Author: Elsdon Best
Title: The Maori As He Was
Description: Wellington, Dominion Museum, 1924. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of Elsdon Best's brilliant illustrated study on the Maori, their history and culture. The first editionA brilliant study on the Maori and their culture, by an ethnographer who made great contributions to the Maori, Elsdon Best.This volume offers a brief account of the Maori the days before European influence on New Zealand, discussing their ancient customs, beliefs, institutions, and industries, alongside their mythology and religious beliefs.Illustrated with a frontispiece, and in-text illustrations throughout. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Light marks to the boards, and a very faint dampstain to the extremities of the rear board. Light rubbing to the head and tail of the spine, joints, and extremities. Prior owner's ink inscription to the rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

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