Ron Crocombe (87 results)

21.0 x 13.5cms 246pp b/w illusts very good paperback & cover The chapters are: people culture personality language tradition belief social organisation creative arts; land; economy; politics & government; independence and after; intra-Pacific realtions; extra-Pacific relations; dependence independence interdependence;

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 277 pages. Fifth Revised Edition. The cover has a little wear. The page edges are lightly tanned as are the first and last pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Hard Covers. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Photps, Maps, Charts, Tables (illustrator). 1st. Sub-titled "New Zealand's Relations With Other Pacific Islands" this scholarly work examines the inter- change of people between NZ and the different island groups, economic, political and social ties and the contacts established between various government and community organisations from the mid-1800s. An important study in tracing the evolution of relationships from colonial jurisdictions to indepencence. An ex-library copy. 290 pages including five appendices, bibliography, index. b/w photos, tables, maps throughout. Colour art laminated hard covers VG with hint wear spine base. Library stamp top FFEP, issue sheet pasted below, library codes panel lower right, showthrough from issue sheet paste centred FFEP verso, inked library codes etc, title page verso, library stamp top RFEP, top and vertical page edges, internally VG+.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Binding firm, cover has wear, interior clean and unmarked.Does land tenure constrain or facilitate rural productivity? - papers on the situation in Papua, Solomon Islands, Fiji, Tonga, Western Samoa, Niue, Cook Islands, and Ponape. 218pp. Index, bibliography. Map. Reprint.

Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Penciled price. Text clean and pages intact with slight edge wear/smudges. Cover rubbed lightly rubbed with some creasing near spine and edge ear/small tears. 262 pages.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Ron Crocombe edited a series of New Guinea Research Bulletins in the 1960s and 1970s. Stated First Edition copy, and with contrbutions by him ("Four Orokaiva Cash Croppers"), W.J. Oostermeyer and Joanne Gray ("Twelve Orokaiva Traders") and John Langmore ("Contractors in Port Moresby"). Printed, illustrated card stock wrappers, clean, unmarked. 60 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

Soft Cover. Condition: Good. Reprint. White finished card boards with red lettering to spine and front. Covers are grubby but otherwise in good order. No particular bumping or wear to corners or edges. Spine is faded with just a little mild bumping to ends. Textblock is tight, bright and clean. Pagination: xxv, 157 pp. Additional photos are available upon request. When securely packed this item will weigh in the region of 309g. Unless specifically mentioned, all our books are photographed so you can see what you are buying. ABE may, however, display a stock image whilst processing ours. (YBP Ref: 034765:14f) Size: 8vo - over 73/4" - 93/4" Tall Language: ENG 309 G. Book.

Softcover super octavo (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Thrid Edition. 21 cm, x, 420 pp, soft covers. Small name to title page. VG copy.

Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Paperback Edition. 21 cm, xiii, 191 pp, maps, b&w photo illus, soft covers - small bump at base of spine; still a VG copy.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Bright blue decorated covers. . Verry clean with minimal wear. A little foxing to back of covers and preliminary pages. . Text clean Heavy book , will incur some extra postage (at cost) outside the UK.

Reprint of the 1973 original. VIII, 130, (3) PP, plus 16 pages with 29 b/w photos. Eps: Map of the Islands of the Pacific. Pictorial soft cover. Near fine. 21.2 x 13.8. Cover the indigenous traditions of the past and the impact of changes to the way of life. Future trends & developments.

1st Ed. VII, 218 PP with 4 maps, tables & plans in text. Pictorial soft cover. Fine. 20.5 x 15. Common themes, particular problems of land tenure in various island nations and the different approaches to their solutions.

Soft Covers. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Paperback Edition. 22 cm, xiii, 191 pp, maps, b&w photo illus, d/w - torn at spine, and light marginal chips. VG in fair jacket.

1976, South Pacific, Pamphlet, Lotu Pasifika Productions, 56 p., good paperback, previous owner's name on hald title page.

exlibrary, paperback (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, xxx + 418pp, appendices, bibliography, index, very good in paperback. Documents the growing interaction with the USA to the pinnacle of involvement in World War II.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.vi+64. 21cm. Black and white photo and line illus in the text. Soft covers. A good clean copy Shortened version of Technical Paper No.159. [93g]. (Reprint).

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. pp.viii+284. 21cm. Black and white photographic illustrations. Bibliography. Section of Basic Facts and maps. Index. Soft covers. A good clean copy By the Professor of Pacific Studies at the University of the South Pacific. [322g].

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Maps (illustrator). 2nd Edition. SUBTITLED : ` Records of a Polynesian Traveller in the South Seas 1833 - 1896 '. The foreword to this 164 page volume speaks of the change coming to largely stabilised local societies by the twin pincers of religion and commerce. LEARN more about : Samoa, New Caledonia, Loyalty Islands, foreign commerce, sandalwood trade, Matuku, Uadota, Tavita, Eromango, Noa, Goro, brig, Isle of Pines, and Atiu people. Some b/w plates and b/w maps (pp.118 & 13) accompany text. INDEX at back. Cond : White paper wrapper with red titling. Ship under full sail is cover graphic. Volume is clean, square, tight, and bright. No names, marks, nor wear. Giftable ! QUote (p. 39) : " On the road I was overtaken by a chief who invited me to his house saying he had been waiting for me. I found all his family assembled. He placed some food before me. I exhorted him and all his house to attend ._._._. . ".

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Photography By Stan Ritova (illustrator). First Edition. 64pp, colour illustrations, illustrated eps. Cloth boards in dust-jacket. Sacred ancient rituals involving physical ordeals are performed once a year at certain Hindu temples in Fiji. Thos who go through the ordeals suffer no pain, burns or other injuries. The book explains the rituals and the social and sociological contect in which they take place. Size: 4to.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. pp.viii+284. 21cm. Black and white photo illus in the text. Section of 'basic facts' of the various islands with maps at the end. Bibliography. Index. Soft covers. A good clean copy [320g].

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.viii+76. 21cm. Soft covers. A good clean copy [128g].

Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. xi, 419 pages, ex-library copy.

1st Ed. Vol. 9, No. 2: IV, 108 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Light foxing. Near fine. 25.5 x 20.5. No 2: 10 papers on Law and Politics.

1st Ed. Vol. 11, No. 2: IV, 84 PP. Soft cover, illustrated front. Light foxing. Very good. 25.5 x 20.5. Vol. 11, No 2: 15 papers on Pacific Women on the move.

soft cover. No Jacket. 5th or later edition. Illustrated with black and white photographs and maps. 21cm. VI, 277 pages VG. Very good condition with light shelf wear to covers, name on title page crossed out.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Conference On Pacific Studies : Papers. Owner's Name inside. Cover rubbed; shop stamp inside. 264 pages.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Owner's Name inside. Cover faded towards spine.