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Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants Origin, Manner, Customs, Mythology, Religion, Rites, Songs, Proverbs, Fables, and Language of the Maori and Polynesian Races in General
by Taylor Richard Rev
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Macintosh , 1870. Book measures 22x15.cm. xv, 730,[2]pp, coloured frontis, 8 full page plates, plus text illustrations. Bound in period half calf, calf corners, marble boards, raised bands, elaborate gilt tooling, full marble edges and endpapers. Calf lightly rubbed, abrasion wear on edges of boards, some pattern loss on marble boards. Binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, partial removal of bookplate, spotting to plates. Pages in very good clean condition. Generally a very attractive copy. F. Second Edition. Half Calf. Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012890
- Title
- Te Ika a Maui, or New Zealand and its Inhabitants Origin, Manner, Customs, Mythology, Religion, Rites, Songs, Proverbs, Fables, and Language of the Maori and Polynesian Races in General
- Author
- Taylor Richard Rev
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- William Macintosh
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- New Zealand
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Calf
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