New York. Funk and Wagnalls. 1968. Map, black and white photographic illustrations, xii + 143pp, bibliography, index, pictorial endpapers little marked, very good in little worn dustjacket. An introduction to the lives and culture of Polynesian islanders. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149691). More
Wellington. Government Printer. 1954. New Edition. Black and white map, 68pp, paperback with rubbed extremities, browned stapled copy, neat signatures title-page, some penning. "Elsdon Best (1856-1931), who was a member of the staff of the Dominion Museum from 1911 to 1931, made a notable contribution to the study of Maori..... More
Readers Union. 1954. Translated, black and white photographic illustrations, 209pp, a good copy in protected dustjacket. A former Kon-Tiki expedition member, Danielsson and his wife went to live on Raroia, a coral atoll in French Polynesia. This is his account of their three years spent on the island. (When referring..... More
New York. Dodd, Mead & Company. 1976. Maps, profusely illustrated with colour and black and white photographic illustrations and line drawings, 224pp, appendices, index, very good in damaged dustjacket repaired with tape on verso. Volume Three in a series on the Culture of Polynesia, entitled "The Ring of Fire". A...... More
Auckland. Methuen. 1979. Black and white photographic illustrations, 158pp, list of significant dates, bibliography, very good in little worn dustjacket. A biography of the man who came to be known as "the Kissinger of the Pacific". (When referring to this item please quote stockid 149748). More
Western Samoa. South Pacific Regional Environment Programme. 1993. Map, black, white, and coloured illustrations, xxii + 108pp, bibliography, notes, appendices, glossary, good paperback copy with slight rubbing on extremities with creasing right corners of front cover. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164752). More
Australian National University Press. 1977. Maps, figure, xvi + 206pp, notes, bibliography, index, a very good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 141618). More
Auckland. Auckland University Press. 1991. Black and white illustrations, 241p, photographic portrait of Tregear, bibliography, list of publications by Tregear, index, a prior owner's name on front end paper, edges browned, dustjacket little faded on spine. Good copy. Edward Tregear was an acclaimed international authority on Maori and Polynesian studies..... More
Cambridge. University Press. 2001. Black and white maps, black and white figures, xv + 375pp, indexes, bibliography, notes, glossary, lower corner slightly bumped otherwise very good in paperback. 16 x 21.5cm. "Drawing upon and integrating the approaches of archaeology, comparative ethnography, and historical linguistics, they (the authors) advance a phylogenetic..... More
Seattle. Burke Museum Publications. 1988. Maps, black and white illustrations, ix + 287pp, bibliography, appendices, good paperback copy with a little rubbing at extremities, little soiling on covers. Prior owner's singature half-title. Thomas Burke Memorial Washington State Museum monographs, 5. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164753). More
Aylesbury. Shire Ethnography. 1988. Black and white map, black and white photographic illustrations, 64pp, index, further reading, good paperback copy, a little light wear, prior owner's signature and stamp on title page. "The Polynesian islands lie in an equilateral triangle in the vast expanse of the Pacific. The inhabitants were..... More
[Dunedin]. New Zealand Archaeological Association. March1960. 48pp, errata slip loosely inserted, typescript in wrappers, light wear on covers, clean and sound internally, overall good. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164592). More
Sydney. Angus & Robertson. 1963. Maps, black and white plates, 159pp, index, dustjacket worn at extremities, signatures of prior owners front free endpaper. Good copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 164764). More
Centre for Archaeological Research, 2002. Line illustrations, xvi + 229pp, bibilography, appendices, a very good paperback copy. (When referring to this item please quote stockid 160291). More
Cresset. 1963. Black and white map, black and white photographic plates, viii + 247pp, good hardback copy in protected dustjacket. Even browning on edges, prior owner's signature neatly written front free endpaper. "In 1957. Dr. Robert Suggs and his wife set sail for the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia. This..... More
