The Lore Of The Whare-Wananga; Or Teachings Of The Maori College On Religion, Cosmogony, And History. Written Down By H. T. Whatahoro From The Teachings Of Te Matorohanga And Nepia Pohuhu, Priests Of The Whare-Wananga Of The East Coast, New Zealand. Part I. - Te Kauwae-Runga, Or 'Things Celestial.'; Part Ii. - Te Kauwae-Raro Or, 'Things Terrestrial.' Te Matorohanga & Nepia Pohuhu; Written Down By H. T. Whatahoro; Translated And Annotated By S. Percy Smith [Stevenson]

No previous owner's names or markings. A very nice set of the two volumes, the nicest condition set we have seen. ; Scarce and sought after. Two volumes (complete). Part I: [4], xvii, [5], 193, [1], vi (Index), [3 (blank)] pages + frontispiece illustration (portrait of "H. T. Whatahoro / The Scribe / 1912"). Part II: vi, [2], 279, [1], viii pages. Original red cloth boards with black lettering on spines and front boards. Volume One (i.e. Part One) page dimensions: 215 x 139mm. Red pebble-grain cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Volume Two (i.e. Part Two) page dimensions: 212 x 137mm. Red fine-weave cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board.Text in Maori and English. Part One, "Things Celestial", published in 1913, as Volume III of the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society. Part Two on "Things Terrestrial" published two years later in 1915 as Volume IV of the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society. Maori cosmology and spiritual beliefs; Maori legends; legends of Maui; astronomy; Maori gods; genealogies; migrations. Part II is reprinted from the 'Journal of the Polynesian Society", Vols. 22-24. First edition in book form. [Bibliographical references: Bagnall S1061 & S1062]; Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Vols. III & IV.