Sir George Grey [Association Copy]
Poems, Tradition and Chaunts of the Māori’s
Ko Nga Moteatea, Me Nga Hakirara O Nga Maori.
Wellington: Printed by Robert Stokes 1853. 2 p.l., xiv, [7]-432, cxii, 18, [2]p. 230mm, red blind stamped cloth gilt titles on spine ‘Poetry of the New Zealanders’. A little fraying at spine ends, however a VG copy of a scarce item.
Inscribed on front endpaper ‘To H. Shaw with Sir G. Greys Regards’.
This was the first published collection of Māori Waiata, which appropriately is a comprehensive selection of material given to Grey by many tribal authorities ... Bagnall 2346

Provenance: Estate of John Lawford.