Oceania

New York: Abrams, 1969. This is a fine hardcover copy in a fine dust jacket. Completely clean inside and out. No wear at all. One tiny black star (remainder mark) to the bottom page-edge. Carl A.Schmitz was one of the great scholars in this field, and this was his last work completed just before he died in 1966. It unites all of his interests:culture, history, religion and art, and focusses on the area he knew best. With sections on Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia (where Schmitz made his greatest contribution) this is undoubtedly still the best 1 volume survey of the art and culture of this varied region. Bibliography. Stout oblong folio, 11" high X 12" wide, 405 pages. With 337 illustrations including 50 tipped-in color plates. Large heavy book, foreign shipping will be extra. This book will be securely wrapped and packed in a sturdy box and shipped with tracking. . Hard Cover. Fine/Fine.

New Zealand: Heinemann, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Fair. First Edition First Printing. 122 pages, plastic cover over dust wrapper, owner name on fixed front flyleaf and dedication on back of free front fly leaf.

Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1910. First edition. Hard cover. Published Philadelphia: Lippincott. 1910, first printing. 8vo., 163 pp., illustrated with 8 plates. Green cloth with elaborate green and pink floral design, gilt stamped pictorial of island natives. Slight random foxing, name on e.p., else a very good, attractive example. Scarce.. 1st. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo..

John Murray. London. 1889. Second edition. Octavo. xviii, (1), 455pp. 14 coloured maps (five folding), numerous illus. Original blue cloth, decorative gilt to front board and spine. Rubbed and bumped to extremities. Upper hinge tender. Lightly toned.
Francis Henry Hill Guillemard (1852-1933) Geographer, Botanist and Zoologist. A detailed account of "the less known lands and islands": Formosa, Liu-Kiu, Kamschatka, Bering, Cagayan Sulu, Sulu, Borneo, Labuan, Brunei, Sumbawa, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea, Amboina, Banda, etc

Melbourne, Australia: Colorgravure Publications, 1957. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase, one corner of the slipcase with a tape mend. #4314 of an edition of presumably 5000copies. Profusely illustrated with both B&W and color photographs. 200 pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.

London: Seeley, Service & Co. Limited, 1924. SCARCE. Near Fine, boards a bit darkened. 276 pp. + 12 pp. publisher's catalog, map, 20 black and white photographs. . First Edition. Decorative Cloth. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Volume 1 of Burney's 5 volume history of the exploration of the Pacific Ocean. 1803. Volume is ex-library copy with library stamps of University of California dated 1870 and found on title page, p.57 and p.131. Soundly bound in modern blue buckram. Collation: Title page, xii, [8], 391 with 5 maps and modern end blanks. Overall condition is good with some condition issues. All repairs described are professionally done. Title page rehinged. Frontis map and map opposite p. 277 are original. Frontis map is rehinged. 3 maps bound at end are professional full size reproductions (image of California map is provided). Appendix (pgs. 385-391) is also professional reproduction. Page 20 has closed tear repaired with rice paper. Water stain at head of spine waxes and wanes on pages 121-146, and 193-249; occasionally encroaching on text. Ink stain margin of p.220-21. Stain of indeterminate origin penetrating margins of p.273-78. On the plus side: binding is sound, volume is (now) complete, pages are wide margined… Read More

About 8 1/2" x 11" stapled booklet with 88 glossy pages about the ship including photos of the officers and the ship's sponsor, Cindy McCain. There is a 4 page tissue type paper in the center listing the Schedule of Events. The cover states, UNITED STATES SHIP JOHN S. McCAIN (DDG 56) with the McCain Family Crest in the center Commissioning July 2, 1994 Bath, Maine. Inside front cover explains the symbolism of the Crest. Inside back cover has the Navy Hymn. The softcover is somewhat dirty with an ink mark and a paperclip indent. Inside Near Fine. Also includes a bifold 4 page Contributor's Brochure which is very worn along the foredge from being inserted into the booklet - same size.

John W. Amerman. New York. 1864. FIRST EDITION. 8vo. (8.9 x 5.8 inches). 80pp. Large fold out map of the main steam ship lines of the world with the proposed American lines, at the rear. Tan paper wraps, printed in black. Circular blind stamp of Bibliotheque de Deep sea salvage on the title page. Front cover has 'Editor of the Herald' written in ink across the top. Edges rubbed and bumped with some loss to the bottom of the spine. Corners creased and chipped a little but overall a very good example of this scarce Civil War time publication. Only one copy located on Worldcat, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.

Dockside Sailing Press, 2016. Fine / As New. Very minor shelf wear to cover. Otherwise As New. Appears unopened / unread. Photo is of the copy we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

Honolulu, HI: Topgallant Publishing Company, Ltd., 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good-. 8-1/2 x 11 Softcover; 170pp; Covers slightly edgeworn, pages slightly age-toned, one corner slightly bumped, text unmarked, binding is sound, VG- condition. Inscribed & Signed by Author (Rubellite Kawena Johnson as "Ruby"). Relevant articles laid in. Scarce, vintage catalogue of Hawaiian and Pacific star names, "an effort to collect into once source, the fragmented record of Oceanic star knowledge in order to diminish the problem of comparative study by scholars who are trying to piece together the history of primitive navigation."

Rizzoli, October 2013. Hardcover. Used - Very Good. Pictures are from the actual copy that is offered for sale.

1917, First edition, first state with 2 typographical errors in the text as noted by Sisson & Martens: on page 45, line 4 "jnmping" for "jumping" and page 323, line 7 "Vila" for "Villa"; April 1917 (same year on the title page and copyright page). Bound in reddish brown cloth with black dog decorations and bright gilt titles. Illustrated frontis, ix. 337 + [6] ad pp.
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Jerry of the Islands was initially published in 1917 and is one of the last works by Jack London. The novel is set on the island of Malaita, a part of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which in 1893 became a British protectorate. The hero of the novel is Irish terrier Jerry, who was a brother of dog named Michael, about whom London wrote another novel—Michael, Brother of Jerry. (Wikipedia)
John Griffith London (born John Griffith Chaney(January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist. A pioneer of commercial fiction and American magazines, he was one of the first American… Read More

Henri Charriere. Papillon. 1970 William Morrow First U.S. Edition. USED. VG/G Unclipped $8.95 Dust jacket. "An international sensation – the #1 bestseller in France, England, Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries" 434 pages 6 ½ X 9 3/8. Former owner signature on title page.