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Notable Acquisitions July 2012-June 2013

A selection of notable acquisitions covering all the collections is listed in the Turnbull Library Record to alert researchers to newly acquired material judged to be of significant research value. Additions to existing collections are not usually listed, except where they add substantially to what is already held.

Records can also be accessed electronically on the National Library of New Zealand's website (www.natlib.govt.nz). Records of the unpublished collections appear on the TAPUHI database, and the published collections through the National Library of New Zealand catalogue.

CARTOGRAPHIC COLLECTION

Oceania and the Pacific: On Mercators Projection (New York: C. S. Hammond & Co, 1904). Donation. Waipupu Native Reserve. Attributed to Graham Bagnall. Print with handcoloured additions and annotations. Map showing Waipupu N[ative] Preserve] on Wairarapa's east coast and surrounding area including East Coast Rd, Whareama River, Mangapokio, Rorokiki and Motuwaireka streams. Verso has stamp with 'Gordon H. Burton 160 Lambton Quay, Wellington'. Donation.

Maps of the D-Day Landing Beaches, Sword, Juno, Gold, Omaha, Utah: Showing in Minute Detail, the Ground Situation in April 1944 (Taunton: United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, c. 2005). Reproduction of the original maps published by the Hydrographic Office of the Admiralty. Purchase. Through New Zealand by [white star] the official guide of the White Star Tourist Services Ltd, 1925-1926 (Christchurch: White Star Tourist Services, 1926). Purchase.

Map of the Lakes near Rangiriri Township. Map showing Waikato River, Rangiriri township, Rangiriri Stream; Karaka Lake, Roto Ngaro [Lake], Ohinewai L[ake], Te Onetea St[rea]m, Lake Waikare, Matahuru River. Depths key, hydrographic measurement of Lake Waikare. Wash on waxed linen base, lithograph [scale 1:25000]. Donation.

Cortambert, Eugene, Oceanie (Paris: Dufour, Mulat & Boulanger, 1858). Purchase. Schnitzler, Johan Heinrich, L' Oceanie, avec la partie adjacente de Vasie (Strasbourg: E. Simon, 1860). Purchase. Oceania, or, Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Mercators projection, comprising Polynesia, Malaysia and Australasia compiled from the British Admiralty charts, the surveys of the U. States Exploring Expedition and Lieut. Raper's Table of Maritime Positions (Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co, [1870?]). Purchase.

Dominion of New Zealand: Philips' Authentic Imperial Maps for Tourists and Travellers. (London: George Philip & Son, 1942). Purchase. Plan of Highfold Estate in the Town District of Morrinsville: The Property of Henry J. Clifford, Esq. (Auckland: Wilsons & Horton, 191-?). Purchase.

DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS AND PRINTS

[Album of water colours, drawings and prints belonging to Cherie Templer, 1830-1890]. Album, various media. Includes two views, one by B. Connell of Wellington in 1841, and one of Auckland in 1843, as well as Auckland and Hamilton views from the 1880 s by Cherie Templer. Purchase. Arden, Hamar Humphrey, 1815-1895, & Francis Hamar Arden, 1841-1899. [Taranaki views, c. 1860-80] 4 watercolours. Includes views of New Plymouth and the Robson family farm by H. H. Arden, and of New Plymouth and Mt Egmont with a farmhouse by F. H. Arden. Purchases.

Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876. [Album, 1830 s-c. 1914]. Album containing three original drawings of Maori and of soldiers by J. A. Gilfillan, a watercolour of a young Maori man by J. J. Merrett, a drawing of a canoe prow by Cuthbert Clarke and further drawings and prints reflecting Colonel Balneavis's time in New Zealand as a soldier with the 58th Regiment from 1845. Purchase.

Barns-Graham, Allan, 1906-2006. [Self portrait, c. 1950], Pastel on paper. A self-portrait by one of New Zealand's war artists. Purchase.

Barraud, Charles Decimus, 1822-1897. [Men on horseback at the Hutt River]. 1863. Nelson from Wakapuwaka Road 1888. [Barracks at Napier] 1864. [Port Ahuriri] 1866. 4 watercolours. Includes two very fine large views of Napier with details of early houses, and the 65th Regiment's barracks. Purchases.

Boyce, Raymond. The New Zealand Opera Company ... Its founder Donald Munro as Count Almaviva, 1958. 1997. Acrylic on canvas. A commissioned portrait of Donald Munro in Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro. Donation.

Drawbridge, John, 1930-2005. [Storyboard watercolours for the film 'Ascent of Aspiring' by Brian Brake. 1949]. 18-page sketchbook of watercolours. A fascinating record of the visual intentions for a Brian Brake film. The uncompleted film included contributors James K. Baxter (script) and Douglas Lilburn (music). Donation.

Harvey, Robert, fl. 1885. Sophia (Tai Awhio) New Zealand, [Maori] guide [1881?]. Watercolour. A visiting tourist's portrait of Guide Sophia in Rotorua. Purchase. Kirkman, Alexander Stuart, 1912-1989. Modest in victory; magnificent in defeat! 1934. Oil on canvas. Jack Lovelock outrunning Bill Bonthron at Princeton, USA, in record time. Purchase.

Lindauer, Gottfried, 1839-1926. [Hamiora Maioha] c. 1890. Oil on canvas. A portrait of Hamiora Maioha of Ngapuhi or Tainui. Purchase.

Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889. Emily, a Maori. Nauranga, Jany 1851. Watercolour. A seated portrait of a young woman from the pa at Ngauranga Gorge, Wellington. Purchase.

[Park, Robert, 1812-1870], View of Port Nicholson from Eccleston Hill. c. 1850. Watercolour. Shows the modern site of Parliament with the first St Paul's church, Colonel William Wakefield's home (Government House) and garden. Purchase.

Richmond, James Crowe, 1822-1898. Kepler Mountains, Lake Te Anau, 1889. Watercolour. Purchase.

Roper, Edward, 1830-1909. The Maori and the ki-wi. c. 1873. Oil on paper. A night scene in a forest showing a man about to kill a kiwi attracted by a small fire. Purchase.

Tanner, Frances Mary, 1838-1918. [Two Maori overlooking Hawke's Bay and the Ruahine Range, c. 1865]. Watercolour. A rare example of the work of this talented Hawke's Bay artist. Purchase. Various artists. [Lysaght and Stowe family watercolours, 1870-1930]. 87 watercolours, 6 pencil drawings. New Zealand landscapes particularly of South Taranaki and Wellington. Purchase.

Welch, Nugent, 1881-1970. [Sketchbook of World War I scenes, 1916-1918]. Album containing 29 watercolours and drawings. The voyage to Europe and views of England and France, including the after-effects of the battle of the Somme. Purchase. Wimperis, Jenny, 1838-1927. The Cliffs, St Claire, Dunedin 1881 [and] Biscuit Rock and Tunnel Beach, St Clair 1881. 2 watercolours. Purchase.

Wynyard, Robert Henry, 1802-1864. [Auckland foreshore, Official Bay, with houses and figures, c. 1848]. Paihia looking across to Kororareka [1852]. Lyttelton. [1852] [Mr Blackett's residence, Auckland Harbour. 1852]. 2 watercolours, 2 pencil drawings. Purchases.

EPHEMERA COLLECTION

Athletics New Zealand. [Ephemera, about 500 sports programmes]. Donation. Climbing Everest: A New Family Game. A 'Victory' regd product, no. 63. Made in England by G. J. Hayter & Co. Ltd, The Victory Works, Boscombe, Bournemouth [Board game. 1954]. Purchase. Cornwall, Sharon. 32 sales catalogues etc. relating to sales of Friesian dairy cattle. Donation. Dance Aotearoa New Zealand DANZ. [Collection of dance ephemera, 19902012, including Body Festival programmes from Christchurch]. Donation.

Hocken Library (collector). [About 200 posters relating to arts and cultural events]. Donation. Meade, Xavier (supervisor). [2 sets of posters for projects (a) Purakau International Poster Project, 2011. 12 posters; (b) Aotearoa Liberators Poster Project, 2008. f2 posters]. Purchase. Surf Lifesaving New Zealand. [Ephemera including posters, calendars and 80 programmes]. Donation. [Tuvalu posters - 18 collected by Mark Crookston, June 2013]. Donation.

MANUSCRIPTS COLLECTION

Alley, Elizabeth. Correspondence with New Zealand writers, 1980-2000. 4 folders. Includes letters from Allen Curnow, Janet Frame, Michael King and Keri Hulme. Donation.

Baker, Shirley Waldemar Baker (Rev.), 1836-1903. Letterbook relating to Tongan affairs, 1880-82. 1 vol. Copies of letters written by Baker while he was Premier of Tonga. Purchase.

Balneavis family. Journal, 1840-80. A 19th-century copy of the military journal recounting the northern New Zealand wars of the 1840 s, and a scrapbook of contemporary illustrations and artworks. Purchase.

Buckley, Agnes Mary, 1903-1944. World War II papers, 1922-46. 11 cm. Includes letters (with transcripts) written by Buckley while serving in the Army Nursing Service in Egypt and Italy. Purchase.

Cowan, James, 1870-1943. Papers, 189585. 1.2 metres. An extensive accumulation of Cowan's clippings, research notes, drafts and correspondence relating to history writing and journalism. Purchase.

Curnow, Thomas Allen Curnow, 1911-2001. Further papers, 1939-2007. 1 m. Contains correspondence and papers relating to Curnow's career, and annotated books selected from his library. Donation.

Donnelly, William lan McLaren. Further literary papers, 1921-56. 21 cm. Correspondence (including letters from Robyn Hyde, Eileen Duggan and John Schroder), drafts, research notes and cuttings relating to his literary career. Donation.

Facer, Annette Helen, 1933-. Papers relating to Ngaio Marsh, 1950-75. 12 cm. Papers relating to Marsh's theatre productions, in which Facer was a cast member. Includes letters from Marsh. Donation.

Halcombe Family. Papers, 1860-c. 1900. 40 cm. Comprises 500 letters mainly to or from prominent Taranaki settlers Arthur and Edith Halcombe and their children. Purchase.

Hunter family. Correspondence and financial papers, 1870-80. 1 m. Includes letters from George Hunter to his father of the same name relating to the running of Porangahau Station in Hawke's Bay. Purchase.

McKay, Carol. Letters of Derek and Carol McKay from Solomon and Tokelau Islands, 1960, 1973-74. 11 folders; CD. Letters from the Solomons in 1960, written when working for the Boys' Brigade. Later letters written while working in Tokelau. Donation.

McLaughlin, Evelyn. Research papers relating to New Zealand post offices, 1965-76. 6.5 m. Data about New Zealand post offices, postmarks, date stamps, and related ephemera. Donation. Malone family. Papers relating to William George Malone, c. 1879-80. 40 cm. fncludes family correspondence and research material about Malone, as well as some of his papers. His war diaries and letters are already held by the Library. Donation.

Murry family. Literary and personal papers, c. 1910-91. 2.5 m. Purchased from the estate of John Middleton Murry. Includes fragmentary but extensive papers of Katherine Mansfield, as well as of Murry's wider literary interests, including letters and manuscripts relating to D. H. Lawrence. Purchase.

New Zealand Business Roundtable. Records, 1982-2012. 10.5 m; electronic files. Minutes, correspondence and related papers of the political lobby group. Donation.

New Zealand Sexual Health Society. Records, 1916-2003. 3 m. Key minutes, reports and papers of what was the New Zealand Venereological Society. Also includes the papers of Dr William Platts, the inaugural president. Donation.

New Zealand Shipowners' Federation. Records, 1906-85. 11 m. Extensive records of the Federation and its predecessors. Includes minutes, reports and subject files on a range of shipping and industrialrelations matters. Donation.

Sladden family. Diary of Arthur Sladden and related papers, 1886, 1995-2005. 3 folders. Features the engaging diary of 14-year-old Arthur, describing a horse trek holiday on the West Coast in 1886. Donation.

Smith, Shirley Hilda Stanley, 1916-2007. Papers, c. 1913-2004. 4 m. Smith was a Wellington-based lawyer, and wife of W. B. Sutch. The papers cover her early life and involvement with political and social issues. Donation.

Stichbury, Vincent John, 18967-1966. World War I papers, 1914-46. 30 cm. Includes diaries, letters, photographs and ephemera. Donation. Sturm, Terry (Professor). Papers relating to the State Literary Fund, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council and other organisations, 19822003. 4.5 m. Donation.

Surf Life Saving New Zealand. Records, 1910-2011. 6 m. Includes minutes, scrapbooks, and a wide range of historical material gathered by the organisation as part of its centenary celebrations. Donation. Ward, John Patrick, 18477-1914. Papers relating to the New Zealand wars, 1865-1908. 6 folders. Reminiscences and other writings. Purchase.

Ward, Maureen, 1933-. Letters from Neville (Stag) Spooner and other papers, 1941-47. 8 cm. The letters from Spooner, written while overseas on military service, feature his distinctive illustrations. Donation. Wedde, lan Curtis, 1946-. Papers, c. 19602010. 10 m; electronic files. Literary papers including correspondence, notebooks and diaries, drafts of poems and novels, theatre and film scripts, art and museum curatorial writings. Purchase.

Wendt, Albert, 1939-. Papers, c. 19652010. 12 m. Includes correspondence, notebooks, literary drafts and teaching papers. Purchase.

NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC PUBLISHED COLLECTIONS

Campion, Peter. Diamonds Worth a Death or Two, and A Model for Murder. Two murder/ detection novels, both released by London publisher Arco in 1955. Purchase. de Noce, Madame F. Les pirates du Pacifique (Paris: Librairie d'Education de la Jeunesse, [1889]). Purchase.

de Roever, A. G., and A. B. Brommer. The Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch United East India Company, Part III: Malay Archipelago and Oceania. 424 pp., hardcover, dust-jacket, slipcase, 59 x 41.5 x 6 cm, c. 12 kg, c. 580 maps, groundplans and topographical illustrations in facsimile. Donation.

Delvinquier, Benoit [et a/.]. De balade a la Ouamenie: les essais de colonisation en Nouvelle-Caledonie de 1853 a 1893. 2 volumes + folder of maps in slipcase. (Societe d'Etudes Historiques de la Nouvelle-Caledonie, 2011). Series: Publication 67. Purchase. Dowling, Peter A. Index to Imagery in Colonial Australian Illustrated Newspapers. (Hamilton, Vic: Peter A. Dowling, 2012). Includes New Zealand and Pacific content. Volume 1: Subjects. Volume 2: Creators. Donation. Eandi [Eric Resetar]. Adventure: An Odyssey on Jupiter. (Artcraft Press, [l94os]). Comic. Purchase.

Ezekierl, Ymesei E., assisted by David Ngiraterang Renguul. Palauan Song Book. (Palau: Dept of Education, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, 1962). Donation.

Foster, Sandys B. The Pedigrees of Lloyd of Dolobran, Montgomeryshire, the Wordsworth Family, Foster, Late of Le Court, Hants, Hanbury of Holfield Grange, Essex, Wakefield of Sedgwick House, Kendal, and Wakefield of New Zealand and So. Australia. (London: printed for private circulation, Christmas 1890). Purchase.

Goodchild, George. The Sands of Desire: Romance in the South Seas. (London: Collins, [1933]). Purchase. Grayson, Daphne. The Merrymakers' Island Adventure. Series: The Schoolgirls' Own Library, no. 60. (London: Amalgamated Press, [1949]). Purchase. Guerilla: The Soldiers' Journal, no. 16, July 1943. 'Rotorua Remedial Camp production' - cover. Purchase.

In a Little Town called Rotorua [sheet music]: Waltz Song. Words: C.A. Newson; music: J.J. Stroud; arr.: D.S. Sharp. (Auckland: Tony Granich, [n.d.]). 'Featured by Epi Shalfoon's famous dance band' - cover. Purchase. Lands Across the Seas Are Waiting for Young Men to Develop Them. (London: Issued by the Oversea Settlement Department, [1923?]). Pamphlet. Purchase. Miroir du rugby. (Paris: Editions J). 16 issues featuring articles on the All Blacks and/or New Zealand rugby players. Purchase.

Missions Tidning, no. 1. (Stockholm: Svenska-Missionssallskapet, 2 January 1835). Missions-Tidning was the mouthpiece of the Lutheran SvenskaMissionssallskapet (Swedish Missionary Society), founded in 1834. This issue includes a substantial report on missionary activity in New Zealand, notably the work of the Anglican missionary William Williams and the establishment of the Waimate mission. Purchase.

Potter, H. R. Trentham Camp Standing Orders. (Whitcombe & Tombs, 1916). Purchase. Press (Christchurch). 1861-2010. A complete run of issues, hardbound. From the Fairfax archive in Christchurch. Donation. Promenades autour du monde, ou Extraits des voyages de MM. Caille, Mollien, Durville, Delaplace ... (Paris: Lavigne, [1834]). Purchase.

Queen Joan's Novelties 1, no. 5. (21 March 1941). 'Published in the interests of the Public Services Queen in the Wellington Victory Queen Carnival'. Purchase. Resetar, Eric. Crash Carson of the Future: Adventures on the Moon [#l.] (Auckland: Wright & Jaques, [1944]). Comic. Believed to be the first self-published comic in New Zealand. Purchase.

St Aulaire, Achille. Campagne d'un baleinier autour du monde: croquies et notes d'un offtcier du bord. A Trip Round the World on Board a Whale Ship: Sketches and Notes by One of the Officers. (Paris: Albert, [c. 1840]). Purchase. Taiti I [album compose de 31 photographies de L. Gauthier, et illustre d'apres documents de Tahiti, par Ed. Rocher]. ([Papeete?]: L. Gauthier, [193-?]). Purchase. Tsuda, Mutsumi. Ames errantes: le destin brise des emigrants d'Okinawa en NouvelleCaledonie ; traduit du japonais par Yuu Tsuchiya-Desvals. (Madrepores, 2012). Purchase.

Voyage de Bougainville autour du monde: sur la frigate du roi 'La Boudeuse' et la flute 'L 'Etoile', en 1766, 1767, 1768 et 1769, raconte par lui-meme. (Lille: Societe de Saint-Augustin; Desclee de Brouwer, 1893). Text adapted for children. Purchase. War Wit: A Tonic for Jitters 5, no. 57 (November 1945). (Wellington: Stewart, Lawrence & Co., 1945). Purchase.

ORAL HISTORY AND SOUND COLLECTION

Dunedin Double EP oral history project (2011-2012). 5 interviews by Helen Frizzell with musicians who contributed to the Dunedin Double EP for the 30th anniversary of the release of the record by Flying Nun Records in 1982. Commissioned by Helen Frizzell and Lesley Paris. The project received an Award in Oral History grant. Donation.

Interview with Gladys Goodall (2013). Life history interview by Hugo Manson with the photographer, born in 1908. Commissioned by the Alexander Turnbull Library.

Interviews with Robert (Robin) Williams (19905-2000 s). 6 recordings of Robin Williams, 1919-2013, mathematician, physicist and public servant. Includes an extended life history interview by Philip Rainer recorded in 1995-96. Donation.

J Force oral history project (2008-2009). Interviews by Alison Parr and others with seventeen New Zealand men and women who served in the occupation of Japan 1946-1948. Commissioned by the Ministry for Culture & Heritage for their War History Programme and the book The Occupiers: New Zealand Veterans Remember Post-war Japan by Alison Parr. (Auckland: Penguin, 2012). Donation.

K Force oral history project (2011). Interviews by Pip Desmond with 12 New Zealanders who served in the Korean War in the early 19505. Commissioned by the Ministry for Culture & Heritage for their War History Programme and the book The War That Never Ended: New Zealand Veterans Remember Korea by Pip Desmond (Auckland: Penguin, 2013). Donation.

New Zealand immigration to Australia 1965-1995 (2009-10). Interviews by Rosemary Baird with 36 New Zealanders who migrated to Australia, conducted in both Australia and New Zealand for her University of Canterbury PhD thesis 'Across the Tasman: Narratives of New Zealand Migrants to and from Australia, 1965-1995' (2012). Donation.

Te Hui Amorangi Ki Te Manawa 0 Te Wheke oral history project -further interviews (2009-2010). 8 video interviews with kaumatua in te reo Maori by the Maori Language Regenesis Group of this diocese of the Anglican Church. The project received an Award in Oral History grant. Donation.

Women judges oral history project (2012). 5 interviews with women judges by Megan Hutching, the first stage of an ongoing project commissioned by the New Zealand Association of Women Judges. The project received an Award in Oral History grant. Donation.

PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVE

Bensemann, Elsie Mary, 1914-2005. Photographs of artwork created for the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition and photographs of Jean Jones, nee Angus. 2 1 negatives and 3 album pages. Donation.

Berntsen, Anton, fl. 1917. Negatives relating to the Walsh Brothers' Flying School and farm life at Waipatiki, near Dannevirke. 73 black and white negatives. Donation.

Bleakley, Joe, fl. 1980-2013. Colour transparencies relating to the Wellington Sun Festival in 1983. 2,197 colour transparencies, 17 photographic prints. Donation.

Brooke-White, Julia Stac e, fl. 19605-2013. Photographs of Raoul Island, Kermadec Islands. The photographs depict voluntary and paid work on Raoul Island, 2001-3. 1 photograph album, 4 digital prints, and 14 colour negative strips. Purchase.

Buckley, John David (Jack), 1901-1983. Photographs taken by Wellington-based amateur photographer Jack Buckley. Comprises domestic scenes, landscapes and local events in the lower North Island, c. 19205-19705. Also includes photographs relating to Buckley's sister, Agnes, who served as a nurse during World War 11. 8 containers of negatives, albums, prints and notebooks (approximately 20,000 images). Purchase.

Burrowes, Stanley Gadfield Aglionby, 1891-1968. Photographs taken and collected by Stanley G. A. Burrowes while he served with the Wellington Mounted Rifles in Egypt and the Middle East during World War I. 1 photograph album and 101 film negatives. Donation.

Cleveland, Francis Leslie (Les), 1921-2014. Photograph album relating to Charleston, West Coast. 1 photograph album. Donation.

Cooper, Johnny, 1929-. Photographs relating to Johnny Cooper's musical career in the 1950 s and 19605, particularly his role as a talent quest organiser and promoter. Two boxes of photographic prints and negatives (part of a larger collection). Purchase.

Friar, Denis Ashwood, 1952-. Transparencies of public and private gardens in New Zealand, 1992-2003. 5 containers, approximately 10,000 frames and associated documentation. Purchase. Gentry, William George (Sir), 1899-1991. Photographs relating to Gentry's military career, including his service during World War 11. 3 albums and 6 photographic prints. Donation.

Luxford, Frank Mansfield, 1885-1956. Photograph relating to F. M. Luxford's service in Egypt and Gallipoli during World War I. 1 photograph album. Donation. McDermid, George, fl. 1947-1948. Photograph album relating to McDermid's service in J Force. 1 photograph album. Donation. Pearce, Millicent Clare Susan (Sue), 1898-1996. Photographs relating to the Pearce and Crabb families, including artist Helen Crabb, known as Bare. 248 photographic prints, 12 negatives, 14 transparency slides and 1 ambrotype. Donation.

Peat family. Photographs relating to the Peat family of Wellington, particularly photographers Don and Beatrice Peat, c. 1907-1986. 658 negatives, 264 photographic prints, 3 photograph albums, 42 transparencies. Donation.

Rosser family. Photographs of White Island taken 1927-29 by Gatland Gilberd while working on the island. 1 photograph album and 11 prints. Donation.

Scobie, John Linklater, fl. 2012. Photographs of celebrations marking Tongariro National Park's dual World Heritage status, 1998. 90 photographic prints and 26 colour negative strips. Donation.

Sunley, John, 1918-2013. Photographs found at Staiag 18A, Wolfsburg, Austria, including images showing life as a prisoner of war during World War 11. 288 photographic prints and 3 photo-mechanical prints. Donation.

Watkins, Gareth, 1972-. Photographs of 17 New Zealand composers, taken 2011-12 by Gareth Watkins. 920 digital photographs. Donation.

RARE BOOKS AND FINE PRINTING

Antiphonary [fragment]. Illuminated leaf from a choirbook. Executed possibly in Tuscany, perhaps Florence, in the last quarter of the 15th century. Purchase.

Aurora Australis [Antarctica: Printed at the Sign of The Penguins' by Joyce and Wild, 1908], Truscott copy. Purchase.

Eliot, George. Romola (London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1880). 2 vols. Fazakerley bookbinding and fore-edge paintings. Purchase.

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Notable Acquisitions July 2012-June 2013 Turnbull Library Record, Volume 46, 1 January 2014, Page 100

Notable Acquisitions July 2012-June 2013 Turnbull Library Record, Volume 46, 1 January 2014, Page 100