The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions (Volume III)
by WHITE, JOHN
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
George Didsbury 1887. THIS VOLUME ONLY, DUAL TEXT- ENGLISH & TE REO MAORI, octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine, Maori illus & rule in black to front board, folding frontispiece, x + 316pp (in English) & 123pp (in Te Reo), VG (light to moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light to moderate chafing & tanning to spine, light soiling to boards, heavy tanning & foxing to page edges & prelims/terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to verso of frontispiece, light cracking to gutters)
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- Title
- The Ancient History of the Maori, His Mythology and Traditions (Volume III)
- Author
- WHITE, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Didsbury 1887
- Keywords
- New Zealand Maori traditions myths mythology history anthropology
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