Author: Ellis, Vivienne Rae.
Title: Louisa Anne Meredith: A Tigress in Exile.
Description: Hobart, Sandy Bay Blubber Head Press, 1979. 1st ed. Hardback large octavo, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), black & white photos & colour illustrations, frontispiece, family tree endpapers, edges little foxed, pages lightly toned, reverse side jacket lightly foxed (small piece missing top edge, flaps slightly creased, corners & spine ends scuffed), minor edgewear, owner's name front endpaper. 275 pp. Louisa Anne Meredith is best known for her colonial books 'Notes and Sketches of New South Wales' (1844) and 'My Home in Tasmania' (1852), and her artwork. This sensitive biography of Mrs Meredith is based on extensive research in Australia and England, and is illustrated with original works by Mrs Meredith, reproduced in colour and black & white. The author, Vivienne Rae Ellis, is a talented Tasmanian writer on historical subjects. ISBN: 0908528019

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