The Maori Tohunga and His Spirit World.
by Andersen, Johannes C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
New Plymouth, NZ: Thomas Avery & Sons, 1948. Hardback small, no jacket (missing, remnants), good plus condition, green cloth cover (spine faded), colour drawings endpapers, few black & white drawings, front hinge little split (all pages firm, scuffed patch), minor edgewear. 135 pp. Johannes Andersen, a New Zealand anthropologist, explains the spiritual world of Maoris, the indigenous New Zealanders. Chapters: The Maori Tohunga; Fire-walking; Taniwha and fire-drake; The Wairua of Anatohia Bay; The Wynyard Ghost Story; A Maori Seance; Dream and Tapu; The Wairua during Trance. (Front cover and front flap of the jacket loosely inserted.).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18087
- Title
- The Maori Tohunga and His Spirit World.
- Author
- Andersen, Johannes C
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thomas Avery & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New Plymouth, NZ
- Date Published
- 1948
- Keywords
- religion, spirituality, anthropology, maoris, indigenous, pacific, new zealand, collectible, collectable
Terms of Sale
Bookhome Sydney
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About the Seller
Bookhome Sydney
Biblio member since 2004
Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
Friendly family-owned internet bookshop located in Sydney's inner west. Selling books since 1998 (online since 2000). A broad range of quality secondhand and antiquarian books, particularly Australian history and society (Australiana), psychology, health, animals/pets, environment, science, religion, books for children. Mostly nonfiction.
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