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Battleground South Pacific

by Howlett, Roberts -- Text

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A.H. & A. W. Reed, Sydney, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Bruce Adams -- Photographer. VI, 7-224 pages, last page blank, foreword by Sir Arthur Lee, KBE, MC, National President, Returned Services League of Australia, introduction by author and acknowledgements. Map Illustrated endpapers, showing North West Pacific region. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs taken by Bruce Adams, throughout the text. Green coloured cloth covered boards with red titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the book corners. Light age toning of the internal text. Colour photographic dustwrapper with black and red titles to the front panel and white and black titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper edges and rubbing to the dustwrapper panels. Black-and-white photograph of author and photographer to the rear fold over panel. Clipping of the dustwrapper, front fold over, lower right-hand corner. A… Read More
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The Caltex Book of a Maori Lore

The Caltex Book of a Maori Lore

by Cowan, James (Revised by J. B. Palmer)

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A.H. & A. W. Reed, Wellington . Auckland . Sydney, 1966. Reprint. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Dennis Turner. 165 g.; V, 6-64 pages, biography of James Cowan, preface by author and index (which is also printed on the verso of the rear book panel). The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white illustrations by Dennis Turner, along with black-and-white reproduction of contemporary illustrations and black-and-white photographs. Black-and-white illustrated cover which has had a ochre coloured overlay, against a gold background with black and white titles to the front panel. Minor rubbing to the spine edges and to the book corners. Sunning to the rear panel along with a few marks. Browning to the verso of the book panels and light age toning of the internal text. A small potted history of the Maori people of New Zealand, touching on all aspects of life, including social, religious, cultivation, war and arts and crafts. Size: 4to… Read More
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The Discovery of Tahiti;  A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, under...
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The Discovery of Tahiti; A Journal of the Second Voyage of H.M.S. Dolphin Round the World, under the Commmand of Captain Wallis, R. N., in the Years 1766, 1767 and 1768, Written By Her Master George Robinson

by Robertson, George (Hugh Carrington -- editor)

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The Hakluyt Society, London, 1948. Reissued, 1st thus. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. LI, 292pp., list of plates, list of maps, foreword by Hakluyt Society members, editor's preface, select bibliography, one folding map, 9 appendices and index. Black-and-white illustrated frontispiece, which folds out, showing H. M .A .S. Dolphin in Matavai Bay, Tahati; the fold out section has a triangular crease [small] running the full length of the page. The text is illustrated with another 5 black-and-white illustrations and two black-and-white maps. The fore paper edge and bottom paper edge are deckled. Blue coloured boards with self embossed decoration and gilt illustration of a ship on the front and back panels and gilt writing on the spine. Hakluyt Society Second Series, No. 98 (XCVIII). The discovery of Tahati in 1766. The first reprint of the original Journal. Bumping with some fraying to the head and to the heel of the spine. Bumping to the top book… Read More
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The Fatal Impact; The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767 -- 1840

The Fatal Impact; The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767 -- 1840

by Moorehead, Alan

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Hamish Hamilton, London, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, appendix, selected bibliography and index. 25 illustrations, and 5 black and white maps and drawings by H. J. Blackman. " "The history of the South Pacific region since the discovery by Europeans have been one of disaster, corruption and annihilation. "...and, ironically, in each case it was Cook, one of the greatest and certainly the most humane explorer of his day, who was to cause the fatal impact.". -- from the front fold over panel blurb, of the hardcover dustjacket. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 283 pages. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Exploration; Pacific; History -- Pacific; Inventory No: 0246178. .
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The Fatal Impact; The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767 -- 1840

The Fatal Impact; The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767 -- 1840

by Moorehead, Alan

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9780140027730
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Penguin, London, 1979. reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, appendix, selected bibliography and index. 25 illustrations, and 5 black and white maps and drawings by H. J. Blackman. " "The history of the South Pacific region since the discovery by Europeans have been one of disaster, corruption and annihilation. "...and, ironically, in each case it was Cook, one of the greatest and certainly the most humane explorer of his day, who was to cause the fatal impact.". -- from the front fold over panel blurb, of the hardcover dustjacket. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 283 pages. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage apart from age toning of the page edges. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Exploration; Pacific; History -- Pacific; Pacific; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 0140027734. ISBN/EAN: 9780140027730. Inventory… Read More
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The Inseparable Grief; Margaret Cargill of Fiji

The Inseparable Grief; Margaret Cargill of Fiji

by Dickson, Mora

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9780234777114
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0234777117
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Denis Dobson, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 400 g.; (5), 6-174, (2) pages, acknowledgements, bibliography and index. At the beginning of the text is a map, double paged, showing Fiji and its environs. Blue/green coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the backstrip edges and to the book corners. Fading to the top book edges and there is browning and foxing to the top text block edge. Browning to the other text block edges and age toning to the internal text. Staining can be seen to the top right-hand corner of the free front end paper and a half title page. Illustrated dustwrapper with white and green coloured background and black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Rubbing to the dustwrapper panels and creasing to the dustwrapper edgings. Sunning to the backstrip. Staining to the top right-hand corner of the front panel. There is a small nick to the top edge of the front dustwrapper panel. The biography of Margaret Cargill, and her… Read More
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Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific

Manuscripts in the British Isles Relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific

by Mander-Jones, Phyllis -- Editor

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9780708104507
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0708104509
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Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1972. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. XXIV, 700 pages, last three pages blank, foreword by J.A.La Nuze, Professor of History, Australian National University and A.P. Fleming, National Librarian, National Library of Australia. Introduction by author, bibliographical note, and index. Blue coloured endpapers. Dark blue coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Plain text dustwrappers, with a tan coloured background, with black and white titles to the front panel and backstrip. "This book gathers together for the first time in one place annotated descriptions of manuscripts held in Great Britain and Ireland relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. The geographic range of the manuscripts extends from Western Australia to the Galapagos and Juan Fernandez, and a curve embracing the Marianas and the whole Hawaiian islands to the Antarctic. In time the work spans from the earlier Spanish voyages to… Read More
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Three Islands

by Williams, Maslyn

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9780909477004
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0909477000
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British Phosphate Commission, Adelaide, 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Douglas McNaughton-- Photographer. 84 pages, acknowledgements. Endpapers illustrated with map of Indian-Pacific zone. The text is illustrated with black and white and colored photography taken by Douglas McNaughton. Pale tan coloured boards silver writing on the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing guano, with white and black writing on front panel and white on spine. This book was published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the British Phosphate Commission, set up in 1920 to work the phosphate deposits (guano) of Nauru & Ocean Islands in the Pacific Ocean, then in 1948, in Christmas Island (Indian Ocean). Previous owner's neat name stamp a top of half title page, some light rubbing/chipping of the top and bottom edges of the dustwrapper. No other damage. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s).… Read More
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THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

THE VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN COOK

by RIENITS, Rex and Thea

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Fourth Impression
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Paul Hamlyn, Middlesex, England, 1970. Fourth Impression. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. map of Cook's three voyages, index and acknowledgements. Illustrated endpapers, showing natives of a South Sea Island, a contemporary illustration from Cook's time. Profusely illustrated with 38 colour illustrations and over 140 in black-and-white -- both contemporary illustrations and photography. Navy blue coloured boards with a gilt coloured illustration, of a compass, to the lower right-hand corner of the front board. Gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Minor rubbing and wear to the book edges and Browning of the text block edges. Illustrated dustwrapper, with advertising wraparound, with blue and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. A little rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and panels. Some rubbing on the advertising banner edges. The story of Captain James Cook's three voyages to the South… Read More
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