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Published by Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand, 1987
ISBN 10: 090870206XISBN 13: 9780908702060
Seller: Book Express (NZ), Wellington, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 2nd Edition. 'Early eyewitness accounts of Maori life :1 -ex reference librar y -tidy copy-bound in grey cloth with paper inlay title on cover- edition of 500 copies.
Published by Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust/National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, 1982
ISBN 10: 0477060285ISBN 13: 9780477060288
Seller: BOPBooks, Tauranga, BOP, New Zealand
Book
Hard Covers. Condition: VG. No Jacket. Maps, Contemprary Art (illustrator). 1st. The Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust and the National Library of New Zealand combined to produce this volume, the first in a series of "Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life." The preface states the work is "of exact transcriptions and an English translation of accounts compiled by J F M de Surville and his officers following the 1759 visit by the St Jean Baptiste to the northern coasts of New Zealand." Transcription and translation by Isobel Ollivier and Cheryl Hingley, with an appendix of charts and drawings from the voyage compiled by Jeremy Spencer. His appendix is 13 pages and drawings include Maori figures, implements, weapons, ornaments, canoes and structures, there are also a number of tables in the text section. Lay-out follows the original French entries with the translation generally opposite. First edition of 1982, 225 pages including three appendices, plus charts/drawings appendix. Brown imitation leather hard covers VG+ with light bumps to front corners, few light,small and unobtrusive ,marks front board, colour e/papers, few brown marks lower edge title page, otherwise internall;y excellent, no inscriptions. Measuring (unpacked) 26cm deep by 30 cm by 2cm and weighing 1.2 kgs this book would require additional postage for international delivery.
Published by ATL Endowment Trust, National Library of New Zealand, 1982
Seller: Vintage Books of Dunedin, Dunedin, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited. (1p) 225p Oblong format Blue plasticised boards Near Fine With maps and illustrations, extracts from French exploration of the New Zealand area, with the original and the translation side-by-side, Book 1 in the 'Early Eyewitness Accounts of Maori Life' series.
Published by Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Fund Trust with Indosuez NZ Ltd, Wellington, 1987
Seller: Browsers Books, Hamilton, NZ, New Zealand
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Alexander Turnbull Library Endowment Trust and Indosuez NZ Ltd Wellington 1985-87 4 books in 3 volumes VG (grey cloth w title inlaid on front boards and spines, sl worn, head and foot of spines all v sl bumped, vol 3/4 has faint water stain on front board) heavy items.