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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.).
The Maori Tohunga and His Spirit World by Andersen, Johannes - 1977
by Andersen, Johannes
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The Maori Tohunga and His Spirit World
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New York: AMS, 1977. First Thus. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. New York: AMS, 1977. "Reprinted from the edition of 1948, New Plymouth. First AMS edition published in 1977." CONDITION: Light brown cloth covered boards show no edgewear and are very clean. Only visable flaws are a couple of very small white spots on bottom edge of front board and along back spine edge. These are barely noticeable as the light brown cloth is flecked with white. Pictorial free end papers and paste downs. Binding is tight. Interior is unmarked and clean throughout. . First Thus. Hard Cover. Near Fine/No Jacket.
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- ISBN 10 0404144039
- ISBN 13 9780404144036
- Publisher AMS
- Place of Publication New York
- Date Published 1977
- Keywords Maoris-Religion Rites and Ceremonies, Psychical Research-New Zealand
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Thomas Avery & Sons, Ltd, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Fine. 0x0x0. Color scene on end papers. Vignettes in text. Accounts of and oral traditions about the powers of clairvoyance, healing and divination by the Polynesian priests/doctors. 135pp. Index. 1st edition.
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