Title Crowded galleries / by Dame Mabel Brookes ; with chapters on tennis by Sir Norman Brookes

Edition First edition Published London : W. Heinemann, [1956] Heinemann, 1956

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Description xii, 324 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits (some color) ; 23cm regular print Summary This is the history of the family of William Balcome, purveyor to Napoleon on St Helena, later to become Colonial Secretary of NSW. It deals mainly with the life of Dame Mabel Brookes Analysis Australia - family history Brookes family Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 319-320 Subject Brookes, Mabel Balcombe, 1890-1975 Brookes, Mabel Balcombe, 1894-1975 Brookes, Mabel Emmerton, Dame, 1894- Brookes, Mabel, Dame, 1894-1975 Brookes, Norman Everard, Sir, 1877- Brookes, Norman Everard, Sir. 1877-1968 Brookes, Norman, Sir, 1877-1968. Tennis players -- Australia -- Biography. SUBJECT Australia -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114315 -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012476 Genre/Form Autobiographies. Author Brookes, Norman, Sir, 1877-1968. LC no. 57027070

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