Vincent pyke (18 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Second edition which is an exact copy of the original work from 1887. Hardcover with dust jacket. 8vo. 154pp. Condition. A very clean copy with some minor dust dulling to the top edges and a tiny piece of marginalia. The jacket has very minor shelf wear only.…

HARDCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. Reprint of 1887 Edition. Octavo hardcover with bright red boards; 154 pp; pictorial front endpapers; b/w illustrations. Tight binding, clean throughout. Very Good. DJ: Light cover wear; one thin 0.5 inch pen mark to front wrap. Very Good. Reprint of Vincent Pyke's 1887 narrative, which provides a faithful history of the early gold discoveries in the Otago region of New Zealand. Blends official documents, newspaper records, and private information acquired by the author in his capacity as Goldfields Secretary. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - bTitle:/b The Adventures of George Washington Pratt. A story of the New Zealand gold-fields.br/br/bPublisher:/b British Library, Historical Print Editionsbr/br/The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.br/br/The HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND & the PACIFIC collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection offers titles providing historical context for modern day Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, and the Pacific Islands (collectively, Oceania). It includes studies of their relationship to British colonial heritage, Trans-Tasman history, resistance to colonization, and histories of sailors, traders, missionaries, and adventurers. br/br/++++br/The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:br/++++br/br/b/b British Librarybr/b/b Pyke, Vincent; br/b/b 1890.br/b/b iv. 204 p. ; 8º.br/b/b 012631.h.58.br/.…

Kartoniert / Broschiert. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. 154 pages. Dj worn.

Zustand: New.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the 'public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.…

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good-. Minor abrasion to front endpaper. Some rubbing to dust-jacket. A 1" tear to margin of dust-jacket on front panel. A couple of small 1/4" chips at tail of dust-jacket spine. Dust-jacket protected in archival mylar cover.; 1974 facsimile reprint of the 1889 edition. iv, (5)-154 pages. Maroon boards. Page dimensions: 214 x 138mm. An early New Zealand novel, set in the gold fields of the South Island. This novel was originally published in four parts in 1873. [Bibliographical Reference: c.f. Bagnall 4752 - "Pyke's narrative with its sectional 'flash-back' to Enderby's Victorian past (excellent for the Australian market) and the final denouement in Australia, makes a brisk, plausible and readable narrative with convincing dialogue."].…

Softcover. Zustand: Fair. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Lacking the title leaf. Covers rubbed, worn at edges. 9mm chip to cloth at head of spine. Spine faded. Staples rusted. Previous owner's blind-stamp on Introduction leaf. PRevious owner's name dated 1895 on inside of rear cover. Foxing.; Lacking the title leaf. [4 of 6], 82 + [4] pages advertisements. Leaf tipped in at rear "The Ayrshire Association Prize Stories. To The Editor [. . .]" by C. F. MacLean. Moire mauve limp cloth covers with gilt title "CRAIGIELINN" on front wrapper. Page dimensions: 201 x 127mm. "Folk hae aften wondered what for out place is ca'd Craigielinn when it is maistly fine open land wi'no a craig or a linn on't. Weel we just gave it the name out o'richt'doun love and affection for the auld house at hame, where I was born and dwelt till the event happened that I hae set forth to relate [.]" [Reference: Bagnall 4742 - "Scottish story in dialect, the setting being events prior to the emigration to Otago. Hocken has pointed out that Mrs Pyke's maiden name was Renwick."]. …

Softcover. Zustand: Fair No dust jacket as issued. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Front cover and title leaf (pp. i-ii) detached together. Pages iii-iv ("Exordium" leaf) detached and loose. Staples rusted. Some small chips to margins of wrappers. Adhesive tape and tape stains on spine and covers. Erroneous date "1899" added to title page imprint in small ink letters (should be 1889).; Fifth edition (the previous four editions were all published in 1873). No date [1889]. iv, (5)-154, [2 (blank)] pages. Pink printed paper covers. Page dimensions: 183 x 122mm. A novel set in the Otago goldfields. This edition with a 2 page "Exordium" by the author dated 1889. Rear cover with advertisement for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. "Far away in the interior of Otago there are three great mountain ranges, radiating northerly from the Lammerlaw - mother of mountains." - the opening sentence. "In those halcyon days when I revelled in tightly-strapped trousers, a frequent addendum to the title of a novel or story was the legend 'Founded on Fact.' [. . .] The pictures of life and society in those early days are true; the scenic descriptions are true - minutely conned and noted at the time, when all was new and strange" - from the Exordium, p. iii. "Goldfields story set in Dunedin featuring George W. Pratt, the 'senior partner' and Willl Enderby alias Harry Grey. Pyke's narrative with its sectional 'flash-back; to Enderby's Victorian past (excellent for the Australian market) and the final denouement in Australia, makes a brisk, plausible and readable narrative" - Bagnall 4748 (for the first edition). [Reference (this edition): Bagnall 4752].…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Spine faded. Moderate rubbing and fading to boards. 1/4" fraying to cloth at lower corner of front board. No signatures.; [4], vii, [3], 76 pages +cxxviii pages Appendices + errata slip. Red cloth boards. Page dimensions: 214 x 132mm. Title in gilt on front board: "Vincent Pyke's Handy-Book of Local Government Law". Vincent Pyke (1827-1894) was a Commissioner for the Goldfields for the Otago Provincial Council. [Bibliographical reference: Bagnall 4744]; 8vo. …

Softcover. Zustand: Good+ No dust jacket as issued. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. Some chips to paper on spine. Dampstain to rear cover. Dampstains to blank margins of some leaves.; Second edition, published in the same year as the first edition. vii, [1], 260 [i.e. 258], [2 (blank)] pages. Pages 257-258 are misnumbered as 259-260. Printed papered card covers. Page dimensions: 214 x 134mm. A novel set in the Otago goldfields. "Far away in the interior of Otago there are three great mountain ranges, radiating northerly from the Lammerlaw - mother of mountains." - the opening sentence. "The favourable reception which this volume has received, both from the Public and the Press, necessitates, thus early, a reprint. I am thereby emboldened to avow my intention of pursuing yet further the story of 'Wild Will Enderby.'" - from the Preface to the Second Edition. "Goldfields story set in Dunedin featuring George W. Pratt, the 'senior partner' and Willl Enderby alias Harry Grey. Pyke's narrative with its sectional 'flash-back; to Enderby's Victorian past (excellent for the Australian market) and the final denouement in Australia, makes a brisk, plausible and readable narrative" - Bagnall 4748 (for the first edition). [Reference: Bagnall 4749; Burns, "New Zealand Novels and Novelists" p. 7 - "Life in the goldfields, Dunstan area, Otago"; Turnbull "Life on the Gold-Fields" 66 - "Later editions published with the title 'Wild Will Enderby a story of the New Zealand gold-fields.'"; c.f. Hocken p. 287 (fourth edition) - "Life on the goldfields."].…

Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Dust Jacket As Issued. First Edition. Ex libris bookplate, William Downie Stewart. Some rubbing to cloth boards. Spine titled by hand in black letters "CRAIGIELINN". Some spots of foxing, quite heavy on title leaf. Split to gutter between pages 16 and 17. Overall a nice copy of this scarce title.; Rare. This copy with an authorial inscription on the first blank leaf "William Barron / With the Author's / kind regards / Dunedin / May 27th 1884". There is no signature with the inscription. [2 (blank)], [6], 82, [2 (advertisements)] pages. Scarce issue in pebble grain green limp cloth boards with gilt title "CRAIGIELINN" in decorative gilt oval on front board (Bagnall records only "pale green paper covers." Page dimensions: 214 x 137mm. Tipped in at front endpaper is a printed letter about "The Ayrshire Association Prize Stories," addressed "To the Editor" and by C. F. MacLean, Hon. Secretary Ayrshire Association, Dunedin, May 18. With a 1 page Introduction by W. MacDonald, Rector of the High School of Otago. With a 1 page "Prefatory Epistle" by Janet Davidson, Craigielinn, Otago, 1st June, 1883 - "To my dear Bairns. I am just writing this for the information o' my bairns, but mair especial for the lassies, who may tak' twa-three hints freae their auld miter's experience, that may be o' servive till them when they win their way through the world. [. . .] But I couldna bide to 'lay me down an' dee,' as the sang says, without leaving an accoun o' how your faither and mysel' forgathered in the braw lang syne, in the dear auld land, that ye hae never see. Frae your luving Mither, Janet Davidson". "Craigielinn wasna muckle to speak o' as a house. Mr. McGelpin, the minister wah visited wi' us at orra times, an' was unco fu' o' learnin', used to say it was just 'a parralelogram in stane.' But it was a cosy beild for a' that, an' my father - James Cranston - held house and lands in his ain richt as his forbears had for many generations. He was a grand auld man, aye tender and thochtfu' in his ain dealin's wi' his bairns, an wi' folk aboot him, an' much respectit by the neighbours; but he was awfu' stiff in his religions opinions, an' very strict in matters o' discipline." - page 3. "Further, it was hoped that by the means an impetus would be given to the production, by authors in the Colony, of stories or sketches relating to the history and characteristics of the Scottish nation." - from the loosely included printed letter by C. F. MacLean. [References: Bagnall 4742 - "Scottish story in dialect, the setting being events prior to the emigration to Otago. Hocken has pointed out that Mrs Pyke's maiden name was Renwick."; Hocken p. 355 - "Written in the Scottish dialect by Pyke, whose wife's mainden name was Renwick."] Very Good- No dust jacket as issued. …