Te rangi hiroa sir peter buck (24 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. From the pen of one of the greatest Maori thinkers and writers of his generation, the settlement of the Pacific Ocean comes to life. The book ranges across the Pacific Ocean and the people who populated it, considering their physical and spiritual origins, and the ships they built to conquer this vast territory. It weighs evidence for different routes, retells myths of migration including the Maui series, recounts the author's visits to islands and atolls across the South Pacific, and overall establishes the 'vikings' of the Pacific among the greatest-ever ocean voyagers. First published in 1938, Vikings of the Sunrise is here reproduced in an enhanced facsimile edition, including photos and maps compiled by the author on his voyages, and a new foreword by anthropologist Paora (Paul) Tapsell. Oratia Books is pleased to bring Vikings of the Sunrise back into print for modern readers as part of our NZ Classics series. The author Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck, 18771951) led a busy and distinguished life - variously as an MP, leader of the Young Maori party, doctor, medical officer for Maori health, anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum, Hawai'i. He was knighted in 1946 for services to science and literature. His best-known books are Vikings of the Sunrise and The Coming of the Maori - One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement- Author ranks as one of the leading thinkers of his generation- Facsimile edition with new preface in New Zealand Classics series Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Near Fine. Second Edition later printing in red-stamped brown papered boards and unclipped illustrated dust jacket, no text markings, NOT ex-lib, binding tight pages bright, minor shelf wear to boards & jacket, small old inked price to dj front panel corner, bookplate to fep, inscription to half-title, else Fine (dj in mylar protector); lg thick 8vo; [16] 551pp indexed & illus + 24 b&w plate pages. …

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Reprint of the 2nd edition. Octavo bound in light gray-colored cloth. B&W illustrations. Condition: 1 1/2" tear to top of front outer hinge; soiling to spine of binding & general light wear to rest of binding; first free endpaper had been torn out; three small stains to half-title page; else a good, tight copy. Pages: [xv], 551 and xxiv (plates).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. Produced for the board by the Historical Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.548 pages, literature cited, index, 24 black and white plates. Minor wear and a few soil spots on the boards, small wrinkle on the spine, pushing at the ends, foxing on the top edges of the boards, rubbed at the lower front corner. The text is clean and the sewn binding still strong- albeit with a tendency to open flat at two locations. Edge worn jacket: closed tears, creases along the edges, chips at the spine ends and lower rear corner, large clip the lower front flap. Assumed first, no additional printings noted.…

Original beige cloth. Spine edges worn, exlibris on verso front side, else a good copy. Text in English. Please see description or ask for photos.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. pp.(xvi)+552. 24.5cm. 24 black and white photographic plates. Figures in the text. Literature cited. Index. hard cover in dust jacket. Light crease to the spine. Good clean copy. (2nd.ed. reprinted).(Weighs 1.25kg).

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. From the pen of one of the greatest Maori thinkers and writers of his generation, the settlement of the Pacific Ocean comes to life. The book ranges across the Pacific Ocean and the people who populated it, considering their physical and spiritual origins, and the ships they built to conquer this vast territory. It weighs evidence for different routes, retells myths of migration including the Maui series, recounts the author's visits to islands and atolls across the South Pacific, and overall establishes the 'vikings' of the Pacific among the greatest-ever ocean voyagers. First published in 1938, Vikings of the Sunrise is here reproduced in an enhanced facsimile edition, including photos and maps compiled by the author on his voyages, and a new foreword by anthropologist Paora (Paul) Tapsell. Oratia Books is pleased to bring Vikings of the Sunrise back into print for modern readers as part of our NZ Classics series. The author Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck, 18771951) led a busy and distinguished life - variously as an MP, leader of the Young Maori party, doctor, medical officer for Maori health, anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum, Hawai'i. He was knighted in 1946 for services to science and literature. His best-known books are Vikings of the Sunrise and The Coming of the Maori - One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement- Author ranks as one of the leading thinkers of his generation- Facsimile edition with new preface in New Zealand Classics series Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hard cover. Condizione: Fair. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Second edition. Jacket spine is tanned. Jacket is tanned and worn, particularly along edges. Spine is cracked. Cover is worn. Front free end leaf has stamp from previous owner. Inside is tanned but clean and unmarked.

(rep) Or.cl. 339pp. Name on ffe. b/w plates & ills. Maps to endpapers. Good copy. Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. It presents evidence for different nautical migration routes across the Pacific Ocean of the Polynesian peoples from east to west.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. Book is clean and straight with lightly bumped corners in yellow cloth. Back bottom corner is bumped pretty good. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, glue stain on back of front board from former owner's plate, 551 pages with short section of b&w plate at back of book. Many line drawing illustrations. Dust jacket is tattered at edges, price punched, no large tears. …

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. xxv, 384p. Reprint by AMS Press, 1976.

PAP. Condizione: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Cloth. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good Indeed. An early edition of this illustrated ethnographical study of the Maori people, written by Sir Peter Buck, also known as Te Rangi Hiroa. A fascinating and detailed ethnographical study of the Maori people, including chapters on the history of this group, Maori language, material culture, social organisation, and religion.Written by Sir Peter Buck, also known as Te Rangi Hiroa, a New Zealand doctor and administrator.The second edition, sixth impression of this work.Illustrated with twenty-four plates, collated and complete.Enclosed in the original dust wrapper. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just some light shelf wear and a few spots to the front board. Original unclipped dust wrapper is very smart, with some light edgewear and chipping. Spine is slightly sunned. Internally, firmly bound. pages are bright and clean. Near Fine. Not Stated (illustratore). book.…

8 n.n. Bll., 551 SS., XXIV s.w. Tafeln. Vorderer Vorsatz etwas fleckig und mit altem handschr. Schenkungseintrag. Gutes Exemplar. Bei Bedarf senden wir gerne Bilder dieses Titels via E-Mail. BITTE BEACHTEN: Leider kein Versand mehr möglich in das EU-Ausland, nur noch innerhalb Deutschlands und außerhalb der "Europäischen Union". Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 0 Gr.-8°, original Leinwand, Rückentitel. Der Rücken etwas verblichen. Ohne Schutzumschlag.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fair. 2nd Edition. The Coming of the Maori By Te Rangi Hiroa. (Sir Peter Buck). Publisher: Maori Purposes Fund Board/ Whitcombe & Tombs, Wellington, 1966. Second Edition, reprint. Very good hardback with jacket. Binding firm, some rubbing and bumping to edges, fading to spine, minor marks, no inscriptions, pages very good, dent to top edge, bottom corners quite bumped. Jacket is chipped, torn and marked with some loss, repaired on reverse side. 551 pages, illustrated plus b&w photos section, photo plates all present and in very good condition. ALL THE PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. All books are sent with free courier postage within New Zealand.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 1st Edition. Vikings of the Sunrise by Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck). Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., 1954. VERY SCARCE First New Zealand Edition, first printing. Good hardback with jacket. Binding firm, no inscriptions, slight lean to spine. Rubbing and bumping to edges, scattered foxing throughout. Jacket ir rubbed, chipped and marked with loss to spine and bottom edge. 339 pages, illustrated. This important publication was the first Māori Western scholarly account of the discovery and settlement of Polynesia in ancient times by seafarers so expert in navigation that Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck) described them as Vikings of the sunrise.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Published by Maori Purposes Fund Board, Whitcombe and Tombs LTD 1958 538 pp with 24 plates in b/w.

Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. This item is printed on demand. New copy - Usually dispatched within 5-9 working days.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Vikings of the Sunrise ranks as a masterpiece of Pacific studies. From the pen of one of the greatest Maori thinkers and writers of his generation, the settlement of the Pacific Ocean comes to life. The book ranges across the Pacific Ocean and the people who populated it, considering their physical and spiritual origins, and the ships they built to conquer this vast territory. It weighs evidence for different routes, retells myths of migration including the Maui series, recounts the author's visits to islands and atolls across the South Pacific, and overall establishes the 'vikings' of the Pacific among the greatest-ever ocean voyagers. First published in 1938, Vikings of the Sunrise is here reproduced in an enhanced facsimile edition, including photos and maps compiled by the author on his voyages, and a new foreword by anthropologist Paora (Paul) Tapsell. Oratia Books is pleased to bring Vikings of the Sunrise back into print for modern readers as part of our NZ Classics series. The author Te Rangi Hiroa (Sir Peter Buck, 18771951) led a busy and distinguished life - variously as an MP, leader of the Young Maori party, doctor, medical officer for Maori health, anthropologist and director of the Bishop Museum, Hawai'i. He was knighted in 1946 for services to science and literature. His best-known books are Vikings of the Sunrise and The Coming of the Maori - One of the greatest accounts ever of Pacific settlement- Author ranks as one of the leading thinkers of his generation- Facsimile edition with new preface in New Zealand Classics series This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…