Elsdon Best, Illustrated by Colour: The Maori As He Was, Tauranga in Tauranga, Bay of Plenty for sale

3rd Impression. 22cm By 14.5cm. First published in 1924, with a second impression in 1934, the preface (by R A Falla, director, Dominion Museum) to this third impression says there was no reason to revise the text as the author was last of a few students who could write of early Maori customs, traditions from personal contact with Maori of older generations. The five chapters of this important study cover physical and mental characteristics of the Maori, traditional history, mythology and folk lore, religious ideas, social usages and the arts of life. 296 pages including bibliography, index, colour frontis, 130 b/w photos, art, sketches, text block quality pape, Green hard covers with silver front/spine titles VG+ with light wear lower edges, small adhestion marks from DJ spine edges, decorative e/papers, inked name etc top FFEP, text block otherwise NF. Colour art DJ unclipped, light edgewear few chips, creases, tiny segments missing spine extremities, otherwise VG.
Author
Elsdon Best, Illustrated by Colour
Title
The Maori As He Was
Publisher name
Wellington: Government Printer, 1952, Wellington
Shipping time
2 - 4 days
Publication year
1952
Binding type
Hard cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Very good
Vendor name
BOPBooks
Vendor rating
Key words
Nz, History, Pre-european Maori Life Colour, B/w Photos, Art, Sketches
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