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Queen's Theatre Pantomime poster
Note on verso: Removed from Otago Guardn. 5 Jan 1877.
Notice issued by M. Richmond, Superintendent, Southern Division, New Zealand on 2nd April 1844.
Dr Hocken's signature on top right corner.
Edmonds' Custard Powder
Musical Item = Edmonds' custards are fascinating.
If you would have Harmony in the Home, use Edmonds' Custard Powder.
If you would have Harmony in the Home, use Edmonds' Custard Powder.
An early coffee table book
This early version of the coffee-table book provides interesting insights into assumptions about Italian life, with its lively images of landmarks, religious processions, and peasant life. Given the French title and lack of publishing information, it…
Spiritual guides
Typical of a whole class of spiritual guides to Rome, this little volume lists the holy sights and quantifies the redemptive value of visiting each in terms of indulgences and remission of sins. If one had only a limited time to spend in Rome, such a…
Common phrases for travelling
This somewhat battered little book attests to its apparent usefulness for some traveller, though it is difficult to imagine that the blend of scatalogical and salacious dialogue, 'Common Talke in an Inn', could ever have proved useful in any…
Yates' garden guide
41st ed.
Chapman's hand book to the farm and garden
For some decades after colonization began, the settlers continued to use the English gardening manuals they had brought with them. These were still good sources on techniques, but poor guides to seasonal operations. George Chapman's Hand Book to the…
Brett's Gardening Guide
Revised ed.
