Published by Richard Clay and Company by arrangement with WM Collins, Sons & Co Ltd.848 page, cut edged hardcover book with dust cover and black and royal blue illustrations. Cover is royal blue buckram with red squares on spine and gold printing on spine and cover. Dust cover is has white text over B&W photo of clouded sky and aeroplanes.Handwritten in blue "Donated by Mr & Mrs J_ab_h_air" (name is unclear). Stamped in black "Bendigo District RSL Sub Branch Inc PO Box 449 Bendigo Vic 3552"books, military history, european war

This is the first edition of the book, printed in 1899. It has since been reprinted with slight corrections in January 1900 and with correction in 1902. It is a textbook and reference book based on the study of steam, gas and oil driven machinery of the late 19th and early 20th century. The author, John Perry D. Sc., F.R.S., was born in 1850 and passed away in 1920. He was a Professor of Mechanics and Mathematics in the Royal College of Science, Vice-President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and Vice-President of the Physical Society. This book has significance as the First Edition of the book, published in 1899. The book is significant to the history, understanding and evolution of power driven machines. The principles apply to the machinery of the late 19th to early 20th centuries. The Steam Engine and Gas and Oil Engines: a book for the use of students who have time to make experiments and calculations Author: John Perry D.Sc., F.R.S. Publisher: Macmillan & Co Ltd, London Printed by Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, London and Bungay This is the First Edition of the book, printed in 1899 A hard cover book, red linen with black print. The Preface is written by the aughor on 22nd February 1899. The book contains many diagrams and tables as well as having reference numbers on many paragraphs in the chapters.Pencil on front endsheets "SJ 9""Rec. 371 a" Stamped in purple , front endsheet "F. ST. G. D. HOLYMAN" "L.4." Handwritten in ink "Richard G ---- / Liverpool --- P---ye"warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, book, the steam engine and gas and oil engines, john perry, reference book, scientific book, steam engines, gas engines, oil engines, combustion engines

Hardcover book with dust cover. Hardcover - cardboard, black colour buckram. gold colour print on spine. Dustcover - paper, black and red print on white colour background. illustrated back and front - artist's impression of group of people on a life raft at sea with the rising sun in background, in colour. 338 pages, cut, plain, off white colour paper. Illustrated black and white photographs. Front and back endpapers - illustrated black and grey map. Handwritten inscription front end paper.Handwritten details - grey lead pencil "16.95/ -R"publication, book, military history, pow's, ww2

This book was found with other books from Orbost House. Orbost House, believed to have been established by the Macalister family around the turn of the 20th century was a boarding house in Lochiel Street, Orbost. Nowlan's Library was in the billiards saloon in Nicholson street Orbost and was owned by Lionel H. Nowlan. The joining fee was 1/- and the cost of borrowing was 3d per book. A hard back book with an illustration of a man's face and two large birds hovering above. The book has black binding. It was written by H.J. Wurr,Inside cover is a stamp Of Nowlans Library Orbost On back : Harris & Wright Library Northcotebook who-dies-next literature nowlans orbost-house wurr-h.j.

A history of sixty cartoons with text by David LOW a New Zealander of Scottish-Irish parentage. In 1919 he started work in London. His cartoons on world affairs had a wide reputation in Europe before the war were banned in Germany in 1936. Book without cover containing 60 plus cream coloured pages of cartoons World at War A history in Sixty Cartoons with a narrative text by LOWdavid low, world at war

340 p. : plain dark green cover, title and author's name embossed in gold on spinefictioncharles morgan, fiction

Hardcover book, 378 pages. Book has a dark blue cover with gold embossed text.fictionheadon hill, children's fiction

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176p. ; grey cover ; dust jacket with drawing of young woman cut and pasted on to front coverfictionThe small town of Westwood, with all its strictures, is the setting for the story of Katrin Vermeer's love for a married man.fiction, romance, alice lent covert

Book has a cream cover with six black and white photos of women (clockwise from top left: Margaret Sanger, Emma Goldman, Josephine Butler, Emily Davis, Caroline Norton and Florence Nightingale). Author's name is printed in dark blue on front cover and spine and the title is printed in brown on front cover and spine. The back cover has a summary of the book along with reviews. non-fiction'Significant Sisters' traces the lives and careers of eight women, each of whom pioneered vital changes in the spheres of law, education, the professions, morals or politics. Each forged her own particular brand of feminism, yet all engaged in the battle and limitations imposed upon women's freedom.feminism, caroline norton, elizabeth blackwell, florence nightingale\emily davies, josephine butler, elizabeth cady stanton, margaret sanger, emma goldman

Hardcovered children's book called "All Because of Sixpence". Inside cover (handwritten) "Anglesea Presbyterian Sunday School" AWARDED TO "Jillian Murch - Junior Class 1961 - Heather Watmuff (teacher). Golden Way Series No. 10, 80 pages.Front: ALL BECAUSE OF SIXPENCE / CONSTANCE SAVERY / THE GOLDEN WAY SERIES.children's fiction, sunday school, jillian murch, heather watmuff

Illustrated textbook with dark green cloth binding. Title autor and publisher stamped in gilt on spine. Front cover has and embossed double line border. Within a smaller double line emcossed border 'PHYSIOLOGY' is embossed. Under neath this is a circular embossing 'SCHOOL CLASS BOOKS' MACMILLAN' There is also a folded loose sheet with illustration of a human skeletonnon-fictionA foundational, historically significant textbook detailing human anatomy and physiology, including the nervous, digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems. It was designed for students and teachers, providing a clear, concise overview of bodily functions. human physiology, human anatomy, thomas huxley

Children's book of short stories from the childhood collection of Monica Turner, nee Smith, descendant of early Kilmore business families, the Morrisseys and Hartnells.Brown cloth-covered hardcover book. Chequerboard design on central front cover. Spine frayed at top & bottom. Some foxing particularly front & rear pages. Previous internal hinge repair/reinforcing back & front. 135 pp. Good condition.Inside front cover, 'Elsie F. Morres'. Front flyleaf, '1/6'.children's literature, turner collection

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

308 p. : dark blue cover, the author's initials 'LM' embossed in gold. Title and author's name embossed in gold on spine. Decorative title page.fictionfiction, leonard merrick, g. k. chesterton