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Image for Old New Zealand A Tale of The Good Old Times and A History of the War in the North Against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1846, Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe and also Maori Traditions.

Old New Zealand A Tale of The Good Old Times and A History of the War in the North Against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1846, Told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe and also Maori Traditions.

By: A Pakeha Maori Edited by T. M. Hooken

Price: $28.00

Publisher: Auckland, Whitcombe and Tombs Limited: 1906[1863]

Seller ID: ID307878

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good Condition. Boards flecked with some rubbing. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Uncut edges a little age-toned. A solid copy with wear. Introduction by Dr Hocken 350 pages An early history of New Zealand with a section on Maori traditions.
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Image for 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

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

By: Bligh, William [edited by John Bach]

Price: $16.00

Publisher: Sydney, Allen & Unwin: 1987

Seller ID: ID291178

ISBN: 0049090321

Binding: Hardback

Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Facsimile diary to the rear. Black & white illustrations. Fold-out plan. Bookplate to Front Pastedown. 336 pages
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Lost Paradise The Exploration of the Pacific

By: Cameron, Ian

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Topsfield, MA, USA, Salem House: 1987

Seller ID: ID239127

ISBN: 0881622753

Binding: Hardback

Quarto Size. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in a plastic sleeve. Illustrated with colour plates as well as Balck and white photographs, reproductions and maps. 248 pages Chronicles the triumph of the voyages of exploration of the Pacific and the tragedy of their aftermath.
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Fragile Paradise: The Discovery of Fletcher Christian Bounty Mutineer

By: Christian, Glynn

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, Book Club Associates: 1983

Seller ID: ID232828

Binding: Hardback

Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. 256 pages
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A Historical Collection of the Several Voyages and Discoveries in the South Pacific Ocean [Two Volumes in One ]

By: Dalrymple, Alexander

Price: $600.00

Publisher: Amsterdam/New York, N. Israel & Da Capo Press: 1967[1770]

Seller ID: ID272786

Binding: Hardback

Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good+ condition. Minor stain to the very bottom edge of boards. Bound in cream faux vellum with blue/gilt title patches to face and spine. Bibliotheca Australiana #11. Four [4] fold-out maps. Eleven [11] Black & white illustrations [four fold-out]. xxx, 204, 124, 20 pages + 60 pages Alexander Dalrymple was a Scottish geographer and the first Hydrographer of the British Admiralty. He was the main proponent of the theory that there existed a vast undiscovered continent in the South Pacific - Terra Australis Incognita. He produced thousands of na...
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Mr Bligh's Bad Language. Passion, Power and Theatre on the Bounty.

By: Dening, Greg

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: 1994

Seller ID: ID310732

ISBN: 0521467187

Binding: Softcover

Very Good+ condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs, Maps and Drawings. Canto edition. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 445 pages. A new study of the Mutiny on the Bounty, in the context of its cultural and historical representations.
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Getting Under The Skin. The Bougainville Copper Agreement and the Creation of the Panguna Mine

By: Denoon, Donald

Price: $30.00

Publisher: Melbourne, Melbourne University Press: 2000

Seller ID: ID311683

ISBN: 052284877X

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. B/w map. 264 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
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Once the Wilderness

By: Diamond, John

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Auckland, The Lodestar Press: 1977

Seller ID: ID304389

Binding: Softcover

Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Bookseller stamp/label to title page. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 78 pages A pictorial history of the Waitakere Ranges and Auckland's western suburbs from Avondale to Waitakere.
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Papua New Guinea People Politics and History Since 1975

By: Dorney, Sean

Price: $22.00

Publisher: Sydney, ABC Books: 2000

Seller ID: ID311924

ISBN: 0733309453

Binding: Trade Paperback

Very Good condition. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 330 pages.
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The MidMost Waters. Biography of an Ocean

By: Fisher, John [drawings by Robert Gibbings]

Price: $22.00

Publisher: London, The Naldrett Press: 1952

Seller ID: ID310800

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Black & white illustrations by Robert Gibbings. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 219 pages.
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Beyond the Reefs The Life of John Williams Missionary (Signed by Author)

By: Gutch, John

Price: $35.00

Publisher: London, Macdonald: 1974

Seller ID: ID310097

ISBN: 0356080188

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Signed by the author. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Several black & white maps. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 165 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels.
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Image for FIRST VOYAGE Being the Full & Authentic Story of the Great Discoveries Made By Lt. James Cook, RN-Commanding H.M. Bark Endeavour- in the Great South Seas in the Years 1768-1771

FIRST VOYAGE Being the Full & Authentic Story of the Great Discoveries Made By Lt. James Cook, RN-Commanding H.M. Bark Endeavour- in the Great South Seas in the Years 1768-1771

By: Gwyther, John

Price: $18.00

Publisher: London, Andrew Melrose: 1954

Seller ID: ID244336

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket. DJ has some wear and some small loss - now protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Sepia toned plates. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. 208 pages
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Commerce and Development in Papua New Guinea

By: Harcourt, S.V.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Hong Kong, Longman: 1981

Seller ID: ID302906

ISBN: 0582721008

Binding: Softcover

Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. 221 pages
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Papua New Guinea Prospero's Other Island

By: Hastings, Peter (Editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Sydney, Angus & Robertson: 1971

Seller ID: ID175423

ISBN: 0207121095

Binding: Hardcover

Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Some pencil annotations to blank preliminary page. Previous owners name to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 226pages. This book os primarily concerned with eastern or Australian New Guinea.
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The Murder of Captain James Cook

By: Hough, Richard

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan: 1979

Seller ID: ID277820

ISBN: 0333234774

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 271 pages
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Tiger Lilies Women Adventurers in the South Pacific

By: Huie, Shirley Fenton

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Sydney, Angus & Robertson: 1990

Seller ID: ID210635

ISBN: 0207165920

Binding: Softcover

Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 218 pages
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'Not a White Woman Safe' Sexual Anxiety and Politics in Port Moresby 1920-1934

By: Inglis, Amirah

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Canberra, Australian National University Press: 1974

Seller ID: ID311543

ISBN: 0708103065

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front pastedown. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 168 pages.
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The Economic Development of The Territory of Papua and New Guinea

By: Iverson, Kenneth R. [Chief of Mission]

Price: $14.00

Publisher: Baltimore, John Hopkins Press: 1965

Seller ID: ID299318

Binding: Hardback

Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Good+ Dustjacket. Dustjacket has some small loss to edges and some light soiling to face - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. B/W maps and tables. 468 pages Report of a mission organized by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development at the request of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia.
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Volcano Town The 1937-43 Rabaul Eruptions

By: Johnson, R. W. and Threlfall, N. A.

Price: $18.00

Publisher: Buranda, QLD, Robert Brown & Associates: 1992

Seller ID: ID310524

ISBN: 0979267188

Binding: Hardback

Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner has neatly affixed 3 relevant colour photos, with brief pen inscriprions, to the front pastedown and free endpaper. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 151 pages.
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Island of Love

By: LANGDON, Robert

Price: $12.00

Publisher: London, Cassell: 1959

Seller ID: ID300508

Binding: Hardback

Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. Dust jacket has been covered in clear contact by previous owner and neatly stuck to pastedowns. Illustrated with Black and White plates. xi,268pages A history of Tahiti.
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Category: History-Pacific