Front Cover: Green background. White Woman's Day across top. Head and shoulders shot of young woman with brown hair, check scarf around neck. Backcover: Advertisement for Peter Stuyvesant cigarettes. 104 pages.womans day magazine, popular culture, women

Brown cloth-covered binding with section of dustjacket glued to front cover. Title and author on spine in gold lettering. 212pp.local government, regulations, laws, administration

Four page cardboard programme for the Portland Racing Club's Summer Meeting - Thursday, February 12, 1914 Dark blue printing and graphics on fawn background. black. Held together with cellotape.

Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine. The General Public Acts of Victoria in 5 Volumes.victorian government, state government, administration, governance

Fawn cloth bound, spine and covers. Black text on spine. Portland Free Library label inside front cover.portland free library

Fawn cloth bound spine and covers. Black graphics and text on spine, including 'Portland Free Library'.local government, state government, victorian government, governance, administration

Dark green grained cloth over hard cardboard. Red leather spine & corners. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine.victorian government, state government, administration, governance

Dark green cloth-covered board. Gold lettering on spine. Indented self coloured writing on front cover 4 horizontal indented self coloured stripes on bottom. 440 pages.A novel about an unlikely young man who goes on to be a member of Parliament. Social commentary and criticism is weaved in. Blackmore was also the author of LORNA DOONE.social commentary, novel, politics

Brown cloth-covered binding with section of dustjacket glued to front cover. Title and author on spine in black lettering. 264pp.outdoors, nature, bush walking, australia

Brown cloth-covered binding. Front cover decorated with two black framing patterns and a central gilded roundel with decorative design. Title and author on spine in gold lettering. 493pp.history, queen victoria, 1800s

Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold text on spine highlighted by red background. Textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers.social history, local government, state government

Dark green marbled fabric over hard cardboard. Red leather corners and spine. Gold lettering on black band on spine. Gold crown & lettering on spine. 1 January - 30 Aprillocal government, state government, victorian gazette, 1800s, 1894

Dark red cloth covered book. Gold lettering on spine. 253 Pagesaboriginal, australia, colonisation, culture

Brown cloth binding over carboard covers, with title in gold in top left corner. Illustration of a woman in a kitchen on front cover. 191 pp.household management, cookery, mrs beeton, 1800s

Cream soft cardboard cover. Orange, black printing on cover. Black printing on spine. Catalogue of Exhibits.agriculture, show, society, advertising

Green/Yellow covered card. Gold lettering, depiction of sea on front cover. Black lettering on gold on spine. 301 pages.

Front Cover: Blue/Green background woman in red top centre woman with hair swept to one side black long earings, black necklace black lace fan. Back Cover: Advertisement for Bushells Coffee Essence. 48 pages.

Light green cloth-covered board covers and spine. Black text on front cover and spine. Free Library label on inside front cover. Bell's Illustrated Classics: Vergil's Aeneid Book 2 and Caesar De Bello Gallico Book 2poetry, history, ancient rome, caesar, virgil

Illustrated book with carboard cover. Front cover has a central colour illustration of a church, a bell and a fir tree bough. 28 pp. Gilt edges to pages.The story involves Bessie, a young woman whose lover, Basil Underwood, has been arrested, thrown in prison by the Puritans and sentenced to die that night when the curfew bell rings. Knowing that Oliver Cromwell will be late in arriving, the young woman begs the old sexton to prevent the ringing of the curfew bell. When he refuses, she climbs to the top of the bell tower and heroically risks her life by manually stopping the bell from ringing. Cromwell hears of her deed and is so moved that he issues a pardon for Underwood.poem, narrative, puritans, civil war

Collection of reference texts on seashells. Includes: Dance, Peter S., "Seashells", London: Treasure Press, 1971 (4111.1); "Handy Pocket Guide to Tropical Seashelss of Indonesia, 2004 (4111.2); Dance, Peter S., "Shells", Pymble: Harper Collins, 1992 (4111.3); Linder, Gert, "Seahshells of the world", Sydney: Australia & New Zealand Book Company, 1977 (4111.4); Wilson, B. R. & K. Gillett, "Australian Shells", Sydney: Reed, 1971 (4111.5); Harasewych, M.G., "Shells: Jewels from the Sea", New York: Rizzoli, 1989 (4111.6); "The Golden Stamp Book of Seashells", Wisonsin: Golden Books, 1975 (4111.7); Taylor, John & Jerry G. Walls, "Cowries", Neputune City: T.F.H. Pblications, 1975 (4111.8); Child, John & John Currey, "Shells and the Seashore", Melbourne: Landsdowne Press, 1972 (4111.9); "Sea Shells", London: Orbis Books, 1971 (4111.10); Dance, S. Peter, "Shells and shell collecting", London: Hamlyn, 1972 (4111.11); Clayton, JM, "All colour book of Seashells:, London: Octopus Books, 1974 (4111.12); "Exploring the Secrets of Nature", London: Reader's Digest, 1994 (4111.13); Habe, Tadashige, "Shells of the Western Pacific in colour: Vol I", Osaka: Hoikusha, 1964 (4111.14); Habe, Tadashige, "Shells of the Western Pacific in colour: Vol II", Osaka: Hoikusha, 1964 (4111.15); Dance, Peter S. (ed.), "The Encyclopedia of Shells", Sydney: Australia & New Zealand Book Company, 1977 (4111.16); Hinton, Alan, "Guide to Shells of Papua New Guinea", Port Moseby: Robert Brown and Associates, nd (4111.17); Hinton, Alan, "Guide to Australian Shells", Port Moseby: Robert Brown and Associates, nd (4111.18); "The How and Why wonder book of seashells", New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1972 (4111.19); Child, J., "Australian Golden Stamp Book: Australian Seashells",Sydney: Golden Press, 1971 (4111.20); Hinton, Alan, "Shells of New Guinea and the Central Indo-Pacific", Port Morsby; Milton: Robert Brown and Associates Pty Ltd; The Jacaranda Press, 1975 (4111.21); Coleman, Neville, "Shells in Australia", Sydney: Reed, 1978 (4111.22); Coleman, Neville, "What Shell is That?", Sydney: Ure Smith Press, 1988 (4111.23); Coleman, Neville, "Shells Alive!", Adelaide: Rigby Publishers, 1981 (4111.24); Deas, Walter, "Seashells of Australia", Adelaide: Rigby Ltd, 1974 (4111.25).maritime, marine ecology, sea shells, reference, natural history

Light green cloth-covered board covers and spine. Black text on front cover and spine. Portland Free Library label on inside front cover.poetry, roman, ancient, aeneid, classical poetry

Dark green cloth-covered board covers and spine. Red borders impressed on cover. Graphics on cover and spine in red and black and gold.An historical tale set in Scotland at the time of the Reformation in the mid sixteenth century.reformation, fiction, scotland

Light blue cloth-covered spine and covers. Graphics lower right hand front cover, gold. Text on spine, discoloured gold.

Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold on spine hi-lighted by red background textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers.state government, victorian government, governance, parliament, administration

Green cloth-covered book with picture of a poppy on the cover and main title and author's name in gold lettering. Floral end papers. 264 pp.

Blue cloth binding over carboard covers, with title in gold on spine. Title in white outlined with black on front cover, with picture of two men in pith helmets seated before tents and camels. Detailed in white. 360 pp.history, war

Light brown leather bound spine and corners. Gold on spine hi-lighted by red background textured blue/dark brown cloth covered covers.victorian government, state government, administration, governance