The New Zealand Wars A History of the Maori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period (2 Volumes)
The New Zealand Wars & Pioneering Period by James Cowan.
Publisher: R. E. Owen Government Printer 1955 (vol 1) / 1956 (vol 2. First edition 2nd impression. Reprinted without amendment from 1922 first edition. Good hardbacks with jackets.
Vol 1 = 471 pages. Slight rubbing and bumping and lean to spine. Sellotape marks to red boards, inside covers and end-papers. Large gift inscription to ffep. Pages very good with foxing to edges. Jacket is creased, marked and chipped with dulling to spine.
Vol 2: 560 pages. Slight rubbing and bumping and lean to spine. Sellotape marks to red boards, inside covers and end-papers. Pages very good with foxing to edges and a little corner creasing. Jacket is creased and marked with dulling to spine. Cowan was commissioned by the government to write this history of the formative period of Maori- European interaction.
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