New York: Barnes & Noble Inc., 1969. Hardcover. First American edition, 240p., illustrated with a prodigal number of plates, mostly b&w, some color, all listed with brief captions, also maps and charts, hardbound in 9.5x6 inch textured boards spine-titled in gilt on an electric blue label, and enclosed in the..... More
Cat.No: 296957
Honolulu: Ala Press, 2014. Paperback. 91p., paperback, 6x9 inches, very good. Brown-Pereira's second collection, from a small press specializing in Pacific Islander literature. Brown-Pereira is a poet of mixed Cook Island Maori and Samoan descent. She served as a diplomat for the Cook Islands and is an activist against climate..... More
Cat.No: 287970
New York: The Humanities Press, 1950. Hardcover. xi, 387p., illustrated with original photos clearly reproduced, diagrams (special knot-tying &c), genealogical and chronological information including a fold-out leaf, hardbound issue (first edition in reprint) in grey cloth gilt. A fair-only copy with severe sunning to spine panel and heavy penciling to..... More
Cat.No: 297978
Cleveland OH: "Kilroy Harris Traveltalks" 1926. Hardcover. 88p., presswork on glazed alkaline paperstock throughout featuring a doublespread map (where to graze sheep, where cattle, where to plant wheat) centerfold, and many b&w site and portrait photos. Hardbound in 9x6 inch dark blue cloth boards gilt, a very good copy: sturdy..... More
Cat.No: 296649
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1895. Hardcover. xvi, 352p., the two line maps in colors as called for, plus a terminal 4p., the series menu. Hardbound first edition in 7.5x5 inch green cloth boards gilt and black, gilt a bit dim while remaining quite legible, slight edgewear to casing with a...... More
Cat.No: 297025
Christchurch NZ: Hawk Press, 1976. Paperback. Unpaginated, about 16p., handset in Gill's Perpetua on Glastonbury Antique Laid, hand-sewn, decorated with a simple silkscreened frontis image. Text is in Maori and English (mostly English) with a glossary. We have two copies, nos. 78 and 79 of a run of 300 only..... More
Cat.No: 192047
New York: The Century Co., 1921. Hardcover. xv, 534p., illustrations as called for, hardbound in green cloth boards titled and decorated in skyblue and gilt. Features a folded map in colors. Worn copy with rubbed illegible spine, cracked hinges that were repaired inexpertly, a presentation in ink, dust-soiled top edge;..... More
Cat.No: 296558
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Hardcover. xiii, 213p., cloth-covered boards, illus., a few spots of foxing to fore-edge else good condition. No dust jacket. Romance set among the Maori people in New Zealand. C.H. Smith, along with his cousin and business partner Edwin Binney, was the inventor of..... More
Cat.No: 297089
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1925. Hardcover. xiii, 213p., illustrated with a single image in color photography set at the frontispiece. Hardbound in ribbed red cloth-covered boards gilt. Top edge dusty, casing mildly cocked, front endsheets bear an inked presentation message datelined year of publication and signed with author's..... More
Cat.No: 297973
Wellington, NZ: Polynesian Society, 1960. Hardcover. ix, 141p. hardcover, lacking dust jacket, old bookseller's label on title page. "This study by an anthropologist gives a clear, coherent, and carefully documented description of Maori warfare in its last stage of evolution before its character was greatly altered by European weapons and..... More
Cat.No: 297272
Salem MA: Peabody Museum of Salem and Brown University Press. 1956. Hardcover. xii, 120p., illustrated from period images, a fold-out line map is bound in at back, nice hardbound copy in 10x7 inch maroon cloth boards gilt. Entirely sound, clean and unmarked: near-fine. More
Cat.No: 296960
Wellington: [R. E. Owen, Government Printer?], 1961. Staplebound. 72p., maps, illus., copied manuscripts, photos., slightly foxed and toned wraps, else very good. National Historic Places Trust, New Zealand, Publication No. 2. More
Cat.No: 296672
