Search Results: Authors starting with K from William Robertson

London: APA , 1997. Fifteenth Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Part of the lavishly illustrated 'Insight Guides' series for tourists and travellers. Everything you would ever need to know about the island of Bali: history, culture, geography, art, people, and practical tourist information. Size, 22 x 15cm, 285 pages, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos and artwork. Pictorial card covers showing minor shelf wear, otherwise very good. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Fine/---.

Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1989. First UK edition. Hardcover. Fine/very good. Fine/Very Good. This outstanding volume takes us inside the little known world of the Submarine Service. The 140 photos in the book were put together by a father & son team over the course of a year. During this time they were given unprecedented access to US Navy bases and submarines, resulting in stunning images that capture the life of the submariner as never before. Accompanied by informative text plus an introduction by Tom Clancy. Contains 160 pages, 30.5 x 23.5cm, and illustrated throughout with colour photos. Blue cloth boards in pictorial dust jacket showing light shelf wear, otherwise very good. Internally, shows signature inside front endpaper (possibly author's???) otherwise fine with excellent bindings. Apart from aforementioned signature, looks, feels and smells like new inside.

London: Hamish Hamilton , 1988. Hardcover. Good/very good. A re-examination of the events surrounding the Munich Agreement of 1938. Many historians have seen this as a shameful betrayal of Czechoslovakia, while others argue that by 'sacrificing' the Czechs, Chamberlain bought valuable time for Britain to re-arm. In this volume, the author threads his way through the preceding history of Germany, Czechoslovakia and above all the strained relations between Britain and France in the 1930s. As a result, he finds a disturbing inevitability in the final tragic events. Size, 24 x 15.5cm, 242 pages, 12 pages of b&w photos. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Brown cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, good: shows some yellowing of page extremities, but otherwise clean and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: Hutchinson, 1989. Reprint. Hardcover. Fair/very good. Fair/Good Jacket. An exploration of how war at sea has been conducted through the ages, using four major engagements as examples: Trafalgar; Jutland; Midway; Atlantic Convoys SC122 & HX229. A masterful insight into naval warfare filled with both technical and personal details of what it is like to fight at sea. Contains 292 pages, 24 x 16cm, 16 pages of b&w photos, and 6 maps. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings, blue cloth boards in good illustrated dust jacket, internally fair: generally clean and unmarked in sound bindings.

London: Coronet, 1984. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. Vivid character-sketches and anecdotes of the people who live in the 'Outback' of Australia's Northern Territories. A magical place for the Aboriginals, the Outback can be a place of madness and violence for Whites. Women are few, and murders occur more frequently than anywhere else in Australia. Floods and cyclones alternate with terrifying heat but, as the author shows, Whites can also find solace there. Fascinating and entertaining stuff for the armchair traveller or adventurer. Size, 24.5 x 18.5cm, 256 pages, illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos. Pictorial card covers showing very slight shelf-wear to edges, otherwise in very good condition. Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells like new inside.

London: Collins , 1985. Hardcover. Good. Difinitive account of the Linbergh baby kidnap and murder case of 1932, and the subsequent miscarriage of justice that resulted in the execution of an innocent man. Contains 438 pages, 23 x 15.5cm, with 64 b&w plates, 5 line illustrations, introduction, acknowledgements, prologue, epilogue, appendices, chronology, sources, and index. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Illustrated laminated boards. No dust jacket. Internally, good: the occasional light stain, but generally clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings.

London: BCA, 1979. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Comprehensive guide to defence-works in Britain, from pre-historic earthen ramparts, to Roman walls and forts, the magnificent castles of Mediaeval times, Civil War and Napoleonic-era defences, and modern obstacles erected during WWII. The story ends with the official extinction of Britain's coastal defences in 1956. The author's detailed text is accompanied by 173 b&w and 20 colour photographs by Peter Cheze-Brown and numerous plans and drawings. A fascinating read for anyone interested in the history and/or archaeology of military architecture. Contains 208-pages, 26 x 20cms, and illustrated throughout with colour and b&w photos, plans and drawings. Red cloth boards in very good pictorial dust jacket. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.

London: Little, Brown & Co, 1998. First UK Edition. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. An extraordinary tale of history, maritime drama, heroic rescue, scientific ingenuity and individual courage, recounting death, danger and discovery on the high seas in the search for lost treasure. In September 1857 the side-wheel steamer SS Central America sank in a hurricane two-hundred miles off the Carolina coast. She had been carrying 500 passengers, many of them returning with their spoils from the California Gold Rush. This fortune in gold lay undisturbed until ocean engineer Tommy Thompson finally succeeded in recovering it in 1989. Along the way the group he brought together established mankind's first real working presence on the deep ocean floor, overcoming many technical and other obstacles in the process. This is the full story of that recovery - dubbed by 'Life' magazine as 'the greatest treasure ever found'. Contains 507 pages. Ex-library, front endpaper removed, some library markings. Blue cloth boards in… Read More

Clapham: Dalesman , 1970. Paperback. Good. Good/-. A definitive field guide to early settlement in the Pennines from prehistory to the post-Roman period. Size 20 x 13cm, 96 pages, illustrated throughout with b&w photos, maps and line drawings. Illustrated card covers showing definite signs of use to front. Internally Good: clean, bright and unmarked in sound bindings.

Poole: Nexus Special Interests, 2005. Reprint. Paperback. Fine. Fine/- A distillation of a lifetime's knowledge of model boat building by an acknowledged master of the craft. Covers absolutely everything the beginner needs to know, with chapters on Sources of Information; Workshops; Materials; Hulls; Superstructure & Decks; Armament; Ship's Boats & Aircraft; Finishing & Painting; Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Work; Etching; and Glass Cases. A veritable treasure-house of information for the maritime and/or modelling enthusiast. Contains 118 pages, 27 x 20cm, and illustrated throughout with numerous b&w photos and drawings, plus 16-pages in full colour. Pictorial card covers in Fine condition. Internally, Fine. Clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks feels and smells like new.

Reno, NV: Health Quest Publications, 1994. Second Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. Steinman, Terri. Fine/No Jacket. Ten of America's leading doctors and medical researchers show you how to extend the best years of your life and live to 120 and beyond! Beneath the somewhat 'tabloid' presentation, this volume contains some very interesting and well researched information on the human body and what can be done to extend its useful life-span. Packed full of details on minerals, nutrients, antioxidants, herbs, stimulants, hormones, etc, and how these can be beneficial in treating everything from hair & weight loss, to heart disease and strokes. Accessable read for the lay-person, but with a lot of science for those who understand it and need convincing. Contains 486 pages, 23.5 x 15.5cm, and illustrated throughout with b&w photos and line drawings. Illustrated, laminated boards in Fine condition. No dust jacket. Internally, Fine: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings. Looks, feels and smells… Read More