FS: Pacific Ocean from various angles - 25 titles

[Suzanne and Truman Price]

Pacific Constitutions: Volume 1, Polynesia. Suva, Fiji: University of
the South Pacific Press, 1983, 1991 reprint. ISBN 9820200695. Large trade
paperback, 20x30 cm (8x12"), 519 pp. Containing the constitutions of 12
states: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia,
Hawaii, New Zealand, Niue, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna,
Western Samoa. 12590.1 Near Fine: a little light exterior soil else as
new. $25

Pacific Constitutions: Volume 2, Independent States of Melanesia and
Micronesia. Suva, Fiji: University of the South Pacific Press, 1983, 1991
reprint. ISBN 9820200695. Large trade paperback, 20x30 cm (8x12"), 596 pp.
Containing the constitutions of 7 states: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon
Islands, Venuatu, Kirbati, Marshall Islands, and Nauru. 12591.1 Fine, as
new. $30

Allen, Betty. Legends of Old Hawaii as told by Tutu to her
Grandchildren. Honolulu: Tongg, 1963 (1944). Brown cloth, 93 pp. With
illustrations by Herbe Shade. 7630.1 F/G. $8

Anderson, Kenneth. Songs of Island Seas. Self: Oakland, CA, 1927.
Cloth spine, paper boards with island scene, 8vo, 40 pp. A nice little
volume of Romantic poetry, begun in Anderson's two years on a tramp
steamer. Inscribed and signed by the author. 9904.1 VG, corners rubbed
with outer paper broken 1/4" $12

Barrow, T. Traditional and Modern Music of the Maori. Wellington NZ:
Seven Seas Publishing, 1965. Slick full color pictorial boards, 9x9", 42
pp. More a history of than a songbook, containing the words in Maori and
English to only two songs; many photographs, some large and in color.
10384.1 VG. $14

Beadle, Peter. Manapouri. Wellington: AH & AW Reed, 1971, 1st. Cloth,
7.4x9.6", 32 pp. Descriptions in paint and words of Lake Manapouri of New
Zealand. Lovely art, one of Beadle's scarcer works. oil paintings or
pencil sketches every page. 9016.1 Near Fine/Near Fine; owner's name top
of front ep; very light rub along dj top edge. $17

Beebe, William. Galapagos: World's End. Putnam, 1924, 1st. 12604.1
Good, some pages loose. $15

Beebe, William. The Arcturus Adventure. Putnam, 1926, 1st; 439 pp.,
with 7 color & 69 b&w plates, index, maps. Deep Green cloth with gilt
titles, gilt top edge. Explorations of the depths of the ocean and its
life forms. 6246.1 Very near fine, slight rub at spine top. $35

Carmichael, Peter, & June Knox-Mawer. A World of Islands. London:
Collins, 1968; 8.7x10.7. About Fiji, photos and text. . 5254.1 VG in dw
remnant; top 2" of front inc. title gone. $10

Casey, Robert J. Torpedo Junction. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1943,
1st. With the Pacific Fleet from Pearl Harbor to Midway. 5566.1 NF in
bright dw with edgewear and chips. $15

Cole, Fay-Cooper. Malaysia Crossroads of the Orient. Eugene: OR State
System of Higher Ed, 1948. Black cloth spine with grey boards, 4to, 20 pp,
XII photo plates. The Condon Lecture, by the head of the Anthropology Dept
at U Chicago. Includes various natives inc. pygmies and Moros of
Philippines, Sumatra Dyaks, Java, Luzon, Malaya, and others. Fine folding
map in pocket at rear. 7444.1 Very Good; ex-lib some few marks. $18

Colquhoun, Archibald R. The Mastery of the Pacific. NY: Macmillan,
1904/1902, 2nd printing. Black library binding cloth. Formerly gilt top
edge. 8vo, 440 pp. With special maps & over 100 illustrations. 440 pp.
7197.1 Good; ex-lib some marks. $20

Connolly, James B. Master Mariner: The Life and Voyages of Amasa Delano.
Doubleday Doran, 1943, stated 1st. Tan cloth with green stamping, 324 pp.
Starting out in 1789, the New Englander had a distinguished career
including consideral explorations in the South Pacific, early landing in
Japan, capture of slave ships, etc. 10146.1 This was very good, then I
pushed the rolling shelf over to the light bulb and charred the top corner
of the spine 1.5"x.25" ; it was clean and solid, corners very lightly
bumped, unmarked; now reduced by over half. $5

Curran, C. H. Insects of the Pacific World. Macmillan, 1946/1945, 2nd.
Green cloth, 317 pp. A guidebook to insects of the Pacific Islands, with
97 figures and 7 b&w plates. Arranged by order, with additional chapters.
"Pacific World Series." 7601.1 VG/Good jacket. $15

Day, Beth. Life on a Lost Continent. Garden City: Doubleday, 1971, 1st.
Clothbound, 128 pp., photos, index. A natural history of New Zealand.
6009.1 VG/VG but ex-lib some marks. $7

Erger, Gene & Connie. Ko of Menehuneland / The Adventures of a Hawaiian
Elf-Boy. Rutland: Charles E. Tuttle, 1963, 1st. Red cloth stamped. 4to,
48pp. Adventures of a lovable little leprechaun-like Menehune, the "little
people" who left traces in the form of stone walls in Kauai. With 8 rather
ebullient color plates and black and white decorations by Takamoto. /Jane
M. Takamoto. 7631.1 F/VG, one 1/2" corner tear in dj. $25

Fairfax, John, and Syliva Cook. Oars Across the Pacific. NY: Norton,
1973, 1st US. Clothbound. 7924.1 VG; top edge specked, spine slightly
sloped. $8

Firth, Raymond. Elements of Social Organization. New York, NY:
Philosophical Library, 1951 Cloth, 257 pp.. From a series of lectures at
Birmingham. Subject matter is genral, photos are mainly of Maori ancesters
or of Malaya, and some from other Pacific cultures and Africa. 18 photos
on 11 plates. 10168.1 VG-/VG; scattered light underlining. $20

Fox, Charles E. The Story of the Solomons. Taraoaniara, BSI: Diocese of
Melanesia Press, 1967. HB, green boards with stamped palm tree scene;
14.5x22.2cm, 98 pp + photo plates. Some history of the islands once known
as "The Cannibal Islands"; the coming of Captain Cook, of the Missionaries;
fighting the Japanese on Guadalcanal and other isles; the people; the
missions. 15 b&w photos, one color; tri-fold foldout map of the Solomons
at the rear. 12607.1 Near Fine: one 1/8" speck of slightly lighter color
on the front board, low center; else completely clean, straight and
unmarked. $40

Gorsky, Bernard. Vastness of the Sea. Boston: Little, Brown, Co., 1957,
1st. Four Frenchmen's sailing and underwater adventures from Tangiers to
Tahiti. 5482.1 NF in dw with edgewer and 3/4" chip top front; one group
of pages loose on threads. $15

Grattan, C. Hartley. The Southwest Pacific Since 1900. U. Michigan,
1963; 759 pp, xxvii, biblio, index. Michigan History of World series.
4949.1 Fine in rubbed dj. $12

Guard, David. Hale-Mano A Legend of Hawai'i. Millbrae: Celestial Arts,
1981, 1st. Full pictorial cloth, 7.5x8.8", 90 pp. A new retelling of an
ancient Hawaiian legend. /Caridad Sumile. 7633.1 F/VG, one 1/2" corner
tear in dj. $12

Hince, Kevin. B. D. Lakshman and the Fiji Trade Union Movement. Suva,
Fiji: University of the South Pacific, 1991. Paperwraps (stapled, in
oilcloth-surfaced paper) 8.5x11, 34 pp on 34 leaves. 9004.1 Fine. $15

Ihimaera, Witi. / John Hovell. The Whale Rider. Auckland NZ: Heineman,
1987, 1st printing. HB in jacket, 122 pp. Moving "effortlessly between
mythology and realism, between pathos and comedy" (jacket); both writer and
artist are Maori. 12418.1 Near Fine/Fine; very light rub on cloth at
spine bottom (not on jacket, which is perfect). $15
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Keyes, Ian W. New Zealand Artifacts from the United States "Transit of
Venus Expedition" 1874-1875. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press,
1967/1967. Smithsonian Contributions to Anthropology Volume 2, #2.
Paperbound, 9.7x11.7", pp 21 through 27, iv, + plates. Double-column text.
The Maori artifacts pictured include stone tools, basketry, combs, a
hammer, and an attractive little flaxen purse. 4 photo plates showing 34
artifacts. 8426.1 Fine. $5

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