Signature of Alfred Austin, Poet laureate
Alfred Austin Signed thank-you card from Alfred Austin, addressed from Swinford Manor, Ashford, Kent, dated Jan. 1896, signed in ink. Inside is a poem from the minor poet and wine dealer John Fountain Tattersall, celebrating the appointment of Austin as Poet Laureate in that year. "Laureate, because I know your lyre was led To song, not chiefly by the jewelled crown 'That is the symbol of the old renown." 11.5 x 18 cm- $26
- $26
Signature of Henry Brougham
Brougham, Lord Signature of Lord Brougham, on slip: ‘London March . 1831, The Lady Arabella Acheson. Worlingham Hall, Beccles, Suffolk. H Brougham’. Includes a postmark dated 31 March 1831. Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux (1778-1868) was the liberal and reformist politician who became Lord Chancellor in 1830, playing a significant role in passing the Reform Act, and in the abolition of slavery. Lady Arabella Acheson was a member of the Acheson family, of the Earls of Gosford, occupying Worlingham Hall in Suffolk. 11.5 x 7 cm.- $26
- $26
The abridgement of the Gardners dictionary: containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery;.husbandry.management of the vineyard.etc.
Miller, Philip Unpaginated, subjects alphabetical, also including a Latin and English index.12 engraved folding plates of plants and equipment. Entries on vineyard management, all aspects of gardening, etc.Original full calf. Front joint shows some wear but very firm. A very good copy of this rare edition, in original binding and fine internal condition.- $1,294
- $1,294
Celebrating Peace Day, Rotorua
Soper, George Original watercolour painted by George Soper which was reproduced as a lithograph in The Graphic, July 19, 1902. The picture shows Maori women dancing around a bonfire, watched by a large group in a general celebration of the ending of the Boer War. Soper (1870-1942) was an English artist and illustrator, whose work appeared in numerous magazine and papers. This is the original painting of a well-known, and widely reproduced image, thus very special.- $2,348
- $2,348
Ashburton campsite, New Zealand
Photograph of 'The camp at mouth of the Ashburton, March 1905'.The image shows a number of cabins and tents on a rather bleak campsite above a beach at the mouth of the Ashburton river. Some foxing on mount, but the photographic print is clean. 15 x 10.5 on 25.5 x 20 mount.- $105
- $105
The Last of the Arctic Voyages: being a Narrative of the Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, under the command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher in search of Sir John Franklin.
BELCHER, Capt. Sir Edward 2 vols. Full contemporary calf. Complete with all plates, coloured lithographs and folding maps. A handsome complete copy.- $1,883
- $1,883
The Jungle Book & The Second Jungle Book
1st editions of the two books in the original blue cloth with gilt decoration on spine and front board, a.e.g. Illustrations by J. L. Kipling, W. H. Drake and P. Frenzeny. A little pale foxing on some pages. Pp. 212 and 238. Very good copies of this pair of rare first editions.
Collection of Hand-written letters
A warm and interesting set of correspondence between the novelist Elinor Glyn and Mrs. Hall Walker (later Lady Wavertree) covering a variety of domestic and society subjects. Reference to outings to the tennis, the Royal Family, domestic arrangements and servants, health, theatre, etc. Inludes trenchant comments such as "The Simpson affair and its end has done great good, like a good surgical operation." Details of each letter available. 9 letters, 1929-1933. The Sisters Dowdeswell, 1832
Water colour portrait of two sisters of the Dowdeswell Family. A Dowdeswell sister, Sarah Wall (nee Dowdeswell) and her husband Anthony Wall and their young family emigrated to New Zealand in 1841, settling in Porirua. This fine portrait of two Dowdeswell sisters is possibly that of two of Sarah's sisters to whom she wrote after her arrival in New Zealand and could be a memento brought out to New Zealand. The watercolour is on a card 17.5 x 22 cm, with foxing but not affecting the image. GRAND MATCH,between the All-England Eleven and the Twenty-Two of Canterbury 1864
pp.61,[2]. Original boards. Fine in original printed d/w. Pale foxing. Hand-set edition limited to 225 copies. Nag's Head Press was New Zealand's most prolific private printer, known for their delightfully designed books and fine typography. Rare in very good condition.