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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  The C.L. Thomas Collection
• Sale Date:
  21 Mar 2012 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  347
• Lot Description:
  Taylor, Richard - Te Ika a Maui ; or, New Zealand and its inhabitants.
  Illustrating the origin, manners, customs, mythology, religion, rites, songs, proverbs, fables, and language of the Maori and Polynesian races in general ; together with the geology, natural history, productions, and climate of the country. 2nd ed. London : William Macintosh ; Wanganui : H Ireson Jones, 1870. 8vo. xv, 730p. Frontispiece coloured plate, illustrations, coloured plate. 5482. Purple cloth. Rebacked. Original spine mounted on new one. Hinges reinforced. Wear, soiling and foxing. Material of first edition considerably extended; more on Polynesian ethnology, geology and natural history with expansion of the Maori sections. A nice copy. G.
• Estimate:
  NZ$300 - 300
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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