Category: Australasia

Traditional Groupings and Modern Associations: A study of changing local groups in Papua and New Guinea

Price: $65.00 USD

Publisher: Simla, Indian Institute of Advanced Study : 1975

Seller ID: 31947

Condition: Acceptable

Unmarked. Separating at spine. Smudges, tears, and chips on unclipped dust jacket under mylar cover. Anthropological study of Mailu, tribal people of south-east coast of papua. Includes index. Bibliography. Maps on end papers. 208p. Measures 5.75x8.75 inches.
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Oceania Journal (March 1992, Volume 62, No. 3)

By: Alexander, Jennifer and Paul

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: New South Wales, Australia, The University of Sydney : 1992

Seller ID: 32469

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Southeast Asia issue edited by Jennifer Alexander and Paul Alexander. pp162-240. Measures 7x9.5 inches. Contributors include Sandra Pannell, Christine Helliwell, Rita Armstrong, and Jennifer Alexander.
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Lamotrek Atoll and Inter-Island Socioeconomic Ties

By: Alkire, William H.

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: The University of Illinois Press : 1965

Seller ID: 33017

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Edge wear. Black-and-white illustrations. Maps. 180p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Despite their comparative isolation from one another over many miles of ocean, the inhabitants of the many small atolls and islands of the western Pacific rarely constitute wholly independent economic, social, and political societies. The existence, methods, and reasons for this long distance interaction are disclosed in this study of the people of Lamotrek atoll in the western Caroline islands of Micronesia.
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Time Before Morning: Art and Myth of the Australian Aborigines

By: Allen, Louis A.

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Crowell : 1975

Seller ID: 28845

ISBN-13: 9780690004113

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Unmarked. Tears and folds on dust jacket. Bump on edge. 167 illustrations in color and B/W. Topics include creation myths, natural forces, men and women, funeral myths, and more. Bibliography. Index. 304p.
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Oceania Journal (December 1990, Volume 61, Number 2)

By: Barker, John (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: The University of Sydney : 1990

Seller ID: 32793

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Age toning on cover. pp139-214p. Measures 7x9.5 inches.

Articles include "Encounter with Evil: Christianity and the Response to Sorcery Among the Maisin of Papua New Guinea" by John Barker; "Maring Clan-Clusters: Strategy Disposition and Interest" by Neil L. Maclean; "The Cultural Context of Aboriginal Suicide: Myths, Meanings, and Critical Analysis" by Joseph Reser; and "Are We All Blow-ins?: Review article by Tim Rowse.
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New Zealand: Images, Impressions

By: Barriball, Martin

Price: $40.00 USD

Publisher: A Reed Book : 1982

Seller ID: 30245

ISBN-13: 9780589013974

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket with a few nicks. A breathtaking series of personal photographs that catch one man's view of his country. 135p.
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Migration and the Orokaiva (Occasional Paper 3)

By: Baxter, Michael W. P.

Price: $94.00 USD

Publisher: Department of Geography, University of Papua and New Guinea : 1973

Seller ID: 33626

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Previous owner's name on cover. Sun faded cover. Maps. Illustrations. Bibliography. 158p. Measures 8x10.25 inches.

Slightly revised version of a thesis submitted for the degree in Geography at the University of Papua and New Guinea in January 1972.
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Oceania Journal (December 1993, Volume 64, No 2)

By: Beckett, Jeremy (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: The University of Sydney : 1993

Seller ID: 33212

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Measures 7x10 inches. pp97-195.

Includes articles on Maori culture; Sacrifice, kidnapping and head hunting rumors on Lores and elsewhere in Indonesia; Maternal nurturing Southern Anga Sociality, and more.
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Oceania Journal (September 1993, Volume 64, No 1)

By: Beckett, Jeremy (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: The University of Sydney : 1993

Seller ID: 32921

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Measures 7x10 inches. 96p.

Includes articles on The Triumph of Capitalism in East New Britain? A Contemporary Papua New Guinean Rhetoric of Motives by Frederick Errington and Deborah Gewertz; Nobody Asked the Mother: Women and Maternity on Simbo, western Solomon Islands by Christine Dureau; Disrupted Death Ceremonies: Popular Culture and the Ethnoography of Bali by Carol Warren; and more.
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society (Volume 72, No. 2, June 1963)

By: Biggs, Bruce (editor)

Price: $16.00 USD

Publisher: Wellington, NZ, The Polynesian Society : 1963

Seller ID: 32062

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Acceptable

A few marks in journal. Worn cover with tear at top spine, a small stain, and bumps. 8 black-and-white plates.

Articles on leadership in rotuma, vocabulary agreements in East Polynesia relationships, Maori agriculture in pre-Waitangi New Zealand, ceremonial masks, films on Polynesian culture, and more.

Contributors include Alan Howard, Kenneth P. Emory, R.P. Hargreaves, Adrienne L. Kaeppler, and more. pp65-176
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African and Oceanic Art Card with a Lega Bwame Society Maskette (Bonhams New York)

By: Bonhams New York

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Bonhams New York : 2007

Seller ID: 33409

Binding: Postcard

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Beautiful 6x7.75 inch postcard on glossy stock inviting consignments for a New York Fall 2007 inaugural auction in African and Oceanic Art.
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Pacific Islands: This Young Giant (National Geographic, Vol 108, September 1955)

By: Bowie, Beverly M.

Price: $14.00 USD

Publisher: National Geographic Society : 1955

Seller ID: 32273

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Number 37 and a crease on cover. "From Sumatra to Celebes and from Bali to Borneo: A New Sense of Urgency Grips the 5-ears old Nation of 3,000 Islands and 79,000,000 people." Illustrated in color and black-and-white with photographs by National Geographic and J. Baylor Roberts. pp351-394. Offprint from the Vol 108, September 1955 issue of National Geographic. Bound by Angwin Book Bindery in California.
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Results of the Archbold Expeditions, No. 79. Summary of the Fifth Archbold Expedition to New Guinea (1956-1957)

By: Brass, Leonard J.

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History : 1959

Seller ID: 32891

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

A few spots and some sunning on cover. 16 photographs. Map. 69p. References. Measures 7.75x10.5 inches. Volume 118, article 1 of the 1959 Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History.

The Archbold Expeditions were conducted in collaboration with the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City.
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Australasia: Java Assignment (National Geographic, Vol 81, January 1942)

By: Bredin, Dee

Price: $15.00 USD

Publisher: National Geographic Society : 1942

Seller ID: 32268

Binding: Booklet (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Offprint from the Vol. 81, January 1942 issue of National Geographic. Bound by Angwin Book Bindery in California. pp.89-119. Illustrations from photographs by the author. Map.
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Offprint: Enemies and Affines (Ethnology, Vol III, No 4, October 1964)

By: Brown, Paula

Price: $12.00 USD

Publisher: Ethnology : 1965

Seller ID: 32545

Binding: Stapled

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Signed by author. Some light bends. Offprint from Ethnology, Vol III, No 4, October 1964, pp335-356.

Paula Brown Glick did much of her research in the highlands of Papua New Guinea, particularly Chimbu.
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The Long and Perilous Journey: A History of the Port of Melbourne

By: Buckrich, Judith Raphael

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Melbourne Books : 2002

Seller ID: 30289

ISBN-13: 9781877096006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket has a small tear at spine. Tiny remainder dot on edge. Commissioned by the Melbourne Port Corporation, this book is an illustrated chronological history. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. 240p.
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Die Küsten- und Bergvölker der Gazellehalbinsel

By: Burger, Friedrich

Price: $35.00 USD

Publisher: Strecker und Schröder : 1913

Seller ID: 32386

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Acceptable

Text in German. Significant wear on cover, including a water stain on the back and fraying spine. Maps and Tables. Some uncut pages. Discusses the coastal and hill tribes of the Gazelle Peninsula: A contribution to the ethnology of New Guinea with special emphasis on legal and social institutions, by Dr. Friedrich Burger.
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Maori is Ny Name: Historical Maori Writings in Translation

By: Caselberg, John (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: John McIndoe : 1975

Seller ID: 31986

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Some edge wear. Serves as both a source book and absorbing reading for those interested in New Zealand's history. 152p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society (Volume 95, No. 3, September 1986)

By: Chambers, Keith S. (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Wellington, NZ, The Polynesian Society : 1986

Seller ID: 32223

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Contributors Douglas G. Sutton, Frantisek Lichtenberk, RMS Taylor, Andrew J. Daiber, Robert Langdon, and others. pp287-418.
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The Journal of the Polynesian Society (Volume 95, No. 4, December 1986)

By: Chambers, Keith S. (editor)

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Wellington, NZ, The Polynesian Society : 1986

Seller ID: 32222

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Unmarked text. Bumped edge. Contributors include James F. Weiner, Michael Halpern, Judith Huntsman and Antony Hopper, Edwin N. Ferdon Jr., Michael W. Graves, and others. pp419-544.
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Pacific Island Languages: Essays in Honour of G. B. Milner

By: Davidson, J. H. C. S (editor)

Price: $55.00 USD

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press : 1990

Seller ID: 32047

ISBN-13: 9780824813406

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very good

Unmarked text. Contributors include Helen Cordell, Robert Blust, Bruce Biggs, George W. Grace, Paul Geraghty, David G. Arms, Jeff Siegel, and others. Frontispiece: G.B. Milner. 196p. George B. Milner (1918-2012) was a well known Oceanic linguist. 196p. Measures 6.25x9.75 inches.
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Sculptures, Africa Asia Oceania Americas (Exhibition Album)

By: Degli, Marine (editor)

Price: $30.00 USD

Publisher: Reunion des musees Nationaux : 2000

Seller ID: 25166

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. Well illustrated in color. 80p. Exhibition Album. Works selected by Jacques Kerchche.

The texts in the album were written by Marine Degli on the basis of articles in the exhibition catalog by Ezio Bassani, Marlene Biton, Roger Boulay, Claire Boullier, Vincent Boulore, Michel Orliac, Leon Siroto Alain Viaro, Deborah Waite and others.
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South Australia's Natural Landscapes The Journey Continues

By: Dobre, Pete and Cil

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Ozscapes : 2003

Seller ID: 31171

ISBN-13: 9781920822033

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. Scuffing and nick on cover. Photographs by Pete Dobre show his passion for the blend of colors, textures, wildlife and scapes of Australia. 124p. Measures 11x8.5 inches.
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The Wakatipians or Early Days in New Zealand

By: Duncan, Alfred H.

Price: $18.00 USD

Publisher: Arrowtown, New Zealand, Lakes District Centennial Museum, Inc. : 1969

Seller ID: 27929

Binding: Paperback (Saddle Stitched)

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked. No illustrations. Price sticker shadow on cover. An account of the first settlement of the Wakatipu Lake District in New Zealand. 60p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches. This is a reprint of the original issue published in 1888.
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Australian Aboriginal Art: The Art of the Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory

By: Edwards, Robert

Price: $20.00 USD

Publisher: Canberra, Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies : 1979

Seller ID: 28791

ISBN-13: 9780391016101

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Very Good

Unmarked text. 45 illustrations in color and black/white. Measures 7.25x9.5 inches. 202p. References. Maps. Focus on the wealth of Aboriginal rock art of the vast Alligator Rivers region of the North Territory.
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Category: Australasia