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1 Hay, William Delisle Brighter Britain! or Settler and Maori in Northern New Zealand. (Volume II only)
London Richard Bentley 1882 First Edition Hardcover Good+ with no dust jacket 
Book plate removed with surface damage to front endpaper. Owner's stamp. Spine faded. Some knocking to edges of front board. 1/4" tear to cloth at head of front spine joint. 1/8" tear to cloth at head of spine. Series of 1/8" tears along tail of spine. 1/4" tear in cloth along rear spine joint. Some knocking at corners of boards. Loss of cloth up to 1/8" at corners of boards.; [4], 326 pages. Red cloth boards with gilt illustration on front board. Volume II only of two volumes. Contents: "Our Special Products; Our Classic Ground; Maori Manners I; Maori Manners II; Maori Manners III; Our Naturalist's Note-Book; The Demon Dog - A Yarn; Our Luck. " "Vol. II deals chiefly with Maori social life and custom with some notes on natural history. " - Bagnall 2533. "Northern New Zealand has two special products, which are peculiar to the country, and found nowhere else. They are kauri timber and kauri-gum." - the opening sentences. ; 8vo 
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