London: Stanley Paul & Co, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Green cloth with gilt spine lettering and gilt front board decoration. 316pp, (4pp ads), (32pp ads). Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, 35 full-page called-for plates. Very good. Faint edgewear; text block lightly age toned, with mild occasional foxing; nonauthorial 1912 gift inscription on front flyleaf. A tight, attractive copy of the so-called "Colonial Edition" (via publisher's small title page inkstamp) of this hefty New Zealand travelogue by A British author (1872-1923) best known for his travelogue on Portal as well as Central and South America.

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Bookseller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 44519
Title: In the Maoriland Bush
Author: KOEBEL, W.H
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Stanley Paul & Co
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: n.y.
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.

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New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Top Edge Gilt: Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...