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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Previous owner's rubber name stamp on front endpaper " F G Greenslade / Anama". A 50 x 20mm chip to front flap of dust-jacket. Some tears to dust-jacket. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover. A nice copy of this edition, hard to find in a dust-jacket. ; Uncommon in dust-jacket. xxix, [3], 352 pages + frontispiece + 16 illustrations on 15 plate leaves. Blue cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Black double border to front board. Page dimensions: 185 x 120mm. Selected contents: First view of New Zealand; A Maori Chief's notions of trading in the Old Times; The Market Price of a Pakeha; Maori Mermaids; Maori Law; How I Purchased my Estate; The Muru; The Tapu; The Law of Muru; The Tapu Tohunga; The Maori Oracle; The Storming of Mokoia; Hongi Ika; Ancient FortsTrading in the Old times; Rule Britannia. Illustrated advertisements for other titles on flaps and rear panel of dust-jacket. The advertisements are for "The Adventures of Kimble Bent" by James Cowan on the front flap, "An Old New Zealander or Te Rauparaha" by T. Lindsay Buick on the rear flap, and "The Maoris of New Zealand" by James Cowan on the rear panel. Colophon: Unwin Brothers, Limited, The Gresham Press, Woking and London. [Reference: Bagnall M757 - "Edition of 2,500 copies."].