The Daughter of the Dawn : A Realistic Story of Maori Magic

Hodder, William Reginald (1867-1926)

Verlag: L. C. Page & Company, Boston, 1903

Beschreibung

Ex-library, minimal library markings. Spine faded. Loss of white lettering from spine. Some abrasions to front endpaper. Library blind-stamp and withdrawn stamp on p. 21. Label on rear endpaper "Gift of Henry Pierce." Previous owner's name on front endpaper. 60mm tear to lower blank margin of plate facing page 321. ; First US edition. 333, [1 (blank)] pages + 5, [1 (blank)], 12 pages advertisements + 12 black and white plates (including frontispiece). Red cloth boards with white lettering on spine and front board (white spine lettering almost 100% rubbed away). White decoration on front board. Page dimensions: 190 x 129mm. Top page edges gilt. Science fiction. Lost race novel set in New Zealand. Illustrations by Harold Hume Piffard (1867-1939). "As I sit down to write this history of strange adventures the words of my aged friend, the chief and tohunga Te Makawawa, come up in my mind: 'O Son, the word of our ancient law is death to any who reveals secrets that are hidden in the Brow of Ruatapu. The secret of Hinauri, the Daughter of the Dawn; the Mystery of the Vile Tohungas of the Pit, the traditions of far time preserved in the heart of the Great Rock - all, everything, is a death-blow returning on the head of him who reveals it." - from Wanaki's Foreword, p. 21. "As this narrative of adventure may possibly fall into the hands of some who will refuse to accept it as anything but a work of the imagination, I, Dick Warnock, the narrator (known to the Maoris as Wanaki), will begin by a slight description of myself, which will speedily disabuse sceptical minds of any doubts." - p. 23. [Reference: Bagnall H1010] ; 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25517

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Daughter of the Dawn : A Realistic Story...

Verlag: L. C. Page & Company, Boston

Erscheinungsdatum: 1903

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good-

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.