, (3) PP with 4 maps (Wallis, Futuna, Nouvelle-Calédonie & Nouvelles Hébrides). Soft cover. Ageing of paper and occasional foxing.. Very good. French text. 27 x 21.
1st official publication following the end of World War II. New Caledonia - Wallis & Futuna - New Hebrides.
64054 NEW CALEDONIA PROVINCE SUD - Rapport d' Activité 2012 $20.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed. Editorial by Cynthia Ligeard & Frédéric Garcia. 56 PP with colour illustrations (1 organization chart, graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Annual report for 2012.
64159 NEW CALEDONIA MADE IN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, No. 29 $25.00 AUD
Fédération des Industries de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. Issue No. 29, December 2013. Edited by Martine LAGNEAU-DASSENOY & Charlotte ANTOINE. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (cartoons, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Economy, Development ... Training.
70924 NEW CALEDONIA CALENDRIER 1987 - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Footprint Pacifique. Noumea. 1986. 1987 Calendar. No pagination, 28 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map and 16 photos (13 on full page) Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 30.
70925 NEW CALEDONIA CALENDRIER 1990 - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Footprint Pacifique. Noumea. 1989. 1990 Calendar. No pagination, 28 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map on back cover and 12 photos on full page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 30.
70926 NEW CALEDONIA CALENDRIER 1991 - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Footprint Pacifique. Noumea. 1990. 1991 Calendar. No pagination, 28 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map on back cover and 12 photos on full page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 30.
70927 NEW CALEDONIA CALENDRIER 1995 - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Editions Solaris. Noumea. 1994. 1995 Calendar. No pagination, 32 PP with colour illustrations: 1 map and 14 photos on full page. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22 x 31.
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Noumea. 1986. 8 PP with 1 map with location map and 1 plan of Noumea, and 2 colour photos. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 27.
Calendar as well as Almanac: useful information and tidal-table with the 2 daily low tides.
Office des Postes et Télécommunications. Noumea. 1985. 1986 Almanac. No pagination, 8 PP with 1 map with location map, 1 plan of Nouméa peninsula, 1 plan of Noumea, and 2 colour photos. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 27.
Calendar as well as Almanac: useful information and tidal-table with the 2 daily low tides.
73241 NEW CALEDONIA DISCUSSIONS SUR L' AVENIR INSTITUTIONNEL DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Les Conséquences du "OUI" et du "NON" $20.00 AUD
Ministère des Outre-Mer. Paris. 2021. 1st Ed. 96 PP with tables, graphs and 2 b/w photos. Soft covers. French text. Fine. 24.8 x 17.6.
Papers based on the exchanges held in Paris between 26th May and 1st June 2021.
47924 NEW CALEDONIA TOURISM NEW CALEDONIA 1996-1997 $25.00 AUD
Nouvelle-Calédonie Tourisme. Nouméa. 1996. Folder containing: 4 booklets for travellers (New Caledonia by Air Calédonie Holidays (12 PP), South Pacific Independent Holidays by Adventure world (32 PP), New Caledonia Travellers Guide by New Caledonia Tourism (38 PP) and New Caledonia Welcome by Destination New Caledonia (24 PP), and 1 post card 25 different flyers Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 32.5 x 22.
New Caledonia for the tourist, traveller or businessman: Hotels and restaurants, transport, tourism...
13157 NEW CALEDONIAN GOVT L'ECONOMIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE EN 1957 $30.00 AUD
Secteur des Finances des Affaires Economiques et du Plan. Nouméa. 1958. 1st Ed. 176 PP with graphs and tables plus folded plates (maps & graphs). Bound copy, with 1 stamp of the Library General Assembly New Zealand. French text. Very good. 27.5 x 20.8.
The economy of New Caledonia for the year 1957. Mines, agriculture, cattle, fishing, forestry...
Le Nickel - SLN. Paris & Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. Folder containing: A 28 pages booklet on Eramet with 6 graphs, 6 maps and 39 colour photos - A folded prospectus Doniambo Plant (29.7 x 63) with 1 plan, 1 figure, 3 graphs and 9 colour photos - A folded prospectus Le Nickel-SLN, Une grande entreprise Calédonienne with 10 colour photos . Folder with signs of water damage. Very good. 2 first items with English text, 3rd one French text. Folder size: 30.5 x 21.7.
Eramet conglomerate. Nickel smelting plant set at Doniambo, Nouméa. Information on production, etc..
60560 NICKEL 130 ANS DE LA SLN / 100 ANS DE DONIAMBO - 1910 / 2010 (in Votre Economie - Hors Série) $25.00 AUD
Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes. Nouméa. 2010. Special Issue, November 2010. Edited by Blandine GUILLET. 56 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
130 years for Societe Le Nickel / Mining and metallurgy in New Caledonia / 100 years at the same location.
64055 NICKEL LE NICKEL EN 2013 (in Votre Economie - Hors Série) $25.00 AUD
Les Nouvelles Caledoniennes. Nouméa. 2013. Special Issue, June 2013. Edited by Yann Mainget & Xavier Serre. 100 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Nickel: mining, environment, metallurgy ... in New Caledonia.
46693 NICOLET, R. P. VIE DU BIENHEUREUX PIERRE-LOUIS-MARIE CHANEL, Prêtre Mariste, Premier martyr de l'Océanie $30.00 AUD
Librairie Catholique Emmanuel Vitte. Lyon, France. 1935. 5th edition of the 1883 original. 356 PP with 3 maps and 94 b/w photos, plus 1 folded map. Fp: Portrait of Pierre-Louis-Marie Chanel. Soft covers. Parish stamp at top of front cover and half title page. French text. Fine. 22.8 x 14.2.
Biography of the first Catholic martyr of the South Pacific. Arrived on Futuna Island November 1837, martyrdom and murder on 28 April 1841.
73385 NORDMANN, P. I. TAHITI $50.00 AUD
Fernard Nathan. Paris. 1951. Reprint of the 1938 original. 1st Ed. 160 PP with 150 b/w photos by the author, plus 4 colour plates by Mlle. Pauvert. Rebacked copy (circa 1980). Half bound, marbled boards, gilt devices and title on leather spine with 5 raised bands. Slight ageing of paper. French text. Very good. Image shows title-page. 20.5 x 15.5.
Discoverers and explorers, European settlement after Christianization, French presence, ...
58819 NOUMEA AGREEMENT PREAMBULE ILLUSTRE DE L'ACCORD DE NOUMEA $35.00 AUD
Association Graphynord / Mêrê a' xé-ré. Hienghène, New Caledonia. 2009. 1st Ed. Preface by Gilles Reiss. 36 PP with 15 b/w and 13 colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.8. 9782953444629
The illustrated preamble to the "Agreement on New Caledonia signed in Nouméa on 5th May 1998". Based on the French Republic Gazette of 27 May 1998.
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.
44994 NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE / NEW CALEDONIA $40.00 AUD
Haut Commissariat de la République Française en Nouvelle Calédonie / Delroisse Canada. Nouméa. 1988. 1st Ed. Folder with 16 PP with 22 colour photos, plus 16 colour plates on full page, photos by Mike Hosken. Contained in an illustrated box. One corner lightly bumped, o/wise fine. Text in French, English and Japanese. Occasional foxing, o/wise fine. Large format: 42 x 31.
File presented to guests/dignitaries, and published following the Matignon Agreement of 1988..
41108 NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE TOURISME NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE TOURISME - Manuel des ventes 1999 $10.00 AUD
G.I.E. Nouvelle-Calédonie Tourisme. Nouméa. 1999. Edition No. 5, February 1999. 108 PP with 1 map, 1 plan, b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
New Caledonia for the tourist, traveller or businessman: Hotels and restaurants, transports, tourism...
G.I.E. Nouvelle-Calédonie Tourisme. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 119 PP (recto only) with 1 organigram, graphs and tables. Pictorial soft cover, spiral bound. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
New Caledonia: Tourists and actions of the Tourist Bureau.
56778 NOUVELLES CALEDONIENNES PEARL HARBOR A NEW YORK / NEW YORK L'ONDE DE CHOC / LA FIN D'UNE ERE D'INNOCENCE (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $30.00 AUD
Pacifique Presse. Nouméa. 2001. 3 Special Issues of this daily newspaper: 12, 13 and 14 September 2001. A total of 28 pages with b/w and colour illustrations. French text. Fine set. Scarce. 42.5 x 29.
Issues following the 11th September 2001 terrorist attacks on US soil.
70443 NUNEZ, Juliette & TAFFIN, Dominique (editors) TERRES DE BAGNE - Le Bagne en Guyane et en Nouvelle-Calédonie 1852-1953 $75.00 AUD
AMAROM / Amis des Archives d'Outre-Mer. Aix en Provence. 1990. 1st edition, with a preface by Sylvie Clair . 83 PP with b/w illustrations (2 maps with inset, facsimile of documents, drawings and photos). Pictorial soft covers. Errata slip loosely inserted. Corners of front cover lightly creased. French text. Near fine. 22 x 22. 2950497500
Catalogue of an exhibition held 1st October to 30th Novemlber 1990 with 310 exhibits. .
36518 O'NEILL, Thomas NEW CALEDONIA - France's Untamed Pacific Outpost (in National Geographic Magazine - Volume 197, No.5) $15.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 2000. Volume 197, No. 5, May 2000. (14), 130 PP. Contains article between pages 54 and 75 with colour illustrations: 1 map and 16 photos by Peter Essiock. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 25.5 x 17.4.
The Pacific Isles of New Caledonia make their mark on the world with a wealth of plant species found nowhere else.
22491 O'REILLY, Patrick PHOTOGRAPHIES DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - Vue par le Photographe Allan Hughan, il y a Cent Ans $70.00 AUD
N.E.L. Paris. 1978. 1st Ed. 139 PP with 84 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 17.5 x 22.5. 2723300560
How the Australian photographer Allan Hughan saw New Caledonia at the end of the 1880's.
43284 O'REILLY, Patrick LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE AU TEMPS DES CARTES POSTALES $80.00 AUD
N.E.L. Paris. 1973. 1st Ed. 153 PP with 253 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Covers slightly rubbed. Near fine. French text. Oblong: 24 x 25.
253 postcards in b/w depicting New Caledonia, prior to WW1.
70713 O'REILLY, Patrick GEORGES BAUDOUX, Prospecteur et Ecrivain Calédonien $100.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1951. 1st edition limited to 300 copies. 31 PP, plus the frontispiece with a portrait of Georges Baudoux. Bound copy retaining the original front stiff cover. Cloth cover, title on spine, marbled endpapers. Slight ageing and foxing of paper. 2 words underlined on page 8. Ex Libris stamp of previous owner on preliminary page. French text. Rare. Fine. 27.5 x 18.
Paper commemorating the life of Georges Baudoux, read on 23rd June 1950, Société des Océanistes, Paris.
73595 O'REILLY, Patrick PELERIN DU CIEL - François Luneau, Soldat Nantais et Missionnaire Calédonien 1890-1952 $50.00 AUD
Editions Alsatia. Paris. 1952. Special edition of the original, with a foreword by Monseigneur Francis Trochu. 240 PP, plus 15 plates with 30 photos and a folded plate with location map and 2 maps at rear of book. Fp: portrait of Père Luneau. Soft cover, dj. Sellotape marks. Ageing of paper. Very good. Scarce. French text. 19 x 14.
Priest in May 1914. Soldier during World War I... Missionary in New Caledonia in 1922...
40009 OBJECTIF NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE LA MER: DEMAIN UN ELDORADO $20.00 AUD
Objectif Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2001. Special issue, June 2001. Edited by Orso FILIPPI. 84 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 21.
Special issue on The Sea: transport, hydrocarbures, fishing, aquaculture, tourism (diving, recreational fishing, beaches)...
75027 Office des Postes et Telecommunications NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Le Caillou Communique / NEW CALEDONIA Calling $40.00 AUD
OPT / N N.C. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. Folder: 2 printed booklets of 16 PP with 40 colour photos, plus 16 colour plates on full page. Plain folders with marks. Contained in an illustrated box. Text in French and in English. Near fine. Large format: 42 x 31.
File presented to guests/dignitaries: detailing the "Telecommunications" system of New Caledonia.
48110 OFFICE DU TOURISME ILLUSTRATED MAP OF NEW CALEDONIA $50.00 AUD
Office du Tourisme de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1953. Travel (folded) brochure, poster size (41.5 x 61). Verso side: Map of the the archipelago, illustrated by Monique Cras. Recto side: colour illustration Nouvelle Calédonie, Ile de Lumière, France du Pacifique, by Monique Cras in the centre and 12 b/w photo on the sides, together with comments on New Caledonia, by James Cook in 1774 and by Wilfred G. Burchett in 1943. Near fine. Folded size: 21 x 10.5.
54832 OLLIVAUD, François & VANMAI, Jean FIN KALOLO: Chansons et Histoires de chez les nous z'autes... $35.00 AUD
Editions de L'Océanie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., with a preface by Bernard Berger. 153, (5) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Short stories and songs of New Caledonia with Caldoche humour.
14961 ORFILA, Gérard LA MER COTIERE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Etude Juridique $25.00 AUD
C.T.R.D.P. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. 116 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Small crease on bottom of front cover, o/wise fine. French text. 24 x 16.
New Caledonia and the sea. Coastal environment, protection and utilization...
30700 ORFILA, Gérard LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET LE DROIT - Regards sur l'application du droit privé en Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed., in the Logiques Juridiques series. 307, (9) PP. Card cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738466761
New Caledonia: peculiarities and The Law. Common Law: adaptation and diligence.
53156 ORFILA, Gérard REGIME LEGISLATIF, REGLEMENTAIRE ET COUTUMIER DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $45.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed., in the Logiques Juridiques series. Preface by Guy Agniel. 160, (2) PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2738491553
New Caledonia: The Law, Common Laws, Customary Laws.
13189 ORSTOM UN DEMI-SIECLE DE RECHERCHES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE [in ORSTOM Actualités] $10.00 AUD
ORSTOM. Paris. 1996. No. 51. 20 PP with colour illust. Soft cover. French text (English summary on back cover). Fine. 27.6 x 21.
50 years of scientific research in New Caledonia, and the surrounding Pacific, in such fields as Archaeology, Oceanography, Botany, Soil Science, Geology, Geophysics...
51429 ORSTOM / PROVINCE SUD PARCS ET RESERVES DE LA PROVINCE SUD - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. National Parks an Wildlife reserves, colour photos. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
National Parks, Provincial Parks, Marine Parks and Environment Protection Agencies.
51040 OUENNOUGHI, Mélica LES DEPORTES MAGHREBINS EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ET LA CULTURE DU PALMIER DATTIER (1864 à nos jours) $50.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed., in Histoire et Perspectives Méditerranéennes. Preface by Pierre-Philippe Rey. 374, (6) PP with maps & plans, and b/w illustrations (facsimiles of documents, photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 15.2. 274759601X
Arabs and Berber convicts from North Africa in New Caledonia and the Mediterranean date palm.
11588 OZANNE-RIVIERRE, Françoise TEXTES NEMI (Nouvelle Calédonie) - Volume 1: Kavatch et Tendo $40.00 AUD
SELAF. Paris. 1979. 1st Ed. 316 PP with 1 map. Pict. soft cover. Small browned patch on bottom right corner, o/wise near fine. 24 x 16. 2852970317
The Némi language with its two forms: the archaic language of Témala and the more advanced of the Hienghène area.
12011 OZERE, Théodore CARNETS ET LETTRES D'UN DEPORTE DE LA COMMUNE A L'ILE DES PINS (1871-1879) $50.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. Publication No. 50. Preface by Georges Coquilhat. (4), XII, 302 PP with 1 map, 4 drawings & 9 facsimile of documents. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.8.
Letters & diary of a political deportee of the Commune de Paris: prison in Versailles, pontoons in Brest, voyage on the Orne, then the Ile des Pins until his death on 4th May, 1879.
11122 PACIFIC ETUDES MELANESIENNES, Bulletin Périodique de la Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes No.12-13 $25.00 AUD
Bureau du Livre / Commission du Pacifique Sud. Nouméa. 1961. No. 12-13, Décembre 1958-Décembre 1959. 104 PP with b/w illustrations (figures & photos). Soft cover browned around edges, o/wise very good. French text. 24 x 15.7.
Sociology & administration in New Caledonia, by Jean Guiart. Economic & social problems of the natives of Gomen, by Gaston Belouma. Adminstration & native justice in the British Solomon Island Protectorate. Petroglyphs of the North of New Caledonia.
22347 PACIFIC ETUDES MELANESIENNES - Bulletin Périodique de la Société des Etudes Mélanésiennes, No. 30 $25.00 AUD
Société des Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 1996. No. 30, March 1996. 103 PP with figures. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16.
General De Gaulle and the strategic importance of New Caledonia in the Pacific, by Maurice Lenormand. Fiscal policy of New Caledonia during WWII, by Ismet Kurtovitch. Pottery at Oundjo, by Christophe Sand. ... Bibliography of Wallis & Futuna, by Frederic Angleviel.
33799 PACIFIC ETUDES MELANESIENNES, Bulletin Périodique de la Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes, No. 3, Janvier 1948 $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 1948. New Serie, First Year, No. 3, January 1948. 136 PP with 4 maps and 34 figures, plus 4 b/w photos. Illustrated soft cover. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. Scarce. French text. 23.8 x 15.5.
Articles include: Les Eletokes de Maré, by R. P. Dubois. ... Recently discovered Petroglyphs, by T. Oriol. ... Notes d'ornithologie Calédonienne, by L. MacMillan.
35060 PACIFIC ETUDES MELANESIENNES - Bulletin Périodique de la Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes, No. 26 $25.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Mélanésiennes / Musée Néo-Calédonien. Nouméa. 1976. Bulletin No. 26, February 1976. (2), 82 PP with 24 figures. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 25.2 x 15.4.
On the language of Lifu, Loyalty Islands, by Maurice Lenormand. Origins of the Melanesian people who settled in New Caledonia, by Dr. L. Carloz ...
Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 2001. No. 31, April 2001. Edited by Frédéric ANGLEVIEL & Ismet KURTOVITCH. 114 PP with 2 maps, 2 figures, and 7 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 26 x 19.8.
Articles include: The Tjibaou Cultural Centre by Adriano Favole - Daily life on the island of Lifu prior to European contacts, by Luc Legeard ...
Office Central de la Coopération à l' Ecole. Nouméa. 1983. Calendar for 1984. 28 PP with 31 b/w photos (2 on covers and 1 on full page). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22.2 x 32.
Native outriggers. Donkey. Horses and cabs. Dray -Ox and carts. Coastal vessels. Trains (passengers and nickel ore). Cross river ferries...
Office Central de la Coopération à l' Ecole. Nouméa. 1984. Calendar for 1985. 28 PP with 17 b/w photos (2 on covers and 10 on full page). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22.2 x 32.
Motor car. Bicycles. Trucks. Fishing craft. Bus in 1930. Seaplane from the USS Astoria, 27 August 1934. Seaplane of the French cruiser Savorgnan de Brazza, 1936. Unloading ship in 1929...
52193 PACIFIC CALENDRIER 1983. QUAND GRAND-MERE ALLAIT A L'ECOLE $15.00 AUD
Office Central de la Coopération à l' Ecole. Nouméa. 1982. Calendar for 1983. 28 PP with b/w illustrations (1 photo on covers, drawings, documents and photos). Pictorial soft covers. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22.2 x 32.
Office Central de la Coopération à l' Ecole. Nouméa. 1981. Calendar for 1982. 28 PP with b/w illustrations (1 photo on covers, drawings, documents and photos). Pictorial soft covers Fine. French text. Oblong: 22.2 x 32.
Centenary of the French Public Schools.
59243 PACIFIC ETUDES MELANESIENNES, Bulletin Périodique de la Société d' Etudes Mélanésiennes - No. 18-20 $25.00 AUD
Musée Néo-Calédonien. Nouméa. 1966. Nouvelle Série, No. 18-20, Décembre 1963-Décembre 1965. 104 PP with b/w illustrations (figures & photos). Soft cover a little soiled and browned around edges, o/wise very good. Scarce. French text. 24 x 15.5.
Includes 2 articles in English: Incision Rites on Malekula by I.M. Taylor and The Star Massacre by Ron & Marjorie Crocombe.
59244 PACIFIC ETUDES MELANESIENNES, Bulletin Périodique de la Société d'Etudes Mélanésiennes No.10-11 $25.00 AUD
Bureau du Livre / Commission du Pacifique Sud. Nouméa. 1958. No. 10-11, Décembre 1956-Décembre 1957. 169, (2) PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover browned around edges, o/wise very good. French text. 24 x 15.7.
60852 PACIFIC ART LES ARTISANS D'ART DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE / NEW CALEDONIAN ARTS AND CRAFTS $10.00 AUD
Office du Tourisme. Nouméa. 2011. 1st trilingual edition. Edited by Sharon VIALLE. 48 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French, English and Japanese. Fine. 21 x 15.
56829 PACIFIC TRAVEL ALTITUDE - Le Magazine de Bord d'Air Calédonie International - 10th Anniversay Issue (1983-1993) $15.00 AUD
Aircalin / Air Calédonie International. Nouméa. 1993. Special issue. 82 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and English. Fine. 27 x 21.
10th anniversary of Aircalin: Air Calédonie International a ten year commitment. Swinguez sur le caillou / Tee for Two. New Zealand. Vanuatu... Diving and shipwrecks.
58747 PACIFIC TRAVEL BONJOUR CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Bonjour Calédonie Editions. Nouméa. 2003. Edition No. 9 by Claude TESSIER. 201 PP with colour illustrations (maps, plans and photos), plus folded plates at rear of book (3 plans of Nouméa). Pictorial soft cover. Text in French, English and Japanese. Fine. 14.8 x 10.5.
Pocket guide on everything you want to know on and in New Caledonia.
Promocom Limited. Port Vila. 2009. 2009 edition. 84 PP with colour illustrations (maps, plans, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 21 x 14.7.
An introduction to Vanuatu.
74572 PACIFIC TRAVEL ALTITUDE - Le Magazine de Bord d'Air Calédonie International - 10th Anniversay Issue (1983-1993) $15.00 AUD
Aircalin / Air Calédonie International. Nouméa. 2020. No.150 (March-April, 2020). 130 PP with colour illustrations throughout. Pictorial soft cover. Text in French and English. Fine. 27 x 21.
Contents include: The cultural and festive agenda of New Caledonia, Lifou, the secret island...
50166 [PACIFIC] PACIFIC PERSPECTIVE - Journal of the South Pacific Social Sciences Association: Volume 1, No. 2 - 1972 $15.00 AUD
South Pacific Social Sciences Association. Suva. 1972. 1st Ed. Vol. 1, No. 2: (2), 62 PP. Edited by Sione TUPOUNIUA. Soft cover, illustrated front. Light foxing. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.5.
No. 2: 4 papers. Pages 20- 27: The New Caledonia Revolt in 1878 and its consequences to-day, by Apolinaire Anova Ataba. Pages 50-53: Apolinaire Anova-Ataba: A New Caledonian Thinker, with comments by Jean Guiart and Monseigneur Martin.
C.H.S. Albert-Bousquet / Association des Ecrivains de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1998. 1st edition, limited to 500 numbered copies (No. 014 / 500). Preface by Philippe Palombo. 54 PP with 21 portraits, plus 1 page with comments on this book, by Dr. Georges Zeldine. Pictorial stiff covers. 2 newspaper clippings loosely inserted. French text. Fine. 28 x 22.. 9782913320581
Centre Hospitalier Spécialisé Albert-Bousquet, in Nouméa, looking after elderly patients.
62041 PALOMBO, Philippe LA PRESENCE JAPONAISE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (1890-1960) - Les relations économiques entre le Japon et la Nouvelle-Calédonie à travers l'immigration et l'industrie minière $125.00 AUD
Editions Universitaires Européennes / Südwestdeutscher. Sarrebruck, Germany. 2012. 1st Ed. (4), 605, (3) PP with tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 15. 9783941795472
New Caledonia and Japan between 1890 and 1960: immigration, mining, trade ... World War II and impact of Pearl Harbour attack. ...
63393 PANTZ, Pierre-Alain NOUVELLE CALEDONIE A CIEL OUVERT / NEW CALEDONIA THE OPEN SKY $30.00 AUD
Editions Solaris. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 134 PP with colour ilustrations (1 map and 132 photos). Laminated pictorial boards. French and English text. Fine. 31 x 24.5. 2950722547
Editions Solaris. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed., in Collection des Alizés. 144 PP with colour plates. Eps: Turquoise sea of the lagoon. Hard cover, dj. Presentation plate by the Mayor of Nouméa. Fine. French text. Oblong: 22.3 x 28.5.
Pictorial souvenir of New Caledonia.
22610 PAPIN, Bernard VIE ET MORT DE LUDOVIC PAPIN CHEZ LES CANAQUES $25.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1997. 1st Ed. 130 PP. Pict. card cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.7. 2738462723
Life of a French Settler in New Caledonia, through the letters he was writing to his brother in France. He arrived from France in February 1900, and was murdered in June 1917 during a Kanak uprising against French rule.
33557 PATON, Frank H. L. THE KINGDOM IN THE PACIFIC $25.00 AUD
United Council for Missionary Education. London. 1912. 1st Ed. VIII, 152 PP, plus 16 b/w plates. Fp: Surely He Cometh. Card cover. Near fine. 18 x 12.2.
33154 PATON, Reverend James (editor) JOHN G. PATON, Missionary to the New Hebrides - An Autobiography (second part) $20.00 AUD
Hodder and Stoughton. London. 1891. 1st printing edited by his brother. XVI, 382, (2 adv.) PP. Fp: Mission house at Aniwa. Cloth cover has minimum wear, gilt device on front cover, gilt title on spine. Paper ageing, o/wise a near fine copy. 21 x 14.
54478 PATRICE, Jean (editor) REVUE JURIDIQUE POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE. No. 7 $25.00 AUD
La Revue Juridique. Nouméa. 2006. No. 7, Issue 2006 / 1 (1000 copies). 96 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine.. 29.8 x 21. 2913090966
Changes in Politics, Institutions, and Economy in New Caledonia between 1945 and 1999, by Luc Steinmetz. Economy and Goro Nickel...
11504 PATUREL, Paul AMERICAL DIVISION $30.00 AUD
CTRDP & Americal Museum Assoc. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 24 PP with b/w illust. Illustrated soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Catalogue for the exhibition: 50 Years Ago...New Caledonia, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the landing of US troops in New Caledonia, retracing the birth and achievements of the Americal Division during the Pacific War.
49040 PAUL, Bernard (editor) Bilan de Mandature du COMITE ECONOMIQUE ET SOCIAL, de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - 2000-2005 $20.00 AUD
C. E. S. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 1 organigram, tables, 1 b/w and 9 colour photos. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Achievements between 1996 and 1999 of this Committee of Associations and Organisms involved with the economic, social and cultural life of New Caledonia.
52347 PAUL, Joël COUP DE SOLEIL SUR LE CAILLOU - Nouvelles $10.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. No. 6 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. Preface by Hélène Colombani. 172 PP with 21 drawings by the author. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2296016545
9 short stories set in New Caledonia.
11144 PAULEAU, Christine LE FRANCAIS DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, Contribution à un Inventaire des Particularités Lexicales $40.00 AUD
EDICEF / AUPELF. Paris. 1995. 1st Ed. 144 PP. Card cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 11.5. 2841290239
Glossary of the Caldoche slang or the French language spoken in New Caledonia.
38635 PAULEAU, Christine LE CALEDONIEN de Poche $20.00 AUD
Assimil. Paris. 2000. 1st edition in "Assimil - Langues de poche" series. 104 PP with 1 map and 11 drawings by J.-L. Goussé. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 14.5 x 10.5. 2700502671
Glossary of the Caldoche slang or the French language spoken in New Caledonia.
53251 PAULEAU, Christine MOTS DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, éléments de recherche sociolinguistique sur le français calédonien: inventaire lexicographique polylectal - Tome 1 $55.00 AUD
Centre de Documentation Pédagogique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., in Collection Université. (2), 171 PP with 1 table and 3 maps. 2350360249
Glossary of the slang in New Caledonia: from A bloc to Zozo. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 20.
54820 PAULEAU, Christine MOTS DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE, éléments de recherche sociolinguistique sur le français calèdonien: inventaire lexicographique polylectal - Tome 2: Flore / Faune $55.00 AUD
Centre de Documentation Pédagogique de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed., in Collection Université. (2), 117 PP with 1 table. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 20.
Vol. 2: Fauna and Flora.
45356 PAULIAN, Renaud LES COLEOPTERES SCARABAEOIDEA DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $25.00 AUD
ORSTOM Editions. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed., Volume XXIX, in Faune Tropicale series. 164, (2) PP with 1 table, 1 map, and 40 other b/w figures. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text (English summary pages 5 & 6). 24 x 15.4. 2709910306
Presentation of the Scarabeoid beetles of New Caledonia.
62503 PECHBERTY, Dominique VIE QUOTIDIENNE AUX ÎLES MARQUISES, d'après des récits de voyageurs durant la période 1797-1842 $70.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2012. 1st Ed., in Collection Portes Océanes. 273, (3) PP with figures, 4 tables and 24 b/w illustrations (engravings, graphs, maps). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782296967045
Daily life in the Marquesas Islands. Pages 241 to 254: Marquesan language glossary.
56844 PELAU, GARDISSAT, Paul & GRINDLEY, Pauline MARAPIT LE VOYAGEUR. Légende de l' île de Hiu, province de Torba $20.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Nabanga Pikinini series. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations by David Tovovur. French text by Rufino Pineda (Bichelamar traduction by Anna Naupa). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9789829032232
42581 PELTIER, Isabelle LE PETIT ZOZO ILLUSTRE 2002 - S'installer en Nouvelle-Calédonie $55.00 AUD
Pacifique Presse Communication. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 191 PP with b/w illustrations by Gielbé, and 8 pages of advertising material in colour. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 14.5. 295181500X
Illustrated guide for the prospective migrant to New Caledonia, coming from Metropolitan France.
70712 PELTIER, Isabelle PAÏTA - Tant d'Histoires à Raconter $100.00 AUD
Mairie de Païta. Païta, New Caledonia. 2013. 1st edition, February 2013. Foreword by Harold Martin, Mayor. 197 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5.
City close to Nouméa. Lapita and Kanaks. Early European settlers: James Paddon... Mining, Agriculture, Graziers... Railway line to Nouméa ... "Tontouta", international Airport of New Caledonia ...
33596 PENTECOST, Denyse-Anne L'APPEL DU PACIFIQUE $25.00 AUD
Robert Laffont. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed. 330, (4) PP with 1 map of New Caledonia and Vanuatu and 2 family trees. Pictorial card cover. French text. Light foxing, o/wise near fine. 24 x 15.2. 2221082079
Saga of two Big families of New Caledonia and Vanuatu (former New Hebrides) who settled in these archipelagoes at the end of the 19th century.
73465 PENTECOST, Denyse-Anne L'APPEL DU PACIFIQUE $30.00 AUD
Robert Laffont. Paris. 1998. 1st Ed. 330, (4) PP with 1 map of New Caledonia and Vanuatu and 2 family trees. Pictorial card covers. 4 newspaper clippings (reviews), loosely inserted. Foxing spots, on few pages and outside edges (heavy: on the 4 first and last leaves). French text. Very good. 24 x 15.2. 2221082079
Saga of two big families of New Caledonia and Vanuatu (former New Hebrides) who settled in these archipelagoes at the end of the 19th century.
73393 PERENNES, Roger DEPORTES ET FORCATS DE LA COMMUNE, de Belleville à Nouméa $100.00 AUD
Ouest Editions / Université Inter-Ages de Nantes. Nantes. 1991. 1st Ed. 580 PP with b/w illustrations (documents, maps, plans, photos, tables). Stiff covers, pictorial front. Foxing spots on the inside of covers and on outside edges. Spine with creases. French text. Very good. Scarce. 24 x 16.8. 2908261804
The little-known study of 4187 political exiles (communards) sent to New Caledonia after the collapse of the first Communist regime of Paris in 1871.
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.
49028 PERIN, Isabelle & VILAYLECK, Mina (editors) IRD / INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DEVELOPPEMENT - Centre de Nouméa - Rapport d'Activité 2003 $10.00 AUD
IRD. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 94 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, maps, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text (Editorial, Introduction and Summaries in English). Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
Research in New Caledonia and the Pacific: Geology and volcanology. Marine Biology. Environment...
45265 PERRET, Cécile (editor) PERSPECTIVES DE DEVELOPPEMENT POUR LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $25.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires de Grenoble. Grenoble. 2002. 1st Ed., Libres Cours series. 160 PP with tables and figures. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 24 x 16. 2706110546
Nickel and Development, By Gaël Lagadec et al. Fisheries and aquaculture, by Jean Boncoeur. Workers Union and collective bargaining...
55775 PERRET, Geneviève (editor) BAMBOUS KANAK. Une Passion de Marguerite Lobsiger-Dellenbach $100.00 AUD
Musée d'Ethnographie de Genève. Genève. 2008. 1st Ed. Foreword by Marie-Claude Tjibaou. Preface by Jacques Hainard. Introduction by Roberta Colombo Dougoud & Lorin Wüscher. 184 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 23. 9782884740836
Exhibition of engraved bamboos, held at the Ethnographic Museum of Geneva, Switzerland, between February 2008 and January 2009. This Museum owns 29 of these bamboos collected by Marguerite Lobsiger-Dellenbach.
67797 PERRIER, Marcel (editor) LA FRANCE AUSTRALE - " DE GAULLE A NOUMEA", Numéro Spécial (No.: 23.088), 3 Septembre 1966 $50.00 AUD
La France Australe / Société Calédonienne d'Editions. Nouméa. 1966. Issue No. 23.088, 77th Year of publication. 24 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Le Général De Gaulle, Président de la République). Front cover lightly rubbed, soiled and with small chips. French text. Very good. 45 x 30.
Programme for a 3 days call in Noumea, starting on 3rd of September, during his world wide tour of 1966.
67798 PERRIER, Marcel (editor) LA FRANCE AUSTRALE - " DE GAULLE A NOUMEA", Numéro Spécial (No.: 23.089), 5 Septembre 1966 $50.00 AUD
La France Australe / Société Calédonienne d'Editions. Nouméa. 1966. Issue No. 23.089, 77th Year of publication. 20 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (Bain de foule pour le Général De Gaulle). Front cover lightly rubbed. French text. Very good. 45 x 30.
3rd and 4th of September visit with 75 b/w photos.
58861 PERRIER, Nicole & JACQUES, Claudine (editors) SILLAGES D'OCEANIE: Poèmes et Nouvelles, Théâtre, Articles et études $50.00 AUD
Association des Ecrivains de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. Preface by Anne Bihan. 160 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782953066708
33053 PERRON, Henri CALEDONIE SUR PAROLE - A l'écoute de Parawi Reybas et des autres... $30.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 304 PP. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 14. 28417002429
New Caledonia explained and presented by some principal characters of Kanak origin. Auguste Parawi Reybas, Mayor of Houailou and Vice President of the New Caledonia Parliament. Maurice Nénou, school teacher and Member at the National Assembly of France...
Publical. Nouméa. 1983. Edition limited to 3500 copies. 88 PP with 128 illustrations (15 in colour on full page). Hard cover, dj. Text in French (English translation between pages 78 and 85). Faint foxing, o/wise fine. 25 x 23.
11682 PETRON, Marcel C. DE PORT DE FRANCE A NOUMEA $35.00 AUD
Présence du Passé. Nouméa. 1991. Limited edit of 300 copies. 94 PP with b/w illust. Pict. card cover. Near fine. French text. 23.6 x 18.7.
Study on the first buildings: military, civil or penitentiary administration or religious, plus a history of Nouméa.
41792 PIANO, Renzo JEAN MARIE TJIBAOU CULTURAL CENTRE, NEW CALEDONIA (in Insula - Year 2, No.2) $25.00 AUD
International Journal of Island Affairs. Paris. December 1993. December 1993. Contains article from P. 62 to 66 with 1 map and 2 drawings and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 29.7 x 20.8. 10210814
By the architect who built this Cultural Centre.
73282 PIANO, Renzo CENTRE CULTUREL JEAN-MARIE TJIBAOU - NOUMEA $100.00 AUD
SOFP / Società Operativa Fondazione Renzo Piano. Genova (Genoa). 2009. 1st bilingual editiion. Foreword by Glenn Murcutt. No pagination, 188 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers (with flaps). French and English text. Fine. 28 x 28. 9788862640046
Edit. du Rocher. Monaco. 1988. 1st Ed. 152 PP. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 22.5 x 14. 2268007049
In April/May 1988, at the time of the French Presidential elections and the Territorial elections, the opposition between the Right's Prime Minister (Matignon) and the Socialist President (l'Elysée) influenced the handling of the Affaire d'Ouvéa.
54811 PICARD, Général de Gendarmerie Alain OUVEA, Quelle Vérité ? $65.00 AUD
Editions LBM. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed. 320 PP with 2 maps, 2 drawings, 8 facsimile of documents, 4 b/w portraits and 24 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5.
Hostages taking on the atoll of Uvea, Loyalty Islands. The author then a Lieutenant Colonel with the French Gendarmerie, was present in 1988 in New Caledonia and at Uvea.
22350 PICOT, Jacques (editor) REVUE DE L'AMICALE DE LA DIRECTION DE L'ACTION SANITAIRE ET SOCIALE DE LA PROVINCE SUD. $20.00 AUD
Province Sud. Nouméa. 1996. Issue No. 3. 84 PP with bw and colour photos. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 20.8.
Health and social problems in the Southern province of New Caledonia.
Mairie de Païta. Païta, New Caledonia. 2007. 1st edition, July 2007. Foreword by Harold Martin, Mayor. 50 PP with 16 b/w photos. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 28 x 24.
Brief histories on this city close to Nouméa.
11672 PINELLI, J.D. & GOURMEL, G. AU PAYS DES TROIS ROYAUMES $40.00 AUD
Association Pacifique. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed. Volume No. 2 in the Collection Pacifique. Foreword by Louis Le Pensec. 174 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.5 x 21. 2908668017
The Country with 3 kingdoms: Wallis, Alofi & Sigave. (The islands of Wallis & Futuna, French Overseas territory in the central Pacific).
Association Pacifique. Paris. 1992. 1st Ed. Volume No. 3 in the Collection Pacifique. Foreword by Louis Le Pensec. 176 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21. 2908668025
The diversity of cultures which make up New Caledonia. The addition to the original Kanak culture of traditions from different horizons: French, Polynesian, Indonesian, Vietnamese ...
52862 PINTO, Charles (editor) INDEX DES ENTREPRISES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - 1997 $20.00 AUD
Pacific Communication. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 272 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
12005 PISIER, Georges KUNIE OR THE ISLE OF PINES (S.E.H. No.18) $20.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1978. 1st English edition translated by John Dunmore. Publication No. 18. 33 PP with 4 maps & 31 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21 x 15. No. 18
Geography, geology, botany & history of this island where sandalwood traders and missionaries were the first Europeans to arrive before the French took possession.
12016 PISIER, Georges LA DECOUVERTE DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - SEPTEMBRE 1774 (S.E.H. No. 5) $30.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1974. 1st edition translated and annotated by Georges Pisier. No. 5 in the series. 196 PP with 3 charts, plus 28 pages with 42 b/w illustrations. Soft cover, dj (lightly soiled). Occasional foxing. French text. Very good. 27 x 18.
The discovery and exploration of the East Coast of New Caledonia and the Isle of Pines by Captain James Cook.
12022 PISIER, Georges KOUNIE OU L' ILE DES PINS - S.E.H. Publication No. 1 $40.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1985. Reprint of the 1972 original. 390 PP with 15 figures, plus 1 folded map & 56 pages with 113 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 27 x 17.5.
The history of the Isle of Pines from its discovery to the 1970's.
13351 PISIER, Georges BIBLIOGRAPHIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1955-1982 - S.E.H. Publication No. 34 $45.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1983. 1st edition limited to 1250 copies. (2), 350 PP with few tail-pieces. Card cover. French text. Near fine. 27 x 18.
A complement to the Bibliographie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie of P. O'Reilly which went up to 1954.
12742 PISIER, Georges (editor) LA DECOUVERTE DE LA NOUVELLE - CALEDONIE, Septembre 1774 - SEH Publication No.5 $35.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1991. Reprint of the 1974 original. 196 PP with 6 figures in text & 32 pages with 45 photos of paintings, drawings, maps & documents. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 26.5 x 18.
The discovery of New Caledonia in Sept. 1774 by Capt. James Cook, translated and annotated by the editor.
13436 PISIER, Georges (editor) LE TEMOIGNAGE DE TA'UNGA, ou la Nouvelle-Caledonie vue par un Teacher Polynesien avant l'Implantation Européenne - S.E.H. Publication No. 25 $20.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1980. 1st Ed. 153, (3) PP with 6 maps and 18 b/w illustrations (engravings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 21 x 15.
Extracts from the Works of Ta'unga edited by S.G & Marjorie Crocombe in 1968. A Polynesian teacher from the London Mission Society in the south of New Caledonia in the early 1840's, and his notes.
46694 PISIER, Marie-France LE BAL DU GOUVERNEUR $20.00 AUD
Bernard Grasset. Paris. 1984. 1st Ed. 236, (1) PP. Soft cover, dj. Near fine. French text. 22.6 x 14. 2246341914
Novel: New Caledonia of the mid 1950s. The author, a cinema actress, spent her youth and teenage years in New Caledonia.
73286 PISIER, Marie-France LE BAL DU GOUVERNEUR $10.00 AUD
Bernard Grasset & Fasquelle. Paris. 1984. 1st edition "Le Grand-Livre du Mois". 236, (1) PP. Hard cover, dj. Covers a little soiled and worn, dust jacket with chips. Signature and date of previous owner on FFEP. Light foxing mostly on prelims and last pages. French text. Still a good reading copy. 22.6 x 14.
Novel: New Caledonia of the mid 1950s. The author: a cinema actress, spent her youth and teenage years in New Caledonia.
37210 PITOISET, Anne NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Horizons Pacifiques $35.00 AUD
Editions Autrement. Paris. 1999. 1st Ed. No. 114 in Collection Monde - HS series. 283, (5) PP with 1 map, 4 comic strips and 32 b/w photos, plus 1 music Compact Disk . Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24.8 x 17. 2862609072
61375 PITOISET, Anne L'ECONOMIE DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2010. 1st Ed. Foreword by Joël Viratelle. 28 PP with b/w and colour illustrations photos. Inside front cover: map of New Caledonia. Pictorial soft cover. New. 19 x 12.
55808 PITOISET, Anne & WERY, Claudine MYSTERE DANG $35.00 AUD
Le Rayon Vert. Paris. 2008. 1st Ed. 192 PP, plus 32 PP with 23 b/w and 25 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 22 x 14.5. 9782953319804
Son of a Vietnamese family (indentured labour) working on Nickel projects, Nickel mining and Nickel smelting plants (Koniambo in New Caledonia, and in South Korea).
62810 PITOISET, Anne & WERY, Claudine UN DESTIN HORS DU COMMUN - Chronique de la Vie Politique Calédonienne en 2012 $55.00 AUD
Le Rayon Vert. Paris. 2013. 1st Ed. 212, (4) PP, plus 32 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 21.5 x 14.5. 9782953319828
65215 PITOISET, Anne & WERY, Claudine SECRETS DE CAMPAGNES: Municipales et Provinciales 2014 $45.00 AUD
Le Rayon Vert. Paris. 2014. 1st Ed. 169, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 14.5. 9782953319835
The 2014 elections in New Caledonia: City Council and Provinces.
73824 PLESSIS, Y., SALVAT, B. & RULLIER, François EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Sixième: Annélides Polychètes de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $75.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1972. Volume 6. 1st Ed. 169 PP with tables and 40 figures. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Free fly of front endpaper with stamp of previous owner. Contents near fine. French text. 32 x 24.
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.
61385 POIWI, Ricardo FOHA $25.00 AUD
Académie des Langues Kanak. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 13 colour photos by Dimitri Basjardins. Pictorial soft cover. Text in Tîrî, Xârâcùù and French. Fine. 20 x 20. 9782918248460
An ecological tale on the importance of water.
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.
37252 PONCET, Mgr Alexandre HISTOIRE DE L'ILE WALLIS - Le protectorat Français $30.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme. Paris. 1972. 1st Ed. No. 23 in Publications de la Société des Océanistes series. (8), 234 PP. Soft cover. Near fine. French text. 25.2 x 16.5.
History of the Island of Wallis (Uvea) during the French Protectorate, between 1844 and 1959.
52149 PONGA, Réséda MEYEMO $35.00 AUD
Editions Grain de Sable / Ngan Jila, Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. No pagination, 28 PP with colour illustrations by Laurence Lagabrielle. French and A'jië text. 21 minutes CD in rear pocket. Pictorial laminated boards. Fine. 24.7 x 22.5. 9782909407340
Kanak tale in French and A'jië (one of the 28 languages of New Caledonia).
34371 POPE, Elizabeth C. NEW CALEDONIA, THE CORAL-RINGED ISLAND (in Australian Natural History, Vol. XIV, No.2, 1962) $20.00 AUD
Australian Museum. Sydney. 1962. March 1962. Contains article from P.3 to 11 with 10 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.2 x 18.4.
World's second longest barrier reef, besides the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Queensland.
13191 POPHILLAT, François LE DEVENIR CALEDONIEN No. 2 [in La Revue de L'Economie Caledonienne] $15.00 AUD
Le Devenir Calédonien. Nouméa. 1984. Issue No. 2, April-May 1984. 60 PP with tables, graphs and bw photos. Pict. soft cover. French text. Good. 29.5 x 21.
A magazine to help build New Caledonia: economy, development, political status, in the Pacific...
38622 POPHILLAT, François LES CAHIERS DU DEVENIR CALEDONIEN, No. 3 - Le Defi Calédonien - Le Tourisme $20.00 AUD
Editions du Devenir Calédonien. Nouméa. 1986. 1st Ed. 88 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
Tourism in New Caledonia, following the upheaval of 1984/1985... development.
38621 POPHILLAT, François (editor) LE DEVENIR CALEDONIEN No. 3 [in La Revue de L'Economie Caledonienne] $15.00 AUD
Le Devenir Calédonien. Nouméa. 1984. Issue No. 3, June 1984. 68 PP with tables, graphs and b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 29.5 x 21.2.
A magazine to help build New Caledonia: economy, development, political status, in the Pacific...
54946 POSTIC, Jean-Raymond (editor) PAROLES DE LA GRANDE TERRE ET DES ILES, Magazine d'Informations Générales - Nos. 1 & 2 $20.00 AUD
Paroles. Nouméa. 1992. No. 1 (May 1992) & 2 (August 1992). Total of 120 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Bi-monthly magazine (only 2 issues ever published) on: Education, Development, Economy, Ecology, Culture, History... in New Caledonia. Files: Drugs (10 pages in No. 1), and Tourism (20 pages in No. 2).
54947 POSTIC, Jean-Raymond (editor) PAROLES DE LA GRANDE TERRE ET DES ILES, Magazine d'Informations Générales - No. 2 $10.00 AUD
Paroles. Nouméa. 1992. No. 2 (August 1992). Total of 60 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21
Magazine on: Education, Development, Economy, Ecology, Culture, History..., in New Caledonia. In this issue: Tourism with 20 pages.
64115 POTEU DE LA MORANDIERE, F. PARLONS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Solidarité avec nos Camarades de Nouvelle-Calédonie (in La Voix du Combattant , No. 1502) $10.00 AUD
La Voix du Combattant / La Voix du Djebel - Flamme. Paris. 1985. Issue No. 1502, February 1985. 24 PP. Article on page 5. Pictorial front cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21.2.
Returned Servicemen and New Caledonia, after the political turmoil at the end of 1984.
62395 POURTAU, Jérôme, ALLIX, Christine HORIZON SUD, Le Magazine de la Province Sud - No. 11 $5.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. No. 11 (March / May 2011). 48 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover (staples removed). French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
Quarterly magazine No.: 11 - Special issue on Schools and Schooling (pages 7 to 13).
62396 POURTAU, Jérôme, ALLIX, Christine HORIZON SUD, Le Magazine de la Province Sud No. 14 $5.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. No. 14 (Dec 2011 / Feb. 2012). 48 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
Quarterly magazine No.: 14.
52792 PRADAL, J., CATEZ, J. L. (editors) LA JUSTICE CIVILE ET PENALE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Rentrée Judiciaire 1998 $20.00 AUD
Tribunal de Première Instance. Nouméa. 1999. Yearly edition: No pagination, 11 PP (recto only) with tables, plus 9 pages with facsimile of newspapers clippings. Pictorial soft cover, clear plastic, spiral bound. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.4.
Justice / Law and Order in New Caledonia for the years 1995, 1996 and 1997: in tables and newspaper clippings.
37001 PRIDAY, H. E. L. CANNIBAL ISLAND - The Turbulent Story of New Caledonia's Cannibal Coasts $45.00 AUD
A.H. & A.W. Reed. Wellington. 1944. 1st Ed. 151 PP with 3 b/w engravings, plus 12 pages with 13 b/w photos. REP: Map of New Caledonia. Hard cover with light wear and foxing/soiling on half-title page. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper. Contents near fine. 22.3 x 14.3.
Danger of its coral reef, its ferocious headhunters and cannibals. Hell for French convicts ...
53204 PRIGENT, Yannick LE FACTEUR DE LA TCHAMBA, et autres histoires de vie, de mort, d'amour, d'ici, de partout, de nulle part et d'ailleurs... $45.00 AUD
Collection Voies du Sud. Nouméa. 2006. 2nd edition. 148 PP with 9 illustrations by Eric Mouchonnière. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 2952450110
61245 PRIGENT, Yannick LA PETITE TRESSEUSE KANAK $45.00 AUD
Vents d'ailleurs. La Roque-d'Anthéron, France. 2011. 1st Ed. No pagination, 26 PP with colour illustrations by Caroline Palayer. Illustrated endpapers. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 33.5 x 24.7. 9782911412646
50989 PRINCE, Jan SUNDAY IN TAHITI / ISLAND IN THE SUN: NEW CALEDONIA (in SPAN) $10.00 AUD
Southern Pacific Hotel Corporation. Sydney. 1982. Volume 2, No. 1. 50 PP. Contains article between P. 21 and 27 with 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.3 x 21.5.
63581 PROVINCE SUD UNE PROVINCE EN ACTION - 2009-2014 $20.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed. Foreword by Cynthia Ligeard. 44 PP with colour illustrations (graphs, photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. Oblong: 21 x 29.7.
The 5 year plan for the Southern Province of New Caledonia.
64056 PROVINCE SUD HORIZON SUD, Le Magazine de la Province Sud No. 20 $5.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. No. 20 (June - July - August 2013). 48 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
Quarterly magazine No.20 - Special issue: Convention RAMSAR and New Caledonia.
64124 PROVINCE SUD HORIZON SUD, Le Magazine de la Province Sud No. 21 $5.00 AUD
Province Sud, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2013. No. 21 (Sept - Oct - Nov 2013). 48 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.3 x 21.
Quarterly magazine No.: 21
48513 PUAUX, Pierre (editor) HISTOIRE DE LA NOUVELLE-SYCOMANIE PENDANT LA DERNIERE GUERRE MONDIALE $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2004. 1st Ed. 240 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747576000
Satirical history of New Caledonia during World War II. The author: Frank Puaux (father of the editor) was a diplomat in Australia in 1937, joined the Free French after the defeat of France, and was sent to New Caledonia until 1943.
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.
70445 RAGEAU, Jean & VERVENT, Guy POSSIBILITES DE LUTTE CONTRE LES MOUSTIQUES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Association Médicale de la Nouvelle-Calédonie / Institut Français d'Océanie. Nouméa. 1958. 1st edition. 16 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front, staple (rusty). Slight ageing of paper / foxing. French text. Near fine. 24 x 15.5.
51428 RAILLARD, Patrice, CHEVALIER, Luc & PELLETIER, Bernard MINERAUX DES ROCHES ET DES MINERAIS de NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Minerals and ore, 29 colour photos. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
29 samples of Ore and Minerals found in New Caledonia.
11763 RALUY, Antonio LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
Karthala. Paris. 1990. 1st Ed. 288 PP with 3 maps in text plus 16 pages with 36 b/w photos. Pict. card cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2865372596
History of New Caledonia since the first contacts with explorers.
55732 RANDELL, Shirley (editor) REPUBLIC OF VANUATU NATIONAL ELECTIONS, 2 MAY 2002: Report of the Elections Observer Group $25.00 AUD
Blackstone Publishing. Port Vila. 2002. June 2002 edition. XIII, 147 PP with tables and 19 b/w photos. Inside front cover: location map and map of Vanuatu. 9823290237
A Joint Electoral Commission / Transparency International - Vanuatu Project.
63909 RAPADZI, Albert, TROUILLOT, Raymond & TRUBERT, Dr. E. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1853-1953 - LES FETES DU CENTENAIRE $100.00 AUD
Comité du Centenaire. Paris. 1954. 1st edition by Fréderic Dilhon. 92 PP with head and tail pieces by Michel Lablais, and b/w photos. Soft pictorial cover a little rubbed around edges. French text. Occasional foxing. Near fine. 27 x 21.
This album was published to commemorate the official ceremonies and events of September 1953 celebrating 100 years of French presence in New Caledonia.
51447 RATZEL, Nicolas CAHIERS DE MES SOUVENIRS DE GEOMETRE CALEDONIEN 1894-1939 (Set of 2 Volumes) $140.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2006. 1st edition, publication No. 62 Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Foreword by Gabriel Valet and Preface by Nicole Henderson (née Ratzel). Volume 1: 458 PP with 1 map, 6 b/w photos, 11 facsimile of documents, 13 facsimiles of pages of the manuscript and 32 b/w photos by the author. Volume 2: 463 PP with 14 facsimiles of pages of the manuscript, 36 b/w and 30 colour photos by the author. Hard covers, illustrated, contained in a decorated slipcase. Fine. French text. 28.5 x 19. 9782952530309
The author was a land surveyor in New Caledonia. His memoirs were written in 20 copy books. Volume 1: Journal 1 (September 1894) to Journal 10 (December 1917). Volume 2: Journal 11 (December 1917) to Journal 20 (1939). Journals 8, 9, 10, & 11 covers the revolt of 1917, Journals 12 & 13 cover the end of the revolt, the court cases and judgements.
32623 RAU, Eric INSTITUTIONS ET COUTUMES CANAQUES $100.00 AUD
Larose. Paris. 1944. 1st edition with a foreword by René Maunier. 199 PP, plus 6 plates with 24 b/w illustrations (6 photos and 18 from paintings by M.P. Mascart). Pictorial soft cover. Small closed tear affecting lower part of front cover and 8 first leaves. Pages still uncut with light browning around edges. Very good clean copy. Scarce first edition. French text. 24 x 15.5.
History of New Caledonia. Kanaks (inhabitants). Society and Tribe (governing, justice, war...). Life with the Tribe...
50900 RAU, Eric INSTITUTIONS ET COUTUMES CANAQUES $25.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. Facsimile edition of the 1944 original with a foreword by René Maunier. Edited and annotated by Régis Lafargue in Collection Fac-similés Océaniens. XXXIV, 200 PP with 3 b/w photos, plus 1 map and 6 plates with 24 b/w illustrations (6 photos and 18 from paintings by P. & R. Mascart). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5.
History of New Caledonia. Kanaks (inhabitants). Society and Tribe (governing, justice, war...). Life with the Tribe...
52321 RAU, Eric LA VIE JURIDIQUE DES INDIGENES DES ILES WALLIS $15.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed., in Collection Fac-Similés Océaniens. Preface, comments and notes by Régis Lafargue. XXXVI, (6), 104, (2) PP with a 1934 portrait of the author. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 2296023864
Facsimile reprint of a 1935 thesis.
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.
33080 RECIPES RECETTES CALEDONIENNES $10.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1997. Reprint of the 1996 original, No. 1 in the Art de Vivre series. 80 PP with 1 b/w photo and 28 drawings. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700143
Cooking recipes prepared by the ladies of the Protestant Church of Nouméa.
35073 RECIPES LES RECETTES DE PIMENTS PAPAYES $20.00 AUD
Free Lance. Nouméa. c.1998. 1st Ed. 48 PP with colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 20 x 14.
Recipes from New Caledonia as prepared for the television program 'Piments / Papayes'.
51662 REDON, Manie, FALELAVAKI, Henriette et al. SAVEURS DU PACIFIQUE. Carnet de Recettes de Nouméa et d'ailleurs $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed., Novembre 2006. Introduction by Jean Lèques. 36 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 11.
Recipes from New Caledonia: 8 entrees and 7 main courses and 5 desserts.
53122 REGENT, C. CHASSE ET DERAPAGE $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. (juvenile), No. 1 in La Bibliothèque du Caillou series. (2), 78 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 17.5 x 11.3. 2913256589
Growing up in New Caledonia.
53124 REGENT, C. EMMA DE DUCOS, fille de déporté $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. (juvenile), No. 2 in La Bibliothèque du Caillou series. (2), 82 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 17.5 x 11.3. 2913256570
Growing up in Nouméa, at the time of the communards.
44992 REGENT, Catherine LA PIROGUE ENCHANTEE $25.00 AUD
Editions du Belvédère. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed. 16 PP with 9 illustrations by M. Odile Vittori. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 17.5.
Tale: The magic outrigger canoe.
46614 REGNAULT, Jean-Marc (editor) FRANCOIS MITTERAND ET LES TERRITOIRES FRANCAIS DU PACIFIQUE (1981-1988) - Mutations, drames et recompositions, enjeux internationaux et franco-français $40.00 AUD
Les Indes Savantes. Paris. 2003. 1st Ed. 584 PP with 1 facsimile of a letter, 6 graphs, 8 tables, 3 maps and 4 cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 17. 2846540446
51 papers.
11583 REICHENBACH, Sidney ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT NEW CALEDONIA $25.00 AUD
W. C. Penfold & Co. Sydney. 1942. 1st illustrated edition, April 1942. 24 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Soft cover, staples (rusted). Ageing of paper and light foxing. Very good. 21.5 x 14.
"Dedicated to the memory of La Fayette and of all the American heroes who fell on the soil of France during the war 1914-1918". A rare booklet.
59105 REICHENBACH, Sidney ALL YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT NEW CALEDONIA $50.00 AUD
W. Penfold & Co. Sydney. 1942. 1st illustrated edition. 24 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Soft cover, staples (rusty). Signed by the author on title page. Near fine. 21.5 x 13.8.
"Dedicated to the memory of La Fayette and of all the American heroes who fell on the soil of France during the war 1914-1918".
73294 RENARD, Jules LES ETAPES D' UN PETIT PARISIEN $70.00 AUD
Librairie Hachette. Paris. 1925. 3rd edition of the 1894 original. (8), 280 PP with 67 engravings (16 of them on full page). Cloth covers with light wear/soiling, gilt decorated front cover, gilt decoration and title on a dulled spine, top edge gilt. Slight ageing of paper with a little light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. French text. 26 x 18.5.
Voyage to New Caledonia on board "La Garonne" to accompany his father a communard (political convict) ... Return after the 1879 Amnesty on the "Calvados" under the command of Henri Rivière, via Torres Strait, Batavia, Aden and Suez Canal. Arrival at Port-vendres.
41109 RENAUD, Bernard (editor) METIERS, No. 15 $20.00 AUD
Chambre des Métiers. Nouméa. 2001. Issue No. 15, May 2001. 116 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training...
53753 RENAUD, Bernard (editor) METIERS, No. 20 $20.00 AUD
Chambre de Métiers & de l'Artisanat Nouméa. 2003. Issue No. 20, October 2003. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training - Renewable energy - Environment ...
53754 RENAUD, Bernard (editor) METIERS, No. 19 $20.00 AUD
Chambre des Métiers. Nouméa. 2003. Issue No. 19, May 2003. 84 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training...
53755 RENAUD, Bernard (editor) METIERS, No. 17 $20.00 AUD
Chambre des Métiers. Nouméa. 2002. Issue No. 17, June 2002. 76 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (graphs, tables and photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Working in New Caledonia: Craftsmen - Jobs - Apprenticeship - Training...
70931 Renewable Energy ILE DES PINS: Un Aérogénérateur $10.00 AUD
Enercal / Société Neo-Calédonienne d' Energie. Nouméa. 1986. Brochure: 8 pages with colour illustrations: 1 map of Ile des Pins, 1 plan and 9 photos. French text. Fine. Oblong: 19 x 21.
Wind Farm for producing and storing electricity, in use since October 1986.
11766 RENNETEAU, Hervé & DE MARI, Jules (editors) GUEST GUIDE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - NEW CALEDONIA $40.00 AUD
SPAP / Agence de Publicité Internationale. Nouméa. 1990. 1st Ed. No pagination, 150 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial laminated boards. Text in French, English & Japanese. Light foxing. Near fine. 29.3 x 21.7.
History, discovery, daily life ...
43600 REVOL, Isabelle FLEUR D'IGNAME - Conte merveilleux de la naissance de l'igname $45.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. 24 PP with colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. Fine. French text. 30.2 x 21.8. 2950578446
Legend on the birth of the yams.
11189 RICE, Edward JOHN FRUM HE COME $10.00 AUD
Doubleday & Co. New York. 1974. 1st Ed. XXVI, 262 PP, plus 16 pages with b/w photos. Title page: New Hebridean sand writing. Eps: Map South-west Pacific (Insert: Tanna & Erromango). Cloth cover, dj. Foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise very good. 21.5 x 14.2. 0385005237
Cargo cults and cargo messiahs in the South Pacific. Example of John Frum Movement on the island of Tanna.
52871 RICHARD, J. M. (editor) PEDAGOGIE ET DEVELOPPEMENT, No. 4 (Bulletin Pédagogique de Liaison des Annexes de L.E.P.) $15.00 AUD
ALEP. Nouméa. 1980. No. 4, December 1980 issue. 168 PP with b/w illustrations (photos,sketches). Soft cover. French text. Near fine. 29.8 x 21.
Visit to the mining centre of Nepoui... Gomenol distillery.
56192 RICHARDS, Rhys THE EARLIEST FOREIGN VISITORS AND THEIR MASSIVE DEPOPULATION OF RAPA-ITI FROM 1824 TO 1830 (in Journal de la Société des Océanistes) $10.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2004. Article pulled out from Issue No. 118. Pages 3 to 10. Soft cover. Very good. 28.5 x 18.2.
16508 RICHER DE FORGES, Bertrand (Edit.) LE BENTHOS DES FONDS MEUBLES DES LAGONS DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, Volume I $20.00 AUD
ORSTOM. Paris. 1991. 1st Ed. 312 PP with 72 maps & 57 figures in text. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French & English texts. 26.9 x 20.9. 2709910632
Four papers: 2 in French (notes on dredging and on crustacea), 2 in English (stomatopoda of New Caledonia & Chesterfield islands, plus shallow-water shrimps from New Caledonia).
47797 RIGOUZZO, Marie & JACQUES, Guy (editors) ORSTOM IN 1996-97 $10.00 AUD
Orstom. Paris. 1997. 1st English edition. 44 PP with 1 organigram, 2 maps, 5 graphs and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
ORSTOM: French Scientific Research Institute for Development in Cooperation. ORSTOM today: Research on and for development.
11124 RIVIERE, Françoise ORIGINE DE LA MONNAIE TRADITIONNELLE $15.00 AUD
A.D.CK. Nouméa. 1992. 2nd edition of the 1986 original. 12 PP with b/w illustrations by Paula Boi. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in French, English and Pije. Oblong: 18 x 21.5.
Some of the legends used to communicate and preserve the cultural values of the Kanak people, in the valley of Hienghène.
62498 RIVIERE, Henri SOUVENIRS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - L'Insurrection Canaque $80.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2009. Reprint of the 1881 original, in "Collection Fac-Similes Océaniens". Edited and annotated by Luc Legeard. (6), XXVIII, 294, (14) PP with 14 head-pieces, 14 tail-pieces, plus 16 illustrated plates. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.7. 9782296077683
73346 RIVIERRE, Jean-Claude PHONOLOGIE COMPAREE DES DIALECTES DE L'EXTREME-SUD DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $60.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Linguistiques et Anthropologiques de France (SELAF). Paris. 1973. 1st Ed. No. 5 in "Langues et Civilisations à Tradition Orale" series. 214, (2) PP with tables and 3 maps in text. Stiff covers, front cover with title and illustration. Near fine. French text. 24 x 16.
Comparative phonology of the dialects of the far South of New Caledonia.
73374 RIVIERRE, Jean-Claude, EHRHART, Sabine & DIELA, Raymond LE BWATOO et les Dialectes de la région de Koné (Nouvelle-Calédonie) $80.00 AUD
Editions Peeters. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed. Volume 17 of "Langues et Cultures du Pacifique" series. 501, (3) PP with 2 maps and 7 tables. Illustrated card covers. Near fine. French text. 24 x 16. 97890429179910
13243 ROBIE, David BLOOD ON THEIR BANNER: Nationalist Struggles in the South Pacific $30.00 AUD
Pluto Press. Sydney. 1989. 1st Australian edition. Foreword by Marie-Thérèse and Bengt Danielsson. 313 PP with 4 maps (1 on double page) and 18 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Name of former owner on half-title page, o/wise near fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 0949138355
Part 2: Kanaky in revolt. Part 3: Nuclear colonialism (Barbouzes and bombs)... Part 5: Dilemnas of nationalism (The siege of Ouvéa).
12889 ROBIE, David (editor) TU GALALA - Social Change in the Pacific $30.00 AUD
Bridget William Books & Pluto Press. Wellington & Sydney. 1992. 1st Ed. 234 PP with head-pieces, b/w photos, maps. Fp: A Kanak woman militant. Eps: Maps of the Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24.5 x 18.5. 908912145
Fifteen studies. Kanaky: The Peace signed with our blood, by Susanna Ounei-Small. Tahiti: in bondage to the bomb, by Marie-Thérèse and Bengt Danielsson...
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...
48500 ROCHEFORT, Henri RETOUR DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - DE NOUMEA EN EUROPE $125.00 AUD
Ancienne Librairie Martinon. Paris. c. 1877. 1st Ed. (IV), 363, V-XXIV PP with 200 b/w illustrations depicting 700 subjects, plus 3 b/w plates (De Nouméa en Europe, View of New York, taken from Hoboken, and Le Rocher de Ball). Vignette on title page. Quarter bound, papered boards, raised bands and gilt title on spine. Copy lacking pages I to IV: "Note sur les Etats-Unis". Boards with slightly rubbed and fine cracks (top corner of front board with repaired) crack Occasional light foxing, o/wise an excellent copy. Scarce. French text. 27.6 x 19.
Leader of the Communards (communists) deported as a political prisoner to New Caledonia. Escape from the convict settement of Ducos, on board the P.C.E.. Arrival in Newcastle 27th March 1874... Return to Europe via the United States.
71346 ROCHEFORT, Henri DE NOUMEA A NEWCASTLE (AUSTRALIE) $40.00 AUD
La Petite Maison./ ALFA (Atelier Littéraire Franco-Australien). Paris. 1997. 1st edition limited to 205 copies (an un-numbered copy). 72 PP with P. 61 to 70 containing 3 texts in English from "The Newcastle Chronicle" (28th March, 31st March and 2nd April 1874). Soft covers. Faint foxing spots on outside edges, o/wise fine. French text. 18.5 x 12. 2907052144
Leader of the "Communards" (communists) deported as a political prisoner to New Caledonia. Escape from the convict settement of Ducos, on board the "P.C.E.". Arrival in Newcastle 27th March 1874...
71348 ROCHEFORT, Henri LA MAL'ARIA - Etude Sociale $50.00 AUD
Librairie Moderne. Paris. 1887. 1st Ed. (6), 318, (2) PP. Marbled endpapers. Quarter bound, gilt title on a rubbed and worn/fragile spine. Leaf 15/16 roughly cut on fore edge, with loss of few letters (not words). Stamp (chop) of previous owner on preliminary page and title page. Foxing. Still a very good copy of a scarce item. French text. 18 x 12.
71354 ROCHEFORT, Henri L'AURORE BOREALE - Roman de Moeurs Contemporaines $50.00 AUD
Librairie Martinon / Jeanmaire. Paris. 1879. 1st Ed. 326 PP. Soft covers, vignette on front cover. Slight ageing of paper and foxing. Very good. French text. 18.7 x 12.
73558 ROCHEFORT, Henri Retour de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - DE NOUMEA EN EUROPE $150.00 AUD
Ancienne Librairie Martinon. Paris. c. 1877. 1st Ed. (8), XXIV, 363 PP with 200 b/w illustrations depicting 700 subjects. Fp: Escape by rowing boat. Marbled endpapers. Half bound, marbled boards, raised bands and gilt title on spine. Corners of covers slightly rubbed. Slight ageing of paper and occasional foxing. Near fine. French text. 27.8 x 19.
Leader of the "Communards" (communists) deported as a political prisoner to New Caledonia. Escape from the convict settement of Ducos, on board the "P.C.E.". Arrival in Newcastle 27th March 1874... Return to Europe via the United States.
73559 ROCHEFORT, Henri Retour de la Nouvelle-Calédonie -DE NOUMEA EN EUROPE $135.00 AUD
Ancienne Librairie Martinon. Paris. c. 1877. 1st Ed. (8), 363, XXIV PP with 200 b/w illustrations depicting 700 subjects. Fp: Escape by rowing boat. Marbled endpapers. Half bound, marbled boards, gilt decorations and title on spine. Covers with rubbed patches and corners slightly worn. Head of spine worn. Slight ageing of paper and occasional light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. French text. 27.2 x 19.
Leader of the "Communards" (communists) deported as a political prisoner to New Caledonia. Escape from the convict settement of Ducos, on board the "P.C.E.". Arrival in Newcastle 27th March 1874... Return to Europe via the United States.
50345 ROOSMAN, Raden S. CAPITAL OF A CONDOMINIUM, Port Vila (in Hemisphere, An Asian-Australian Monthly) $15.00 AUD
Department of Education and Science. Canberra. 1972. Volume 16, No. 7, July 1972. Contains article between pages 8 and 12 with 1 map and 5 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine.
The Anglo-French Condominium of the New Hebrides.
13513 ROOTS, Hilary LA PAPAYE, Le Fruit des Anges $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. in the Art de Vivre series, No. 2. 80 PP with 12 bw illust. by Pascale Taurua. Pict. card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700135
65 recipes using the pawpaw or papaya fruit.
33081 ROOTS, Hilary DISCOVER THE ISLES OF PINES, New Caledonia $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w illust. (photos by author & drawings by Thierry Galois), plus 4 pages with 14 colour photos, and 1 folded map at rear of book. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 15 x 10.8. 2841700445
Travel guide.
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.
16515 ROUGERIE, Francis LE LAGON SUD-OUEST DE NOUVELLE CALEDONIE: Spécificité Hydrologique, Dynamique et Productivité $10.00 AUD
Editions de l'ORSTOM. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. 234 PP with 23 tables & 98 figures (maps, sketches,..). Stiff covers. French text with a 3 page abstract in English. Fine. 27 x 21. 2709908093
The South-west lagoon of New Caledonia: physical characteristics, influence of oceanic waters, hydrology, nutrients and the ecosystem.
71221 ROUZIC, Muriel & BEAUVILAIN, Thierry LES PERLES BLEUES - Wallis et Futuna $100.00 AUD
Editions ACP. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. Preface by Jean-Jacques Annaud. 146 PP with 215 colour illustrations (2 maps and 213 photos by Thierry Beauvilain). Pictorial soft cover. Review of 28/09/2002 "Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes" loosely inserted. Near fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 28.
Photographic discovery of the islands of Wallis and Futuna.
56978 ROYNETTE, Jacques LE PIEGE CALEDONIEN $55.00 AUD
l'Harmattan. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 216, (2) PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296073593
High Commissioner of the French Republic in New Caledonia: October 1982 to December 1984.
11500 ROZIER, Claude LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE ANCIENNE $30.00 AUD
Arthème Fayard. Paris. 1990. 1st Ed. 322 PP with 1 map of New Caledonia. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 23.5 x 15.5. 2866790480
A description of New Caledonia prior to the French take-over of 1853, based on documents printed at the time.
32964 ROZIER, Claude L'EGLISE SUR LE CAILLOU AVANT LES COMMUNARDS $40.00 AUD
Editions Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 1997. 1st Ed. 424 PP with 2 maps and 2 portraits, plus 16 pages index inserted at end of book. Pictorial card cover. Faint foxing, o/wise fine. French text. 21 x 14.2. 2912429005
First steps of the Christian faith in New Caledonia, before the arrival of the Communards (political convicts with communist tendancy transported after the 1871 upheaval in Paris).
56843 RUNA, Véronique, GARDISSAT, Paul & GRINDLEY, Pauline LA POULE ROUSSE ET LES CROCODILES DE MER. Légende d' Aniwa, province de Tafea $20.00 AUD
Centre Culturel du Vanuatu. Port Vila. 2007. 1st Ed., in the Nabanga Pikinini series. No pagination, 16 PP with colour illustrations by David Tovovur. French text by Rufino Pineda (Bichelamar traduction by Anna Naupa). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9789829032287
32331 RYMAN, Anders JOHN FRUM, WON'T YOU PLEASE COME HOME? (in Geo Australasia Volume 9, No.4, December 1987-February 1988) $10.00 AUD
Australasia's Geographical Magazine. Sydney. 1987. Includes article P. 78 to 93 with 1 location map, 16 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 27.6 x 20.6.
A cargo cult on the Island of Tanna, Vanuatu, is still waiting for the USA to bring them paradise.
13169 S.E.H. MELANESIENS D'AUJOURD'HUI - La Société Mélanésienne dans le Monde Moderne - S.E.H. No.11 $30.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1976. 1st Ed. 67 PP. Publication No.11. Card cover a little faded around edges, o/wise near fine. French text. 27.2 x 18.
The Kanak society in the modern world: the land, the family, from ancestral obligation to individual behaviour sexuality, tribal socialism...
63279 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 134, 135, 136 & 137 - 2003 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2003. No. 134 (1st term 2003), ... No. 137 (4th term 2003). 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 136: First World War in the Pacific, by Sylvette Boubin-Boyer. No. 137: Febvrier des Pointes and New Caledonia.
63281 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 142, 143, 144 & 145 - 2005 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2005. No. 142 (1st term 2005), ... No. 145 (4th term 2005). 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 144: Jules Verne and Oceania.
63383 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 146, 147, 148 & 149 - 2006 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2006. No. 146 (1st term 2006), ... No. 149 (4th term 2006). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
63384 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 150, 151, 152 & 153 - 2007 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2007. No. 150 (1st term 2007), ... No. 153 (4th term 2007). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
63385 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 154, 155, 156 & 157 - 2008 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. No. 154 (1st term 2008), ... No. 157 (4th term 2008). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 404 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
63386 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 158, 159, 160 & 161 - 2009 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. No. 158 (1st term 2009), ... No. 161 (4th term 2009). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 158: La passerelle Marguerite, un modèle de pont Gisclard, by Jerry Delathière. Sur l'ilot Konienne, by Wilfred G. Burchett.
63387 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 162, 163, 164 & 165 - 2010 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2010. No. 162 (1st term 2010), ... No. 165 (4th term 2010). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
63388 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 166, 167, 168 & 169 - 2011 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. No. 166 (1st term 2011), ... No. 169 (4th term 2011). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
63389 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 170, 171, 172 & 173 - 2012 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2012. No. 170 (1st term 2012), ... No. 173 (4th term 2012). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 402 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
67075 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 19) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1974. No. 19, 2nd Term 1974. 7 (advertisements), II, 61 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
Notes d'Histoire Calédonienne (Capitaine Cook en Nouvelle-Calédonie, quelques erreurs de M. Beaglehole - Bi-Centenaire de la Découverte), by Geoges Pisier. Les Asiatiques en Nouvelle-Calédonie, par Janine Moret. Les Mégalithes de Guam, by André Surleau.
67076 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H.No. 20) $25.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1974. No. 20, 3rd Term 1974. 7 (advertisements), II, 61 PP with b/w illustrations. 1 errata slip loosely inserted. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
Biographie de James Cook, par Dr. W.J.D. Mira (traduit de l'anglais par André Surleau) . Le Bi-centenaire de la Découverte. Le Rapport Bayardelle sur le ralliement à la France Libre de 1940.
67079 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 28) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1976. No. 28, 3rd Term 1976. 80 PP with period advertisements and b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
Les Officiers du Corps de Santé..., par Docteur Henri Linion. Notes d'Histoire Calédonienne: (la première femme Européenne qui visita la Nouvelle-Calédonie était une Française déguisée en Homme (1793), by Georges Pisier.
67092 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 73) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1987. No. 73, 4th Term 1987. 72 PP with period advertisements and b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text, with English summary . Very good. 28 x 17.8.
Auguste Bérard, Commandant du Rhin dans les Mers du Sud (1842-1846), by Georges Kling. L'étrange destin du trois-mâts "Ville de Bordeaux", by Jean Guillou. Défense et ordre public en Nouvelle-Calédonie de 1853 a 1858, by François Semur.
67094 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 76) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1988. No. 75, 3rd Term 1988. 72 PP with period advertisements and b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
La Guerre du Pacifique, vue de la Place des Cocotiers, by H.E. Lewis Priday. L' aménagement du Port de Nouméa, by Georges Coquilhat.
67098 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 79) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1989. No. 79, 2nd Term 1989. 76 PP with period advertisements and b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
La toponymie Maritime de Nouméa et de ses environs, by Georges Pisier. Lapérouse en Nouvelle Calédonie, by M-J Dubois. La guerre du Pacifique: les Hopitaux Américains en Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Henry Daly.
67099 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 96) $15.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. No. 96, 3rd Term 1993. 102 PP with period advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
Inauguration du Monument a D'Entrecasteaux. 1856 au Pays des Alikis, by M. Pannetrat & Claude Cornet. Généalogie d'un Auvergnat, Monseigneur Douarre, by Daniel Degeorges & Bernard Brou. Missionnaires Savoyards en Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Michel Escoffier.
67100 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. No. 158 $15.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. No. 158 (1st term 2009). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 158: La Passerelle Marguerite, un modèle de pont Gisclard, by Jerry Delathière. Sur l'ilot Konienne, by Wilfred G. Burchett. Histoire des Mines de Kouaoua (part 2), by Luc Legeard.
67102 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 83) $15.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1990. No. 83, 2nd Term 1990. 96 PP with period advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
Badinguet en Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Bernard Brou. La vie et l'oeuvre d'une famille de planteurs Neo-Hébridais, by Jean My. 1889, l"année du centenaire (de la révolution) en Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Georges Coquilhat.
67103 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. No.157 $15.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. No. 157 (4th term 2008). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 157: Le commandant Erskine (HMS Havannah) dans le lagon de Nouvelle-Calédonie en 1849, by Jean-Claude Estival. Histoire des Mines de Kouaoua (part 1), by Luc Legeard.
67104 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. No.156 $15.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. No. 156 (3rd term 2008). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 156: L'oeuvre Guyannaise de Louis Tardy de Montravel, by Luc Legeard. La Nouvelle Calédonie in Walkabout (translated by Max Shekleton), by Stephen Henty. La prise de possession des Îles Chesterfield, by Daniel Morignat.
67105 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE- S.E.H. No.159 $15.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. No. 159 (2nd term 2009). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 159: Une conséquence de l'insurrection de 1878: la création de centres agricoles auprès des postes militaires, 1878-1883, by Benoit Delvinquier. Dans les Mers du Sud françaises: Walkabout Magazine, April 1938 (translated by Max Shekleton), by Elizabeth Nicholls. Doniambo, 1er Novembre 1943: souvenir d'une vision apocalyptique, by André Jacquier.
67106 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 85) $15.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1990. No. 85, 4th Term 1990. 106 PP with period advertisements, b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Very good. 27.5 x 17.5.
L'Autonomie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie / Chronologie de la N.C. - année 1949, by André Bordier. La station thermale de La Crouen, by Docteur Georges Andrieux.
67116 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. Nos. 15 & 16) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1973. Nos. 15 & 16, 2nd & 3rd Term 1973. 6 (advertisements), (3), 78 PP with b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
Vues et Portraits Calédoniens de 1882, chapitres intégraux extraits de Autour du Monde (1884), by Paul Branda.
67118 S.E.H. BULLETIN DE LA SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE (S.E.H. No. 29) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1976. No. 29, 4th Term 1976. 72 PP with period advertisements and b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Very good. 28 x 17.8.
Nouméa, vers 1890, by R. Bordon. ... Chronologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie de 1925 à 1945 inclus, by Bernard Brou.
67348 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 182, 183, 184 & 185 - 2015 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2015. No. 182 (1st term 2015), ... No. 185 (4th term 2015). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Near fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 182: Mauruice Leenhardt, Pêcheur d'âmes (Part 1), by Luc Legeard. La tragédie du Pey-Berland, Mars 1934, by Raymond Proner. No. 183: L'épopée d'INCO en Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Christian Tessarolo. Le Lakatoï, un caboteur méconnu, by Jean-Paul Mugnier. No. 185: Mars 1942: le 52nd Evacuation Hospital s'installe à Sarramea, by Jerry Delathière. Maurice Leenhardt, (Part 2).
67856 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 186, 187, 188 & 189 - 2016 $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2016. No. 186 (1st term 2016), ... No. 189 (4th term 2016). Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 186. Joseph Banks (1743-1820), by Gabriel Valet. Lettres de Nouvelle-Calédonie. No. 187: Lettres de Nouvelle-Calédonie. No. 188: Histoire des Planteurs Français des Nouvelles-Hébrides. 189: Les 70 ans de l' IFO / IRD, by Georges De Noni. Le Docteur René Catala et la création de l' Institut Français d' Océanie, by Jean Yves Meunier. . Les Iles Santa Cruz, by Tiby Hagen.
72039 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 202, 203, 204 & 205 $70.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2020. No. 202 (1st term 2020), ... No. 205 (4th term 20120. Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 202: Louis-Antoine de Bougainville. Le General Patch. No. 203:The Antimony Company and Nakety. No. 205: 18 Juin 1940, et General De Gaulle.. Fetes Franco-Russes à Nouméa 5 to 12 May 1894.
73180 S.E.H. SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - S.E.H. BULLETINS: 206, 207, 208 & 209 $70.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2021. No. 206 (1st term 2021), ... No. 209 (4th term 2021. Edited by Gabriel VALET. 4 issues for a total of 400 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5.
No. 206: Louise Michel en Nouvelle-Calédonie. Acrè aux Cobaleurs: Cobalt Calédonien 1876-1904. No. 207: The Free French Corvette Roselys during WWII. No. 208 & 209: Free French during WWII. Blackbirding of Kanakas: Loyalty Islands Origins (1847) / Townsvale (1863-1866)
52917 SALAUN, Marie L'ECOLE INDIGENE. Nouvelle-Calédonie 1885-1945 $30.00 AUD
Presses Universitaires de Rennes. Rennes. 2005. 1st Ed. 280 PP with 1 map on double page, 4 graphs, tables and 2 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5 2753501394
Presses Universitaires de Rennes. Rennes. 2013. 1st edition in "Collection Essais". 304 PP with b/w illustrations (1 photo, diagrams, graphs, 2 maps, 8 tables). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 14. 9782753521650
11774 SAND, Christophe ARCHEOLOGIE EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - Etat des recherches au début des années 1990 et perspectives d'avenir $30.00 AUD
ADCK. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. (4), 66 PP with 49 b/w figures (photos, sketches, maps). Pict. card cover. Fine. French text. 27.8 x 20. 2909407268
History of archaeological research in New Caledonia. Achievements, the future..
14663 SAND, Christophe ARCHEOLOGIE DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE, L'Histoire avant l'Histoire $10.00 AUD
Musée Territorial de Nouvelle-Calédonie Nouméa. 1992. The Museum Journal No. 2, issue of August 1992. 4 pages with 1 map, 3 figures and 5 bw illust. in text. French text. Fine. 39.5 x 27.
Human settlement of the Pacific. The discovery of Lapita pottery. Petroghlyphs...
17308 SAND, Christophe ARCHAEOLOGY IN NEW CALEDONIA. A panorama of the situation at the beginning of the 1990's $30.00 AUD
ADCK / CTRDP. Nouméa. 1995. 1st English Ed. (2), 66 PP with 49 figures (drawings, maps, photos, plans). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.8 x 19.8. 2909407268
Archaeological research up to the early 1990's and future orientations.
33070 SAND, Christophe UVEA - La préhistoire de Wallis, île de la Polynésie occidentale $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 51 PP with 1 location map, and 23 figures (3 maps, 7 sketches and 13 colour photos). Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 2872631593
Short account of the present-day knowledge of prehistoric times on the Polynesian island of Wallis (Uvéa), settled about 3000 years ago.
60346 SAND, Christophe LAPITA CALEDONIEN - Archéologie d'un premier peuplement insulaire océanien $65.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed. No. 2 in Collection Travaux & Documents Océanistes. 296 PP with colour illustrations (10 tables, 15 maps, 148 figures and 130 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21. 9782854300253
47028 SAND, Christophe (editor) PACIFIC ARCHAEOLOGY: ASSESSMENTS AND PROSPECTS. Proceedings of the International Conference for the 50th anniversary of the first Lapita excavation. Koné-Nouméa 2002 $80.00 AUD
Département Archéologie, Service des Musées et du Patrimoine de Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. Volume 15 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 398 PP with tables and b/w or colour illustrations (maps, plans, photos, & sketches). Pictorial laminated boards, dj. Fine. 28 x 19.8. 2951920806
32 papers in 4 main themes: Old Oceania (3 papers). The Austronesian Spread (11 papers). Oceanic diversity (13 papers). The Pacific and Archaeology (4 papers).
44986 SAND, Christophe & KIRCH, Patrick V. L' EXPEDITION ARCHEOLOGIQUE D' EDWARD W. GIFFORD ET RICHARD SHULTER JR. EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE AU COURS DE L'ANNEE 1952 / EDWARD W. GIFFORD AND RICHARD SHULTER JR'S ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXPEDITION TO NEW CALEDONIA IN 1952 $65.00 AUD
Département Archéologie, Service des Musées et du Patrimoine de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 192 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. Fine. French and English texts. Oblong: 22.5 x 27.2. 2950931197
11456 SAND, Christophe & OUETCHO, André ENTRE MER ET MONTAGNE, Premier inventaire archéologique de la commune de Païta, Province Sud de la Nlle-Calédonie $55.00 AUD
Service Territorial des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. Volume 4 in "Les Cahiers de l'archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 100 PP with 144 b/w illust. (photos, drawings, maps). Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 20.
Archaeological studies on the various sites near and township of Païta.
11457 SAND, Christophe & OUETCHO, André ETUDE D'IMPACT DE LA TRANSVERSALE KONE-TIWAKA, SUR LE PATRIMOINE ARCHEOLOGIQUE / ETUDES ARCHEOLOGIQUES SUR LES ILES LOYAUTE $55.00 AUD
Service des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 1993. 1st Ed. Volumes 2 & 3 in "Les Cahiers de l'archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 100 PP with b/w illust. (photos, drawings...). Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 20.
Archaeological studies in the centre of New Caledonia as well as at Maré and Lifou in the Loyalty Islands.
15006 SAND, Christophe & OUETCHO, André BWEDE KO-TRO-TREVA VARE-KE (Des Rivières Déviées par les Ancêtres) $55.00 AUD
Service des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. Volume 1 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archèologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 102, (2) PP with b/w illust (maps, drawings & photos). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 19.5.
First inventory of archaeological sites of Yaté in New Caledonia.
14969 SAND, Christophe, BOLE, Jacques & OUETCHO, André CONTRIBUTION A LA RECONSTITUTION DE LA PREHISTOIRE DES ILES LOYAUTE, Premiers Resultats des Fouilles Archéologiques de 1994-1995, Lifou, Maré, Ouvéa $55.00 AUD
Service Territorial des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. Volume 5 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 97 PP with maps, tables & b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 20. 2950931103
First results of an archaeological campaign in 1994-1995 on the islands of Lifou, Maré and Ouvéa in the Loyalty Islands.
45029 SAND, Christophe, BOLE, Jacques & OUETCHO, André TIOUANDE - Archéologie d'un massif de Karst du Nord-Est de la Grande Terre ( Nouvelle-Calédonie ) $60.00 AUD
Département Archéologie Service Territorial des Musées et du Patrimoine de Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. Volume 12 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 136, (1 adv.) PP with graphs, tables and 123 figures (maps, plans, b/w photos, & sketches). Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 28 x 19.8. 2950931189
Archaeology on the Tiouandé site, near Touho, Northeast of New Caledonia.
56547 SAND, Christophe, BOLE, Jacques & OUETCHO, André ARCHEOLOGIE DES ORIGINES: Le Lapita Calédonien / ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ORIGINS: New Caledonia's Lapita $55.00 AUD
Service des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 1999. 1st bilingual edition. Volume 10 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 62 PP with colour illustrations (42 drawings & 113 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 23.5. 2950931162
33847 SAND, Christophe, BOLE, Jacques, OUETCHO, André TRACES - 3000 ans de Patrimoine Archéologique Calédonien $55.00 AUD
Service des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. Volume 8 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 60 PP with 1 map, 5 plans, sketches and colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 21 x 23.5. 2950931138
Archaeological heritage in New Caledonia: from the first settlement and the Lapita pottery to modern settlement and mining activities.
55683 SAND, Christophe, BOLE, Jacques, OUETCHO, André & BARET, David PARCOURS ARCHEOLOGIQUE: deux décennies de recherches du Département Archéologie de Nouvelle-Calédonie (1991-2007) $80.00 AUD
Département Archéologie, Direction des Affaires Culturelles et Coutumières de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 278 PP with 1 map and colour photos. Laminated pictorial boards, dj. French text. Fine. 31.5 x 25.8.
Over 2 decades of research in archaeology in New Caledonia.
45030 SAND, Christophe, LACROIX, E., VALENTIN, F., CABIOCH, G & GENTHON, P. WALPOLE - Ha colo, une Île de l'extrême, Archéologies et Histoires $70.00 AUD
Département Archéologie Service Territorial des Musées et du Patrimoine de Nouvelle-Calédonie.. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. Volume 14 in "Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie". 122 PP with tables and 101 figures (maps, plans, b/w photos, & sketches). 1 erratum slip loosely inserted. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 28 x 19.8. 2951920806
History and Archaeology on the Island of Walpole, South East of New Caledonia.
65188 SAND, Christophe, TEREBO, Malia & LAGARDE, Louis LE PASSE DE DEVA - Archéologie d'un domaine provincial calédonien $60.00 AUD
Institut d'Archéologie de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et du Pacifique. Nouméa. 2013. 1st Ed., October 2013, "Archeologia Pasifika" No. 2. 80 PP with colour illustrations (1 location map, 1 map, drawings and over 80 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 23.5. 9782954167510
Agence pour le Dévelopement de la Culture Kanak. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. 85 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial card cover, dj. Fine. French text. 20.5 x 20.5. 2909407691
Collection of photographs by Fritz Sarasin presented at the exhibition held at the Museum in Nouméa between 12th July & 31st August, 1995.
11747 SATINEAU, Maurice LE MIROIR DE NOUMEA - La Classe Politique Française Face à la Crise Calédonienne $15.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1987. 1st Ed. 80 PP. Soft cover. French text, but first 3 pages are in English (The Noumea Mirror: French political class facing the Caledonian crisis). Near fine. 21.4 x 13.5. 2858029474
A study of the joint implications at the time of the crisis in New Caledonia when France (1984/85) was in economic crisis and unpredictable political leadership.
13495 SAUSSOL, Alain & ZITOMERSKY, Joseph (editors) COLONIES, TERRITOIRES, SOCIETES - L'Enjeu Français $25.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 1996. 1st Ed. 288 PP with a few tables & 30 figures (plans, maps, graphs). Soft cover. French text. Faint foxing. Fine. 24 x 16. 2738445306
A study of different type of colonization used for the settlement of French nationals. Canada and Louisiana on the American continent, Algeria in North Africa, New Caledonia and Tahiti in the Pacific. Results.
Editions du Lagon. Nouméa. 1997. 1st edition limited to 500 copies. Preface by Gérard Luciani. 74 PP with 20 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Poetry, an invitation to reflection on New Caledonia and the Melanesian world.
52344 SAVOIE, Hélène LES TERRES DE LA DEMI-LUNE - Nouvelles $20.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2005. 1st Ed. No. 1 in Collection Lettres du Pacifique. 150 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 02747580164
23 short stories or essays: 13 set in either New Caledonia or New Hebrides (Vanuatu), and 10 set in Australia.
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...
63981 SCHMIDT, Jacqueline EXPOSITION - BOIS ET PIERRES DE CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
Syndicat d'Initiative de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1978. Catalogue of the exhibition, with a foreword by A. Ferre. 20 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Wood / Stones: carving and sculpture.
54237 SCOTT, William E. POEMES CALEDONIENS du Soldat William E. SCOTT, 3e Division, 2 NZEF / CALEDONIAN POEMS of the Soldier William E. SCOTT, 3rd Div. 2 NZEF $10.00 AUD
Groupe de Recherche en Histoire Océanienne Contemporaine. Nouméa. 2007. 1st Ed. Preface by Dominique Lataste. Presentation and bibliography by Frédéric Angleviel. 36 PP with 1 facsimile of a page of the manuscript. Inside front cover: map of New Caledonia. Inside back cover: map of the Solomon Islands. Pictorial soft cover. French and English text. Fine. 21 x 14.7.
Private William E. Scott was based in New Caledonia with the 3rd Division of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.
11512 SEBBAN, Elyane & Guy NICKO LE JEUNE CALEDONIEN DU GRAND NORD $30.00 AUD
Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed. (Juvenile). 40 PP with colour photos. Eps: Map of New Caledonia. Pict. laminated hard cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 22.4.
Life of an adolescent in the North of New Caledonia.
58317 SEHNC SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Les 12 Premiers S.E.H. Bulletins $55.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2009. 1st edition of Publication No. 65. Preface by Gabriel Valet. 388 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 27.5 x 17.5. 9782917373648
Reprint of the 12 first issues published betwween December 1969 and 0ctober 1972.
13173 SENES, Jacqueline TERRE VIOLENTE $30.00 AUD
Hachette. Paris. 1993. Reprint of the 1987 edition. 364 PP. Pictorial card cover. Very good. French text. 24 x 15. 2010209893
Novel - Saga of three generations of settlers in New Caledonia.
42572 SENES, Jacqueline LA VIE QUOTIDIENNE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE DE 1850 A NOS JOURS $25.00 AUD
Hachette. Paris. 1997. Reprint of the 1985 original. 364 PP with 2 maps. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 20 x 13. 2010212584
A history of New Caledonia: settlement, mining, problems..
51413 SERET, Bernard & ORSTOM POISSONS DES EAUX DOUCES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Fresh water fishes, 26 colour illustrations by Pascal Deynat. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
26 of the Fresh Water Fishes found in lakes and rivers of New Caledonia.
59767 SERRE, Xavier JACQUES LAFLEUR 1932-2010 (Extracts Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $30.00 AUD
Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes Nouméa. 2010. Issues of 6th to 13 December 2010. Extracts from 7 issues (Nos.: 11938 to 11944) for a total of 28 PP with 1 cartoon, 1 plan, 7 colour and 46 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 42 x 29.5.
11771 SEURIN, J.L. & COUTAU-BEGARIE, H. NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE: Les Antipodes de la Démocratie $30.00 AUD
Lieu Commun. Paris. 1986. 1st Ed. 222 PP with 2 graphs, tables & 6 maps. Pict. soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2867050618
Following a brief history of the settlement, a thorough study of events leading to the civil unrest of the mid-1980's.
47065 SHINEBERG, Dorothy LA MAIN-D'OEUVRE NEO-HEBRIDAISE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1865-1930 (S.E.H. No. 61) $50.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2003. 1st French edition, No. 61 in Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Translated by Béatrice Atherton from the 1999 US original The People Trade: Pacific Island Laborers and New Caledonia, 1865-1930 published by University of Hawai'i Press. 440 PP with 3 maps, 4 tables, 5 figures and 34 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 24 x 16.
Blackbirding, and indentured labour from the New Hebrides.
62501 SHINEBERG, Dorothy ILS ETAIENT VENUS CHERCHER DU SANTAL $55.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. 3rd edition of the French edition. No. 68 in Société d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Translated by André Surleau from the 1967 original "They came from Sandalwood". 384 PP with tables and b/w illustrations (5 maps and 20 drawings or photos). Pictorial soft cover. New. 24 x 16. 9782917373620
63994 SHINEBERG, Dorothy LA MAIN D'OEUVRE NEO-HEBRIDAISE EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE 1865 - 1929 $25.00 AUD
Author Nouméa. 1993. Roneotyped paper. 13 PP (recto only). Contained in platic folder, clear front. French text. Very good. 31 x 23.5
Paper read in Nouméa on 13 July 1993.
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.
75013 SHINTANI, T. L. A. & PAÏTA, Yvonne DICTIONNAIRE ET GRAMMAIRE DE LA LANGUE DE PAÏTA $80.00 AUD
S.E.H. / Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1990. Reprint of the 1987 original. Publication No. 43 & 44, Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. 252 PP (Dictionary), 114 PP (Grammar). Card covers a little soiled/worn, o/wise contents near fine. French and Nraa Drùbea text. 29.7 x 21.
Dictionary and grammar of the Nraa Drùbea language spoken near Nouméa.
11516 SHINTANI, Tadahiko LES LANGUES KANAK AUJOURD'HUI $20.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. No. 4 in Cahiers des Conférences de l' A.D.C.K. 32 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21. x 14.5. 2909407594
Study and state of the various languages spoken in New Caledonia by a Japanese linguist attached to the Research Institute on the Languages and Civilisation of Africa and Asia, in Tokyo.
44997 SHIPWRECKS NAUFRAGES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. Edited by Gilbert CASTET. 124 PP with advertisements, 8 pages with chronological tables, 1 chart in colour, and b/w or colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
Shipwrecks on New Caledonia coasts and reefs: windjammers, nickel ore carriers, warships and US planes during WWII...
71177 SHIPWRECKS 50 NAUFRAGES EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $80.00 AUD
Fortunes de Mer Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 2020. 1st edition, with a preface by Gabriel Valet. 172 PP with b/w illustrations (drawings, plans, paintings and photos) and colour illustrations (1 Index chart, 50 location maps and hundreds of photos). Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 27.8 x 21.5. 9782955807828
Shipwrecks on New Caledonia coasts and reefs: windjammers, nickel ore carriers, warships, and US planes during WWII... Wreck of a 40 m. long cargo freighter (drug ?, refugees? ...) on Bampton Reef discovered in April 2019.
65859 SHORT, Fred. G. KANT AMONG THE NUDES - Poems, Stories and Essays $30.00 AUD
Jomaru Press. Robina, Qld. 2002. 1st Ed. 200 PP with 8 drawings "Nataraja". Dated and signed by the author on the title page. Fine. 21.6 x 14. 0958637318
76 of them, including "Recollections of Old Santo," (the New Hebrides in late 1920s and early 1930s).
42834 SIBAN, Ibu RECETTES INDONESIENNES $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed., in the Art de Vivre series. 100 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 284170095X
Over 60 recipes from Indonesia: Selamat makan !.
13349 SIMPICH, Major Frederick AT EASE IN THE SOUTH SEAS [in National Geographic] $20.00 AUD
National Geographic Society. Washington. 1944. Volume LXXXV No 1, January 1944. Article from P. 79 to 104 with 32 b/w photos. Soft cover, spine lightly damaged. Very good. 25.4 x 17.5.
American troops and services in the Pacific islands and Australia during WWII. (8 photos on New Caledonia).
51411 SIRGOUANT, Serge et Société Calédonienne d' Ornithologie OISEAUX EN NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Catherine Ledru / Editions Scripta. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Birds, 28 colour illustrations by René Renneteau. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
28 Birds found in New Caledonia.
33191 SKULLY, Michael FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND MARKETS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC - A Study of New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu and Western Samoa $15.00 AUD
Macmillan Press. London. 1987. 1st Ed. XVIII, 379 PP with 6 maps and 109 tables. Hard cover, gilt title on spine, dj. Faint foxing on outside edges. Near fine. 22.2 x 14.2. 0333444418
For each of these countries: Financial institutions, financial markets, analysis, trends and predictions.
52821 SMITH, Shaun, CARUSO, Peter (editors) NEW CALEDONIA: Business & Resources - Issue 1 $30.00 AUD
Energy Publications. Perth. 2007. 1st Ed. 72 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Most of the articles in English and with French summary. Fine. 28.6 x 21.
The Green Gold of New Caledonia, by Remy Le Goff. Caledonian Economy on the move, by Remy Le Goff... La Société Le Nickel: the beautiful centenarian...
62520 SOCIETE D'ETUDES HISTORIQUES HISTOIRE, NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE . FRANCE - Le Manuel Scolaire d'Histoire - S.E.H. No.47 $15.00 AUD
Société d' Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1992. New edition of the 1975 original. No. 47. Preface by J. M. Barre. 140 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text. Fine. 24.5 x 17.5.
Société des Etudes Mélanésiennes. Nouméa. 1991. No. 28 (December 1990 - June 1991). Edited by Maurice H. Lenormand. 148, (4) PP with b/w illustrations. Stiff covers, illustrated front (engraved bamboo). French text. Fine. 24 x 16.
7 articles including: In memoriam Rock Pidjot ... Prehistory and Ethnohistory of Wallis island, by Christophe Sand.
13187 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES L'EVOLUTION POLITIQUE DES AUTOCHTONES DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $40.00 AUD
Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1954. Extract of an article by Maurice-H. Lenormand, published in the Journal de la Société des Océanistes. Pages 245 to 299. Soft cover, staples. French text. Small insect hole o/wise very good. 26.5 x 17.
Political changes experienced by the indigenous people (Kanaks) of New Caledonia, since the beginning of Settlement, and the 1946 French Constitution creation of l'Union Française. The author was at the time a member of French Parliament for New Caledonia and the New Hebrides.
59225 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES, Tome XXVII / No. 31 $45.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1971. Volume 27, No. 31, June 1971. Edited by R.P. Patrick O'REILLY. (4), 103-214 PP with tables, plus 1 folded plate map Isle of Pines and 18 plates with 38 b/w illustrations. Soft covers with light wear, o/wise very good. French text. 27.5 x 18.3.
Political deportees of the Commune de Paris to Isle of Pines, by Georges Pisier. ... The export trade in tropical products in New Caledonia, by Bronwen Douglas. Land tenure in French Polynesia, by Alfred Grand.
67156 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 141: "Nouveaux Regards sur les Chefferies Fidjiennes" $60.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2015. No. 141, 2015 - 2. Edited by Isabelle Leblic. 186-386 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover, pictorial front. French texts with 4 papers in English. Fine. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301267
Special issue "New Approach to Fijian Chiefdoms", with 7 texts (2 of them in English) edited by Simone Pauwels. ... Some Australian official views of New Caledonia's Melanesians, 1941 to 1953, by Stephen Henningham.
68284 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 142-143: "Du Corps à l'Image" $70.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2016. No. 142-143, 2016, edited by Isabelle Leblic. Special Issue introduced by Aurélie Condevaux, Géraldine Leroux and Laura Schuft. 332, (2) PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover, pictorial front. French texts with 6 papers in English. Small crease on bottom of front cover, o/wise fine. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301304
Special issue: Du Corps à l' Image. La réinvention des Performances Culturelles en Océanie.
70559 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 148: "Filmer (dans) le Pacifique" $65.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2019. No. 148, 2019-1, edited by Isabelle Leblic. Special Issue: "Filmer (dans) le Pacifique", edited and introduced by Jessica De Largy Healy & Eric Wittersheim". 193 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff cover, pictorial front. French texts. Fine. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301373
Special issue: 12 articles: 2 in English and 10 in French, with abstracts in French and English.
71183 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 149: "le Pacifique en premiere ligne face au Changement Climatique" $70.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2019. No. 149, 2019-2, edited by Elodie Fache, Pascal Dumas & Antoine de Ramon N'Yeurt. Special Issue: "Pacific and Climate Change", edited and introduced by Jessica De Largy Healy & Eric Wittersheim". 193 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff cover, pictorial front. Fine. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301212
Special issue - 7 articles: 4 in English and 3 in French, with abstracts in French and English.
71412 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 150: "Varia" $70.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2020. No. 150, 2020-1, edited by Isabelle Leblic. 120 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff cover, pictorial front. Fine. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301380
"Varia" issue - 8 articles: 1 in English (on British New Guinea) and 7 in French, with abstracts in French and English. Subjects: 2 on New Caledonia / 2 on Papua New Guinea / 1 on Futuna Island / 1 on Vanuatu / 1 on Marquesas Islands / 1 on Australia (the Bardi, Saltwater People and ecological knowledge).
72325 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 151 - Dossier: Hommage à Françoise Ozanne- Rivierre et Jean-Claude Rivierre $80.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2020. No. 151, 2020-2, edited by Isabelle Leblic. 121 - 335 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff cover, pictorial front. Fine. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301397
"Linguistique et Ethno-Linguistique Océaniennes" issue - 10 articles: 2 in English (on British New Guinea) and 8 in French, with abstracts in French and English. In Memoriam: Aloï Pilioko (1935-2020).
73177 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 152: Musées et Collections Océaniennes en France $80.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2021. No. 152, 2021-1, edited by Hélène Guiot, Emmanuel Kasarhérou & Magali Mélandri. 200 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff cover, pictorial front. Fine. French text. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301403
"Musées et Collections Océaniennes en France" issue - 12 articles in French, with abstracts in French and English. ... Kelp water container of Lutruwita's (Tasmania) collected by the Bruni d'Entrecasteaux Expedition (1791-1794), by Stephanie Leclerc-Caffarel & Frédérique Servan-Riviale .... In Memoriam: Marshall Sahlins (1930-2021).
73281 SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES JOURNAL DE LA SOCIETE DES OCEANISTES - No. 153: Apprentissage, (re)construction et (re)valorisation des Savoirs en Océanie $80.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 2021. No. 153, 2021-2, edited by Céline Travési. (4), 207 - 394 PP with tables, b/w and colour illustrations. Stiff cover, pictorial front. Near fine. French text. 27.5 x 18. 9782854301410
"... Savoirs en Océanie" issue - 10 articles (1 in English and 9 in French, with abstracts in French and English. .
63607 SOCIETE LE NICKEL FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 28 $15.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2007. No. 28, December 2007. Editorial by Pierre Alla. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Special issue: 30 years of experience and know how, on Mining and Environment.
63608 SOCIETE LE NICKEL FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 29 $15.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2008. No. 29, April 2008. Editorial by Pierre Alla. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Special issue: Workplace safety, Mining, smelting plant ...
63609 SOCIETE LE NICKEL FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 30 $15.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2008. No. 30, June 2008. Editorial by Pierre Alla. 44 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 30 x 21.
Special issue: Smelting plant at Doniambo, New Caledonia / Refining plant at Sandouville, France.
64164 SOCIETE LE NICKEL FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 43 $10.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2013. No. 43, September 2013. Editorial by Pierre Gugliermina. 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
68737 SOCIETE LE NICKEL FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 48 $10.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2016. No. 48, October 2016. Editorial by Jérôme Fabre. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
68738 SOCIETE LE NICKEL FREQUENCE NICKEL (Le Magazine de la SLN) - No. 49 $10.00 AUD
Société Le Nickel - SLN. Nouméa. 2017. No. 49, March 2017. Editorial by Jérôme Fabre. 40 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
33087 SOURY-LAVERGNE, Antoine LES MORCEAUX CALEDONIENS - Recueil de Poésies d'un Colon Français établi en Nouvelle-Calédonie $30.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 118 PP with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. French text. Fine. 22 x 14. 2841700526
Poems and short stories of a French Settler.
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.
11757 SPENCER, M., WARD, A. & CONNELL, J. NEW CALEDONIA, Essays in Nationalism and Dependency $10.00 AUD
The first book presenting the point of view of the Europeans as well as the indigenous people.
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).
50931 SQUIRES, Nick NEW CALEDONIA: Paradise Found (in Qantas Magazine) $15.00 AUD
Qantas Airways Ltd. Sydney. 2003. Issue for November 2003. 264 PP. Contains article between P.110 and 121with 3 b/w and 17 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 27.5 x 21.
... the melting pot that is New Caledonia.
14846 STAHL, Paul-Jean 1942-1945 LES AMERICAINS EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $50.00 AUD
Les Editions du Santal. Nouméa. 1994. 1st Ed. 139 PP, (5 PP for epilogue, chronological events & bibliography) with 2 maps, 8 b/w, 8 colour illustrations and 210 b/w photos. Soft cover, dj. Fine. French text. Oblong: 20.8 x 28. 2950873901
During WWII, the U.S. Forces had large bases in New Caledonia, preventing invasion by the Japanese and preparing the counter attacks on Guadalcanal, etc... The impact of the Americans on the Territory was important and brought about many changes.
57753 STAMFORD, Anne (editor) GONG, Young Voices from the New Hebrides $15.00 AUD
South Pacific Creative Arts Society. Suva. 1975. 1st Ed. (4), 112 PP (in typescript) with b/w illustrations (drawings, photos). Pictorial soft cover, staples. Fine. 19.8 x 16.
Texts published in 1972, 1973 and 1974, in The Gong, the annual publication of the British Secondary School.
38562 STEPHEN, Ann (editor) VISIONS OF A REPUBLIC - The Work of Lucien Henry - Paris * Nouméa * Sydney $40.00 AUD
Powerhouse Publishing. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Dedication plate, 1890. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note signed by the editor. Fine. 30.3 x 24. 1863170847
The work of a French - Australian artist, Lucien Henry. Born in France. Member of the 1871 uprising La Commune de Paris. Deported to New Caledonia as a Communard (communist) up to the 1879 amnesty to political deportees. Artist in Australia...
38839 STEPHEN, Ann (editor) VISIONS OF A REPUBLIC - The Work of Lucien Henry - Paris * Nouméa * Sydney $30.00 AUD
Powerhouse Publishing. Sydney. 2001. 1st Ed. 240 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Fp: Dedication plate, 1890. Pictorial card cover. Dedicatory note signed by the author on title page. Fine. 29.8 x 23.4. 1863170782
The work of a French-Australian artist Lucien Henry. Born in France. Member of the 1871 uprising of La Commune de Paris. Deported to New Caledonia as a Communard (communist) up to the 1879 amnesty to political deportees. Artist in Australia...
49259 STREETER, Joseph LA PLACE DE L'ENFANT DANS LA SOCIETE KANAK $20.00 AUD
Agence de Développement de la Culture Kanak. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. Cahiers des Conférences de l' A.D.C.K., No. 8. 36 PP. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 21.2 x 14.5. 2909407632
Children and Kanak Culture/Environment.
13507 SUPRIN, Bernard STARS DU CAILLOU - Les Arbres $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed., No. 1 in the Faune & Flore series. 56 PP with 15 b/w photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 284170070
15 trees found in New Caledonia: rethrophyllum minor, arillastrum gummiferum, agathis, araucaria columnaris...
34564 SUPRIN, Bernard MARGOUILLAT MON AMI $45.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 55 PP with 1 map, 1 family tree, 15 comic strips by Philippe Belloc, and 21 colour photos by Philippe Godard. Pictorial card cover. As new. French text. Oblong: 18 x 24.2.
The Geckos of New Caledonia.
73605 SYLVANO, Bernard INTIMES CONVICTIONS - Les Grandes Affaires Criminelles de Nouvelle-Calédonie Volume 1: 1993-1995 $50.00 AUD
Editions Barney. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. 243, (3) PP with 27 b/w illustrations by Johannès Wahono. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Near fine. 21 x 14.7
Chronicle of 18 crimes committed in New Caledonia between 1993 and 1995.
44054 TABANI, Marc Kurt LES POUVOIRS DE LA COUTUME A VANUATU - Traditionalisme et edification nationale $15.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2002. 1st Ed., in Collection Connaissance des Hommes. (2), 304, (2) PP with 1 map. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747527956
73817 TAISNE, Capitaine de Corvette B. / GUILCHER, M. EXPEDITION FRANCAISE SUR LES RECIFS CORALLIENS DE LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Volume Premier: Organisation et Hydrographie / Récifs du Sud, Récifs de Tuo $100.00 AUD
Editions de la Fondation Singer-Polignac. Paris. 1965. Volume 1. 1st Ed. Foreword by Roger Heim. VIII, 240 PP with tables, over 20 maps or sketch maps in b/w or colour and over 55 figures, plus 13 plates with 4 colour and 29 b/w photos. Stiff covers with light wear, title on front cover and spine. Free fly of the front endpaper with stamp of previous owner. French text. Near fine condition. 32 x 24.
37126 TARDIEU, Danielle NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - FLEURS & PLANTES DE NOS JARDINS $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 1999. 1st Ed. 95 PP with over 130 colour photos. Fp: Frangipanier. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 2913256015
Description, origin... of 34 flowers and exotic plants.
51553 TARDIEU, Danielle NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - FRUITS DE NOS JARDINS $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2002. 1st Ed. 80 PP with 75 colour photos. Title spread: tropical fruits. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 15. 2913256538
Description, origin... of over 20 tropical fruits and how to prepare them.
53055 TARDIEU, Danielle NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - FLEURS & PLANTES DE NOS JARDINS 2 $20.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed. 88 PP with over 150 colour photos. Fp: Hibiscus Immutabilis. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 2913256953
Description, origin... of 34 flowers and exotic plants.
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2006. 1st Ed. 73 PP with 18 colour illustrations by J. J. Mahuteau and 18 colour photos by Denis Vigier. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 9782913256929
50 recipes using Coconuts.
34920 TARDY DE MONTRAVEL, Captain J. NEW CALEDONIA $40.00 AUD
Colin Hinchcliffe, "Empire Books". York, UK. c.1995. Facsimile reprint of 4 articles published in "The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle", 1856. Translated from the Annales Maritimes et Coloniales. 33 PP with 1 table. Soft covers, title on front cover, spiral bound. Near fine 29.9 x 21.
The author, Captain of the French warship "Constantine", discovered, explored and settled the site of Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia.
74012 TARDY DE MONTRAVEL, Captain J. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW CALEDONIA AS A COLONY OF FRANCE $30.00 AUD
Colin Hinchcliffe, "Empire Books". York, UK. c.1995. Facsimile reprint of an article published in "The Nautical Magazine and Naval Chronicle", issue of July 1855. Translated from the Annales Maritimes et Coloniales. 9 PP (recto only). Soft covers, title on front cover, spiral bound. Near fine 29.9 x 21.
The author, Captain of the French warship "Constantine", discovered, explored and settled the site of Nouméa, capital of New Caledonia.
58837 TAURU, Liliane JEAN-MARIE TJIBAOU, BIOGRAPHIE ILLUSTREE $50.00 AUD
ADCK - Ngan Jila / centre culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. 117, (3) PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 23 x 23. 9782909407494
Centre Culturel Tjibaou / Ngan Jila. Nouméa. 2009. 1st English edition translated from the French original by Roy Benyon. Introduction by Emmanuel Kasarhérou. 80 PP with 1 map and colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 29.7 x 21.2. 9782909407654
Art treasures of 26 Artists: Paula Boi, Yvette Bouquet ... Aloï Pilioko ... Daniel Waswas ...
47766 TCHERKO, Louna & EMILIO, Sandro KOCHI-INDIA. Un thé à la cardamome $40.00 AUD
Rhizome. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. 125, (3) PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 17.5 x 11.5. 2913286046
Novel set in India.
49017 TCHERKO, Louna & EMILIO, Sandro AU COEUR DE LA PIERRE - Histoire d'un Enfant en Pays Kanak $25.00 AUD
Les Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2005. Reprint of the 2001 original. Preface by Déwé Gorodé. 92 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 18 x 11. 2913256945
Cultural shock: school teacher sent from France with his knowledge and customs of the Kanak world and culture.
53191 TCHERKO, Louna & PHEU, Arnaud LA VENGEANCE DU BANYAN $25.00 AUD
Grain de Sable Jeunesse / CDP. Nouméa. 2005. Reprint of the 2003 original, in collection "Le moustik qui pique". 134 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 18 x 14. 2841701018
12404 TCHOEAOUA, Eloi, GOROMIDO, Antoine, KURTOVITCH, Ismet et al. CONTRIBUTION A L'HISTOIRE DU PAYS KANAK $25.00 AUD
Editions I K S / Association pour la Fondation d'un Institut Kanal d'Histoire Moderne. Nouméa. 1983. Published as a special edition of l'Avenir Calédonien, issue No.894. 112 PP with b/w photos, graphs, tables. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 18.
The point of view of the Kanaks, on the history of their country, written one year before the turmoil of 1984.
44447 TEA, Ice LE RAPPORT STAR $20.00 AUD
Poupée Production. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. No pagination, 70 PP with 40 b/w cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 15 x 21.
The Star report: Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinski, by a cartoonist from Nouméa.
58655 TEA, Ice NOUS, LES FEMMES $40.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. No pagination, 78 PP with b/w or colour cartoons. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 21.2.
Women seen by a cartoonist from Nouméa.
67410 TEIN, Gilbert (editor) AGENDA du SENAT COUTUMIER de la Nouvelle-Calédonie - 2016 $30.00 AUD
Unused diary for 2016, describing the "Customary Senate" and the other institutions: City councils, Provinces, Territory, French High Commission.
44990 TEIN, Gilbert Kaloonbat (editor) KAAN FALIK, Boutures de paroles - Contes de la Région de Hienghène $20.00 AUD
Bureau du Patrimoine Culturel / Province Nord. Koné, New Caledonia. 2003. 1st Ed. No. 1 in Les Documents du Bureau du Patrimoine Culturel. 38 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Texts in Jawe and Nemi languages with French translation. 21 x 14.8.
7 tales from the Hyenghen area, North East of New Caledonia.
11101 TEIN, Kaloonbat HWANFALIK, Dictons de la Vallée de Hienghène / Sayings of the Hienghène Valley $25.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1992. Reprint of the 1987 O.C.S.T.C. original. 60 PP with 1 b/w portrait of the Author and 13 b/w illustrations by Paula Boi & Annie Roses. Soft cover, illustrated front. French & English text. Near fine. 21 x 14.8. 2909407071
The sayings (Hwanfalik in the Nemi language of Hienghène), manner of expression, rich in poetry and offering a wealth of philosophy. Ceremony, daily life ...
13301 TEMU, Ila RECENT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS IN SMALLER SOUTH PACIFIC COUNTRIES: COOK ISLANDS, KIRIBATI, TUVALU AND NEW CALEDONIA $20.00 AUD
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies - A.N.U. Canberra. 1996. 1st Ed. Working Papers 96/4. III, 22 PP (2 adv) with 12 tables. Soft cover. Fine. 24.9 x 17.5. 0731519957
46675 TEPINIER, Noëllyne (NOËLLA) SOUVENIRS ET IMPRESSIONS $25.00 AUD
Centre Raoul Follereau (Ducos). Nouméa. 1971. 1st Ed. 59 PP. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.7.
Souvenirs of New Caledonia: 1920 to 1971. The author then 16, was affected by leprosis in 1920 and was subsequently kept in the leper-hospital of l'Ile-aux-chèvres then Raoul Follereau at Ducos.
60907 TERRIER, Christiane & DEFRANCE, Véronique CORPS A CORPS AVEC L'HISTOIRE - Le Corps dans l'histoire de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $80.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2011. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean Lèques. 168 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 24 x 21. 9782953506914
62447 TERRIER, Christiane & DEFRANCE, Véronique (editors) NOUMEA - PAPEETE: 150 ans de Liens et d'Echanges / NOUMEA E O PAPEETE: hoê hanere a pae àhuru matahiti tei paèpaèhia i nià i te parau no te natiraa e te ôpereraa $75.00 AUD
Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. A word from Jean Lèques, Lord Mayor of Nouméa. Introduction by Christiane Terrier & Véronique Defrance. 220 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 21. 9782953506938
17194 TERRIER-DOUYERE, C., ANGLEVIEL, F. et al. ETRE CALDOCHE AUJOURD'HUI $30.00 AUD
Ile de Lumière. Nouméa. 1996. Reprint of the 1994 original. (2), 256 PP with 7 tables, 3 graphs & 5 pages of cartoons, plus 10 pages with 5 b/w photos, 1 colour photo & 6 colour paintings. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.8 x 14.4.
Caldoche: Descendant of a white settler of New Caledonia. A think tank organized to give a definition of, and a meaning to, Caldoche.
54937 TERZIAN, Edouard GRAND ECART. Parcours d'un Saint-Cyrien atypique $55.00 AUD
Indo Editions. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed. 363 PP, (5 publications) with 9 maps, 51 b/w and 11 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 24 x 15.5. 9782914086295
Armenian origins, WWII in Provence and resistance, Military Academy of Saint-Cyr: Officer with duties in Indochina, Algeria... then New Caledonia (1972-1974). Settling in New Caledonia and creation of the publisher Hachette Calédonie (1974-1989)...
62917 THIERCELIN, Dr. Louis & MORTELIER, Christiane UN BALEINIER A ARAMA (in Bulletin S.E.H. No. 94) $10.00 AUD
Société d'Etudes Historiques de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 1993. No. 94 (1st term 1993). 100 PP. Contains article, presented by Christiane Mortelier, between P.11 and 52 with b/w illustrations (1 chart, 1 photo, 1 portrait and 8 engravings). Pictorial soft cover. Issue lacking P.75 to 84 (La Ville de Castries et de Kastri, par J. Guillou). French text. Very good. 27.6 x 17.5.
Call in 1863, of the French Whalers "Gustave" and "Winslow" in the North of New Caledonia. Encounter with Father Jerome Guitta.
45557 THILLIER, Sophie (editor) LE BESTIAIRE $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed., in collection Pikinini. 56 PP with b/w illustrations by Patrice Levanchaux. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 11. 2841700151
11 short stories by school children from the Mariotti College in Noumea. How cats can see at night. Why girafes have a long necks...
56975 THONG, Gilbert SHOW PACIFIQUE - Manou et Noeud Papillon $55.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2007. 1st Ed. No. 9 in Lettres du Pacifique series. Preface by Marie Claude Tjibaou. 204, (2) PP, plus 18 pages with 2 cartoons and over 42 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296046573
Life in New Caledonia of the son of a Tonkinese indentured labourer: Fishing competition, Show Business (boxing, circus, Miss France...), Tourism...
12707 TIAVOUANE, Denise WAAWE, Le Sapin de Pwea $20.00 AUD
ADCK. Noumea. 1994. No. 3 in the Collection Ko I Neva. 8 PP with 12 b/w illust. Eps. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 19.2. 2909407683
Catalogue of an exhibition held in 1994 at Pouebo by the Kanak artists Denise Tiavouane.
47676 TIAVOUANE, Denise ÂC HÊNATENÂ - HOMME D'AUJOURD'HUI - MAN OF TODAY $20.00 AUD
ADCK. Noumea. 2001. 1st Ed. 32 PP with 22 colour illustrations (1 portrait and 21 paintings). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. Oblong: 18 x 22. 2909407888
Catalogue of an exhibition held in 2001 at Centre Culturel Tjibaou.
51427 TIMBRES POSTE LE TIMBRE ET LA MER EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - POSTER $10.00 AUD
Editions Scripta / Office des Postes et Télécomminications. Nouméa. c. 2000. Poster in the Faune et Flore de Nouvelle-Calédonie series. Stamps on the sea, colour illustrations by René Renneteau. Fine. Format: 85 x 60.
Stamps of New Caledonia related to the sea: Voyages, explorers, shipping, fishes, shells...
55776 TIME INTERNATIONAL THE NEW FRANCE (in Time International) $10.00 AUD
Time Atlantic Edition. Amsterdam. 1991. Special Issue. 76 PP with b/w or colour illustrations. Articles on France between pages 8 and 52. Pictorial soft cover (Asterix, Obelix and Idefix with French flags inside out, by Uderzo). Fine. 27 x 20.7.
The Search for a new France, by James Walsh. Superb Paris, by Margot Hornblower... Grand Ambitions, by William Rademaekers... On Being French, by Philippe Labro.
13178 TJIBAOU, Jean-Marie & MISSOTTE, Ph. KANAKE - The Melanesian Way $25.00 AUD
Editions du Pacifique. Papeete. 1978. 1st English edition. 120 PP, with 200 colour photos. Eps: Dances & Pilou Pilou. Pictorial card cover. Bookplate of previous owner on front endpaper, o/wise a near fine copy. 29.7 x 21. 2857001118
During the 1975 festival Melanesia 2000, the Kanaks/Melanesians had their first opportunity to compile an inventory of their heritage.
58176 TJIBAOU, Jean-Marie & MISSOTTE, Philippe LA CASE ET LE SAPIN $20.00 AUD
Grain de Sable. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed., No.2 in Chemin de Paroles series. (Extract from Kanake, Mélanésien de Nouvelle-Calédonie, published in 1978). 55 PP with b/w illust. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 15 x 10.8. 2841700178
In celebration of Mélanésia 2000 which took place 20 years ago.
55778 TJIBAOU, Jean-Marie & YEIWENE, Yeiwéné TJIBAOU ET YEIWENE ASSASSINES (in Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes) $150.00 AUD
Les Nouvelle Calédoniennes. Nouméa. 1989. 4 Issues of this Daily Newspaper, published after the murder of Jean-Marie Tjibaou and Yeiwéné Yeiwéné. Issues No. 5396 (Friday 5th of May 1989) to No. 5400 (Wednesday 10th of May 1989). 124 PP with b/w and colour photos. Soft cover. Slight ageing of paper. French text. Fine. Scarce. 45 x 29.
No. 5396, Friday 5th May 19879: Tjibaou et Yeiwéné assassinés / Murder of Tjibaou and Yeiwéné. No. 5397, Saturday 6th / Sunday 7th and Monday 8th of May: Ouvéa: le choc / Uvea in shock. No. 5398, Monday 8th of May (special issue): Les obsèques du silence / Silent Funerals. No. 5400, Wednesday 10th of May: Le FULK ne condamne pas l'assassinat de Jean-Marie Tjibaou / The murder of Jean-Marie Tjibaou is not condemned by the Front Uni de Liberation Kanak.
33049 TOGNA, Octave & BOULAY, Roger (editors) Cibau Cibau - JEAN-MARIE TJIBAOU - Kamo pa Kavaac $30.00 AUD
Ngan Jila / Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 1998. 1st English edition, translated from the French original by Roy Benyon. 80 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 15 x 15. 2909407780
Through words and portraits, thoughts and images, meet this man from Kanaky.
33050 TOGNA, Octave & BOULAY, Roger (editors) Cibau Cibau - JEAN-MARIE TJIBAOU - Kamo pa Kavaac $35.00 AUD
Ngan Jila / Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 1998. 1st Ed. 80 PP with b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 15 x 15. 2909407780
Through words and portraits, thoughts and images, meet this man from Kanaky.
71275 TOGNA, Octave, KASARHEROU, Emmanuel & MOZZICONACCI, Cécile (editors) TJIBAOU CULTURAL CENTRE $45.00 AUD
Ngan Jila / Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 1998. 1st English edition, translated from the French original by Roy Benyon. 114 PP with b/w and colour photos. Pictorial card cover. Fine. 20 x 20. 2909407810
Symbolises the recognition and existence of the Kanak people.
53925 TOGNA, Octave, SEITHER, Grégoire & LAULANNE, Pierre (editors) KO I NEVA - Sculpteurs et Peintres Kanak Contemporains $65.00 AUD
ADCK. Nouméa. 1992. 1st Ed. 110 PP with b/w & colour photos. Pictorial laminated boards. French text (preface, foreword and introduction in English and French). Fine. 30.5 x 23. 2909407098
First book on Kanak contemporary art. 45 artists, 18 interviews & 200 photographs.
12643 TOUYA, Jacques LETTRES DE MON LAGON $25.00 AUD
Author. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. (2), 160 PP, (2), plus 14 pages with 7 b/w illust. by the author. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 25 x 16.5.
Twenty-nine stories from around the world (6 of them are New Caledonian tales) written for young people.
58746 TRAVEL NEW CALEDONIA ! - THE TRAVELLER'S GUIDE $10.00 AUD
Office du Tourisme de Nouméa et de la Province Sud. Nouméa. 2007. August 2007 edition. 82 PP with colour photos, plus 1 folded plate at rear of guide (map of New Caledonia on verso, and plan of Nouméa on recto). Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.5 x 11.2.
60360 TREPIED, Benoit UNE MAIRIE DANS LA FRANCE COLONIALE: Koné, Nouvelle-Calédonie $40.00 AUD
Editions Karthala. Paris. 2010. 1st Ed., in the "Recherches Internationales" series. 390 PP with tables and 3 maps, plus 16 pages with 41 b/w photos. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21.5 x 13.5. 9782811104115
62452 TRIBOUILLIER, Anne-Laure & ANGLEVIEL, Fréderic Chroniques d'un Navire de Commerce: TACITE, 1869-1873 (in Le Petit Journal) $15.00 AUD
Musée de l'Histoire Maritime de Nouvelle-Calédonie / Mairie de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2002. Issue: Friday 7th of June 2002. 8 PP with b/w illustrations. French text. Fine. Format: 42 x 29.5. 2951868804
Exhibition held 7th June to 3rd November 2002. Windjammer sunk 10 October 1873 on arrival in New Caledonia. Wreck discovered in 1998.
11735 TRISTAN, Anne L'AUTRE MONDE, Un Passage en Kanaky $15.00 AUD
Gallimard. Paris. 1990. 1st Ed. 294 PP with 3 maps. Pict. soft cover. Very good. French text. 20.5 x 14. 207071780
A year within the FLNKS ranks by a French journalist, at the time of the Matignon Agreement up to the death of the independence movement's leader, J.M. Tjibaou and Yéwéné Yéwéné.
47846 TRYON, Darrell (editor) PACIFIC IDENTITIES / LES IDENTITES DU PACIFIQUE (in The New Pacific Review / La Nouvelle Revue Du Pacifique - Volume 1) $80.00 AUD
Nouméa Symposium Proceedings (15 papers) held 15-16 July 1999. Pacific Identities and Modernities, by Marshall Sahlins. Identity and Power in Vanuatu, by Darrell Tryon. Identity and language, by Louise Peltzer...
58593 TSUDA, Mutsumi FEU NOS PERES - Les émigrants japonais en Nouvelle-Calédonie $125.00 AUD
Comité de l' Exposition / Mutsumi Tsuda. Nouméa. 2006. 1st edition, with a preface by Emmanuel Kasarhérou. 100 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. Text in French and Japanese. Musical CD with envelope tipped in on rear endpaper. 28 x 22.5. 4861520843
Catalogue of the exhibition "Japanese in New Caledonia" held at Centre Jean Marie Tchibaou: August to November 2006. The Japanese in New Caledonia: successful integration, by Philippe Palombo. The material and cultural property of Japanese migrants to New Caledonia, by Ryo Kutsuki. Japanese sequestration. Japanese-Kanaks in New Caledonia, by Dany Dalmayrac. The Pacific War and Japanese Migrants in New Caledonia, from imprisonment to expulsion, by Yuriko Nagata. The story of a "Paradise Lost", by Mutsumi Tsuda.
61811 TSUDA, Mutsumi AMES ERRANTES / MABUI NO OORAI - Le desin brisé des émigrants d'Okinawa en Nouvelle-Calédoine $45.00 AUD
Madrépores. Nouméa. 2012. 1st French edition. Translated from the Japanese original "Mabui no oorai" (Le voyage des âmes) by Yuu Tsuchiya-Desvals. 189, (3) PP with 3 maps, 19 pages of facsimiles (documents & letters), 16 colour and 44 b/w photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15. 9782952550277
Japanese indentured labour to New Caledonia and sequel to the attack on Pearl Harbour: arrest, spoliation, internment in Australia, return to Japan ...
Editions de l' AS Lössi / GROHC. Nouméa. 2014. 1st Ed. Preface by Dominique Saijin. 48 PP with b/w and colour illustraztions. Stiff cover, illustrated front and back, staples. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.5. 9782953990898
11155 UNE Unë, UJICAS Waheo, et al. LANGUE DREHU - Propositions d'Ecriture / Aqane troa cinyihan la qene Drehu $45.00 AUD
Bureau des Langues Vernaculaires / CTRDP. Nouméa. 1984. 1st Ed., No. 2 in Langues Canaques series. 108 PP with 4 maps in text. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French and Drehu text. 27 x 17.5.
Language spoken by around 15,000 inhabitants living either on Lifou Island or in the rest of New Caledonia & its dependencies.
37997 UNION AGRICOLE CALEDONIENNE NOTICE SUR LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE - Ses Richesses, Son Avenir $150.00 AUD
Société d' Editions Litteraires et Artistiques. Paris. 1900. 1st Ed. XII, 210, (4), 18 PP. Marbled endpapers. Quarter bound, marbled boards, gilt title on spine. Leather rubbed at top of spine. Ageing of paper, o/wise near fine. Rare. French text. 23.6 x 15.5.
Presentation of New Caledonia written for the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Geography, Economic tools, Settlement. Convict settlement. Native population (race, customs, lifestyle...). Cattle breeding, agriculture, mining.
11486 UNION CALEDONIENNE KEE TE VE TAA (XXIV CONGRES UNION CALEDONIENNE - 12-13 Novembre 1993) $35.00 AUD
Union Calédonienne. Noumea. 1994. 1st Ed. 28 PP with b/w photos & tables in text. FEP/REP: 4 colour photos. Pict. soft cover with 4 colour photos. Fine. French text. 26.7 x 18.2.
24th political congress of the Union Calédonienne, held at N'De - Paita (Djubea-Kapone) region in November, 1993.
11710 UNION CALEDONIENNE MATA RE TEPE, Carrefour des Jeunes U.C. du 9 au 11 Décembre, 1988 - Canala $30.00 AUD
Union Calédonienne. Nouméa. 1989. 46 PP with b/w & colour illust. Colour pict. wrappers. Fine. French text. 27 x 17.7.
First meeting of the young members of this political party (U.C.) with the themes: Land and Heritage - Youth - Future.
11712 UNION CALEDONIENNE TAEVAS - 16ème Congrès de l'Union Calédonienne, Arama 9.10.11. novembre 1985 $30.00 AUD
Union Calédonienne. Nouméa. 1986. 32 PP with b/w photos. Colour pict. wrappers. Fine. French text. 27 x 17.7.
Political congress held in 1985, a year after the turmoil of November, 1984-March, 1985.
12755 UNION CALEDONIENNE REFLEXIONS SUR LES TERRES 1981-1991 $40.00 AUD
Union Calédonienne. Nouméa. c. 1991. 1st Ed. 34 PP with tables & graphs. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 27 x 18.
The land problems & ground gained by the Union Calédonienne through militant intervention during their annual congresses and action in the field. Problems of the mining industry (extraction & export).
47956 UNION CALEDONIENNE TAEVAS - 16ème Congrès de l'Union Calédonienne, Arama 9, 10, & 11 novembre 1985 $20.00 AUD
Union Calédonienne. Nouméa. 1986. No pagination, 16 PP with 32 PP with 31 b/w photos. Soft cover. Fine. 26.5 x 18.
Photo souvenir of the political congress held in 1985, a year after the turmoil of November, 1984-March, 1985.
49087 UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC JOURNAL OF PACIFIC STUDIES - FRANCONESIA: Contemporary Aspects of Francophone Presence in Oceania - Volume 27, No.1 $20.00 AUD
School of Social and Economic Development / University of the South Pacific. Suva. 2004. August 2004. Edited by Frédéric ANGLEVIEL. (4), 137, (3) PP. Soft cover. Fine. 21 x 14.8.
8 papers. 2 in French: Vision of precolonial paradise in Tahiti, by Philippe Bachimon. Uveans (Wallisians) in New Caledonia, by Dominique Pechberty. 6 in English: Input of Francophone archaeological research in the Pacific, by Christophe Sand... The Black and the Red: Radicalising anti-colonialism in 1970s New Caledonia, by David Chappell..
38601 VALENTIN, Frédérique & SAND, Christophe ARCHEOLOGIE DES MORTS - Etudes anthropologiques de squelettes préhistoriques de Nouvelle-Calédonie $60.00 AUD
Service des Musées et du Patrimoine. Nouméa. 2000. 1st Ed. Volume 11 in Les Cahiers de l'Archéologie en Nouvelle-Calédonie. 102 PP with b/w illustrations (maps, plans, sketches and photos). Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21. 2950931170
Anthropological studies on prehistoric skeletons in New Caledonia.
52312 VALETTE, Jacques CHRONIQUES DES TERRES ROUGES. Le Grand Sud Calédonien $70.00 AUD
Alan Sutton. Saint-Cyr-sur-loire. 2006. 1st Ed., in collection Passé Simple. 192 PP with b/w illustrations (charts, maps & plans, engravings & photos), plus 16 pages with 34 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Lower corner of covers with light creases. French text. Near fine. 23.5 x 15.5. 9782849103647
The South of New Caledonia: Agriculture, Mining (cobalt, iron, nickel), Forestry, Hydroelectricity, Health Resorts...
42532 VALLES, Sophie & ESTOURNES, Jean-Marc LES ARBRES $35.00 AUD
Planète Mémo. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed., in Découvertes Calédoniènnes series. 62 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (photographs by Claude Beaudemoulin). Pictorial laminated boards. Near fine. French text. 28.8 x 21.8. 2914070160
Trees of New Caledonia.
60649 VANUATU GRASSROOTS (ceux qui votent) $25.00 AUD
Association Philux. Port Vila. 2007. DVD 9 - Duration: 85 minutes. Film by Eric WITTERSHEIM. Format 16/9 - Pal. Original in Bislama. Subtitles in French, English or Spanish. Contained in a plastic box. Format: 19 x 13.5.
Film of 2003 on the April 2002 election in Vanuatu.
58604 VAUTRIN, Felix SIX FRERES DANS LA GRANDE GUERRE (1915-1918) $85.00 AUD
Cercle du Musée de la Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jerry Delathière. 204 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 21. 9782953506907
World War One, through the letters and writings of 6 brothers from New Caledonia.
22352 VELOT, Jean Pierre (editor) POURQUOI PAS ? No. 25 $15.00 AUD
Association Inadaptation et Société. Nouméa. 1992. June 1995. 36 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8. -ISSN 09919791
A quarterly magazine on health, social, education and cultural problems - Caldoches and their culture. Kanaks & Jews: lessons from history. Recent political problems explained with the graffiti on the walls of Nouméa.
22353 VELOT, Jean Pierre (editor) POURQUOI PAS ? No. 24 $15.00 AUD
Association Inadaptation et Société. Nouméa. 1992. March 1992. 40 PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 20.8. -ISSN 09919791
A quarterly magazine on health, social, education and cultural problems - Marital union in tribal lands. Popular education. Justice in New Caledonia.
62505 VERGUET, Léopold HISTOIRE DE LA PREMIERE MISSION CATHOLIQUE AU VICARIAT DE MELANESIE $80.00 AUD
Association Arts et Traditions Rurales. Montpellier, France. 2012. 1st Ed. Introduction by Jean-Claude Richard, Alain Saussol & Joël Dauphiné. XXII, (4), 366 PP (reprint of the 1854 original) with b/w illustrations (1 engraving, 2 facsimiles of documents, 3 portraits, 7 maps & plans) and 5 colour illustrations, plus 24 plates (2 watercolours and 22 b/w engravings). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.5 x 14.5. 9791090704039
New South Wales: P.26 to 54, plus 2 b/w plates. New Caledonia: P.55 to 75, then P.231 to 279. Solomon Islands: P.76 to 205, then P.280 to 286. New Zealand: P.208 to 231.
58866 VERNAUDON, Jacques & FILLOL, Véronique (editors) VERS UNE ECOLE PLURILINGUE DANS LES COLLECTIVITES FRANCAISES D'OCEANIE ET DE GUYANE $70.00 AUD
l'Harmattan. Paris. 2009. 1st Ed., in Cahiers du Pacifique sud contemporain, Hors série No. 1. Foreword by Charles Washetine. 320, (2) PP with tables and figures. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 15.5. 9782296093010
48080 VERNAY, Jean-François & LE MESTRE, Monika (editors) L'IMAGE (in CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES, Revue Culturelle Calédonienne) $10.00 AUD
Correspondances Antipodéennes. Nouméa. 2004. Vol. 3, No. 2, November 2004. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
La magie de l' image. On pictorial representation. Regard culturel sur la photographie dans le Pacifique, by David Becker. L'image au service de l'histoire Calédonienne, by Frédéric Angleviel...
48081 VERNAY, Jean-François & LE MESTRE, Monika (editors) LE CORPS (in CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES, Revue Culturelle Calédonienne) $10.00 AUD
Correspondances Antipodéennes. Nouméa. 2003. Vol. 2, No. 2, Hors Série, December 2003. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
The Body. Cartographie du corps aborigène, by John Ramsland... Les débuts du Corps Médical en Nouvelle-Calédonie, by Gabriel Valet... Fehoa, initiation sacred dance from Lifu, by Nathalie Cartacheff...
45562 VERNAY, Jean-François & LEMESTRE, Monika (editors) LA FEMME (in CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES, Revue Culturelle Calédonienne) $10.00 AUD
Correspondances Antipodéennes. Nouméa. 2002. Vol. I, No. 1, March 2002. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
Women in the first issue of this Cultural Magazine from New Caledonia.
45563 VERNAY, Jean-François & LEMESTRE, Monika (editors) LA JEUNESSE (in CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES, Revue Culturelle Calédonienne) $10.00 AUD
Correspondances Antipodéennes. Nouméa. 2002. Vol. I, No. 2, October 2002. 38 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
Youth, in the second issue of this Cultural Magazine from New Caledonia.
45565 VERNAY, Jean-François & LEMESTRE, Monika (editors) LA MEMOIRE (in CORRESPONDANCES OCEANIENNES, Revue Culturelle Calédonienne) $10.00 AUD
Correspondances Antipodéennes. Nouméa. 2003. Vol. 2, No. 1, June 2003. 34 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
Memories, in the June 2003 issue of this Cultural Magazine from New Caledonia.
73600 VIANNENC, Férnandré Jules LE DANUBE ETAIT GRIS ... Histoire de la Déportation des Travailleurs Français en Allemagne $50.00 AUD
F. J. Viannenc. Nouméa. 1991. 1st Ed. 219, (3) PP with b/w illustrations (4 maps, 3 posters, 1 portrait of the author and 10 photos, plus 4 plates in colour. Stiff covers, pictorial front. French text. Fine. 20.3 x 14.
Between September 1942 and May 1945, close to eight hundred thousand young French people were sent to work (slaves) in Germany.
71202 VIBERT, Lucien THE NEW HEBRIDES $60.00 AUD
Author / W.C. Penfold & Co. Sydney. 1943. 1st Ed. 32 PP, plus 8 pages with 16 b/w photos. Stapled soft covers faded around edges with a small repair at bottom near spine. Light foxing, o/wise contents near fine. Scarce. 18.5 x 12.5.
Information booklet with sections on the geological origins and physical aspects, the flora and fauna, administration, justice, ethnology, religion of the natives, native food, manners and customs, demography, recruiting of labour, clothing, immigration, agriculture, native language, commerce, communications, touring, the War..
58657 VIDAL, Général Jacques GROTTE D'OUVEA - La Libération des Otages $50.00 AUD
Volum Editions. Quimper, France. 2010. 1st Ed., in Collection Zone Interdite. 227, (5 publications) PP with 2 maps, 1 diagram, 1 sketch and 6 newspaper clippings, plus 16 pages with 2 cartoons, 2 maps in colour, 8 b/w and 48 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 24 x 16. 9782359600131
1988: Hostages on Uvea Atoll, New Caledonia, and their liberation by the General in charge of Opération Victor.
60343 VIDOIRE, Maryse BIENVENUE A LA FERME - NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE / 2011 $10.00 AUD
Chambre d'Agriculture de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. Edition 2011. 60 PP with colour illustrations (1 map, 1 table and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15
40661 VIEILLARD, E. & DEPLANCHE, E. ESSAI SUR LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $30.00 AUD
L'Harmattan. Paris. 2001. Facsimile reprint of the 1863 original published by Librairie Challamel Ainé. Collection Fac-Similés Océaniens, annotated by Fréderic Angleviel. XVIII, 150, (1), XIII PP with 7 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 21.5 x 13.5. 2747500381
The authors were surgeons with the French Navy and based in New Caledonia between 1855 to 1860 and 1861 to 1867.
55592 VIENNE, Bernard GENS DE MOTLAV - Idéologie et pratique sociale en Mélanésie $45.00 AUD
Musée de l'Homme / Société des Océanistes. Paris. 1984. 1st Ed. Publication No. 42. 434, (2) PP with 17 genealogical trees, 63 tables,and 58 figures (maps, graphs, organigrams). Pictorial stiff covers. French text. Fine. 24.5 x 16. 2854300009
48003 VILLE DE NOUMEA Si Nouméa m'était contée - NOUMEA: 150 ANS D' HISTOIRE $20.00 AUD
Mairie de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2004. Special issue of Le Nouméa, (revue d'information de la Ville de Nouméa), inserted in Volume No. 81, May 2004. Issue No. 81: 32 PP . Special Issue: Edited by Jean LEQUES. 16 PP. Both issues with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. French text. 31 x 22,
Publication celebrating the sesquicentenary of the city of Nouméa, founded by Tardy de Montravel in 1854 at Port de France.
58654 VILLE DE NOUMEA 1939-1945 - LA NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE DANS LE SECOND CONFLIT MONDIAL $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2010. 1st Ed. Edited by Jean LEQUES. 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
World War II, and New Caledonia.
58740 VILLE DE NOUMEA DES MAIRES, UNE VILLE: NOUMEA 1859-1986 - 150 ans d'histoire et la Ville continue $10.00 AUD
Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2004. Edited by YANNO, Gaël & KIRCHER-LE GARREC, Martine. Preface by Jean Lèques, the 25th Mayor of Nouméa. 16 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
The city of Nouméa, and its 24 Mayors between 1859 and 1986.
58741 VILLE DE NOUMEA NOUMEA 2003: La Mairie au Service de mon Quartier $10.00 AUD
Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. Edited by YANNO, Gaël & KIRCHER-LE GARREC, Martine. 20 PP with colour illustrations (8 location maps, 8 plans and photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
City of Nouméa and improvements by districts.
60491 VILLE DE NOUMEA NOUMEA : 7 ans d'Action 2001 à 2008 $10.00 AUD
Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2007. Edited by YANNO, Gaël & KIRCHER-LE GARREC, Martine. Preface by Jean Lèques, the 25th Mayor of Nouméa. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations, plus CD-ROM. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
The city of Nouméa, and its 25th Mayor between 2001 and 2008.
60501 VILLE DE NOUMEA Promenade à la découverte de NOUMEA - Le Circuit Historique $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2005. Mai 2005 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Martine KIRCHER-LE GARREC. 28 PP with plan of the city at centre fold and 24 b/w illustrations (1 drawing and 23 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
16 Historic places in the city of Nouméa.
60502 VILLE DE NOUMEA Une promenade dans NOUMEA - Le Circuit Historique $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2007. Décembre 2007 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Gaël YANNO. 32 PP with plan of the city at centre fold and 30 b/w illustrations (1 drawing and 29 photos). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
20 Historic places in the city of Nouméa.
60504 VILLE DE NOUMEA HOMMES DE COEUR - Une Mémoire de la Santé Calédonienne $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2007. Septembre 2007 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Gaël YANNO. 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
A history of health in New Caledonia.
60505 VILLE DE NOUMEA NOUMEA, JARDIN TROPICAL - Jardins Publics et espaces arborés $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2011. 1st edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Jean-Claude BRIAULT. 32 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Nouméa: a tropical garden.
60506 VILLE DE NOUMEA VALLEE DU TIR, Renaissance d'un quartier de NOUMEA $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. c. 2005. 1st edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Martine KIRCHER-LE GARREC. 16 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
60507 VILLE DE NOUMEA NOUMEA - Carnet d'un Voyageur $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2005. Novembre 2005 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Dominique ROY. No pagination, 32 PP with 9 b/w & 2 colour photos, and colour illustrations by Dominique Roy. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
60508 VILLE DE NOUMEA PLACE AUX FLEURS: Flore de la Place des Cocotiers, NOUMEA $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2009. Novembre 2009 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Jean-André PUGLIA. 44 PP with colour photos by Jean-André Puglia. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20.2 x 19.8.
Place des Cocotiers: lung of the city of Nouméa.
60855 VILLE DE NOUMEA GUIDE DE L'ECOLIER - Le p'tit nouméen (9 annual guides) $40.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2005 to 2013. Published in February of each year. Edited by Jean LEQUES, Gaël YANNO & Jean-Claude BRIAULT. 2005: 20 PP. 2006: 32 PP. 2007: 36 PP. 2008: 44 PP. 2009: 56 PP. 2010: 60 PP. 2011: 68 PP. 2012: 72 PP. 2013: 76 PP. 9 yearly booklets for a total of 458 pages with colour illusrtrations (cartoons & photos). Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Annual information for children/pupils going back to school in Noumea.
60857 VILLE DE NOUMEA UN ETE DANS MA VILLE - Guide 2010-2011 $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2010. 2010 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Jean-Claude BRIAULT. 24 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Summer entertainment for 2010/2011. Beaches & Swimming Pools - Spot ... Culture.
61803 VILLE DE NOUMEA UN ETE DANS MA VILLE - Guide 2011-2012 $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2011. 2011 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Jean-Claude BRIAULT. 28 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Summer entertainment for 2011/2012. Beaches & Swimming Pools - Sport ... Culture.
62295 VILLE DE NOUMEA RELIGIONS ET LIEUX DE CULTE A NOUMEA $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2012. May 2012 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Jean-Claude BRIAULT. 28 PP b/w and colour illusrtrations (plans & photos). Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Places of worship in Nouméa.
63600 VILLE DE NOUMEA UN ETE DANS MA VILLE - Guide 2012-2013 $10.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2012. 2012 edition. Edited by Jean LEQUES & Jean-Claude BRIAULT. 36 PP with colour photos. Pictorial soft covers. French text. Fine. 21 x 15.
Summer entertainment for 2012/20131. Beaches & Swimming Pools - Sport ... Culture.
64045 VILLE DE NOUMEA MENU - DINER offert le 27 Septembre 1963 en l'honneur de Monsieur Louis JACQUINOT, Ministre d'Etat chargé des Départements et Territoires d'Outre-Mer $50.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 1963. Folded menu. Outside: Invitation signed by Louis Jacquinot, Minister for Departments and Overseas Territories of France. Inside: watercolour of the Fountain, by Marcel Pétron., and the Menu printed on a background with a map of New Caledonia. Fine. Folded format: 22.7 x 18.
Restaurant "Le Marsupilami", Baie des Citrons, Nouméa.
64053 VILLE DE NOUMEA BILAN DE MANDATURE 2008-2014: 6 ans pour changer la ville $20.00 AUD
Direction de la Communication / Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2013. July 2013 edition. 36 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. New. 29.7 x 21.
71191 VILLE DE NOUMEA (Editor) NOUMEA, de 1854 à Nos Jours $200.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2012. 1st Ed. Foreword by Jean Lèques, Maire. 272 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Laminated pictorial boards. French text with an English translation by Marianne Page for the foreword, the introduction and the summary at the bottom of each page. Contained in a decorative clam box. Fine (as new condition). This is a heavy item and postage will be higher than usual. Please ask for a quote. Format: book 30.5 x 25.7 and box : 31.5 x 27. 9782953506945
70839 VINCENT, Thierry An EXPLORATION of the FATE of the AUSTRALIAN and TASMANIAN ETHNOGRAPHIC COLLECTIONS brought back by the BAUDIN EXPEDITION (in Explorations No. 63) $15.00 AUD
ISFAR / Institute for the Study of French-Australian Relations. Melbourne. 2017. Summer 2017-2018. 108 PP. Contains article between pages 3 and 25 with 1 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 21.2 x 14.5.
Other article: (pages 26 to 52), The Adventurous Life of Juliette Lopès-Rastoul-Henry, by Yannick Lageat & Les Hetherington.
58776 VIOLETTE, Zoé LA BIODIVERSITE DE LA NOUVELLE CALEDONIE $10.00 AUD
Maison de la Nouvelle-Calédonie / IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement) Nouméa. 2009. 1st Ed. Foreword by Joël Viratelle. 44 PP with over 60 colour photos. Inside front cover: map of New Caledonia. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 19 x 12.
43281 VOIS, Paul PRISONS FLOTTANTES $100.00 AUD
Editions Delmas. Bordeaux / Paris. 1946. 1st Ed. 365 PP with 1 tail piece, 1 map and 19 other sketches, plus 2 folded maps. Dedicatory note on first page, signed by the wife of the author. Soft covers, illustrated front. Slight ageing of paper, edges of covers a little chipped and front has a repaired closed tear. French text. Internally near fine. Rare. 25.6 x 16.8.
The author, Manager of Société Le Nickel and its smelting plant in Nouméa, was captured by the German raider Orion, after the sinking of the nickel ore carrier Notou off New Caledonia, on 16 August 1940, and landed in Bordeaux, France by the Ermland, on 4th April 1941.
56835 WAHEO, Taï OÛGUK, Le Petit Coco Vert / Ame Metu Ke Caa Ûen - Récit autobiographique en français et en Iaai $40.00 AUD
ADCK - Centre Culturel Tjibaou. Nouméa. 2008. 1st Ed. 195, (5) PP with b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Small crease on front cover. Text in French (P. 8 to 103) and Iaai (P.105 to 195). Fine. 22 x 15. 9782909407371
An autobiography of his youth.
56781 WAHUZUE, K. & AUPLAT, Elizabeth (editors) PALABRE COUTUMIER, Revue Semestrielle des Aires Coutumières - No. 11 $20.00 AUD
Aires Coutumières, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2005. Half-Yearly publication. No. 11. 80 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Aires Coutumières = Areas of Traditional Culture. Pages 30 to 41: Tribal land and development with the GDPL or Groupements de Droit Particulier Local ... Pages 42 to 49: Forts on the island of Mare. Pages 51 to 59: the 1873 to 1902 sugar cane plantations and the rum distillery at Bacouya, near Bourail.
55138 WAHUZUE, K., AUPLAT, Elizabeth ... (editors) PALABRE COUTUMIER, Revue Semestrielle des Aires Coutumières - No. 14 $20.00 AUD
Aires Coutumières, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. Half-Yearly publication. No. 14. 132 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Aires Coutumières = Areas of Traditional Culture. Portrait of Micheline Néporon (artist), by Sylvie Jouault. Louis Kotra Uregei (union leader), from the Foulards Rouges to Businessman, by Véropnique Serré. Pages 40 to 60: The Nouméa Agreement 10 years on (Kanak languages, Euros or traditional money...). Pages 82 to 86: Tanspac (then Air Calédonie), first local commercial Airline.
55713 WAHUZUE, K., AUPLAT, Elizabeth ... (editors) PALABRE COUTUMIER, Revue Semestrielle des Aires Coutumières - No. 15 $25.00 AUD
Aires Coutumières, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2008. Half-Yearly publication. No. 15. 110 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Aires Coutumières = Areas of Traditional Culture. Special issue: Destin Commun: Accord de Nouméa / A Common Destiny: Nouméa Agreement.
60559 WAHUZUE, K., AUPLAT, Elizabeth ... (editors) PALABRE COUTUMIER, Revue Semestrielle des Aires Coutumières - No. 17 $20.00 AUD
Aires Coutumières, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2010. Half-Yearly publication. No. 17. 148 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Aires Coutumières = Areas of Traditional Culture. Special file: Youth in New Caledonia ... Social - History - Culture - Sport ; Tourism - Environment
60800 WAHUZUE, K., AUPLAT, Elizabeth ... (editors) PALABRE COUTUMIER, Revue Semestrielle des Aires Coutumières - No. 19 $20.00 AUD
Aires Coutumières, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2011. Half-Yearly publication. No. 19. 108 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Aires Coutumières = Areas of Traditional Culture. Social - History - Culture - Sport - Tourism - Environment.
62250 WAHUZUE, K., AUPLAT, Elizabeth ... (editors) PALABRE COUTUMIER, Revue Semestrielle des Aires Coutumières - No. 20 $20.00 AUD
Aires Coutumières, Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2012. Half-Yearly publication. No. 20. 96 PP with colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Aires Coutumières = Areas of Traditional Culture. Social - History - Culture - Sport - Tourism - Environment.
55785 WAMYTAN, Jessica & KURTOVITCH, Ismet (editors) CATALOGUE 2001: Photothèque Historique du service des Archives de la Nouvelle-Calédonie $100.00 AUD
Service des Archives de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Nouméa. 2001. 1st Ed. Over 1070 PP. About 200 pages with text on recto / verso, and the rest with thousands of reproductions of b/w photos printed on recto only. Soft cover, easy binder. Fine. 30 x 21.
Guide and access to the photos held by the Archives.
11758 WAMYTAN, Rock CULTURE ET DEVELOPPEMENT KANAK, Production Agricole et Commercialisation $10.00 AUD
OCSTK / Office Culturel Scientifique et Technique Kanak. Nouméa. 1985. 1st Ed. 20 PP with 10 b/w illust. in text. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.7 x 21.
Socio-cultural context, economic approach to agriculture.
12711 WAMYTAN, Rock (editor) PACIFIC 2000 - Quarterly Review of Cultural Information, No.1 $10.00 AUD
Association pour le 4ème Festival des Arts du Pacifique en Nouvelle-Calédonie, en 1984. Nouméa. September, 1982. Issue No.1 of a series of 6 quarterly reviews. 52 PP with b/w & colour illust. Pict. soft wrappers. Very good. French & English text. 31 x 21.5.
This quarterly review was published between September 1982 and October 1984 to prepare the 4th Festival of Pacific Art which was ultimately cancelled because of the upheaval and turmoil in New Caledonia.
37303 WAOLE, Wagoce & WAHNAAD, Iwe LA ROCHE TITI - ou Comment écouter les lieux des ancètres $25.00 AUD
Centre Culturel Yeiwene-Yeiwene/Grain de Sable. Hnaenedr, Maré. 2000. 1st Ed., No. 2 in the Guide des Sentiers de Maré, Nengone series. 72 PP with b/w and colour photos. Inside front cover: Map of Mare Island. Inside back cover: plan of the track off Puan By, Mare Island. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French and Nengone text. 22 x 14. 2841700585
11928 WARD, Alan W. LAND AND POLITICS IN NEW CALEDONIA $10.00 AUD
Research School of Pacific Studies / A.N.U. Canberra. 1982. 1st Ed. Monograph No. 2, in Political and Social Change series. (2), IV, 86 PP with 1 map and 5 tables. Pictorial soft cover. Very good. 24.5 x 17.5. 0867840773
Problems of land tenure in New Caledonia, evolution since the 1960's.
37089 WASHETINE, Charles LA DEMOCRATISATION DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT EN NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE $20.00 AUD
A.D.C.K. Nouméa. 1995. 1st Ed. No. 7 in Cahiers des Conférences de l' A.D.C.K. 36 PP. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 21 x 14.7. 2909407624
Learning / Teaching in New Caledonia.
54799 WEILL, Henri OPERATION VICTOR - GIGN ET SERVICES SECRETS DANS LE PACIFIQUE $85.00 AUD
Editions Universelles Paris. 1989. 1st Ed. 114, (14 annexes) PP with 4 sketch plans, and 6 facsimile of documents. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 20 x 15. 2905797037
Hostage taking in April/May 1988, on the Island of Uvea, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia (including 26 Gendarmes). GIGN = Groupement d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale.
21924 WENEHOUA, Macate (editor) NOTRE PAYS DEMAIN ... $45.00 AUD
Editions du Niaouli. Nouméa. 1996. 1st Ed. 224 PP with 12 portraits. Pictorial card cover. Fine. French text. 20.8 x 12. 2910502066
13 papers on the future of New Caledonia by various people from different backgrounds & cultures.
47684 WENGER, Fabrice et al. BIENVENUE MONSIEUR LE PRESIDENT (in Sud Magazine) $30.00 AUD
Service Communication de la Province Sud. Nouméa. 2003. 1st Ed. No pagination, 80 PP with 156 colour photos. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.8 x 21.
Souvenir Issue of the voyage in 2003 of Jacques Chirac, President of the French Republic to Noumea and New Caledonia.
11658 WHYTE, Jenny VANUATU - 10 YIA BLONG INDEPENDENS, 10 Years of Independence, 10 Ans d'Indépendance $25.00 AUD
Other People Publications. Port Vila. 1990. 1st Ed. 280 PP with b/w & colour illust. Hard cover, dj. Dedicatory note on FFEP and name and address of previous owner on inside front cover. An otherwise near fine copy. 28.7 x 21.7. 093906267X
History up to Independence & achievements of the first ten years of Nationhood. (In Bichlamar, English & French).
67803 WILLEM, Léon LES RUINES DE PARIS EN 4875 DOCUMENTS OFFICIELS ET INEDITS $125.00 AUD
Association des Amis du Livre et de la Reliure / J.C.E. Nouméa. 1993. Limited edition of 80 numbered copies (No. 30 / 80). Facsimile reprint of the 1875 original. Preface by Pierre Faessel. (8 blank), (VIII), 92, (4), (4 blank) PP. Vignette on title page. 11 folded sections (cahiers) neither stitched or bound together, contained within a card cover folder and a "marbled" slipcase. French text. Mint condition. 21.8 x 15.6.
53257 WITTERSHEIM, Eric DES SOCIETES DANS L'ETAT - Anthropologie et Situations Postcoloniales en Mélanésie $40.00 AUD
Aux Lieux d'être. Paris. 2006. 1st Ed., in Collection Sciences Contemporaines. 196, (4) PP with 3 maps and 3 b/w illustrations. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 21 x 14. 2916063064
Anthropology and post colonial leaders in Melanesia: Jean Marie Tjibaou in New Caledonia and Gérard Leymang in New Hebrides(Vanuatu).
73213 WRAGGE, Clement L. THE ROMANCE OF THE SOUTH SEAS $70.00 AUD
Chatto & Windus. London. 1906. 1st Ed. XV, 312, 32 (catalogue of publications) PP with 84 b/w illustrations. Fp (with tissue guard): A Tahitian darling - pure caste. Cloth cover, front board with title in blind and a b/w photo pasted down, gilt title on spine, top edge gilt. Insect damage (on 1.2 cm) at top of hinge of front cover, and top of gutter of front endpaper. Very good. 19 x 12.5.
A voyage to New Caledonia and Tahiti in 1891, describing the French regime under the Southern Cross. New Zealand administration of the Cook Islands.
58669 YANNICK, Jacques MONSIEUR LE COMMISSAIRE - Une enfance humiliée à Canala, un âge d'homme abouti à Nouméa $60.00 AUD
Le Roche-à-la-Voile et Editions du Cagou. Nouméa. 2005. 1st Ed., with a preface by Jean Guiart. 194 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine 21 x 15. 9782913256842
Autobiography of the first Commissioner of Police (French National Police Force) in New Caledonia and of Melanesian origin.
52172 YANNO, Gaël & KIRCHER-LE GARREC, Martine NOUMEA, CARNETS DE VOYAGE: 150 ans de peinture $15.00 AUD
Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2004. 1st Ed. 16 PP with b/w and colour illustrations (ephemera, post cards, paintings...). Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.8.
Nouméa through the eyes and the palettes of Painters: Gaston Roullet, Paul & Roland Mascart, Lucien & Patrice Nielly...
58736 YANNO, Gaël & KIRCHER-LE GARREC, Martine SI NOUMEA M'ETAIT CONTEE - Nouméa: 150 ans d'histoire, 15 décennies et la Ville continue $10.00 AUD
Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2004. May 2004 edition. Preface by Jean Lèques, Mayor of Nouméa. 16 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.8 x 21.
58737 YANNO, Gaël & KIRCHER-LE GARREC, Martine NOUMEA, une presqu'île qui grignote la mer $10.00 AUD
Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2005. August 2005. Preface by Jean Lèques, Mayor of Nouméa. 16 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.8.
58738 YANNO, Gaël, LAUFATTE, Geneviève & DEFRANCE, Véronique IL ETAIT UNE FOIS, Le Cinéma à Nouméa $10.00 AUD
Hotel de Ville de Nouméa. Nouméa. 2006. May 2006 edition. Preface by Jean Lèques, Mayor of Nouméa. 16 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. French text. Fine. Oblong: 21 x 29.8.
40902 ZAIDMAN, Pierre-Henri Lucien Félix HENRY, Colonel de la Commune, condamné à mort et artiste Australien $60.00 AUD
Editions du Baboune. Paris. 2000. 1st Ed. 90 PP with 8 b/w illustrations. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. French text. 29.5 x 20.7.
Lucien Henry: Colonel with the Commune of PARIS, 1871. Deported to New Caledonia in 1873. Amnesty in January 1879. Migrated to Australia, where he settled as an artist...
64131 ZAIDMAN, Pierre-Henri LES CONDAMNES DE NOUVELLE-CALEDONIE EN AUSTRALIE ET EN NOUVELLE-ZELANDE (in Gavroche, No.: 111-112) $5.00 AUD
Editions Floréal / Revue bimestrielle d'histoire populaire. Paris. 2000. Photocopy of 13 pages from issue No. 111 - 112 - 19th year - May-August 2000. Article from P.9 to 20 with 9 b/w illustrations. Clear plastic cover, staples. French text. Fine. 29.5 x 20.7.
Political convicts deported to New Caledonia following the Commune de Paris of 1871, and their migration to Australian and New Zealand.
52837 ZELDINE, Dr. Georges (editor) PORTRAIT NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - Cercle Katara $15.00 AUD
Cercle Katara. Nouméa. c. 1986. 1st Ed. 36 PP with b/w and colour illustrations. Soft cover. Fine. French text. 30 x 21.
New Caledonia in brief, before the political turmoil of 1988 and the Matignon agreement. Cercle Katara: New Caledonia think tank.
52838 ZELDINE, Dr. Georges (editor) NOUVELLE CALEDONIE - ETUDE ET PERSPECTIVES POUR UN DEVELOPPEMENT ECONOMIQUE - Document No. 7 $15.00 AUD
Cercle Katara. Nouméa. 1987. 1st Ed. Document No. 7, July 1987. 50 PP. Soft cover. French text. Fine. 29.7 x 21.
Study of, and forecast for the economic development of New Caledonia, by Cercle Katara (New Caledonia think tank).
