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Issue Details: First known date: 1882... 1882 Philiberta : A Novel
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Notes

  • The title page of Talbot's The New Guide to the Lakes and Hot Springs and a Month in Hot Water, which has the date 1882 (it was advertised about Christmas time) on its title page identifies Talbot as 'the author of Philiberta', which could suggest that the novel Philiberta was well known in New Zealand by 1882. Geoff Adams, Talbot's biographer, has not found any evidence of Philiberta being serialised by any of New Zealand's early papers.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Serialised by: The Leader (Supplement) no. 21 January 1882 periodical issue
      1882 .
      Note/s:
      • Serialised in The Leader (Supplement) in 27 weekly instalments, 7 January-8 July, 1882. Page details unknown.
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The Melbourne Leader (26 May 1883) informed readers that Philiberta had been purchased by Messrs Ward Lock & Co, London. Again on 1 December 1883 the same paper reported that the prize-winning novel had been 'added by Messrs Ward, Lock & Co to their Library of Select Fiction.' The novel would have been published after it had run its course as a 27-part serial (8 July 1882). The British Library Catalogue gives the date for Philiberta as [1883]; the English Catalogue of Books as 1883. Philiberta is also listed in 'Victorian Yellowbacks & Paperbacks 1849-1905', by Chester Topp, Vol. IV, which lists Ward, Lock publications, and notes that the novel was advertised for sale in The Athenaeum on 15 September 1883.
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Ward, Lock ,       1883 .
      Extent: 366p.
      Reprinted: 1890-1897 The probability of this being a reprint is supported by the fact that Ward and Lock, publishers, became Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co. as listed on t.p.; that is, after the early 1890s. 'Special Australian edition' (back cover).
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: E. W. Cole , ca. 1890-1897 .
      Extent: 366p.
      Note/s:

      • Edition uses the Ward, Lock and Bowden sheets ('Ward, Lock and Bowden' appears on p. 366) and replaces Ward, Lock and Bowden on the title page with E W Cole. Dated no earlier than early 1890s or later than 1897, as Ward Lock and Bowden only existed between ca. 1891 and 1897.

      • On back cover: 'Cole's Special Edition'.
      • On cover: 'The Melbourne Leader £100 Prize Tale'.
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Works about this Work

The 'Strangely Curious Career' of Philiberta : A Lost New Zealand Novel Lawrence Jones , 1998 single work essay
— Appears in: Kotare : New Zealand Notes & Queries , October vol. 1 no. 1 1998; (p. 21-25)
English Novels from Four Quarters of the Globe 1884 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 16 August vol. 38 no. 1258 1884; (p. 305)
— Review of Philiberta : A Novel Thorpe Talbot , 1882 single work novel
Correspondence : Philiberta Louisa D. Morris , 1882 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 12 August 1882; (p. 25)
Correspondence : Philiberta Green Hills , 1882 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 12 August 1882; (p. 25)
Correspondence : "Philiberta" Carrie , 1882 single work criticism correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 5 August 1882; (p. 25)
English Novels from Four Quarters of the Globe 1884 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Mail , 16 August vol. 38 no. 1258 1884; (p. 305)
— Review of Philiberta : A Novel Thorpe Talbot , 1882 single work novel
Correspondence : Philiberta Emily , 1882 single work criticism correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader (Supplement) , 22 July 1882; (p. 2)
Correspondence : "Philiberta" An Australian Girl , 1882 single work criticism correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 5 August 1882; (p. 25)
Correspondence : "Philiberta" Carrie , 1882 single work criticism correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 5 August 1882; (p. 25)
Correspondence : Philiberta Green Hills , 1882 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 12 August 1882; (p. 25)
Correspondence : Philiberta Louisa D. Morris , 1882 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Leader , 12 August 1882; (p. 25)
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Awards

1881 winner The Leader Prize
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Subjects:
  • Bush,
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    New Zealand,
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    Pacific Region,
  • Melbourne, Victoria,
  • Urban,
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