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| This selection contains 13 title(s) on 1 page. This is page 1 with nrs. 1 to 13 |
| BELSHAW, CYRIL S. In Search of Wealth : A Study of the Emergence of Commercial Operations in the Melanesian Society of Southeastern Papua Menasha, Wis.: American Anthropological Association, 1955. Paperback. Slight crease top corner front cover.; 16 x 24 cm.; pg. x, 84; Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association No. 80. Issued as the American anthropologists [new ser. ] v. 57, no. 1, pt. 2, Feb. 1955. Preface, footnotes, bibliography, appendixes, 2 plates, 2 maps.; B000FLBQKC. Good with no dust jacket . USD 9.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.25 | £UK 5.5 | JP¥ 794] Book number: 19614 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| BUCK, PETER HENRY, 1880-1951 Vikings of the Pacific Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1960. Reprint; Second Printing. Paperback. Text faintly browned.; 14 x 21 cm.; pg. 339; First published in 1938 as "Vikings of the sunrise. " Foreword, bibliography, index, plates, map. "The book communicates the quality of Polynesian life in a manner which has not been equaled. "; B000K099M0. Good with no dust jacket . USD 5.00 [Appr.: EURO 3.5 | £UK 3.25 | JP¥ 441] Book number: 20403 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| COSTIN, A. B. & R. H. GROVES [EDITORS] Nature Conservation in the Pacific Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1973. Paperback. 15 x 24 cm.; pg. xvi, 337; Proceedings of Symposium A-10 XII Pacific Science Congress, August-September 1971, Canberra, Australia. Published in association with International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, Morges, Switzerland. IUCN Publications New Series No. 25. Foreword, contributors, lists of tables and figures, introduction, conclusions, index. "The present volume provides a valuable collection of papers bearing on the problems of nature conservation in the Pacific region. "; 0708101321. Good with no dust jacket . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 16696 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| DANZEL, HEDWIG & THEODOR-WILHELM Sagen Und Legenden Der Sudsee-Insulaner (Polynesien) Darmstadt: Folkwang Verlag GMBH, 1923. Hardcover. Backstrip torn in various places, former owner's signature front endpaper; typewritten notes loosely inserted.; 23 x 29 cm.; pg. 81; Text in German.. Good with no dust jacket . USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 23.5 | £UK 21.25 | JP¥ 3089] Book number: 1925 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| EPSTEIN, A. L. (ARNOLD LEONARD), R. S. PARKER AND MARIE REAY [EDITORS] The Politics of Dependence : Papua New Guinea 1968 Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1971. Hardcover. Penned underscoring of text throughout.; 14 x 22 cm..; pg. vii, 398; Introduction, references, index, bibliographical references, maps. "This book is the record of a most unusual experiment: observations of politics at the grassroots during the second Papua New Guinea general elections by a team of distinguished anthropologists and political scientists. "; 0708101887. Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 18950 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| ESSAI, BRIAN, 1922- Papua and New Guinea : A Contemporary Survey Melbourne; New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. Hardcover. Previous owner's name front endpaper, scattered underscoring of text. ; 14 x 23 cm.; pg. 255; Preface, foreword, appendixes, bibliography, index, 16 plates.; B0000CLDEC. Good with no dust jacket . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 19265 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| FARRELL, DON A. The Pictorial History of Guam: The Sacrifice, 1919-1943 San Jose, Tinian, Commonwealth OF The Northern Mariana Islands: Micronesian Productions, 1991. Hardcover. 22 x 29 cm.; pg. xiii, 251; Edited by Phyllis Koontz. Introduction, bibliography, index, illustrations, maps on endpapers. "The present volume outlines the years between the two world wars, and in particular the events that led to the American surrender of Guam to the Japanese. It is the story of how the Chamorros and the American military personnel utilized the annual budget of Naval Station Guam to slowly but steadily improve the quality of life on the island. It is also the much larger story of how Guam was used as a pawn of American foreign policy during a period of international turmoil. " ISBN 0930839021; 0930839021. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket . USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 26.75 | £UK 24.25 | JP¥ 3530] Book number: 20802 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| FRAZER, ROGER MALCOLM A Fiji-Indian Rural Community Wellington: Dept. Of Geography, Victoria University Of Wellington, 1968. Paperback. ; 15 x 21 cm.; pg. 48; Pacific Viewpoint Monograph No. 3. Introduction, bibliography, plates, figures, tables. "The work...remains as a coherent description of the Ra-Indian farming community at a certain stage of its development. "; B0006D1SI4. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 | £UK 15.25 | JP¥ 2206] Book number: 18573 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| NEW GUINEA Official Handbook of the Territory of New Guinea Administered By the Commonwealth of Australia Canberra: L. F. Johnston, 1943. Hardcover. 12 x 18 cm.; pg. xxv, 551; Originally published 1937 (? ). Preface, extensive bibliography, list of advertisers, list of many illustrations, 2 folding maps; red pictorial cover with gilt lettering; pocket in rear contains 3 supplementary pamphlets. "The Commonwealth Government fully realizes the growing importance to Australia of New Guinea, and, indeed, of all areas bordering on the Pacific, and it is hoped that this Handbook, compiled to supply a comprehensive record of the Territory up to its present stage of development, will be a handy means of reference on all matters pertaining to the country. ". Good with no dust jacket . USD 70.00 [Appr.: EURO 46.75 | £UK 42.25 | JP¥ 6178] Book number: 1414 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| MARIANA ISLANDS Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America : Signed on Saturday, February 15, 1975, Mt. Carmel School Auditorium, Susupe, Saipan, Mariana Islands Saipan, 1975. Paperback. 21 x 27 cm.; pg. 39+20+9; Stapled wraps. Sections include Covenant, Technical Agreement, and History.. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 15664 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| ROBSON, R. W. The Pacific Islands Handbook: 1944 New York: The Macmillan Company, 1945. First Printing. Hardcover. Spine ends worn, corners slightly bumped, previous owner's [Cora DuBois] signature front endpaper, half-title slightly browned.; 16 x 24 cm.; pg. xii, 371; North American Edition. Foreword, index, maps. "THE PACIFIC ISLANDS YEAR BOOK has been published in Australia since 1932. The last edition appeared at the end of 1942. For the purpose of this American edition, the Australian compilation has been mostly rewritten, and opportunity has been taken to revise a large proportion of the geographical and historical data. The Islands of the Pacific have been placed in five sections--Polynesian, Micronesian, Melanesian, Indonesian, and Non-Tropical--so as to accord with geographical , political, and ethnographical considerations. "; B000KZJCMW. Good with no dust jacket . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 4636 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| STIRLING, MATTHEW WILLIAMS, 1896-1975 The Native Peoples of New Guinea Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1943. Paperback. 16 x 24 cm.; pg. iv, 25, 28 pg. of plates; War background studies; no. 9. Publication 3726. Bibliography, map, list of 28 photos. An interesting overview of New Guinea, including Netherlands New Guinea.. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 21331 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. | ||
| WECKLER, J. E. (JOSEPH EDWIN), 1906- Polynesians, Explorers of the Pacific Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1943. Paperback. 16 x 24 cm.; pg. iv, 77, 20 plates on 10 leaves; War background studies; no. 6. Publication 3701. Figures, bibliography, appendix, folding map.. Very Good with no dust jacket . USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 21328 Click here to order or inquire at Tamarind Books, LLC. |
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