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Browse Books on Pacific Date Added (descending) Title Author Price (ascending) Price (descending) Date Added (descending)    489 Pacific Books (showing 1 to 30) Search within Books on Pacific Keyword/s:  Browse Australian Bookshops specialising in Pacific Books   The Son of a Savage; the story of Daniel Bula Nicholson, Reginald Chapman (1882 - 1945) The Epworth Press London 1924 Stated First Edition 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Illustrated Boards 300 g; 128 pages, with frontispiece photograph of the subject, and 39 other illustrations either full-page or half page. Includes a map of Vella Lavella. There is an inscription on the front end page, with a note that "Mister Nicholson taught in the Sunday school here, once.". Fading of the spine section of the cloth, and signs of foxing/ageing to the edges of the text block. A digital image can be provided to help assess condition. A biography of a young man from one of the islands of the Solomons, a cannibal (gasp, horror) brought up in brutal barbarism until 12 years of age, yet became an attractive question gentlemen. biography -- Christianity Good Price: $32.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0225322  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     Pathways to Independence. Story of Official and Family Life in Papua New Guinea from 1951-1975 Cleland Rachel ISBN: 0958935408 Dame Rachel Cleland Western Australia 1981   Trade Paperback 370 pp. b/w/ photographs  Very Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 43664  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The Fatal Impact; The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767 -- 1840 Moorehead, Alan Hamish Hamilton London 1966 First Edition 8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Hardcover XIV, 230pp., list of illustrations, appendix, selected bibliography and index. Illustrated endpapers, showing map of the world and routes taken by various explorers. Black and white frontispiece, showing Captain James Cook. With in the text there are 40 black and white illustrations and photography and three maps drawn by H. J. Blackman, and there are also various line drawings. Bottle green boards with gilt printing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper, showing portrait of Captain James Cook with a background of Southsea islands, with black writing on front panel and on spine. 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.". Apart from offset tanning of front and rear ends pages, previous bookseller metallised sticker on the front pastedown, and traces of foxing to the front edge of the text block ... The dust jacket has a 1.5 inch tear which has been repaired with sticky tape the top left of the front panel, and slight rubbing to the top edge. A digital image can be provided to help with assessing condition. Pacficana Very Good Price: $32.00 (AUD) Book Number: 0225241  Bookseller: Syber's Books Postage Rates     A Pattern of Peoples. A Journey Among the Tribes of the Outer Indonesian Islands Hanbury-Tenison Robin ISBN: 0207956332 Angus & Robertson London 1975 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 220 pp, coourl illustrations, rubbing on front endpaper MC 4206 VG  Very Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 4905M  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Love in the South Seas Danielsson Bengt Allen & Unwin London 1958 Fourth Impression 8vo Hard Cover 240 pp, b/w illustrations, translated by H.F. Lyon, d/j price-clipped and chipped on corners and spine, foxing and fading on edges and endpapers  Very Good Price: $16.00 (AUD) Book Number: 2984  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Pleasure Islands of the South Pacific. Fiji, New Caledonia, Rarotonga, New Hebrides, French Polynesia, Easter Island Simpson Colin ISBN: 0454001584 Methuen Australia 1979 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 239 pp, colour and b/w photographs, maps  Fine Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 9846  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Aboriginal and Melanesian Art Tuckson Tony Art Gallery of NSW Sydney 1973 First Edition 4to Catalog 56 pp, b/w illustrations, with a foreword by Peter Laverty, Director Art Gallery of NSW. Slight foxing on some pages, cover scuffed a little on spine  Very Good Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 12534  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The Fatal Impact.The Invasion of the South Pacific 1767-1840 Moorehead Alan Hamish Hamilton London 1966 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 230 pp, b/w illustrations, foxing on edges, flaps and some pages, d/j creased along edges  Very Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 12659  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     A Tale of Tahiti Clune Frank Angus & Robertson Australia 1958 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 208 pp, b/w illustrations, ink stains on index page, foxing on edges and endpapers and d/j rear  Very Good Price: $40.00 (AUD) Book Number: 20776  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Tangaroa’s Godchild. A Memoir of the South Pacific Ruhen Olaf Horwitz Grahame London 1967   Soft Cover 256 pp  Very Good Price: $12.00 (AUD) Book Number: 16867  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Readings in New Guinea History Jinks B., Biskup P., Nelson H., Editors ISBN: 020712485X Angus & Robertson Australia 1973 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 454 pp, d/j spine slightly chipped  Very Good Price: $30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 21593  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The Tropical Pacific Harris N.V. Uni of London Press London 1966 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 176 pp, b/w illustrations, old tape marks on eps and flaps  Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 19066  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Barrier Reef Rendezvous Lucas Alan ISBN: 0725504757 Horwitz Publications Hong Kong 1978 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover A tale of adventure along the Queensland coast, New Guinea and Timor by the author of Cruising the Coral Coast. 199 pp, b/w illustrations, label on endpapers, d/j faded along spine and edges  Very Good Price: $30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 31092  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Margaret Mead and Samoa. The Making and Unmaking of an Anthropological Myth Freeman Derek ISBN: 0708112714 Australian National Uni Press Canberra 1983 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 379 pp  Fine Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 34649  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     A Fragile Paradise. Nature and Man in the Pacific Mitchell Andrew ISBN: 000637655X Fontana/Collins UK 1990   Trade Paperback 256 pp, colour photographs  Fine Price: $12.00 (AUD) Book Number: 37018  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Development and Dependency. The Political Economy of Papua New Guinea Amarshi Azeem, Good Kenneth, Mortimer Rex ISBN: 0195505832 Oxford Uni Press Melbourne 1979   Trade Paperback 287 pp.  Very Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 38381  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Treasure Islands: The Trials of the Ocean Islanders (Banabans) Binder Pearl ISBN: 0207136092 Angus & Robertson Australia 1978 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 191 pp, b/w illustrations  Very Good Price: $30.00 (AUD) Book Number: 24940  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     People in the Sun. The Native People of Australia And the Islands of the South West Pacific Rose Lyndon Angus & Robertson Australia 1961 First Edition 4to Hard Cover 94 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the photographer Ronald Rose (husband of author) on the title page, d/j chipped on corners, along edges and on spine  Very Good Price: $125.00 (AUD) Book Number: 25134  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The Hot Land. Focus on New Guinea Ryan John Macmillan Melbourne 1969 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 390 pp, b/w illustrations, signed by the author on the title page, with a personal dedication to the previous owner, d/j chipped on corners and spine and scuffed along edges, foxing on edges  Very Good Price: $50.00 (AUD) Book Number: 25340  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The Turtle and the Island. Folk Tales from Papua New Guinea Stokes Donald S., Ker Wilson Barbara ISBN: 0340261153 Hodder & Stoughton Australia 1985 Reprint Small 4to Pictorial Softcover 143 pp, illustrated  Very Good Price: $28.00 (AUD) Book Number: 41581  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The Rise and Fall of the Hawaiian Kingdom, a Pictorial History Wisniewski Richard A., Editor Pacific Basin Enterprises Hawaii 1979  4to Pictorial Softcover A concise picture history of Hawaii and its rulers from the birth of Kamehameha the Geat to the establishment of the Territory of Hawaii in 1900. 114 pp. b/w photographs, scuffed covers  Very Good Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 42165  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Oceanian Art Bodrogi Tibor Corvina Budapest 1959 First Edition Small 4to Hard Cover unpaginated, b/w and colour illustrations, title page missing, slight foxing on edges, endpapers and randomly throughout, page 17 damaged on bottom end and gutter  Good Price: $55.00 (AUD) Book Number: 43977  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     A Guadalcanal Society, the Kaoka Speakers Hogbin Ian Holt, Rinehart and Winston New York 1964   Trade Paperback 103 pp. b/w photographs, underlining in ink, scuffed covers  Good Price: $15.00 (AUD) Book Number: 44792  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Australia, New Zealand and The South Pacific Osborne Charles, Editor ISBN: 218514468 Anthony Blond London 1970 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 580 pp. b/w photographs, scuffed d/j edges and spine ends MC 44807 VG  Fine Price: $20.00 (AUD) Book Number: 45434M  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Fiji and the Fijians. The Islands And Their Inhabitants, Volume I. Mission History, Volume II Williams Thomas, Calvert James, Rowe George Stringer Fiji Museum Suva 1982 Reprint  Pictorial Softcover Volume I: 266 pp, Volume II: 435 pp, b/w and colour illustrations, some foldout, frontis coloured, bumped corners, minor foxing to edges, library marks on title pages Ex-Library Very Good Price: $50.00 (AUD) Book Number: 47405  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Vanuatu Victory, Four Generations of Sharing Faith in the Pacific Gillan Rose Helen ISBN: 0867862408 Spectrum Publications Australia 1988   Trade Paperback 341 pp. b/w and colour photographs, MC 49806 F  Fine Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 49807M  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Search for New Guineas Boundaries. From Torrest Strait to the Pacific Van Der Veur Paul W. Australian National Uni Press Canberra 1966 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 176 pp. b/w photographs and maps, foxing to edges and eps, previous owner inscription to fep, obscured previous owner marks on front and rear endpapers, d/j scuffed along edges and faded on spine  Very Good Price: $50.00 (AUD) Book Number: 52641  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     The People from the Horizon. An Illustrated History of the Europeans Among the South Sea Islanders Snow Philip, Waine Stefanie ISBN: 0947889051 McLaren London 1986 First Edition 4to Hard Cover 296 pp, b/w and colour photographs,  Very Good Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 54143  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Voices of Independence: New Black Writing from Papua New Guinea, Asian and Pacific Writing 13 Beier Ulli, Editor ISBN: 0702214450 UQP St. Lucia 1980 First Edition 8vo Hard Cover 251 pp, illustrated, minor foxing on edges and eps, previous owner's inscription on half-title page  Very Good Price: $27.00 (AUD) Book Number: 54221  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates     Lost Paradise. The Exploration of the Pacific Cameron Ian ISBN: 0712616136 Century Hutchinson London 1987 First Edition 4to Hard Cover 248 pp, b/w and colour illustrations  Fine Price: $25.00 (AUD) Book Number: 54231  Bookseller: Dee Why Books Postage Rates   489 Pacific Books         Go to page:    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11        Next 30 Books