New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1872. First American Edition. HB. Blindstamped, pebbled blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 8vo, 146 pp. Originally published in Dunedin, New Zealand in 1866 as "Grif: A Story Of Colonial Life" , the first British edition appeared in 1870. Farjeon (1838-1903) was self taught. He worked at the Nonconformist before immigrating to Australia in 1854. He went to the Victorian gold fields and started a newspaper, then went to New Zealand in 1861, where he worked on the Otago Daily Times. It was while in New Zealand that this work was written, set in working class Melbourne. Brown endpapers show moisture damage and were at some time stuck to free endpapers and were separated with consequent tearing, lacking ffep, front and rear hinges cracked but binding solid. No marks in book. Text in double column. Covers show edge wear, fraying top and bottom of spine, corners worn through to boards. A Good+ copy of a scarce early edition of this classic work by the prolific Victorian novelist.

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Bookseller: Parker's Rare Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: KO7702
Title: Grif: A Story Of Australian Life
Author: Farjeon, B. L. (Benjamin Leopold)
Format/Binding: HB
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First American Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1872
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Bookseller catalogs: Literature;

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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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