The Greenstone Door
by Satchell, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Sidgwick & Jackson. Good+ with no dust jacket. (1914). First Edition. Hardcover. Small 3mm tear to outer margin of first few leaves up to page 20, with small cut to front board corresponding to these tears. A blank (i.e. with no owner's name) Ex Libris label on front endpaper. Some foxing. Bruise to upper corner of front board. Joints and hinges intact.; First printing. viii, 400 pages. Green cloth boards with gilt letteringand rule on spine. Page dimensions: 186mm x 121mm. New Zealand author. An historical novel, set in 19th century New Zealand. "The Maori words used in this story are explained when they first occur [. . .] Certain of them are used so frequently that I am afraid the English reader will hardly be able to avoid acquiring a knowledge of their meaning. Such words are pa, a fortified village; tohunga, a medicine-man or magician; pakeha, a white man as distinguished from a Maori; whare, a native house; and kumara, the sweet potato" - from the Preface. "In my earliest mental picture of myself I figure as a small creature of unknown derivation, conscious of no void behind me, sure of an eternity in front. Around me, tangling its fronds above my head, is high fern, shutting out the hot rays of the March sun." - the opening sentences. [Reference: Bagnall S192 - "A story of the Maori wars, in which the English hero fights on the Maori side." .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25615
- Title
- The Greenstone Door
- Author
- Satchell, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sidgwick & Jackson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- (1914)
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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