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Yankee whalers in the south seas. Drawings by Richard M. Powers
by Whipple, A. B. C
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. First edition, 8vo, pp. 304; map endpapers, illustrated throughout; occasional ink annotations, else fine in a lightly chipped jacket. Whaling lore, cannibalism, shipwrecks, and the story of Mocha Dick and Melville's classic novel.
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A$44.55
Pamulong pulong sa pagbaton sang palañgaku-an sang Iyang' Kamahalan Jose P. Laurel, Pañgulo sang Republika sang Pilipinas
by Laurel y García, José Paciano
[Manila: publisher not identified], 1943. 8vo, pp. 20; fine copy in original printed brown wrappers. An Ayer Linguistics duplicate with small release stamp from the Newberry Library inside front cover. Inaugural address by Laurel, President of the Philippines 1943-45, in Hiligaynon (Ilongo), an Austronesian language spoken by the inhabitants of Panay, Negros, and other islands in the central Philippines. Laurel (1891-1959) was a Filipino politician, lawyer, and judge, who served as the president of the...
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A$89.09
THE EVER-CHANGING SEA
by Ericson, David B. & Goesta Wollin
New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 1967. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket. Stated First Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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A$71.12
Moresby mice. A souvenir of the Papuan campaign
by Graham, G. B. (Bill)
Melbourne: Robertson and Mullins, n.d., 1943. 4to, pp. [24]; illustrated throughout with photographs and cartoons by Graham; original cloth-backed pictorial boards printed in green and black; small abrasion at the gutter near the bottom of the spine; all else very good. "The Aussies and the Yanks in Papua ... who fought and worked and laughed together during the grim days of 1942-43."
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A$80.18
Under Northern Seas
by Pitkin, Linda
Vancouver: Raincoast Books., 1997 First Canadian hardcover edition with dust jacket. 128 pp. Stunning colour photographs, bibliography, index. Jacket has minor shelfwear. Fine/Near Fine.
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A$38.66
A trip through the Hawaiian Islands 7 - reels pictures - 7 and lecture showing native life in the islands and the world's largest active volcano Kilauea in active eruption..
by [Bonine, Robert Kates?]
Portland: Holly Press, n.d., 1920. Very large advertising broadside (poster) in three sections, each approximately 28" x 42" and approximately 84" x 42" overall, printed in black on tan paper; previous folds, but essentially fine and handsome. The type face, along with the fact that the Kilauea was erupting frequently in the early 1920s point to the first half of the 1920s as a date of printing. The illustrated film program is almost certainly based on the films of Robert Kates Bonine (1862-1923), a...
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A$2,672.72
On Ari'is in Tahiti
by Salmon, Tati
New Plymouth [New Zealand]: Thomas Avery, 1910. 8vo, pp. [39]-46 (i.e. 8 pages); original printed salmon wrappers, stapled; spine chipped, staples rusty; good. An offprint from the Journal of the Polynesian Society, volume.19, no. 1. A study of fourteenth-century migration from Tahiti to New Zealand. O'Reilly & Reitman 5064.
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A$133.64
SEA TREK
by HOLMES, MARTHA
Dust jacket has a couple of very small spots on lower edge. Full colour photos throughout. Covered in Plastic. Please expect extra postage overseas.
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A$32.44
Sea Change: A Message of the Oceans
by Earle, Sylvia A. (signed)
NY: Putnam, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near fine. Inscribed on the title page in the year of publication: "Oct. 23, 1995, For Ginny -- Keep caring for the earth -- its animals and its fishes! With admiration, Sylvia Earle." Also signed in full on the title page. Uncommon signed. Sylvia Earle (b. 1935) is a standout marine biologist, oceanographer and explorer, often described as a Rachel Carson of the oceans. She has been a National Geographic explorer-in-residence since 1998, was the first...
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A$658.50
Nitrogen in the Sea Forms, Abundance, and Rate Processes
by Wada, Etaro & Akihiko Hattori
CRC Press. Good with no dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0849362733 . Hardcover. Nice clean copy with some minor shelf wear. Covers are nice and clean. Binding has begun to pull away at the bottom causeing pages 25-52 to pull away slightly. All pages are accounted for and are nice and clean. There is a mark on the outside edge of pages 139-158 but it does not bleed onto the page or obstruct any of the text. Overall a great copy. ; 10.16 X 7.32 X 0.79 inches; 208 pages .
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A$154.94
The Ever Changing Sea
by David B. Ericson and Goesta Wollin
Paladin, 1971. Some wear, binding sound; good overall.. paperback. Good. Book.
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A$1.55
A Discussion Paper on the Effects of Explosives on Fish and Marine Mammals in the Waters of the Northwest Territories
by Wright, D.G
Winnipeg: Department of Fisheries and Oceans Western Region., 1982 First printing in tall stapled paper covers. 16 pp. Tables, charts, references. Minor crimping to foredge. Near Fine.
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A$77.39
OCEANIC BIRDS OF SOUTH AMERICA: A Study of Species of the Related Coasts and Seas, Including the American Quadrant of Antarctica Based Upon the Brewster-Sanford Collection in the American Museum of Natural History
by Murphy, Robert Cushman
Macmillan/American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1936. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 1st Edition; Two volumes, illustrated from paintings by Francis L. Jacques, photographs, maps, and other drawings; Vol I, xxii, 640pp, 6 coloured plates, 1-38 b&w plates, 61 text figures; Vol II, viii, 641-1245pp, 10 coloured plates, b&w plates 39-72, 62-80 text figures. Index at front of both volumes, plates at back of both volumes. Original green...
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A$77.53
The Natural History of the Ocean a Graphic Account of the Mighty Deep
by Prof. J. W. Van Dervoort
Union Publishing House. Good with no dust jacket. 1890. Hardcover. Good hardcover with clean, but yellowed pages. No dust jacket. Minor shelf wear and scuff marks to covers and spine. One small pin hole in the spine. Binding is cracking at the hinges, but no pages appear to be missing or loose. Back cover has some water damage and the red dye from the cloth has bled onto the bottom edge of page 475 to the back end page, but this does not affect the text. Previous owner attached an ex-libris sticker...
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A$116.21
Pitcairn: the island, the people, and the pastor. To which is added a short notice of the original settlement and present condition of Norfolk Island
by Murray, Thomas Boyles, Rev
London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, n.d., 1860. Twelfth edition, with a new preface bringing parts of the text up to date, 12mo, [2], xiv, [15]-414, [4] ads; engraved frontis, 17 plates, and a few small illustrations in text; very good in original green cloth, gilt-stamped spine, and gilt vignette of a ship on the upper cover.
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A$356.36
Adventures of a Zoologist (association copy)
by Scheffer, Victor B. (signed); Joseph Meeker (inscribed to)
NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. An association copy, inscribed on the first blank: "For Joe Meeker, with best wishes, Victor B. Scheffer." Uncommon signed. Scheffer was a marine biologist who worked for thirty years for government agencies, including the National Park Service, Forest Service, and Fish and Wildlife Service, before he moved to academia at the University of Washington in 1969 and devoted himself to popular writing. He won the John...
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A$581.03
Catálogo de las lenguas de las naciones conocidas, y numeracion, division, y clases de estas segun la diversidad de sus idiomas y dialectos
by Hervás y Panduro, Lorenzo
Madrid: en la imprenta de la administracion del Real Arbitrio de Beneficencia se hallará en la librería de Ranz calle de la Cruz, 1800. First edition, 2 volumes (of 6) in 1; small 4to, pp. xvi, 396; 480; 4 folding tables (2 in each volume); later three-quarter brown morocco over marbled boards, gilt-paneled spine in 6 compartments, gilt-lettered direct in 3, t.e.g.; a nice copy. This, an Ayer Linguistics duplicate with a Newberry release stamp on the verso of the second flyleaf. These first two...
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A$1,158.18
The Fishes of the Red Deer River.
by Smith, Harvey J
Red Deer, AB: Kerry Wood Nature Centre Association., 1990 First printing in stapled paper covers. 16 pp. Illustrations, glossary, checklist and index. Hint of a sticker ghost on the front cover otherwise Fine.
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A$23.16
A dictionary of the Hawaiian language, to which is appended an English-Hawaiian vocabulary and a chronological table of remarkable events
by Andrews, Lorrin
Honolulu: Henry M. Whitney, 1865. First edition thus, being a second and much expanded version of Andrews' earlier A Vocabulary of Words in the Hawaiian Language, Lahaina, 1836 which is the first dictionary printed in the Pacific; 8vo, pp. xvi, 559; text in double column; full contemporary sheep, worn, and with restoration at the extremities; good and sound. The Hawaiian press was first established in Honolulu in 1822 and later at Lahaina in 1834 by Lorrin Andrews, a missionary who claimed some...
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A$1,336.36
Oceanic Birds of South America.
by Murphy, Robert Cushman
New York: Macmillan, (1936). "A study of the species of the related coasts and seas, including the American quadrant of Antarctica based upon the Brewster-Sanford collection in the American Museum of Natural History." First editions in original blue cloth bindings. Ex-libris Goldthwait Polar Library with their stamp on front blank. Faint mark on backstrips where label was removed. Very good condition overall.. Two vols., 26 cm. xx, (640) 1245 pp., 72 color and b/w plates;
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A$193.68
A dictionary of the Maori language ... sixth edition, revised and augmented under the auspices of the Polynesian Society
by Williams, Herbert W
Wellington: R. E. Owen, Government Printer, 1957. 8vo, pp. xxv, [1], 499, [5]; text in double column; full red cloth, gilt title on cover and spine; corners bumped, ex-library with call number on spine, perforated stamp on title page and checkout slip tipped in to free endpaper; very good.
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A$62.36
Stellwagen Bank: A Guide to the Whales, Sea Birds, and Marine Life of the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary
by Ward, Nathalie
Down East Books, 1993. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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A$11.39
The South Sea whaler, an annotated bibliography
by Forster, Honore
Sharon, MA: The Kendall Whaling Museum, 1985. 8vo, pp. ix, [7], 157, [3]; frontispiece and map endpapers; full gray cloth; previous owner's signature on front free endpaper, else fine.
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A$62.36
THE STORY OF THE PACIFIC
by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
A very good hardcover in a good jacket that has been neatly taped in a couple of places. The pages are clean and the binding is excellent. Profusely illustrated throughout. There are 387 pages including index. On the inside of the dust jacket wrapper is a drawing by Hendrik Willem Van Loon suitable for framing.
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A$77.47
