Auckland: Penguin Viking, Date: 1991 A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket.. A heavy book. 1991. Penguin Viking ISBN 0670832987 9780670832989 [NZ]

ISBN10: 0670832987, ISBN13: 9780670832989, [publisher: Viking] Hardcover First Edition Two Worlds First Meetings Between Maori and European, 1642-1722 By Anne Salmond. Published by Viking, 1991, First Edition. Good hardback with jacket, some rubbing and bumping to edges, small bump to front corner with small crease to page corners, unknown signature to ffep, otherwise pages very good. Rear paste down is creased with a small tear to paper. Jacket has a little creasing and shelf-wear, and some fading to spine, with a small tear to back flap. 466 pages, b&w and colour illustrations. Focusing on the first meetings of Maoris and Europeans from 1642 to 1722, this book reassesses accounts of early meetings between these two worlds, which have been told almost exclusively from the European perspective. Drawing upon local tribal knowledge as well as European accounts, the author shows both sets of protagonists actively pursuing their own practical, political and mythological agenda.
[Waimate, CANTE, New Zealand] [Publication Year: 1991]
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Penguin Books , Date: 1992. Hard cover. Very Good/Very Good. 121x23x168. Focusing on the first meetings of Maoris and Europeans from 1642 to 1722, this book reassesses accounts of early meetings between these two worlds, which have been told almost exclusively from the European perspective. Drawing upon local tribal knowledge as well as European accounts, the author shows both sets of protagonists actively pursuing their own practical, political and mythological agenda. 1992. Penguin Books ISBN 0670832987 9780670832989 [US]