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Penguin Classics relaunch The Woman in White famously opens with Walter Hartright's eerie encounter on a moonlit London road. Engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie, Walter...

Penguin Classics relaunch The Moonstone, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple and maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend and suitor Franklin...

Author: William WilkieBinding: PaperbackPublished: ANZEA, 1990Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed with inscriptionCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWilliam Wilkie's Understanding Stress Breakdown presents a comprehensive analysis of the...

A sinister Countess is driven mad by a dark secret. An innocent woman is made the instrument of retribution. A murdered man's fury reaches beyond the grave. When Countess Narona...

A gripping melodrama from Wilkie Collins When the elderly Allan Armadale makes a terrible confession on his death-bed, he has little idea of the repercussions to come, for the secret...

Beautifully designed, clothbound edition Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth...

Author: R. W. LiscombeBinding: HardbackPublished: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: small chip on bottom corner of jacket, otherwise fineThis scholarly work chronicles the...

"Oh, my God! to think of that kind-hearted, lovely young woman, who brings happiness with her wherever she goes, bringing terror to me! Terror when her pitying eyes look at...

Collins' exhilarating story of two girls who fight for what should justly be theirs, in a typically labyrinthine plot Magdalen and her sister Norah, beloved daughters of Mr and Mrs...

Launching a major new paperback series: Penguin English Library The Penguin English Library Edition of The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 'Here was our quiet English house suddenly invaded by a...

The book titled The King of Inventors: Life of Wilkie Collins by the author Catherine Peters. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingOne moonlit night on a lonely road outside London, a young drawing master named Walter Hartright encounters a...

In Basil's secret and unconsummated marriage to the linen-draper's sexually precocious daughter, and the shocking betrayal, insanity, and death that follow, Collins reveals the bustling, commercial London of the nineteenth...

Although Wilkie Collins is remembered primarily as the bestselling creator of the vogue for "Sensation fiction" in the 1860s, he was also prolific in many genres apart from the full-length...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Fair/Good. Jacket: No dust jacket — cloth/board binding visible, aged and worn. Page Condition: Yellowed with tanning; visible foxing and moisture spotting on title page...

Vengeful spirits, mysterious revenants and haunted objects stalk the pages of Wilkie Collins' short fiction, and yet his reputation as a sensation and detective novelist has long overshadowed his inventive...

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'No! No! cried the little boy, 'Please no! I want to stay with my Mother!' 'Be quiet!' shouted the man who roughly pulled his mother from him. She was taken...

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Following the hugely successful hardback, this extraordinary tale of the father of modern geology looks set to be the non fiction paperback for 2002. Hidden behind velvet curtains above a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodStep back in time to the sunlit shores of Port Phillip Bay, where Williamstown — one of Victoria's oldest and most storied maritime townships —...

'At 2.00 pm on Sunday, 6 July 1835, a giant of a man shambled into the camp left by John Batman at Indented Head near Geelong...' In 1803 the convict...

A landmark reinterpretation of the life of William the Conqueror-a pivotal figure in British and European history "[The] definitive biography of the man who forever changed England with his invasion...

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Author: Anne JacksonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Malvern Historical Society Inc., 2011Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAnne Jackson's William Philpott: Pioneer Victorian First Class...

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The landmark book that situates Blake's poetry within the intellectual movements of his day and unlocks his symbolism for modern readers. Since it was first published, Northrop Frye's Fearful Symmetry...

Author: Howard HollisBinding: HardbackPublished: Sir William McKie Memorial Trust, 1991Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThis biography delves into the life of Sir William McKie, exploring his multifaceted experiences...

Author: Philip Weate & Caroline GrahamBinding: HardbackPublished: Paul Hamlyn Pty Ltd, NSW, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: mildew spotting on spine and inside edges of dust...

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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Boards: fair with some marks and specks; slight discolouration...

The painter and stained-glass designer William "Jock" Frater (1890-1974) was one of Australia's most prominent early Modernists. Today his work will be found in most public galleries and many private...

Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton Ltd., 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun damage to spine, fore-edge has some purple foxing and small...

Author: Meredith WilkieBinding: PaperbackPublished: Alternative Pub. Co-operative, Chippendale. NSW. AUST in association with Black Books, Glebe. NSW. AUST, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown...

Recounts how William Wilberforce fought to end the lucrative slave trade and won.

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the heart of Victorian literary culture lies a dark and...

Author: Aubrey NoakesBinding: HardbackPublished: Jupiter, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis biography, William Frith: Extraordinary Victorian Painter, chronicles the life and artistic achievements of one of the Victorian era's...

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Author: J. Mordaunt CrookBinding: PaperbackPublished: John Murray, London, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Extensive pencil underlining of internal pagesThis authoritative volume chronicles the extraordinary career...

Author: R. B. JoyceBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, Melbourne VIC, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed...

Author: Paul ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul London, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly volume chronicles the life and architectural legacy of a pivotal...