Grammar of the New Zealand Language
Maunsell, R. [Robert]
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 06 June 2002
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 06 June 2002
About this Item
Spine missing. 14 x 98mm strip cut away at head of title page. Splits to gutters at hinges. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pencil sketch on front endpaper. ; 1882 third edition of a title first published in 1842. xvi, 162 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Black papered boards. Page dimensions: 165 x 100mm. This edition includes the 4 page "Preface to First Edition", as well as a 1 page "Preface to the Third Edition". "The reader has here before him the analysis of a 'strange language,' unlike anything known in Europe, with rules of construction and an idiom peculiar to itself. He must, therefore, when speaking, endeavour to divest his mind of European rules of speech, and adopt those of the Antipodes." - from the Preface to the third edition. [Reference: BIM 1403]. Seller Inventory # 9948
Bibliographic Details
Title: Grammar of the New Zealand Language
Publisher: George Robertson, Auckland
Publication Date: 1882
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: Third Edition.
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