Defenders of New Zealand & Maori History of the War

H. Brett, Auckland, 1887. Half-leather binding. In tidy condition with gilt titles on front and spine. Gilt on front is a bit dulled. Titles on spine are bright. Book has been repaired professionally and binding is tight. End papers have been edged with tissue. Evidence of repair to gutters. Page edges are marbled and a bit dull. Colour frontispiece and many plates throughout. 620pp with xxxvi pp appenda at rear. Lovely copy. Presented in a specially made cardboard box.

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The Defenders of New Zealand - Being a Short Biography of Colonists Who Distinguished Themselves in Upholding Her Majesty's Supremacy in These Islands. Second half of book is A Maori History being a native account of the Pakeha-Maori wars in New Zealand by Lieutenant-Colonel McDonnell.