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  1. ABO, Takaji, et al. MARSHALLESE-ENGLISH DICTIONARY.  Honolulu. Uni.of Hawaii Press. 1976. (rep) Ill.wrapps. 589pp. Fine. Contains almost 12,000 entries giving information on an estimated 30,000 Marshallese words, with a special section listing more than 4,000 place names in the Marshall Islands.  AUD$55

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  2. ADAMS, Bruce (Photographer) RUST IN PEACE. South Pacific Battlegrounds Revisited. Syd. Antipodean Publishers. 1975. 4to. Or.cl. d.w. 239pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Spine sl.faded else Fine. 1st ed. The remains of the implements of war in the South Pacific, captured in graphic and often beautiful form, as they inevitably succumb to the gradual decay of nature.  AUD$60

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  3. ADAMS, Henry. LETTRES DES MERS DU SUD. Traduites de l'amjlméricain avec des notes et une introduction. Par Evelyne de Chazeaux. Paris. Société des Océanistes. 1974. wrapps. Dustjacket. xxxii,444pp. uncut. Col.& b/w plates. Near Fine. 1st ed. French text. Scarce.   AUD$60

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  4. AFFLECK, Arthur H. THE WANDERING YEARS.  Lond. Longmans. 1964. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 211pp. b/w ills. Sl.foxing to edges, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. The history of commercial aviation in Australia, with much on aviation in Papua New Guinea.  AUD$30

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  5. AINSLIE, Kenneth. PACIFIC ORDEAL.  Lond. Rupert Hart-Davis. 1956. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (price-clipped) 251pp. b/w plates. Some foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. The author's experiences towing four mine-sweepers almost 10,000 miles across the Pacific, from Panama to Manila, with very inadequate towing gear following World War II.  AUD$28

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  6. ALEXANDER, Caroline. THE BOUNTY. The True Story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. N.Y. Viking. 2003. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 491pp. Col.& b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. A definitive account of one of the most infamous episodes in the history of seagoing voyages.  AUD$40

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  7. ALLEN, Benedict. INTO THE CROCODILE NEST. A Journey Inside New Guinea. Lond. Paladin/Grafton. 1989. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 223pp. Col.plates. Very Good copy. The author's extraordinary New Guinea adventures.  AUD$12

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  8. ALLEN, Benedict. THE PROVING GROUNDS. A Journey Through the Interior of New Guinea & Australia. Lond. Flamingo. 1992. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 391pp. Col.plates. Very Good copy.   AUD$12

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  9. ALLEN, Benedict. THE PROVING GROUNDS. A Journey through the Interior of New Guinea and Australia. Lond. Harper Collins. 1991. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 391pp. col & b/w plates. b/w ills. Near Fine. 1st ed. An exotic and touching account of tribal worlds.  AUD$35

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  10. ALLEN, Percy S. THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. New Zealand's Commercial Interests. Reprint from the "New Zealand Herald" of Articles. Auckland. 1908. wrapps. (some spotting; inscription on front wrapper) Some foxing, else a Good copy. Scarce.   AUD$36

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  11. ANDERSEN, Johannes. MYTHS & LEGENDS OF THE POLYNESIANS.  Rutland. Charles E.Tuttle. 1969. Or.cl. Dustjacket (price-clipped) 514pp. Col.& b/w plates. Fine in the original card case. 1st Tuttle ed. Scarce. An account of the history, art & mythology of the Polynesian races.  AUD$90

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  12. ANDERSON, Atholl. THE WELCOME OF STRANGERS. An ethnohistory of southern Maori A.D.1650-1850. Dunedin, NZ. Uni.of Otago. 1998. Ill.wrapps. 249pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st paperback ed. Provides a vivid picture of the Southern peoples, showing how communities were run & how they sustained themselves in living off land & sea.  AUD$40

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  13. ANDERSON, James L. & HOGG, Donald. NEW GUINEA.  Syd. Reed. 1969. Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 216pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$35

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  14. ANDREWS, Lorang. ISLES OF EDEN. A South Sea Idyll - With Music. N.Y. Ray Long & Richard R.Smith. 1932. Or.dec.cl. 351pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing, & corner clipped from ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$35

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  15. ANDREWS, Lorrin. A DICTIONARY OF THE HAWAIIAN LANGUAGE. To which is Appended an English-Hawaiian Vocabulary & a Chronological Table of Remarkable Events. Rutland. Tuttle. 1974. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (spine faded) 559pp. Fine.   AUD$35

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  16. ART GALLERY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA/UNIV OF ADELAIDE. RESEARCH CENTRE FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN CERAMICS. PAPERS. 3 VOLS. Papers 1: Report on the Excavation of the Ban Tao Hai Kilns, Phitsanulok, Thailand; Papers 2: A Study of Painted Under Glaze; Papers 3: Ceramic Excavation Sites in Southeast Asia. Adel. Art Gallery of SA. 1987. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 101,74,41pp. b/w plates (some folding) Fine. 1st ed. The three volumes for  AUD$85

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  17. BARRATT, Glynn. THE TUAMOTU ISLANDS & TAHITI. Volume 4 of the Russia & the South Pacific, 1696-1840. Vancouver. UBC Press. 1992. Or.bds. Dustjacket. xvii,298pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$75

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  18. BARRETT, Charles. PACIFIC WONDERLAND. A Book of Australia. Melb. Cassell. 1942. (2nd imp) 4to. Or.dec.bds. 194pp. Col.front. & b/w plates. Biro marking to front paste-down, else a Very Good copy.   AUD$30

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  19. BARROW, David. THE CRUX ARGOSY. A Seafaring Adventure Beneath the Southern Cross. A Series for Television. Foreword by Vice-Admiral David Leach. n.p. 1983. 4to. Or.dec.bds. unpag. (28pp.) Many Col.& b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$32

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  20. BARROW, Terence. THE ART OF TAHITI. And the neighbouring Society, Austral and Cook Islands. Lond. T & H. 1979. Col.Ill.wrapps. 96pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$27

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  21. BARTHEL, Thomas S. THE EIGHTH LAND. The Polynesian Discovery & Settlement of Easter Island. Translated from the German by Anneliese Martin. Honolulu. Uni.of Hawaii. 1978. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 372pp. b/w frontis. Very Good copy. "..the most detailed analysis of Easter Island myth & legend available."  AUD$55

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  22. BASSETT, Jan. (Ed.) GREAT SOUTHERN LANDINGS. An Anthology of Antipodean Travel. Lond. OUP. 1995. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 328pp. Fine. 1st ed. Ninety selected extracts from the writings of notable visitors to & imaginers of the Antipodes, including Joseph Conrad, Jules Verne, Anthony Trollope, Barry Humphries, etc.  AUD$24

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  23. BATES, Marston & ABBOTT, Donald. IFALUK: PORTRAIT OF A CORAL ISLAND.  Lond. Museum Press. 1959. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 287pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$35

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  24. BAUCKE, William. WHERE THE WHITE MAN TREADS. By W.B., Otorohanga. Selected from a series of articles contributed to "The New Zealand Herald" & "The Auckland Weekly News"; including others now published for the first time. Auckland. 1928. (2nd ed; revised) Or.cl. Dustjacket. (edges sl.chipped) 313pp. b/w frontis. Inscription on ffe., & some foxing, else a Very Good copy.   AUD$45

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  25. BEAGLEHOLE, Ernest & Pearl. SOME MODERN MAORIS.  Auckland. NZ Council for Education. 1946. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 350pp. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. An analysis of a Maori way of life & an interpretation of the meaning and problems of this life for contemporary New Zealand.  AUD$36

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  26. (BEAGLEHOLE, John Cawte.) JOHN CAWTE BEAGLEHOLE: A BIBLIOGRAPHY.  Wellington. Alexander Turnbull Lib. 1972. Sm.8vo. Ill.wrapps. 48pp. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce.   AUD$40

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  27. BECKE, Louis. SOUTH SEA SUPERCARGO. Edited with an Introduction by A.Grove Day. Honolulu. Univ.of Hawaii. 1967. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 194pp. Sl.foxing to edges, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Semi-autobiographical tales of wild adventures in the South Sea islands.  AUD$35

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  28. BELLWOOD, Peter, et al. (Eds.) THE AUSTRONESIANS. Historical & Comparative Perspectives. Canb. ANU. 1995. Col.Ill.wrapps. 359pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. A general survey of Austronesian-speaking populations focusing on their common origins & historical transformations.  AUD$50

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  29. BELLWOOD, Peter. MAN'S CONQUEST OF THE PACIFIC. The Prehistory of Southeast Asia and Oceania. N.Y. OUP. 1979. Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 462pp. Col.plates and b/w ills. Near Fine. 1st ed. From the earliest traces of Homo sapiens, his predecessors and contemporaries, in mainland Southeast Asia; to his diffusion throughout the off shore islands.  AUD$70

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  30. BELLWOOD, Peter. THE POLYNESIANS. Prehistory of an Island People. Lond. T & H. 1978. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 180pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$35

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  31. BELLWOOD, Peter. THE POLYNESIANS. Prehistory of an Island People. Lond. T & H. 1987. (Revised paperback ed.) Col.Ill.wrapps. 175pp. Very Good copy.   AUD$24

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  32. BENTON, Richard A. THE FLIGHT OF THE AMOKURA. Oceanic Languages & Formal Education in the South Pacific. Wellington. NZ Council for Edu.Res. 1981. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 236pp. Near Fine. 1st ed. Examines the official policies towards Oceanic languages in education over the last century.  AUD$0

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  33. BEST, Elsdon. MAORI AGRICULTURE. The Cultivated Food Plants of the Natives of New Zealand, with some Account of Native Methods of Agriculture, its Ritual & Origin Myths. Wellington. NZ Dominion Museum. 1925. 4to. wrapps. (spine sl.chipped; back wrapper torn & repaired with tape) 172pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing, else a Good copy. Scarce.   AUD$85

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  34. BEST, Elsdon. THE STONE IMPLEMENTS OF THE MAORI.  Wellington. A.R.Shearer. 1974. (rep) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 445pp. b/w ills. Fine. First published in 1912.  AUD$60

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  35. BEST, Elsdon. WAIKAIRE-MOANA. The Sea of the Rippling Waters. Wellington. 1975. Or.bds. 110pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. A history of Lake Waikare-moana, situated not far from the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.  AUD$35

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  36. BICKEL, Lennard. MAWSON'S WILL. The Greatest Survival Story Ever Written. Foreword by Sir Edmund Hillary. N.Y. Stein & Day. 1977. (2nd printing) Or.qt.cl. Dustjacket. 237pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing to foredge, else Near Fine. The story of what Sir Edmund Hillary calls "the most outstanding solo journey ever recorded in Antarctic history."  AUD$45

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  37. BICKERTON, Derek. DYNAMICS OF A CREOLE SYSTEM.  Cambridge Uni.Press. 1975. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 224pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Language variations in a Creole-speaking community & assesses the implications the study has on generally accepted notions of the nature of language.  AUD$47

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  38. BIGGS, Bruce. LET'S LEARN MAORI. A Guide to the Study of the Maori Language. Wellington. Reed. 1974. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 150pp. Very Good copy.   AUD$25

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  39. BIGGS, Bruce. THE MBA DIALECTS WESTERN VITI LEVU. Journal of the Polynesian Society. Extract from Vol.57, No.1 March 1948. Wellington. Polynesian Soc. 1948. wrapps. 87pp. Some rusting to staples else a Good copy.   AUD$35

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  40. (BIGGS, Bruce.) STUDIES IN PACIFIC LANGUAGES & CULTURES. In Honour of Bruce Biggs. edited by Jim Hollyman & Andrew Pawley. Auckland. Linguistic Soc. 1981. Col.Ill.wrapps. 392pp. Very Good copy.   AUD$36

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  41. BLANDING, Don. HULA MOONS.  N.Y. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1938. (rep) Or.dec.cl. (spine faded & marked; edge wear) 303pp. b/w ills. Col.frontis. uncut. Some foxing, else internally a Very Good copy. The charm & glamour of Hawaii.  AUD$35

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  42. BLIGH, William. THE BLIGH NOTEBOOK. Rough Account - Lieutenant Wm. Bligh's voyage in the Bounty's Launch from the ship to Tofua & from thence to Timor. 28 April to 14 June 1789. With a draft list of the Bounty mutineers. Ed. by John Bach. Syd. Allen & Unwin. 1987. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 336pp. Col.front. b/w plates (some folding) Name on ffe., else Fine. The record of one of the great epics of the sea; Bligh's account of events in his long open boat voyage after being cast adrift by the Bounty mutineers.  AUD$85

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  43. BOCK, Carl. THE HEAD-HUNTERS OF BORNEO. A Narrative of Travel Up the Mahakkam & Down the Barito; also Journeyings in Sumatra. New Jersey. Time-Life. 1984. (rep) Bound in simulated leather. 344pp. Col.& b/w plates. a.e.g. Bound-in marker ribbon. Fine. Time-Life Classics of Exploration.  AUD$60

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  44. BOULLAIRE-DESCHAMPS, Aiu. UNE VIE D'EXCEPTION AUX TUAMOTU. Francois et Thais Hervé, 1904-1939. Paris. Editions le Motu. 1997. Ill.wrapps. 203pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. French text.   AUD$55

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  45. BRAIN, Belle M. THE TRANSFORMATION OF HAWAII. How Fifty Years of Mission Work gave a Christian Nation to the World... Told for Young People. Lond. Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier. 1890. Or.dec.cl. 193pp. b/w plates. Cloth sl.bumped & soiled else a Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$33

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  46. BRAKE, Brian. (Photographs). ART OF THE PACIFIC. Conversations by James McNeish. With Commentary by David Simmons. N.Y. Harry N.Abrams. 1980. Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 240pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Fine. 1st US ed. Scarce.   AUD$100

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  47. BREWSTER, H.C. PEARLS OF PAPUA. Illustrated by G.K.Townshend. Syd. Endeavour Press. 1934. Or.dec.cl. (edges sl.rubbed; bds sl.moisture marked at foredge) 323pp. b/w ills. Sl.foxing to edges, & pen marking to front endpapers, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$50

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  48. BROWER, Kenneth. A SONG FOR SATAWAL.  Lond. Andre Deutsch. 1983. Or.qt.cl. Dustjacket. 218pp. Fine. 1st ed. An informative account of the culture of the Micronesian Islands.  AUD$35

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  49. BROWN, James S. GIANT OF THE LORD. The Life of Pioneer. Salt Lake City. Bookcraft Inc. 1960. (2nd printing) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 542pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. The autobiography of a valiant pioneer.  AUD$75

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  50. BROWN, Lindsay W. SUIVEZ RAISON & I.T. Or a Chap's Chequered Career. An Autobiography. Lond. Watts & Co. 1933. Or.cl. (edges sl.rubbed) xvi,260pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed & signed by the author. Includes Australia, the New Hebrides, New Zealand and Japan.  AUD$40

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  51. BROWNE, Edward G. A YEAR AMONGST THE PERSIANS. Impressions as to the Life, Character & Thought of the People of Persia, Received During Twelve Months' residence in that Country in the Years 1887-8. New Jersey. Time-Life. 1983. (rep) Bound in simulated leather. 594pp. Folding map. a.e.g. Bound-in marker ribbon. Fine. Time-Life Classics of Exploration.  AUD$65

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  52. BRUNTON, Paul. (Ed) AWAKE, BOLD BLIGH!. William Bligh's letters describing the mutiny on HMS Bounty. Introduction by Paul Brunton. Syd. Allen & Unwin. 1989. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 87pp. Col.& b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$38

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  53. BRYAN, E.H. Jr. (Compiler.) GUIDE TO THE PLACE NAMES IN THE TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS.  Honolulu. Bernice P.Bishop Museum. 1971. 4to. wrapps. unpag. (c.400pp.) Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed on the front wrapper by the author "With the Aloha of E.H.Bryan Jr."   AUD$50

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  54. BRYAN, Edwin H., Jr. AMERICAN POLYNESIA & THE HAWAIIAN CHAIN.  Honolulu. Tongg Publ. 1942. (Revised ed.) Or.cl. (edges sl.rubbed) 253pp. b/w plates & ills. Very Good copy. Inscribed by the author to Robert Langdon.   AUD$120

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  55. BUCK, Peter H. EXPLORERS OF THE PACIFIC. European and American Discoveries in Polynesia. By Te Rangi Hiroa (Peter H. Buck), Director of the Bishop Museum, 1936-1951. Honolulu. 1953. Col.Ill.wrapps. with design by Jean Charlot. 125pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Bernice P. Bishop Museum. Special Publication No.43.  AUD$45

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  56. BUCK, Sir Peter. VIKINGS OF THE SUNRISE.  Christchurch. Whitcombe & Tombs. 1975. (rep) Or.cl. Dustjacket. 339pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. "The settlement of the Pacific Islands by a Stone Age people who were probably the greatest navigators the world has ever seen.  AUD$40

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  57. BULBECK, Chilla. AUSTRALIAN WOMEN IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Colonial Passages, 1920-1960. Cambridge Uni.Press. 1992. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 327pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. A compelling account of the experiences of white women in Papua New Guinea between the 1920s & the 1960s.  AUD$48

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  58.  BULLETIN DE LA SOCIÉTÉ D'ÉTUDES OCÉANIENNES. A full and unbroken run from Issue No.1. (1917) to Issue No.264 (1994). Papeete. The Society. 1917-1994. Volumes 1 to 18 (issues 1 to 223) cloth-bound in 18 volumes, the remainder (issues 224 to 264) in the original wrappers. Some of the issues are double issues. Very Scarce. A Fine set of this important journal, containing a wealth of information relative to the Pacific and its peoples.  AUD$5000

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  59. BULU, Joel. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A NATIVE MINISTER IN THE SOUTH SEAS. Translated by a Missionary. Facsimile edition. Tonga. Tupou High School. 1973. wrapps. 80pp. Front wrapper sl.stained on tail, else a Very Good copy. First published 1871.  AUD$35

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  60. BURCHETT, W.G. WINGATE ADVENTURE. Behind the Japanese lines in Burma. An account of the most amazing military experiment of World War II. Melb. Cheshire. 1944. Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket (chipped & torn with some loss) 188pp. monotone plates. Sl.foxing, & corner clipped from ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Major General Wingate accompanied Churchill to Quebec, and was in charge of the British airborne forces operating in Burma behind the Japanese lines.  AUD$30

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  61. BURCHILL, Elizabeth. NEW GUINEA NURSE.  Adel. Rigby. 1967. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (price-clipped) 151pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. The experiences of a nurse in New Guinea.  AUD$32

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  62. BURTSCHY-FRANCHI, Madame. TAHITI ET LES ILES. Histoire, g‚ography, administration, tourisme, commerce. Papeete. 1957. Rebound in cloth retaining the original Col.Ill.wrapps. 127pp. Col.& b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Text in French and English.  AUD$27

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  63. BUSE, H. LOS PERUANOS EN OCEANIA. Geografia y Chronicas del Pacifico. Cuarto Centenario del Viaje de Alvaro de Mandana a las Islas Salomon. Lima, Peru. 1967. Wrapps. Dustjacket. 381pp. b/w plates. Pages sl.browned else a Very Good copy.   AUD$30

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  64. CALLINAN, Bernard J. INDEPENDENT COMPANY. The 2/2 and 2/4 Australian Independent Companies in Portuguese Timor, 1941-1943. Introductory chapter by Nevil Shute. Lond. Heinemann. 1984. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 235pp. b/w plates. Some library stamping & tape-marking, else a Very Good copy.   AUD$35

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  65. CAMERON, Ian. LOST PARADISE. The Exploration of the Pacific. Lond. Century. 1987. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 248pp. Many b/w ills. Col.plates. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$40

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  66. CAMERON, Ian. LOST PARADISE. The Exploration of the Pacific. Topsfield, Mass. Salem House. 1987. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 248pp. Many b/w ills. Col.plates. Dj sl.rubbed else a Very Good copy. 1st US ed.   AUD$34

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  67. CAMERON, Robert. ABOVE HAWAII. A Collection of Nostalgic & Contemporary Aerial Photographs of the Hawaiian Islands. San Francisco. Cameron & Co. 1977. Oblong Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 159pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$38

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  68. CAMPBELL, Archibald. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD FROM 1806 TO 1812. In which Japan, Kamschatka, the Aleutian Island, & the Sandwich Islands were visited; including a narrative of the author's shipwreck on the island of Sannack... Honolulu. Univ.of Hawaii. 1967. Sm.8vo. Or.qt.cl. Dustjacket. 220pp. Near Fine. Facsimile reproduction of the 3rd American edition of 1822. One of the fullest pre-missionary accounts of Hawaii.  AUD$48

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  69. CAMPBELL, I.C. CLASSICAL TONGAN KINGSHIP.  Nuku'alofa. Atenisi University. 1989. Ill.wrapps. 47pp. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$27

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  70. CAMPBELL, R.J. (Ed.) THE DISCOVERY OF THE SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS. The Voyages of the Brig Williams, 1819-1820. As Recorded in Contemporary Documents & the Journal of Midshipman C.W.Poynter. Lond. Hakluyt Society. 2000. (Series III Vol.4) Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket. xv,232pp. Col.& b/w ills. Pristine copy. 1st ed.   AUD$90

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  71. CAPELL, A. (Compiler.) A NEW FIJIAN DICTIONARY.  Suva. Government of Fiji. 1991. (rep) wrapps. 407pp. Very Good copy.   AUD$38

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  72.  CAPTAIN COOK AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. British Museum Yearbook 3. Lond. British Museum. 1979. Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 249pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Many reproductions of drawings of early explorers.  AUD$60

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  73. "THE CAPTAIN" THE MUTINY OF THE "BOUNTY". (For ages 10 to 12 years) Auckland. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd. n.d. (c.1930's) Ill.wrapps. 96pp. Wrapps a little rubbed else a Good copy. Scarce. Whitcombe's Story Books.  AUD$30

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  74. CARANO, Paul & SANCHEZ, Pedro C. A COMPLETE HISTORY OF GUAM.  Rutland. Charles E.Tuttle. 1968. (4th printing) Or.cl. Dustjacket. (price-clipped; edges sl.rubbed) xvii,452pp. b/w plates. Folding map. Near Fine. A readable history of the fateful island of Guam.  AUD$40

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  75. CARLYON, Deborah. MAMAKUMA. One Woman, Two Cultures. St Lucia. UQP. 2002. Sm.8vo. Col.Ill.wrapps. 179pp. Col.& b/w plates. Fine. Winner of the 2001 Queensland Premier's Literary Awards.  AUD$15

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  76. CARRASCO, Amancio Landin. MOURELLE DE LA RUA. Explorador del Pacifico. Madrid. Ediciones Cultura Hispanica 1971. Col.Ill.wrapps. (spine worn; torn on tail) 368pp. Folding maps. Good copy. 1st ed. Spanish text.   AUD$33

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  77. CARRASCO, Amancio Landin. TROPA DE HIDALGOS Y MAREANTES.  Madrid. Editorial Prensa Espanola. 1970. Col.Ill.wrapps. 220pp. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Spanish text.   AUD$35

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  78. CARROLL, Vern & SOULIK, Tobias. NUKUORO LEXICON.  Honolulu. Hawaii Uni.Press. 1973. Ill.wrapps. 833pp. Fine copy. 1st ed. A complete presentation of a hitherto unstudied Polynesian Outlier language.  AUD$60

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  79. CARROLL, Verne. PACIFIC ISLAND POPULATIONS. ASAO Monographs No.3. Honolulu. Uni.Press of Hawaii. 1975. Or.cl. 523pp. b/w tables & a folding map. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. An introduction to the demographic study of small island populations in Oceania.  AUD$90

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  80. CARTER, Joan & Gordon. HIGHLAND FRONTIER. A Pictorial Record of the Eastern & Western Highlands of New Guinea. Syd. Halstead. 1955. Col.Ill.wrapps. 36pp. Col.& b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$15

    81.
  81. CARTER, John. (Ed.) PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK. 14th Edition. Syd. Pacific Publ. 1981. Col.ill.bds. 560pp. b/w ills. Folding colour map inserted. Fine.   AUD$45

    82.
  82. CASEY, Robert J. EASTER ISLAND. Home of the Scornful Gods. N.Y. Blue Ribbon Books. 1931. Or.cl. (spine sl.faded & rubbed; some spotting) 333pp. uncut. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce.   AUD$75

    83.
  83. CAWSEY, Katherine Stirling Kerr. THE MAKING OF REBEL. Captain Donald MacLeod of the New Hebrides. Honolulu. Instit.of Pacific Stud. 1998. Col.Ill.wrapps. 589pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Tarred as a blackbirder, Donald Macleod participated in settlement & trading to the Pacific Islands from 1868 until his death in 1894.  AUD$60

    84.
  84. CHAMPION, Ivan. ACROSS NEW GUINEA FROM THE FLY TO THE SEPIK.  Melb. Lansdowne Press. 1966. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 225pp. b/w plates. Folding map. A very Nice copy. First published in 1929, this second edition is also difficult to find. Inscribed by Ivan Champion. Also enclosed is the 1960, 24 page abridgement.  AUD$250

    85.
  85. CHAPMAN, Terry et al. NIUE. A HISTORY OF THE ISLAND.  Suva. Inst. of Pacific Studies. 1982. Col.Ill.wrapps. 152pp. col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. The world's smallest self-governing nation.  AUD$33

    86.
  86. CHEESMAN, Evelyn. ISLANDS NEAR THE SUN. Off the Beaten Track in the Far, Fair Society Islands. Lond. H.F.& G.Witherby. 1927. Or.pictorial cl. (sl.edge wear) 236pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing, else a Good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce.   AUD$195

    87.
  87. CHEN, K.M. & YASE, Y. AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS IN ASIA & OCEANIA. Proceedings of the 6th Asian & Oceanian Congress of Neurology, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Workshop. Taipei. National Taiwan Uni. 1984. Or.bds. 441pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$40

    88.
  88. CHRISTIAN, Erwin (Photography) ISLANDS OF TAHITI. Text by Raymond Bagnis. Bora Bora. Kea Editions. 1988. (4th printing) Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 288pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Fine copy.   AUD$48

    89.
  89. CHRISTIAN, Erwin. (Photographs.) LES MARQUISES. Text by Marc Bastard. Tahiti. Les Editions du Pacifique. 1983. (rep) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 111pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Very Good copy. French text.   AUD$32

    90.
  90. CHRISTIAN, F.W. EASTERN PACIFIC ISLANDS. Tahiti & the Marquesas Islands. Lond. Robert Scott. 1910. Or.cl. (spine worn; edges rubbed & library number on tail) 269pp. b/w plates. Tape-marking damage to one plate, some library marking & inside hinge worn, else a fair ex-lib.copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Inscribed by the author.  AUD$200

    91.
  91. CHURCHWARD, C. Maxwell. A NEW FIJIAN GRAMMAR.  Suva. 1973. (rep) Bound in bds. 94pp. Fine. 1st ed. The structure & laws of the Fijian language.  AUD$34

    92.
  92. CLARK, Ross. A DICTIONARY OF THE MELE LANGUAGE (ATARA IMERE), VANUATU.  Canb. Pacific Linguistics. 1998. wrapps. 158pp. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$35

    93.
  93. CLARK, Thomas Blake. OMAI. FIRST POLYNESIAN AMBASSADOR TO ENGLAND. The true story of his voyage there in 1774 with Captain Cook; of how he was feted by Fanny Burney, approved by Samuel Johnson, entertained by Mrs Thrale & Lord Sandwich & painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Honolulu. Uni of Hawaii Press. 1969. Or.qt.cl. & bds. 115pp. B/w portrait plate. Bookplate removed from ffe else a Very Good copy. A facsimile of the edition originally published in 1940.  AUD$85

    94.
  94. CLARKE, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. The Norfolk, Bounty, Pitcairn saga. Melb. Viking. 1986. Oblong 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 189pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Signed by the author.   AUD$60

    95.
  95. CLARKE, Peter. HELL AND PARADISE. The Norfolk, Bounty, Pitcairn saga. Melb. Viking. 1986. Oblong 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 189pp. Many col & b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$55

    96.
  96. CLUNE, Frank. PACIFIC PARADE.  Melb. Hawthorn Press. 1945. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 123pp. A little browning to edges, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Travel tales.  AUD$30

    97.
  97. CLUNE, Frank. PROWLING THROUGH PAPUA.  Syd. A & R. 1942. Or.cl. 237pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Clune's journey through Papua, meeting men who have made Papuan history, and the stories of their adventures, explorations and patrols.  AUD$40

    98.
  98. CLUNE, Frank. SOMEWHERE IN NEW GUINEA. A Companion to Prowling Through Papua. Illustrated by Syd Miller. Syd. A & R. 1951. Or.cl. 356pp. Many b/w ills. Large piece cut from hf.title, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$18

    99.
  99. COCKCRAFT, John. MELANESIA: ISLES OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC.  Syd. A & R. 1969. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 120pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$30

    100.
  100. COLE, William A. & JENSEN, Elwin W. ISRAEL IN THE PACIFIC. A Genealogical Text for Polynesia. Salt Lake City. Genealogical Soc. 1961. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 458pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Signed on the title page by both of the authors.   AUD$250

    101.
  101. COLLINGWOOD, Harry. THE CASTAWAYS. Illustrated in colour by T.C.Dugdale. Lond. Henry Frowde. 1912. (New ed) Or.dec.cl. (spine sl.faded; rear bd sl.flecked) 320pp. Col.frontis. Some foxing, & missing ffe., else a Good copy. A boys' adventure set in the Pacific.  AUD$40

    102.
  102. COLLINGWOOD, Harry. THE PIRATE ISLAND. A Story of the South Pacific. Lond. Blackie. n.d. (c.1920) Or.dec.cl. 318pp. b/w frontis. Some foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. A boys' novel.  AUD$50

    103.
  103. COLLINSON, Clifford W. LIFE & LAUGHTER 'MIDST THE CANNIBALS.  Lond. Hutchinson. n.d. (c.1920s; rep) Sm.8vo. Or.cl. 287pp. Missing ffe., else a Good copy.   AUD$22

    104.
  104. COLONIAL REPORTS. GILBERT AND ELLICE ISLANDS COLONY. And the Central and Southern Line Islands, 1952 and 1953. @With@ the Report for 1954 and 1955. 2 vols. Lond. HMSO. 1954, 1957. Both wrapps. 64,96pp. b/w plates. Folding map in each volume. Good copies. The pair  AUD$45

    105.
  105. COLWELL, Max. WHALING AROUND AUSTRALIA.  Lond. A & R. 1970. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 178pp. b/w plates & ills. Small stamp on ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st Eng. ed.   AUD$32

    106.
  106. CONRAD, Barnaby. TAHITI.  N.Y. Viking. 1962. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 164pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. A history of the island paradise.  AUD$35

    107.
  107. (COOK, Captain James) CAPTAIN COOK. NAVIGATOR & SCIENTIST. Papers presented at the Cook Bicentenary Symposium, Australian Academy of Sciences, Canberra, 1 May 1969. Ed. by G.M.Badger. Canb. ANU Press. 1970. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 144pp. Col.plates & many b/w ills. Tipped in Col.frontis. Near Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$38

    108.
  108. CORRIS, Peter. PASSAGE, PORT AND PLANTATION. A History of Solomon Islands Labour Migration, 1870-1914. Melb. MUP. 1973. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (edges sl.rubbed) 201pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$38

    109.
  109. COX, Paul Alan & BANACK, Sandra Anne. (Eds.) ISLANDS, PLANTS & POLYNESIANS. An Introduction to Polynesian Ethnobotany. Portland. Dioscorides Press. 1991. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 228pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Essays examining the plant environments of Polynesia, the relationship of plants to Polynesian voyaging, plant introductions, etc.  AUD$60

    110.
  110. CROCOMBE, Marjorie. THEY CAME FOR SANDALWOOD. Illustrated by Conrad Frieboe. Wellington. Dept. of Education. 1964. Ill.wrapps. 52pp. Many two-colour ills. Map. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$24

    111.
  111. CROCOMBE, R.G. GILBERTESE CULTURE. A note on the recording, conservation, transmission and continuing development of aspects of Gilbertese culture. Uni. of South Pacific. 1975. wrapps. 27pp. Spiral-bound. Very Good copy. A report to The Secretary, Ministry of Education, Training and Culture, Tarawa.  AUD$33

    112.
  112. CROCOMBE, R.G. THE NEW SOUTH PACIFIC. set order to tag books ANU Pres. 1973. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 130pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. The scattered islands & territories of Polynesia, Melanesia & Micronesia.  AUD$28

    113.
  113. CROCOMBE, Ron & HERENEKO, Pat (Eds.) TAHITI. THE OTHER SIDE.  Suva. Inst.of Pacific Studies. 1985. Col.Ill.wrapps. 150pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st English language ed. Interviews with Tahitian people.  AUD$24

    114.
  114. CROMARTY, John. KING OF THE CANNIBALS. The Story of John G.Paton, Missionary to the New Hebrides. Lond. Evangelical Press. 1997. Col.Ill.wrapps. 288pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy.   AUD$22

    115.
  115. CROSS, Gwen. ALOHA SOLOMONS. A Story of a People's Courage and Loyalty. Suva. Inst.of Pacific Studies. n.d. (c.1980's) Col.Ill.wrapps. 156pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. The author spent 30 of her 83 years in the Solomons, participating in the education and growth of the people.  AUD$25

    116.

  116. DANIELSSON, Bengt. EXPÉDITION BOUMERANG. Traduit suédois par Marguerite Gay & Gerd de Mautort. Paris. Éditions Albin Michel. 1960. wrapps. Dustjacket. 308pp. b/w plates. Pages unopened. uncut. Very Good copy. 1st French ed. Inscribed by the author to Robert Langdon.   AUD$125

    117.
  117. DANIELSSON, Bengt. FORGOTTEN ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. Translated by F.H.Lyon. Lond. Allen & Unwin. 1957. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (price-clipped; edges sl.rubbed) 204pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Society & culture in the Marquesas Islands.  AUD$40

    118.
  118. DANIELSSON, Bengt. FROM RAFT TO RAFT. Translated from the Swedish by F.H.Lyon. Photographs by Alain Brun & A.Sylvain, Papeete. Lond. Allen & Unwin. 1960. (2nd imp.) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 184pp. b/w plates. Near Fine. Inscribed by the author. The fantastic raft voyage of the French "Tahiti Nui" expedition from Tahiti to Chile & back to Polynesia.  AUD$50

    119.
  119. DANIELSSON, Bengt & Marie-Th‚r‚se. MORUROA, MON AMOUR. The French Nuclear Tests in the Pacific. Lond. Penguin. 1977. (Revised Eng.ed) Col.Ill.wrapps. 227pp. Near Fine. Inserted hand-written postcard from Danielsson to Robert Langdon loosely inserted. The infamous French nuclear testing in the Pacific.  AUD$45

    120.
  120. DANIELSSON, Bengt & Marie-Th‚r‚se. MORUROA, MON AMOUR. Preface de Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber. Paris. Editions Stock. 1974. Col.Ill.wrapps. 434pp. Very Good copy. 1st ed. French text.   AUD$40

    121.
  121. DANIELSSON, Bengt. UNDER THE CLOUD OF SECRECY: THE FRENCH NUCLEAR TESTS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PACIFIC. An Article contained in the Royal Swedish Academy of Science's "Ambio: A Journal of the Human Environment". Sweden. n.d. (c.1990, rep) 4to. wrapps. pp.336-341. Col.& b/w ills. Very Good copy.   AUD$22

    122.
  122. DANIELSSON, Bengt. WORK & LIFE ON RAROIA. An acculturation study from the Tuamotu group French Oceania. Lond. Allen & Unwin. 1956. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (spine chipped on edges) 244pp. b/w plates. Folding map. Very Good copy. 1st ed. A complete investigation of the social & economic conditions of the little known Polynesian group on Raroia.  AUD$55

    123.
  123. DARBY, Madge. WHO CAUSED THE MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY?  Syd. A & R. 1965. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 127pp. Fine. 1st ed. The author believes that neither Bligh nor Fletcher Christian are the culprits & puts forward her version after careful study of all the records available.  AUD$45

    124.
  124. DARLING, F.Fraser. ISLAND YEARS.  Lond. G.Bell. 1941. (rep) Or.cl. (sl.foxed; spine faded) 306pp. b/w plates. Some foxing, & missing ffe., else a Good copy.   AUD$24

    125.
  125. DAVIDSON, J.W. SAMOA MO SAMOA. The Emergence of the Independent State of Western Samoa. Lond. OUP. 1967. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (edges sl.rubbed) 467pp. Bookplate tipped to verso of ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$45

    126.
  126. DAVIES, John. THE HISTORY OF THE TAHITIAN MISSION, 1799-1830. Edited by C.W.Newbury. With Supplementary Papers from the Correspondence of the Missionaries. Cambridge. Hakluyt Society. 1961. Or.cl. liv,391pp. uncut. b/w plates. Folding map & frontis.plate. Sl.foxing to edges, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$95

    127.
  127. DAVIES, Nigel. VOYAGERS TO THE NEW WORLD.  N.Y. William Morrow. 1979. Or.qt.cl. Dustjacket. 287pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st US ed. Asks the question were the Chinese, Indonesians, Vikings, Phoenicians, or even beings from Outer Space instrumental in the development of early American civilisations?  AUD$36

    128.
  128. DAVIS, Tom et al. COOK ISLANDS POLITICS. The Inside Story. Auckland. Polynesian Press. 1979. Col.Ill.wrapps. 274pp. Col.plates. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$30

    129.
  129. DAVIS, Tom & Lydia. DOCTOR TO THE ISLANDS. Illustrated by Tom Davis. Lond. Michael Joseph. 1955. Or.cl. (spine faded) 287pp. b/w ills. Sl.tape damage to paste-downs, else a Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$28

    130.
  130. DAWS, Gavan. DAMIAN DE MOLOKAI. (Holy Man). Madrid. Editorial Reinado Social. 1984. Col.Ill.wrapps. 300pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. Spanish text.   AUD$30

    131.
  131. DAWS, Gavan. HOLY MAN: FATHER DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI.  Honolulu. Univ.of Hawaii Press. 1984. (rep) Ill.wrapps. 293pp. b/w plates. Fine. A perceptive biography of Father Damien & his long testing at Kalowao.  AUD$33

    132.
  132. DAWS, Gavan. HOLY MAN: FATHER DAMIEN OF MOLOKAI.  N.Y. Harper & Row. 1973. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 293pp. b/w plates. uncut. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author to Robert Langdon. A perceptive biography of Father Damien & his long testing at Kalowao.  AUD$65

    133.
  133. DE DECKKER, Paul. JACQUES-ANTOINE MOERENHOUT (1797-1879). Ethnologue et Consul. Tahiti. Au Vent des Iles. 1997. Or.limp bds. 406pp. Pristine copy. 1st ed. Scarce. French text.   AUD$95

    134.
  134. DE LEEUW, Hendrik. CROSSROADS OF THE JAVA SEA.  N.Y. Garden City Publ. 1931. Or.cl. (spine worn & rubbed) 350pp. uncut. b/w ills. Edges yellowed, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. A travel narrative on the islands of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Celebes & Bali.  AUD$40

    135.
  135. DE MONT. OVER THE ARABIAN GULF. A view of birds and places. Paintings by De Mont. Text by Desmond E. Widgery. Hamilton, N.Z. 1982. Folio. Or.bds. d.w. unpag. (ca 100pp.) Tipped-in col. plates of birds. Fine. 1st ed. A beautifully produced book.  AUD$60

    136.
  136. DEAN, Beth. THREE DANCES OF OCEANIA.  Syd. Sydney Opera House Trust. n.d. (c.1970s) 4to. Ill.wrapps. 96pp. b/w ills. Inscription on ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. The dance arts of the peoples of Fiji, the Cook Islands and Banaba or Ocean Island.  AUD$36

    137.
  137. DECK, Northcote. SOUTH FROM GUADALCANAL. The Romance of Rennell Island. Toronto. Evangelical Publ. 1945. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 124pp. b/w plates. Inscription on ffe, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. "Here is the thrilling account of the heroic death of a number of brave missionary martyrs on the shores of Rennell.."  AUD$35

    138.
  138. DEGADILLO, Yolanda et al. SPANISH FORTS OF GUAM.  Guam. Micronesian Area Research Ct. 1979. Oblong 4to. Ill.wrapps. 56pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$36

    139.
  139. DEL VALLE, Teresa. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MARIANA ISLANDS TO SPAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 19TH CENTURY. Translated by Marjorie G.Driver. MARC Educational Series No.11. Guam. MARC. 1991. Col.Ill.wrapps. 71pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$36

    140.
  140. DELANO, Amasa. A NARRATIVE OF VOYAGES & TRAVELS IN THE NORTHERN & SOUTHERN HEMISPHERES. Comprising Three Voyages Round the World; Together with a Voyage of Survey & Discovery in the Pacific Ocean & Oriental Islands. N.Y. Praegar. 1970. Or.cl. viii,599pp. b/w plates. Fine.   AUD$75

    141.
  141. DENING, Greg. HISTORY'S ANTHROPOLOGY. The Death of William Gooch. N.Y. Uni.Press of America. 1988. Col.Ill.wrapps. 122pp. Fine. An investigation into the murder of William Gooch, astronomer aboard the supply ship "Daedalus", & two of his cohorts at Waimea on the Hawaiian island of Oahu in 1792.  AUD$34

    142.
  142. DENNON, Donald. (Ed.) THE CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDERS.  Cambridge University Press. 1997. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 518pp. Near Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. Book launch invitation inserted as is a printed note to Robert Langdon signed by the author "Donald".   AUD$125

    143.
  143. DERRICK, R.A. THE FIJI ISLANDS. A Geographical Handbook. Suva. 1957. (Revised ed) Roy.8vo. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (spine sl.torn with some loss; 334,19pp. b/w plates & ills. Very Good copy.   AUD$55

    144.
  144. DEVINS, John Bancroft. AN OBSERVER IN THE PHILIPPINES. Or Life in Our New Possessions. Foreword by William Howard Taft. Boston. American Tract Soc. 1905. Or.dec.cl. (spine browned; edge wear) 416pp. b/w plates. Some foxing, else a Good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce. Inscribed by Dr Ramon Reyes Lala.   AUD$75

    145.
  145. DIXON, Jonathan T. PAPUAN ISLANDS PILGRIMAGE.  Syd. 1988. Ill.wrapps. 100pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. The author's impressions of Papua.  AUD$18

    146.
  146. DOBBS-HIGGINSON, M.S. ASIA PACIFIC. Its Role in the New World Disorder. Melb. Heinemann. 1993. Col.Ill.wrapps. 432pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st Aust.ed.   AUD$24

    147.
  147. DOCKER, Edward Wybergh. THE BLACKBIRDERS. The Recruiting of South Seas Labour for Queensland, 1863-1907. Syd. A & R. 1970. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (edges rubbed) 289pp. b/w plates & maps. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Walter Stone bookplate on front paste-down. For over forty years the cotton and sugar plantations of Queensland were worked by indentured labour recruited (kidnapped?) from the South Sea Islands.  AUD$45

    148.
  148. DODD, Edward. POLYNESIAN SEAFARING.  Lond. Nautical Publ. 1972. Folio. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (price-clipped) 192pp. Profusely illustrated in b/w. Very Good copy. Scarce. Examines the ancient enigma of how the Polynesians got where they did.  AUD$120

    149.
  149. DODD, Edward. POLYNESIA'S SACRED ISLE. A Portrait of the South Sea Island of Raiatea with traits that distinguish it from the better-known neighbours such as Bora Bora and Tahiti. N.Y. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1976. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 224pp. b/w plates & ills. from photographs, with drawings by Jacques Boullaire & Robert MacLean and with reproductions of works by the early artists of Cook's voyages & Paul Gauguin. Near Fine. 1st ed. Vol.III in a series on the culture of Polynesia entitled "The Ring of Fire".  AUD$40

    150.
  150. DODGE, Ernest S. BEYOND THE CAPES. Pacific Exploration from Captain Cook to the Challenger (1776-1877). Lond. Victor Gollancz. 1971. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 429pp. b/w ills. Col.frontis. Piece clipped from ffe., else a Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$60

    151.
  151. DODGE, Ernest S. NEW ENGLAND & THE SOUTH SEAS.  Cambridge. Harvard Uni.Press. 1965. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 216pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Focuses on New England's wide-ranging & vigorous role in the Pacific Islands during the 19th Century.  AUD$50

    152.
  152.  DOSSIERS ON TAHITI. English Version. Paris. Nouvelles Editions Latines. 1969-72. 14 issues bound together in brown cl. Various pg. Col.& b/w ills. Fine.   AUD$50

    153.
  153. DOUGLAS, Norman & Ngaire (Eds.) PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK. Sixteenth Edition. Syd. A & R. 1978. Col.ill.bds. 717pp. b/w ills. Fine.   AUD$40

    154.
  154. DOWNS, Ian. THE LAST MOUNTAIN. A Life in Papua New Guinea. Illustrations by Ian Ottley. St Lucia. UQP. 1986. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 298pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. The author went to New Guinea in 1936 as a young cadet patrol officer. He has written the definitive history of the Australian Trusteeship of Papua New Guinea in the period 1945-1975.  AUD$28

    155.
  155. DRISCOLL, Ian H. FLIGHTPATH SOUTH PACIFIC. The Flyers, the Airlines & the Aircraft. Melb. Whitcombe & Tombs. 1972. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 303pp. b/w plates. Some library stamping, else a Very Good ex-lib.copy. 1st ed. Describes the opening up & development of the air routes of the South Pacific.  AUD$60

    156.
  156. DRIVER, Marjorie G. & BRUNAL-PERRY, Omaira. (Eds.) CAROLINIANS IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS IN THE 1800s. Selected Documents from the Holdings of the Spanish Documents Collection at the Micronesian Area Research Center. Revised English-Spanish edition. Uni.of Guam. 1996. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 312pp. Pristine copy. With #REPORTS CONCERNING THE MARIANA ISLANDS.# The Memorias of 1844-1852. Guam. 1996. Or.cl. Dj. 204pp. Pristine. Texts in both English and Spanish of original documents concerning the Spanish administration of the Mariana Islands in the 19th century. The pair  AUD$125

    157.
  157. DRIVER, Marjorie G. GUAM. A NOMENCLATURE CHRONOLOGY.  Guam. Micronesian Area Research Ct. 1985. wrapps. 44pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$27

    158.
  158. DRIVER, Marjorie G. NAVIGATIONAL DATA FOR THE MARIANA ISLANDS. Published by the Spanish Hydrographic Office, Madrid 1863. Guam. Micronesian Area Research 1987. Ill.wrapps. 44pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$36

    159.
  159. DUNMORE, John. WHO'S WHO IN PACIFIC NAVIGATION.  Honolulu. Uni of Hawaii. 1991. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 312pp. Fine. 1st ed. A biographical dictionary which includes the major figures as well as the missionaries, traders, whalers, naturalists & others who contributed to European discovery in the Pacific 16th to 20th century.  AUD$85

    160.
  160. DUNN, James. TIMOR: A PEOPLE BETRAYED.  Milton. Jacaranda. 1983. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 402pp. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$34

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  161. D'URVILLE, Capt. Jules S.-C Dumont. TWO VOYAGES TO THE SOUTH SEAS. Australia, New Zealand, Oceania 1826-1829; Straits of Magellan, Chile, Oceania, New Guinea, Australia, South East Asia, Tasmania, Antarctica, New Zealand, Torres Strait. 1837-1840 in the corvettes. Melb. MUP. 1992. Col.Ill.wrapps. 304pp. b/w plates & ills. Near Fine.   AUD$45

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  162. EASTMAN, Rev.G.H. AN ENGLISH-GILBERTESE VOCABULARY. Of the most commonly used words. Gilbert Isl. London Mission Press. 1948. wrapps. 224pp. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce.   AUD$85

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  163. EDMONDS, Dr.Carl. DANGEROUS MARINE ANIMALS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC REGION. Diving Medical Centre Monograph on Identification First Aid & Medical Treatment. Melb. Wedneil Publ. n.d. (c.1970s) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 235pp. Many Col.ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$36

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  164. EDWARDS, Capt.Edward & HAMILTON, George. VOYAGE OF H.M.S."PANDORA". Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the "Bounty" in the South Seas, 1790-91. Introduction & Notes by Basil Thomson. Lond. Francis Edwards. 1915. Or.cl. (rear bd spotted with small puncture at head) 177pp. uncut. Folding map in rear. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. Very Scarce.   AUD$395

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  165. EGGLESTON, George T. TAHITI: VOYAGE THROUGH PARADISE. The story of a small boat passage through the Society Islands. Lond. Robert Hale. 1955. (rep) Or.bds. with colour illustration pasted on front bd. 192pp. b/w plates. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy.   AUD$40

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  166. ELBERT, Samuel H. DICTIONARY OF THE LANGUAGE OF RENNELL & BELLONA. Part I: Rennellese & Bellonese to English. Copenhagen. Nat.Museum of Denmark. 1975. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. 345pp. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$45

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  167. EMORY, Kenneth P. KAPINGAMARANGI. Social & Religious Life of a Polynesian Atoll. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Bulletin 228. Honolulu. Uni.Press of Hawaii. 1965. wrapps. 357pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed. Scarce.   AUD$150

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  168. (EMORY, Kenneth P.) POLYNESIAN CULTURE HISTORY. Essays in Honor of Kenneth P.Emory. Edited by Genevieve A.Highland, et al. Bernice P.Bishop Museum Special Publication 56. Honolulu. Bishop Museum. 1967. Or.dec.cl. 594pp. b/w plates & ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$80

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  169. ENGLERT, Father Sebastian. ISLAND AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD. New Light on Easter Island. Lond. Robert Hale. 1972. Roy.8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. (chipped with some loss) 191pp. Profusely illustrated in colour & b/w. Very Good copy. 1st UK ed.   AUD$36

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  170. ENGLERT, P.Sebastian. LA TIERRA DE HOTU MATU'A. Historia y etnologia de la Isla de Pascua. Chile. Edicones de la Universidad. 1974. Roy.8vo. Ill.wrapps. 276pp. b/w ills. Loose folding map. Spanish text. Good copy. Scarce. Easter Island.  AUD$125


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  171. FALLA, Molly. A SKETCHBOOK OF NEW ZEALAND BIRDS.  Wellington. Reed. 1966. (2nd imp.) Or.bds. Dustjacket. (edges sl.rubbed) 32pp. Col.ills. Inscription on ffe., else a Very Good copy. Lovely colour paintings of birds native to New Zealand, teamed with an amusing text.  AUD$20

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  172. FALLON, Judy. PACIFIC PANTOMINE.  Lond. Andrew Melrose. 1952. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (price-clipped; edges sl.rubbed) 200pp. Some foxing, else a Very Good copy. 1st ed. A charming, humorous account of life in New Caledonia.  AUD$25

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  173. FARWELL, George. LAST DAYS IN PARADISE. Tahiti Then & Now. Adel. Rigby. 1964. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 223pp. b/w plates. Very Good copy. 1st ed. A good survey of Tahitian society & culture as it was in the mid-1960s.  AUD$38

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  174. FEINBERG, Richard. ANUTAN CONCEPTS OF DISEASE: A POLYNESIAN STUDY. Foreword by D.Carleton Gajdusek. Hawaii. Instit.for Polynesian Stud. 1979. wrapps. 51pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$27

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  175. FEINBERG, Richard. POLYNESIAN SEAFARING & NAVIGATION. Ocean Travel in Anutan Culture & Society. Kent, Ohio. Kent State Uni.Press. 1988. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 210pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed.   AUD$55

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  176. FELDT, Eric. THE COAST WATCHERS.  Melb. OUP. 1946. Or.cl. (spine browned & worn; edges rubbed; bds flecked) 425pp. b/w plates. Some foxing, inscription on verso of hf.title, & edges yellowed, else a Fair copy. 1st ed. Scarce. The drama of the men involved in working from enemy-occupied territory, radioing warnings about Japanese movements in the Pacific.  AUD$90

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  177. FERDON, Edwin N. EARLY OBSERVATIONS OF MARQUESAN CULTURE, 1595-1813.  Tucson. Uni of Arizona. 1993. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 184pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author, "To Robert Langdon ..... whose gift of a copy of Sheahan's typescript of Crook's Marquesan account made this book possible..." A broad picture of the social organisation, religion, material culture & daily life of the people of the Marquesas Islands.  AUD$120

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  178. FERDON, Edwin N. EARLY TONGA. As the Explorers Saw It, 1616-1810. Tucson. Uni.of Arizona Press. 1987. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 339pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Ethnographic observations & experiences on the Tongan Islands up to 1810 - just prior to intensive Christian missionary activities - providing an early historic baseline on Tongan culture.  AUD$80

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  179. FERNANDEZ-SHAW, Carlos M. ESPANA Y AUSTRALIA. Quinientos anos de relaciones. Madrid. Alfonso Martinez. 2000. Col.Ill.wrapps. 573pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. Spanish text. Invitation to the launch of the book in Salamanca, loosely inserted.  AUD$80

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  180. FERRIER, Neil. THE ROYAL TOUR.  Lond. 1954. 4to. Or.bds. (edges sl.rubbed) unpag. (c.40pp.) Col.& b/w photographic ills. Very Good copy. Scarce. The Royal tour of Fiji, Tonga & New Zealand.  AUD$27

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  181. FINNEY, Ben R. BIG-MEN & BUSINESS. Entrepreneurship & Economic Growth in the New Guinea Highlands. Foreword by Douglas L.Oliver. Canb. ANU Press. 1973. Or.cl. Dustjacket. (covered in clear plastic) 206pp. b/w plates. Some foxing, & library stamping, else a Very Good ex-lib.copy. 1st ed.   AUD$22

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  182. FINNEY, Ben R. HOKULE'A: THE WAY TO TAHITI.  N.Y. Dodd, Mead & Co. 1979. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 310pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. Near Fine. 1st ed. The sailing of a reconstruction of an ancient double-hull Polynesian canoe with a full crew aboard from Hawaii to Tahiti & return, covering a distance of almost 6000 miles.  AUD$45

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  183. FINNEY, Ben R. POLYNESIAN PEASANTS & PROLETARIANS.  Cambridge, Mass. Schenkman Publ. 1973. Or.cl. 147pp. Near Fine. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. A study of economic vulnerability - of "how Polynesians are in the grip of world-wide economic forces, & how these forces are fundamentally altering their way of life.  AUD$45

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  184. FITZ-PATRICK, David G. & KIMBUNA, John. BUNDI. The Culture of a Papua New Guinea People. Nerang, QLD. Ryebuck Publ. 1983. 4to. Or.col.ill.bds. 166pp. Some b/w & numerous Col.ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$30

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  185. FORSYTH, W.D. CAPTAIN COOK'S AUSTRALIAN LANDFALLS. Eye-witness accounts by members of the ship's company of HMS Endeavour,1770, extracted for visitors to the east coast of Australia. Canb. Roebuck. 1970. Ill.wrapps. 26pp. b/w ills. Very Good copy. 1st ed.   AUD$27

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  186. FOSBERG, F.R. (Ed.)