Item Item 2 - Charles Kingsley. His letters and memories of his life. Edited by his wife. Abridged edition. Vol. 2 (of 2). 1878. Illustrated with original photographs

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UQFL625-Item 2

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Charles Kingsley. His letters and memories of his life. Edited by his wife. Abridged edition. Vol. 2 (of 2). 1878. Illustrated with original photographs

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  • 1862-1890 (Creation)

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1 bound volume

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Donated by Mr and Mrs Persse through John Stanton Davies Mellick in 1973.

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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

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Final

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Created, JH, 22-May-2019.

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  • Box: UQFL625 Box 1