Tainui: The Story of Hoturoa and His Descendants
Author:
KELLY, LESLIE G (TE PUTU)
Title:
Tainui: The Story of Hoturoa and His Descendants
Publisher:
The Polynesian Society 1949
Description:
FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR- publication was clouded by controversy so signed copies are RARE, super octavo, red buckram boards, black lettering & illus/decoration to spine, frontispiece, xii + 483pp, folding maps to rear, illus, VG (spine sl cocked, moderate bruising & rubbing to spine & board extrems, light to moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps, ex-libris plate to front pastedown, light tanning & foxing to folding maps) in d/w, G+ (v heavy wrinkling & chipping/tearing to edges & spine- considerable tape repairs all over, moderate tanning & foxing/soiling)
Keywords:
first editions signed New Zealand history Tainui Hoturoa Maori ancestry heritage Leslie G Kelly Te Putu
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