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Sale 235: The Angling Library of Jeffrey Norton (#235) 01/24/2002 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #89 Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori

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Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$106.25

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Title:

Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori

Author:

Best, Elsdon

Place Published:

Wellington, NZ

Publisher:

W.A.G. Skinner

Date Published:

1929

Description:

viii, 230 pp. Illustrated from photographs and sketches. 9½x6, original dec. red cloth. First Edition.

Fascinating look at the fishing techniques of the aboriginal inhabitants of New Zealand and their equipment, including bone and wooden fish hooks, crayfish pots made from reeds, eel pots, methods of cooking eel, etc. Issued as Dominion Museum Bulletin No. 12.

Condition:

Spine faded; ink name to top of title, else very good or better.

Item#:

112817
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