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Kew Historical Society Inc
Book, Hawthorn Community Education Project Inc, Recollections: A Hawthorn Community Education Project, 1992
1992 Life Writing Correspondence Coursefictionfiction - hawthorn (vic) -
Kew Historical Society Inc
Journal, The Australian Journal : a family newspaper of literature and science, 1881-83, 1881-83
The Australian Journal (1865-1962), was founded as a weekly but changed to a monthly in 1869. It included fiction, poetry, shorter pieces and miscellaneous items with popular appeal. The Australian Journal made colonial fiction an important feature, publishing aspiring local authors such as Marcus Clarke, whose convict novel His Natural Life was first serialised from 1870-72. This reprint of the serialisation was made a decade later.An original print example of the serialisation of a seminal Australian novel.An almost complete set of the Australian Journal from 1881-83, including a reprint of the serialised novel 'His Natural Life' by Marcus Clarke. The issues range from September 1881 (Part 196, September 1881, Vol. XVII) to January 1883 (Part 212, January 1883). In this set of unbound journals, only Part 209, October 1882 is missing.the australian journal -- 1881-1883, literary journals -- australia, marcus clarke -- his natural life -- serialised publication -
Clayton RSL Sub Branch
hard cover non-fiction book, Berrima District Historical and Family History Society, Prisoners in Arcady German Mariners in Berrima 1915-1919, 1999
... -1919 hard cover non-fiction book Berrima District Historical ...German mariners interned into camps in WW1Australia interned some 300 german aliens and POWs during WW1.hard cover non-fiction book -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The book league of America, The cloister and the hearth, ????
... - Fiction Romantic fiction This 1861 historical romance was Reade's ...This 1861 historical romance was Reade's most popular novel with readers and critics alike. Set in the 15th century, and notable for the author's painstaking fidelity to period detail, the novel concerns the adventures of a young illuminator of manuscripts, Gerard Eliason, as he travels through Europe and embraces then renounces a religious vocation.p.331fictionThis 1861 historical romance was Reade's most popular novel with readers and critics alike. Set in the 15th century, and notable for the author's painstaking fidelity to period detail, the novel concerns the adventures of a young illuminator of manuscripts, Gerard Eliason, as he travels through Europe and embraces then renounces a religious vocation. england - fiction, romantic fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
McMillan, Hereward the Wake : "Last of the English", 1928
Tells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land.p.373.fictionTells the story of Hereward, a historical Anglo-Saxon figure who led resistance against the Normans from a base in Ely surrounded by fen land.england - fiction, norman england -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The Three Musketeers v.1, uknown
Dumas' most popular novel, The Three Musketeers, has long been a favorite with children, and its heroes are well-known from many a film and TV adaptation. Set in France in the seventeenth century, it follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a poor Gascon gentleman, who arrives in Paris to join the King's Musketeers and is befriended by three of them, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with whom he embarks on a career of adventure and romance. Dumas is a brilliant story-teller: inexhaustibly inventive, a master of dialogue, and with a free sense of drama and of historical period, he seizes the reader's attention on the first page and holds it to the lastp.377fictionDumas' most popular novel, The Three Musketeers, has long been a favorite with children, and its heroes are well-known from many a film and TV adaptation. Set in France in the seventeenth century, it follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a poor Gascon gentleman, who arrives in Paris to join the King's Musketeers and is befriended by three of them, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with whom he embarks on a career of adventure and romance. Dumas is a brilliant story-teller: inexhaustibly inventive, a master of dialogue, and with a free sense of drama and of historical period, he seizes the reader's attention on the first page and holds it to the lastfrance - fiction, adventure fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, The Three Musketeers v.2, uknown
Dumas' most popular novel, The Three Musketeers, has long been a favorite with children, and its heroes are well-known from many a film and TV adaptation. Set in France in the seventeenth century, it follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a poor Gascon gentleman, who arrives in Paris to join the King's Musketeers and is befriended by three of them, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with whom he embarks on a career of adventure and romance. Dumas is a brilliant story-teller: inexhaustibly inventive, a master of dialogue, and with a free sense of drama and of historical period, he seizes the reader's attention on the first page and holds it to the lastp.377fictionDumas' most popular novel, The Three Musketeers, has long been a favorite with children, and its heroes are well-known from many a film and TV adaptation. Set in France in the seventeenth century, it follows the fortunes of d'Artagnan, a poor Gascon gentleman, who arrives in Paris to join the King's Musketeers and is befriended by three of them, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, with whom he embarks on a career of adventure and romance. Dumas is a brilliant story-teller: inexhaustibly inventive, a master of dialogue, and with a free sense of drama and of historical period, he seizes the reader's attention on the first page and holds it to the lastfrance - fiction, adventure fiction -
Mrs Aeneas Gunn Memorial Library
Book, D. Bogue, Cinq-Mars : or, A conspiracy under Louis XIII : an historical romance, 1847
... - Fiction Romantic fiction A historical romance Ill, p.397. Cinq ...A historical romanceIll, p.397.fictionA historical romancefrance - fiction, romantic fiction -
Kilmore Historical Society
MY NOVEL VOL 1, 1867
Leather bound spine and corners with blue marble book board cover Gold writing on spine 'My Novel 1' 7 unnumbered pages ; 375 pages ; 18 cmHandwritten inscription on page 1 '79' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' Dedication to 'Right Hon Sir Henry Lytton Bulwer'adult fiction -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE STREETS OF LONDON, The Streets of London, with anecdotes of their celebrated residents, 1854
Green cloth bound cover and embossed detailing on front and back, with gold embossed detail on the spine 'Streets of London 3/6' xvi ; 443 pages; 19cmHandwritten inscription on first page '62' Stamp on various pages 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' adult non fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE DEERSLAYER: A TALE VOL 1, The Deerslayer: A Tale Vol 1 2nd ed, 1841
Faded Brown marbled hardboard cover and leather spine and corners, with embossed detailing on spine 'Cooper's Deerslayer Vol 1' viii; 310 pages; 20cm;Handwritten inscription on inside cover 'Richard Glanville' Handwritten inscription on front page 'Thoms Skinner his book'adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
THE DEERSLAYER: A TALE VOL 2, The Deerslayer: A Tale Vol 2 2nd ed, 1841
Faded Brown marbled hardboard cover and leather spine and corners, with embossed detailing on spine 'Cooper's Deerslayer Vol 2' 6 unnumbered; 322 pages; 20cm;Handwritten inscription on inside cover 'Richard Glanville' Handwritten inscription on front page 'Thoms Skinner his book' adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Merry Men etc, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables, 1887
Blue cloth bound book. 296 pp. On first page '854', handwritten & underlined. 'Tales and Fables'.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Lancashire Witches, 1854
A romance of Pendle Forest.Faded brown marbled board cover with brown leather binding and corners, Spine repair to front cover with red cloth tape. Internal spine detachment at front and rear. Various markings to pages toward the front of the book. Illustrations. 492 pp.Frontispiece - '181' in red ink. 'Kilmore Mechanics Institute' stamped on various pages throughout.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Robinson Crusoe, Circa 1858-78. First published 1719
.Blue cloth-covered hardback with gold printing. Very worn, especially at corners. Front flyleaf missing. Title page foxing, torn, ragged edges. P. 1-2 missing. Front & rear covers detaching. Rear flyleaf missing. 394 pp. Loose pages towards centre. Yellowing. Poor condition.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Burlesques, 1869
Novels by eminent hands. Jeam's Diary. Adventures of Major Gahagan. A Legend of the Rhine. Rebecca and Rowena. The History of the next French Revolution. Cox's Diary. Short stories by W.M. Thackaray.Green cloth-covered hardcover book with gold decoration to front, spine and rear. Faded and marked spine, wear to cover edges and top & bottom of spine. Moderate foxing to pages. Rear cover detaching. 448 pp. Fair condition.P.1 '341', crossed out. Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp. Title page '29'.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
A Group of Noble Dames, 1891
Novel. Colonial Edition.Green cloth-covered hardback book. Title & author printed in gilt on front cover & spine. Decorative embossed design on rear cover. Cover worn at corners with some staining on front. Binding loose, front cover has detached from body. 270 pp. Fair condition.'1214' underlined on flyleaf.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Emily' Choice, Emily's Choice, 1875
An Australian tale written by Maud Jeanne Franc, author of "Marian" and "Vermont Vale, etc. New Edition.Brown/green marbelled board cover with black leather spine and corners. Spine torn and worn. "Mechanics Institute Kilmore' printed on spine in gilt. Corners of cover very worn, loss of marbelling. Binding loose. 358 pp. Fair condition.Flyleaf, '434' crossed out in red ink. '256' hand written in red ink/Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
That Boy of Norcot's, That Boy of Norcott's, 1869
Victorian novel Brown & green marbelled board cover hardback book. Black leather spine & corners. Corners worn through to board, leather spine torn and detached from body of book. Back cover completely detached. Five illustrations. 274 pp. Poor condition.On flyleaf, '24' crossed out. '96' handwritten in red ink and underlined. '54' stamped.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Mont De Lancey
Book, Edith F. Carey et al, The Channel Islands, 1924
An up-to-date account of The Channel Islands to sketch out the history of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, pointing out a few of the many legends and traditions associated with them, the storm and stress through which they have battled, some of the remnants of feudalism which they have managed to preserve, and certain conspicuous men and women who once lived in them. Mr Wimbush has painted them as they are - these delectable fragments of France.A blue self patterned hardcover non fiction book with the title printed in gold lettering: Channel Islands Edith. Carey (author), Henry Wimbush (illustrator) and the publisher A&C Black at the bottom.It has a damaged white paper dustjacket with the same information printed in blue lettering as well as a coloured illustration of The Sister Rocks, Alderney in a blue lined frame. The back of the jacket has a list of Books and Postcards on the Channel Islands with details and prices. There is an inscription on the right hand endpapers written in faded black ink. Opposite the tile page is a frontispiece coloured illustration of St. Peter-Port, Guernsey, from the Pool. There are several coloured illustrations throughout the book.p.226non-fictionAn up-to-date account of The Channel Islands to sketch out the history of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney and Sark, pointing out a few of the many legends and traditions associated with them, the storm and stress through which they have battled, some of the remnants of feudalism which they have managed to preserve, and certain conspicuous men and women who once lived in them. Mr Wimbush has painted them as they are - these delectable fragments of France.travel books, books, channle islands, history -
Kilmore Historical Society
Three Diggers, 1889
A Tale of the Australian 1850's.Green cloth-bound hardcover book. Faded cover with worn edges & spine. Loose binding, cover separating from body. Ragged edges to pages. Moderate foxing throughout. 261 pp. Fair condition.Flyleaf, '2012' crossed out, '1012' underlined. Kilmore Mechaics Institute stamp.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Don Orsino, 1892
Colonial Edition.Green cloth-bound hard-cover book. Cover somewhat faded, staining, other marks. Good condition.On flyleaf, 'To,/Hon. Thomas Hunt J.P./Kilmore/From P.J. Mullaney/Carlton'.thomas hunt, adult fiction -
Kilmore Historical Society
Adventures of Dick Onslow, c1865
Ochre & tan cloth-bound hardcover book with gilt detailing. Front cover embossed with decorative border. Back cover embossed with decorative wide border.Some fading. Binding a little loose. Some foxing and marks throughout. Evidence of previous repairs to secure cover to body. Illustrated. 319 pp. Good condition.On flyleaf, 'Herbert Chapman/Forbes/Australia'.adult fiction, chapman -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Writings of Douglas Jerrold, The Writings of Douglas Jerrold, Vol.4, Cakes and Ale, 1852
Short story collection.Green cloth- bound hardcover book with embossed decoration to front and back covers. Spine torn, front cover separated from body. Foxing throughout. 342 pp. Poor condition.Kilmore Mechanics Institute stamp inside front cover. Indecipherable markings (X77)? top left corner. Flyleaf, upper centre, '166', red ink underlined.adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
Twice Told Tales, Twice Told Tales, Vol.2, 1900
Short stories with an introduction by Katharine Lee Bates. Red cloth-bound hardcover book. Gilt decoration on cover 'HANDY VOLUME CLASSICS', 'LABOUR ET HONOR'. Loss of cloth on spine, fading & staining on spine. 270 pp. Good conditionOn flyleaf, '83', handwritten & circled, 'Kilmore M.I.'adult fiction, kilmore mechanics institute library. -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Singing Gold, 1956
Blue cloth-bound hardcover book, worn at extremities & some loss of colour. Brightly coloured dust jacket torn at front & back. Previous hinge repair/reinforcement. Binding tight. Foxing to back & front pages. 319 pp. Good condition.Nil.australian fiction. -
Kilmore Historical Society
In His Courts, 1884
Published under the direction of the Tract Committee.Green clothbound hardcover book with images of foliage with yellow flowers. Cover faded, extremities moderately worn. Previous hinge repairs. Title page loose, hinges & binding loose. Foxing throughout. Undated. 240 pp. Fair condition.Inside front cover a stick on label, 'from/Mrs. Berry'. Front flyleaf handwritten cursive, 'Christ Church/Sunday School Library/Kilmore'. At bottom of page, 'No ID: -'.religious fiction, christ church sunday school library, whitburgh cottage collection -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Channings, Reprint 1908
First published 1862. This reprint 1908 for 'The People's Library'.Red cloth-bound hardcover book, spine decorated in gilt. Binding tight and square. 463 pp. Good condition.Half title page at top, 'R. Hiscock', handwritten cursive.adult fiction., whitburgh cottage collection -
Kilmore Historical Society
The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green, Undated
Cole's Humerous Books.Paper-covered book with sewn binding behind. Cover yellowed, foxed and torn. Evidence of previous insect infestation. Pages discoloured around edges, generally yellowed, foxing throughout. Black & white illustrations. 309 pp. Fair condition.Nil.comic fiction, whitburgh cottage collection -
The Celtic Club
Book, Cindy Thomson, Brigid of Ireland : an historical novel, 2006
A story of a young slave who became a national heroine.ill., p.320.fictionA story of a young slave who became a national heroine.ireland - religion - fiction, saint brigid of ireland