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'Goldfields story set in Dunedin featuring George W. Pratt, the "senior partner" and Will Enderby alias Harry Grey. Pyke's narrative with its sectional "flashback" to Enderby's Victorian past (excellent for the Australian market) and the final denouement in Australia, makes a brisk, plausible and readable narrative with convincing dialogue'. - New Zealand National Bibliography : to the year 1960, ed. A.G. Bagnall (1969-1985) V.1 Pt.2.

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  • Epigraph: In wild times men are wilful, and rash youth / O'erleaps the pale of custom. 'Tis a fault / That cures itself by practice.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Dunedin, Otago, South Island,
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      New Zealand,
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      Pacific Region,      :       R.T. Wheeler ,       1873 .
      Extent: vii, 260 pp.
      Note/s:
      • First issued in 4 parts (Sept. - Dec. 1873).
      • Bagnall 4748.
      • 'Told by Vincent Pyke'.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Dunedin, Otago, South Island,
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      New Zealand,
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      Pacific Region,      :       Hutchinson ; Wise, Caffin & Co. ,       1889 .
      Alternative title: Wild Will Enderby : A Story of the New Zealand Gold Fields
      Extent: 154p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes 'Exordium' dated Pa-Taotara, Dunedin, May 1st, 1889.
      • Bagnall 4752.
      • 'By Vincent Pyke, M.H.R.'
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Hutchinson ,       1889 .
      Extent: iv, 218p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Includes 'Exordium' dated Dunedin, May 1st, 1889.
      • Bagnall 4754.
      • 'By Vincent Pyke, M.H.R.'
    • Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island,
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      New Zealand,
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      Pacific Region,      :       Capper Press ,       1974 .
      Alternative title: Wild Will Enderby : A Story of the New Zealand Gold Fields
      Extent: 154p.
      Note/s:
      • Reprint of London : Hutchinson, 1889 ed.
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Works about this Work

Literature : Wild Will Enderby 1874 single work review
— Appears in: The Leader , 2 May 1874; (p. 26)
— Review of The Story of Wild Will Enderby Vincent Pyke , 1873 single work novel
Review 1874 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 14 November vol. 10 no. 253 1874; (p. 784)
— Review of The Story of Wild Will Enderby Vincent Pyke , 1873 single work novel
Review 1874 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 14 November vol. 10 no. 253 1874; (p. 784)
— Review of The Story of Wild Will Enderby Vincent Pyke , 1873 single work novel
Literature : Wild Will Enderby 1874 single work review
— Appears in: The Leader , 2 May 1874; (p. 26)
— Review of The Story of Wild Will Enderby Vincent Pyke , 1873 single work novel
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    New Zealand,
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    Pacific Region,
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