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Book - Novel, Whishaw, Fred J, The tiger of Muscovy, 1904
332 p. : decorative grey-green and black cover, with images of a ship on the sea, and seaweed or flowers.Title and author's name embossed in gold on spine. Decorative endpapers - images of sailing ships and swans. Plate pasted to front cover, indicating book was previously in another collection: 'Mullen's Library, Collins Street, Melbourne'.fictionfiction, fred j. whishaw -
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Book - Novel, Penny, Mrs Frank (Fanny Emily Penny), A forest officer : being episodes in the life of Jim Burns, 1900
The life of a forest officer in Madras.289 p. : dark green cover with illustration of a man in a turban and a man in a pith helmetfictionThe life of a forest officer in Madras.fiction, fanny emily penny, mrs frank penny, colonial india -
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Book - Novel, Kennedy, Joan, Down Kensington Way by Joan Kennedy, 1948
Story about 3 women running a guest house.Hardcover book, 287 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a woman wearing a brown suit standing at the top of a set of stairs leading to the front door of a building.fictionStory about 3 women running a guest house.joan kennedy, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Countess Barcynska (Marguerite Caradoc Evans), Miss Venus of Aberdovey by Countess Barcynska, 1956
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 191 pages. Book has a dark red cover.fictionRomance novel.countess barcynska, marguerite caradoc evans, romance, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Rinehart, Mary Roberts et al, When A Man Marries by Mary Roberts Rinehart, 1909
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 356 pages. Book has an olive green cover with white text.Illustrations by Harrison Fisher and Mayo Bunker.fictionRomance novel.mary roberts rinehart, romance, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Young, Francis Brett, The Black Diamond by Francis Brett Young, 1921
Crime novel about a miner.Hardcover book, 396 pages. Book has a yellow dust jacket which depicts a green wreath .fictionCrime novel about a miner.francis brett young, crime, mining, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Schwarz, Bruno, Cohort of Dishonour by Bruno Schwarz, Copyright 1954
Hardcover book, 160 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a man and a woman. The man is wearing khaki coloured clothes and has a rifle slung over his shoulder. The woman is wearing a white dress and stands behind the man.fictionbruno schwarz, fiction, adventure -
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Book - Novel, Hill, Headon, Seaward For The Foe by Headon Hill, 1903
Hardcover book, 378 pages. Book has a dark blue cover with gold embossed text.fictionheadon hill, children's fiction -
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Book - Novel, Christie, Agatha, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, [n.d.] [First published 1926]
Murder mysteryHardcover book, 312 pages. Title page missing.fictionMurder mysteryagatha christie, mystery, fiction -
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Book - Memoirs, Sevey, Louis, The dark cloud : or, priestly influence in Ireland in the present day : a tale, 1862
Memoirs of the author's time in Ireland around the time of the Crimean War, when he attempted to set up a Protestant school amid Catholic opposition.Hardcover book, 215 pages. Book has a dark green cover.non-fictionMemoirs of the author's time in Ireland around the time of the Crimean War, when he attempted to set up a Protestant school amid Catholic opposition.ireland, catholic church, louis sevey, schools, history -
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Book - Novel, Grierson, Francis D, The Jackdaw Mystery : a detective novel by Francis D. Grierson, 1931
Detective novel.Hardcover book, 251 pages. Book has a plain blue cover, with gold-embossed spine. fictionDetective novel.francis d. grierson, detectives, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Donovan, Dick, Deacon Brodie or Behind the Mask by Dick Donovan, 1901
Crime novel.Hardcover book, 258 pages. Front cover of book has an image of a man wearing a hat and a white cravat.fictionCrime novel.dick donovan, crime, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Le Queux, William, Secrets of the Foreign Office : describing the doings of Duckworth Drew, of the Secret Service, 1903
Spy novel.Hardcover book, 319 pages. Book has a dark red cover with gold embossed text.fictionSpy novel.william le queux, spy, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Lord Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton), Pausanias, the Spartan ; an unfinished historical romance ; The haunted and the haunters : or, the house and the brain, [1875]
xxvii ; 416 p. ( Dedication p. v-xxvii : Pausanias p. 1-376 ; The haunted p. 379-416) Book has a plain dark green cover, title and author's name on spine. fictionlord lytton, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Sagon, Amyot, When George III Was King by Amyot Sagon, 1899
Historical novel.347 p. : ill. Book has a dark red cover with black printed text.fictionHistorical novel.amyot sagon, historical fiction -
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Book - Novel, Rhodes, Kathlyn, Silver Morning by Kathlyn Rhodes, [n.d.] [1937?]
Hardcover book, 288 pages. Book has a light brown covfictionkathlyn rhodes -
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Book - Novel, Dormandy, Clara, Resistance to love, Copyright 1959
Romance fiction189 p. : pale blue cover, section of original dustjacket has been pasted to front.fictionRomance fictionfiction, clara dormandy -
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Book - Novel, Morrison, Emmeline, Kind strangers : the tale of a family, [n.d.] [1950?]
Romance fiction272 p. Book has a plain red cover, with section of original dust jacket, showing head and face of a young woman, pasted to front. title and author's name hand written on spine.fictionRomance fictionfiction, emmeline morrison -
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Book - Novel, Peacocke, Isabel M, Ginger, [1921]
Coming of age story. Red headed protagonist Verna Harley deals with a tyrannical step-father.256 p. : ill. Cover illustration shows a man handing a posy of flowers to a young girl or sprite.fictionComing of age story. Red headed protagonist Verna Harley deals with a tyrannical step-father.isabel m. peacocke, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Allardyce, Paula, After the lady, 1954
Romantic fiction set in the year 1792. A tale of forbidden love . . .204 p. : pale blue cover, image on front depicts two men duelling, while a woman looks on in horror. A castle in the background.fictionRomantic fiction set in the year 1792. A tale of forbidden love . . .paula allardyce, historical fiction, romance -
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Book - Novel, Clamp, Helen Mary Elizabeth (also wrote as Irina Karlova, Olivia Leigh), Waiting for Linnette, 1958
191 p. : plain red voverfictionhelen mary elizabeth clamp, fiction, romance -
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Book - Novel, Stacpoole, H. de Vere (Henry de Vere), The order of release, [n.d.] [First published 1912. Date of fourth edition unknown]
286 p. : red cover, decoration of leaves embossed on front cover and spine.fictionhenry de vere stacpoole, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Lorimer, Norma, Mirry-Ann, 1920
253 p. : plain blue coverfictionnorma lorimer, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Darbyshire, Shirley, The bright bars, 1950
Clare Lacey faces choices between career and husband.272 p,fictionClare Lacey faces choices between career and husband.shirley darbyshire, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Black, Hermina, Distant star, 1950
Clemency Norton takes a job as governess to a family living in French Morocco.287 p. : black cover, with section of original dust jacket pasted to front. Image of a man and woman embracing. Title and author's name hand printed on spine.fictionClemency Norton takes a job as governess to a family living in French Morocco.romance, fiction, hermina black -
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Book - Novel, Gillette, William et al, Secret Service : being the happenings of a night in Richmond in the Spring of 1865 done into book form [by Cyrus Townsend Brady] from the play by William Gillette, 1912
331 p. : col. ill. Black cover, title and original creator's name embossed in grey/silver.fictionwilliam gillette, cyrus townsend brady, fiction, american civil war -
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Book - Novel, Goller, Izak, The five books of Mr. Moses : a novel by Izak Goller, 1929
256 p. : plain red coverfictionizak goller, fiction -
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Book - Novella, Grant, James, The Royal regiment : and other novelettes, [n.d.] [1879?]
Includes 'The Royal regiment', 'The secret marriage', 'The student's story', 'Clare Thorne's temptation', 'The great sea serpent' and 'Military folk lore'.305 p. Includes 'The Royal regiment', 'The secret marriage', 'The student's story', 'Clare Thorne's temptation', 'The great sea serpent' and 'Military folk lore'.james grant, fiction -
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Book - Novel, Badeau, Adam, Conspiracy : a Cuban romance, [n.d.] [late nineteenth century?]
319 p. : dark blue/green cover, embossed with floral design. Title and author's name embossed in gold on cover and spine.fictionfiction, adam badeau -
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Book - Novel, Hepple, Anne (Anne Hepple Dickinson, nee Batty), Can I go there?, [n.d.] [1945?]
191 p. : plain blue cover. Original dust jacket has been removed, title and author's name hand printed on spine.fictionfiction, , anne hepple dickinson