In the early 1950's Lionel Nowlan had a Hairdresser & Billiard Room in Nicholson Street (where the Caltex Service Station stands today). A circulating library is a small library with books lent for a small fee to subscribers and was often inside an existing business. Circulating libraries were common before a more substantial local library was established. Circulating libraries offered an alternative to the large number of readers who could not afford the price of new books in the nineteenth century but also wanted new material. Circulating libraries rented out bestsellers in large numbers, allowing publishers and authors to increase their readership and increase their earnings. They were also profitable for those businesses that established them. Nowlan's, Marshall's and McCoys were circulating libraries which operated in Orbost in the first half of the 20th century.Circulating libraries offered an alternative to the large number of readers who could not afford the price of new books in the nineteenth century but also wanted new material. It was common for them to stock the latest novels.A red cloth covered hard back book with a repaired black spine. It is titled "The Cost of a Promise" and is a novel in Three Parts by Mrs Baille Reynolds.Stamped on some pages - McCoy's Circulating Library On inside front cover - No 249 Contains a sticker for Nowlan's Library Orbost Stamped - Marshall's Circulating Library McCoy's Circulating Librarythe-cost-of-a-promise reynolds-baillie libraries-orbost circulating-libraries

Fawkner was one of the founders of the City of Melbourne, an avid book collector who conducted a circulating library in the town. He was one of those who was in the first settlement at Sullivans Bay, Sorrento in 1803. Fawkner was also a member of parliament in Victoria and sat on the Commission of Enquiry into the Goldfields following the events of the Eureka Stockade.Inscribed with John Pascoe Fawkner's name and date of 1853 in his handwriting on first title page and publisher, Bohn's name also. Fawkner has inscribed his name on three other pages throughout.john pascoe fawkner, melbourne, circulating libraries

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Crimson and black cloth bound book of 350 pages. Formerly part of the South Street Young Men's General Debating Society's Circulating Library.non-fictionmoney, south street, south street debating society, south street young men's general debating society circulating library, bookplate, j.s. charles, john p. charles, library, barter, currency, metals as money, coining, coins, standards, exchange, promissory notes, paper currency, credit documents, foreign bills of exchange, bank of england, corn rents, legal tender

322 p. : dark greycover with red leather trim. Book appears to have been re-bound, bookbinder's label, "James Curtis Printer and Bookbinder, 39 Armstrong Street, Ballarat", affixed lower right, inside front cover.fictionSix stories of mystery and intrigue.fiction, crime fiction, mysteries, arthur morrison

348 p. : ill. (b &w plates). Dark grey cover with red leather trim.fictionHistorical novel.fiction, historical fiction, somerville gibney

445 p. : dark blue cover, small embossed design on front, with title in gold within it. Title and author's name embossed in gold on spine. Cover on back-to front and upside-down, result of repairs?fictionfiction, ouida

319 p. : brown cover, title and author's name embossed in pale blue on front cover.fictionfiction, mary e. mann