Sir Peter Buck (35 results)

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition later printing in red-stamped brown papered boards and unclipped illustrated dust jacket, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, minor shelf wear to boards & jacket, small old inked price to dj front panel corner, bookplate to fep, inscription to half-title, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); lg thick 8vo; [16] 551pp indexed & illus + 24 b&w plate pages.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Reprint of the 2nd edition. Octavo bound in light gray-colored cloth. B&W illustrations. Condition: 1 1/2" tear to top of front outer hinge; soiling to spine of binding & general light wear to rest of binding; first free endpaper had been torn out; three small stains to half-title page; else a good, tight copy. Pages: [xv], 551 and xxiv (plates).

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket (Polynesians, Ethnology) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. F 2nd Edition. HEAVY WEAR AT BASE OF SPINE. Still veryy readable copy. Some marking. in a Worn jacket. Still readable copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. Reprint 1962 Some minor light shelf wear. Clean content. A few closed tears to the jacket now repaired with archival tape. A comprehensive study of traditional Maori life and culture by distinguished Maori scholar Te Rangi Hiroa. The book examines Maori origins and migration traditions, social organisation, housing, clothing, food, fishing, agriculture, warfare, religion, arts and customs. Drawing on extensive anthropological research and the author's own cultural knowledge, it provides a detailed account of Maori society and material culture before and during the period of early European contact.

Octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (v.scruffy, torn); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Produced for the board by the Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.548 pages, literature cited, index, 24 black and white plates. Minor wear and a few soil spots on the boards, small wrinkle on the spine, pushing at the ends, foxing on the top edges of the boards, rubbed at the lower front corner. The text is clean and the sewn binding still strong- albeit with a tendency to open flat at two locations. Edge worn jacket: closed tears, creases along the edges, chips at the spine ends and lower rear corner, large clip the lower front flap. Assumed first, no additional printings noted.

Hardcover octavo (VG), d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.

Original beige cloth. Spine edges worn, exlibris on verso front side, else a good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hard cover. Condition: Fair. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Second edition. Jacket spine is tanned. Jacket is tanned and worn, particularly along edges. Spine is cracked. Cover is worn. Front free end leaf has stamp from previous owner. Inside is tanned but clean and unmarked.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. pp.(xvi)+552. 24.5cm. 24 black and white photographic plates. Figures in the text. Literature cited. Index. hard cover in dust jacket. Light crease to the spine. Good clean copy. (2nd.ed. reprinted).(Weighs 1.25kg).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Later printing of the second edition. Prior owner's name and two addresses inked on front flyleaf. Full cloth binding. 551pp., illustrations, plates. Jacket now in a new mylar cover. Size: 4to - over 9" - 12" Tall.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. (10p) 551p (24p plates) D-J (slight chips) Cloth binding With illustrations, a reprint edition of this study of the coming of the Maori to New Zealand, the various arrivals, material culture, social organisation and religion, still an important work.

(rep) Or.cl. 339pp. Name on ffe. b/w plates & ills. Maps to endpapers. Good copy. Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. It presents evidence for different nautical migration routes across the Pacific Ocean of the Polynesian peoples from east to west.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover with light green cloth-bound boards and dust-jacket in very good condition. 1964 Reprint of 1954 New Zealand Edition. Minor scuffing and covers of dust-jacket. Some minor chipping to corners and top and bottom of spine. Pages are clean and binding sound.

Hardcover. Fourth printing. Gray cloth boards with red lettering and graphics on the spine. Previous owner's bookplate on the front free page. There is a bookshop stamp in the lower right corner of the front endpage. Numerous illustrations. The top and bottom of the spine shows shelf wear. The DJ shows many chips and tears. Foreword by the Rt. Hon. P. Fraser (Minister of Maori Affairs and Chairman of the Maori Purposes Fund Board). This books "embodies the life-long research, study, considered opinions and conclusions of the greatest authority not only upon the Maori people and their history, traditions, customs, culture, social organization, and economic life, but on the whole of Polynesia and the Polynesians." 551 pages. Very Good in Good, but Torn and Chipped DJ.

Paperback. Condition: New.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Book is clean and straight with lightly bumped corners in yellow cloth. Back bottom corner is bumped pretty good. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, glue stain on back of front board from former owner's plate, 551 pages with short section of b&w plate at back of book. Many line drawing illustrations. Dust jacket is tattered at edges, price punched, no large tears.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. xxv, 384p. Reprint by AMS Press, 1976.

SCARCE, super octavo, illus stapled light card wrappers, printed eps, 40pp, illus, VG (moderate creasing to edges, light chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning to page edges, light creasing to some page edges).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Ed. Reprint. 551pp.incl.index+photosection; HB lt.brwn.w/red; slight rub w/dent,tp.foredge; sml.corner-folds; clean,tight pgs. DJ beige w/red-design cover; slight rub. "The Coming of the Maori embodies the life-long research, study, considered opinions and conclusions of the greatest authority not only upon the Maori people and their history, traditions, customs, culture, social organization, and economic life, but on the whole of Polynesia and the Polynesians." illus. isbn 0723304084.

Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Not Stated (illustrator). An early edition of this illustrated ethnographical study of the Maori people, written by Sir Peter Buck, also known as Te Rangi Hiroa. A fascinating and detailed ethnographical study of the Maori people, including chapters on the history of this group, Maori language, material culture, social organisation, and religion.Written by Sir Peter Buck, also known as Te Rangi Hiroa, a New Zealand doctor and administrator.The second edition, sixth impression of this work.Illustrated with twenty-four plates, collated and complete.Enclosed in the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just some light shelf wear and a few spots to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart, with some light edgewear and chipping. Spine is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. book.

5. Auflage. XIII, 339 SS. Gutes und sauberes Exemplar. Falls nötig, senden wir Ihnen gerne Bilder dieses Titels via E-Mail. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 8°, original Leinwand, Rückentitel goldgeprägt. Im illustrierten original Schutzumschlag.

8 n.n. Bll., 551 SS., XXIV s.w. Tafeln. Vorderer Vorsatz etwas fleckig und mit altem handschr. Schenkungseintrag. Gutes Exemplar. Falls nötig, senden wir Ihnen gerne Bilder dieses Titels via E-Mail. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 Gr.-8°, original Leinwand, Rückentitel. Der Rücken etwas verblichen. Ohne Schutzumschlag.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good + in Poor DJ. Later printing. Author also known as Te Rangi Hiroa. Second reprint of the 1954 first New Zealand edition. 58 b&w illustrations on plates, 4 maps. Some discolouration to cloth. Bookseller's label to fep. DJ creased and torn with lower third of spine lost & discolouration and wear along edges.

Whiteman&Tomps Limited, London, 1964, , 339, Hardcover (gebunden), 8°, mit Schutzumschlag, engl./Reprint, Eintragungen: Anstreichungen im Text, handschriftliche Anmerkungen im Text, Einband: etwas stockfleckig, Schutzumschlag: etwas bestoßen, etwas eingerissen, etwas verknickt, etwas gebräunt,

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. From the pen of one of the greatest Maori thinkers and writers of his generation, the settlement of the Pacific Ocean comes to life. The book ranges across the Pacific Ocean and the people who populated it, considering their physical and spiritual origins, and the ships they built to conquer this vast territory. It weighs evidence for different routes, retells myths of migration including the Maui series, recounts the author's visits to islands and atolls across the South Pacific, and overall establishes the 'vikings' of the Pacific among the greatest-ever ocean voyagers. First published in 1938, Vikings of the Sunrise is here reproduced in an enhanced facsimile edition, including photos and maps compiled by the author on his voyages, and a new foreword by anthropologist Paora (Paul) Tapsell. Oratia Books is pleased to bring Vikings of the Sunrise back into print for modern readers as part of our NZ Classics series. The author Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck, 18771951) led a busy and distinguished life - variously as an MP, leader of the Young Maori party, doctor, medical officer for Maori health, anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum, Hawai'i. He was knighted in 1946 for services to science and literature. His best-known books are Vikings of the Sunrise and The Coming of the Maori - One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement- Author ranks as one of the leading thinkers of his generation- Facsimile edition with new preface in New Zealand Classics series This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.