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.

Letters (2), to The Manager, North American Review with compliments, and to Lloyd Bryce thanking him for his kind remarks.

2 copper calling card plates, one for Mr A.R. Macdonald ad the other for Mr & Mrs A.R. Macdonald in brown cardboard envelopes.

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.

Album 20 photographs (26 x 35 cm and smaller) of Rugby Union football teams and matches, 1879-1890. Most teams are from Brisbane, some are from New South Wales and overseas. Teams include Brisbane Football Club, Intercolonial Queensland and New South Wales teams, Wanderers, All England team, Wallaroo Football Club, Emu Football Club, Combined Juniors and All England Club, Wasps and Arfomas.

Sepia photographs (various sizes) mounted on board. Some photographs have handwritten captions identifying players.
Includes a proof of an ink and pen drawing with caption: "NB The top part represents Fall's & Rocks. The bottom scratches are the boy's", and two newspaper cuttings on the Pioneers of Moreton Bay. Green album engraved with gold and word Album written on cover.

Contains details of droving from Eulumbie in the Narran district of NSW through Western Queensland to Pomerania near the Leichhardt River in Queensland.

Germany: System Maelzel.

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

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.

Photograph on glass of an unidentified gentleman. Photographic process known as an opalotype.