Bethunes at Webb's Rare Books

He Whakapuaki I Nga Tikanga O Te Katikihama O Te Hahi O Ingarani.
[Purewa]: St John’s College, 1849. 12mo. 22p. BIM380. W185. Lessons on the Church Catechism, Part 1. Blue wrappers. Small tears to darkened extremities. FA to G. (14385).

He Whakapuaki I Nga Tikanga O Te Katikihama O Te Hahi O Ingarani. (Te Rua O Nga Wahi.)
[Purewa]: St John’s College, 1850. 12mo. 26p. BIM416. W199. Lessons on the Church Catechism, Part 2. Lacking front wrapper. Wear, creasing and soiling. AF. FA. (14386).

Maori String Games. From the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology. Inscribed by author.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1920. 8vo. VP. Illus. SC stapled. AF. FA. Along with same author and title, Second Series, AF, FA. Also Third, Fourth and Fifth Series, all G. (11334, 16758, 16760, 16761 & 16763). [5].

Maori Tales.
Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs, ND. 8vo. 60p. Illus. SC. FA to G. (18232).

Ko Te Hahi O Ihu Karaiti O Te Hunga.
Salt Lake City: Star Printing Co, 1897. 12mo. 75p. Frontis. BIM1482. W953. Address on the Mormon Church delivered in London in 1892. Compliments slip of Zion’s Maori Association, Elder Amasa Potter. G+. (18451).

He Kupu Ma Te Ngakau Inoi. ‘Kei Whakamutua Te Inoi.’
3rd ed. [Purewa: St John’s College], 1850. 12mo. 43p. BIM403. W200. Third edition of a selection of private prayers. Lacking front wrapper. Wear, creasing and soiling. A reset edition of Maunsell’s translation. AF. FA. (14407).

New and Complete Manual of Maori Conversation [etc]. By S[ister] A[ubert].
1st ed. Wellington: Lyon and Blair, 1885. 12mo. 197p. BIM1123. W700. HC. Offsetting to EPs. A handsome copy. G+. (17522).

Maori Godsticks in Various Collections. Dominion Museum Records in Ethnology, Vol 1, No 6.
Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1961. 4to. Illus. SC stapled. Damp-staining. AF. FA. (24697).

Ten publications including ‘The Decorative Arts of the New Zealand Maori’.
R ed. Wellington: Reed, 1968. 8vo. 108p. Frontis, illus. HC with DJ. VG/G+. Along with Dennan, ‘Guide Rangi of Rotorua’, (W&T), 1968, 1st, G+/FA, Smyth, ‘Maori Pronunciation’, (W&T), 1946, R, SC, G, Best, ‘The Maori As He Was’, (Govt Printer), 1952, R, G+/FA to G, and 6 others, SC, G to G+. [10].

Die Heilige Sage der Polynesier. Kosmogonie und Theogonie.
Leipzig: F A Brockhaus, 1881. 8vo. xii, 302p. Paper covers. Well worn. Text-block split. Some chipping to covers and page edges. An important work on the creation mythology of New Zealand and Hawaii. The Hawaii section is of particular importance because it contains the first publication of a significant portion of the Kumulipo, the traditional Hawaiian creation chant. German language. AF. FA.

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Maori Lore of Lake, Alp and Fiord.
1st ed. Dunedin: ODT & Witness, 1945. 8vo. 150p. Illus. B504. SC. SS. G to G+.

He Pukapuka Whakaatu Na Te Pere I Nga Kohuru Ki Taranaki.
[New Plymouth: Printed by G W Woon?], 1863. 4to. [2]p. BIM618. W371. Letter, 7 May 1863, to Waikato chiefs about the Oakura murders. Bifolium. Extremities chipped. Fold lines. SLF. Scarce. FA to G. (23994).

Maori Religion and Mythology. Section I. New Zealand Dominion Museum Bulletin No 10.
1st ed. Wellington: Govt Printer, 1924. 4to. 264p. Illus. Rebound in HC. FA to G.

Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-Sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer. Dominion Museum Monograph No 5.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1923. 8vo. Illus, map. SC stapled. G. (12397).

Some Aspects of Maori Myth and Religion. Dominion Museum Monograph No 1.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1922. 8vo. 34p. Illus. SC stapled. G. (12392).

Spiritual and Mental Concepts of the Maori. Dominion Museum Monograph No 2.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1922. 8vo. 43p. Illus. SC stapled. G. (12394).

Stone-Shanked Maori Fish-Hooks. From the New Zealand Journal of Science and Technology.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1920. 8vo. 295-296p. Illus. SC stapled. G. (7769).

The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical. Dominion Museum Monograph No 3.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1922. 8vo. 66p. SC stapled. G. (12395).

The Maori Canoe. New Zealand Dominion Museum Bulletin No 7.
1st ed. Wellington: Govt Printer, 1925. 4to. iv, 312p. Illus. SC. Wear and FX. G.

The Maori Division of Time. Dominion Museum Monograph No 4.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1922. 8vo. SC stapled. Spine taped. Lacks rear cover. AF. FA to G. (19059).

The Maori School of Learning, Its Objects, Methods, and Ceremonial. Dominion Museum Monograph No 6.
Wellington: Govt Printer, 1923. 8vo. Illus, map. SC stapled. G. (12396).

The Pa Maori. New Zealand Dominion Museum Bulletin No 6.
1st ed. Wellington: Printed by Whitcombe & Tombs, 1927. 4to. iv, 339p. Illus. SC. Wear and FX. G.

Te Whakaminenga Ki Te Whare Karakia.
Whakatu: R Lucas, 1861. 12mo. 4p. Endpiece. BIM529. W572. A religious tract, ‘The Congregation in the Church’. VG. (17494).

Ke Kauoha Hou.
New York: American Bible Society, 20th century. 8vo. 727p. SC. G. (12131).