Grammar of the New Zealand Language by R Maunsell - 1867

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Forgotten Books, 2019-01-08. Paperback. Very Good. minor shelfwear, excellent condition

Auckland: Upton & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. Extensive dampstain to rear board and rear endpaper, with patchy loss of colour from rear board. Some dampstains to front board and margins of front endpaper. Internally very good. ; Fourth Edition. xvi, 162 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and rule on spine. Page dimensions:164 x 100mm. The first edition of Maunsell's grammar of the Maori language was published in 1842. [References: BIM 1403; Bagnall M1397; Williams 881 - "A reprint from the third edition (No. 624), omitting the preface to that edition and giving only that to the first as printed in the second edition."]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Upton, Auckland, 1894. XVI,162p. Hard bound paper boards. Front hinges broken. Binding tight. Signature from KJD on half title. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover.

Upton & Co 1894. fourth edition, small octavo, green heavy card covers with gilt lettering to spine, xvi +162pp+2pp adverts, (VG) discolouration to pages with wear to extermities

Auckland: George Robertson. Fair with no dust jacket. 1882. Third Edition. Hardcover. Spine missing. 14 x 98mm strip cut away at head of title page. Splits to gutters at hinges. Previous owner's name on front endpaper. Pencil sketch on front endpaper. ; 1882 third edition of a title first published in 1842. xvi, 162 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Black papered boards. Page dimensions: 165 x 100mm. This edition includes the 4 page "Preface to First Edition", as well as a 1 page "Preface to the Third Edition". "The reader has here before him the analysis of a 'strange language,' unlike anything known in Europe, with rules of construction and an idiom peculiar to itself. He must, therefore, when speaking, endeavour to divest his mind of European rules of speech, and adopt those of the Antipodes." - from the Preface to the third edition. [Reference: BIM 1403] .

Auckland: W. C. Wilson, 1862. 2nd edition. hard cover. G. Good condition with shelf wear and edge wear to covers, slight foxing, owner details on front endpaper, part of front endpaper lifted, soiling to page edges./No Jacket. 17 cm.

Auckland: Upton & Co.. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1894. Hardcover. Owner's signature. Some fading to spine. Slight rubbing to corners of boards. ; Fourth Edition. xvi, 162 pages + [2] pages advertisements. Blue cloth boards. Page dimensions:165 x 104mm. The first edition of Maunsell's grammar of the Maori language was published in 1842. [References: BIM 1403; Bagnall M1397; Williams 881 - "A reprint from the third edition (No. 624), omitting the preface to that edition and giving only that to the first as printed in the second edition."]; 16mo 6" - 7" tall .

Auckland: W.C. Wilson. 1862. 2nd ed., octavo, quarter leather, pp xvi, 168. Professionally restored, with new leather backstrip and leather title label, lettered and ruled in gilt. Page repairs to title page and preface. Ex-library, with occasional stamps. Very good condition. The author, Robert Maunsell, was an accomplished linguist, who worked for many years on a translation of the Bible into Maori. The first edition of Grammar of the New Zealand language was published in 1842. 2nd Edition. Boards.

Auckland: Heron, Kidd, and Seffern. Fair with no dust jacket. [1864]. Hardcover. Binding loose. 3/8" missing to cloth at head of spine. 3/8" tears and chips to cloth at tail of spine. First few gatherings becoming detached. Previous owner's marginalia and underlining. A couple of leaves with tears and creasing and small old adhesive tape stains. Small pinhole puncture hole through front board and first few leaves.; A reissue of the second edition, with a new title page (The second edition of Maunsell's grammar was first published in 1862). xvi, 168 pages. Original cloth boards. Page dimensions: 168 x 105mm. Maunsell (1810-1894) was the Archdeacon of Waikato and an important early translator of the Bible into Te Reo Maori. The first edition of his grammar was issued in four parts in the years 1842-1843. "Freed from the influence of the Northern District (which controlled mission printing and translation) Maunsell took tentative steps at reforming Maori orthography and… Read More