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"Quilp N" (Will Lawson) The Red West Road And Other Verses

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"Quilp N" (Will Lawson) The Red West Road And Other Verses Turnbull, Hickson And Gooder, Jervois Quay, Wellington, first edition, 1903, 55pp, illustrated by W. Macbeth, printed pictorial wrappers, spine taped, signed on the title page by NZ/Australian author Will Lawson (1876-1957) who adopted this pseudonym in 1900 inspired by Charles Dickens villainous dwarf Daniel Quilp. Rare.

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