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AuthorNottage, Charles G[eorge]HeadlineCharles Nottage's travels through Pacific 1894PublisherSampson Low, Marston & CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$204StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #253 Ancient Tahitian Society AuthorOliver, Douglas L.HeadlineAncient Tahitian Society 3 volume setPublisherUniversity Press of HawaiiDate Published1974 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #254 Wreck of the Glide, with Recollections of the Fijiis, and of Wallis Island Author[Oliver, James and William Giles Dix]HeadlineJames Oliver's maritime travels aboard the Glide, 1848PublisherWiley & PutnamDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #255 Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life: 1, 2, 3 & 4 AuthorOllivier, Isabel & Cheryl Hingley, translatorsHeadlineEarly Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life:PublisherAlexander Turnbull Library Endowment TrustDate Published1982 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$156StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #256 The Story of Hawaii AuthorOwen, JeanHeadlineThe Story of Hawaii by Jean Owen 1898PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1898 View details Estimate$50 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #257 Four novels about Pacific travel, in decorative trade bindings Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineFour South Seas novels in decorative trade bindingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #258 Nine volumes on Pacific travel Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineNine volumes on Pacific travelDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #259 Nine volumes on Pacific travel Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineNine volumes on Pacific travelDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #260 Nine volumes on travel & exploration in the Pacific Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineNine volumes on travel in the PacificDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #261 Ten volumes on Pacific travel and exploration Heading(Pacific Travel)Headline10 volumes on Pacific travel, explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #262 Life on the Ocean; Or, Thirty-five Years at Sea AuthorPaddack, William C.HeadlineLife on the Ocean; Or, Thirty-five Years at SeaPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1893 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #263 Kidnapping in the South Seas: Being a Narrative of a Three Months' Cruise of H.M. Ship Rosario AuthorPalmer, GeorgeHeadlineThree months in the South Seas on the ship RosarioPublisherEdmonston and DouglasDate Published1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$204StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #265 Unfrequented Ocean Paths: A Recital of Incidents by a Business Man who has Traveled for Both Business and Pleasure in Unfrequented Parts of the World AuthorParker, Geo. S.HeadlineSigned 1st edition in dj, Geo Parker's travelsDate Published1935 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #266 Six works on the Philippine Islands Heading(Philippines)HeadlineSix works on the Philippine IslandsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #268 The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "BACCHANTE" 1879-1882. Compiled from the Private Journals, Letters, and Note-Books of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, with additions by John N. Dalton. AuthorPrince Albert Victor and Prince George of WalesHeadlineCruise of the Ship "BACCHANTE" 1879-1882PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #269 Flying Fox and Drifting Sand: The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia AuthorRatcliffe, FrancisHeadlineInscribed copy in dj - Flying FoxPublisherRobert M. McBrideDate Published1938 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #271 Melanesian Design: A Study of Style in Wood and Tortoiseshell Carving AuthorReichard, Gladys A.HeadlineA Study of Style in Wood and Tortoiseshell CarvingPublisherAMS PressDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$60StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #275 North Queensland Ethnography: Bulletins Nos. 1-8. AuthorRoth, Walter E.HeadlineNorth Queensland Ethnography: Bulletins Nos. 1-8.PublisherEdmund Gregory, Government PrinterDate Published1901-1906 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$156StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #276 Six works by Olaf Ruhen AuthorRuhen, OlafHeadlineSix works by Olaf Ruhen in dust jacketsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #277 Seven works on the South Seas by Anne Salmond AuthorSalmond, AnneHeadlineSeven works on the South Seas by Anne SalmondDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$132StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #278 The Storm in the Harbor of Apia, Samoa, containing a true account of the wrecks of the U.S.S. "Trenton", "Vandalia" and "Nipsic", and of three German warships and several merchant vessels Heading(Samoa)AuthorDu Bois, JohnHeadlineRare account of 1889 storm at Apia, SamoaPublisher[Hawaiian Gazette Co.]Date Published[1889] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$270StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #279 Die Negrito Asiens, Volume II, Parts 1 & 2 AuthorSchebesta, PaulHeadlinePaul Schebesta Die Negrito Asiens, Volume II, Parts 1 & 2PublisherSt. Gabriel VerlagDate Published1954 & 1957 View details Estimate$230 - $350Sold for$90StatusSold Lot #280 The Naboli Dialect [and] The Bataks of Palawan AuthorScheerer, Otto / Miller, Edward Y.HeadlineThe Naboli Dialect [and] The Bataks of PalawanPublisherBureau Public PrintingDate Published1905 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #282 The Aloha Guide: The Standard Handbook of Honolulu and the Hawaiian Islands for Travelers and Residents, with a Historical Resume, Illustrations and Maps AuthorSchnack, Ferdinand J.H.HeadlineRare 1915 Guide to Honolulu and the Hawaiian IslandsPublisher[Honolulu Star-Bulletin]Date Published[1915] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$96StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #283 The Right Hon. R.J. Seddon's (The Premier of New Zealand) Visit to Tonga, Fiji, Savage Island, and the Cook Islands. May, 1900. AuthorSeddon, Richard JohnHeadlineThe Premier of New Zealand travels the south seasPublisherJohn MacKay, Government PrinterDate Published1900 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #284 Viti: an Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands in the Years 1860-61 AuthorSeemann, Berthold CarlHeadlineAccount of Viti from a British botanist 1862PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #286 Tahiti: The Island Paradise AuthorSenn, NicholasHeadlineHistory of Tahiti by Dr. Nicholas SennPublisherW.B. ConkeyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #287 The Mariner's Chronicle: Containing Narratives of the Most Remarkable Disasters at Sea, Such as Shipwrecks, Storms, Fires and Famines... Heading(Shipwrecks)HeadlineClassic collection of shipwreck narrativesPublisherA.B. WilcoxDate Published1834 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #288 Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, and Java AuthorShoemaker, Michael MyersHeadlineHawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, and JavaPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1898 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #289 Jungle Islands: The 'Illyria' in the South Seas AuthorShurcliff, Sidney NicholsHeadlineJungle Islands: The 'Illyria' in the South SeasPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1930 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #290 Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorder, Aren 1851-1853 Heading(Hawaii and the Pacific)AuthorSkogman, C[arl Johan Alfred]HeadlineFirst Swedish circumnavigation, w/views of HawaiiPublisherAdolf BonnierDate Published[1854-55] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #291 Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; With a Sketch of Polynesian History. - 2 editions, both presentation copies AuthorSmith, S. PercyHeadlineHawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori Presentation copiesPublisherWhitcombe and TombsDate Published1904, 1910 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #292 The Lore of the Whare-Wananga; Or, Teachings of the Maori College on Religion, Cosmogony, and History AuthorSmith, S. Percy, translatorHeadlineThe Lore of the Whare-WanangaPublisherThe Polynesian SocietyDate Published1913, 1915 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #293 Ten Months a Captive Among the Filipinos Being a Narrative of Adventure and Observation During Imprisonment on the Island of Luzon P. I. AuthorSonnichsen, AlbertHeadlineCaptive Among the Filipinos 1901PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$108StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #294 The Life of John Ledyard, The American Traveller, Comprising Selections from His Journals and Correspondence AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineBound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherHilliard & BrownDate Published1828 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$960StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #295 The Arunta: A Study of a Stone Age People AuthorSpencer, Baldwin & F.J. GillenHeadlineThe Arunta: A Study of a Stone Age PeoplePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$480StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #296 Across Australia AuthorSpencer, Baldwin and F.J. GillenHeadlineBaldwin Spencer Across AustraliaPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #297 Guide to the Australian Ethnographical Collection in the National Museum of Victoria AuthorSpencer, BaldwinHeadlineGuide to the Australian Ethnographical CollectionPublisherTobt. S. Brain, Government PrinterDate Published[c.1901] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$144StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #298 Native Tribes of the Northern Territory of Australia AuthorSpencer, BaldwinHeadlineNative Tribes of the Northern Territory of AustraliaPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #299 Wanderings in Wild Australia AuthorSpencer, BaldwinHeadlineBaldwin Spencer Wanderings in Wild AustraliaPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$420StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #300 Two titles by on the South Seas by Alfred St. Johnston AuthorSt. Johnston, AlfredHeadlineSouth Seas by Alfred St. JohnstonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1883 & 1890 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #302 Father Damien: An Open Letter to the Reverend Dr. Hyde of Honolulu from Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineJohn Henry Nash printing of Stevenson's Father DamienPublisherWilliam Andrews ClarkDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #308 Eight volumes, by, with contributions by, or about, Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineEight volumes, by, with contributions by, or about, Robert Louis StevensonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #309 Five volumes on the South Seas by Robert Louis Stevenson and others Heading(Stevenson, Robert Louis)HeadlineFive volumes on the South Seas by or about Robert Louis StevensonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$96StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #311 Explorations and Adventures in New Guinea. AuthorStrachan, JohnHeadlineExplorations and Adventures in New GuineaPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle & RivingtonDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #312 Die Mi-Kultur: Der Hagenberg-Stamme Im Ostlichen Zentral-Neuguinea AuthorStrauss, HermannHeadlineThe Mi-Culture of the Mount Hagen PeoplePublisherCram, De Gruyter & Co.Date Published1962 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$48StatusSold Lot #313 The Real Malay, Pen Pictures AuthorSwettenham, Frank AthelstaneHeadlineThe Real Malay, Pen Pictures by Frank SwettenhamPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published1900 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$168StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #314 A Tahitian and English Dictionary, With introductory Remarks on the Polynesian Language, and a Short Grammar of the Tahitian Dialect. Heading(Tahiti)HeadlineRare 1851 dictionary of the Tahitian languagePublisherLondon Missionary Society's PressDate Published1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$390StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #315 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Captain Cook's Discovery of Hawaii (1778-1928). Held in The Hawaiian Islands, August 15 to 21, 1928 Heading(Hawaii)AuthorTaylor, Albert PierceHeadlineCelebration of Captain Cook's Hawaii 1928PublisherCaptain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission and the Archives of Hawaii CommissionDate Published1929 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #316 Where Cannibals Roam AuthorTaylor, Merlin MooreHeadlineWhere Cannibals Roam by Taylor in rare djPublisherGeoffrey BlesDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #317 Ergebnisse der Sudsee-Expedition, 1908-1910 - eighteen volumes AuthorThilenius, Dr. G[eorg]Headline18 vols of Sudsee-Expedition, 1908-1910PublisherL. Friederichsen & CoDate Published1914-1938 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #318 Ethnographische Ergebnisse aus Melanesien AuthorThilenius, G.PublisherErhardt KarrasDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$228StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #319 Five works on the South Seas by Basil Thomson AuthorThomson, BasilHeadline5 vols on South Seas by Basil ThomsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #320 The Bush Boys of New Zealand; Or Dinkums and Mac AuthorThomson, Rev. J. MillarHeadlineBush Boys of New Zealand 1905PublisherJ. TamblynDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #321 Te Pito te Henua, or Easter Island [bound with] Te Pito te Henua, Known as Rapa Nui; Commonly Called Easter Island, South Pacific Ocean. By George H. Cooke AuthorThomson, William J. [and] George H. CookeHeadlineTe Pito te Henua, or Easter Island 1889Publisher[Report of National Museum]Date Published[1889] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$168StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #323 Life and Times of Mrs. Lucy G. Thurston, Wife of Rev. Asa Thurston, Pioneer Missionary to the Sandwich Islands, Gathered from Letters and Journals Extending Over a Period of More than Fifty Years. Selected and Arranged by Herself AuthorThurston, LucyHeadlineLife and Times of Mrs. Lucy G. ThurstonPublisherS.C. AndrewsDate Published[1882] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$108StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #324 Chez les Mangeurs d'Hommes (Nouvelles-Hebrides) AuthorTitayna, & A.P. Antoine, & R. LugeonHeadlineCannibal work, signed by lady explorer TitaynaPublisherEditions DuchartreDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #325 Mademoiselle Against the World AuthorTitaynaHeadlineMademoiselle Against the World in dj 1931PublisherHorace LiverightDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #326 Ten 19th century works on travel in the South Seas Heading(Travel)HeadlineTen 19th century works on travel in the South SeasDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #327 Ten 19th century works on travel in the South Seas Heading(Travel)HeadlineTen 19th century works on travel in the South SeasDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$390StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #328 Ten 19th century works on travel in the South Seas Heading(Travel)HeadlineTen 19th century works on travel in the South SeasDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$390StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #329 Ten 19th century works on travel in the South Seas Heading(Travel)HeadlineTen 19th century works on travel in the South SeasDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #330 My Trip to Samoa AuthorTripp, BartlettHeadlineBartlett Tripp My Trip to Samoa 1911PublisherTorch PressDate Published1911 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$108StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #332 Taking One's Own Ship Around the World AuthorVanderbilt, William K.HeadlineWilliam Vanderbilt sails his own ship around the worldPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #333 To Galapagos on the Ara, 1926 AuthorVanderbilt, William K.HeadlineTo Galapagos on the Ara, 1926PublisherPrivately PublishedDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #334 West Made East With the Loss of a Day. AuthorVanderbilt, William K.HeadlineRound the World Cruise of the Yacht Pennant 1931-32PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1933 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$450StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #335 James Calvert; Or, From Dark to Dawn in Fiji AuthorVernon, R.HeadlineJames Calvert; Or, From Dark to Dawn in FijiPublisherFleming H. RevellDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #339 Our Little Hawaiian Cousin AuthorWade, Mary HazeltonHeadlineOur Little Hawaiian Cousin in rare djPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1902 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #340 Wanderings Among South Sea Savages and in Borneo and the Philippines AuthorWalker, H. WilfridHeadlineWanderings Among South Sea SavagesPublisherWitherby & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$84StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #341 Four Years in the Pacific. In Her Majesty's Ship "Collingwood." From 1844 to 1848 AuthorWalpole, Fred.HeadlineFred Walpole Four Years in the PacificPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$216StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #342 The Miracle of Mapoon or From Native Camp to Christian Village AuthorWard, ArthurHeadlineMiracle of Mapoon 1908 by Art WardPublisherS.W. Partridge & Co. / Moravian Mission AgencyDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$72StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #343 Three Log Books/Journals of whaling and trading voyages of the steam barkentine Herman, command by Captain Hartson H. Bodfish, out of San Francisco to arctic seas Heading(Whaling Log Books)HeadlineNorth Pacific MS. Whaling JournalsDate Published1909-1911 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,800StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #344 Two volumes on Pacific travel by Caspar Whitney AuthorWhitney, CasparHeadline2 volumes on Pacific travel by Caspar WhitneyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #345 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineFine copy of Charles Wilkes Narrative of the United States Exploring ExpeditionPublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1845 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,800StatusSold Lot #346 Undiscovered Australia: Being an Account of an Expedition to Tropical Australia to Collect Specimens of the Rare Native Fauna for the British Museum, 1923-1925 AuthorWilkins, G.H.HeadlineWilkins' book on Australia, in rare dust jacketPublisherPutnam'sDate Published1929 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #347 Papuans of the Trans-Fly AuthorWilliams, F.E.Headline15th in a series by the Papuan GovtPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #348 A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite AuthorWilson, WilliamHeadlineVoyage to the South Pacific by Wilson 1799PublisherBy S. Gosnell for T. ChapmanDate Published1799 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #349 A Yachting Cruise in the South Seas AuthorWood, C.F.Headline9 month journey aboard a topsail schooner 1873PublisherHenry S. KingDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$132StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next