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Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Edgar Wallace, Bosambo of the river, 1952
Further adventure of Lieutenant Bonesp.304.fictionFurther adventure of Lieutenant Bonesengland - fiction, african fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward Lock and Co, Around the world in 80 days, 1956
An unmarried by mathematically precise Englishman dismisses his valet for heating his shaving water two degrees cooler than usual. He hires a French valet to replace him and the two of them set off to travel around the world in eighty days - a supposedly possible feat, now that the Indian railways have been built. If they succeed they will win a fortune off the other members of the Reform Club.p.192An unmarried by mathematically precise Englishman dismisses his valet for heating his shaving water two degrees cooler than usual. He hires a French valet to replace him and the two of them set off to travel around the world in eighty days - a supposedly possible feat, now that the Indian railways have been built. If they succeed they will win a fortune off the other members of the Reform Club.adventure fiction, voyages - fiction -
Friends of Ballarat Botanical Gardens History GroupWork on paper - Differing Styles of Wardian Cases, The Transportation of Plants to Ballarat and Other Parts of the World, 27/2/2009
Wardian cases made it possible for plants and seeds to be transported long distances and to be in good condition on arrival.Without Wardian cases, it would have been impossible to plan and implement the Ballarat Botanical Gardens in the Gardenesque style that we see today.p.1 is headed "A Wardian Case" and is a little over 1/2 a page. p 2. is headed File: Wardian Cases and has pictures of 4 styles of wardian cases. p3. is entitled Wardian case and has a small picture on the lefthand side of a wardian case. p.4. has 1/2 a page of print and another small picture of a wardian case on the lefthand side of the page with References at the bottom of the page. Nonejohn garner, doctor john garner, ballarat botanical gardens, friends of ballarat botanical gardens, wardian cases, styles of wardian cases, thomas rooney, george longley, mr duthie, robert fortune, doctor nathaniel bagshaw ward, joseph dalton hooker, kelway and son somerset england, john garner collection, gardens, ballarat -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Donald McDonald, How we kept the flag flying : the story of the siege of Ladysmith, 1900
Story of the siege of LadysmithIll, p.303.non-fictionStory of the siege of Ladysmithboer war 1899-1902, ladysmith - sth africa -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Red cross pro, The Wards in war time, 1916
... the First World War. p.343. The Wards in war time Book Red cross pro ...A picture of life in a large military hospital during the First World War.p.343.non-fictionA picture of life in a large military hospital during the First World War.world war 1914-1918 - personal recollections, military hospitals - great britain -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Smith Elder and Co, The reign of Queen Victoria : a survey of fifty years of progress v.1, 1887
A study of the history of Great Britain during the reign of Queen VictoriaMap, p.594.non-fictionA study of the history of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoriagreat britain - social conditions - 19th century, great britain - economic conditions - 19th century -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Smith Elder and Co, The reign of Queen Victoria : a survey of fifty years of progress v.2, 1887
A study of the history of Great Britain during the reign of Queen VictoriaMap, p.620.non-fictionA study of the history of Great Britain during the reign of Queen Victoriagreat britain - social conditions - 19th century, great britain - economic conditions - 19th century -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook - Gullivers travels into several remote nations of the world, Ward Lock and Bowden, ????
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a witty and insightful satirical novel recounts the history of Lemuel Gulliver, "First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships". In his travels Gulliver visits the Land of Lilliput, where he towers over the local inhabitants, the land of Brobdingnag where he is much smaller than the citizens, the floating island of Laputa, infested with fanatical scientists who in their obsession with reason behave with no sense at all and finally to the land of the brutish Yahoos who look to all intents and purposes like humans and are derided by the intelligent horse people. John Gay said in a 1726 letter to Swift that "it is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery"Ill, p.361.fictionGulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a witty and insightful satirical novel recounts the history of Lemuel Gulliver, "First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships". In his travels Gulliver visits the Land of Lilliput, where he towers over the local inhabitants, the land of Brobdingnag where he is much smaller than the citizens, the floating island of Laputa, infested with fanatical scientists who in their obsession with reason behave with no sense at all and finally to the land of the brutish Yahoos who look to all intents and purposes like humans and are derided by the intelligent horse people. John Gay said in a 1726 letter to Swift that "it is universally read, from the cabinet council to the nursery" voyages - imaginary, literary fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Lewis Carroll, Alice's adventures in wonderland, ????
Commemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll.Ill, p.320.fictionCommemorating the 150th anniversary of one of the most beloved classics of children's literature, this illustrated edition presents Alice like you've never seen her before. In 1865, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, an Oxford mathematician and Anglican deacon, published a story about a little girl who tumbles down a rabbit hole. Thus was the world first introduced to Alice and her pseudonymous creator, Lewis Carroll. childrens literature, fictional literature -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Bournemouth : Poole, Christchurch, the Avon valley, Salisbury, Winchester, and the New forest, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Bournemouth : Poole, Christchurch, the Avon valley, Salisbury, Winchester, and the New forest. With plan of Bournemouth, two maps of the district, and map of the isle of Wight.Ill, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Bournemouth : Poole, Christchurch, the Avon valley, Salisbury, Winchester, and the New forest. With plan of Bournemouth, two maps of the district, and map of the isle of Wight.england - guidebooks, bournemouth - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Penzance and west Cornwall including Lands End and the Isles of Scilly, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Penzance and west Cornwall including Lands End and the Isles of ScillyIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Penzance and west Cornwall including Lands End and the Isles of Scillyengland - guidebooks, penzance - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Looe and South Cornwall, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Looe, Fowey, St Austell, Truro, Falmouth and South CornwallIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Looe, Fowey, St Austell, Truro, Falmouth and South Cornwallengland - guidebooks, cornwall - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Exeter and the south Devon watering places from the Axe to the Teign, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Exeter and the south Devon watering places from the Axe to the TeignIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Exeter and the south Devon watering places from the Axe to the Teignengland - guidebooks, cornwall - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to the isle of Wight, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of WightIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to the Isle of Wightengland - guidebooks, isle of wight - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Edinburgh and its environs, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Edinburgh and its environsIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Edinburgh and its environsengland - guidebooks, edinburgh - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Barmouth and North Wales, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Barmouth and North WalesIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Barmouth and North Walesengland - guidebooks, north wales - guidebooks -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock and Company, A pictorial and descriptive guide to Bangor and North Wales, 192?
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Bangor and North WalesIll, maps, p.176.non-fictionA pictorial and descriptive guide to Bangor and North Walesengland - guidebooks, north wales - guidebooks -
![Book, Ward Lock and Co, The last days of Pompeii, [1850]](/media/collectors/60ebece6200ed0291c364310/items/630ce5b941388b31ddfc98d0/item-media/630ce67241388b31ddfc99fb/item-fit-380x285.jpg)
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward Lock and Co, The last days of Pompeii, [1850]
In ancient Pompeii an evil magician attempts to prevent a young woman from marrying the young man she loves. They escape as the volcano destroys Pompeii.Notes, ill, p.393.In ancient Pompeii an evil magician attempts to prevent a young woman from marrying the young man she loves. They escape as the volcano destroys Pompeii. pompeii - destruction, pompeii - fiction -
Kilmore Historical SocietyI've Been Thinking, I've Been Thinking; or, The Secret of Success, c1885
Ward & Lock Lily Series.Red cloth-bound hardcover book. Front cover decorated in gold, silver & black. Embossed image of foliage on back. Front hinge & p. 229 loose. Foxing throughout. Undated. 306 pp. Fair condition.Front flyleaf, handwritten cursive, 'State School Kilmore/Prize awarded to/ Mary Poulter/17/8/88'. Stamp top right corner of flyleaf, 'Young & Co./Merchants/Kilmore'poulter, kilmore state school prize, whitburgh cottage collection -
Mont De LanceyBook, Mary Grant Bruce, The Twins of Emu Plain, 1923
Twin 16 year old sisters bravely assist their father on his farm while Emu Palins is in the grip of a disastrous and seemingly endless drought. Being young the twins treat trouble as a tremendous joke , and by their lightheartedness and practical help their harassed parents are able to carry on. Adventure and incident abound in this tale.A very marked and damaged brown fabric covered book with the faded title The Twins of Emu Plains printed on the front cover with twin girls sitting on a window seat reading a letter. The back cover has dried mould at the bottom and also inside at the back on some pages. The inside front and back of the spine is showing signs of breaking away from the covers. There are a few illustrated black and white plates. Foxing is seen on the edges of the pages. p.256.fictionTwin 16 year old sisters bravely assist their father on his farm while Emu Palins is in the grip of a disastrous and seemingly endless drought. Being young the twins treat trouble as a tremendous joke , and by their lightheartedness and practical help their harassed parents are able to carry on. Adventure and incident abound in this tale.adventure fiction, farm life fiction, drought - australia -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward, Lock & Co, Khaki and gown : an autobiography, 1941
Autobiography of British Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who saw action in India, the Second Boer War, and World War I.Index, ill, maps, p.456.non-fictionAutobiography of British Field Marshal Lord Birdwood, who saw action in India, the Second Boer War, and World War I.generals - great britain - biography, world war 1914-1918 - campaigns - france -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward Lock and Co, The ancient mariner, Christobel and miscellaneous poems, ????
A collection of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridgep.124.non-fictionA collection of poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridgeenglish poetry, samuel taylor coleridge 1772-1834 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Dymocks Book Arcade, Great expectations, 1949
A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor 7F 13 these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectationsIll, p.444.fictionA terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor 7F 13 these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectationsengland - fiction, charles dickens 1812-1870 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Ward Lock and Co, A tale of two cities, 1911
Tells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality. Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, while Carton is a cynical English barrister. However, the two are in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette.Ill, p.367.fictionTells the story of two men, Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton, who look similar but are very different in personality. Darnay is a romantic French aristocrat, while Carton is a cynical English barrister. However, the two are in love with the same woman, Lucie Manette. english fiction, charles dickens 1812-1870 -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial LibraryBook, Charles Dickens, The old curiosty shop
Charles Dickens's sentimental classic about little Nell and her grandfather-a tale that has moved readers for generations Little Nell Trent, as beautiful as she is virtuous, lives with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. The only ambition of Nell's loving caretaker is to provide the young girl with a better life. But after attempting to gamble his way out of poverty, the old man finds himself indebted to the wicked and deformed moneylender Daniel Quilp. Thrust into a life of begging on the street, Nell and her grandfather are pursued by villains at every turn-but they never lose the compassion and generosity in their hearts. With a diverse cast of characters that ranges from scoundrels and vagrants to the truly pure of heart, The Old Curiosity Shop shows Dickens at his best.Ill, p.392.fictionCharles Dickens's sentimental classic about little Nell and her grandfather-a tale that has moved readers for generations Little Nell Trent, as beautiful as she is virtuous, lives with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. The only ambition of Nell's loving caretaker is to provide the young girl with a better life. But after attempting to gamble his way out of poverty, the old man finds himself indebted to the wicked and deformed moneylender Daniel Quilp. Thrust into a life of begging on the street, Nell and her grandfather are pursued by villains at every turn-but they never lose the compassion and generosity in their hearts. With a diverse cast of characters that ranges from scoundrels and vagrants to the truly pure of heart, The Old Curiosity Shop shows Dickens at his best.english fiction, charles dickens 1812-1870 -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Ainsworth, William Harrison, Myddleton Pomfret, [n.d.] [c.1900]
383 p.fictionfiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Aguilar, Grace, The days of Bruce : a story from Scottish history, 1903
445 p. ; ill.fictionhistorical fiction, scotland -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Tynan, Katharine, Princess Katharine, 1912
320 p. : Frontispiece illustration: 'Princess Katharine'fictionchildren's fiction -
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library CollectionBook, Wetherell, Elizabeth [Susan Bogert Warner], Melbourne House, [c.1920?]
255 p. : frontispiece illustrationchildren's fiction -
Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book, Petersen, Christian, The treasure of Troon, 1948
255 p.fictionfiction
