London: Macmillan, 1871. New Edition. 8vo. Hardcover. pp 238, 43 pp advertisements, frontispiece. Original red cloth, gilt title on spine. Classic account of the trials and tribulations of the settler in Canterbury. A very good copy of the rare1871 edition. More
1936. No Binding. Hand-written signed letter headed 'Grand Hotel, Auckland' The letter acknowledges a request for an autograph "which I feel is hardly worth the value you put upon it!". Includes two slips with her signatures and newspaper cuttings referring to Lady Colville's trip to New Zealand in November 1936..... More
London: Bentley, 1849. 2nd Edition. Small 8vo. Pictorial Boards. pp.235. Full calf. MInor rubbing on spine. Book plate foxed. A lovely copy of an unusual book on early Australia. More
No Binding. Paper slip 8 x 6 cm, "Believe me, yours truly, Ida Dalhousie." Ida Dalhousie (1857-1887), was wife of John Ramsay, 13th Earl of Dalhousie, the British naval commander and politician. Lady Ida died at 30 from peritonitis, and her husband retired to bed that night, never to wake..... More
London: Bentley, 1837. 8vo. Hardcover. 3 vols. Portrait plates (some foxing). Contemporary full calf, with gilt decorations on the spine. Portrait plates, foxed. A Finely bound set of this interesting work. A handsome copy. More
No Binding. 14 original photographs of Lady Wavertree's charity tennis tournaments held at her home, Sussex Lodge, London, c. 1930s. Two are of doubles matches in action involving French players Lenglen, Borotra, Cochet, Lacost etc,,one with some loss to margins. Three photographs are of Lady Wavertree's Charity Ball including Princess..... More
