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Maori Poetry : The Singing Word

Maori Poetry : The Singing Word

by Mitcalfe, Barry

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First Edition
Published
1961
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Hamilton, New Zealand: Paul's Book Arcade, 1961. Maori poems each translated by the author. CONDITION hand set and printed at the Caxton Press. Card wraps with DJ fixed at spine, 78 pages. Copy is bright and crisp with toning to DJ. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Te Matawai - Series 4 books in Maori

Te Matawai - Series 4 books in Maori

by Young, Hepora; Tuatari, Mange

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As New
Edition
First Edition
Published
1991
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780908896042
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Auckland, New Zealand: Huia, 1991. Full Series of 4 readers for the students of Kura Kaupapa Maori and the Maori studies departments of secondary schools and universities. Consists of articles, stories, waiata, haka, poems, and plays in Maori. CONDITION Unworn copies illus with colour art, only faults is previous onwers name stamp inside front.. First Edition. Soft Cover. As New.… Read more about this item
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Te Matatiki : Contemporary Maori Words

Te Matatiki : Contemporary Maori Words

by Maori Language Commission

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Edition
Re-Issue
Published
2008
Binding
Paperback
ISBN
9780195583410
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New Zealand: Oxford University Press, 2008. Maori language learning has created a need for new words to describe contemporary ideas. Designed to make the new vocabulary created by the Maori Language Commission more widely accessible. With new words for specialist terms not published elsewhere. CONDITION 12mo Softcover, 289 pages. Copy is bright and crisp with slight mark to leading edge… Read more about this item
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Universa Phraseologi Latina ab eodem secundis curis Sallustiana, Caesariana, Liviana, Corneliana, etc. phraseologiis, ac denique indice verborum. quæ in foro militari, civili, sacroque obtinent, Locupletata, et Ad Usum Juventutis  Litterarum Studiosae Ac

Universa Phraseologi Latina ab eodem secundis curis Sallustiana, Caesariana, Liviana, Corneliana, etc. phraseologiis, ac denique indice verborum. quæ in foro militari, civili, sacroque obtinent, Locupletata, et Ad Usum Juventutis Litterarum Studiosae Ac

by Wagner, P Francisci

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Used - Good
Edition
Re-Issue
Published
1820
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Hardcover
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Triete, Italy : Jos, Geistinger , 1820. Bound in Full Leather with Black tooling and Pink cameos showing Ferdinando Rothbauer Studies in Grammar CLassics (shown to front, title at spine, gymnasium seite stadien anno 1820 at rear, end papers decorated with wood block printed decoration in red and black, Pp xvi 890, 204 with the first part… Read more about this item
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Dictionary of the Nggela Language (Solomons)

Dictionary of the Nggela Language (Solomons)

by Fox, G E

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Used - Fine
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No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1955
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Hardcover
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Auckland, New Zealand: Unity Press, 1955. The Nggela Islands, also known as the Florida Islands, are a small island group in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands and lies immediately north of the more famous island of Guadalcanal. CONDITION Red cloth is bright and unworn, 271 pages are bright and crisp. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read more about this item
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Ko e Uluaki Tohi Laukonga

Ko e Uluaki Tohi Laukonga

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First Edition
Published
1943
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Paperback
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Auckland, New Zealand: Leightons, 1943. Tongan language primer. Thin card wraps stapled, 16 pages. Toned to edges, drip mark to front, a chipped at spine ends, internally clean. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation

Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation

by A Pakeha Maori (F.E.Maning)

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Used - Good
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N/A
Edition
Re-Issue
Published
1915
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Paperback
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Wanganui, New Zealand: A D Willis , 1915. 8th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated [1915 NZNB K459] Grey card wraps, Grey card wraps, 40 pages. Toned with some finger marks, chipped to spine ends, crisp copy. . Re-Issue. Card Covers. Good/N/A. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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Middle Wahgi Phonology and Standardization of Orthographies in the New Guinea Highlands

Middle Wahgi Phonology and Standardization of Orthographies in the New Guinea Highlands

by Luzbetak, Louis J

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1956
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Paperback
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Sydney, Australia: University of Sydney, 1956. Card wraps, 48 pages. Original taped spine has been re-taped. Cover a little toned o/w a very nice copy.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A New Fijian Grammar

A New Fijian Grammar

by Churchward, C Maxwell

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Used - Very Good
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Edition
First Edition
Published
1941
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Hardcover
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Fiji: Fijian Government , 1941. Tan bds with bright title (some marks) 94 pages, a little spotted to ends, some pencil marginalia to rear index, odd small mark internally,. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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The Folk-Speech of Cumberland and some Districts adjacent, being Short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialect of the West Border Counties

The Folk-Speech of Cumberland and some Districts adjacent, being Short Stories and Rhymes in the Dialect of the West Border Counties

by Gibson, Alexander Craig

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Used - Very Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1869
Binding
Hardcover
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London: John Russell Smith , 1869. Purple blind embossed bds with bright gilt spine title, insect damage causing a couple of small nicks to inside edge o/w unworn, pp viii 232. Copy is very bright and crisp with odd dust spot.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation

Korero Maori : First Lessons in Maori Conversation

by A Pakeha Maori (F.E.Maning)

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Used - Good
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N/A
Edition
Re-Issue
Published
1920
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Paperback
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Wanganui, New Zealand: A D Willis , 1920. 9th Ed. Maori phrase book. Not Dated [1920 NZNB K460] Grey card wraps, 43 pages. Clean copy with split to bottom quarter . Re-Issue. Card Covers. Good/N/A. 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall.
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A Kewa Dictionary with Supplementary Grammatical and Anthropological Materials  : Pacific Linguistics Series C No 53

A Kewa Dictionary with Supplementary Grammatical and Anthropological Materials : Pacific Linguistics Series C No 53

by Franklin, K J & Joice; Kirapeasi, Yapua

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1978
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Hardcover
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Australia: Australian National University Press, 1978. Language from the Southern Highlands of Papua New Guinea. Blue bds with crisp incised gilt titled (bright and unworn) pp xi 514 plus publishers cat at rear, map to front and illus through text. DJ unworn. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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A New Fijian Grammar

A New Fijian Grammar

by Churchward, C Maxwell

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Used - Near Fine
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No Jacket
Edition
First Edition
Published
1941
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Hardcover
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Fiji: Fijian Government , 1941. Tan bds with bright title (unworn) 94 pages, bright and crisp as new. Only faults are gift inscription to front pastdown and slight mark to rear bd.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Lessons English Language for Maori Schools

Lessons English Language for Maori Schools

by Williams, Len; Barrack, Bruce (Compilers)

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1875
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Paperback
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Wellington, New Zealand: Geo Didsbury Govt Printer , 1875. Written by Archdeacon William Leonard Williams 3rd Bishop of Waiapu and noted as the most learned scholar in Maori culture. Pt 2 sections VI-XVI (1st part published 1873). CONDITION Salmon papered bds with cloth spine, clean with ‘duplicate’ written top front cloth split along spine, 71 pages nice and clean internally,… Read more about this item
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New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation: Containing Phrases and Dialogues on A Variety of Useful and Interesting Topics, Together with A Few General Rules of Grammar and a Comprehensive Vocabulary

New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation: Containing Phrases and Dialogues on A Variety of Useful and Interesting Topics, Together with A Few General Rules of Grammar and a Comprehensive Vocabulary

by S A (Sister Mary Joseph Aubert)

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Used - Good
Edition
First Edition
Published
1885
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Hardcover
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Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon & Blair , 1885. Rare variant Blue cloth binding commonly purple of tan cloth. Blue cloth with Red title (faded with the odd small mark) 197 pages a bit loose with some atmospheric toning, mostly nice copy. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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Dictionary of the Nggela Language (Solomons)

Dictionary of the Nggela Language (Solomons)

by Fox, G E

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1955
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Hardcover
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Auckland, New Zealand: Unity Press, 1955. The Nggela Islands, also known as the Florida Islands, are a small island group in the Central Province of the Solomon Islands and lies immediately north of the more famous island of Guadalcanal. CONDITION Red cloth is bright and unworn, 271 pages are bright and crisp. . First Edition. Cloth. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo -… Read more about this item
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Familiar Quotations : Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passage and Phrases in Common Use

Familiar Quotations : Being an Attempt to Trace to Their Source Passage and Phrases in Common Use

by Bartlett, John

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Used - Good
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Edition
Re-Issue
Published
1890
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Hardcover
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London, United Kingdom: George Routledge & Sons, 1890. Authors Edition. Not Dated (c1890) Elaborate Victorian bindings in Purple cloth bds with Black embossed Title and borders, bright Gilt spine title and decoration, mostly fresh though spine head and mid spine have some chips to cloth, Blue decorated eps, pp viii 542, interior is tight and incredibly bright, not inscribed..… Read more about this item
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How to Write for the Press : Affording comprehensive instructions for reporting all kinds of Events

How to Write for the Press : Affording comprehensive instructions for reporting all kinds of Events

by Davies, E P

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Edition
First Edition
Published
1910
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London, United Kingdom: Guilbert Pitman, 1910. Covers reporting on anything imaginable including accidents, shipwrecks, religion, sports, social functions etc. Stiff Paper wraps with pastedown title label to front (clean with sl chipping to title edges) pp vii 178 plus catalogue to rear, printed on art paper, bright and clean not inscribed. An excellent copy.. First Edition. Card Covers. Very Good/No… Read more about this item
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Political Language and Rhetoric

by Corcoran, Paul

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Used - Near Fine
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Near Fine
Edition
First Edition
Published
1979
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN
9780292764583
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Australia: University of Queensland, 1979. Australian based university lecturer, bridging the gap between scholarly linguistic theory and todays' issues of general, social, political and educational importance. CONDITION Yellow bds with black title, unworn, Orange eps, inscribed, pp 216+, tight and unread, original yellow wrapper is unworn. An excellent copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾"… Read more about this item
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English Composition : Literature Primer

English Composition : Literature Primer

by Nichol, John

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Re-Issue
Published
1893
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London, United Kingdom: MacMillan & Co., 1893. 9th reprint by the Professor of English Language and Literature, Glasgow University. Covers the use of language, punctuation, verse writing etc. Red cloth boards with black titles and sunned spine. Some page browning and minor foxing to endpapers. pp 128. Otherwise a very tight book with clean bright text.. Re-Issue. Cloth. Near Fine/No… Read more about this item
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