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My Dearest, Dearest Albert: Queen Victoria's Life Through Her Letters
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...
Maud: The Illustrated Diary Of A Victorian Woman
$50.00 AUD
Author: Flora FraserBinding: HardbackPublished: Chronicle Books, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book chronicles the intimate daily life of a Victorian woman, offering a unique window into the...
Victorian Gallery
$50.00 AUD
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...
Victoria and Albert: Their Love and Their Tragedies
$20.00 AUD
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...
Victorian Squatters (SIGNED)
$250.00 AUD
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...
The Victorian Railway
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,...
The Cyclopedia of Victoria (Illustrated) In Three Volumes. An Historical and Commercial Review. Descriptive and Biographical, Facts, Figures and Illustrations. An Epitome of Progress.
$1,200.00 AUD
NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description...
Letters From Victorian Pioneers
$70.00 AUD
Author: Thomas Francis BrideBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann., 1969Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Yellowed page edges, yellowed DJ. -
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Life
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...
Not So Eminent Victorians
$30.00 AUD
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...
Victorian Workhouse
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...
Death and the Mother from Dickens to Freud: Victorian Fiction and the
Victorian culture is famous for its idealization of mothers and families, yet the popular novels of this period frequently feature mothers who are dead or otherwise absent. Through an analysis...
Victorian Primitive
$30.00 AUD
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...
Blood Matters: a Social History of the Victorian Red Cross Blood
The voluntary giving of blood to others is an astonishing social activity, but it doesn't just happen. This is the story of an organisation that has overcome many difficulties to...
Beautiful Innocence: The heart-warming Victorian saga of triumph over
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...
Victoria: No Friend Like A Sister
$12.00 AUD
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...
A Victorian Diarist: Extracts From The Journals Of Mary, Lady Monkswell 1873-1895
$20.00 AUD
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...
Victorian Psycho
' 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...
Knowing the Past: Victorian Literature and Culture
To what extent is it possible to know the past or to know other cultures? Can one describe the past without imposing one's own cultural, political, social, or personal preconceptions?...
William Burges And The High Victorian Dream
$100.00 AUD
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...
Queen Victoria's Matchmaking: The Royal Marriages That Shaped Europe
A captivating exploration of the role in which Queen Victoria exerted the most international power and influence: as a matchmaking grandmother. As her reign approached its sixth decade, Queen Victoria's...
Victorian Love Stories: An Oxford Anthology
This varied, unusual selection of short stories presents Victorian love in all its moods, from triumphant to tragic. Covering a period that embraces both Elizabeth Gaskell and Somerset Maugham, these...
Mad Hatter's Holiday: A Novel Of Murder In Victorian Brighton
$50.00 AUD
Author: Peter LoveseyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: wear, tanning to dust cover; some mildew on spine; pages in good conditionMad Hatter's...
Victorian Masters Of Mystery: From Wilkie Collins To Conan Doyle
$12.00 AUD
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...
A Mother's Betrayal: A heart-stopping and compelling Victorian saga from the bestselling author of A Shilling for a Wife
Author: Emma HornbyFormat: Paperback, 127mm x 198mm, 251g, 368 pagesPublished: Transworld Publishers Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A new gritty, page-turning historical saga from Emma Hornby, Northern England's answer to Dilly Court....
A Magnificent Obsession: Victoria, Albert, and the Death That Changed
$12.00 AUD
As she did in her critically acclaimed "The Last Days of the Romanovs," Helen Rappaport brings a compelling documentary feel to the story of this royal marriage and of the...
Essential Mathematics for the Victorian Curriculum 9
Australia's most respected and comprehensive maths series for the Victorian Curriculum now in its second edition. The second edition of Essential Mathematics for the Victorian Curriculum provides comprehensive coverage of...
The Grandmothers: Victoria And The Staveneys; The Reason For It; A Love Child (SIGNED)
$80.00 AUD
Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: YellowedMarkings: Signed with inscriptionFour masterfully crafted novellas, bound together under the title The Grandmothers, present Doris Lessing at the height of her...
A Mountain Muster: Colourful Characters Of The Victorian High Country
$40.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Very goodPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A richly entertaining work of Australian regional history, A Mountain Muster: Colourful Characters Of...
The Victorians: Arriving; Settling; Making Their Mark (Three-Volume Set)
$100.00 AUD
Author: Susan PriestleyBinding: HardbackPublished: Fairfax, Syme & Weldon, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsMaking Their Mark presents a comprehensive history of women's contributions to Australian art. This insightful...
The Secret Life Of Queen Victoria: Her Majesty's Missing Diaries. Being An Account Of Her Hitherto Unknown Travels Through The Island Of Jamaica In The Year 1871.
$25.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis historical satire The Secret Life Of Queen Victoria: Her Majesty's Missing Diaries chronicles...
Tangled Souls: Love and Scandal Among the Victorian Aristocracy
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...
Victorian London: The Life of a City 1840-1870
Like her previous books, this book is the product of the author's passionate interest in the realities of everyday life - and the conditions in which most people lived -...
Victorian Visionaries
$15.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA richly detailed work of Victorian social and intellectual history, Victorian Visionaries chronicles the lives and ambitions of...
Matthew Flinders: On The Victorian Coast April-May 1802
$20.00 AUD
Author: K. A. AustinBinding: HardbackPublished: Cypress Books Melbourne, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis historical account chronicles the meticulous observations and...
Victorian Visionaries
$20.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingIn an era defined by industry, empire, and radical transformation, Victorian Visionaries illuminates the extraordinary minds who dared to imagine a different...
Leslie Stephen: The Godless Victorian
$30.00 AUD
Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodAt the turbulent crossroads of Victorian faith and doubt stands Leslie Stephen — mountaineer, philosopher, editor, and father of Virginia Woolf — a man who...
A Victorian Diarist: Later Extracts From The Journals Of Mary, Lady Monkswell
$30.00 AUD
Author: Mary, Lady MonkswellBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1946Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsA Victorian Diarist: Later Extracts From The Journals Of Mary...
Death at the Terminus: The bestselling Victorian mystery series
1865. A passenger train stands ready to depart amid the bustle at Yorkstation. The flurry of passengers and porters, the swooping pigeons andbarking dogs are thrown into a state of...
The Victorians: Arriving; Settling; Making Their Mark (Three-Volume Set)
$100.00 AUD
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...