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1954Light 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
1920Moderate 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
2003A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 11"w x 8 1/2"h. 324 pages. Many color photos.
1942DJ 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
1921Spine a bit sunned; Author O'Brien travels to the South Seas and describes visits to Tahiti and Papeete, among others. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 534 pages
2018A new, unread book in excellent condition. 294 pages, contents include Carbaryl, Chemical warfare, Spartina, Neonic, Pesticide-spraying companies, etc. Photos, charts, graphs, maps.
1994A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 8 1/4"w x 9 3/4"h. 234 pages. Many b&w photographs. 200 rare and dramatic photographs of life and work in the Pacific Northwest between 1880 and 1950.
1940Slightly rambling account of the Panama Canal area, Polynesia, the Pacific Ocean, etc. ; 8vo; 387 pages
1901Discolored beige cover with pictorial boards. Tears on dust jacket (wrapped in mylar cover). Loose binding. Previous owner's name inside. The story of Anahei, a child of the Malay. 5 1/4"w x 7 5/8"h. 54 pages, plus advertisements.
1966réf. 16640Paris Hachette 1966 In-8 carré 359 pp, Riche iconographie en noir et blanc
1925réf. 1018939Dresden, (1925). 235, (1) S. m. wenigen Textabb., 2 Bl. OLwd (Rücken verblichen).
1961réf. ML366901961 87 p., 14 figures, red cloth spine with pebbled paper covered boards (original printed covers bound in). A good bound copy.From the Library of Richard I. Johnson (1925-2020), malacologist and bibliophile, who build over a period of nearly six decades, what was perhaps the largest private library of books and journals on molluscs.
2001Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, appears new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, except for very light wear to lower front corner only. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 124 pages, chapters include: Seattles first chinese settlement, The anti-chinese movement in Washington, Nihonmachi (Japantown), From sojourners to settlers, Filipinos arrive in the district, Heyday of the 20s throught the depression, Japanese American removal and incarceration, Post WWII, District battles hard times, etc.
2011Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 188 pages.
19688vo; 275 pp, illus, endpaper maps. original cloth, dj, fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. This book brings together in one volume, the remarks on bird life of the explorers from earliest times to 1830, which was the end of serious exploration in the north Pacific, and includes the Russian, Spanish, English, French and US explorers.
1972(Codice VO/0808) In 4° (31 cm) 3 volumi, 1,606 pp. complessive. Prima edizione. Volumi I e II: l'Asia. Volume III: L'Asia di sud-est e l'Oceania. Migliaia di illustrazioni in nero e a colori, foto e carte. Con glossario e indici. Legature cartone editoriale, completi di sovraccoperte. Ottimo stato. ~~~ SPEDIZIONE IN ITALIA SEMPRE TRACCIATA
1954réf. EG329071954 Nouméa, Technical paper n° 79, 1954 : in-4°, broché 202 pp., couverture imprimée. Très bon état, couverture légèrement défraichie !
Barcelona, Editorial Labor, s.a. (hacia 1950). 4to. mayor; 548 pp., con 50 mapas y figuras entre el texto y 32 láminas con fotografías Encuadernación original en media tela.
1988réf. CO355841988 180 p., 104 (sets of) figs, 4to, paperbound. Very good copy, as new.
1968Roy. 8vo., First English Edition, with very numerous photographs and maps throughout, and front and rear photographic endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. Arranged chronologically by sector, this spectacular collection of photographs includes many lesser known theatres, particularly in the Pacific. Originally published in Munich in 1965.
19478vo., First Edition, with photographs (a number full-page) and illustrations in the text; blue cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in gilt, gilt back, a near fine copy. With dustwrapper panels mounted on front paste-down and rear free endpaper. Lion Six was the US Navy contruction unit that built the largest of all advance bases at Guam. SCARCE.
19888vo., First Edition thus, with numerous plates and diagrams in the text; black cloth, backstrip lettered in silver, red endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper. Third volume of Prange's monumental 'Pearl Harbor' trilogy. THE UK EDITION IS SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
1986folio [30 x 22 cm]; xii, 237 pp, numerous illustrations and plates, mostly in color, detailed bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and front cover, pictorial endpapers, dj, fine and clean copy, unused. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of the discovery of the unique fauna such as the Kiwi, Moa, Takahe and the Tuatara beginning with the voyages of Captain Cook to the end of the Victorian era. Attractive illustrations include those of Parkinson, Forster, Lear, Gould, Wolf, Martyn, Keulemans and Donovan cover all aspects of animal, bird, marine and insect life.
19648vo [22 x 14 cm]; xiii, 142 pp, illustrations from photos. original cloth, dj (rubbed, especially at edges), signature on endpaper, else very good. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. A description of life, society and nature on this island in New Zealand
19818vo; x, 310 pp frontis, plates, 4 maps, bibliog. original cloth, giltvignette on front cover, dj (trifle worn at corner), fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. De Surville sailed through the Pacific, to the Solomons, New Zealand, where he narrowly missed Cook and to Peru. Labe was his first mate. A valuable picture of a Pacific expedition in the heroic age of exploration, including Maori society, the first religious service in New Zealand, based on unpublished manuscripts. The detailed introduction is very useful.
