Structure, Verses, Agency Books

Pearls from the Pacific

Young, Florence S.H. · 1925

$28.00 (€25.40 | £21.19 | ¥4,471)

London, Marshall Brothers, . First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A perfectly serviceable reference copy of a fairly typical Commonwealth woman Christian missionary's time spent evangelizing in Asia and the insular Pacific, Malaita to New Guinea, Hawai'i to China...

Pilgrim Path: The First Company of Women Missionaries to Hawaii

Zwiep, Mary · 1991

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Madison, Wisconsin, Universty of Wisconsin Press, 1991. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Scarce in the trade, there being currently only one additional SIGNED by the author copy available on-line, here at first free endpaper, inscribed warmly by her to Mary a...

Anthropologist in Papua: The Photography of F.E. Williams, 1922-39

Young, Michael W. and Julia Clark · 2001

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Honolulu, Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i Press, 2001. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, little worn. Stated First Editi...

Trends in National Development: Searchlight on Papua New Guinea

Boeha, Beno and James Robins, eds. · 2000

$19.20 (€17.42 | £14.53 | ¥3,066)

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, National Research Institute, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Uber-scarce in the trade, there being no additional copies available currently on-line. National Research Institute publication #28. Sterling condition softcov...

Mission, Church, and Sect in Oceania

Boutilier, James A. Daniel T. Hughes and Sharon W. Tiffany, eds. · 1984

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Lanham, MD, University Press of America, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked but for previous owner's inscription and a few extremely faint penned ticks up-front...

Encountering Aborigines: Anthropology and the Australian Aboriginal, a Case Study

Burridge, Kenelm · 1973

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Pergamon Press, 1973. . Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the Pergamon Frintiers of Anthropology series. Sturdy, still tightly bound softcover copy, minor wear of covers and text-block, with some scattered underlining and a couple of no...

Cultures of Commemoration: The Politics of War, Memory, and History in the Mariana Islands

Camacho, Keith L. · 2011

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Honolulu, Hawai'i, University of Hawaii Press, 2011. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the series, Pacific Islands Monograph, a stated First Edition. But for a faint crease to front cover bottom, a sterling condition softcover copy...

Huihui: Navigating Art and Literature in the Pacific

Carroll, Jeffrey, Brandy Nalani McDougall and Georganne Nordstrom, eds. · 2015

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

Honolulu, Hawai'i, University of Hawai'i Press, 2015. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. A fine survey of new and literature in the insular Pacific. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very sli...

Maritime Adaptations of the Pacific

Casteel, Richard W. and George I. Quimby, eds. · 1975

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

The Hague , Walter de Gruyter, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Another fine contribution to the World Anthropology Series of Mouton Publshers, the Hague. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear, bright interior, unmarked. Br...

Mobility and Identity in the Island Pacific

Chapman, Murray, ed. · 1985

$12.80 (€11.61 | £9.69 | ¥2,044)

Wellington, New Zealand, Department of Geography & Victoria University Press, 1985. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Special issue of Pacific Viewpoint, (2), VI, 371 pp. and with black-and-white illustrations galore. Pictorial soft cover, paper dust-wrapper ...

That's So Gay!: Microaggressions and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community

Nadal, Kevin L. · 2013

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

Washington, D.C., American Psychological Association, 2013. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Another fine contribution to the Perspectives on Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity series, by Dr. Kevin Leo Yabut Nadal. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardc...

We, the Tikopia; a Sociological Study of Kinship in Primitive Polynesia

Firth, Raymond · 1957

$16.00 (€14.52 | £12.11 | ¥2,555)

London, George Allen & Unwin, Ltd., 1957. Second Impression. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Brick-red cloth over boards, beginning to separate at spine, rear paste-down split but binding firm, else clean and unmarked of interior, with minimal rubbing to extremities. Print...

Primitive Polynesian Economy

Firth, Raymond · 1966

$17.60 (€15.97 | £13.32 | ¥2,810)

London, Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966. Reprint Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An influential treatise in the substantivist position in economic anthropology. A perfectly serviceable reference copy; nothing fancy, but complete and sturdy. Ex-library copy with usual...

A Lot of Three Hokusai-Themed Items: Hokusai's Views of Mt. Fuji, with Poems by Easley Stephen Joneshokusai; Hiroshige's Tokaido in Prints and Poetry, with Poems by Reiko Chiba; Down the Emperor's Road with Hiroshige, with Poems by Reiko Chiba

Jones, Easley Stephen; Reiko Chiba; Reiko Chiba · 1965

$60.00 (€54.44 | £45.42 | ¥9,581)

Rutland, Vermont, Charles E. Tuttle, 1965. . Softcover. Size: Oblong 32mo 4" - 5" tall. Near gift-quality condition set of three Hokusai-themed items from Charles E. Tuttle of Rutland, Vermont. Three 32mo format items, measuring 5 3/4" x 3 3/4" wide and tall, respectively, an...

Mcsweeney's Issue 27

Eggers, Dave, ed. · 2008

$14.40 (€13.06 | £10.90 | ¥2,299)

San Francisco, California, McSweeneys Books, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 12mo 7" - 7. McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, No. 27, edited by Dave Eggers. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight sh...

Laugh and Live

Fairbanks, Douglas · 1917

$9.60 (€8.71 | £7.27 | ¥1,533)

New York, Britton Publishing Company, 1917. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8vo 8" - 9" tall. An apparent First Edition, though not so stated. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Brown...

The Monastic Properties and the State in the Byzantine Empire

Charanis, Peter · 1948

$100.00 (€90.73 | £75.69 | ¥15,969)

Cambridge, Massachusetts , Harvard University Press, 1948. Offprint. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. SIGNED by the author at title page, inscribed "to Mr. Alef with the kind regards of the author. Peter Charanis." Scarce in the trade in this state and condition, there be...

Augustus F. Sherman: Ellis Island Portraits, 1905-1920

Mesenholler, Peter, ed. · 2008

$20.00 (€18.15 | £15.14 | ¥3,194)

New York, Aperture, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy duotone card-stock covers. First Edition, "1" i...

Photo Sex: Fine Art Sexual Photography Comes of Age

Steinberg, David, ed. · 2003

$64.00 (€58.07 | £48.44 | ¥10,220)

San Francisco, California , Down There Press, 2003. First Edition. Softcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. Uber-erotic fine photographic excellence, each in black-and-white. Sterling condition softcover copy, with unfurled tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only v...

The Dangerous Book for Boys

Iggulden, Conn and Hal Iggulden · 2007

$11.20 (€10.16 | £8.48 | ¥1,788)

New York, Collins, an imprint of HarperCollins, 2007. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the red cloth over boards, black lettering to front cover and spine, stamped gilt lettering, too, br...