Language & Reference

Our Language and Reference department is a testament to the evolution of human communication. Here, you will find rare linguistic treatises, antique etiquette for speech, and out-of-print scholarly works that trace the roots of our modern tongues. These volumes serve as essential tools for the academic and the lover of words.

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The Children's Illustrated Dictionary

Anon

No publisher’s date given

$18.00

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Antiques And Curios In Our Homes

Vallois, G. M

1927

$45.00

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The Private Lives of the Tudor Monarchs

Falkus, Christopher (Editor)

1974

$20.00

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Something Fishy

Wodehouse, P.G

1957 (First Edition)

$32.00

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Militaria - Collecting Print and Manuscript

Denny, A. H. Rev

1973 (1st Edition)

$20.00

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera

Rosenthal Harold and Warrack John

1964

$15.00

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Who's Who in Australia 1950

Alexander, Joseph A.(Compiler and Editor)

1950 (XIVth Edition)

$30.00

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Who's Who in Australia 1980

Draper, W.J (Compiler and Editor)

1980 (XXIIIrd Edition)

$25.00

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Who's Who in Australia 1977

Legge, J.S.(Compiler and Editor)

1977 (XXIINo publisher’s date given Edition)

$25.00

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Who's Who in Australia 1974

Legge, J.S.(Compiler and Editor)

1974 (XX1st Edition)

$25.00

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A Dictionary of English Surnames

Reaney, P.H

1997 (Revised Edition)

$12.00

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Apuleius Madaurensis Platonicus Serio Castigatus

Madaurensis, Apuleius Lucius (Apuleius)

1628

$425.00

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The Iliad (Reprint)

Homer

1998 (Reprint)

$15.00

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Pretty Girl in Crimson Rose (8)

Balfour, Sandy

2003 (First Edition)

$15.00

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Australian Biographical and Genealogical Record Series 2 1842-1899 Volume 2

Cable, Kenneth J and Marchant, Jane C (Editors)

1987

$48.00

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Index to the Australian Dictionary of Biography Volumes 1 & 2 (A to Z - 1788-1850)

Sainty, Malcolm R & Flynn, Michael C (Editors)

1991

$18.00

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Beauty is Immortal (Felise of "The Dewy Morn") With Some Hitherto Uncollected Essays and Manuscripts by Richard Jefferies

Looker, Samuel J (Editor)

1948

$20.00

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The Shorter Oxford Dictionary On Historical Principles

Onions.C.T. (Editor)

1956 (3rd Edition with corrections and Revised addenda)

$165.00

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La Saison des Pluies

Greene, Graham

1961

$10.00

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Des Souris et Des Hommes

Steinbeck, John

No publisher’s date given (circa 1965)

$10.00

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Le Soeile Se Leve Aussi

Hemingway, Ernest

No publisher’s date given (circa 1965)

$10.00

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Alcestis and Other Plays

Euripides

1953 (First Edition Thus)

$15.00

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Brilliant Maps An Atlas for Curious Minds

Wright, Ian

2019 (Reprint)

$25.00

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Second Middle English Primer: Extracts From Chaucer

Sweet, Henry M.A., PH.D., LL.D

1899

$25.00

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