This is an auction for:

• THE COUNTRY DIARY OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY by Edith Holden (large format hardback 2000; 185 pages; illustrations throughout)

and

• THE NATURE NOTES OF AN EDWARDIAN LADY by Edith Holden (large format hardback 1989; 192 pages; illustrations throughout)

From Wikipedia:

"Edith Blackwell Holden (1871-1920) was a British artist and art teacher. She became famous following the posthumous publication of her Nature Notes for 1906, in facsimile form, as the book The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady in 1977, which was an enormous publishing success, frequently given as a gift. These, and her life story, were later the subject of a television dramatisation. Much influenced by the Arts and Crafts movement, she specialized in painting animals and plants. Holden was made famous by the posthumous publication, in 1977, of her Nature Notes for 1906 under the title The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady. She was living in Kineton Green Road, Olton, Solihull in 1905-6 when she recorded the notes. The collection of seasonal observations, poetry, and pictures of birds, plants, and insects - which was never even considered for publication when it was composed - had the nostalgic charm of a vanished world seven decades later. It was a best seller . . . "

More on Wikipedia.

Both books are in very good condition.

The cost of shipping is $6.95 (tracked mail). If you are on rural delivery, the shipping cost will be $9.95.

There is of course no charge for shipping if you collect these books from my shop in Palmerston North following the auction.

Payment within seven days, please.