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Rutland, Vt: Charles E Tuttle Co, 1971. 296pp, frontis portrait. Maroon cloth in jacket. Very slight edge wear to jacket, very slight fading to spine. Lawrence Judd was the grandson of early missionaries and his father was Chief Justice of the Hawaiian Supreme Court. He became Governor of Hawaii from 1929-1934 and in 1953 Governor of American Samoa.. First Edition.… Read more about this item

London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 255pp, bw ills, maps. Blue cloth in jacket. Jacket slightly rubbed. Moderate foxing throughout. The author travelled to India, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, the Celebes, the Moluccas and New Zealand learning about the arts, ceremonies and taboos of 'primitive poeples' along the way. . First English Language Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Cowrie Books, 2002. 32pp, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Very slight edge wear to cover. Tells a Trobriand Islands (PNG) highlighting the strict oblidation, or duty, in the matrilinear Trobriand culture for a brother to make gardens for his sister.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Port Moresby: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies in association with Niugini Press., 1979. 56pp, bw ills, references. Pictorial card (red, black & white). A little light rubbing. Content includes Indigenous Anthropology in PNG; Some Aesthetic Concepts in Melpa; 3 plays; Eleven Canoe Prows from the Trobriand Islands; a historical poem from the Trobriands and drawings by Kambau Namaleu Lamang..… Read more about this item

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1969. iv, paginated in parts (approx 150pp). Olive green card. Light foxing to prelims. Includes: The Problem of Teenage Boys on Moen, Truk: A Test of a Popular Diagnosis; A Study of School-Community Relations in Truk; Representative Democracy in Truk District. The development and Operation of a New Political Form; Current Influence of Traditional Leaders and… Read more about this item

Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies of the University of the South Pacific, 1977. 72pp, index, bibliography, appendix, bw ills, map. Pictorial card. Crease at bottom front corner, possibly glued at contents page.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Auckland: Polynesian Press, 1980. 140pp. Pictorial orange card. Light rubbing and edge wear, light foxing to edges, red remainder line on bottom edge. Collects, translates and explains some 560 Samoan proverbial expressions.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Melbourne: 26th Battalion Reunion Association, 1992. xiv, 194pp, list of subscribers, bibliography, appendices (inc nominal roll), bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Blue cloth in jacket. Very slight fading to jacket spine, very light edge wear to jacket, ruubed at front flap fold with 2 tiny holes. SIGNED and inscribed by author on title page. Excellent unit history of the 26th Infantry… Read more about this item

Sydney: Australian Military History Publications., 2001. xvi, 288pp, index, appendices, nominal roll, glossary, maps, bw ills. Pictorial glossy boards. As new. The 61st Australian Infntry Battalion was sent to Milne Bay in mid-1942 and within weeks found itself in the front line against the Japanese. The inexperiencedmilitia battalion soon learned on the job, as they slowed and stopped the first… Read more about this item

Melbourne: Book Generation, 1992. xix, 172pp, index, bibliography, appendices, map, bw & col ills, endpaper maps. Or tan boards in jacket. Protective plastic cover taped to reverse of jacket-this has been attached too tightly causing rippling of the jacket. The story of the search for oil in PNG from an insider's perspective, culminating in the dicovery at Kutubu in 1986..… Read more about this item

Arorangi, Cook Islands: Cook Islands Library & Museum, 1976. 102pp, bibliographyline drawings. Red pictorial card with red cloth tape spine. Tiny bump to bottom corner.. Second Edition, Revised & Augmented.. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Hakluyt Society, 1981. x, 310pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. Minor rubbing/light edge wear to jacket. The Jean-Baptiste expedition entered the Pacific by way of the northern Philippines, made landfall in the Solomon Islands, sailed to New Zealand (where it narrowly missed encountering Cook's Endeavour) and crossed the southern Pacific to Peru.. First… Read more about this item

Sydney: Australian Military History Publications., 2000. HEAVY. Pictorial card. x, 496pp, illustrated throughout witih b/w photos, maps, 13 appendices: Australian Infantry; Australian Gunners and support units; RAAF Units; American forces; Japanese forces: Civilians, small boats, ships, shipping; General Clowes' Report; Japanese orders and reports; Webb Royal Commission into atrocities; Breaking the Japanese code; Malaria; the prose of war; addendum,… Read more about this item

Canberra: Journal of Pacific History, 1982. vii, 142pp, index, notes, appendix, map. Pictorial white card. Light marks to cover, light edge wear, prev owner name at top of title page. In 1940 the French population of New Caledonia, with Australian support, overthrew the local representatives of the Vichy regime and aligned with de Gaulle's Free French movement. This marked the… Read more about this item

Suva, Fiji.: St. Andrews Centenary Committee, 1983. 46pp, bw ills. Pictorial brown & cream card. Near new. Centenary history of St Andrews Presbyterian Church in Suva, Fiji.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Honiara, Solomon Islands.: H.C.C. Ltd., 1982. 30pp, map, bw ills. Cream & brown pictorial card. Very slight edge wear to cover. Solomon Islands art and artifacts including carved wood, turtleshell and clamshell; woven baskets, tapa cloth; fishing tools and more. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

Suva: Government Press., 1972. ix, 195pp, vocabulary, diagrams, exercises. Brown cloth in jacket. Jacket price clipped, slightly edge worn, spine faded. Bookseller stamp inside fornt cover, some toning to endpapers, foxing to page edges.. Third Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to.

Suva: Methodist Missionary Society of Australasia , 1935. 78pp, bw ills. Pictorial bw wraps with integral flaps. Front cover torn, with small chips, creases and further short tears at edges. Top 4cm of spine missing, bottom 5cm of spine lifted but present. Internally nice with only light toning to some pages. Scarce commemmoration of 100 years of the Methodist church… Read more about this item

Canberra: Australian National University, 1977. xii, 268pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw ills, endpaper maps. Black cloth in jacket. Fading to spine, foxing to top edge. Examination of the political, economic and social developments of five small port towns in the Pacific - Honolulu, Papeete, Kororareka, Levuka and Apia.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Random House Australia, 1990. 239pp, bw ills. Paperback. Some foxing to page edges. Thirty years in Papua New Guinea amongst crocodiles, cannibals and coffee.. Reprint. Soft Cover. Very Good. 8vo.