Maori Folk Tales Tales of The Port Hills 

by James Cowan Paper Bound 1st ed. 1923

Whitcombe & Tombs, Wellington N.Z. 73 pages plus folding map frontispiece. Printed brown paper covers with oval paper illustration of "Lyttelton Harbour from the Summit Road" on front cover. Page dimensions: 184 x 122mm. Chapters: The Story of the Rocks; The Port Hills and Their Names; Round the Sugarloaf; Rapaki: A Village by the Sea; The "Ahi-a-Tamatea": How the Sacred Fire came to Witch Hill; Hills of Faery: The Little People of the Mist.

James Cowan (14 April 1870 – 6 September 1943) was a New Zealand non-fiction author, noted for his books on colonial history and Māori ethnography. A fluent Māori speaker, he interviewed many veterans of the New Zealand Wars. His book The New Zealand Wars: A History of the Māori Campaigns and the Pioneering Period (1922–23) is his best known work.

CONDITION: In fair condition for the age of this volume. Covers are worn showing stains and overall wear. The spine is intact and the pages are clean.