The Letters of Rachel Henning — Rachel Henning
Author: Rachel Henning
Publisher: Penguin Books
Format: Paperback
Edition: Penguin Books edition, 1969. Edited by David Adams, with a foreword and pen drawings by Norman Lindsay. Penguin AU26.
ISBN: 0140570233
Condition: Second-hand copy with visible age toning, foxing, staining, rubbing, creasing, spine and edge wear, and general handling marks. There is a stamp and handwritten ownership inscription on the opening page. Please see photos for the exact copy available.
The Letters of Rachel Henning collects vivid nineteenth-century letters written between 1853 and 1882, offering a personal account of colonial life in Australia through the eyes of an Englishwoman adjusting to bush life, travel, hardship, domestic routines, and the social world of early settler Australia. Edited by David Adams, this edition is also notable for its Norman Lindsay foreword and pen drawings.