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'Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read' Sharron Davies 'This brilliant book shows how demands for compassion and generosity can be a mask for sexist ideology'...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO PRIZE 2023 'A book that could not be more necessary' Observer 'Eloquent, clever and devastating' The Times 'Deftly illustrates how ageist misogyny remains an acceptable prejudice'...

'Tackles the pervasive tide of unbridled misogyny masquerading as kindness' Julie Bindel 'Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read' Sharron Davies 'This brilliant book shows how...

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Author: James SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: LANSDOWNE PRESS, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner*Historical Sketch of Victoria* by James Smith offers a concise chronicle of the...

Author: James SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Lansdowne Press, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Historical Sketch of Victoria covers the period from 1803 and the first, abortive, settlement of Lieutenant-Governor...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsAn Island South explores the unique landscapes and cultures of the islands in the southern Pacific. Vivian Smith's lyrical prose...

Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, some chipping at edges and corners, minor tears; price clipped. Page Condition: Yellowed with age. Markings: No markings noted. Binding condition: Binding...

Author: Miles LewisBinding: HardbackPublished: Greenhouse Publications, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerMiles Lewis's Victorian Primitive presents a compelling examination of the complex relationship between Victorian society...

Author: Joan Law-SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: WOMEN'S COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL TRUST OF AUSTRALIA (VICTORIA), 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Uncommon Garden presents a unique perspective on cultivating outdoor...

The diary of Edith Lorrimer, England 1871 I was shown the laundry - a vast noisy sunless room full of steam and the sharp smell of soapsuds. I counted seven...

L. L. Smith, medico, writer, publisher, politician, litigant, showman, speculator, collector, vigneron, farmer, breeder and rider of racehorses, guiding hand for thirty years of Melbourne's great exhibition complex...The Audacious Adventures...

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The Anzacs remains unrivalled as the classic account of Australia's involvement in the First World War. Gallipoli was the final resting place for thousands of young Australians. Death struck so...

Author: Editors Of VictoriaBinding: HardbackPublished: Hearst Books, 1880Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA heartfelt celebration of sisterhood in all its forms, filled with stories of loyalty, laughter, and lifelong...

This book is a remarkable record of the growth of a nation still young enough to remember it's own official birthday. It is a look at Australia's history over the...

' Jane Eyre meets American Psycho . Gloriously outrageous, sensationally unhinged' SUNDAY TIMES 'Simmering with rage, propulsive and laugh-out-loud funny' CATRIONA WARD 'Weird and wonderful' LUCY MANGAN, GUARDIAN Winifred Notty...

When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two, and the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the...

Author: Don GardenBinding: HardbackPublished: Nelson., 1985Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsDon Garden's Victoria: A History chronicles the expansive reign of one of Britain's most iconic monarchs, Queen Victoria....

Author: Harold H. Paynting And Malcolm GrantBinding: HardbackPublished: James Flood - Harold Paynting Charity Trust, Melbourne, . Print run limited to copies, of which this is registered number, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket:...

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It's 1829, and young Princess Victoria's life is full of constraints. Brought up hidden from the world and protected even from walking downstairs alone, the ten-year-old princess decides to write...

The poignant story behind the Lort Smith Animal Hospital, and the women who were its driving force. Based on a desire to alleviate the suffering of animals irrespective of profits,...

Author: David DuffBinding: HardbackPublished: Frederick Muller., 1970Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor tears to corners of DJ, top-edge discoloured from...

Early Europeans saw Victoria and its rolling grasslands as Australia felix -happy south land-a prize left for them by God. For its original inhabitants, their Country was home and life,...

The Victorian era has dominated the popular imagination like no other period, but the familiarity with later 19th-century stories and history tends to give us a distorted view. Using character...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodFew archives capture the turbulent birth of a nation's most storied state quite like Historical Records of Victoria:...

Peter Carey hilariously conjures up dystopia in his picaresque The Unusual Life of Tristan Smith. Severely afflicted, doomed never to be taller than three foot six, Tristan Smith faces death...

Author: K. J. M. SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 2002Condition:Book: ExcellentJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe book presents a biographical account of James Fitzjames Stephen. It examines his intellectual contributions and...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: good. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. Few places inspire such personal devotion as the state of Victoria, Australia — and this...

Author: Thomas Francis BrideBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed page edges, yellowed DJ. -

Author: R.J.W Selleck And Martin SullivanBinding: HardbackPublished: Melbourne University Press, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling historical analysis re-examines the often-romanticized Victorian age, presenting a candid look...

Author: Lawrence Money & WegBinding: PaperbackPublisher: Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1984Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling historical account,...

Edition: RU ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsThis compelling historical account, Victoria Travels: Journeys Of Queen Victoria Between 1830 And 1900 With Extracts From Her...

Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Pages clean and bright. Binding tight. Usual aging. Shelf wear. This monumental 1978 edition of the Victorian Year...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodBefore she became the most powerful woman in the world, Victoria was a sheltered, fiercely monitored child — and Alison Plowden's The Young Victoria chronicles...

In the 19th century, a revolution took place in how we ate - from the highest table in the land to the most humble. Annie Gray's book is both a...

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From the creator of the TV Sunday night drama, VICTORIA, comes the exclusive standalone novel by Daisy Goodwin, author of the bestselling MY LAST DUCHESS and THE FORTUNE HUNTER. Perfect...

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Author: Elizabeth LongfordBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis biographical work presents a captivating collection of portraits of influential women from the...