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Small octavo, original pictorial pink wrappers printed in black, side stapled. First edition. Sensation novella depicting the harsh pioneer life of miners in New Zealand in the 1870s. While the hero is away prospecting his small children die; he drowns, and his grief-stricken wife ends up in the madhouse. Staple stains to wrappers, a bit of fading to same, tiny chip from lower fore-edge corner of rear cover, a very good copy with fine interior. (#118004).…

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. 1" chip at corner of front wrapper. 1/2" and smaller tears to edges of wrappers. 1 1/2" and 1" loss at ends of paper spine. Staples rusting.; Printed paper wrappers. A short novel. "To you whose lines have fallen in pleasant places, on whose paths in life fortune has beamed with gracious smiles, the following narrative will possess little interest. Surrounded as you are with home comforts, troops of friends, and social pleasures, your severest pang, perchance, arising from satiety, you are utterly unable to estimate aright the strenuous struggle for existence maintained by the penniless poor." - the opening sentences. [References: Bagnall W350 - "Containing some views of the social outlook from the proletarian standpoint"; Burns p. 8. - "A new immigrant to Lyttelton in the 1870s and unemployed joins the gold rush to the West Coast".]; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 55, [1] pages.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Ex-library. General Assembly Library, New Zealand. New Zealand Collection. Gilt library stamps on spine and front board.; 55, [1] pages. Nicely rebound in green cloth boards with red panel on spine. Without original printed wrappers. Page dimensions: 169 x 113mm. A short novel. "To you whose lines have fallen in pleasant places, on whose paths in life fortune has beamed with gracious smiles, the following narrative will possess little interest. Surrounded as you are with home comforts, troops of friends, and social pleasures, your severest pang, perchance, arising from satiety, you are utterly unable to estimate aright the strenuous struggle for existence maintained by the penniless poor." - the opening sentences. [References: Bagnall W350 - "Containing some views of the social outlook from the proletarian standpoint"; Burns p. 8. - "A new immigrant to Lyttelton in the 1870s and unemployed joins the gold rush to the West Coast".]. …

Condition: New. Print on Demand pp. 62.

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 64. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1892 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 64.…

Containing some views of the social outlook from the proletarian standpoint. First edition. 8vo. Very good in the original wrappers, staples rusty. 55pp. Christchurch, Simpson & Williams, A fictional tale of the hard realities of mining life in New Zealand. The protagonist's children die while he is away prospecting; he drowns; and his wife is committed to an asylum due to her grief.…

Containing some views of the social outlook from the proletarian standpoint.  First edition. 8vo. Very good in the original printed green wrapper, staples rusty. 55pp. Christchurch, Simpson & Williams, A fictional tale of the hard realities of mining life in New Zealand. The protagonist's children die while he is away prospecting; he drowns; and his wife is committed to an asylum due to her grief.…