The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions (Volume IV)
by WHITE, JOHN
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About This Item
George Didsbury 1888. THIS VOLUME ONLY, DUAL TEXT- ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, PGS I-IV LOOSE BUT PRESENT, PGS 1 & 2 MISSING, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, Maori illus & rule in black to front board, frontispiece, x + 245pp (in English) & 236pp (in Te Reo), VG- (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece, light cracking to gutters, some pgs either loose or missing- see aforementioned, moderate sporadic foxing & tanning to pgs throughout)
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- Title
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions (Volume IV)
- Author
- WHITE, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Didsbury 1888
- Keywords
- New Zealand Maori traditions myths mythology history anthropology
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