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Old New Zealand; Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times
Author:
MANING, FREDERICK EDWARD (A PAKEHA MAORI)
Title:
Old New Zealand; Being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times
Publisher:
Smith, Elder and Co 1863
Description:
FIRST EDITION- ORIGINAL BINDING, octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind decoration to boards, viii + 216pp, VG- (light to moderate rubbing & bruising to board extrems, heavy cracking to rear hinge & spine- some flapping, heavy cracking to front & rear gutters- boards shaky esp. rear board, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing/soiling to eps, prev. owners' names in ink to title page & verso of, light foxing throughout)
Keywords:
New Zealand first editions history historical accounts heritage customs anthropology ethnography Maori culture