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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. .

Sydney.: Pacific Publications.. Tenth Edition.. 1968.. 6 black & white folding maps and numerous maps throughout the text, xcvi + 767pp, index. Cloth-covered boards lettered in black, cloth slightly discoloured and sunned on the spine, ex-library markings, endpapers discoloured, but the text is clean and firmly bound. The true Pacific Islands of the North and South Pacific are treated in four sections. Numerous advertisements. .

Sydney: H.E.C. Robinson.. (Circa1930s).. Printed colour maps in all 65.5 x 99cm, the main map roughly 50 x 65 cms, on a single sheet 76 x 101.3 cms; a little carelessly folded, decorative blue title cover, a little dusty and a few fold splits and edgewear, but in good condition. The exceptional feature of this map are the twenty six large scale inset maps of Pacific islands including: Malay States, Singapore, Hong Kong (these at lower left), Japan, Philippine Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Western and Eastern Samoa, Tahiti, Saipan, New Caledonia and Dependencies, and many others. The main map of the Pacific Ocean stretches from Southeast Asia, including all of Australia and New Zealand, the west coast of the Americas, the Kamchatka Peninsula, Manchukuo (Manchuria) and most of China. Korea and Taiwan are marked as Japanese Territory. Possessions of Britain, France, the Netherlands and the United States are highlighted. An incredibly rich source of information on the Pacific… Read More

[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. .

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. .

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. .

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. .

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. .

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, .

Honolulu.: Institute of Culture and Communication, East-West Center.. 1984.. Volume 13 Number 1: 160 pages, wrappers, prior owner's signature on front cover. Volume 13 Number 2: 156 pages, wrappers. Very good copies. Jointly published with Pacific Islands News Association (PINA) twice yearly. Covers communication developments of significance and interest to the peoples and nations of the Pacific Islands. Volume 1 contains articles relating to publishing and writing in the Pacific. Volume 2 contains articles relating to television broadcasting in the Pacific. .

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

Suva.: University of the South Pacific.. 1986.. 21pp, a good copy in stapled wrappers which has previously been folded and stapled (staples removed without loss to text) presumably for sending through the post. Contents: Editorial, Announcements, Beachcombing in Style (Ron Crocombe), Article on Legacy of a trusteeship: an organised data bank (Samual F. McPhetres), Publications. .

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

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. .