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GREY, SIR GEORGE, Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the Māori Race,
Estimate:
$200 - $300
Sold
$250
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180: Rare Books
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GREY, SIR GEORGE
Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the Māori Race,
as furnished by their priest and chiefs. London: John Murray 1855. xiii, [2], 333p, [1] adverts, frontis and Illustrations. With the signature and book plate of Thomas L. Oliver.
Sprinkle of foxing mostly front & back pages. 206mm, original green cloth with gilt Māori patterns and titles. Very nice copy.
Loosely enclosed a sheet of notepaper in contemporary writing with the names 'Hapimana Ngapiko, No, Motueka and Paratene Te Manu, No, Tutukaka. The above-named persons were guests at Sherbourne House the 19th, 20th, & 21st of 1st [?]Mo 1864.' with a newspaper clipping of a letter from George Grey to Hapimana Ngapiko Mokoera March 8, 1964. Signature of Thomas L. Oliver on endpaper with his bookplate.
Provenance: Library of T.L. Seddon.
Polynesian Mythology and Ancient Traditional History of the Māori Race,
as furnished by their priest and chiefs. London: John Murray 1855. xiii, [2], 333p, [1] adverts, frontis and Illustrations. With the signature and book plate of Thomas L. Oliver.
Sprinkle of foxing mostly front & back pages. 206mm, original green cloth with gilt Māori patterns and titles. Very nice copy.
Loosely enclosed a sheet of notepaper in contemporary writing with the names 'Hapimana Ngapiko, No, Motueka and Paratene Te Manu, No, Tutukaka. The above-named persons were guests at Sherbourne House the 19th, 20th, & 21st of 1st [?]Mo 1864.' with a newspaper clipping of a letter from George Grey to Hapimana Ngapiko Mokoera March 8, 1964. Signature of Thomas L. Oliver on endpaper with his bookplate.
Provenance: Library of T.L. Seddon.
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