Waikare-Moana, The Sea of the Rippling Waters : The Lakes; The Land; The Legends with A Tramp Through Tuhoe Land by Elsdon Best - 1975

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters:The Lake; the Land; the Legends. With a Tramp through Tuhoe land.

Wellington: A R Shearer Govenment Printer, 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A very clean copy. Feels unread. Thus.

Wellington, New Zealand: A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, 1975. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket (as issued). 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. A monograph by New Zealand's first professional ethnographer first published in 1897. Handsome reprint edition in blue cloth with gilt titling to the front board. No titling to the spine. Map on endpapers. Colour map frontis. Illustrated with b&w photos. Index. Orange bookmark laid in. Very little wear. No markings.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

A. R. Shearer, Gov't Printer N/D. Octavo, blue heavy boards, copper gilt lettering & rule to front board, illus eps, frontispiece, 110pp, illus/photos, NEAR FINE

Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer. Fair with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Softcover. Wrappers detached, and re-attached with paper tape. Wrappers with tears, chips and abrasions. Contemporary owner's signature on front wrapper "? Grace / 6/7/97". Internally very good.; viii, 66 pages + colour frontispiece map + 11 plates + folding map at rear. Pages (iii) - iv follow page viii, as described in Bagnall. Printed pink paper wrappers. Page dimensions: 220 x 139mm. [Reference: Bagnall B757]; 8vo .

Wellington: John Mackay, Government Printer. Good with no dust jacket. 1897. First Edition. Hardcover. Text block detached from covers. Later boards with original paper wrappers laid down on boards. Some pencil marginalia and underlining. Frontispiece and folding map in very good condition.; viii, 66 pages + colour frontispiece map + 11 plates + folding map at rear. Pages (iii) - iv follow page viii, as described in Bagnall. Later boards with original paper wrappers laid down on boards. Cloth spine. Page dimensions: 217 x 138mm. [Reference: Bagnall B757] .