MY TRAVELS 1920-1921.
No Place [London]: No Publisher [Self Published, Printed by John and Edward Bumpus], No Date [1922?]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Octavo. Bound in full vellum over boards by Bain, London. Spine, front & lower covers with borders in gilt, gilt lettering on spine, marbled paper endpapers, top edges gilt. Pp [i] - [viii], 1-126, [127], [128: blank]. Vellum moderately soiled, light chaffing to spine edge near base of spine; Very Good. Rare. Item #313474
¶ Letters to her grandmother by Frida Helena Brackley include accounts of her visits to Canada, California, Hawaii, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Australia & New Zealand. Frida took the 'Empress of Britain' from England to Quebec, then trans-Canada Toronto to Vancouver via the CPR; then through the Gulf Islands to Victoria, BC "with its green cliffy golf links and English aspect". A rare book, Worldcat lists only 4 copies: Hamilton Library, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Alexander Turnbull Library - National Library of New Zealand; State Library of New South Wales; and University of Melbourne Libraries.
Price (CAD): $550.00