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Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Hundalee Scenic Board Christchurch 1950 second edition VG- (tan cloth w title in black on spine, worn, front and rear boards both waterstained, has not affected the book elsewhere, edges sl foxed, contains bw photos, newspaper item taped into last page of preface) in VG DW (sl rubbed and worn, tpae mark on front, previous owner plastic protected).…

Wrappers. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. pages 303-402. Contents: Language, mythology and songs of Bwaidoga, Goodenough Island, S.E. Papua. Part 5, by D. Jenness, p 303-329. Irihia. The homeland of the Polynesians. Some additional data. by Elsdon Best, p 330-362. The outrigger in New Zealand and Tahiti, by H. D. Skinner, p 363-365. A waka-huia in the Peabody Museum, Salem, by H. D. Skinner, p 366. Te Rae o Te Karaka. A Pa or fortified village in Queen Charlotte Sound, by W. J. Elvy, p 367-368. Rock shelter drawings at Arapuni Gorge, by Gilbert Archey, p 369-371. Word List [Maori], p 372-375. Honorific terms, sacerdotal expressions, personifications, etc., met with in Maori narrative, p 376-378.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First Edition. A near fine copy of a scarce title in a near fine well protected dust jacket.

Wrappers. Zustand: Good. First Edition. pages 267-354, b/w plates, maps. Contents: A Tikopian vocabulary. Compiled mainly from materials collected by the Rev. W. J. Durrad, of the Melanesian Mission, p 267-289 Language, mythology and songs of Bwaidoga, Goodenough Island, S.E. Papua, by D. Jenness, p 290-314 White magic of the Maori. Some explanation of the Atahu or Iri Rite, and the use of love charms, p 315-328 Supposed pit-dwellings in Queen Charlotte Sound, by W. J. Elvy, p 329-332 Honorific terms, sacerdotal expressions, personifications, etc., met with in Maori narrative, p 333-334 Word list. Containing words and expressions not included in published dictionaries of the Maori tongue, p 335-336 Obituary, p 337 Reviews, p 338-347 Publications received, p 348-350 Notes and queries, p 351-352 Notice to members: 'The Maori', by Elsdon Best, p 353 Maori literature, p 354.…