Poems
Ferguson, Dugald
From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
AbeBooks Seller Since 06 June 2002
Quantity: 1From Renaissance Books, ANZAAB / ILAB, Dunedin, New Zealand
AbeBooks Seller Since 06 June 2002
Quantity: 1About this Item
3/8" missing to cloth at head of spine and at corners of boards. 1/4" missing to cloth at tail of spine. Some staining to front board. Moderate rubbing to cloth boards and spine. Half of the rear free endpaper has been torn away, but with no damage to the gutter. Foxing to endpapers. Internally good. Owner's signature. "Reg G. Rowe".; No date [c.1878]. viii, 108, [1] pages. Blind-stamped green cloth boards. Page dimensions: 185 x 122mm. The author's first book. Titles of some of the poems in this work: Dunedin; In Memoriam; On an Elderly Maiden Lady; The Plaidie; Sandie and Jean; Bonnie Jean; Cousin Mary; Otago and Scotland; Lines Addressed to a Friend on His Exchanging Boots Supposed to be Spoken by a Grasping Overseer of a Sheep Station to his Shearers; Winter; Life in Earnest; Written on the Fly Leaf of a Bible; The Woman of Canaan; The Halting Christian. "Upon her hill, Dunedin. / How beautiful she stands, / The ocean wafting to her feet / The wealth of other lands." - from the poem "Dunedin". [Reference: Bagnall 1899].; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. Seller Inventory # 6620
Bibliographic Details
Title: Poems
Publisher: Mackay, Fenwick, and Co. [c1878], Dunedin
Publication Date: 1878
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition.
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Malcolm Moncrief-Spittle, trading as Renaissance Books. Contact details: Renaissance Books, 271 High St, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand. Phone: +64 3 4719294. Email: info@renaissancebooks.co.nz. Website: www.renaissancebooks.co.nz. GST #39 820 209. Terms of Sale: All books may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund of the book price, not including shipping. Return shipping also refunded where books are not as described.
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