major general robley (9 Ergebnisse)

Brown Cloth. Zustand: Good. First Edition. xxi, 216 pages, frontispiece and 180 illustrations. Ex-General Assembly Library New Zealand with an attractive gilt stamp of the library on the front cover and spine. Original brown cloth with titles in gilt on spine and front cover, black moko on the front and rear covers. A full survey based on the authors observations and subsequent reading.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good+. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good+. Ex-libris bookplate on front endpaper, Frank G. Glen. Dust-jacket protected in archival cover.; A facsimile reprint of the 1896 first edition. xxi, [3], 216, [2] pages. Brown boards with gilt lettering on spine. Page dimensions: 263 x 184mm. Illustrated. "With 180 illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs." Selected contents: Part I - Moko; How Moko First Became Known To Europeans; Men's Moko; Women's Moko; Moko Processes And Tapu; Patterns And Designs; Operators Or Artists In Moko; Mokoed Europeans And Mokoed Visitors To Europe; Moko In Legend And Song; Decadence Of Moko; Part II - Mokomokai; Tradition, History, And Incidents; Methods Of Embalming; Traffic In Heads; Mokoed Heads In Museums And Collections.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. Book has a little bruising and creasing at tail of spine, and some small knocks to top corners of boards. Bruising to head and tail of spine of slipcase. Overall a nice, clean copy. No signatures or previous owner's markings. ; A 1969 facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1896. xxi, [3], 216 pages. Frontispiece. Red-brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Black illustrations on front and rear boards. Bevelled edges to boards. Page dimensions: 285 x 220mm. With slipcase. "With 180 illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs". [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall R856 for the first edition: "A full survey based on the author's observations and subsequent reading."] This is a high quality facsimile reprint of the scarce first edition. The book was printed by offset lithography by the Dai Nippon Printing Co. (International) Ltd. in Hong Kong, for the New Zealand publisher A. H. & A. W. Reed. The book is reproduced to the same size as the original first edition, and the cover design also reproduces the cover design of the first edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Previous owner's rubber name stamps "J W Harding" and "H / Mount Vernon" (Mount Vernon is the name of a homestead and station near Waipukurau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand.) A small 3/8" tear to cloth in middle of front joint. Offsetting to endpapers. Quite heavy foxing to the hei-tiki illustration on the front board. Joints and hinges strong. ; Uncommon and sought after. 83, [1 (blank)] pages. Papered boards with green cloth spine. Paper hei-tiki illustration on front board. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 243mm x 181mm. With 82 in-text illustrations by the author. H. G. Robley (1840-1930) was also the author of "Moko: or Maori Tattooing" (1896). Contents: Introduction; Concerning Pounamu; Working Pounamu; Greenstone Implements; Concerning War-Clubs; Greenstone Ornaments; Hei-Tiki; Glossary Of Maori Words; Index. "This little book is an endeavour to set down the results of careful investigations extending over many years on the subject of pounamu or New Zealand greenstone, and the special uses to which it was applied by the Maori." - from the author's Introduction. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall R856 - "Robley's observations from New Zealand with reproductions of his drawings to amplify interpretation."].

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Knock to upper corner of front board, with 15mm crease to corner. Foxing to paper illustration on front board. No signatures. Newspaper clipping on General Robley from 1953 loosely included. The clipping on Robley is a letter to the editor reminiscing about meeting General Robley in 1923, "Before our departure from London for New Zealand, he got busy, and in quick time sketched on two postcards which he presented to us as a parting gift and souvenir. One card has a tiki thereon whilst the other contains a representation of a Maori pa, tiki mere, and two other designs [ . . .]" - from the newspaper clipping, "A Memory of General Robley". Two newspaper clippings from 1953 on greenstone or pounamu loosely included. Clippings inside folded piece of white paper to prevent foxing to adjacent endpapers. Overall a nice copy of this title.; Uncommon and sought after. 83, [1 (blank)] pages. Papered boards with green cloth spine. Paper hei-tiki illustration on front board. Illustrated. Page dimensions: 241mm x 178mm. With 82 in-text illustrations by the author. H. G. Robley (1840-1930) was also the author of "Moko: or Maori Tattooing" (1896). Contents: Introduction; Concerning Pounamu; Working Pounamu; Greenstone Implements; Concerning War-Clubs; Greenstone Ornaments; Hei-Tiki; Glossary Of Maori Words; Index. "This little book is an endeavour to set down the results of careful investigations extending over many years on the subject of pounamu or New Zealand greenstone, and the special uses to which it was applied by the Maori. [. . .] Ever since the Pakeha, the first European visitors to New Zealand, regained their ship there has been much carrying away of examples of old Maori craftsmanship, and those in greenstone have always had a special attraction for collectors. So many specimens of worked pounamu, indeed, have been brought to the British Isles since Captain Cook's return to England in 1771, that the silver streak might almost be called te wai pounamu. The old worked greenstone now sees no more wars, but it is still the object of the rivalry of collectors, who value itm as its former possessors had done, for its beauty and rarity, and for the strange and interesting forms into which it has been wrought." - from the author's Introduction. By the author of "Moko" (1896). [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall R856 - "Robley's observations from New Zealand with reproductions of his drawings to amplify interpretation."].

Zustand: Very good plus. First Edition. First edition of this classic study of Maori tattooing, profusely illustrated with photographs and Robley's own drawings. Robley, an amateur artist with a deep interest in Maori culture, had a genuine passion for recording the intricate designs, techniques, and history of the intricate art of t? moko; he was also a soldier and, notoriously, a collector of mokomakai: preserved, tattooed human heads, sought after and debased as objects of commerce and display by European and American collectors and museums alike. Robley's meticulous illustrations, photographs, and descriptions have become an invaluable resource for historians and revivalists of traditional Maori arts, preserving unique images of an art form and cultural practice that, at the very same time, imperialistic forces were beginning to efface. An indispensable study. 11" x 9" Original gilt-stamped brown cloth boards, with decoration stamped in black. Black endpapers. Illustrated with 180 plates and frontispiece. [22], 216 pages. Mild edgewear and scuffing to boards at extremities. Spine lightly sunned. Light foxing, primarily to title page and surrounding leaves. Hinges sound.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1997 , 83 pp Notes on New Zealand Greenstone Reprint Major General H. G. Robley Drawings with Artifacts in it Hard Cover.

Southern Reprints, 1987. 26 x 19 cm. Hardcover [imitation leather , gilt decorated]XXI, 216 pages. Illustrated in b/w throughout. AS NEW & RARE [Bijzonder / Special [Bijzonder] tattoo ].

First edition. First edition. Frontispiece, 180 illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs. xxi, 216 pp. 4to. A classic ethnography on the Maoris and the long tradition of tattooing. Profusely illustrated, this valuable history showcases the creativity and craft of the native artists. In 1863, Major-General Robley (1840-1930) with the 68th Regiment debarked Burma for New Zealand. In the following April, Robley took his troops to join General Cameron's forces attacking Gate Pa in Tauranga. During the 19 months he remained there with his troops, he became fascinated with the Maori people and executed a series of sketches of Maori life and tattoo patterns, as well as documenting the process practiced to preserve the tattooed heads of chiefs. "On these two subjects he regarded himself as an authority, a claim not to be disputed provided we bear in mind that his awareness was that of a curio collector, and not that of a scholar"-William John Phillipps Hocken refers to plans for a second edition in 1909 which was never published. Bagnall R856; Hocken p436; An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1966 A very good copy in original brown pictorial cloth, with Maori tattoo illustration on the covers. Gilt lettering on cover and spine, bookplate of I. Eliot Hodgrin to front pastedown. Extremities rubbed,occasional foxing throughout Frontispiece, 180 illustrations from drawings by the author and from photographs. xxi, 216 pp. 4to.