Beschreibung
Purple pictorial cloth covers with black and gold titles and gold stamp on front cover.Bevelled boards.Spine darkened,extreameties rubbed,hinge edges also rubbed.Clean tidy cover.Block is sound and tight,front internal hinge reinforced a long time ago,tidy name in ink on front blank prelim.Tissue guarded frontis,illustrated copy;17 plates.Foldout map at front with short tear.James Buller was the father of Walter Lawry Buller. Bagnall 748: "Most of the text is an outline of Maori origins, legends and custom, the work of the missions of all denominations, European colonisation and its consequences, to the Maori land wars. However his most valuable contribution is within the first 152 pages where he recalls his initial posting as a Wesleyan missionary to Mangungu (Hokianga) from 1836 until his founding of the Tangiteroria (Kaipara) mission in 1838. The narrative is enlivened by his recollections of Maori life, the numerous friends of both races, events such as the arrival of De Thierry, his 1839-40 walk to Cook Strait, etc. His later work in Wellington, Thames, Canterbury and Auckland is summarised."; Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000379
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