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The Morioris of Chatham Islands
H. D. Skinner
1923
Published by The Museum : Honolulu
12" by 9.5"
[6] 140pp. [35 plates]
SUMMARY
The scarce first edition of this illustrated work regarding the native Moriori people of the Chatham Islands.
First Edition,Illustrated,Original Binding,Publishers' Original Binding,Scarce
Overall Condition: Near Fine
This book weighs 1 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition of the work. Scarce.
Illustrated throughout with informative vignettes and thirty five plates. Collated complete.
Written by Harry Skinner, a notable museum curator and ethnologist.
A fascinating sociological work regarding the Moriori people of the Chatham Islands, an archipelago off the east coast of New Zealand. The work covers a range of topics including religious rites, social organisation and weaponry, and is notable for challenging the traditional belief that Moriori people were descended from Melanesian people, and showed instead they were in fact Polynesian.
A scarce first edition of this important ethnological work.
CONDITION
In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally in excellent condition. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Small prior owner's ink stamp to front free endpaper. Spotting to title page.
Overall Condition: Near Fine
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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