Pacific Islands
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Easter Island Settlement Patterns In the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods
by Patrick Carlton McCoy
Pacific Islands Books & Ephemera
Wangka: Austronesian Canoe Origins.
by DORAN, Edwin
College Station, Texas: Texas A & M University Press, (1981). First Edition, Review Copy with slip laid-in. Quarto (10.25" x 9"), 111 pages, illustrations throughout including drawings, maps, tables, charts, & photographs. Publisher's blue cloth lettered in silver on the spine, in pictorial dust jacket.
Covers lightly spotted & soiled, modest foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise Very Good in soiled dust jacked with trace edge wear & wrinkling (mostly at the rear panel), about Very Good.... Read more about this item
Covers lightly spotted & soiled, modest foxing mostly at endpapers & pastedowns, otherwise Very Good in soiled dust jacked with trace edge wear & wrinkling (mostly at the rear panel), about Very Good.... Read more about this item
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€28.36
Coming! A Colored Novelty Worth Booking REGENERATION: All Colored Cast. A Romance of the Southern Seas. Gripping Story! Romantic Setting! All Colored Cast! "A GIrl, a Man, Cast Upon an Uninhabited Island, a Garden of Eden. Then The Serpent -----"
Jacksonville, Florida: Norman Film Manufacturing Co, 1923. Near Fine. Bifolium of four printed and illustrated pages. 30 cm. Two horizontal folds enabling this to fit in a business-sized envelope. Richard E. Norman, a white Floridian, is best known for the "race" films for African Americans which his company (Norman Film Manufacturing Co.) made between 1919 and 1928. This promotional item promotes five such films: (Regeneration -- on the first page; Zircon -- on the two center pages; and :The Crimson...
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€165.41
Missionary Records. Tahiti and Society Islands
by Missionary Tract Society
London: Religious Tract Society, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. brown pebbled boards rebacked to match, paper spine label. Near fine. 334 pages. 15 x 10 cm. Large fold-out map entitled "Polynesia," depicting New Guinea, New Zealand, Hawaii and half of Australia. Interior contents clean, bookplate of James Edge-Partington. The author notes the areas addiction to warring in which they take great delight.
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€363.90
Our Stolen Summer: The Record of a Roundabout Tour
by Boyd, Mary Stuart
Edinburgh: Blackwood, 1900. Hardcover. Very Good. illustrations (by A. S. Boyd), xiv, 392p. Navy blue cloth. Gilt illustration and lettering on front cover and backstrip. 23cm. Foxing. Bookplate (with a 1968 gift inscription). No Jacket. Narrative of an around-the-world tour, with an extended stay in New Zealand and visits to a number of Pacific islands.
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€70.89
Ane: Hymn Book in the Motu Language of Papua
London Missionary Society. Published by the Australia and New Zealand Committee for the Papua District, 1962. Trade Paperback. 80 numbered pages with 3 pages of index. Text in Motu language. Very good in tourquoise wrappers (paperback) with spine of red cloth tape. White stain on top of red cloth, else near fine.
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€11.82
The Population of Western Samoa
by Durand, John Dana (with the assistance of Chia-Lin Pan)
Lake Success, NY: UNited Nations Dept. of Social Affairs, Population Division, 1948. Paperback. Fair. graphs, maps, 61p. Softcover in original warpper. 28 cm. Modest cover soil. Reports on the Popultion of trust territories, No. 1.
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€70.89
![New World and Pacific Civilizations Cultures of America, Asia, and the Pacific [The Illustrated History of Humankind Volume 4]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/881/375/531375881.0.b.jpg)
New World and Pacific Civilizations Cultures of America, Asia, and the Pacific [The Illustrated History of Humankind Volume 4]
by Burenhult, Goran [Editor]
St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 1994. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. 239 pages. Volume 4 of the five volume series. The volume reveals the ancient wonders of the "new world" and Pacific Islands - including the civilizations of the Maya, Aztecs, and Inka; Native North Americans from prehistoric times through AD1850; the ancient...
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€18.53
The Work of the Gods in Tikopia (London School of Economics Monographs on Social Anthropology Nos 1 and 2)
by Firth, Raymond
Melbourne and London: Athlone Press. 1967. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Faint stain to dustjacket. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. New Introduction and Epilogue to this edition. 490 pages. First published in 1939, A full and detailed account of a complete pagan Polynesian ritual cycle. This 2nd edition omits some of the Tikooia vernacular text but includes a new...
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€13.59
Dreissig Jahre in der Sudsee: Land und Leute, Sitten und Gebrauche im Bismarckarchipel und auf den deutschen Salomoinseln
by Parkinson, Richard Heinrich Robert, 1844-1909
Stuttgart: Strecker und Schröder, 1926. Zweite auflage. Hardcover. Very Good/Fair. frontis (portrait), photos, maps (some double-page), facsimile, index, xii, 353p. Gray cloth. dj. 24cm. Jacket chipped and torn (backstrip panel browned and missing a big piece at bottom). German text. Ethnographic studies of various peoples of Melanesia. The First edition was published in 1907.
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€70.89
![World War II Album of Hawaii, New Guinea, Philippines and Back Home Somewhere near Kansas City. [our title]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/649/688/853688649.0.b.jpg)
World War II Album of Hawaii, New Guinea, Philippines and Back Home Somewhere near Kansas City. [our title]
by [Photo Album]
Hardcover. Good. More than 350 photos, mounted 1-10 to a page on both sides of the album leaves. Most are in corner mounts but some have cellophane tape around edges and a handful have been glued down. Tied oblong brown album. Approximately 39 x 29cm. Quality of photos varies but most are clear with good detail. No captions. Our soldier starts the album with about 13 photos of basic training at an unnamed location, followed by about 26 photos of Hawaii. 26 of what appears to be New Guinea, and 135 of...
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€259.93
Sex Life in the South Seas
by B. Schidloff, Ph.D
Melbourne Anthropological Research Association, 1953-01-01. Paperback. Fair. . 0x0x0. FAIR. Black wraps, approx. 6.25'' x 5'', 410pp., most of spine title and spine edge chipped/rubbed away, chips to spine edges, edges and corners of covers, light fading and small chips to covers, small creases to top corner of first few pages, rub wear, a small gray stain and a small light brown stain to side page edges, inner pages are clean and in very readable condition..<p> Once Read Books,...
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€18.81
Polynesia: A History of the South Sea Islands, Including New Zealand: with Narrative of the Introduction of Christianity, &c.
by RUSSELL, Right Rev. M
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1852. Hardcover. Good. 486 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece, title vignette, and fold-out map of the South Pacific. Burgundy leather with blank and gilt impressing, all edges gilt. Some spots and rubbing to boards, corners worn. Ink inscription for Douglas Brown of Harbor Grace on front pastedown. Front free endpaper missing. Next leaf has ink signature (E. S. Pinsent) and pencil sketches. Some spots and thumbing to first pages. Rear free endpaper has large chip missing from bottom...
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€70.89
Tasmanian Photographer From the John Watt Beattie Collection
by Tassell, Margaret and David Wood, compilers
Melbourne: Macmillan Company, 1981. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. photos, 156p. Original black cloth. dj. Square 26 cm. A selection of Beattie's best photographs. Includes some photos taken on Norfolk Island in Melanesia in 1896 -- see pages 133-154.
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€28.36
Stormy Weather: The Challenge of Climate Change and Displacement
by Corlett, David
Sydney: University of New South Wales Press. 2008. Very Good condition. Black & white map. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 96 pages. Looks at the impact of climate change on a small Pacific nation, Tuvalu and how the international community should respond. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.
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€8.65
Manuiota'a Journal of a Voyage to the Marquesas Islands
by Lichtenstein, Burgl & Robert C. Suggs
Boise, ID: Pa'eke Press. Very Good. 2001. Softcover. 1887747389 . Book is clean and tight. Has a reader's crease at bottom front cover. Voyage on freighter Aranui to all islands of Marquesas. Has color photos in back of the people and places. ; 0.7 x 8.2 x 5.8 Inches; 264 pages .
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€29.30
Missionary Triumphs among the Settlers in Australia and the Savages of the South Seas: A Twofold Centenary Volume
by Blacket, John
London: Charles H Kelly. 1914. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Burgundy cloth boards with gilt to face and spine. B/w frontis. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 285 pages. John Blacket [1856-1935] was Methodist Minister and the author of 8 books on philosophy and history - he was the author of the well known History of South Australia published in 1911. This book was written to celebrate the centenary of the Methodist Missionary Society and the...
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€27.80
The Golden Octopus; Legends of the South Seas
by Hastings, Viscount
London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Blamire Young. frontis, 12 tipped-in color plates, (8), 92p. Extremities worn and lower right corner chipped on back cover. No jacket or slipcase. Preface and illustrations by Blamire Young. Edition limited to 750 copies of which 700 are for sale. [statement on verso of half-title].
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€23.63
Pilgrims of the Pacific
by BUTTERWORTH, F. Edward
Independence: Herald House. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and maps. 144 pages.. Offers thought-provoking theories about human distribution on the face of the earth. Suggests possible routes overland across Asia and oceanic voyages which may have been taken by early migrants. Robust,...
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€15.44
Asia and Oceania: A Guide to Archival & Manuscript Sources in the United States
by Nunn, G. Raymond, editor
London & NY: Mansell Publishing, 1985. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 5 vols. Original blue cloth bindings. 31cm. Minor fraying on covers along bottom edge and at corners on a couple of volumes. No jackets.
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€472.60
Australien und Polynesien in Mercators Projection
by STULPNAGEL, F. V
Gotha: Justus Perthes, 1850. Map. Engraving with hand outline coloring. Image measures 12" x 15"<br/> <br/> Incredibly detailed map in German of the Pacific Ocean, including Australia, Southeast Asia, and New Zealand. Island groups are extensively labeled, and hand coloring is used throughout to indicate colonial holdings. <br> <br> This map appeared in the 1853 issue of Stieler's Hand Atlas. In very good condition with minor spotting, and toning to margins - not...
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€189.04
Sky People in a Stone Age Community
by Charles Craig, Pamela Craig
Charles & Pamela Craig. Very Good. Paperback. 2006. 254 pages. <br> .
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€7.31
![Hawaii & Polynesia [Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, Figi, New Zealand].](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/314/787/344787314.0.b.jpg)
Hawaii & Polynesia [Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa, Figi, New Zealand].
by James Siers
Garden City, NY Doubleday & Company, Inc. , 1973. Hardcover First Edition [1973], so stated. First Edition [1973], so stated. Near Fine in Very Good DJ: Book shows just a hint of shelf wear and some very mild wear along the top edge; just a hint of toning to the outside edges of the text pags; else flawless, but no longer "fresh"; binding remains square and secure; text clean. DJ shows mild rubbing; light wear to extremities; several short, closed tears along top and bottom edges; price...
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€15.38
Polynesia in a Day! Background and Detailed Description Illustrated in Full Color of the Polynesian Cultural Center 1971 Illustrated in Full Color of the Polynesian Cultural Center
by Cummings, David
Laie: Saints. Near Fine. 1971. Fourth Printing. Softcover. Light soil to white covers. ; Color illustrated, stapled wrappers; fold-out illustrated color map showing the various buildings and attractions at the Center; color photographs throughout with a few color drawings. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 24 pages .
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€18.90
Craftsmanship in Polynesia
by Otago Museum
Dunedin , NZ: Otago Museum Trust Board. 1963. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with B/W map & 104 Black and White Photographs. 48 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Softcover.
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€12.36
Plan de L'ile de Paque; Plan de la Baie de Cook; April 1786 by the Boussole and Astrolabe
by LA PEROUSE, J. F.G
Paris: L'Imprimerie de la Republique, 1797. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Sheet measures 21 1/4" x 28"<br/><br/> This chart depicts Easter Island, with a close-up of Cook's Bay. Relief is depicted by hachure, and elevation is shown from several vantage points. Points and peaks of the elevation views correspond to labels on the map. The Bay shows depths, and various structures are labeled. The map appeared as Plate 10 in "Atlas du Voyage de La Perouse." It is...
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€448.97
