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MISSING BOOK FOUND ALLEGED FIRST EDITION (Per Press Association.) v , ’ • WELLINGTON 1 , this day. In a case, twice previously adjourned, in which 11. G. Rogers claimed the return of a "first edition of Alexander Pope” from J. H.' Saunders, a dealer, the defendant claimed that the missing book had been found and handed over to the plaintiff. The magistrate, intimating that this course ended the action, the plaintiff agreed that the book produced answered in every detail the description of the book which lie had handed to Saunders, but he thought it was too new to be his. Saunders, called as a witness, admitted having told Rogers that the hole was worth £l5O, but he was under a misunderstanding at the time as to its value.
Johannes C. Anderson, librarian at Turnbull Library, gave evidence ilia: the book was one of a series of 77 p-eket editions issued at the end of the eighteenth century. Some years ago a complete set of the 77 titles had been sold for £1 16s. The book produced, by itself, was of no commercial value. The magistrate said there was no room for reasonable doubt that the book in court was Rogers’ book. Neither counsel mentioned costs, and the magistrate indicated that each paity would pay its own. '
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17411, 8 November 1930, Page 5
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