Inscribed on the the title page to ‘Grenville A Kingsley from his Mother 1890’.
Kingsley family armorial bookplate on inside upper board.
Old ownership entry of J Sidgwick on endpaper.

Inscription on half-title ‘With the Publishers comp’ts’
Ownership inscription on title: Charles & Fanny Kingsley. Eversley Rectory, 1866
Charles Kingsley armorial bookplate on inside upper boards.
Inscribed ‘To my dear Friend Robert M Collins of Tamrookum. In Memory of Charles & Fanny Kingsley’. This inscription presumably by Grenville Kingsley.

Several inscriptions:
a) Maurice for Mother
b) Fanny Kingsley 1878. Proofs ? ? correction.
c) Given to my dearest Grenville for his own private reading – 1890-1. F.E.K.

Extra-illustrated with 10 photographs, 2 certificates, 1 dried seaweed specimen.
With manuscript amendments throughout the text, almost certainly in Fanny Kingsley's hand.

1. Portrait of Grenville ‘ My darling Grenville, 1878
2. ‘FEK 1856’
3. Charles Kingsley’s grave
4. Charles Kingsley 1872
5. Mary under the Fir Tree (p. 86)
6. My darlings Mary and Grenville 1861-2 (p. 139)
7. Maurice 1862
8. Lithographed class certificate for Grenville 1868 (p. 207)
9. Oval coloured portrait of Grenville Piece (?) (p. 300)
10. Piece of mounted seaweed, captioned ‘Found for me by my darling Grenville on the shores Colwyn Bay. June 1872 (p. 300)
11. Rose and Mary and Lady Bunbury in the Conservatory, ?? Hall, 1866 (p. 359)
12. Newspaper cuttings, Canada 1874
13. Grenville playing the violin 1869-70. Captioned ‘Take up your music again my dearest boy. Mother 1890’
14. School report card for Grenville 1871
15. Newspaper cuttings, Birmingham 1872

Inscibed by Frances ‘Fanny’ Eliza Kingsley (nee Grenfell, 1814 – 1891), the editor, to her (and the author's) youngest son. "Grenville Arthur Kingsley. In Memory of the best of Father’s, from his loving Mother. Byfleet, December 1876." Further inscribed to Fanny Collins from Rose Kingsley in remembrance of her darling brother Grenville Arthur Kingsley". This was probably Fannie Martin Collins (9 Jun 1887 – 24 Feb 1944), a daughter of Robert Collins, Grenville Kingsley’s friend. Fannie later married De Burgh Bannatyne Bentinck Persse (1881 –1947). Fannie was 10 years old at the time of Grenville Kingsley’s death.
Kingsley family armorial bookplates on inside upper boards.
Extra-illustrated with 22 photographs, 10 printed illustrations, 2 dried flowers and 1 drawing.

Volume 1:

1. House with a young man reading on front lawn (verso of half title)
2. Portrait of Charles Kingsley (verso of title page)
3. Oval portrait with initials F.E.K., i.e. Frances ‘Fanny’ Eliza Kingsley (dedication page)
4. River (p. 1)
5. Printed illustration of St Luke’s Chelsea (p. 15)
6. Big house (p. 41)
7. Dining room (p. 63)
8. Dried flower (p. 64)
9. ‘Bramshill House’ (full-page, verso of plate between pp. 74 / 75)
10. Printed Illustration (p.115
11. Printed Illustration (p. 116)
12. House (p. 193)
13. Portrait of Charles Kingsley (p. 232)
14. Photograph of an portrait of Fanny Kingsley painted in 1850 (p. 232)
15. ‘Cottages built in Eversley by John Martineau 1887 In Memory of his beloved “Master”’ (on single sheet of paper between pp. 308/309)
16. Church interior (p.358 – loose)
17. Church (verso of plate between pp. 358 / 359)
18. Full-length portrait of Charles Kingsley (p. 401)
19. Printed Illustration of ‘Ogwen Lake’ (p. 461)
20. Original drawing of two fish going for bait with three lines of text (p. 462)

Volume 2:

21. Printed Illustration (p. 45)
22. Printed Illustration (p. 123)
23. Newspaper cutting (p. 153)
24. Printed steel-engraved portrait (verso of plate between pp. 284 / 285)
25. Printed Illustration (p. 290)
26. Dried flower (p. 294)
27. Churchyard with people looking at head-stones (p. 343)
28. Stone wall and tower (p. 343)
29. ‘The Porch. Eversley Church and path from Rectory’ (p. 376)
30. Chester Cathedral (p. 377)
31. Chester Cathedral – side view (p. 377)
32. Printed steel-engraved portrait (verso of plate between p. 402)
33. Portrait of young lady (p. 403)
34. Printed Illustration (p. 479)
35. Charles Kingsley’s grave (p. 480)

Books presented by Fanny Kingsley to her youngest son Grenville Kingsley. Extra-illustrated with photographs, including portrait photographs of Charles and Fanny Kingsley as well as their four children Rose, Maurice, Mary and Grenville.

One folder of correspondence and 23 architectural plans relating to the renovations and alterations to the house 'Bryntirion', Wickham Tce, Spring Hill. In 1965, Dr Evan Edwards engaged architects E P and A I Trewern to renovate sections the family home, 'Bryntirion', at 287 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill. The original house was designed by James Furnival for Edward Barton Southerden and built in 1861 with subsequent extensions. In 1882 it was sold to Richard Edwards who gave the house its Welsh name. Edwards was a partner in the drapery firm Edwards & Chapman, and a director of Telegraph newspapers for thirty years. Edwards died in 1915 and the house remained in the family, occupied by his grandchildren and used as a doctor's surgery. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 17 December 1993.

The first item is a bound diary. It is a private circulation copy only of 'All the way round : travel diaries of Victor and Lucy Cofman 1948-1971' published in Sydney in 1972 by Lucy Cofman. It is 97 of a limited edition of 100 copies. It is inscribed on the title page from Lucy to Leonard and dated 1974. A handwritten note from Lucy is inserted.

The second item is a publication by Oscar Kollerstrom 'Ideas : Part 1 : stronge dimensions : Victor Cofman's new filing system' published in 1969. On the first page it has a inscription from Lucy Cofman dated 1974.

Seven illuminated art works by Arthur Creedy and one foolscap page with handwritten notes that may relate to the artworks.

Two typescript plays by John Heath-Stubbs held together with (rusty) paper binders (now removed) and brown paper front and back covers which are fragile with frayed edges. Front covers have the title handwritten in pencil and 'by John Heather-Stubbs'. The plays are 'The Harrowing of Hell : a mystery in three scenes' with 15 numbered leaves; and 'Helen in Egypt : a romantic comedy in three acts' with 47 numbered leaves.

This series comprises two plays by John Heath-Stubbs, artistic works by Arthur Creedy and diaries by Victor and Lucy Cofman.