Pacific Rim from Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB

London: John Snow, 1841. Octavo. xviii, [ix-x] pp., folding map, 506 pages, Illustrated by G. Baxter with 25 full page wood engravings with the hand colored frontispiece of Tu Po Chief of Rarotonga (which often is lacking). When John Williams arrived at Samoa, there were already a number of crude Christian cults, the Tongans had already been… Read more

Lihue, Hawaii; (1985): Kauai Historical Society. Octavo. 2nd, Revised Edition. vii, 255 pages. Photographs, Index, appendices. This expanded edition tells about the Koloa Plantation in the years following the original publication as well as a section on the Grove Farm Company and the McBryde Sugar Company. A nice folding color map of the Koloa Plantation appears… Read more

New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1905. First Edition. Octavo. . Inscribed by the author to a very close friend C.H. Merrill. 325pp. (2)pp. ads. illustrated, bound in royal blue pictorial cloth accented in black & white, lettering gilt, spine decorated in black and white with lettering gilt, top edge dark blue, spine faded and a bit rubbed, some… Read more

San Francisco: Pacific Art Company, 1903. Large Octavo. 634p. Portraits and biographies of each of the major businessmen of the Pacific West Coast. Of course, it has all sorts of professional men such as doctors and lawyers or furniture salesman but there is also a photograph of Jack London who had just published "The Son of the… Read more

Manila, Philippines: CBCP, 1995. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 336 p . ( 1 folded) ill. (chiefly col.) maps ( 1 col.). Lacking FlepJacket has wear to corners and spine edges.

Quezon City: SGR Research & Pub, 1974. Pictorial Boards. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book 191 p. Includes bibliographical references.

Saigon: Phai-Doan co-Van Dai-Hoc, 1959. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 262p. vg 1.2 leather over stiff boards. A study of a Vietnamese rural community under the Michigan State University Program which was largely funded by the CIA.

Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1995. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 224p., [8] p. of plates: ill., 1 map.

Manila, Philippines, 1975. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book 61 p.

Manila, Philippines: Nationalist Resource Center, 1981. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 98 p. [3] tables. Some underlining and margin notes in ink.

Cornell University Press, 1975. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 400p. index. The Burmese Sangha is one of the five leading monastic orders in Theravada Buddhism. Here we have the structure and organization of the religious orders in relationship to the societal standards.

London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349p. index. The 'economic miracle' followed by huge disappointments of governments, investors, and the problem of relying on natural resources and not learning how to industrialize. One of the most important studies with articles by a dozen major experts whose… Read more

Quezon City: University of the Philippines, Social Research Labratory, 1973. Quarto. xi, 212p. A scarce work only recorded copies at Univ of Philippines, Hawaii and Institute of SE Asian Studies in Singapore. Bound in light blue paper wraps lettered in gilt, spine gilt, spine faded, previous woner's name stamped on u0pper front wrap. A very good copy. … Read more

Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254p. index as new copy, small print run, difficult to find in pristine condition.

Japan: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, 2002. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ix, 118p. maps, Bibliography, index. Naga City case study as a clue to Philippine politics with many insights found nowhere else. Already a scarce item, most copies are found in university libraries.

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 396 p. Acknowledgements, intro, chapters, conclusion, notes, primary sources, and index. Light wear to jacket edges at corners.

Boston; (1970): Beacon Press. First American Edition. Octavo. 424 pp. A unique stud of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place. This work is both a contribution to anthropology and a case study in religious history. Bound in rust paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, A… Read more

Wellington: R.E. Owen Gov't Printer, 1953. Original Wraps. A Good Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252p. illustrations, maps, bibliographic references. One of the most important post-World War II conferences including notes of what took place scientifically under Japanese occupation.

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Klooster, Ten. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 105pp. Illustrated. 6 classic stories from enchanting India. In blue linen boards, with printed spine label. Illustrated dust jacket (small water stain on fronl panel, and spine is lightly sunned).

New York: The British Book Centre Inc. 1972. Cloth. A Very Good Copy/A Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Owner's bookplate. Beginning wear to dust jacket at spine top and bottom. Story of role of Australasian scientists and explo rers in the conquest of Antarctica. B/w photos, Maps, Chronology, Bibliography, Index, pp 226. … Read more