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Rambles in Bookland
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Rambles in Bookland
O For a Booke and a shadie Nooke
Eyther in-a-dorr or out,
With the greene leaves whisp'ring overhede,
Or the Street cryes all about,
Where I may Reade all at my ease,
Both of the Newe and Olde,
For a jollie goode Booke whereone to looke
Is better to me than Golde.
J. Wilson.
WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LIMITED
Wellington Auckland Christchurch Dunedin
1923
To Thomas Whyte
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To Thomas Whyte
Yours from
Jack
Charles Wilson
Thmoas 1923
Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd.
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Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd., Printers.
Wellington,
Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin
49737
Rambles in Bookland
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Rambles in Bookland
By
CHARLES WILSON
Chief Librarian, Parliament Library.
Advisory Director, Alexander
Turnbull Library.
O For a Booke and a shadie Nooke
Eyther in-a-dorr or out,
With the greene leaves whisp'ring overhede,
Or the Street cryes all about,
Where I may Reade all at my ease,
Both of the Newe and Olde,
For a jollie goode Booke whereone to looke
Is better to me than Golde.
J. Wilson.
WHITCOMBE & TOMBS LIMITED
Wellington Auckland Christchurch Dunedin
1923
Rambles in Bookland
Charles Wilson was Chief Librarian of the Parliamentary Library and Advisory Director of the Alexander Turnbull Library. This work follows on from his popular Rambles in Bookland published in 1922. The two-colour printing job gives the work a particular flair. This copy is signed by Wilson and bears the Whitcombe and Tombs imprint number 49737.
Further reading:
- Penny Griffith, "Some notes on dating Whitcombe and Tombs's Publications 1880-1960" in Bulletin of the Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand volume 6, number 2 (1982).