Copy of 'Today', magazine of Historic Buildings Council, winter 1992. Eight pages, white light card, black print, black and white photos, burgundy patterned edge to pages.historic buildings council, magazine, 1992

Children's book, hard cover. Front cover burgundy with green print and maritime and military illustrations. Gold section with 2 sailors in green. Back cover green. Spine green with gold print; burgundy with green and gold sailor carrying a barrel.henty

Four page newsprint 'Songs of Love', with lyrics to songs

Leather bound book, 'The Universal Self-Instructor Illustrated' and Manual of General Reference, original drawings. Brown leather, gold print on cover and spine. Several pressed leaves among pages

'PIX' magazine. Coronation souvenir issue, May 30 1953. Red front cover, with red and gold crown on red and gold cushion. PIX in white type on a red background. 'Coronation Souvenir Issue' in yellow type.coronation, queen elizabeth ii, souvenir, magazine

The Western Advertiser for 4th January 1982, incorporating the Portland Express, The Casterton News, the Heywood Express, Coleraine Albion, Merino Chronicle. Contains no significant articles

Book presented to Syd Cuffe on the 7th Victorian Town Crier Championships, Melb. 24th October 1998, presented by Ivan Deveson, OA, Lord Mayor of Melbourne.

Hard cover novel, burgundy, black print and decoration.

Dark blue marled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown and lettering on spine

Novel, 'The English at the North Pole', by Jules Verne. Hard cover, royal blue, black print and decoration. Gold banner with blue print, front cover and spine. Gold edge on pages

a) Book, Glenelg Shire, 150 Years in the Making. Produced by Glenelg Shire Council, launched July 2014. Card cover, views of early Portland front and back covers, sepia tones, Glenelg Shire logo on front. Black print, black and white and coloured photographs. Signed on the fly-leaf by the then premier of Victoria, Denis Napthine. 'Congrats to Glenelg Shire 150 years in the Making. Well done, Denis Napthine PREMIER July 2014' b) Envelope for the booklocal history, history of the glenelg shire, victoria, denis napthine

Book of play by William Shakespeare (The Warwick Shakespeare) 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.shakespeare, novel, literature

Book of William Shakespeare's play 'King Henry V',, the Junior School Shakespeare. Red cloth limp covers, black print.

Book of William Shakespeare's play, 'MacBeth', edited by A.W. Verity. Red hard cover, black print.Three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia. Civil war erupts to overthrow Macbeth, resulting in more death.

An anthology of nineteenth century prose. Orange cloth, limp cover, black print.

Book about the life and works of Robert Browning. Soft cover, grey, black print.

Book of the William Shakespeare play ' The Life and Death of King John'. Brown hard cover, black and white illustrations taken from the designs of Frank Howard

Book of the William Shakespeare play, 'The Merchant of Venice', plus 'The Adventures of Giannetto' and other illustrative pieces. Dark red hard cover, gold print and decorationAntonio, an antisemitic merchant, takes a loan from the Jew Shylock to help his friend to court Portia. Antonio can't repay the loan, and without mercy, Shylock demands a pound of his flesh. The heiress Portia, now the wife of Antonio's friend, dresses as a lawyer and saves Antonio.

Book of the play by William Shakespeare, 'Twelfth Night' (The Junior School Shakespeare). Red cloth soft cover, black print.Viola, separated from her twin Sebastian, dresses as a boy and works for the Duke Orsino, whom she falls in love with. Orsino is in love with the Countess Olivia, and sends Viola to court her for him, but Olivia falls for Viola instead. Sebastian arrives, causing a flood of mistaken identity, and marries Olivia. Viola then reveals she is a girl and marries Orsino.

An anthology of poetry, essays, fiction, biographies and letters. Orange soft cloth cover, black print

Novel, 'Ivanhoe' by Sir Walter Scott. Tan hard cover, black print and decorationIvanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Anglo-Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in England was overwhelmingly Norman. It follows the Saxon protagonist, Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, who is out of favour with his father for Sir Wilfred's allegiance to the Norman king Richard the Lionheart.

'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens, blue soft cloth cover, black print and decoration, edited by W.H.D. Rouse.A Christmas Carol recounts the story of Ebenezer Scrooge, an elderly miser who is visited by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come. After their visits, Scrooge is transformed into a kinder, gentler man

a) Book, Glenelg Shire, 150 Years in the Making. Produced by Glenelg Shire Council, launched July 2014. Card cover, views of early Portland front and back covers, sepia tones, Glenelg Shire logo on front. Black print, black and white and coloured photographs b) envelope for the book white with a Glenelg Shire logo printed on it.glenelg shire, local history, portland, nelson, dartmoor, heywood, casterton

Novel, 'Stephanie' by Louis Veuillot, translated from the French by Mrs. Josephine Black. Dark green hard cover, embossed lettering and flowers in gold and black. Label glued to inside of front cover, white, black print: M.R.A. Library

Anthology of poetry, soft cover, yellow, black printAn anthology of Australian and English Poetry for secondary school students

Novel, hard cover, grey, spine gold, black printCaptains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks is an 1897 novel by Rudyard Kipling that follows the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the north Atlantic.

Book of play by William Shakespeare (The Junior School Shakespeare) 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' Red cloth soft cover, black printFour Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.

Hardback, blue cover, geography textbookEducational geography text book

Collection of old tales of Greece Part II. Sage paperback, dark green print and decorationA selection of ancient Greek tales and myths in a format suitable for young children.

Anthology of verse by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Orange limp cloth cover, black print