Poenamo Tapa dura - 1973

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Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc.. Good. 166.9 x 231.9 x 28.2mm. Paperback. 1976. 260 pages.Text foxed<br>Gives a first hand account of Maori life and Pakeha settlement on the Hauraki and the Waitemata in 1840-41 . .

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Golden Press (New Zealand Classics), Auckland, 1973. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 680 g; XX, 239 pp., + 3 blank, endpaper maps, introduction, bibliography, and an introduction by Joan Stevens. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. The book is unillustrated. The top edge of the dust jacket is slightly rubbed around the spine. Otherwise a very clean and straight book. The adventures of the carefree young Campbell in search of his Fortune are both thrilling and amusing. The romantic interlude camping in a Maori village; the drama and savagery of a chief's tangi; the mysterious tragedies of the law of Tapu; the extravagant feasts; the wisdom of the highly intelligent old chief Kanini; all these make Poenamo one of the most stirring tales of the birth of a city (Auckland) ever to be told. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo.… Leer más

Golden Books Publishing Company, Inc, 1976-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. Bumped, o/w very good. Softbound 8vo. Reprinted for New Zealand Classics, without the plates and map. John Logan Campbell settled in the Hauraki gulf early in 1840 and 60 years later was honored as Auckland's first citizen. 239pp. Index. Reprint. > Language: English | > Size: 8vo | > Media/Binding: Soft cover |