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Treasury of Stories
by Manuel, E. Arsenio; Cordero-Fernando, Gilda, ed
Manila: Anvil Publishing, Inc, 1995. Paperback. 239p., paperback, 8.5x11 inches. Illustrated profusely with drawing. Light shelfwear to wraps, ownership mark on fore-edge of text block, else very good.
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A$47.40
アイヌ民族文化財調査報告書 (Ainu Minzoku Bunkazai Chousa Houkokujo) Report on Ainu Culture and Folklore
by Watanabe, Hitoshi; Oshima, Minoru; Kirikae, Hideo; Sato, Tomomi
Sapporo: Hokkaido Board of Education, Hokkaido Government Office, 1990. Paperback. xvi, 200p., paperback, 7.25x10.25 inches, very good. Illustrated with charts and b&w photographs. Text in Japanese. Urgent Field Research on Ethnography of the Ainu, No. 9.
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A$63.20
A GUADALCANAL SOCIETY: THE KAOKA SPEAKERS
by Hogbin, Ian
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston. Very Good. 1965. Softcover. Book is in VG condition with rubbing to edges & covers, sticker with ink marking to inner front cover else a bright & solid copy. FKTT 7/23; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A$23.70A$20.15
Aboriginal and Oceanic Decorative Art. Travelling Art Exhibition..National Gallery of Victoria.. 28 February - 28 March 1980
by Davidson, James, text author, Judith Ryan, exhibitionist
Victoria: the gallery, 1980. Paperback. 56p., profuse b&w exhibit and site/artist photography, softbound in 9x8.5 inch glazed alkaline paperstock in colorphoto wraps. A fine copy: sound, clean, unmarked. Non-sacred artifacts, such as wall-hangings, betel-nut mortars, comb, jewelry, boat figurehead, and suchlike.
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A$18.96
UBD Business and Street Directory, 6th Edition, 1985: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
by n/a
UBD, 1985-01-01. Paperback. Fair. . FAIR. yellow photo-illustrated wraps, bagged for protection with a stiff backing board, approx. 8.5'' x 11'', large tears to spine and hinges of covers, large creases to covers, heavy handling wear, no known missing pages..<p> Once Read Books, cover scan available - just ask, OnceReadBooks com<p> Orders shipped via USPS.
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A$11.53
The River Women and Other Portraits of Underdevelopment
by Hershey, Christopher
Papua New Guinea: Self-published by the author, 1990. Pamphlet. [18p.], softcover, 8.5x11 inches. Signed by Hershey on title page. Wraps waterstained with crease, small stain on inside rear cover, foxing on top edge, else very good. No copies found in OCLC as of June 2022. Poetry from a human rights activist.
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A$39.50
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (1999 and 2000)
by Greater Boston Legal Services Asian Outreach Program
Boston: Greater Boston Legal Services Asian Outreach Program, 2000. Pamphlet. Two unpaginated, ribbon-bound pamphlets produced in celebration of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Covers of both are slightly bent and worn, extensive water damage on 1999 pamphlet. A collection of emails, poetry, and writing reprinted from authors including Lawson Fusao Inada, Janice Mirikitani, and Nellie Wong among others.
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A$39.50
The Assimilation of Samoan Migrants in the Naval Housing Area, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii (thesis)
by Forster, John
Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1954. 101p., unpaginated appendices, text reproduced from typed ms, no illustrations, utilitarian binding in flexible brown covers with black cloth backstrip and typed cover label. Backstrip is slightly abraded but item is sound and legible throughout. The word "problem" occurs here, usually in connection with the conjunction of economically stressed Samoan immigrants with American military culture.
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A$47.40
Chiloe - Historia, Mitologia, Artilugios y Costumbres; Comidas Tipicas, Medicina Popular, Supersticiones
Ancud, Chiloe: Ediciones Victor Naguil, 1983. Pamphlet. 56p., b&w sketch and photographic illustrations, softbound in 8x6 inch stapled wraps. Covers mildly dusty with trivial edgewear, a droplet stain and smudges, a quite good copy: sound, unmarked, and otherwise clean within and without. Chiloe is an island group distinct from mainland Chilean culture.
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A$26.86
Life in the Marshall Islands
by Bryan, E.H
Honolulu: Pacific Scientific Information Center, Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1972. Paperback. 237p. paperback, very good. Includes sections on flora and fauna, as well as the history of human settlement.
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A$23.70
Introduction à la langue Tahitienne
by Vernier, Charles
Paris: Besson & Chantemerle, 1959. 162p., red wraps, 5.3x4.7 inches, internal library stamp on front endpaper, no external markings.
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A$23.70
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Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave [Cover title] (Cook Islands Library and Museum / Bulletin I)
by Alphons M. J. Kloosterman
Cook Islands Library and Museum Society, 1973. First Edition. Trade Paperback. 76 pages. 7-3/4 by 10-1/4 inches. Printed in typescript with black-and-white illustrations. Presumed first edition (first printing). Very good in blue illustrated stapled wrappers (paperback). Spotting and toning to edges. Scarce in the 1973 printing.
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A$59.25
Polynesia: The Iconography of the Pacific
by Dentzel, Carl Schaefer
npl: Art Council of San Fernando Valley State College, 1965. Paperback. [44]p., stapled wraps, 7x10 inches, profusely illus. (including two fold-out illustrations), wraps lightly worn else very good exhibition catalog.
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A$23.70
History of the Twenty-Fifth Regiment, United States Infantry, 1869-1926
by Nankivell, John H., comp
New York: Negro Universities Press, 1969. Hardcover. xvii, 214p., brown boards, 6.25x9.25 inches, very good. Reprint of 1927 original. On the African American unit that served in the Spanish American war in the Philippines.
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A$34.76
The Secrets of Cabales Serrada Escrima
by Wiley, Mark V
Boston: Tuttle, 2001. Paperback. [vii], 183p., paperback, 6x9 inches, very good. Illustrated profusely with b&w photographs and diagrams.
Item Price
A$55.30
Gold dish and Kava bowl
by Fraser, John A
London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1954. Hardcover. ix, 262p., decorative map endpapers, frontis., b&w photos., clipped dust jacket with short closed tear to top front cover, some foxing throughout, endpapers foxed, else very good. Jacket summary: "An Australian's own story of his search for gold and the full enjoyment of life in Australia, Fiji, and the Solomons.
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A$23.70
Indonesia and the Philippines: American Interests in Island Southeast Asia
by Pringle, Robert
New York: Columbia University Press, 1980. Paperback. xiii, 290p., paperback, 5.75x9 inches. Cover lightly edgeworn, else very good.
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A$18.96
London Atlas Map of the Asiatic Archipelago
by Stanford, Edward, Geographer to His Majesty the King
London: Edward Stanford, 1900. Map. Large folded map in colors in fine shape, printed in legible smallpoint. Graphic measures 24x19 inches, is backed in pleasant sturdy linen, folds up to 7x4.5 inches and is adhered to a nice black casing panelled in blind with a printed label on buff stock. The only flaw we see is a crimping at the head of the casing's soft cloth spine. In every other respect item is fresh and new-ish looking.
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A$173.81
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Marianas Variety News and Views [four issues]
by Younis, Abed, editor
Saipan: the newspaper, 1976. Newspaper. Four issues of the tabloid format newspaper, some uneven toning and mild handling wear. Issues present are vol. 4 nos. 37 and 38, and vol. 5 nos. 1 and 3. Local news from Saipan as well as the broader region, including updates on discussions of the future status of Micronesia. The Palestinian-born editor is said to have run the paper largely as a one-man show.
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A$63.20
The Kon-Tiki Man. Thor Heyerdahl
by Ralling, Christopher
BBC Books. 1990. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour and black and white photographs and black and white drawings. 335 pages. The full story of this extraordinary twentieth adventurer, explorer, scientist and anthropologist. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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A$15.00
Tsunamis; Proceedings of the National Science Foundation Workshop; May 1979
by Hwang, Li-San and Y. Keen Lee, organizing & editing
Pasadena CA: Tetra Tech Inc, 1979. Paperback. vii, 328p., text reproduced from keyboard-set ms, illustrated with diagrams, tables, formulae; softbound in 10x10 inch decorated wraps. Slightest edgewear with a tiny corner-tip bump, completely clean, sound and unmarked, a very good copy.
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A$47.40
KNOWING THE GURURUMBA
by Newman, Philip L
New York: Holt Rinehart Winston. Very Good. 1966. Softcover. Book is in VG condition with rubbing to edges & covers else a bright & solid copy. FKTT 7/23; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A$23.70A$20.15
Fiji, the Land of Promise: Religious - Political - Economic
by Henley, Thomas
Sydney: John Sands, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good. photos, 66, (6)p. Blue cloth. 18cm. Page edges foxed.
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A$39.50
Isles of Illusion: Letters From the South Seas
by [Fletcher, Robert James]; edited by Bohun Lynch
Boston: Small, Maynard and Co, 1923. Hardcover. xvi, 331p., boards edgeworn, else very good condition. No dust jacket. Letters to Lynch from a friend identified only as "Asterisk" (Fletcher).
Item Price
A$31.60
The Tigris Expedition
by Heyerdahl, Thor
London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1980. 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 Colour photographs. Maps to endpapers. 333 pages. Herdahl and his companion's in search of the sea routes used by the ancient Sumerians 5000 years ago. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
Item Price
A$14.00
