A Season in India: Letters of Ruby Madden - Experiences of an Australian Girl at The Great Coronation Durbar Delhi : 1903
Author(s): Helen Rutledge (Editor)
Biography, Autobiography, Memoirs, Letters, Interviews | Travel, Guides, Exploration, Walking, Adventure, Atlases | India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
A Season In India is an interesting & unusual book based on letters written home by an Australian girl in India for the Durbar proclaiming Edward VII King-Emperor on 1 January, 1903. Ruby Madden, the daughter of Sir John Madden, Chief Justice & Lieut-Governor of Victoria, spent ten months in India & the letters include the season in Bombay, three weeks in Dehli as a guest in Lord Kitchener's camp & the start of the season at Simla..
'This Edition is Limited to One Thousand Copies - No. 822.'
Painting for the jacket by Cedric Flower.
Good condition. Inscription at top of first page. Dust jacket - a tear at top of front of jacket, and some bumping wear at edges - jacket covered by plastic slip.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : The National Trust of Australia
- : 01 January 1976
- : 180mm-250mm
- : books
Special Fields
- : Helen Rutledge (Editor)
- : Hardback
- : First edition
- : 240
- : Yes - b&w plates
