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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The C.L. Thomas Collection
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  327
• Lot Description:
  Polack, J S - Manners and customs of the New Zealanders
  With notes corroborative of their habits, usages, etc, and remarks to intending emigrants, with numerous cuts drawn on wood. In two volumes. 1st ed. [London] : James Madden & Co and Hatchard and Son, 1840. 8vo. Volume I: xxxiv, 288p. Frontispiece folding map, plate, illustrations. Volume II: xviii, 304p. Frontispiece, plate, illustrations. 4588. Rebound. Half red leather/marbled boards. Marbled endpapers. Slight trimming to contents. Some wear, soiling and foxing to contents. An expansion of the Maori chapters in Polack's earlier book, 'New Zealand' (Richard Bentley, 1838), in which he attempted a systematic description of Maori social life and custom. A handsome set. Bindings G+. Contents G. [2].
• Estimate:
  NZ$800 - 800
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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