Book, The Mystery of the Moa: New Zealand's Avian Giant
Maker
Buick, T Lindsay
Thomas Avery & Sons Limited
Production date
1931
Object detail
Brief Description
Book by T Lindsay Buick entitled: The Mystery of the Moa, New Zealand's Avian Giant. Published under the auspices of the Board of Māori Ethnological Research and by Thomas Avery and Sons Limited in 1931.
This account provides a history of the Moa and is not a scientific work. There are four themes entitled: the whence of the Moa; the finding of the Moa; the reasons for the disappearance of the Moa; and the probable date of the bird's extinction.
This account provides a history of the Moa and is not a scientific work. There are four themes entitled: the whence of the Moa; the finding of the Moa; the reasons for the disappearance of the Moa; and the probable date of the bird's extinction.
Collection
Production date
1931
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Blue linen hard cover with gold embossed printing on the front and spine, printed on paper with black ink.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 210 x 142mm
Signature/Inscription
Ko te Matauranga te Kaha Russell Duncan, Bookplate, Printed
Hawkes Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Hawkes Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Classification terms
Subject date
Pre 1400
Credit line
from the Russell Duncan Collection
Other number(s)
598.2 BUI, 245, 59846
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