The Story of a New Zealand River

Mander, Jane

Verlag: John Lane, New York, 1920

Beschreibung

Gutters split, exposing spine webbing. Rear hinge broken and very loose. Binding shaky. 3/4" tear to cloth at spine. Some rubbing to cloth at ends of spine. 1/2" x 1/4" loss of cloth at tail of spine.; US edition, preceding the UK edition. 432 pages. The full imprint on the title page is "New York: John Lane Company / London: John Lane, The Bodley Head / MCMXX". The copyright page has: "Copyright, 1920, / By John Lane Company / Press of / J. J. Little & Ives Company / New York, U.S.A." Brown cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front board. Page Dimensions: 185 x 125mm. The author's first novel. The novel was written in New York, where Mander was studying journalism at Colombia University. "Alice Roland is a purtian, limited by the Victorian teachings of her girl-hood about religion, social class, a woman's duties, and the sinfulness of sexual impulse." - from The New Zealand Novel 1860-1960 by Joan Stevens. [Reference: c.f. Bagnall M728 (UK edition) - "A woman's experiences on the Otamatea River, Northland, at the turn of the century."]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 7085

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Story of a New Zealand River

Verlag: John Lane, New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1920

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Fair

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket

Auflage: First Edition.