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On January 14, 1993, a team of scientists descended into the crater of Galeras, a restless Andean volcano in Southern Colombia, when it suddenly erupted, exploding in a barrage of...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the annals of extraordinary courage under fire, They Dared Mightily stands as one of Australia's most celebrated...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the annals of military valour, few accounts match the raw courage chronicled in They Dared...

Photographs of Queen Victoria most often show a plump Empress wearing widow's black; serious and regal. The posed portrait photos were stiff, formal affairs, partly because subjects needed to stay...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Signed,Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded and creased cover. Name penned on fep. Flat signed by Spreadborough on the title...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: No markingsBeyond the rigid etiquette of the royal court lies the story of a passionate and tumultuous partnership that redefined the British...

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...

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

Author: The Australian Heritage CommissionBinding: HardbackPublished: The Macmillan Company of Australia in association with the Australian Heritage Commission, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages:...

The railway was the creation, in some ways the archetypal creation, of the Victorian age. It transformed the whole social and intellectual fabric of Britain, affected Victorian thought and language,...

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: 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:...

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...

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...

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...

' 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...

Author: Hon. E. C. F. CollierBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1944Condition:Book: PoorJacket: DamagedPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA Victorian Diarist: Extracts From The Journals Of Mary (Lady Monksmell) 1873-1895...

Part journal, part commonplace book, among many gems you will find enlightenment and advice on everything from dreams to garlic; patriotism to wrinkles. Written throughout her life but only discovered...

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,...

Author: Harold H. Paynting And Malcolm GrantBinding: HardbackPublisher: The James Flood-Harold Paynting Charity Trust Melbourne, 1985Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Good...

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...

Author: Richard Broome ("Arriving"); Tony Dingle ("Settling"); Susan Priestley ("Making Their Mark")Binding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon Associates, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light...

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January 23, 1942, New Britain. It was 2:30 a.m., the darkest hour of the day and, for the defenders of this Southwest Pacific island, soon to be the war's darkest...

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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...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Good. Beneath the polished veneer of Victorian respectability lay a world of secrets, contradictions,...

Author: Tony Dingle, Richard Broome, and Susan PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Syme, & Weldon Associates, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: SignedThe Victorians: Arriving, Making Their Mark, Settling is a...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodAt the heart of one of history's most formidable reigns stands a woman of startling contradictions — a young girl who ascended the throne at eighteen...

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....

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A revelatory history of the women who brought Victorian criminals to account-and how they became a cultural sensation From Wilkie Collins to the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the traditional image...

Victoria Wood is still an extraordinarily popular star in the UK. This biography is a warts-and-all portrait of a star who is much more complex than she has shown herself...

The glittering, poignant and sometimes shocking story of the love affair between two members of the Souls, the group of unconventional aristocrats at the heart of late Victorian society. Outrageously...

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...

London, 1900. Hester Stanmore watches in disbelief as the jury declares her attacker 'not guilty', and the courtroom erupts into chaos. The man in the dock is being congratulated as...