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BAMBRIDGE, WILLIAM & MAUNSELL, ROBERT (Transl.): - [MÌORI IMPRINT]. He whakapapa ara. Nga mahi menga aha noa a te atua raua ko tana hahi. (It's a genealogy. The works and dealings of God and his Church). Part one (of two). Auckland, Printed by J. Williamson for the Church Mission, 1847.
. 12mo. Pp. 45. Blue paper wrappers, chipped. Bookplate. Rare, first edition of a M‹ori translation of Friedrich Strass's "Der Strom der Zeiten" (1803) which depicts human history from the year of creation around 4000 BCE to "present day". This part covers the Old Testament and up to Solomon. One more part was issued in 1849 continuing up to the life of Christ. It's based on an English summary made by Bambridge for Bishop Selwyn. Bambridge was a schoolmaster and photographer who served at Waimate Te mission in the 1840s. The M‹ori translation is done by Robert Maunsell, a leading scholar of the M‹ori language and culture. Hocken, Bibliography of the literature relating to New Zealand, p. 521. Williams, Bibliography of printed Maori, 155.
EUR 800.00 [Appr.: US$ 868.23 | £UK 681.75 | JP¥ 136623] Booknumber: 121333
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EUR 800.00 [Appr.: US$ 868.23 | £UK 681.75 | JP¥ 136623] Booknumber: 121333
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Abraham, Ashley P. - ROCK-CLIMBING IN SKYE.
Longmans, Green and Co., 1908. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. xxii + 330pp. + [i]. 30 full page ills. in collotype, 9 diagrams of the chief routes, folding map in rear pocket. Some light browning, modern e.ps., ex.-Manchester Free Lib. with blind stamps, original gilt lettered cloth, rubbed, recased with repairs and faint signs of label and gilt accession no. to tail of spine. ¶ Neate A01 ‘Third part of the classic Jones-Abraham trilogy. The author was a mountain photographer who, with his brother George and O.G. Jones, was largely responsible for the development and popularization of rock-climbing in the Lake District and other parts of the British Isles.’
GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75 US$ 114.65 | JP¥ 18040] Booknumber: 274078
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GBP 90.00 [Appr.: EURO 105.75 US$ 114.65 | JP¥ 18040] Booknumber: 274078
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