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O mea ua iloaina: I oti faafuase'i o tamaiti laiti
n.p.: Hawaii SIDS Information and Counseling Program, [198-?]. Pamphlet. Four-page brochure, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good. Samoan-language overview of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, adapted from Hawaiian Department of Health materials by Dr. Lulumafuie Fiatoa.
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£12.21
Ritualized Homosexuality in Melanesia
by Herdt, Gilbert H., editor, Michael R. Allen, J. Van Baal, Kenneth E. Read, Shirley Lindenbaum et al
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1984. Hardcover. xvii, 409p., endpaper maps, editor's preface, bibliography, contributors, index, illustrated with tables, figures and maps, lightly-foxed on top edge otherwise a very good first edition in cloth boards and unclipped dj with sunning to spine.
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£20.35
Newsletter. Vol. 4 no. 1 (Winter 1974)
by Friends of Micronesia
Berkeley: Friends of Micronesia, 1974. Newsletter. 29p., 8.5x11 inches, on newsprint; front cover heavily foxed at edges, edgeworn; interior pages more evenly toned. Laid in is a flyer introducing the group, and another handbill with a map of Micronesia, captioned "'We have the trust, the United States has the territory.' -Ataji Balos." Opposes development and military use of Micronesian islands; this issue largely devoted to the Micronesian economy.
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£17.91
Sex Life in the South Seas
by B. Schidloff, Ph.D
Melbourne Anthropological Research Association, 1953-01-01. Paperback. Fair. . 0x0x0. FAIR. Black wraps, approx. 6.25'' x 5'', 410pp., most of spine title and spine edge chipped/rubbed away, chips to spine edges, edges and corners of covers, light fading and small chips to covers, small creases to top corner of first few pages, rub wear, a small gray stain and a small light brown stain to side page edges, inner pages are clean and in very readable condition..<p> Once Read Books,...
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£16.20
Crisis in the Philippines: The Marcos Era and Beyond
by Bresnan, John, ed
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986. Paperback. xiv, 284p., paperback, 5.5x8.5 inches, very good.
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£9.77
Philippine Nationalism: External Challenge and Filipino Response, 1565-1946
by Mahajani, Usha
St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1971. Hardcover. xii, 530p., hardcover in dust jacket, 5.75x8.75 inches. Sunning to dust jacket, small pinhole in half title page, else very good.
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£40.70
Where the Spirits Dwell: an odyssey in the New Guinea jungle
by Schneebaum, Tobias
New York: Grove Press, 1988. Hardcover. 209p. + 16p. photos, map, glossary of Asmat and Indonesian words, very good first edition in quarter-cloth boards and unclipped dj.
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£9.77
Prejudice, a form 6 comprehension booklet
by Benson, Cliff J
Suva, Fiji: Desai Bookshops Ltd, 1980. Pamphlet. 53p., wraps slightly shelf worn else very good condition, 5.75x8.25 inches. Not found in OCLC as 4/2021. School book issued in Fiji on prejudice and racism.
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£20.35
Philippine Quarterly of Culture & Society: Volume 22, Number 3, September 1994
Cebu City: San Carlos Publications, 1994. Paperback. 165-242p., paperback, 7x10.25 inches. Small tear in spine, else very good. Articles on land rights before Spanish colonization, Filipino domestic workers, archaeology, and Feminist readings of contemporary Philippine literature.
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£9.77
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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£61.04
Mindanao Journal: Volume 1, Number 4
Marawi City: University Research Center, Mindanao State University, Marawi City, 1975. Paperback. 134p., paperback, 6x9 inches. Previous ownership stamp and pen mark on contents page, wraps shelfworn, else very good. Illustrated with maps and diagrams. Articles on fish, water, boatbuilding, and Muslim Filipinos.
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£13.84
Gender, Poverty, and Sustainable Development: Towards a holistic framework of understanding and action
by Wee, Vivienne [and] Noeleen Heyzer
Singapore: Engender Centre for Environment, Gender, and Development Pte Ltd, 1995. Paperback. xvi, 168p., wraps, 5.75 x 8.25 inches, wraps worn, soiled, and creased, else very good condition. Particular focus on Asia and the Pacific.
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£9.77
Isles of adventure; from Java to New Caledonia but principally Papua. With illustrations
by Grimshaw, Beatrice
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931. Hardcover. viii, 293p., photographic illustrations as called for, on inserted plates, first edition openweave cloth boards paneled in blind and titled in silverblue foil lettering, boards lightly edgeworn, bookseller's label on free front endpaper, occasional spots of light foxing within. else very good condition. No dust jacket.
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£16.28
Children of the Ash-Covered Loam and Other Stories
by Gonzalez, N.V.M
Manila: The Benipayo Press, 1954. Paperback. 209p., paperback, 5.25x7.25 inches. Wraps lightly worn, half-title page toned, else very good.
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£13.84
The Golden Octopus; Legends of the South Seas
by Hastings, Viscount
London: Eveleigh Nash & Grayson Limited, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Blamire Young. frontis, 12 tipped-in color plates, (8), 92p. Extremities worn and lower right corner chipped on back cover. No jacket or slipcase. Preface and illustrations by Blamire Young. Edition limited to 750 copies of which 700 are for sale. [statement on verso of half-title].
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£20.35
My Odyssey
by McLaren, Jack
Boston: Small, Maynard and Co, 1920. Hardcover. 256p., cloth-covered boards with gilt titles, illus., top corner torn off of pp. 15/16 with no loss of text, fore-edge and bottom edge of textblock foxed, bookstore label on front pastedown endpaper, else good condition; no dust jacket. Australian author's description of his travels in the South Pacific. The first edition was published in 1923.
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£9.77
The Official Record Of The Royal Visit to Tonga, 19th-20th December, 1953. Published for the Government of Tonga by Command of H.M. Queen Salote Tupou
by Bain, K.R., secretary to the government of Tonga
London: Pitkin, 1954. Hardcover. 80p., a running text profusely illustrated in b&w photography and a couple of line maps including a plat of the capital. Hardbound in 10x7 inch textured red boards gilt and enclosed in the dust jacket. Casing shows a little handling wear with mild wrinkles along the spine panel, interior is clean and neat, but the dj has an inch-long chip at heel of spine and general handling wear. Good copy,
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£13.84
Decorative Art of New Guinea - Incised Designs. 52 Plates. Frontispiece in Photogravure and 2 Text-figures
by Lewis, Albert Buell. Berthold Laufer, editor
Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1925. Pamphlet. 2p. plus b&w plates (52, one per page including frontis), staple-fastened plain printed tan wraps, plates as called for, a fine copy: absolutely sound, clean and unmarked, really as-new. Anthropology Design series no. 4. FYI, the plates that are not "photogravure" are perfectly well-reproduced; these are usually rubbings from incised work.
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£20.35
Memories of Hanahauoli: The First Fifty Years
by Palmer, Louisa F
Honolulu: n.p., 1968. Hardcover. 74p., [38] pages illustrations, orange boards, 8.75x11.25 inches. List of Hanahauoli School Advisory Board members and Board of Directors inlaid. Light handling wear to boards, previous ownership signature inside front cover, else very good.
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£44.76
A son of the sun
by London, Jack, illustrated by A. O. Fischer and C. W. Ashley
Garden City: Doubleday, Page & Co, 1912. Hardcover. [viii] 333p., frontispiece and 3 illustrations inserted, very slight split starting at front hinge, otherwise a very good first edition, first prinbting in blue cloth boards with gray lettering and vignette of sailing ship and clouds with white sails and orange trim, very mild shelf wear. Sisson page 64, BAL 11937.
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£142.43
![The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Translated and Edited by Sir Clements Markham. In To Volumes. - Vol. I, Vol.II [complete in the pair, which are bound in a single casing]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/756/612/1464612756.0.b.jpg)
The Voyages of Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, 1595 to 1606. Translated and Edited by Sir Clements Markham. In To Volumes. - Vol. I, Vol.II [complete in the pair, which are bound in a single casing]
by Fernandez de Quiros, author, with various others. Clements Markham, translator &c
Millwood NY / London: Kraus Reprint / Reproduced by permission of the Hakluyt Society, 1967. Hardcover. xlviii, 320, viii, to 555p., illustrations and maps as called for (several folded), hardbound in light blue cloth boards gilt. One map very slightly misfolded, which we have amended (it may revert), else as new: sound, clean, unmarked. Second series, nos. XIV, XV.
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£77.32
Report of the Conference on the Human Environment in the South Pacific, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 8-11 March 1982
by South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission, 1982. 71p., staplebound wraps, 8.25x11.5 inches, very good.
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£16.28
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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£25.23
Evaluation of Tototo-Kilemba and PRRM-SAM at midpoint: An assessment of the Nonformal Education Project..
by Clark, Dr. Noreen, Mr. O. Gakuru & Dr. Pedro Acierto
New York: World Education, 1979. 81p., 8.5x11 inches, tables, very good in stapled wraps.
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£16.28
A vagabond in Fiji
by Foster, Harry L
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1927. Hardcover. viii, 309p., original green cloth boards with titling in gilt, bookplate on front pastedown endpaper, softly bent corners, else in very good condition.
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£12.21
