Buy this book on-line COLENSO Reverend W : A Maori-English Lexicon (scarce Specimen copy Being Only Part issued)Government Printer, Wellington, 1898
8vo - over 7? - 9? tall. SPECIMEN copy, being only 111pp of the 'A' section of the Maori lexicon and 21 disconnected samples of the English lexicon, cover titled in gilt 'Maori-English Lexicon of the New Zealand Tongue, by the Rev. W. Colenso, F.R.S. & F.L.S. (Specimen)', blind panelled cloth lightly handling bumped, original black endpapers ( rear one has minor edge tear), three small pen 'ticks' to half-title, printed slip tipped onto title 'With Author's Compliments', xii 1-111 + iv -21pp, The complete lexicon was never issued, pp 17-21 at rear are Colenso's letters to the General Assembly of the New Zealand Government concerning his work on the lexicon, Bagnall C1195, scarce. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Cloth. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of COLENSO Reverend W : A Maori-English Lexicon (scarce Specimen copy Being Only Part issued). Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including livres anciens, first editions, atlases, incunabula and livres rares. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |