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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  12 Dec 2013 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  201
• Lot Description:
  Skey, William
  The pirate chief : and, The mummy's complaint ; with various Zealandian poems. Plus three
• Notes:
  1st ed. Wellington : Haggett & Percy, [1889], 8vo. vii, 208 p. 5189. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Wear to extremities. Small inscription to lining papers. Light wear to contents. 'Hockens statement : 'The writer was a better Analyst to the Geological Survey than a poet' is true, but Skey's vigour and facility as a versifier sometimes well matches a local theme, of which there are many.' - Bagnall. G. Plus 'Poems' by Dugald Ferguson (Dunedin : Printed and published by Mackay, Fenwick, and Co., [1878]). Blue cloth boards. Mild wear to covers and contents. G. 'Stokin' and other verses' by Will Lawson (Wellington : Gordon & Gotch, 1908). Blue cloth boards with gilt titles. Wear to covers and contents. G. 'The maid of Avon, or, The mirth of the moon ; and, Facts and fancies' by Charles Denyer Wright (Fabricius). (Auckland : John Henry Field, 1882). Rebound. Foxing to contents. G. [4].
• Estimate:
  NZ$60 - 60
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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