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Ko Te Kawenata Tawhito; No Nga Whakatauki Tae Noa Ki A Maraki [Maori Bible extract - Old Testament - Proverbs to Malachi]
by [Maori Bible - Old Testament extract]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
Ranana [London]: I Taia Tenei Pukapuka Mo Te Bible Society. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1858. First Edition. Hardcover. Moderate rubbing and fading to boards. Spine cloth faded. A small 3/8" chip to cloth at tip of lower corner of front board. ; The Old Testament books from Proverbs through Malachi. Text in Te Reo Maori. [4], 377 pages. Original blind-stamped purple cloth boards. "Kawenata Tawhito" in blind-stamped letters in the centre of the front board. Pale yellow endpapers. Page dimensions: 182 x 103mm. Some pencil notations on front endpaper. [Bibliographical Reference: BIM 470 - "prepared from the revised probationary texts of [Robert] Maunsell's translation [. . .] the third and final volume of the BFBS [British and Foreign Bible Society] edition of the Old Testament; the earlier volumes were the Hexateuch (1848, no. 352) and Judges-Psalms (1855, no. 455), an interim edition until the complete Bible was published in 1868 (no. 716)." BIM notes bindings of full calf or of royal blue, "the latter with blind tooling", but not the colour of this particular copy.] ; 8vo .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12073
- Title
- Ko Te Kawenata Tawhito; No Nga Whakatauki Tae Noa Ki A Maraki [Maori Bible extract - Old Testament - Proverbs to Malachi]
- Author
- [Maori Bible - Old Testament extract]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- I Taia Tenei Pukapuka Mo Te Bible Society
- Place of Publication
- Ranana [London]
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- History Pacific 19th Century Maori Missionary Chri, Te Reo Maori
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Jacket
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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