F e maning pakeha maori (2 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Old New Zealand - A Tale of the Good Old Times And a Hisotry of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the year 1845, told by an old chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe, Also Maori Traditions by a Pakeha Maori F.E. Maning. Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombs, Auckland, 1930. Hardback with no jacket, binding firm, red cloth boards are faded, with marks and chipping, tear to spine, some foxing to end-papers and edges, corner creasing. Frederick Edward Maning (1811/12?-1883) was born in Ireland and arrived at Hokianga in 1833. He married into the local Maori tribe, acquired land, and set up as a trader. He fitted easily into the role of a rough and ready "Pakeha-Maori" - a man equally at home in both worlds. He opposed the Treaty of Waitangi when it was brought to Hokianga in 1840, partly because he felt that Maori culture and British institutions could not mix, and partly because he feared that British sovereignty would end land speculation. He also despised the English missionaries who were likely to influence the new Lieutenant-Governor, William Hobson. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand. …

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North of New Zealand Against the Chief Heke in the Year 1845, told by an Old Chief of the Ngapuhi Tribe. By a Pakeha Maori (F E Maning). With an Introduction By the Earl of Pembroke (editor). Publisher: Richard Bentley, London, 1884. SCARCE COPY THAT HAS 'Macmillan & Co.' on the spine. (Bagnall 3347 & Andersen p64) Hardback in good condition. Grey/brown cloth boards with bevelled edges, gilt design & titles to front cover and spine. Rubbing, chipping and bumping to extremities, bottom corners are worn, splitting to paper at internal hinges but binding firm, small abrasion inside front board, no inscriptions, pages are tanned with scattered foxing throughout, mainly to first and last few pages and edges, closed edges are rough. "The War in the North" was originally issued separately. "Old New Zealand" was first published at London in 1863. Frederick Edward Maning (5 July 1812 25 July 1883) was an early settler in New Zealand, a writer, and a judge of the Native Land Court. He published two books under the pseudonym of "a Pakeha Maori." Maning arrived in the Hokianga area at age 22, on 30 June 1833, and lived among the Ngapuhi Maori. He took a Maori wife, Moengaroa, of Te Hikutu hapu; of Ngapuhi, and they had four children. All books are sent free by courier postage within New Zealand. ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK.…