2/3" chip to cloth at head of spine. 1" split to cloth at head of rear joint. Inner hinges broken. No signatures. Text block in good condition. ; The hexateuch (the first six books of the Old Testament), translated into Maori by Robert Maunsell. [iv], 343, [1] pages. Original black cloth boards. Page dimensions: 182 x 104mm. Text in Maori, printed in double columns. Small binder's ticket "Watkins Binder" in corner of front endpaper.[Bibliographical references: BIM 352 - "The BFBS [British and Foreign Bible Society] ('te Komiti ta Paipera') edition of the Hexateuch (Genesis to Joshua), prepared from the 1847 probationary text (no. 319), of which 275 copies were produced. "A print run of 10,000 copies was arranged, half each for the CMS [Church Missionary Society] and Wesleyan Missions."; Williams 167; Bagnall 478]. ; 12mo