Search Results: Pacific from Lawrence Jones

Canberra: Department of National Development., 1958. 117pp text + 145 bw ills + numerous folding maps/diagams etc; references, appendices. Or wraps. Ex-Australian Academy of Sciences library with few unobtrusive stamps (including cancelled stamp). Minor edge wear to covers. Detailed analysis and observations of the 1951 eruption of Mount Lamington.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd., 1924. 2 volumes-complete. vi, 351pp, index, frontis portrait; vi, 304pp, frontis portrait. Or blue cloth, no jackets. Spine slightly faded, endpapers toned, some foxing, page edges untrimmed. Biography of 19th century author Robert louis Stevenson. The second volume deals mainly with his time in Samoa.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Port Moresby: Geological Survey of Papua New Guinea, 1982. HEAVY. 2 volumes (text/maps). Volume 1-xvi, 244pp, appendices, references, tables, graphs, bw ills, folding maps, col frontis. Volume 2 is 42 folding maps in case. Or blue cloth in jacket. As new. Provides acomprehensive record of the discovery, exploitation, geology and economic potential of the Morobe Goldfield and establishes its relative importance as a gold producer.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Broadbeach Waters: Pacific Books, 1990. 4 VOLUME SET-COMPLETE. 317pp, folding map; 247pp, folding map; ; 256pp, folding map; ; ix, 230256pp, folding maps. Light blue still card with black cloth spine. Light foxing to boards-appear unread; 3 digit number stamped to bottom of first 3 volumes. Originally published 1944/45 by the Allied Geographical Section Southwest Pacific Area. Volume 1:The Netherlands and British East Indies and the Philippine Islands. Volume 2: The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Volume 3: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. Volume 4: Supplement to volumes 1,2 and 3. Part I The Netherlands and british East Indies and the Philippine Islands; Part II The Mandated Territory of New Guinea, Papua, the British Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Micronesia. Part III: Malaya, Thailand, Indo China, the China Coast and the Japanese Empire. An excellent reference and scarce as complete… Read More

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 attacks. They played a key role in the defeat of the Japanese and later saw further action on Bougainville. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/None, as Issued.. Small 4to.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. viii,219pp, index, glossary, references, bw ills, maps. Or brown cloth lacking jacket. Ex-university library with more than the usual number of stamps etc (inc cancelled stamp). The use of Kava among the Tanna people of Vanuatu.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989. viii,219pp, index, glossary, references, bw ills, maps. Or brown cloth, no jacket. Slight fading at top of front cover, some foxing to endpapers/edges/prelims. SIGNED and inscribed (To Marney) by author on front free endpaper. The use of Kava among the Tanna people of Vanuatu.. Signed & Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

Sydney: The Australian Museum, 1982. 74pp, further reading, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Very light edge war to covers. Based on the gallery of the same name at The Australian Museum, Sydney.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Square 8vo.

Honolulu: University of Hawaii, 1979. xi, 322pp, index, bibliography, glossary, notes, few bw ills. Brown cloth in jacket. Some fading to spine, light foxing. Biography of Swedish born journalist, judge and anthropologist who settled in Hawaii in 1884.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Quantico, VA: Marine Corps Association, 1992. 256pp, illustrated throughout with b/w photos, maps, two appendices, bibliography, index. Or blue cloth boards, gilt spine titles, in edge-worn jacket. The book covers the development of the amphibian tractor and its use in the Second World War as well as in the Korean, Indochian and Vietnam Wars, concluding with an assessment of their status 50 years after they first came to the attention of the Marine Corps.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: The Religious Tract Society, 1886. 192pp, 6 bw engravings. Or decorative brown cloth. Lacks (blank) front free endpaper, front hinge cracking, Sunday School prize label dated 1887 on front pastedown, rear board alittle spotted, spine a little sunned. Hole in p57/58 causing loss of 3 words. Scarce little volume on New Guinea by probably the best known of the Paific missionaries.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Very Good. 12mo.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1936. xvi, 264pp, index, bw ills, endpaper maps. Green cloth, no jacket.Slight fading to spine; foxing to page edges, prelims and margins. Adventures of a prospecting scientist with much on the Great Barrier Reef and Queensland, along with Fiji, Nauru, Gilbert Islands, and more.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo.

London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington., 1888. viii, 238pp + 32pp publisher catalogue at rear, map, 4 bw photographs. Or pictorial cloth (wonderful image in gilt of crocodile and giant snake battling, spine image in gilt of man being consricted by snake). Prize label on front pastedown, some minor toning, frontis tissue guard foxedhinge/joint cracking at title page. Minor rubbing to edges of cloth. Scarce and attractive vlume detailing a French sailor's captivity with a New Guinea tribe.. New and Cheaper Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo.

Bathurst: The National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea in association with Robert Brown and Associates., 1981. HEAVY. 408pp, index, bibliography, glossary, hundreds of bw & col ills. Or black cloth in jacket. Light foxing to prelims otherwise near new. Full photographic account of a single cultural group in PNG- the Gogodala. They number about 10000 and live as lagoon dwellers along the floodplain of the aramia River north of the Fly River Delta. The first part of the book is a richly illustrated account of Life and ceremony. Part 2 is a catalogue of objects covering over 700 items incorporating a list of all Gogodala artifacts known to exist. A magnificent volume.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Suva: Institute of Pacific Studies., 2003. 370pp, index, bibliography/filmography, glossary, bw ills, map. Or blue cloth in jacket. A new copy. Content includes the creative arts (dance, song, chant, drama, carving, painting, weaving, tattoo, oral tradition and literature, sports and games) as well as language, religion, rites of passage, personality and cultural aspects of food. Also looks at elements of the changing political culture, impact of corporate culture, patterns of violence in the culture, cultural impact of inter-cultural marriage, and the wave of over 300 voluntary organisations.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to.

Pullman, WA: Washington State University Press, 1998. xii, 226pp, index, bibliography, appendices, bw ills, maps. Slight edge wear to card covers. Beginning in 1786 Meares explored and charted routes in the North Pacific. His story is a fascinating glimpse into the period when the great European maritime powers and the newly-established United States vied for geographical knowledge, empire and control of the Indian fur trade.. First Trade Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Pago Pago: Office of Samoan Information, 1974. x, 82pp, graphs, tables, bw ills, Or pink card wraps. Slight fading at edges, light edge wear. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to.

New York: William Sloane, 1948. 542pp, index, bibliography, bw ills, endpaper maps. Or tan and dark brown cloth in jacket. Some minor toning to page edges. Jacket price clipped, with several short tears and several large chips (notably at head and foot of spine). Looks at the South Pacific islands and their people- what Europeans did to them and what they did to Europeans. History, literature, legends and facts.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair. 8vo.

Waimanalo, HI.: Island Style Press, 1998. xv, 182pp, index, bibliography, notes. Or card covers. Near new. American foreign relations in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and the controversy that surrounded Amrica's annexation of the Hawaiian Islands.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission Publications Bureau, 1954. vii, 63pp, index, map. Or green wraps. Covers somewhat faded and toned, library stamp on front cover. Invaluable reference for those studying or treating filariasis and elephantiasis, particularly in the South Pacific region lisitng 115 titles on the subject.. First Edition. Wraps. Very Good. 4to.