Search Results: Authors starting with A from Spencer and Murphy Booksellers

London : Quiller Press, 1995. Updated edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Black and white photos and map illustrations. Over 130 of the finest gardens in France open to the public and includes rose gardens, medicinal gardens, alpine gardens and more (even white gardens). Size: Octavo (standard book size). 171 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner’s signature in ink on title page and bookseller’s sticker on inside back cover.. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Card covers slightly bumped on corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Gardening; Gardeners; ISBN/EAN: 9781899163115. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52670. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from… Read More

Redwood Valley, California, USA : Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, 2015. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine is fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Some very faint foxing on front inside cover All edges neat and clean A collection of short talks that are given every morning at Abhayagiri before the work period. The talks cover a diverse array of subjects but are intended to be practical and easy to use.

Redwood Valley, California, USA : Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery, 2015. Edition Not Stated. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Binding is tight and spine is fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean A collection of short talks that are given every morning at Abhayagiri before the work period. The talks cover a diverse array of subjects but are intended to be practical and easy to use.

Canberra ACT : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1988. Edition Not Stated. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. Slightly smaller than A4 landscape. Stapled book, pages tight, staples rusty Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Card covers have some rubbing and slight edge wear Reminiscences of residents at La Perouse Reserve; location; establishment; construction and sale of artefacts; managers; schooling; fishing; biographical information; Aborigines Inland Mission of Australia. B & W photos and map illustrations

Hawthorn, Victoria : The Five Mile Press, 1987. Reprint. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean Many recipes for outdoor cooking, perfect for those who love to cook and explore the great outdoors. Numerous recipes for stews, curries, roasts, and desserts, all prepared in a camp oven. Colour photos

Maryland, USA : Gold Horse PUblishing, 1993. Revised Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Some tiny faint spots on front and back endpapers. Numerous colour photos and black and white photos along with pattern diagrams. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 133 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Card cover corners slightly bumped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; Dolls & Doll House Collecting and Making; ISBN: 0912823348. ISBN/EAN: 9780912823348. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51023. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges very slightly spotted… Read More

London : Hamlyn , 1989. First Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition. Large Book - between A4 and A3. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers have very faint browning, text clean All edges neat and clean Board corners bumped The fascination of sumo lies in its unique combination of conflict, and ceremony, of aggression and religious ritual. This informative guide gets right in behind the action and the culture. It captures - in words and images - the essence of both aspects, and explains both the past as well as the present of this quintessentially Japanese sport. Colour photos

London : Pan Books, 2020. 42 Anniversary Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean with two or three faint spots on top edge March 1978 saw the first ever transmission of Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on BBC Radio 4; the beginning of a cult phenomenon.March 2020 marks the 42nd anniversary of that first transmission – 42 being the answer, of course, to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything. To mark the occasion, Pan Macmillan are bringing back into print The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts with a brand-new introduction from Simon Jones.The collection also includes the previously 'lost' Hitchhiker script from the 25th anniversary edition, 'Sheila's Ear' and the original introductions by producer Geoffrey Perkins and Douglas Adams.This… Read More

Maryborough, Vic : Barwon Heads Golf Club, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. A numbered issue with this book being #273. Several black and white photos. A history of the Barwon Heads Golf Club in Victoria. 85 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Endpapers slightly browned, text block clean. Dust jacket is worn at edges with some small tears at top and bottom of spine. Now protected by removable plastic cover. . Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner’s signature in ink. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Golf; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50742. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting… Read More

Published by the Author, 2012. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Card cover corners slightly bumped Keith Adams is the amazing man who drove through the deserts of Western and Central Australia in a 2-wheel drive Buick in the 1950s and set up his safari camp in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Harpooning and killing 20 foot crocodiles, and making a film about survival in the Australian outback lead him to tour Australia and the world showing his home-movie. Read about this extraordinary man?s adventures with the crocs, sharks, dugongs and giant fish of the Gulf and all the animals of the Australian deserts B & W and colour photos

London : Collins, 2005. Revised Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Quarto. Numerous black and white colour photos and illustrations. An authoritative, in-depth guide to tracing your ancestors. Size: Quarto. 320 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Genealogy; ISBN/EAN: 9780007214839. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50164. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges very slightly spotted or marked

Canberra, ACT : Department of Veterans' Affairs, 2014. First edition . Softcover, Ring-binding . Good Condition/Good condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Ring binding in very good condition Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges neat and clean The book enables teachers to explore the experiences of Australian school communities in the Great War

Australia , 2001. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Some black and white illustrations. The Order of Service for the Dawn Service at Gallipoli with hymns, prayers, etc. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 32 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Stapled booklet and pages tight. No foxing in this copy. Previous owner’s inscription in ink on inside front cover. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Military & Warfare; WWI; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51712. Stapled booklet and pages tight Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing

Indooroopilly, Queensland Australia: Bureau of Sugar Experiment Stations, 1997. Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Numerous colour photos throughout. This manual is the result of over 90 years experience by the Sugar Experiment Stations and its purpose is to assist growers and people in the sugar cane industry to identify and understand the pests. Size: Quarto. 74 pages. Three or four words highlighted on title page, otherwise free from all annotations. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Card covers bumped at corners, some soft creases and some slight rubbing,. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Sugar Cane Farming & Sugar Cane; Australia; ISBN: 0646339818. ISBN/EAN: 9780646339818. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50343. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Three or four words highlighted on title page,… Read More

London : William Kimber, 1986. First Edition by this Publisher. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, but spine is slightly cocked Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Board has some slight wear on front bottom corner The author contends that the US Army handed over a wealth of technological information to the Red Army in 1945 without being aware of its value. Its said that Washington has suppressed all attempts to release any information. At the same time in WWII General Kammler disappeared and his fate remains unknown. B & W photos and a map illustration

New Delhi, India : The Director General Archaeological Survey of India, 1984. Fourth Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Small Octavo. Several black and white photos and a fold-out map attached to inside back cover of the Sarnath Plan of Excavations. Sarnath is one of the most frequented spots in India and has a wealth of religious traditions and archaeological remains which attract thousands of pilgrims, archaeologists, students and historians to the place which is a place sacred to Buddhists. Size: Small Octavo. 29 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Stapled booklet and pages tight. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Card covers have some wear on spine. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 250 grams. Category: Archaeology; Archaeology; Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52728. Stapled booklet and… Read More

Ipswich, Queensland : Self Published , 2004. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Card covers have some rubbing, a sticker mark and some ink on title The second book in this series on timber getting in South Queensland. Once again the author has the book divided up into areas including Brisbane, Ipswich - Gatton, Upper Logan, etc). Lots of interesting photos of the timber getters and the sawmills, B & W and colour photos

Ipswich, Australia : Self Published , 1997. Second Edition . Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Stapled booklet and pages tight, staples very good Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean Card covers have slightly bumped corners A most interesting book on timber getting and sawmilling from the days of the pioneers through to the 1990s. The book is divided into sections according to places (Killarney, Spring Creek, Farm Creek, etc). Numerous historical photos and maps. B & W photos and map illustrations

New Haven, USA : Yale University Press, 2011. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting (apart from library stamps) No foxing in this copy Edges all neat and clean with one librarystamp on bottom edge Ex-library with stickers on covers and stamps on front title page and A probing study of the veil's recent return—from one of the world's foremost authorities on Muslim women—that reaches surprising conclusions about contemporary Islam's place in the West todayIn Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil.… Read More

USA : Harrison House, 1984. Reprint . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy, some very faint browning on back free endpaper Edges all neat and clean A trip through the legendary splendor of San Simeon details its unique and eclectic architectural styles, superb art collection, lush gardens and pools, and describes its design, construction, and legend Colour and B & W photos