A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1940. No 229 of a limited first edition of 350 copies. Red cloth is tidy and clean. Gilt titles on spine. Contents tight with some age discolouration. Foxing to page edges. No inscriptions. 290pp. Dust jacket is tidy with some bumping and minor chipping to corners and spine ends. It has not been price clipped.
"This book is cast in the form of a novel and presents an interesting story, but its principal value is the faithful picture it gives of everyday Maori life before the coming of the pakeha." from the blurb.