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POLACK, JOEL SAMUEL. Manners and Customs of the New Zealanders. Illustrated. 2 volumes. 12mo, original cloth, rebacked, with morocco lettering pieces added. London, 1840
first edition. Polack (1807-82), an adventurer and trader of Dutch Jewish descent, lived for nearly 2 decades in New Zealand and advocated organized colonization. "The book was intended for European emigrants, but is an early and thoughtful account of Maori society" (ODNB). EJ XIII, 706-07.
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