Resultados de búsqueda: Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific from Quickhatch Books

Auckland and London: Collins, 1971. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 637pp., index, biblio., appendices, notes, maps, photos. Some light wear and nicks to jacket..

Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Dundurn Press, 1995. Book. Very Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 367pp., index, biblio., notes, maps, tables, figures. Nearly as new, with previous owner's bookplate and signature..

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. x, 221pp., index, biblio., notes. Very light wear..

Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney Printing Service, 1988. Book. Good. Soft cover. Signed by Author(s). First. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. viiii, 213pp., biblio. Light wear. Signed by author, previous owner's marks inside front cover..

New York: Oxford University Press, 1957. Book. Good. Cloth. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 249pp. index, biblio., ill. Previous owner's stamp inside front, DJ panel taped inside front, spine lightly sunned..

Wellington: R.E. Owen, Government Printer, 1959. Book. Good. Cloth. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 519pp., ill., maps, tables, figures. Light wear; would be VG but for marking, linking and notes to first 45 or so pages. Jacket shows some edgewear, in clear protective wrap. Due to size and weight, additional postage may apply for some delivery speeds or destinations..

Oswestry: Anthony Nelson, 1991. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 169pp., index, biblio., appendix, ill., map. Very light wear..

Auckland, New Zealand: Reed Methuen, 1987. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 80pp. Later printing..

Robert Laffont, 1976. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 267pp., cartes, photos, ill., notes. Previous owner's name. Hardcover with decorative metallic plate..

Auckland and London: Collins, 1969. Book. Illus. by Whyte, Don. Very Good. Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 284pp., biblio., ill., photographs (many in colour), endpaper maps. Light wear to book and DJ. "The spirit of enterprise and enquiry has taken the authors around New Zealand in the wake of Captain Cook and his colleagues, weaving together the past and the present in a fascinating tapestry of word and picture.".

London: The Reprint Society, 1967. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 230pp., index, biblio., notes, ill., map. "When Cook made his landfall in Matavai Bay on April 13, 1769, the population of Tahiti was about forty thousand; by the turn of the century not more than fifteen thousand were left, and by the end of the eighteen-thirties the figure was down to nine thousand. When the first ships carrying convicts sailed into Botany Bay on January 18, 1788, the aborigines were virtually the only human beings on the continent; a century and a half later, they were almost extinct. When Cook discovered the icy coasts of South Georgie, he was amazed to find a wealth of marine and bird life; after fifty years there was virtually nothing left to kill. These three facts form the tragic basis of Alan Moorhead's study of the invasion of the South Pacific between 1767 and 1840. In each case, good intentions were to lead to disaster, corruption and annihilation;… Leer más

Auckland: Reed Methuen, 1986. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. vi, 228pp., index, glossary, photos..

Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1972. Book. Very Good. Cloth. Second Printing. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xxii, 428pp., index, maps, ill. VG, previous owner's name and address label on title page, in lightly worn and clipped DJ..

Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1975. Book. Good. Cloth. First British. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. xv, 309pp., index, maps, ill. Good, would be VG but for a few marginal annotations in ink, previous owner's name and address label on title page; only minimal wear to DJ..

New York, New York, U.S.A.: George Allen and Unwin, 1985. Book. Good. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xxi, 226pp., notes, photos. Light scuf to bottom corner of front cover, other minimal wear. "The literature on Australian Aborigines is vast, but much of it is strangely silent about the experiences and activities of women. This collection of stories of the eventful lives and strong characters of a number of Aboriginal women offers a more intimate and personal view. Their lives span a century of history in fifteen communities scattered from Cape York Peninsula, Arnhem Land and East Kimberley to the Western Desert, the Centre, South Australia ,Victoria, and New South Wales.".

Canberra: Air Power Development Centre, 2010. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. xvi, 264pp., index, bblio., ill., notes. Interesting association copy, inscribed by an illegible presenter to former Canadian cabinet minister Julian Fantino..

Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994. Book. Good. Soft. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiii, 208pp., index, biblio., notes, photos, figures, map. A few light pencil marks and erasures, light wear..

Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2004. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. Signed by Author(s). First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xvi, 328pp., notes, tables. VG, nearly as new. Previous owner's name, and gift-inscribed by one of the co-editors..

Brisbane: Fortitude Press, 1967. Book. Very Good. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 77pp., glossary, ill. Previous owner's name inside front..

Toronto: Crowell-Collier Press, 1969. Book. Good. Pictorial Cloth. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 169pp., index, biblio., ill. Very light wear..