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FIJIAN WAY OF LIFE
London:Oxford University Press. 1953. 176pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is worn at the edges with some light fraying and several chips and tears. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy with a good dust jacket.
$16.50
INDONESIAN TRADE AND SOCIETY. ESSAYS IN ASIAN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC HISTORY.
The Hague:W. van Hoeve Ltd. 1955. 465pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is worn at the edges and spine, with some fraying and several chips and tears (one to two inches in length). Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings, save for two brief penciled notations (one on the title page and one on it's verso). Overall, this is a very good copy.
$35.00
ISLAND OF PASSION. RA'IVAVAE.
London: George Allen & Unwin. (1962). 301pp. Illus. with photographs by the author. Hard bound. With dust jacket. Light fraying of edges of dust jacket, otherwise, a very good, tight, clean copy.
$12.50
KANAK DANCE AND MUSIC. Ceremonial and intimate performance of the Melanesians of New Caledonia, historical and actual.
Noumea, New Caledonia: Agence de Developpement de la Culture Kanak. (1997). 285 pp. Illustrated. Wraps. Wraps are clean and show only minor shelf wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall a fine copy.
$9.50
RELIGION AND NATIONALISM IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
Madison:The University of Wisconsin Press. 1963. 253pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly worn at the edges with some minor fraying and some small chips and tears. Spine shows some sun-faded. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy.
$25.00
THE CORNER-STONE OF PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE. A Narrative of Seven years.
New York:The Century Co. 1922. 343pp. Illus with photographs. Hard bound. Author served as Governor-General of Philippine Islands, 1913-1921. Front fly-leaf has been torn out. Some foxing on front and back paste downs and on a few pages. Light soiling of binding. Internally a tight, clean copy.
$50.00
THE TRADE UNIONS. Communist Theory and Practice of Trade Unionism.
Sydney: Communist Part of Australia. 1944. 56 pp. Softcover. Front wrap shows some sunning on the edges, but otherwise in very good, clean condition. Interior is clean and free of markings. Pages brown with age.
$15.00
TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE STARS
Translated from the Dutch by Alan G. Readett. Garden City, New York:Doubleday & Company, Inc. 1963. 318pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is worn and frayed at the edges with several small chips and tears. Some soiling to the covers. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy.
$25.00
VOYAGERS OF THE VITIAZ STRAIT
A Study of a New Guinea Trade System. Seattle:(1967). 282pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is only lightly worn at the edges and spine with just a touch of soiling to the rear cover. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good, near fine copy.
$15.00
![[FLOWER ARRANGING BOOK] Title in Japanese.](https://www.parnassusbooks.com/image/cache/data/books/2015/12/0_10917-100x100.jpg "[FLOWER ARRANGING BOOK] Title in Japanese.")
[FLOWER ARRANGING BOOK] Title in Japanese.
Bi-lingual. Both Japanese and extensive English text opposite each of 48 plates. Red linen cloth with gold Japanese characters on spine. An excellent copy.
$35.00
AUSTRALIA'S COLONIAL CULTURE.
Ideas, Men, and Institutions in Mid-Nineteenth Century Easter Australia. Cambridge:Harvard University Press. 1957. 304pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is only lightly worn with some minor soiling to the covers. Otherwise in very good condition. Book itself shows some mild shelf-wear. Interior is clean, bright and free of stray markings. Overall, this is a very good copy.
$35.00
FILIPINOS
Pre-War Philippines Essays. Rizal:Araneta University Press. (1963). 273pp. Hardcover with dust jacket. Jacket is lightly soiled with some age-toning to the covers and light sunning to the spine. Book itself is only mildly shelf-worn. Interior is clean and free of stray markings, though there is some toning to portions of pages 30-45. Overall, this is a very good, clean copy. Essays recording pre-WWII Philippines. The author was the Philippines foreign correspondent of the Chicago Daily News Foreign News Service. .
$75.00
ISLAND PEOPLES OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC MICRONESIA AND MELANESIA.
Washington D.C.:The Smithsonian Institution. 1943. 104pp. Illustrated. Softcover. Covers are lightly worn with some age-toning to the edges and spine and some very light and localized water staining to the top left corner of the rear cover, affecting the last few pages. Interior is clean and free of stary markings save for some age-toning to the page edges throughout. Overall, this is a good copy.
$15.00
MASKS AND MEN IN A MELANESIAN SOCIETY. The Valuku or Tubuan of the Lakalai of New Britain
Lawrence, Kansas:University of Kansas Publications. 1961. 76pp, Illustrated in color and black/white. Hardcover. In very good, clean condition.
$45.00
THE ORIGINS OF INTERNATIONAL RIVALRY IN SAMOA 1845-1884
Stanford, CA:Stanford University Press. (1934). 1st edition. 233pp. Illustrated. Hardcover with dust jacket. Aside from light soiling to top page edges, a very good, clean copy, inside and out. The dust jacket is lightly soiled and shelfworn, with light wear along edges, otherwise in very good condition. *"A well-written piece of original research into white relations with Samoa. Starting with the first white discovery of the islands the author deals with the British missionary interest, the dawning British official interest, the rapid growth of German trade, New Zealad's interest for strategic reasons, American interests, the years of unrest with weak native autonomy, and conflicting German, American, and British influences, culminating in the three treaties of 1876-1879, the final breakdown of native autonomy, the attempt at international government in 1889, and the division between America and Germany ten years later. '...dj
$65.00