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. Minor rubbing of the book edges with light tanning of the text block edges. Age toning of the pages. The half title page has become a little crease closest to the hinge. Faint offset tanning to the end pages. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with a couple of small tears to the top dustwrapper edge. Some fading of the back strip. Handling marks and stains to the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. [9], 2 - 216 pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Mining; New Zealand; 19th century; Inventory No: 0286423. .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0286423
Title: Mary Smith's Hotel
Author: Lawson, Will
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
Place of Publication: Sydney
Date Published: 1957
Keywords: BZDB2 Novel, 19th-century, New Zealand, gold mining town, hotel Fiction; Mining; New Zealand; 19th century; Unbranded Lawson, Will Mary Smith's Hotel
Bookseller catalogs: Mining;

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General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online

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