Maoris (4 results)

Condition: Very Good. VERY GOOD CONDITION **; INCLUDES ALL INSERTS IN A JEWEL CASE, ** ** ** , I ship every weekday; 2.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Mounted (matted) and ready to frame. An original antique engraving, printed in 1865; shows 2 views - firstly the capture of the Rev Mr Volkner on board the schooner Eclipse at Levy's Wharf, Opotiki, followed by the savage dance of the Pai Marire Fanatics.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback. 12 mo. pp 63 ( 193 to 256) 5 inches by 4. 4 short stories with Christian themes-- all set in New Zealand. Illustrations and illustrated title page. In the SPCK's 'All True' series. Curiously numbered pages (64) with each story numbered from at top of page 1 to 16 but numbered again at foot of page from 193 to 256 as if extracted by the publisher from a longer work. Title page states 'All True No 4' - possibly part of a series. 3 engravings: ' Death of Maori Chief' 'The Game of Draughts' 'Death of Manihera.' Worldcat show 3 copies only and date it 1873. Original red blind stamped limp cloth with gilt title device on cover. Very good indeed with very faint wear.

Broadsheet, printed on both sides, 7¼" x 4½"; edges lightly creased, otherwise fine. A collection card for the Irish Maori Girls' Help Association, listing the honorary presidents (Countess' and Lady Fulton) and reading: "This Society has been founded to provide Scholarships for the Maori Girls' School, Auckland. Subscriptions are invited, and may be sent to The Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Lily Ryder, 13 Carlisle Terrace, Donnybrook, Co. Dublin. Membership, 2/6 per year." Together with: a bifolium, approx. 5¼" x 4", The Maoris. Some annotations on last page, else fine. A detailed imploration to establish finances for schools to take in Maori women and children, via the Victoria Association: "They are sadly decreasing in numbers, and unless energetic and unselfish measures are taken by us, who know and love them, and others to whom we appeal for help, doubtless in a few years that splendid people New Zealand's greatest treasure, will become as extinct as the N.Z. Moa . A great work is being done amongst them by the Victory Association for befriending Maori women and children. I hope to start a branch of that work in Ireland. The Victoria school takes Maori girls from a very early age, and gives them a thorough, sensible and domestic education. The girls are educated up to the sixth standard, and learn cooking, laundry work, gardening and singing, etc. They also have lessons in first aid, and are taught to nurse the sick . All these girls are overshepherded by white ladies, and this is a most important feature of the work. The Association is in touch with every girl who has been in the school. There are 45, 970 Maoris in the North Island, but our school has only room for forty girls. We want help." signed in type, "Rona.".