Tales of the Maori Bush

Wellington: A. H. & A. W. Reed. Very Good- in Very Good dust jacket. (1966). Hardcover. Some staining to gutters at endpapers. 8mm tears at corner of dust-jacket and head of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. ; 1966 second edition of a title first published in 1934. 183, [1 (blank)] pages. Burgundy boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 203 x 131mm. "The late James Cowan described the thirty stories in this book as presenting 'the alternating humour and tragedy of life, approached from the sympathetic angle of a lifelong close friendship with the Maori people [. . .] They include pre-Pakeha stories, stories of pioneer settlers and bushmen, and stories of clashes and friendships between the two races, all set in New Zealand mountain, forest, and maritime country." - from dust-jacket blurb. Contents: Preface; Camp-Fire at Te Tapiri; Piwai the Fairy; Preece's Road; Patokatoa; Tatai and her Lover; Ambush; The Eel Pa; The Illustrious Goats of Ruatoki; A Bush Court-Martial; The Wahoo Man; The Tattooer; Patoromu's Madonna; A Voice in the Night; Tupara's Sister; The Rangatira; In Sanctuary; The March of Te Puoho; The Right Arm of Eru Peka; The Powder-Maker; On the Hauhau Trail; Ocean Wanderers; The Theodolite; The Man from Pye's Pa; The Miracle; Crusoe on Ponui; The Mate of the Ariki Cutter; The Hills of Heart's Desire; The Mediator; Glacier Gold; "My Name is Mackay". .