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Bullock-Webster, Harold, 1855-1942: [Diary, illustrated]. Vol. X
- Date
- [August-October 1883]
- By
- Bullock-Webster, Harold, 1855-1942
- Reference
- E-115
- Description
Volume X of Harry Bullock-Webster’s illustrated diaries describes the author’s activities mainly in Auckland and Waikato 1883-84, immediately prior to his marriage to Maud Williamson, daughter of the Hon. James Williamson, one of the most powerful and influential businessmen in New Zealand.
By 1883, when Volume X of the diaries was compiled, Bullock-Webster was mainly operating in Auckland and developing his own business interests, which included semi-professional sports journalism and illustration, but more predominantly trading in horses. He was also at this time courting James Williamson’s daughter Maud Williamson and was a frequent visitor to the Williamson’s lavish residence, the Pah (now the Pah Homestead in Hillsborough, Auckland).
Bullock-Webster worked for the financier and land speculator Thomas Russell as an estate manager from 1881 until his marriage to Maud Williamson in 1884.
The heavily illustrated diary shows mainly horses or horsing events, as well as various individuals and interiors of buildings.
The 12 diaries formed the basis for Bullock-Webster's book 'Memories of sport and travel fifty years ago: from the Hudson's Bay Company to New Zealand (Auckland N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1938)
Pagination in pencil by the author on recto pages, top right.
The diary is Volume X of a sequence of 12 diaries by Harry Bullock Webster, 11 of which are in the collection of the Waikato Museum.
The Library holds a microfilm copy of 10 of the diaries, made in 1972, at Micro-MS-0762. Bullock-Webster, Harold 1855-1942 : Notebooks. 1882-1886.
Quantity: 1 volume(s) illustrated diary.
Physical Description: Diary in black leather binding with simple blind tooling, marbled endpapers, and laid paper; 185 x 115 mm (cover)
Provenance: Prior to purchase, acquired by Modern First Editions Ltd in the UK and offered for sale at £3500; sold at auction by Reeman Dansie Auctioneers & Valuers, Colchester, Essex, UK, in May 2018; prior to that, in a private collection, Essex, UK.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 volume(s) illustrated diary, Diaries, Watercolours, Diary in black leather binding with simple blind tooling, marbled endpapers, and laid paper; 185 x 115 mm (cover)
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