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BOYES, W.W. [with ephemera], In Memoriam S.S. "Penguin." February 12th, 1909.
Starting Bid: $30
Estimate:
$50 - $60
Ended
Timed Auction
163: Rare Books
Category
Description
BOYES, W.W. [with ephemera]
In Memoriam S.S. "Penguin." February 12th, 1909.
A poem on a single leaf on blue paper titled 'Prologue', printed by the NZ Times. 220mm. The Picton-Wellington ferry, S.S. Penguin struck rocks in in Cook strait and sank in heavy seas off a rugged isolated coast in 1909. Only 30 of 102 passengers survived. Scarce. Miniature commemorative Newspapers. 1. Supplement to "The Press", May 25th, 1911. Miniature facsimile of Vol.1. No.1. May 25, 1861. 240mm, 6pp. 2.The Sun, 3rd edition. Christchurch, November 14, 1922. [two copies]. Miniature newspapers one with ' ChCh Industrial Exhibition Nov13th - Dec 31st 1922, written down the margin, the other copy printed in red text Souvenir of N.Z. Industrial Exhibition... 75mm, 16pp.
In Memoriam S.S. "Penguin." February 12th, 1909.
A poem on a single leaf on blue paper titled 'Prologue', printed by the NZ Times. 220mm. The Picton-Wellington ferry, S.S. Penguin struck rocks in in Cook strait and sank in heavy seas off a rugged isolated coast in 1909. Only 30 of 102 passengers survived. Scarce. Miniature commemorative Newspapers. 1. Supplement to "The Press", May 25th, 1911. Miniature facsimile of Vol.1. No.1. May 25, 1861. 240mm, 6pp. 2.The Sun, 3rd edition. Christchurch, November 14, 1922. [two copies]. Miniature newspapers one with ' ChCh Industrial Exhibition Nov13th - Dec 31st 1922, written down the margin, the other copy printed in red text Souvenir of N.Z. Industrial Exhibition... 75mm, 16pp.
