Edith Howes Maoriland Fairy Tales
About the Book:  
 “Edith Howe began writing children's books around 1910, believing that stories and songs helped children to learn. Although she worked in the genre of fairy tales, she saw that there was not enough written material on scientific subjects available to New Zealand schoolchildren, so she made a point of incorporating scientific information and natural phenomena into her books. For example, in The Cradle Ship (1916) she offered a true account of where babies come from, making the book a minor landmark in sex education for children She wrote some 30 books altogether, the best-known of which are Fairy Rings (1911) and The Cradle Ship, which was translated into several other languages.  Howe also wrote for adults, including books on education (Tales Out of School; The Great Experiment), plays, and an opera libretto.] She was nominated by Professor Francis Prendeville Wilson for the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature. Her play Rose Lane (1936) won a British Drama League prize.]In the 1935 King's Birthday Honours, Howes was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for public services, and in 1937 she was awarded the King George VI Coronation Medal.  She moved to Dunedin in 1941 and lived there until her death on 9 July 1954.”.”
 
Front cover shows Marama shows Ina the Moon-Land 
 
Booksellers Ticket front inside cover: Angus & Roberston Ltd, New and Second-hand Booksellers, Publishers to university, 89 Castlereach Street, Sydney, Australia.  
Genre: Children’s, Culture and Lifestyle 
Edition: First Edition Published 1913.  
Later editions: Tan cover 1924. Green cover c1924. 
Published:  Ward. Lock & Co Limited, London, Melbourne and Toronto
ISBN: Pre ISBN
Size: 16.5x 12.5cm
Pages:237 pages + 16 pages of advertisements 
 
Contents – 28 Fairy Tales.
1 Hinemoa’s Swim 
2 The Wanderers
3 The Six Brothers
4 Tiri 
5 Tawhaki’s Climb 
6 How the Moon Was Made
7 Brother and Sister  
8 The Sea-King’s Victory 
9 The Magician’s Magic
10 Maui
11 More about Maui
12 The King and the Fairies
13 Hatupatu
14 The Star Hunt
15 The Pet Whale
16 On the Moon
17 The Wooden head
18 The Fountain of Fish
19 Rata
20 The Island and the Taniwha
21 The Most Beautiful Maiden in the World
22 The Giant in the Cave
23 Tame and his brother
24 Tama and his wife
25 Sea-Goblins
26 The Great Bird of the Hills
27 The Floating Islan
28 The Princess and the Giant 
 
11 Illustrations colour and black and white.
 
CONDITION:
Covers: Blue cloth covers show signs of wear, bumping and scuffing. Wear to outer edges.  
Binding: Leaning
Spine: Fairly Good. The title on spine shows bumping and tearing at the edges
Previous owners name of title page. 
Pages.  All pages complete. Pages are good and strong but with foxing throughout. Repair page 27 image. Page 97 and 229 illustration coloured in.  
Postage
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The packaged book will weigh 450g/ 0.16Ilb
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