The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore: South Pacific
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The Story of the Pacific.
New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Slightly rambling account of the Panama Canal area, Polynesia, the Pacific Ocean, etc. ; 8vo; 387 pages. Very Good+.
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Lonely Vigil Coastwatchers of the Solomons.
New York: Viking Press, 1977. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. DJ tattered and taped. ; Author Lord, best known for books about the Titanic, here describes operations behind Japanese lines during World War II; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 272 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.
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USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 14 | £UK 12 | JP¥ 2347]
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Queen Salote & Her Kingdom.
London: Putnam, 1954. Hardcover. Light wear to DJ. Slight tanning to endpapers. Small stamp on front endpaper; The world's tallest queen (six feet three inches) , a disappearing island, and a visit from Queen Elizabeth enliven this tale of the Polynesian kingdom of Tonga; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 136 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
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New Zealand the Dear Old Maori Land.
Auckland, NZ: The Brett Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. 1924. Second Edition. Hardcover. DJ browned and with some chipping. DJ with small hole and minor loss to DJ top spine. Boards with light bumping to two corners. Endpapers tanned and with former owner's writing to front free endpaper. ; From the preface: "This collection of interesting facts about New Zealand, 'The Dear Old Maori Land', also the legendary accounts and descriptions of Maori Life and Customs, and the mysterious migration of the intrepid Polynesian Vikings across the unchartered seas of the Pacific Ocean, have been gathered from various sources and put together with the earnest desire of making these 'Fortunate Isles' more widely and better known." ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 268 pages. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket.
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USD 75.00 [Appr.: EURO 69.75 | £UK 59.75 | JP¥ 11734]
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Tahiti Days.
New York: George H Doran Company, 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate wear and darkening to boards. Former owner's stamp on front endpaper; From the foreword: "..feeling hopeless and ill, I went to the South Seas to get well. I did. " ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 266 pages. Very Good-.
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Vouza and the Solomon Islands.
Sydney And London: Angus and Robertson, 1946. Hardcover. Boards with moderate wear to extremities. A bit of browning to endpapers ; Author MacQuarrie was a colonial administrator for the British government assigned to the island of Vanikoro. His adventures must be read to be believed. Including rear fold out map. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 218 pages. Very Good-.
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USD 35.00 [Appr.: EURO 32.5 | £UK 28 | JP¥ 5476]
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Vouza and the Solomon Islands.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1948. Hardcover. Light wear and small chips to DJ. Price clipped; Author MacQuarrie was a colonial administrator for the British government assigned to the island of Vanikoro. His adventures must be read to be believed; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 261 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
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USD 40.00 [Appr.: EURO 37.25 | £UK 32 | JP¥ 6258]
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Under the Mountain Wall a Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age.
New York: Viking Press, 1962. Hardcover. Light wear and chipping to DJ ; Two years of study of the Kurelu peoples in New Guinea off the coast of Australia with the Harvard-Peabody expedition. Dedicated to Michael Rockefeller, who was part of but sadly did not live to see the completion of the expedition. Stated book club edition to copyright page, photo sections at front of book and after page 160; 8vo; 256, xxxii pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
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Under the Mountain Wall a Chronicle of Two Seasons in the Stone Age.
New York: Viking Press, 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very light rubbing to DJ and with small closed tear. Price clipped; Record of the Harvard-Peabody expedition to New Guinea and dedicated to Michael Rockefeller, who was part of but did not live to see the completion of the study. Photo sections to the front and to the rear of book ; 8vo; 256, xxxii pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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USD 80.00 [Appr.: EURO 74.25 | £UK 63.75 | JP¥ 12517]
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Westward the Course! the New World of Oceania.
New York: William Morrow & Co. 1942. Hardcover. Light apparent dampstaining to spine. Endpapers browned. Bookplate. ; Author McGuire took advantage of growing curiosity of the region after the outbreak of WWII to journey thence and record observations about the peoples of Oceania. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 434 pages. Very Good+.
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USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 18.75 | £UK 16 | JP¥ 3129]
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Rascals in Paradise.
London: Secker & Warburg, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Light wear and chipping to DJ ; True life stories of ten people who sought fame and fortune while pursuing their dreams in the Pacific ; 8vo; 383 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
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Headhunting in the Solomon Islands Around the Coral Sea.
New York: The MacMillan Company, 1942. Hardcover. DJ with light wear, chipping and one open tear ; Real headhunters and cannibals enliven this account of an expedition intended to record the lives and cultures of the Solomon Islands; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 416 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket.
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Headhunting in the Solomon Islands Around the Coral Sea.
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1942. Hardcover. Light wear and darkening to boards. Front hinge not tight ; Real headhunters and cannibals enliven this account of an expedition intended to record the lives and cultures of the 'uncivilized' peoples of the region. Map in front endpaper.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 416 pages. Very Good+.
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And We, the People Then Years with the Primitive Tribes of New Guinea.
New York: P. J. Kenedy & Sons, 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ tanned and with light shelfwear. Price clipped ; About the Mengen tribe who, in the early 1960ies, was still untouched by any other civilizations. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo; 248 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket.
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From the Hinterland of Ecuador to the Shores of Galapagos.
New York: Exposition Press, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. DJ with light shelf wear; A tour of Ecuador to the Galapagos, with an emphasis on the environment and animal habitats. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo; 154 pages. (ISBN: 0682496731) Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket.
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