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Jakarta.: Centre for Strategic and International Studies.. 1983.. xiv + 203pp paperback. Covers slightly shelworn, first and last leaves a trifle browned. Otherwise good copy. A collection of articles and papers which have been written since the Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference (PECC) held in Canberra in 1980. This collection was meant as a backgroudn for discussion at PECC 1983 as well as for reference to a wider audience who are interested in the idea of Pacific economic coopereation. .

London.: Andrew Melrose Limited.. 1952).. Endpaper maps, black & white line drawings, 200pp, original cloth covered boards, a little tired, light occasional foxing to the margins. 21.5 x 13.5cm Chatty travel writing, covering life in New Caledonia and colonial administration in the Pacific Islands. .

Geographic Branch, G-2, GHQ, FEC.. March1952. Folding map printed in green, black and red. Few minor chips at edges, title written in ink on reverse, but overall very good. A map of Korean War zone produced by the US military (geographic section) and pub;ished in the magazine "Stars and Stripes" in March 1952. The map marks the main cities and uses numbers and inset text to mark the sites of key actions in Korean War. The number 1, for example, is attached to the 38th parallel, and is accompanied by text reading "NK invaders cross 38th parallel, June 25, 1950, at nine separate points". No. 4 marks the Pusan Perimeter on September 14, 1950 "scene of depsperate stand by UN against NK forces - Gen. Walker orders 'stand or die'". No. 23 marks "POW camps in North Korea" and no. 25 - "UN POW camp at Koje-Do Island". A facinating visual representation of the war from the US point of view. .

Fiji.: Institute of Pacific Studies, University of the South Pacific.. 1995.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxx + 418pp, appendices, bibliography, index, very good in paperback. Documents the growing interaction with the USA to the pinnacle of involvement in World War II. .

Canberra.: ANU Press.. 1973.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xviii + 332pp, references, index, prior owner's name front free endpaper, very good in little worn dustjacket. A collection of essays concerning the profound transformation in the island communities and countries of the South Pacific. They also examine the crucial problems surrounding the role of the geographer in studying a developing region. .

Santa Barbara.: Johnston Fruit Co; Schmidt (lithographers). circa1917?. Vintage fruit crate label, full colour, 22 x 31.7 cms, unused, very good condition. This map of the Pacific Rim region is a fun piece of cartographic ephemera. It depicts a huge lemon with the distribution citrus routes for Californian based Johnston Fruit Co., marked from Hawaii to ports in the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, China, Russia, and Japan. Fruit crate labels were designed specifically to attract the attention of potential customers and are notable for their vivid graphics. .

Canberra.: Pandanus Books.. 2006.. Maps, xiii + 260p, index, paperback. "As a region, the nations of the pacific face continuing challenges to their economic, political, social and cultural survival. In four sections, these essays address issues of governance, human rights and custom, law reform, language and culture loss, the potential for a single currency, labour mobility and development assistance. Written by academics and professionals for the region and beyond, the arguments are presented under the uniting theme of sovereignty and the idea of a Pacific community." Publisher's description. .

Sydney.: Pacific Publications.. 14th edition.. 1981.. Maps, 559pp, index, hardback. Neat signature of a prior owner front free endpaper. .

Honolulu.: Institute of Pacific Relations.. April, October & December1931.. 3 issues. Vol. IV, No. 4 (March): ii + 283-376pp; No. 10 (October): ii + 863-956pp; No. 12 (December): ii + 1051-1144pp. Ex-library copies, all three journals stamped with "Graduate School of Business", original wrappers little worn at extremities, an interesting selection of issues. Contents include: Sociology in China; Toyohiko Kagawa; Colonial Labor Problems; Canada and the Pacific; Pacific Naval Problems; Heritage of Asia; Chinese Women; Soviet in Asia; East Indian Nationalism; China's Changing Culture; Canadian Affairs; The China Conference. .

Sydney.: Pacific Publications.. 11th edition.. 1972.. Maps including two folding, 542pp + cxii pages of black and white advertisements, appendix, index, little damage tail of spine, a sound copy in damaged dustjacket with loss to lower front corner, now protected. .

Australia: ANU E Press. 2011. Maps, black and white and colour photography, 204 pages, references, tall quarto, paperback. This volume emerges from a ground-breaking conference held in the Republic of Palau on cultural heritage in the Pacific. It includes bold investigations of the role of cultural heritage in identity-making, and the ways in which community engagement informs heritage management practices. This is the first broad and detailed investigation of the unique and irreplaceable cultural heritage of the Pacific from a heritage management perspective. It identifies new trends in research and assesses relationships between archaeologists, heritage managers and local communities. The methods which emerge from these relationships will be critical to the effective management of heritage sites in the 21st century. A wonderful book which emerges from an extraordinary conference. Essential reading for cultural heritage managers, archaeologists and others with an interest in caring for the unique… Read More

Australia.: ANU Press.. 2010.. viii + 42 pages, bibliography, small octavo, wrappers. Very good copy. Pacific Policy Paper 12. .

New York.: Macmillan.. North American Edition.. 1945.. Maps, 4 folding, xii + 371pp, endpapers lightly browned, head of spine torn with a little loss, cloth along upper hinge little torn. A completely re-written and revised edition of the Australian Pacific Islands Year Book published in 1932, .

Chicago.: Chicago Daily Tribune.. 28 September,1944.. Colour pictorial map on a single newspaper leaf, archivally laid down on linen, 50 x 39.2 cms; 59.3 x 43.3 cms (sheet including captions), faint toning to fold lines, very good condition. Vivid colour maps of the Palau Islands, Guam and Saipan in the Marianas (and an inset location map) published in the "Chicago Daily Tribune" in September 1944, months after the landing of US and Allied Forces, in the offensive against the Japanese during the Pacific War. .

Victoria.: Government Printer.. 1907(Secdon Session).. 3pp, a good copy. 33.5 x 21cm. .

London.: Hydrographic Dept, Admiralty.. 1918.. Folding charts, black and white illustrations, xliii + 696pp, minor wear slightly soiled covers. No supplements. .

[Washington, D.C.].: Stars and Stripes.. 1953.. 78 x 63cm. Edges trifle worn with few small closed tears, mended on reverse, overall a very good copy of a scarce map printed in Japan. A map of the Korean Peninsula marking 25 notable engagements dating from the outbreak of hostilities in June 1950 until June 1952. The map is encircled by two UN flags, the national flags of twenty-two nations supporting UN Command either militarily or through medical support, as well as the insignia of combatant American units. .

Suva.: South Pacific Social Science Association.. 1975.. 253pp, appendices, notes, bibliographies, prior owner's name front free endpaper, covers creased and worn with sunned spine, edges browned, a sound secondhand paperback copy. 25.9 x 20cm. A collection of essays from academics, politicians and administrators across the South Pacific. .

Honolulu.: Institute of Pacific Relations.. January and June1931.. 2 issues. Vol. IV, No. 1 (January 1931): ii + 94pp. Vol IV, No. 6: ii + 471-563pp. Ex-library copies, both stamped with "Graduate School of Business", original wrappers little worn at extremities with spines chipped at head and tail, overall good copies. Contents include: Returned Students in China; Great Britain and the Pacific; Kuomintang and Liberty; Pacific Items; Politics in the Japan Diet; Science East and West; Japan-China Economic Relations; Reflections from the Pacific Press. .

Sydney: Allen & Unwin.. 1991. Tables, xvi + 323pp, appendices, notes, bibliography, index, paperback. Collection of essays including: Economic Stability and growth in the Pacific: an overview - Ross Garnaut; The Japanese Economy and Pacific Development; Macroeconomic management in the ASEAN countries - Mari Pangestu; Exchange rate regimes and practices: Malaysian perspectives - Lin See Yan. .