Somerset House Books

    Member of ANZAAB - Australia

    Aboriginal Australia Children's Books Literature: Modern Firsts Local History Militaria Transport

Somerset House Books operates from retail premises in Willoughby, Sydney.

Our shop called Love Vintage Books, caters for all subject and genre interests. However we tend to concentrate on transport, military history, art, architecture and photography as well as all aspects of Australiana. We have a section devoted to childrens' collectable books including, classics, favourite novels, annuals and novelty books.

We aim at making our shop a restful oasis for all readers and collectors by keeping it as interesting, enjoyable and welcoming as possible.

Contact Information
Phone: +61 2 9967 0017
Website: https://lovevintagebooks.com.au/
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563 Willoughby Rd Willoughby, 2068 Australia Get Directions

Store Hours

Mondays Closed

Tuesdays 10am – 4pm (“ish”)

Wednesdays 10am – 4pm (“ish”)

Thursdays 10am – 4pm (“ish”)

Fridays 10am – 4pm (“ish”)

Saturdays 10am – 4pm (“ish”)

Sundays Closed

Otherwise by chance or appointment

Highlights
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee | Dee Brown
$3900
An American bestseller in hard cover for over a year post publication, selling many millions of copies and was translated into seventeen languages, Brown became a celebrated author of both fiction and non-fiction until he died in 2002.
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The Satanic Verses | Signed Copy | Salman Rushdie
$8000
This immaculate first edition, signed and dedicated by the author, will further become one of the prize editions in English literature. Rushdie is understandably unlikely to ever commit to any public signings again.
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Wind in the Willows | Kenneth Grahame | 1908 (First UK Edition)
$5160
1908 (First UK Edition) 8vo, 302pp. Hardcover in publisher’s olive green cloth with gilt decoration and title on both spine and front board with general wear on all edges and heavily bruised and worn corners and a tiny 1cm tear at top of spine on front board with spine edges battered but intact and also with a minor linear scuff across the front board and a pale stain to edge of rear board as well.
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And Quiet Flows the Don | Mikhail Sholokhov
$3100
And Quiet Flows The Don by Mikhail Sholokhov (1934 First UK Edition, First Impression in April):8vo, 755pp. Obviously very scarce as a first edition and impression from April 1934, the wonderful patina of age is very obvious as the novel in four volumes traces the lives and struggles of the Cossacks of the Don River Valley during the First World War, the Russian Revolution and the terrible Russian Civil War for the White armies against the Red Bolsheviks. Originally published in a Soviet magazine in 1928-1932 and then in 1940.
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The Karla Trilogy | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, Smiley's People | John Le Carre
$1800
All First editions and First UK impressions. Together, the trilogy is in a near-fine state overall. Arguably the greatest works of fiction dealing with the Cold War ever written, unified by the ubiquitous Smiley and his Russian equivalent Karla.
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Harry Potter Bundle (First Editions) | JK Rowling
$2450
This is a very rare complete set in perfect new condition. A magnificent gift for the dedicated Potter enthusiast. In slipcase volumes, the box set is also still sealed in the publisher's cling wrap cellophane.
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Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour | JD Salinger
$265
The book is a single volume featuring two novellas, which were previously published in the New Yorker, and they were republished in this anthology in the US in 1963, preceding this UK publication. It was in fact, the third-best-selling novel in the US in 1963.
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