191 p. : plain red vover

fiction

helen mary elizabeth clamp, fiction, romance

160 p. : red cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, with image of a woman dressed in evening wear looking behind her to a man wearing a suit and carrying a hat and overcoat, who has just entered the room.

fiction

melody chase, fiction, romance

188 p. : plain brown cover. Book summary clipped from original dust jacket pasted inside front cover.

fiction

margeurite lees, fiction, romance

224 p.: brown cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to front, with image of a woman in evening wear in foreground, a man sitting just behind her, and another woman in the background.

fiction

hetti grimstead, fiction, romance

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

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

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

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

256 p.

fiction

Thriller/espionage/romance novel, set during World War I.

fiction, adventure, romance, john rhode (cecil street)

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

272 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

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]

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

416 p.

fiction

Captain Tom Lingard falls in love with a woman whose yacht he saves.

fiction, joseph conrad

Hardcover book, 256 pages. Book has a decorative cover.

fiction

charlotte yonge, fiction

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

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

Hardcover book, 251 pages. Book has a plain blue cover, with gold-embossed spine.

fiction

Detective novel.

francis d. grierson, detectives, fiction

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

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

Hardcover book, 312 pages. Title page missing.

fiction

Murder mystery

agatha christie, mystery, fiction