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$9.00
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The First Migration: Maori Origins 3000BC - AD1450


ANDERSON, ATHOLL

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Bridget Williams Books 2016

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history migration anthropology antiquity

$10.00
xxsew215043

Heritage of Maori Song


SOUTHERN, KEITH (Compiled by)

Duodecimo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: SPR Music 1985

KEYWORDS: New Zealand traditional Maori songs heritage cultural music

$35.00
xxsfc215046

Te Reo Maori: A Historical Survey of Maori Language


NIKORA, TERANGI

Quarto 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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: National Maori Language Day Publication 1973

KEYWORDS: New Zealand te reo Maori language day history historical anthropology research

$20.00
xxsfc215047

The Healing Tongue: Themes in Contemporary Maori Literature


BEATSON, PETER

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Sociology Dept, Massey University 1989

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori literature literary criticism Peter Beatson

$25.00
xxsiq215305

He Pakiwaitana: Te Whare Kura (Te Wharekura) 2


CLOUSTON, EVELYN

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Govt Printer 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori te reo language literature

$12.50
xxsnd215526

The Whale Rider


IHIMAERA, WITI & HOVELL, JOHN (Illus)

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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mandarin 1993

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors Witi Ihimaera literature illustrated novels fiction Maori

$40.00
ak5/7/7

The Maori King


GORST, J E & SINCLAIR, KEITH (Ed & Intro)

Super octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xxv + 284pp, folding map to rear, VG (sl rubbing to extrems, moderate staining to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, prev. owner's name & prev. booksellekr's name in ink to ffep, occasional light pencil markings to margins, sl foxign to folding map) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, light soiling & foxing)

PUBLISHER: Paul's Book Arcade 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori history king Waikato war Te Awamutu

$65.00
ak5/8/4

Te Kooti's Last Foray: The Extraodinary story of Te Kooti's 1870 abduction of two Whakatohea communities into the Waioeka Gorge and how Whanganui's pursuit won the day but never the credit


CROSBY, RON

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, illus light card covers, white and blue lettering to spine, illus prelims, 271pp, illus +16 plates VG+ (sl.rubbing & curling to spine and cover edges)

PUBLISHER: Oratia 2023

KEYWORDS: new zealand history wars te kooti whanganui whakatohea waioeka maori aotearoa ron crosby bay of plenty east coast first editions thomas porter

$55.00
ak5/9/4

Te Mana o Turanga


FOWLER, LEO

OWNERSHIP SIGNATURE OF FORMER HEAD OF AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM, super octavo, white glossy light card covers, black lettering to spine & front cover, x + 37pp, illus/photos, VG (light creasing/tanning & curling to spine & cover edges, light foxing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, aforementioned prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate cracking to guter of pgs vi-vii) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light soiling & moderate foxing)

PUBLISHER: NZ Historic Places Trust 1974

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori culture heritage carved houses Gisborne marae

$65.00
ak5/9/26

New Zealand's First War, or, The Rebellion of Hone Heke


BUICK, T LINDSAY

FIRST EDITION, octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, printed/illus eps, frontispiece with tissue guard, unpaginated prelims + 304pp, illus, VG (moderate soiling & bruising to spine & extrems, light bruising to board extrems, moderate chafing/surface loss & soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges, light tanning to eps, light foxing throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, heavy fading & scuffing & soiling to spine, minor fadin gto top of front cover, light general soiling)

PUBLISHER: W A G Skinner, Govt Printer 1926

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand war history Hone Heke Maori

$125.00
ak5/9/28

Eruera: The Teachings of a Maori Elder


STIRLING, ERUERA & SALMOND, ANNE

FIRST EDITION- UNCOMMON IN HARDCOVER, imperial octavo, orange heavy borads, gilt lettering to spine, 288pp, illus/photos, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, gift inscription in ink to ffep, light foxing to prelims) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, moderate fading & rubbing to spine- some surface loss, prev bookseller's label to rear flap, moderate rubbing to folds of flaps/covers, in plastic protective cover- easily removed if desired)

PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1980

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand Maori heritage teachings wisdom Eruera elders

$400.00
ak5/9/34

Ko Nga Waiata Maori, he Mea Kohikohi Mai


GREY, Sir GEORGE

FIRST EDITION, TEXT IN TE REO MAORI, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, deckled page edges, VG (moderate fading to spine & board edges, sl chafing & soiling to boards, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: Trubner & Co 1857

KEYWORDS: TEXT IN TE REO MAORI first editions literature poems poetry verse Sir George Grey songs travel

$150.00
ak5/9/38

Come Rain Hail


TUWHARE, HONE

FIRST EDITION, octavo, stapled light card covers, orange lettering to front cover, 22pp, VG (moderate fading & scuffing to spine & cover edges, light chafing & wrinkling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, minor foxing sporadically throughout)

PUBLISHER: University of Otago / Hone Tuwhare 1970

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori poets writers literature poetry poems verse Hone Tuwhare first editions

$30.00
xxspi215617

Whitianga: Maori Women and Children


LEE, A L

Octavo stapled light card covers (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 may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Auckland Province 1938

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Whitianga Maori history women children wahine tamariki

$995.00
ak5/9/43

Tuhoe: The Children of the Mist (2 Vol Set)


BEST, ELSDON

2 VOL SET, FIRST EDITION, vol 1- octavo, vol 2- oblong quarto, red buckram boards, black lettering & decoration to spine of vol 1, vol 1- vii + (5) + 1211pp, vol 2- 8pp + 34x genealogical tables (all present) + unpaginated index to rear, lg folding map to rear pocket of vol 2, VG (light bruising & rubbing/scuffing to extrems, moderate fading to spines & board edges, light foxing & light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges & eps, light to moderate foxing to prelims & terminals, sporadic light foxing throughout, minor rubbing to rear ep of vol 2, minor tanning & foxing to top edge of folding map at rear- otherwise map is in generally v tidy condition)

PUBLISHER: Thomas Avery & Sons (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand history Elsdon Best Tuhoe tribe Maori early tribes anthropology BOP Bay of Plenty

$68.50
ak5/11/11

The Last of the Ngati Mamoe: The Wild People of the New Zealand Mountain and Bush


FILDES, H

FIRST EDITION, loosely enclosed single page signed holograph letter of publishing interest from the author to the publisher A H Reed, octavo, maroon stiff card covers, lg illus plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 15pp, illus/plates, VG (light bruising to extrems, moderate soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1936

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history early settlers Captain James Cook Maori tribes bush countryside iwi first editions

$100.00
ak5/11/13

Mahinarangi (The Moon-Glow of the Heavens)


TE HURINUI, PEI

FIRST EDITION, A NICE COPY! Octavo, illus light card covers, black lettering to front cover, ix + 46pp, illus, VG (light fading & soiling to spine, light creasing/curling to spine, light soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing to page edges, rear gutter separated at staples)

PUBLISHER: J C Ekdahl 1945

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori Tainui people Pei te Hurinui literature history heritage culture first editions

$55.00
ak5/12/3

Maori Houses and Food Stores


PHILLIPPS, WILLIAM J & FALLA, R A (Fore)

Super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, illus/patterned eps, frontispiece, 212pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to spine & board extrems, sl staining to rear board edges, sl tanning & soiling to page edges, sl foxing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (light to moderate tanning & chipping/tape repairs to edges, light fading & tanning to spine, light chafing, moderate rubbing to fold of rear flap- minor loss)

PUBLISHER: R E Owen, Govt Printer 1952

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori houses food stores culture cultural buildings ethnology carvings

$175.00
ak5/12/6

The Maori: Yesterday and To-Day


COWAN, JAMES

FIRST EDITION, TIPPED IN PLATE SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispiece, xii + 266pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, G+ (heavy chipping & loss to spine- heavy but tidy archival repairs, moderate creasing & chipping to edges with archival repairs, moderate tanning to spine, light tanning & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Whitcombe & Tombs 1930

KEYWORDS: first editions signed James Cowan New Zealand history Maori culture heritage

$40.00
ak5/12/14

The Coming of the Maori to Ao-tea-roa


REED, A W

FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, octavo, green stiff card covers, lg illus title plate to front cover, printed inside covers, frontispiece, 23pp, illus, VG (light bruising & soiling to covers- sl tanning also, light to moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, prev owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1934

KEYWORDS: signed first editions New Zealand history Maori A W Reed

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