Book - Novel, Evans Wilson, A. J. (Augusta Jane), Beulah, [n.d.] [First published 1859. This edition/series 1892?]
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Benson, E. F. (Edward Frederic), Alan, 1924
A study in egotism, the tale of a successful writer whose career is waning, whose neglected wife falls in love with his younger cousin.352 p.
fiction
A study in egotism, the tale of a successful writer whose career is waning, whose neglected wife falls in love with his younger cousin.
edward frederic benson, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Lee, Annabel, Star stuff, [n.d.] [1930s?]
Romantic fiction set in the world of film-making. Protagonist, a promising film star, ultimately gives up her career for love.254 p. : plain orange cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, depicting a couple sitting by a lake or river, with peacocks(?) in background.Summary of story (also from dust jacket) pasted inside.
fiction
Romantic fiction set in the world of film-making. Protagonist, a promising film star, ultimately gives up her career for love.
annabel lee, fiction, romance
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Richmond, Mary (psudonym of Kathleen Lindsay), Those bright horizons, [n.d.] [1949?]
Romantic fiction set in India.160 p. : green cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to cover, depicting a man an woman embracing while another woman looks on. Summary of story pasted to half-title page.
fiction
Romantic fiction set in India.
mary richmond, fiction, romance
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Allardyce, Paula, After the lady, 1954
Romantic fiction set in the year 1792. A tale of forbidden love . . .204 p. : pale blue cover, image on front depicts two men duelling, while a woman looks on in horror. A castle in the background.
fiction
Romantic fiction set in the year 1792. A tale of forbidden love . . .
paula allardyce, historical fiction, romance
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Peacocke, Isabel M, Ginger, [1921]
Coming of age story. Red headed protagonist Verna Harley deals with a tyrannical step-father.256 p. : ill. Cover illustration shows a man handing a posy of flowers to a young girl or sprite.
fiction
Coming of age story. Red headed protagonist Verna Harley deals with a tyrannical step-father.
isabel m. peacocke, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Rhode, John (pen-name of Cecil Street), Mademoiselle from Armentieres, 1927
Thriller/espionage/romance novel, set during World War I.256 p.
fiction
Thriller/espionage/romance novel, set during World War I.
fiction, adventure, romance, john rhode (cecil street)
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Tucker, James, Ralph Rashleigh by James Tucker : edited by Colin Roderick, 1952 [based on a manuscript believed to have been written in 1845]
The adventures of a Londoner who is transported as a convict to NSW. The book was published as the work of James Tucker, a convict transported to NSW in 1827 who is thought to have died in 1888. However authorship by Tucker has never been confirmed, although the book is understood to reflect the realities of convict life.303 p. : includes map: 'Port Jackson and Environs circa 1828'. Plain red cover, original dust jacket removed, title and author's name handwritten on spine.
fiction
The adventures of a Londoner who is transported as a convict to NSW. The book was published as the work of James Tucker, a convict transported to NSW in 1827 who is thought to have died in 1888. However authorship by Tucker has never been confirmed, although the book is understood to reflect the realities of convict life.
australian literature, james tucker, new south wales - historical fiction, colin roderick [editor], new south wales - convict life
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Morrison, Emmeline, Kind strangers : the tale of a family, [n.d.] [1950?]
Romance fiction272 p. Book has a plain red cover, with section of original dust jacket, showing head and face of a young woman, pasted to front. title and author's name hand written on spine.
fiction
Romance fiction
fiction, emmeline morrison
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Lord Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton), Eugene Aram : a tale [novel] ; includes 'Eugene Aram : a tragedy' [fragment of a drama], First published 1831? This reprint of a later edition, probably reissued in 1890s
A tale of events that led to the execution of Eugene Aram in 1759.320 p. (Eugene Aram - A tale p. 1; Eugene Aram - A tragedy p. 307-320). Bound in calico which is printed with product advertisements.
fiction
A tale of events that led to the execution of Eugene Aram in 1759.
lord lytton, fiction, eugene aram, t. craig [bookbinder]
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Sandys, Oliver (pen-name of Marguerite Florence Laura Jarvis), The happiness stone, 1956
Romantic fiction set in Kenya.192 p. : green cover, section of original dustjacket pasted to front, with image of a woman wearing pearls and lipstick, a falcon is in the background.
fiction
Romantic fiction set in Kenya.
oliver sandys; fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Conrad, Joseph, The rescue : a romance of the shallows by Joseph Conrad, 1920
Captain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.416 p.
fiction
Captain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.
fiction, joseph conrad
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Dormandy, Clara, Resistance to love, Copyright 1959
Romance fiction189 p. : pale blue cover, section of original dustjacket has been pasted to front.
fiction
Romance fiction
fiction, clara dormandy
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Kathlyn Rhodes, Silver Morning by Kathlyn Rhodes, 1877
Hardcover book, 288 pages. Book has a light brown cov
fiction
kathlyn rhodes
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Charlotte M. Yonge, The Dove in the Eagle's Nest by Charlotte M. Yonge, 1866
Hardcover book, 256 pages. Book has a decorative cover.
fiction
charlotte yonge
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Rolfe, Fr. [Frederick Rolfe], Hadrian the Seventh : a romance by Fr. Rolfe, 1904
Historical romance.Hardcover book, 413 pages.
fiction
Historical romance.
fredercik rolfe, historical fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, O'Nair, Mairi, Four Steps Upwards by Mairi O'Nair, 1945
Romance novel.Hardcover book, 192 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a man and a woman at a door. The man is wearing a brown hat and overcoat. The woman has blonde hair and is wearing a green skirt and jacket.
fiction
Romance novel.
mairi o'nair, romance, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Sienkiewicz, Henryk, With fire and sword : an historical novel of Poland and Russia by Henryk Sienkiewicz ; translated from the Polish by Jeremiah Curtin, [1890]
Historical novel of Poland and Russia.Hardcovr book, 776 pages. Book has a green cover with embossed crest. Dedication to Prof. John Fiske by translator Jeremiah Curtin on first page.
fiction
Historical novel of Poland and Russia.
henryk sienkiewicz, poland, russia, historical fiction, russian empire
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Sagon, Amyot, When George III Was King by Amyot Sagon, 1899
Historical novel.347 p. : ill. Book has a dark red cover with black printed text.
fiction
Historical novel.
amyot sagon, historical fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Lord Lytton (Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton), Pausanias, the Spartan ; an unfinished historical romance ; The haunted and the haunters : or, the house and the brain, [1875]
xxvii ; 416 p. ( Dedication p. v-xxvii : Pausanias p. 1-376 ; The haunted p. 379-416) Book has a plain dark green cover, title and author's name on spine.
fiction
lord lytton, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Le Queux, William, Secrets of the Foreign Office : describing the doings of Duckworth Drew, of the Secret Service, 1903
Spy novel.Hardcover book, 319 pages. Book has a dark red cover with gold embossed text.
fiction
Spy novel.
william le queux, spy, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Donovan, Dick, Deacon Brodie or Behind the Mask by Dick Donovan, 1901
Crime novel.Hardcover book, 258 pages. Front cover of book has an image of a man wearing a hat and a white cravat.
fiction
Crime novel.
dick donovan, crime, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Grierson, Francis D, The Jackdaw Mystery : a detective novel by Francis D. Grierson, 1931
Detective novel.Hardcover book, 251 pages. Book has a plain blue cover, with gold-embossed spine.
fiction
Detective novel.
francis d. grierson, detectives, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Memoirs, Sevey, Louis, The dark cloud : or, priestly influence in Ireland in the present day : a tale, 1862
Memoirs of the author's time in Ireland around the time of the Crimean War, when he attempted to set up a Protestant school amid Catholic opposition.Hardcover book, 215 pages. Book has a dark green cover.
non-fiction
Memoirs of the author's time in Ireland around the time of the Crimean War, when he attempted to set up a Protestant school amid Catholic opposition.
ireland, catholic church, louis sevey, schools, history
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Ertz, Susan, Now East, Now West by Susan Ertz, 1931
Hardcover book, 316 pages. Book has a black cover with gold embossed text and a background of stars.
fiction
susan ertz, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Memoir, Forbes, Rosita et al, Adventure : being a Gipsy salad - some incidents, excitements and impressions of twelve highly-seasoned years / by Rosita Forbe; with four colour plates by Robin d'Erlanger, 1928
Story of the author's wanderings in the Middle East.Hardcover book, 309 pages. Book has a red cover.
non-fiction
Story of the author's wanderings in the Middle East.
rosita forbes, adventure, travel, middle east
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Jones, T. M, Sons of the Sea by T.M. Jones, 1941
Naval novel.Hardcover book, 207 pages, one illustration. Front cover of book has a colour image of a battleship. Frontispiece illustration: "There was a rending crash when the destroyer struck the submarine".
fiction
Naval novel.
t.m. jones, naval history, children's fiction, world war ii
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Christie, Agatha, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie, [n.d.] [First published 1926]
Murder mysteryHardcover book, 312 pages. Title page missing.
fiction
Murder mystery
agatha christie, mystery, fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Hill, Headon, Seaward For The Foe by Headon Hill, 1903
Hardcover book, 378 pages. Book has a dark blue cover with gold embossed text.
fiction
headon hill, children's fiction
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Schwarz, Bruno, Cohort of Dishonour by Bruno Schwarz, Copyright 1954
Hardcover book, 160 pages. Front cover of book has a colour image of a man and a woman. The man is wearing khaki coloured clothes and has a rifle slung over his shoulder. The woman is wearing a white dress and stands behind the man.
fiction
bruno schwarz, fiction, adventure
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Linton Mechanics Institute and Free Library Collection
Book - Novel, Curwood, James Oliver, The Golden Snare by James Oliver Curwood, 1918
Hardcover book, 302 pages. Book has a dark red cover with a gold embossed image of a building.
fiction
james oliver curwood, fiction