Wild Will Enderby; A Story of the New Zealand Gold Fields

Pyke, Vincent

Verlag: Hutchinson & Co. [1889], London, 1889

Beschreibung

Front cover and title leaf (pp. i-ii) detached together. Pages iii-iv ("Exordium" leaf) detached and loose. Staples rusted. Some small chips to margins of wrappers. Adhesive tape and tape stains on spine and covers. Erroneous date "1899" added to title page imprint in small ink letters (should be 1889).; Fifth edition (the previous four editions were all published in 1873). No date [1889]. iv, (5)-154, [2 (blank)] pages. Pink printed paper covers. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm. A novel set in the Otago goldfields. This edition with a 2 page "Exordium" by the author dated 1889. Rear cover with advertisement for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. "Far away in the interior of Otago there are three great mountain ranges, radiating northerly from the Lammerlaw - mother of mountains." - the opening sentence. "In those halcyon days when I revelled in tightly-strapped trousers, a frequent addendum to the title of a novel or story was the legend 'Founded on Fact.' [. . .] The pictures of life and society in those early days are true; the scenic descriptions are true - minutely conned and noted at the time, when all was new and strange" - from the Exordium, p. iii. "Goldfields story set in Dunedin featuring George W. Pratt, the 'senior partner' and Willl Enderby alias Harry Grey. Pyke's narrative with its sectional 'flash-back; to Enderby's Victorian past (excellent for the Australian market) and the final denouement in Australia, makes a brisk, plausible and readable narrative" - Bagnall 4748 (for the first edition). [Reference (this edition): Bagnall 4752]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 25538

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Wild Will Enderby; A Story of the New ...

Verlag: Hutchinson & Co. [1889], London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1889

Einband: Softcover

Zustand: Fair

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued