Lot #150 - Best, Elsdon
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Auction House:Webb's
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Sale Name:Bethunes Rare Books
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Sale Date:12 Dec 2013 ~ 12noon
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Lot #:150
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Lot Description:Best, Elsdon
The pa Maori : an account of the fortified villages of the Maori in pre-European and modern times, illustrating methods of defence by means of ramparts, fosses, scarps and stockades. Plus two by the same author -
Notes:Wellington : Government Printer, 1975, 8vo. xv, 459 p., illus., maps, plans. Dust jacket. Red cloth boards. Very light wear to covers and contents. 'First published 1927. Reprinted without textual alteration 1975' -TP verso. A handsome copy. Plus, 'Maori storehouses and kindred structures : houses, platforms, racks, and pits used for storing food, etc.'. (Wellington : A R Shearer, Govt Printer, 1974). A very nice copy. Also, 'The Maori canoe : an account of various types of vessels used by the Maori of New Zealand in former times, with some description of those of the isles of the Pacific, and a brief account of the peopling of New Zealand'. (Wellington : Govt Printer, 1976). Light wear. A very nice collection, all generally VG+. [3].
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Estimate:NZ$80 - 80
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Realised Price:
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Category:Books & Manuscripts
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