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Robson, William . JAMES CHALMERS MISSIONARY AND EXPLORER OF RAROTONGA AND NEW GUINEA
Kilmarnock (probably early 1900s) John Ritchie. 12mo., 176pp., portrait frontis, text illustrations, hardcover, Owner signed. Good plus. (a10545)
$22.00 Parson, Prof Frank PhD . STORY OF NEW ZEALAND
Philadelphia 1904 Equity. Edited and published by C.F. Taylor. 8vo., 836pp., portraits, boards. Fairly Good, inner hinges cracked, cover rubbed, small hole in backstrip. (a10632)
$70.00 Theroux, Paul . HAPPY ISLES OF OCEANIA PADDLING THE PACIFIC
NY 1992-1st Putnam. 528pp. Signed by Theroux. Fine in Fine DJ. (a11344)
$40.00Paluka, Frank. THREE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK
1974 Beta Phi Mu. Hardcover octavo., 80pp., index, cloth. Fine, no DJ. (a11917)
$29.00 Flint, James M. . CONTRIBUTION TO THE OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC
Washington 1905. Bulletin of the National Museum No, 55. Hardcover. Octavo, 62pp., 5 photo plates and 9 foldout maps and charts, green cloth. Good, light wear. (a13075)
$30.00 Ivens, W. G. . MELANESIANS OF THE SOUTHEAST SOLOMON ISLANDS
London 1927 Kegan Paul. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 529pp., 3 color and 18 monochrome plates plus many text illustrations, cloth. Good, light cover wear and spotting, come foxing, faint water stain on top margin of a few pages, no DJ. (a13095)
$95.00Stevenson, Janet. WOMAN ABOARD
NY 1969 Crown. Three men and a woman in a sailboat on a 6-month journey to the south Sea Islands. Lg.8vo., 312pp., photo illustrations, index, cloth. VG uneven fading of board. Good DJ. (a13627)
$29.00 Gretor, Georg . ISLAND KULTUR UND SEIN JUNGE MALEREI
Jena 1928 Eugen Diederichs. In German. Octavo, 48pp., photos of artwork and artists, wraps. Good. (a22379)
$28.00 Robson, R. W. . THE PACIFIC ISLANDS HANDBOOK 1944 NORTH AMERICANA EDITION
NY 1946 Macmillan. 371pp., index. Owner bookplate. VG plus in VG DJ, spine browned. (a23803)
$30.00 Holden, Edward S. . A CATALOGUE OF EARTHQUAKES ON THE PACIFIC COAST 1769 TO 1897
Washington 1898 Smithsonian. 8vo., 253pp., frontis map, rebound in later wraps. Good. (a25276)
$85.00Brookes, Jean Ingram. INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY IN THE PACIFIC ISLANDS 1800-1875
Berkeley 1941 1st University of California. An essential background to any understanding of present tendencies and events in the Pacific. Bookplate and owner signed. 453pp., folding map, index . near VG, rear end papers soiled in browned, worn DJ. (a25554)
$24.00Blakeslee, George H.. THE PACIFIC AREA AN INTERNATIONAL SURVEY
Boston 1929. Sm.8vo., 224pp., wraps. VG. (a26564)
$24.00 (world trade) . DEVELOPMENT OF THE EXPORT ORIENTED ELECTRONICS GOOD SECTOR IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
NY 1995 United Nations. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Studies in Trade and Investment 9. 8vo., 84pp., wraps. VG. (a33110)
$30.00 Jenkins, John S. . VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON...IN 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, AND 1842 TOGETHER WITH EXPLORATIONS AND DISCOVERIES MADE BY ADMIRAL D'URVILLE, CAPTAIN ROSS, AND OTHERS ...AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE EXPEDITION TO THE DEAD SEA UNDER LIEUTENANT LYNCH
Detroit 1853 Kerr, Doughty and Lapham. Travel throught the Pacific and all over the world. Hardcover. Octavo, 517pp., plates, full leather. Fair, quite worn; light foxing throughout, cracked on outer hinges, spine ends worn down. Binding secure. Useful research copy. (a33717)
$49.00 (pacific islands) . KOE GAUE A OLEPIO
Suva 1932. In Polynesian language (Fijian?). Octavo, 46pp., a few photo illustrations, original wraps. Good, cover worn, some stains in the margins of a few pages. Rare. (a33767)
$75.00 Brossard, Capitaine de Vaisseau de . OCEAN DES FRANCAIS NOUMEA LE ROMAN CALEDONIEN
Paris 1963 Editions France Empire. In French. Sm.8vo., 302pp., photo illustrations, wraps. VG, light wear. (a38366)
$35.00 Dening, Greg . MR BLIGH'S BAD LANGUAGE PASSION, POWER AND THEATRE ON THE BOUNTY
1992 Cambridge University Press. 8vo., 445pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a40537)
$25.00 Knights, Captain Arthur E. . NOTES BY THE WAY IN A SAILOR'S LIFE (signed)
San Francisco 1905 Robertson. Nineteenth century Pacific Ocean/California maritime. Hardcover. 12mo., 61pp., cloth. Signed presentation copy from author. Near Fine. (a41663)
$68.00 Brookfield, H. C. . COLONIALISM, DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE THE CASE OF THE MELANESIAN ISLANDS IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Cambridge 1972 1st University Press. 8vo., 226pp., hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a42156)
$35.00 Othman, Abdul Halim and Amir Awang (editors) . COUSELING IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION
Westport 1993 1st Greenwood. Sm8vo., 157pp., hardcover. Fine. (a42318)
$59.00 Kutakov, Leonid N. . JAPANESE FOREIGN POLICY ON THE EVE OF THE PACIFIC WAR A SOVIET VIEW
Tallahassee 1972 Diplomatic Press. Edited with foreword by George Alexander Lensen. 8vo., 214pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a43478)
$40.00 La Farge, Christopher . FATIGUE A STORY
NY 1943. Short Story in Harpers Magazine, October 1943, Number 1121 at pp.405-412. One of a collection of short stories, East by Southwest, Stories of the Pacific that appeared in Harpers. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., pp.450-560., illus., ads, wraps. Good, wraps a bit soiled and worn, spine worn, chipped in middle and at ends. (a43578b)
$35.00 Pratt, Fletcher . SUBMARINES PACIFIC AMERICANS IN BATTLE NO. 7
NY 1943. Essay in Harpers Magazine, October 1943, Number 1121 at pp.385-396. Whole issue has several articles. 8vo., pp.450-560., illus., ads, wraps. Good, wraps a bit soiled and worn, spine worn, chipped in middle and at ends. (a43578d)
$35.00 Cordere, Helen . FIGHTING WITH PROPERTY A STUDY OF KWAKIUTL POTLATCHING AND WARFARE 1792-1930
NY (1950) J.J. Augustin. Monographs of the American Ethnological Society XVIII. 8vo., 136pp., illustrations, map in rear pocket, boards. Fine, no DJ. (a43652)
$45.00 Minowa, Shigeo and amadio Antonio Arboleda (editors) . SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING IN ASIA
1973 University of Tokyo Press. Proceedings of the Conference of University Presses in Asia and the Pacific Area. 8vo. , 172pp., errata slip, hardcover. VG, no DJ. (a44494)
$40.00 Fox, C. E. . THE THRESHOLD OF THE PACIFIC AN ACCOUNT OF THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION MAGIC AND RELIGION OF THE PEOPLE OF SAN CRISTOVAL IN THE SOLOMON ISLANDS
London 1924 1st Kegan Paul. Lg.8vo., 379pp., 14 plates, 39 text illustrations, a map, hardcover. VG, corners very gently bumped, no DJ. (a44739)
$175.00 Stubbs, Laura . STEVENSON'S SHRINE THE RECORD OF A PILGRIMAGE (original book not reprint)
Boston 1903 1st Page. Author travels to Samoa, Friendly Islands, Tongo and Fiji. Octavo, 58pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Some pencil notes on free blanks. Good, light cover wear, occasional light foxing in text. (a45153)
$25.00 Becke, Louis and Waltr Jeffery . THE TAPU OF BANDERAH
London 1901 1st C. Arthur Pearson. Fiction about South Pacific. 8vo., 315pp., hardcover. Top edge gilt. VG, cover lightly worn and lightly stained, occasional very light spotting in text. (a47799)
$90.00 Butowsky, Dr. Harry A. . WARSHIPS ASSOCIATED WITH WORLD WAR II IN THE PACIFIC
Washington 1985. 4to., about 400pp., full page photo illustrations, wraps. Depository library stamp on the front and on the title page. A few ink numbers on the front and numbers and date stamped on the title page. VG. (a50407)
$39.00 Spry, W. J. J. R.N. . THE CRUISE OF HER MAJESTY'S SHIP 'CHALLENGER' VOYAGES OVER MANY SEAS, SCENES IN MANY LANDS
London 1876 first edition Sampson Low Marston Searle & Rivington. Hardcover Octavo, 388pp., 24pp., large foldout map, text illustrations, green cloth with fine gilt ship pictured on front and gilt lettering with publisher's logo on spine. VG plus, some slight spotting on fore-edges, slight wear on lower spine end and corners. No ownership marks. All hinges secure and unbroken. The Very hard-to-find first edition. Lovely copy. (a51920)
$340.00 Tangye, Richard . NOTES OF MY FOURTH VOYAGE TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES, INCLUDING AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA AND NEW ZEALAND, 1886
Birmingham 1886 1st White and Pike (For Private Circulation). 8vo., 158pp., wraps with later paper spine. Uncut. Good, wraps worn with a few small chips. (a5316)
$170.00 Laville, Jean and J. Berkowitz . PACIFIC ISLAND LEGENDS
Noumea 1944 1st Librairie Pentecost. Life and Legends in the South Pacific Islands. 8vo., 167pp., illustrations, hardcover. Owner name and inscription crossed off with black marker lines. Good, no DJ. (a5404)
$30.00 Barnard, J. Laurens . DEEP-SEA AMPHIPODA (CRUSTACEA) COLLECTED BY THE R/V VEMA IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN AND THE CARIBBEAN AND MEDITERRANEAN SEAS
NY 1964. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, Volume 127, Article 1. 4to., 46pp., original printed wraps. Fine. (a56918)
$35.00Lysnar, Fraces Brewer 'Gipsy'. NEW ZEALAND THE DEAR OLD MAORI LAND
Auckland 1928 3rd Brett. Sm.8vo., 268pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. yellow-orange cloth. VG plus, no DJ. no owner marks. (a57755)
$35.00 Carpenter, Frank G . JAVA AND THE EAST INDIES
NY 1925 (1923 1st) Doubleday. Carpenter's World Travels series. Covers Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea, Borneo and Malay Peninsula. Hardcover. Large octavo, 272pp., photo illustrations, hardcover. Dark blue cloth with circular gilt picture on front board. Good plus, small tear at heel of spine, no DJ. (a58162)
$26.00Paton, John G.. JOHN G. PATON MISSIONARY TO THE NEW HEBRIDES AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY EDITED BY HIS BROTHER - NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION
NY (c. 1900) Revell. Edited by Paton's brother. Hardcover octavo., 375pp., 382p. frontis, booklist at end, gilt decorated hardcover. Greencloth. VG no owner marks. no dj. (a58396)
$35.00 Griffith, George . IN AN UNKNOWN PRISON LAND AN ACCOUNT OF CONVICTS AND COLONISTS IN NEW CALEDONIA WITH JOTTINGS OUT AND HOME
London 1901 1st Hutchinson. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., photo illustrations, original gilt stamped cloth. Top edge gilt. Small institution stamp on title page, a few small numbers on verso. Good, inner hinges cracking, shadow of removed label at heel of spine, slightly toned on fore-edges, cover worn and soiled. Binding secure and text clean. Scarce. (a58629)
$199.00 Steichen, Edward (editor) . U.S. NAVY WAR PHOTOGRAPHS
(c. 1945). 4to., 108pp., photo illustrations, original blue wraps. Good plus, light wear but no tears and no ownership marks. Vivid portrayal of WWII Pacific warfare. (a59789)
$29.00Scholefield, Guy H.. NEW ZEALAND IN EVOLUTION INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
NY 1909 Scribners. Hardcover. Octavo, 363pp., photo illustrations, large color foldout map in rear, cloth. Top edge gilt. Owner name stamp on front end page. Good, occasional minor foxing, cover worn. Hinges not cracked; no dj. (a6087)
$27.00 Craig, Beryl F. (comp.) . CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN AND WESTERN DESERT REGIONS: AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Canberra 1969 Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies. 4to., 351pp., 2 line maps in rear showing location of aboriginal tribes, wraps. VG. no ownership marks. (a6093)
$27.00 Ashley, Seymour and Lois . ATULAN MAGBACHA
1974 Summer Institute of Linguistics-Philippines.This workbook has been prepared as an aid ...in teaching the skill of reading to the Taussug people of Sulu, the Republic of the Philippines. Octavo, 88pp., wraps. VG. (a6096)
$45.00 Goetzfridt, Nicholals J and William L Wuerch . MICRONESIA 1975-1987 A SOCIAL SCIENCE BIBLIOGRAPHY. ISBN 0-313-26852-5.
NY 1989 1st Greenwood. ISBN 0-313-26852-5.Octavo, 194pp., hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a64840)
$100.00Tillier, Roger J.. IN THE MARIANAS: COLLECTED LETTERS OF ROGER J. TILLIER
NY 1946. Roger Tillier was born in 1923 and died June 9, 1945. 4to., about 50 leaves (original carbon copies) of letters that Tillier wrote from the Pacific where he lost his life, 2 photo illustrations, bound in 3/4 leather hardcover. Near Fine. Attractive book. LAID IN: Original typed letter about burial of Roger Tillier written and signed by Commander Robert W. Clark , dated 17, 1948 in original envelope written to Mrs. Alice Tillier in Jackson Heights, Long Island, New York. (a66792)
$225.00 Raabe, Captain H. E. . CANNIBAL NIGHTS THE REMINISCENCES OF A FREE-LANCE TRADER
New York 1927 2nd Payson. Australia and South Pacific. Octavo, 324pp., illustrations, end paper maps, orange cloth hardcover with black diagonal stripe design. VG plus, wrinkling on spine cloth, no DJ. (a67215)
$39.00 Morse, Captain Hiram G. . ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON AS I FOUND HIM IN HIS ISLAND HOME
1902 Morse. Octavo, 20pp., frontis portrait of Stevenson, original blue wraps with map of islands including Apia on front. VG. (a67916)
$20.00 (climate) . EQUATORIAL PACIFIC OCEAN CLIMATE STUDIES (EPOCS) PROGRESS AND PLANS 1985
1985 U. S. Department of Commerce. 4to., 90pp., diagrams, original printed wraps. A few Depository Library stamps. VG. (a69323)
$75.00(new zealand). GUIDE TO THE HOT LAKE DISTRICT ROTORUA
Rotorua c.1910 Iles. New Zealand. Oblong octavo, 32pp., monochrome photo illustrations, wraps. VG. (a7004)
$29.00 Wilkinson, Hugh . SUNNY LANDS AND SEAS A VOYAGE IN THE SS. 'CEYLON' NOTES MADE DURING A FIVE MONTHS' TOUR IN INDIA, THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS, MANILA, CHINA, JAPAN, THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA
London 1883 1st John Murray. Hardcover. Octavo, 324pp., frontis folding map, illustrations, attratcive blue cloth cover with gilt and black decoration and lettering. Near Good, inner hinges cracked, cover a bit worn. Good solid copy of Scarce book. (a71131)
$290.00 Verbeek, Dr. R. D. M. et R. Fennema . DESCRIPTION GEOLOGIQUE DE JAVA ET MADOURA - TOME II
Amsterdam 1896 1st Joh. G. Stemler. Hardcover. Sm.4to., pp. 539-1183, photo illustrations, cloth. Academy stamp on front end paper and light residue of label on spine. Good, hinges tender, spine faded but spine lettering still strong and bright, cover worn. Tome II. (a71267)
$140.00 Bristol, Horace . BALI IN PICTURES
Tokyo 1949 1st East-West at Toppan Press. Hardcover. Square octavo, brief text with about 100 full page photo illustrations of Bali, all with short explanatory text, fancy native patterned cloth cover. Owner bookplate. VG plus, very slight wear, in later removable glassine protective jacket. (a71889)
$135.00 Paton, Maggie Whitecross . LETTERS AND SKETCHES FROM THE NEW HEBRIDES
London 1905 5th Hodder and Stoughton. Hardcover. Octavo, 382pp., monochrome photo illustrations, original gilt pictorial ime green cloth. Owner signed. VG, very slight fraying of top spine end. (a71917)
$55.00 Murray, Rev. Thos. Boyles; revised by Rev. C. C. Elcum . PITCAIRN OR THE MUTINY OF THE BOUNTY. PITCAIRN: THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE AND THE PASTOR TO WHICH IS ADDED A SHORT NOTICE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLEMENT AND PRESENT CONDITION OF NORFOLK ISLAND
London 1909 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Revised and brought up to date by Rev C. C. Elcum. Hardcover. Small octavo, 368pp., frontis of John Adams, pictorial front board with John Adams, the ship Bounty, ocean, rope, rocks, and so on. VG light wear. (a71953)
$120.00Crawford, David L.. THE JUMPING PLANT LICE OF THE PALEOTROPICS AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND FAMILY PSYLLIDAE OR CHERMIDAE HOMOPTERA
1919. Article at pp. 139-208 in The Philippine Journal of Science. Included in a single issue of this journal with several additional articles as well. Medical library stamp on front. Sm.4to., original printed wraps. Uncut.VG++. Pictures available on request. (a72714)
$45.00 Weinstein, Franklin B. . INDONESIA ABANDONS CONFRONTATION (original printing, not modern reprint)
Ithaca 1969 South East Asia Program, Cornell University. An inquiry into the functions of Indonesian Foreign Policy. 4to., 94pp., wraps. VG. (a7496)
$40.00 Glennon, John P. (editor) . FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1949 VOLUME VIII THE FAR EAST: CHINA
Washington 1974 1st GPO. Hardcover. Sm.4to., 1353pp., reddish brown buckram. One small Depository Library stamp on end paper and on title page - no other ownership marks, no spine label, no bookplate, no pocket. VG. (a75524)
$115.00 (census) . ASIANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS IN THE UNITED STATES 1990 CENSUS OF POPULATION
1993. 1990 CP-3-5. 4to., 211pp.., appendices (about 100pp.), wraps. Light non-circulating library marks on front cover-no other marks. VG. (a75939)
$100.00 (British Solomon Islands and Gilbert and Ellice Islands) Defense Mapping Agency . BRITISH SOLOMON ISLANDS AND GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS OFFICIAL STANDARD NAMES GAZETTEER
Washington 1974 Defense Mapping Agency. Oblong 4to., 202pp., original decorated wraps. Light non-circulating library marks, no spine numbers, no pocket, no bookplate. Near Fine. (a76235)
$80.00 Kennedy, Raymond PhD . ISLANDS AND PEOPLES OF THE SOUTH SEAS AND THEIR CULTURES
Philadelphia 1945. Jayne Memorial Lectures delivered at American Philosophical Society. 8vo., 88pp., photo illus., wraps. Good, wraps soiled. (a8564)
$45.00 White, Rev. Gilbert . THIRTY YEARS IN TROPICAL AUSTRALIA
London 1918 Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Hardcover. Octavo, 264pp., photo illustrations, maps, cloth. Owner signature and bookplate. Good, cover faded, a bit worn and soiled, no DJ. (a8614)
$30.00 Ullman, James Ramsey . WHERE THE BONG TREE GROWS
Cleveland 1963 2nd World. The log of one man's journey in the South Pacific. 8vo., 318pp., maps, hardcover. Fine in VG Plus DJ. (a8924)
$24.00Withington, Antoinette.. GOLDEN CLOAK (signed)
Honolulu 1953 first edition Hawaiiana Press. Hardcover. An informal history of Hawaiian Royalty. Red cloth with gilt lettering. Octavo, 312pp., many monochrome photo illustrations and drawings.*** Inscribed and signed by Withington. Near Fine. no dj. (ac382)
$35.00(new zealand). WHITE'S PICTORIAL REFERENCE OF NEW ZEALAND, REPRESENTATIVE AIRVIEWS OF NEW ZEALAND CITIES AND BOROUGHS.
Auckland 1952 1st Whites Aviation Ltd. Hardcover. Oblong sm.4to., 311pp., monochrome airview photos on every page with short text at bottom of page. VG, no DJ. (lat250)
$24.00 Norman-Taylor, W. . ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON MEDICAL RESEARCH IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC
Noumea 1963. South Pacific Commission Technical Paper No.142. Copy of typescript. 4to., 371pp., wraps. Good, light wear. "Duplicate" stamps on cover. (lat254)
$45.00 Scholefield, Guy . THE PACIFIC, ITS PAST AND FUTURE AND THE POLICY OF THE GREAT POWERS FROM THE EIGHTEETH CENTURY
NY 1919 1st Scribners. 8vo., 346pp., 5 maps (2 of which are large foldout color maps), index, hardcover. Ex-library. VG, text clean. (lat314)
$35.00 Belshaw, Cyril . IN SEARCH OF WEALTH
1955. A study of the Emergence of Commercial Operations in the Melanesian Society of Southeastern Papua. American Anthropological Association, Volume 57 No. 1, Part 2 Memoir 80. 8vo., 84pp., wraps. near Fine. (lat32)
$22.00 Thomson, Basil . DIVERSIONS OF A PRIME MINISTER, LIFE IN THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS 1887-1891
Edinburgh 1894 1st Blackwood. Life in Tongo Islands. 8vo., 407pp., large folding map, drawings and some photo illustrations, index, boards. Institution bookplate on front pastedown and blindstamp on front blank. VG, lower corner of front board a bit worn, some light foxing on endpapers. (lat349)
$200.00 Kane, Amy (preface) . TALES OF PIONEER WOMEN
Christchurch 1940 1st Whitcombe and Tombs. Sm.8vo., 337pp., photo illustrations, index, hardcover. **Signed by Amy Kane. VG, light soiling and wear on cover, no DJ. (lat390)
$25.00By the Earl and the Doctor (Herbert, George and George Kingsley). SOUTH SEA BUBBLES
London 1872 Richard Bentley. Hardcover. Travel from Tahiti to Samoa complete with shipwreck. 8vo., 312pp., 3/4 leather. Museum bookplate and blind stamp, no other wnership marks. Text clean and binding secure. cover rubbed and worn. Good. (lat52)
$39.00