The Rowan Gibbs Book Collection
Thursday, 16 November - Thursday, 14 December 2023
Brock R.W. - Mihawhenua: The Adventures of a Party of Tourists Amongst a Tribe of Maoris Discovered in Western Otago
Estimate $70 - $100
Realised: $40 plus premium
Lot Details
Full title reads: "Mihawhenua: the adventures of a party of tourists amongst a tribe of Maoris discovered in western Otago, New Zealand, recorded by R. W. Brock; edited by R. H. Chapman.". R.W. Brock pseudonym for John Barr J. Wilkie, Dunedin, 1888. 197pp, small 8vo, brown pictorial wrappers, general wear. Johannes Andersen’s copy, bound into cloth covers, preserving the original wrappers. An entertaining hoax account of meeting Maori and Moa in back-country Otago. Bagnall 1063.
