Stories of New Zealand Life: Including"The Two Detectives."" ..., Lower Hutt in Lower Hutt, Wellington for sale

[8] pages advertisements + [viii], 84 pages + [12] pages advertisements. Original printed wrappers. 1.5"corner missing from tail of front wrapper. Wrappers brittle and chipped around margins. 1/2"missing at head of paper spine. 1"missing at tail of paper spine. Internally good. Contents: The Two Detectives; The Beer Barrel Frolic; TheOyster Supper; An Adventure on Goat Island; Nineteen Hours on a Common Jury; The New Chum's First Fight; The Champagne Duel The Miser's Plant; The Rescue of the Stray Lamb; Wee Davie. [Reference: Bagnall 1538 -"'Short Stories of early gold-digging times'(Hocken) , but some have a generalised Dunedin and South Canterbury setting."]"It was sometime in the sixties, when young Dunedinites were full of blood and deviltry, that Charlie McIntosh and Jamie Fraser were slowly winding their way up Rattray streets towards Roslyn, the hill seeming to be much steeper than usual, after a blythe night at the old Empire, with some choice spirits, at billiards and props, washed down with a drap o'the cratur. [.]"; 12mo
Stories of New Zealand Life: Including"The Two Detectives.""The Miser's Plant,""Rescue of the Stray Lamb,""Wee Davie,"&C. (William Davidson)
Author
William Davidson
Title
Stories of New Zealand Life: Including"The Two Detectives.""The Miser's Plant,""Rescue of the Stray Lamb,""Wee Davie,"&C.
Publisher name
James Horsburgh, Dunedin
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
1889
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Item condition
Fair
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Key words
New Zealand Literature Regional History Southern M
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