Search Results: Pacific Islands and Australia from Old Saratoga Books

Breda, Netherlands: Rijksmuseum Voor Volkenkunde. Very Good; Covers curled and lightly worn.. 1977. Softcover. Photo illustrated softcover. 24pp +135 plates. Text in Dutch, English, and Indonesian. Discusses traditional woodcarving of the Asmat people of South Papua, Indonesia. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Canberra, Australia: Aboriginal Studies Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. First Printing. Hardcover. 0855751940 . Gray cloth. xxv, 358pp. Foreword, acknowledgements, map, black and white photographs, further readings list, and notes. Over 500 photographs and their accompanying text show Aborigines in a range of situations normally ignored by the media and therefore unknown to white Australia and invisible to the international audience, from the front jacket flap. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Washington, DC: Gibson Bros.. Fair; Library label and call letters written on front cover, covers . soiled, top corners missed from front cover and first several pages, tear . at center spine throughout book, pages toned.. 1897. Softcover. Brown printed stapled wraps. The American Secretary of State advocated for overthrow of the Hawaiian Republic and annexation of Hawaii by the US, which came to pass in 1898. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 16 pages .

Aylesbury, UK: Shire Publications. Very Good; Covers rubbed.. 1988. First Printing. Softcover. 0852639414 . Acknowledgements, maps, black and white illustrations and photos, further readings list, museums to visit list, and index. An historical and ethnographic overview of the Mountain-Ok region of central New Guinea focused on certain objects, their decorative style, and the religious and ritual life of the people from the rear cover. Shire Ethnography series. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 72 pages .

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby Limited. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket worn, gift inscription on title page.. 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Sketches and short histories of some landmark buildings of Auckland, New Zealand. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 62 pages .

London: William Collins of London. Very Good with no dust jacket; Boards worn, bookstore label on front . pastedown.. 1941. Hardcover. Decorative paper-covered boards. Many color illustrations and black and white photos. A profile of Australia published during World War II. ; British Commonwealth in Pictures; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 48 pages .

Chicago: The Travelogue Bureau. Very Good with no dust jacket; Page tops dulled.. 1917. Hardcover. Black leather binding with titles stamped in gilt on spine. All edges gilt. Index. Profusely illustrated with the author’s photographs. An opinionated travelogue through the Hawaiian territory, The Edge of China (Hong Kong, Macao, Canton), and Manila. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 342 pages .

NY: Pantheon. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket very lightly scuffed.. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 0679420010 . Bibliography. A biography of the unusual life of Daisy Bates, an Englishwoman who spent thirty years in the deserts of South Australia in the early 20th century. Cloth-backed boards. ; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 232 pages .

Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books. Good in Good dust jacket; Boards and edges foxed, jacket sunned and . tattered.. 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. 0870151401 . xvi, 400pp. Map endpapers. Green cloth binding. Photos, illustrations.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill Books. Very Good with no dust jacket; Covers faintly scuffed.. 1968. Hardcover. Green pictorial cloth. A volume in the Told-Again Tales from Many Lands series. A collection of 17 Hawaiian legends and folk tales. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 128 pages .

Selinsgrove, PA: Susquehanna University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Jacket lightly worn.. 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. 094563644X . xiii, 398pp. Black cloth binding. Introduction by Pauline N. King. Bibliography, index. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Honolulu: University of Hawai`i Press. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket tattered, sunned, and torn, gift . inscription on verso of front free endpaper.. 1955. First Edition. Hardcover. xii, 116pp. Photo endpapers. Green cloth binding. Technical assistance by Robert Schmitt. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Auckland, New Zealand: Hookah Lodge. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Edges rubbed, jacket scuffed.. 1994. First Printing. Hardcover. 047302764X . Black cloth. Foreword, color photographs. TLS from general manager of Huka Lodge laid in. The Huka Lodge Book of New Zealand Landscape is a celebration of the intensely rich scenery that is the essence of this country. (from the foreword) Photographs by Geoff Mason. ; Oblong 4to 11" - 13" tall; 127 pages .

Adelaide, Australia: Rigby. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards worn, jacket scuffed.. 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. 0851790178 . Index, many photos. The vagabonding journalist author writes about the land, people and animals around northern Australia's Gulf of Carpenteria. Map endpapers. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 196 pages .

NY: Wise-Volland Company. Good with no dust jacket; Library stamps and markings on endpapers, boards . worn, owner name on front free endpaper.. 1928. Hardcover. Black cloth spine with color illustrated paper-covered boards. Vibrant color illustrations throughout this story about two young people in Hawaii. ; Ex-Library; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 96 pages .

NY: Arcade Publishing. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket; Boards and jacket rubbed, owner . bookplate on front free endpaper.. 191989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. The renowned opera singer retells Maori legends, with color illustrations by Michael Foreman. Glossary. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 119 pages .

Honolulu: Honolulu Academy of Arts. Very Good. 2006. Softcover. 0937426725 . Softcover with French flaps. Map, black and white and color photographs, foreword, acknowledgments, and photo credits. Comprising several hundred artifacts collected by Captain James Cook (1728-79) during his second and third voyages of exploration in the Pacific ocean, this exhibition explores the vibrant cultures encountered by Cook in the 18th century, at a time when they were still intact. (fRom the foreword); 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 192 pages .

Alice Springs, Australia: IAD Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 2008. Hardcover. 1864650907 . Exhibitions list, references, index. Profusely illustrated in color. Chronicles the beginnings of the Western Desert art movement and the phenomenal development of its founding art company over four decades. Through comprehensive and widely researched biographies of more than 200 men and women the book illuminates lives balanced between first contact and international stardom, poverty and record auction prices: (from front jacket flap). A striking book. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 400 pages .

Auckland, New Zealand: New Zealand Council for Educational Research. Good with no dust jacket; Edges rubbed, corners bumped, owner inscription . and X-mas sticker on front free endpaper.. 1938. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Red cloth with paper spine label. viii, 102pp. Foreword, black and photos, charts, figures, notes, and appendix. A solid copy of this sociological study of a small New Zealand town. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

Wellington, New Zealand: Seven Seas Publishing. Very Good in Good dust jacket; Jacket worn.. 1976. Hardcover. 085467036X . Photo-illustrated boards. Many color photos. Photos and descriptions of native New Zealand flora and fauna. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 148 pages .