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GREY, SIR GEORGE - Ko Nga Waiata Maori he mea kohikohi mai
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$200 - $300
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GREY, SIR GEORGE
Ko Nga Waiata Maori he mea kohikohi mai.
Cape of Good Hope, Printed at Pikes Machine Printing Office, Cape Town 1857, [1950]. 57p, 255mm, bound in maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Text in Maori, a collection of Waiata.
Pages 1-56 were printed in Cape Town in 1857, and constituted the final proofs as far as the work had progressed" (Williams, p. 64). In 1949 copies of these pages were found in the Auckland Public Library, and were issued by the Polynesian Society, together with a newly printed page 57 from a proof copy of that page.
Loosely enclosed a single printed card with a seven verse waiata addressed to George Grey. No imprint. Withdrawal stamp for Auckland Public Library.
Provenance: Library of Richard Nunns.
Ko Nga Waiata Maori he mea kohikohi mai.
Cape of Good Hope, Printed at Pikes Machine Printing Office, Cape Town 1857, [1950]. 57p, 255mm, bound in maroon cloth with gilt title to spine. Text in Maori, a collection of Waiata.
Pages 1-56 were printed in Cape Town in 1857, and constituted the final proofs as far as the work had progressed" (Williams, p. 64). In 1949 copies of these pages were found in the Auckland Public Library, and were issued by the Polynesian Society, together with a newly printed page 57 from a proof copy of that page.
Loosely enclosed a single printed card with a seven verse waiata addressed to George Grey. No imprint. Withdrawal stamp for Auckland Public Library.
Provenance: Library of Richard Nunns.
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