Mary Smith's Hotel by Lawson, Will - 1957

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Dark red coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper red and white coloured titles to the front panel and red and black coloured titles to the backstrip. Set in the isolated goldmining town Charleston on the west coast of New Zealand in the 1870s. Mary Black and her young son Christopher were left in the town after tragic circumstances. They found solace Mary Smith and the hotel that she ran. It was the miners who took the place of Christopher's father, but, it was Mary Smith who became his mother when his own remarried and left New Zealand.  Rubbing and some softening of the backstrip edges dust marks from edges. Uniform light tanning of the text edges and age toning of pages. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front page. The lower right-hand corner of page 15 / 16 has not been cut square with the rest of the text block – printing fault. Chipping to the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Sunning to the backstrip and rear panel, with quite noticeable handling marks to the rear panel.  Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [9], 2 - 216 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Mining; New Zealand; 19th century; Inventory No: 0127979. .