Literature from Lems Bookshop

No publishing date. Inscription to previous owner dated 1935. The rousing fictional tale of Robin Hood who battled injustice in England in the time of King Richard and his brother John. 338 pages with 48 colour plates and endpaper colour pictures. Book in very good+ condition.

A classic tale from the Crusades, 92 pages with 19 illustrations. Book in very good condition.

The continuation of the classic Jungle Book. 299 pages with illustrations throughout. Book in very good condition with booksellers sticker inside back cover and previous owners name on front endpaper.

6 books - Black Beauty, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Great Fairy Stories (Andersen), Great Stories from Shakespeare. No publishing dates. Each has about 5 illustrations. All in very good condition and have previous owners name and date on front endpaper. Price is for all 6. No increase in postage in Australia.

37 Plays, and 7 Poems. 1,229 pages with some black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with some light tanning. This is a larger book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Signed by Pro Hart. A selection of the most well-known and best-loved of Paterson's poems with accompanying paintings by Pro Hart. 136 pages with 51 colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with slight creasing on back.

Booklet to accompany an Exhibition of May Gibbs work. No page numbers but 24 pages with 6 colour and four black and white illustrations from her books. Booklet in near fine condition.

Part of the Sunshine series (? first edition), no publishing date. Nine of Shakespeare's plays rewritten for younger readers, without altering the stories but retelling the plays as easily read tales. 128 pages with 15 colour plates. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. Dust jacket in good+ condition price clipped, with some tears, knocks and wear (see photo).

Part of New Oxford English Series. Poems chosen and edited by Michael Millgate. A biography of Tennyson followed by 35 of his poems. Book in very good condition with some minor references on first contents page otherwise clean.

Kim is a half caste white boy in the Punjab whose Indian mother dies when he is very young and then his father, a former soldier of an Irish Regiment, dies from taking opium, Kim has to fend for himself and avoid being caught by missionaries and charitable societies. 413 pages with 10 illustrations. Book in good+ condition and would… Read more about this item

Part of Men of Wisdom series translated by Patrick Hepburne-Scott. The place of Socrates in the history of Western European thought is unique as he left no writings, founded no school - he merely taught men to know themselves and to think as independent individuals. The author traces his story as seen by contemporaries and by the European philosophers who… Read more about this item

Groucho Marx was a prolific letter writer and his wit shines through them. His letters and responses to them are kept in the Library of Congress. 252 pages. Book in very good condition.

In a slipcase not dust jacket. What the great raconteurs wrote or what was written about them - humorous anecdotes. 288 pages with drawings throughout. Book and slip case in as new condition.

In 50 stories and four complete novels are all the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, the world's most famous detective. 1,122 pages. Book in very good condition with light/medium tanning.

An abundant assortment of verbal and visual images that reveals the universal fascination with fathers and their relationship with children as a subject in literature and art. 160 pages with 86 illustrations of which 45 are in colour. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition.

Poems and works of Henry Lawson and Banjo Paterson selected by David Forsythe. Two volumes both 752 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Both copies in as new condition in slip case. Combined weight 3.5kg but no increase in postage in Australia

Eight Lays and nine Miscellaneous Poems and Appendix. 359 pages. Book in good+ condition with inscriptions on second and title page, drawing on short title page, some red colour from cover on small section of margin on first ten pages, stamp embossed on front endpaper, cover has some wear (see photo).

Fifty of Burns' songs, poems, epistles and letters - grave and gay, religious and frivilous, divine and human - with comment and reference to the original. 160 pages with 24 illustrations. Book in very good condition with some minor wear.

Full of adventure and peril, joy and longing - a selection of our finest writing about the mystery and majesty of the Australian bush. 347 pages. Book in very good+ condition with booksellers sticker on back.

42 plays by Bernard Shaw. 1219 pages. Book in very good condition with minor foxing to first six pages and light tanning, back endpaper top 2cm missing, cover has some minor wear. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.