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Published by John McIndoe 1975 Dunedin, 1975
Seller: Hard to Find Books NZ (Internet) Ltd., Dunedin, OTAGO, New Zealand
Association Member: IOBA
octavo, illus card covers, yellow lettering, 152pp, VG (moderate creasing/chipping/rubbing to spine & cover, light tanning).
Published by John McIndoe Limited (1975), Dunedin, 1975
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
Softcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. No signatures. Rubber stamp on first leaf. Spine rubbed. Wear to ends of spine and corners of covers.; 152 pages. Illustrated card covers. Page dimensions: 215 x 135mm. An anthology of Maori writings from the 19th century, translated into English. Includes some verse. Text is in English. Cover illustration by Ralph Hotere, from an etching by Charles Meryon. "This book has three aims: to publish a reverbatory literature, of which all people in the land of their predecessors may be proud; to stimulate scholars to edit more comprehensively and in part to re-translate the material on which it is based; and to allow Maori versions of New Zealand history in the nineteenth century to speak for themselves." - from the author's preface.; 8vo.
Published by Nag's Head Press, Christchurch, 1969
Seller: Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Small corner clipped from front free endpaper. Moderate rubbing and foxing to dust-jacket.; An edition of 200 copies. 53, [3] pages. Black cloth boards with yellow printed title label on front board. A small book, page dimensions: 101 x 87mm. Hand set in 11/12 point Caslon. "This small source book of historical writings in translation is offered as an introduction to a rich but neglected literature. From songs, speeches, letters, petitions and other documents, extracts have been chose so that Maori reaction to European impact during the nineteenth century can speak for itself." - from dust-jacket blurb.