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A Doctor's Letters from Pitcairn, 1937
by Southworth, Rufus
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Np/nd [ca.2008]: [Robert Parkin Johnson]. Limited Edition. Octavo. No. 136 of 500 privately printed copies. [iv] 182 pages, map, photographs, with an introduction by Mayotta Southworth. Written by a physician who spent six months on Pitcairn caring for the medical and some of the psychological needs of the islanders, this book gets "inside" the Pitcairners' lives in a way… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ying-yai Sheng-lan; the Overall Survey of the Ocean's Shores, 133
by Ma Huan and John Vivian Gottlieb Mills
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- 1970
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London: Published for the Hakluya Society By Cambridge University Press, 1970. Octavo. xix, 393 pages, folding map in rear pocket. Translated from the Chinese text edited by Feng Ch'eng-Chin with introduction, notes and appendices by J.V.G. Mills. Ma Huan, a Chinese Muslim, sailed on the 4th, 6th, and 7th voyages of the eunuch admiral Cheng Ho in the early… Read more about this item Item Price
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A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Seas Islands with Remarks Upon the Natural History of the Islands, Origins, Languages, Traditions and Usages of the Inhabitants
by Williams, John
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- 1841
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London: John Snow, 1841. Octavo. xviii, [ix-x] pp., folding map, 506 pages, Illustrated by G. Baxter with 25 full page wood engravings with the hand colored frontispiece of Tu Po Chief of Rarotonga (which often is lacking). When John Williams arrived at Samoa, there were already a number of crude Christian cults, the Tongans had already been converted in… Read more about this item Item Price
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The North Pacific, a Story of the Russo-Japanese War
by Allen, Willis Boyd
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- 1905
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New York: E.P. Dutton & Co, 1905. First Edition. Octavo. . Inscribed by the author to a very close friend C.H. Merrill. 325pp. (2)pp. ads. illustrated, bound in royal blue pictorial cloth accented in black & white, lettering gilt, spine decorated in black and white with lettering gilt, top edge dark blue, spine faded and a bit rubbed, some… Read more about this item Item Price
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Men of the Pacific Coast; containing Portraits and Biographies of the Professional, Financial And Business Men of California, Oregon and Washington, 1902-1903
by Pacific Art Company
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- 1903
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San Francisco: Pacific Art Company, 1903. Large Octavo. 634p. Portraits and biographies of each of the major businessmen of the Pacific West Coast. Of course, it has all sorts of professional men such as doctors and lawyers or furniture salesman but there is also a photograph of Jack London who had just published "The Son of the… Read more about this item Item Price
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Cuoc Nghien Cu'u Mot Cong-dong Thon-xa Viet Nam
by Hendry, James Bausch
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- 1959
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Saigon: Phai-Doan co-Van Dai-Hoc, 1959. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 262p. vg 1.2 leather over stiff boards. A study of a Vietnamese rural community under the Michigan State University Program which was largely funded by the CIA. Item Price
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Madonnas and Martyrs: Militarism and Violence in the Philippines
by Hilsdon, Anne-Marie
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- 1995
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Quezon City, Philippines: Ateneo De Manila University Press, 1995. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. xiv, 224p., [8] p. of plates: ill., 1 map. Item Price
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A Message of Hope to Filipinos Who Care: Containing an Analysis of Three Years of Martial Law, an Evaluation of the New Society, a Project of the Furture, and a Proposed Alternative
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Manila, Philippines, 1975. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. book 61 p. Item Price
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Justice Under Siege: Five Talks
by Diokno, Jose W.
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- 1981
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Manila, Philippines: Nationalist Resource Center, 1981. Wraps. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 98 p. [3] tables. Some underlining and margin notes in ink. Item Price
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Southeast Asia's Industrialization; Industrial Policy, Capablities and Sustanibility
by Jomo, K.S.
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- 2001
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London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001. Hardcover. Good/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349p. index. The 'economic miracle' followed by huge disappointments of governments, investors, and the problem of relying on natural resources and not learning how to industrialize. One of the most important studies with articles by a dozen major experts whose… Read more about this item Item Price
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Ethinic Attitudes in Five Philppine Cities
by Bulatao, Rodolfo
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- 1973
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Quezon City: University of the Philippines, Social Research Labratory, 1973. Quarto. xi, 212p. A scarce work only recorded copies at Univ of Philippines, Hawaii and Institute of SE Asian Studies in Singapore. Bound in light blue paper wraps lettered in gilt, spine gilt, spine faded, previous woner's name stamped on u0pper front wrap. A very good copy. … Read more about this item Item Price
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The Media Enthralled: Singapore Revisited
by Seow, Francis T.
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- 1998
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Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.: Lynne Rienner Publishers, 1998. Cloth. Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 254p. index as new copy, small print run, difficult to find in pristine condition. Item Price
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Power in a Philippine City
by Kawanaka, Takeshi; Nihon Boeki Shinkokai and Ajia Keizai Kenkyujo (Japan)
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- 2002
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Chiba, Japan: Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization, 2002. First Edition. Octavo. ix, 118p. maps, bibliography, index. Laid in a folded one page, with compliments: with publisher's information and signed by the author above his name. The Naga City case study as a clue to Philippine politics with many insights found nowhere else. Local politics has been… Read more about this item Item Price
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From Allies to Enemies (Visions of Medernity, Identity, and U. S. - China Diplomacy, (1945-1960)
by Qing, Simei
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- 2007
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Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2007. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 396 p. Acknowledgements, intro, chapters, conclusion, notes, primary sources, and index. Light wear to jacket edges at corners. Item Price
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Rank and Religion in Tikopia - a Study in Polynesian Paganism and Conversion to Christianity
by Firth, Raymond
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Boston; (1970): Beacon Press. First American Edition. Octavo. 424 pp. A unique stud of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place. This work is both a contribution to anthropology and a case study in religious history. Bound in rust paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, A… Read more about this item Item Price
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Proceedings of the Seventh Pacific Science Congress of the Pacific Science Association, Held at Auchland and Christchurch New Zealand..1949. Volume 5, Botany
by Pacific Science Association
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- 1953
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Wellington: R.E. Owen Gov't Printer, 1953. Original Wraps. A Good Copy. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252p. illustrations, maps, bibliographic references. One of the most important post-World War II conferences including notes of what took place scientifically under Japanese occupation. Item Price
SGD 61.30
Island-India
by De Wit, Augusta
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- 1923
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New Haven: Yale University Press, 1923. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Klooster, Ten. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 105pp. Illustrated. 6 classic stories from enchanting India. In blue linen boards, with printed spine label. Illustrated dust jacket (small water stain on fronl panel, and spine is lightly sunned). Item Price
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Seventh Continent, Saga of Australasian Exploration in Antarctica 1895-1950
by Scholes, Arthur
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New York, Nd(ca.1972): The British Book Centre Inc. Octavo. 226pp. Illustrated with photographic images, maps, chronology, bibliography, Index. A vividly told story of the coninent's strange geologial history of its pland and animal life, its mineral wealth, both known and speculated, and its imprtnace in weather research. The author gives the relevant economic and political easons why these bleak… Read more about this item Item Price
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INDIENS NOT, INDIENS RINGEN
by Wartenweiler, Fritz
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Erlenbach-Zurich - Leipzig: Rotapfel-Verlag, 1933. First American. Orginal Wraps. Very Good/No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 126 pp. German text. Pamphlet on the struggle for independence and dignity. Chronology through 1932. Item Price
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Guide and Souvenir of Noumea
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Noumea, New Caledonia: Noumea. Stapled Wraps. Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Stapled wrap, with folded interior pages (~3). Noumea is the capital city on the Main Island of New Caledonia, in the French territory in the southwest Pacific. The pamphlet appears to be ca. 1930. The folded interior pages are… Read more about this item Item Price
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