Charlie Hammond's Sketch Book with introduced by Christopher Fry

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Dust jacket is in fair condition with tears to edges and fading. Dust jacket is now enclosed in a glossy protective cover. Body text and binding are still very good.

Selection from the sketchbooks of Charlie Hammond, who travelled to Australia and New Zealand between 1885 and 1916.

Charlie's pictures are reproduced in their original colour and pen-and-ink, with his own captions. Includes depictions of life in nineteenth-century England, Australia and New Zealand.

This book contains a selection from 5 battered volumes, tracing his story from the eve of his departure to his marriage in 1916 by way of a wonderful variety of experiences in Australia and New Zealand. His occupations included those of sheep and arable farmer, artilleryman, decorator, photographer and newspaperman. He finally settled at Belgrave in the Dandenong Hills near Melbourne.