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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1965. Hardback small octavo, very good condition (in very good facsimile non-standard dustjacket), mnimal cancelled ex-library (two rubber stamps), maps, plates, new endpapers, some edgewear. 356 pp. French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume I: The Eighteenth Century, by John Dunmore (Clarendon Press, 1965). A definitive account by John Dunmore of French exploration of the Pacific, never… Read more about this item

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. Hardback small octavo, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), new endpapers, tape marks jacket including front cover (front flap price-clipped), some edgewear, rubber library stamp front flyleaf (letters & digits jacket spine), some pencil annotation. 428 pp. French Explorers in the Pacific. Volume II: The Nineteenth Century, by John Dunmore (Clarendon Press, 1969). A… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1938. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, no jacket (missing), good condition, grey cloth covered boards (few tiny spots), black & white photos including frontispiece, edges foxed, light foxing some pages, stain spine & front cover, spine ends little creased, boards little faded, owner's written name & details. 231 pp. The story of the Papuan armed constabulary… Read more about this item

London: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 2008. Reprint ed.. Paperback, very good condition, black & white text-photos, corner tips front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 238 pp. Written by two veteran business observers, this book details universal leadership tactics set against the survival story of the Endurance expedition led by Sir Ernest Shackleton. Illustrated with photos by Frank Hurley and other… Read more about this item

Weikersheim, Germany / Wau, PNG: Verlag Joef Margraf / Wau Ecology Institute, 1991. Paperback large trade, very good condition, tables, black & white text-photos & drawings, minimal foxing edges, minor edgewear. 158 pp. This handbook, edited by Ellen Woodley, describes the traditional medicinal uses of over 100 species of plants currently used in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG).… Read more about this item

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1947. 1st ed.. Hardback small octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white drawings, pages toned (endpapers strip very toned), jacket toned (spine very toned, small edge tears repaired), some edgewear. 115 pp. First edition. A history of the founding of New Zealand by Maoris, told as an epic story.… Read more about this item

Gutersloh: C. Bertelsmann (original publisher), 2010. Paperback trade, very good condition, yellow card cover, black & white text-photos, top corner front cover lightly creased. 90 pp. (Estimated date, 2010.) Modern facsimile edition of a German-language book originally published in 1892. Translation of title: "From Nias to Kaiser-Wilhelms-Land and over to Australia and back to Germany: A Travel Year". The… Read more about this item

Leura, NSW: Jomaru Press, 1997. Hardback small octavo, no jacket, very good plus condition, dark green leatherette boards (gilt lettering cover & spine), autograph (author's written name & dedication). 105 pp. F. G. Short lived on Espiritu Santo, the largest Island in the New Hebrides (modern Vanuatu), when he was young. He transformed these stories from old Santo memories… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Macduff Press, 1985. 1st stated ed.. Paperback wide trade, very good condition, top spine bumped, crease in spine, tiny ridges along spine (possible binding error), rubber stamp inside cover,. 142 pp. This book is a synthesis of oral data and not the result of research done in a library. The authors describe Fijian Protocol (Fijian culture) without… Read more about this item

Sydney: New Holland, 2011. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, thick card covers (with flaps), very good condition, tiny tear bottom edge last page, spine little creased, minor edgewear. 320 pp. The author fulfils a long-time dream to visit the frozen continent, and to see how modern Antarctica compares with the accounts of the early explorers. A humorous and thoughtful exploration… Read more about this item

Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1967. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), minor edgewear jacket (few tiny edge tears, small scuff & pinhole, flap price-clipped, light toning reverse side), light toning pages. 194 pp. Stories of the South Seas and Queensland which were written in the 19th century by Australian writer Louis Becke.… Read more about this item

Auckland: Auckland War Memorial Museum (Auckland Museum), 1949. 2nd ed.. Paperback small quarto, good condition, thin card covers (little creased, corner tip front cover removed), black & white drawings & text-photos, pages & covers lightly toned, spinewear, few edge creases some pages, scuff front cover (sticker removal), two LOOSE pages at rear, edgewear. 71 pp. This book about oceanic… Read more about this item

Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1994. Reprint ed.. Paperback thick octavo, very good condition, corner tips few pages little creased, covers lightly scratched, minor edgewear, owner's written name. 329 pp. These essays attempt to explain what the Treaty of Waitangi is and what it means. Part 1 discusses aspects of the legal and historical significance of the gaining of sovereignty… Read more about this item

Dunedin: Gordon Parry, 2006. Paperback wide octavo (with flaps), very good condition, sepia (brown-coloured) & colour photos, cover slightly creased. 171 pp. Autobiography of Gordon Pary, the doyen of Dunedin's broadcasters and writers for over 60 years, and information officer at the University of Otago. A rare insight into what makes the delightful New Zealand city of Dunedin tick,… Read more about this item

Morwell, VIC: Alella Books, 1983. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white & colour photos, frontispiece, light foxing edges, minor edgewear jacket (light foxing reverse side, few tiny scratches & dents). 160 pp. David Parer and Elizabeth Parer-Cook have made a documentary film produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Natural History Unit… Read more about this item

London: Harrap, 1962. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, faint foxing & toning edges, light brown strips endpapers, corners bumped, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (lightly rubbed, flap price-clipped, reverse side lightly toned). 188 pp. An account of a typical British whaling expedition to Antarctica. The author has spent many… Read more about this item

London: G. Bell & Sons, 1957. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos, edges & endpapers, lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket (spine edges rubbed, reverse side lightly toned). 219 pp. The author was in charge of three teams of huskies for a year in the Antarctic. In this book he writes… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1968. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos, endpaper maps, minimal foxing first two pages, coloured top edge lightly faded, edge lightly foxed, minor edgewear jacket. 191 pp. His personal account of the year he spent at Scott Base, Antarctica. The base is New Zealand's contribution to Antarctic… Read more about this item

Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1958. 2nd or revised ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white photos & drawings, frontispiece (reverse side lightly foxed), pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket, light foxing endpapers & edges. 123 pp. The author was the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge for… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1939. 2nd ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, very good condition (in good dustjacket), top edge tinted, maps, figures, pages lightly toned, reverse side jacket lightly toned & marked (rear cover marked, small edge tears, minor edgewear), protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 318 pp. Edward Shackleton, the noted polar explorer, gives a vivid description of a… Read more about this item