[Item #60482] Old New Zealand. A Tale of the Good Old Times, together with a History of the War in the North of New Zealand against the Chief Heke in the 1845 as told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe, also Maori Traditions. MAORI, "By A. Pakeha Maori" - Frederick Edward Maning.

Old New Zealand. A Tale of the Good Old Times, together with a History of the War in the North of New Zealand against the Chief Heke in the 1845 as told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe, also Maori Traditions

Auckland: Whitcombe and Tombs, [1948]. New edition. Octavo; blue cloth hardcover; xxxvi,[1]-327pp; 5 leaves of halftone plates included in pagination. Cloth slightly mottled, with rubbing at spine ends and corners; internally clean, tight and unmarked. A Very Good copy.

20th-c. printing of this classic New Zealand title, originally published in 1863. According to the helpful bibliography at the front of the book, the first Whitcombe and Tombs edition was 1906, followed by several printings through 1930; this 1948 edition appears to be entirely re-set.

Price: $40.00

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