The Maori As He Was | A Brief Account of Maori Life As it Was in Pre-European Days
Best, Elsdon
(Book #ID 107800)
Published by R. E. Owne Government Printer, Wellington, New Zealand, Third Impression 1952. 1952.
Third edition hard back binding in publisher's original apple green cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 8½'' x 6''. The author was the last of a small number who could write of traditional Maori custom and belief from first-hand experience. Contains colour frontispiece, (xvi), 295 pp with monochrome many archive photographs throughout. Pages 50, 51, 54, 55, 58, 59, 62, 63 not correctly printed with missing text, else Good condition book in Good condition dust wrapper with chips and rubs. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A.
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