Art of the Pacific with photographs by Brian Brake conversations with James McNeish and commentary by David Simmons Wellington: Oxford University Press, 1979 ISBN: 0195580435 240pp, colour & B/W plates $125.00

Oxford: Bruno Cassirer First Edition 4to. Decorative Cloth. 70pp text plus colour plates orange decorative cloth cover

   The Life of Captain James Cook. by J. C. Beaglehole     The 2nd impression of the biography of Cook published to accompany Beaglehole’s ground-breaking edition of Cook’s Journals.     London: A. & C. Black, 1974. 8vo. Cloth. . Very Good in a Very Good dustjacket. ISBN: 0713613823.  xi, 760 pp, B/W plates, [...]

Pacific Commandos: New Zealanders and Fijians in Action: A History of Southern Independent Commando and First Commando Fiji Generals. by Colin R. Larsen. Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1946. First Edition. 8vo. Cloth. 161pp, B/W plates. Bookplate from the Library of A. H. & A. W. Reed on ffep, 2 clippings of reviews [...]

Sydney Parkinson Artist of Cook’s Endeavour Voyage. Edited by D. J. Carr Sydney Parkinson was the young chief artist on James Cook’s first voyage in the Endeavour. He died on that voyage aged just 26. In just over two years Parkinson had produced hundreds of drawings of plants and animals. This was the first book [...]

Encounters With Paradise: Views of Hawaii and its People 1778-1941. by David W.Forbes. University of Hawaii Press, 1992. In this book David Forbes frames the context for the thousands of art works inspired by Hawaii, and presents a selection of the finest paintings, prints and drawings. 86pp, colour & B/W plates, maps. ISBN 0824814460 $65 [...]

Atlas of the South Pacific Published by the Government Printing Office in 1978, this definitive atlas of the South Pacific has had only two printings. This is the first edition with 20 full-page map plates plus gazetteer at the back. ISBN 047701500X $185.00 more Pacific titles