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Easter Island Settlement Patterns In the Late Prehistoric and Protohistoric Periods
by Patrick Carlton McCoy
Geología Del Complejo Volcánico Isla De Pascua, Rapa Nui, Chile
by R Mazzuoli, A Lahsen Oscar Gonzalez-Ferran
Polynesia Books & Ephemera
The Kon-Tiki Man. Thor Heyerdahl
by Ralling, Christopher
BBC Books. 1990. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and black and white drawings. 335 pages. The full story of this extraordinary twentieth adventurer, explorer, scientist and anthropologist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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€9.27
Oceanic Mythology : The Myths of Polynesia Micronesia Melanesia Australia
by Poignant, Roslyn
London: Paul Hamlyn. 1967. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour and Black & White Photographs. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 141 Pages. The Mythology of Polynesia, Micronesia. Melanesia and Australia. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st thus. Hardback.
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€13.59
A Woman of Easter Island. A Man of Easter Island
by [Easter Island] Hogg, Alexander
London: King's Arms, No. 16, Paternoster Row, 1790. Very good condition. Original copper engraved portraits of Easter Island inhabitants, the woman at the left and the man at the right. The woman wears a cloth headdress with a flattened bow at the left side of her head. The man is bearded, and both have the traditional elongated earlobes. From the drawing by William Hodges, the artist on Captain James Cook's Second voyage of exploration (1772-75) in the ships Resolution and Adventure. 13 3/4 x 9";...
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€89.79
Polynesia; or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand
by Russell, Right Rev. M
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1845. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. xvi, 17-362 pages. Illustrated with a folding map and vignette. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt title on spine. Small chip to the cloth spine. Occasional scattered foxing and moderate toning to the text. Map shows the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii), Australia, etc. Bookplate of Athens Mechanics Mutual Aid Association located on the front paste down. This institution was in Georgia.
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€56.71
Melanesians and Polynesians
by George Brown
1910 hardcover as pictured. Ex-college reference library with only markings being a bookplate and accession number on FEP and a label on spine. Binding is intact though both hinges are cracked. Green cloth boards with gold stamping are worn. Rough cut text block. Text tanned but appears otherwise unmarked. Many b&w illustrations. Frontispiece and another tipped in illustration are missing. No dust jacket. Price reflects condition.Your purchase helps support our small village library. sAR
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€23.63
NIUE OF POLYNESIA Savage Island's First Latter-Day Saint Missionaries
by Goodman, Robert Maurice
Brookstone Publications. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. Signed by author on half title page, no inscription. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 165 pages; Signed by Author .
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€13.23
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
