History - New Zealand & Pacific from Adelaide Booksellers

North Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing. 2024. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. xvi, 517 pages. The letters in this book were written by Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart order, who were pioneer Roman Catholic missionaries in Kiribati (the former Gilbert Islands). They sent their first news to the home convent in… Read more about this item

Sydney: Australasian Publishing Co.. 1943. 12mo [approx 12x18cm]. Very Good condition - minor fading to cover at base and spine. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. . 1st Edition (Australia). Softcover.

London: Charles H Kelly. Circa 1890s[1859]. 12mo [approx 12x18cm]. Good+ Condition. Green cloth books - gilt to face & spine. Front fly-leaf pasted to front pastedown. Some minor nicks to page edges. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 278 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

Sydney: Nautical Press. No DateCirca 1980. 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. With 31 b/w plates and one folding map [32x49cm] exhibiting the discoveries made by Captain James Cook during his three voyages in H.M.S. Endeavour & H.M.S. Resolution. 189… Read more about this item

St Lucia: University of Queensland Press. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. 342 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1938. Octavo Size. GOOD condition. No dustjacket. Corners a little rubbed and some marking to light-coloured boards. Bookseller stamp to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xviii, 231 pages. The author's account of his controversial 1935 exploration of the last… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd. 1971. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. Colour frontispiece. Maps to endpapers. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 429 pages. Looks at… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton. 1987. 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. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Preface by Manning Clark. 230pages. The story of how the white man came to dominate the people in the islands of the… Read more about this item

Richmond Vic: Hutchinson of Australia. 1979. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very good condition in a stiff card slipcase. Slipcase has a few blemishes. Previous owner's blindstamp to preliminary pages. Limited edition of 250 copies of which this is 228. Six foldouts - 4 maps and 2 relating to the Bounty. Also a Black… Read more about this item

Melbourne Melbourne: Georgian House by Arrangement with the Heritage Press. 1958. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Price clipped DJ is lightly chipped at spine ends. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to half-title page. Black & white… Read more about this item

Annandale, NSW: Pluto Press Australia. 2001. Very Good condition. Previous owner's details to preliminary pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xix, 169 pages. . 1st Edition (Australia). Trade Paperback.

New York: E.P. Dutton. 1973. 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. Illustrated with 16 pages of black & white plates, contemporary drawings and Bligh's own sketches and maps. Chart of the track of the Bounty in the South Seas 1788-90… Read more about this item

Sydney: UNSW Press. 2007. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition. Gift inscription to preliminary pages. Illustrated with colour photographs and black & white maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 184 pages. . 1st Edition (Australia). Softcover.

Fakenham, Norfolk: Acorn Editions. 1979. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. faint damp stain to lower edge of DJ. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Three black & white maps. xvi, 111 pages. The diary of John Hillary who emigrated to… Read more about this item

Sydney: Angus & Robertson. 1969. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Light wear to dustjacket edges and corners. Small chip to the top to spine. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated in black & white… Read more about this item

Auckland: Blackwood and Janet Paul. 1964. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Good Dustjacket - now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine ends are lightly chipped and upper edge a little rubbed. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Black & white map. 135 pages. Reprinted from the 1863 first edition… Read more about this item

New York: Dover Publications. 1971. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition. Nice copy. Black & white illustrations. 292 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Softcover.

Victoria: Pluto Press Australia. 2005. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White plates & maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 414 pages. . 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

Dublin: Irish University Press. 1974. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ has small sticker stain to top edge & is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. B/W maps. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 325 pages. From 1878 to 1900, when the islands were finally partitioned,… Read more about this item

London: Duckworth. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Mild age-toning to dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White plates. 103 pages. A re-examination which offers a new light on the last 48 hours of Captain Cook's life. Robust,… Read more about this item