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Hulme, Keri: The Bone People. Louisiana State University Press, A tale of New Zealand. Stated United States First Edition, 1985. 450 pages, indexed. WINNER OF THE PEGASUS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE AND THE BOOKER PRIZE. Used. Very Good/Very Good unclipped original $17.95 dust jacket. Summary: "The Bone People, first published in 1984 by Spiral, New Zealand. About this book: The Bone People is an unusual story of love. It is unusual in the telling, the subject matter, and the form of love that the story depicts. This is in no way a romance; it is filled with violence, fear, and twisted emotions. At the story's core, however, are three people who struggle very hard to figure out what love is and how to find it. Hulme won New Zealand's Pegasus Prize for Literature (1984) for The Bone People. Then the book went on to win the prestigious Booker Prize (1985).

Stevenson, Robert Louis Kidnapped (South Seas Edition) 1925, Charles Scribner's Sons, NY. Volume XI of the series. USED. VG Condition/ Good original green dust jacket. Front of green jacket states Complete, Authorized, copyrighted. Green and white ocean map endpapers. 264 pages. 4 ½ X 6 7/8. Please see stock photo of cover design for this series.

Ihimaera, Witi: Maori Boy, A Memoir Of Childhood a Vintage Book published by Random House, New Zealand, 2014. ISBN 97818697263 Paperback. 375 pages. AUTOBIOGRAPHY. An enthralling memoir, packed with stories from the formative years of this much-loved writer, Witi Ihimaera, a consumate story-teller. 6 1/8 X 9 ¼. Used. Good Condition.

Shapiro, Harry L. The Pitcairn Islanders (aka The Heritage of the Bounty) Simon And Schuster, First Clarion Printing Thus, 1968. USED. Good condition. Softcover. CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY. POLYNESIA, SOUTH SEAS, TAHITI. "An account of the colony which the nine mutineers of the H.M.S. Bounty founded on Pitcairn Island in 1790. Provides an in-depth analysis of culture contact between the English and Tahitians. Written with thoroughness and candor." VERY hard to find in USA. 297 pages Indexed, 5 3/8 X 8 ¼. Will ship from Oregon.

Eric Berry: The Polynesian Triangle, 1968 Funk & Wagnalls. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ VERY GOOD UNCLIPPED ORIGINAL DUST JACKET. SCARCE THUS. SUMMARY: THE 3,000 YEAR HISTORY OF POLYNESIA AND ITS PEOPLES. ANTHROPOLOGY. A NICE FIND.

Clune, Frank. Saga of Sydney. Sydney Halstead Press, 1961 Subscribers Edition with 118 illustrations and 17 maps. 508 pages. 5 3/4 X 8 3/4. Printed in Australia by Halstead Press, Sydney. Presented to beloved 20th Century American actor Edward Everett Horton at the Australia Hotel, Sydney (1891-1971) by his Australian friend Alexander Rentoul at the hotel March, 1962. Full page hand-written statement on the front end-paper says: "Edward Everett Horton, Esquire – This is the story of a city of rock which you are rapidly getting to know. Not a story of the rock from which you were "hewn" – but of the rock which you are yourself now helping to "hew" a piece [of]. With best regards and good wishes, Alexander Rentoul, The Australia Hotel, Sydney. March, 1962. This book was acquired from a resale store in Salem, Oregon, July, 2023. Seller has no idea how it came to be at that location, or who Alexander Rentoul was. We assume Mr. Rentoul was affiliated with the Australia Hotel in Sydney. Mr. Horton is… Read More

819CambridgeKings The Three Miss Kings By Australian author Ada Cambridge. Penguin Books – Virago Press 1987. USED. Very Good- Condition. Softcover. Printed in Great Britain. ISBN0140161643. New introduction by Audrey Tate. Summary: "The Three Miss Kings of the title are Elizabeth, Patty and Eleanor, three young women from provincial Victoria, Australia. After their parents die, the three sisters move to Melbourne, chaperoned by one of society's matrons, who, having no children of her own, adopts the girls as her own."