Books - "maori"
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Who are the Maoris?
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 303pp, illus, VG- (lacks fep, boards detached at rear & spine but still intact at front hinge, fading & staining to boards, bruising & rubbing to spine extrems & board edges & corners, scribble in red crayon to front pastedown, tanning to page edges & eps, foxing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (year?)
KEYWORDS: Alfred K Newman New Zealand Maori history myths legends religion ethnology origins
Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life 1: Extracts from Journals Relating to the Visit to New Zealand of the French Ship St. Jean Baptiste in December 1769
Under the Command of J.F.M de Surville
This vol. only, oblong quarto, textured blue boards with gilt lettering to front board, 225pp, illus, VG+ (foxing, esp to page edges, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Alexander Turnbull Library & National Library of NZ 1982
KEYWORDS: St Jean Baptiste JFM de Surville New Zealand Maori history journals France French ship
Te Puea Herangi: From Darkness to Light
Ex Library, Super octavo, illus light card stapled wrappers, illus pastedowns, 72pp, illus, VG
PUBLISHER: School Publications Dept of Education 1984
KEYWORDS: Michael King Te Puea New Zealand biography Maori history children's education
Icons Nga Taonga from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Quarto, illus card covers with large French flaps, frontispiece, xiii + 306pp, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Te Papa Press 2005
KEYWORDS: Museum of New Zealand te papa tongarewa artworks arts artefacts Maori Pacific natural history fossils history paintings collections exhibitions
Maori Place Names of Auckland: Their Meaning and History
Imperial octavo, illus light card brown covers, 39pp, VG+
PUBLISHER: Auckland Institute & Museum 1980
KEYWORDS: George Graham DR Simmons New Zealand Auckland Maori place names meaning history
Gaining a Foothold: Historical Records of Otago's Eastern Coast 1770-1839
Quarto, blue cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxii + 467pp, illus, VG+ in d/w VG+
PUBLISHER: Friends of the Hocken Collection 2008
KEYWORDS: Ian Church Hocken Library Otago New Zealand early European exploration east coast Otago history sealing whaling Kai Tahu Maori Banks Peninsula to Stewart Island archaeology logs journals exploreers court cases land claims reference
Waka Taua; The Maori War Canoe
ex library, imperial octavo softcover (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.
PUBLISHER: Reed 2000
KEYWORDS: specials Jeff Evans ex library New Zealand Maori war canoe waka
The Native Forests of New Zealand
First edition, super octavo, illus light card dark green covers, 149pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to fep, rubbing to spine & cover edges)
PUBLISHER: GP Books 1991
KEYWORDS: John Halkett New Zealand native forests trees dendrology evolution wildlife flora fauna forestry Maori logging timber industry management conservations
More Maoriland Adventures of J. W. Stack
First edition, octavo, maroon cloth boards with black lettering to spine & blind lettering to front board, illus pastedowns, printed eps, frontispiece, 256pp, illus, VG (fading to spine & board edges, bruising to extrems, light foxing) in d/w, tatty (brown tape repair replacing most of rear cover and corner of front cover, chipping and small tears, creasing)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1936
KEYWORDS: first edition James West Stack AH Reed New Zealand autobiography travel history Maori
Whatiwhatihoe
The Waikato Raupatu Claim
Ex-library 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 costs
PUBLISHER: Huia Publishers 2001
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials David McCan New Zealand nonfictin Maori history Waikato settlers history tanui treaty settlements te tiriti
Forest Flora of New Zealand
Small folio, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board & black decorative rule & black tree motif to front board, brown eps, xv + 345pp, illus + 142plates, VG (binding sl sloppy, heavy bruising and fraying to spine extrems and spine hinges, moderate scuffing to board edges & corners, light rubbing to boards, light foxing to eps and page edges )
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury Government Printer 1889
KEYWORDS: T Kirk New Zealand forest flora plants natural history forestry industry trees shrubs flowers systematic common Maori name distribution genus species timber
Nelson: A History of Early Settlement
Super octavo, brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xvii + 458pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems and board corners, light foxing to eps) in VG- (light chipping to upper spine extrems, light soiling)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1965
KEYWORDS: Ruth M Allan New Zealand Nelson Maori Tasman Cook D'urville Wairau massacre history settlement
The New Zealand Pocket Oxford Dictionary
hardcover octavo (VG+) in d/w (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
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1990
KEYWORDS: specials Robert Burchfield dictionary language new zealand english pronunciation maori vocabulary
Who are the Maoris?
Octavo, red cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, 303pp, illus, VG -(lacks fep, browning to spine, bruising to spine extrems, staining & scratching to boards, binding sloppy, owner's name in ink to front pastedown, browning to page edges, foxing)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs (date ?)
KEYWORDS: Alfred K Newman New Zealand Maori history culture art religion mythology anthropology
The Story of Te Waharoa: A Chapter in Early New Zealand History
Together with Sketches of Ancient Maori Life and History
Octavo, red cloth boards with black lettering to spine & front board & black illus to front board, frontispiece, xvi + 255pp, illus, VG- (light bruising to spine extrems, light soiling and scuffing to boards, light sunning to spine and rear board, light foxing to page edges and prelims)
PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd 1907
KEYWORDS: John Alexander Wilson New Zealand Maori history Te Waharoa biography
Egmont and the Children of the Mountain Mist
Imperial octavo, illus beige light card covers with brown lettering & Mount Egmont/Taranaki picture mounted to front cover, printed fep, illus rear ep, 32pp, ill) with b&w photos, VG (tanning & foxing to covers, bruising, nicks & creasing to cover edges & corners,
PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (undated)
KEYWORDS: Herbert Mace JW Chapman-Taylor New Zealand Mount Egmont Taranaki photography photographs natural history scenery Maori myths legends hisgtory
Te Rauparaha: A New Perspective
First edition, super octavo, brown boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow illus eps, frontispiece, xx + 346pp, illus, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, staining to lower board edges, light staining to prelims, highlighting, tanning & staining to page edges) in d/w, VG (staining to edges, fading to spine & to front fore-edge)
PUBLISHER: AH & AW Reed 1980
KEYWORDS: first edition Patricia Burns New Zealand Te Rauparaha Maori history biography
Prophets in the Wilderness: The Wesleyan Mission to New Zealand 1819-27
Ex-library, octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, 192pp, illus, VG+ (fading to boards, tanning to upper page edges) in d/w, VG- ( bruising to spine extrems & edges, tanning to spine inside)
PUBLISHER: Auckland University Press 1974
KEYWORDS: JMR Owens New Zealand missionaries Wesleyan mission Whangaroa religiohn history Maori pakeha
Skilled Handwork of the Maori: Being the Oldman Collection of Maori Artifacts illustrated and described
Super octavo, illus light card covers with brown lettering to spine & front cover, 41pp, illus, VG+ (soiling to covers)
PUBLISHER: The Polynesian Society Wellington 1946
KEYWORDS: w o oldman maori ethnology history anthropology polynesia artifacts crafts
Te Ao Marama - Contemporary Maori Writing: Volume 3 Te Puawaitanga o te Korero: The Flowering
First edition, signed, super octavo, illus light card covers, 339pp, VG (light creasing and bending, spine v sl sunned, light to moderate tanning to page edges and prelims, slight soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Reed Publishing 1993
KEYWORDS: first edition signed Witi Ihimaera New Zealand Maori literature fiction anthology