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The Auckland songster : containing songs and recitations as written, and sung with immense applause by Charles R. Thatcher in Auckland
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher about Auckland. Cover shows the price is one shilling. The songster was printed at Cavendish House, on Shortland Street, Auckland. Music is not provided, but a note regarding what tune…
The antiquities of Athens, measured and delineated
In 1742 James Stuart went to London where he met Nicholas Revett. With support from English travellers and residents in Rome, they raised funds and issued proposals for a ‘new and accurate description of the Antiquities &c. in the Province of…
The amateur gardener's yearbook
The Rev. Dr Henry Burgess was a Victorian curate who followed John Laurence's advice to obtain exercise cultivating his garden. When not editing The Journal of Sacred Literature, he was penning practical advice for the Gardener's Chronicle (1846-9).…
Thatcher's Otago songster. Containing many of the popular local songs, as written and sung by him at the Corinthian Hall, Dunedin. [No. 1]
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher about Otago. Cover shows the price is one shilling. The songster was published and printed by Joseph Mackay. Music is not provided, but a note regarding what tune the song should be sung…
Thatcher's Invercargill minstrel. Containing several of the popular local songs as written and sung by him at the Theatre Royal, Invercargill. [First number]
Song lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher on Invercargill. Cover shows the price is one shilling. The songster was printed at the Invercargill Times office in Tay Street, Invercargill. Music is not provided, but a note regarding…
Thatcher's Dunedin songster. containing the popular local songs, as written and sung by him at the Theatre Royal, Commercial Hotel [second number]
Second volume of song lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher on Dunedin. Cover shows the price is one shilling. The songster was printed at the Otago Daily Times offices in Princes Street, Dunedin. Music is not provided, but a note…
Thatcher's colonial songster : containing all the choice local songs, parodies, &c. [i.e. etc.], of the celebrated Charles R. Thatcher.
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher on Colonial life in the Antipodes. Cover shows the price is one shilling, and that the songster was printed in Bourke Street, Melbourne. Music is not provided, but a note regarding what…
Thatcher's colonial minstrel: A new collection of songs by the inimitable Thatcher.
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher about Melbourne, and Victoria, Australia. Cover shows the price is sixpence. The songster was published and printed by Charlwood and Son in Bourke Street, Melbourne, while the retailer is…
Sydney Opera House
Famous buildings and plazas appear throughout this exhibit, but they usually became tourist attractions only upon completion. This 1965 pamphlet celebrated what the Sydney Opera House hoped to become. Would any reader be interested today if the…
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…
Sotheby's musings
Sotheby's youthful poems eagerly evoke the picturesque, and the engravings added to this second edition only heighten that sensibility. An evocation such as 'Hail, solemn wreck!' (10) does not connote praise, and the beauty of the moonlit ruin proves…
Songs of the war : etc., etc. as written and sung with immense applause by Charles R. Thatcher, in Auckland.
Song Lyrics (descriptions and parodies) by Charles R. Thatcher on The New Zealand Wars. Cover shows the price is one shilling. The songster was printed at Cavendish House on Shortland Street, Auckland. Music is not provided, but a note regarding what…
Settlement of Australia
The frontispiece to this gorgeous volume captures the adventure associated with the settlement of Australia. Though the documents do not constitute a travel narrative, their connections with the moment of origin provide their intended readers with…
Ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia
In 1754 Robert Adam left Scotland for France and Italy on a Grand Tour. In Italy he met the French architect, Charles Louis Clérisseau, and the Italian, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, who would both have a significant influence upon him and his later…
Rose growing in New Zealand
James Young (1862-1934) was Curator of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens from 1908-1933, having trained in England and worked in Victoria, Australia. As an expert on roses—the Christchurch Botanic Gardens rosery was probably the largest in…
Romae antiquae notitia: or, the antiquities of Rome
First published in 1696, this short history by the Anglican churchman and scholar, Basil Kennett, recounts the rise, progress, and decay of Ancient Rome eighty years before Gibbon's Decline and fall …. A popular publication, it was reprinted no…