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.

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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

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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