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

New York : Metro Books, 1998. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Large Folio (bigger than A3). Some 150 stunning black and white and colour phot0s. The book documents the dramatic history of the jet, profiling the people who made the awesomely powerful jet commonplace. Size: Large Folio (bigger than A3). 160 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 has some rubbed marks.. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Aviation; Jets & High Speed Flight; ISBN/EAN: 9781567995961. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52851. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No… Read More

Bristol, UK : Intellect, 2013. First UK Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Slightly larger than Octavo. Inscribed by one of the authors. 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 Front board has a small circular dent pressed into board The Audience Experience identifies a momentous change in what it means to be part of an audience for a live arts performance. Together, new communication technologies and new kinds of audiences have transformed the expectations of performance, and The Audience Experience explores key trends in the contemporary presentation of performing arts. The book also presents case studies of audience engagement and methodology, reviewing both conventional and innovative ways of collecting and using audience feedback data. Directed to performing arts companies, sponsors, stakeholders and… Read More

Tasmania : W Radcliffe, 0000. Edition Not Stated. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Fair Condition. Small Octavo. Stapled booklet and pages tight, staples rusty Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. In good condition apart from the foxing/browning of pages. No foxing in this copy but pages a slightly browned with stains (water stains and stains on several of the back pages) Edges browned Softcover is browned and has some marks, chips and stains. There is a water stain on inside edge of the pages and stains along top edge of several back pages An interesting, but battered, book on Port Arthur. It has no date, is possibly a first edition and the National Library of Australia indicates that it could have been published in the 1930s. B & W photos

Malanda, Queensland : Frith & Frith Books, 1993. First Edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Slightly larger than Octavo. 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 but a small patch of damage on side edge Card covers bumped at corners and a spot of damage on side page edge The book describes 102 species of Australian native plants from the tropical rainforests of north Queensland. Comprehensive information on each plant and each plant is accompanied by a colour photo. Colour photos

Walkamin, Queensland : Yuruga Nursery, 1990. Fifth Edition. Softcover (Side-stapled). Fair to Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Side-stapled with library tape covering the spine and staples (as produced). Binding is tight Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Some browning on endpapers, some foxing on inside back cover and on exterior of back cover Edges browned A comprehensive work on native plants suitable for North Queensland, each plant entry has text on the plant. There are sections on plant propagation and rainforest species plus more. Colour photos

Walkamin, Queensland : Yuruga Nursery, 1989. Fourth Edition. Softcover. Fair to Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Side-stapled book, tight and spine bound by tape (as published) Text body is clean and but has some very slight owner annotation, underlining but has a couple of plants highlighted with the highlighting very faded. No foxing but some brown marks (gardener's dirty fingerprints?) All edges neat and clean, faintly browned Card covers have some dirty marks, esp. the back cover. A comprehensive work on native plants for North Queensland with descriptions of the plants, plus information on planting a rainforest plot, dryland plants, plants for butterflies, windbreak plants and much more. Colour photos and B & W illustrations

Newtown, Connetticut : The Taunton Press, 160. First Edition . Softcover. Very 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 With a unique talent for making even the most abstract ideas accessible, the world's most admired turning teacher offers an invaluable wealth of design advice. Practical, informative, and undeniably inspiring, this title also explores form and developing profiles. Along with a good lathe and a reliable set of tools, "The Art of Turned Bowls" belongs in the shop of every serious bowl turner. Colour photos

Rydalmere, NSW : Hodder & Stoughton, 1996. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo. Frances Bodkin. 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, faintly browned pring and summer can be months of sheer misery for many people. Up to two million people suffer from seasonal hay fever in Australia and New Zealand. More seriously, others have seasonal asthma or increasing asthma during these months.This book is packed with information on low allergy gardening for people with allergies or allergy-based illnesses such as asthma, hayfever and dermatitis. It is in three parts.Part 1 deals with allergies - what causes them, their role in asthma, hayfever and skin rashes and the role of plants causing allergies.Part 2 looks at plants - which ones to plant and which to avoid.Part 3 discusses how to garden without worsening your allergies.Pollen calendars for… Read More

Berkeley California : Celestial Arts, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Some colour photos and line drawings. A cookbook filed with fascinating information on vanilla, including history, botany, growing your own and recipes using vanilla Size: Octavo (standard book size). 124 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 book-plate laid in. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Herbs & Spices; ISBN: 0890874530. ISBN/EAN: 9780890874530. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50668. 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… Read More

Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2005. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Quarto. A most comprehensive anthology of Anglo-American modernism and amply represents the giants of modernist literature - James Joyce, T S Eliot, Virginia Woolf, Ezra Pound, Samual Beckett among others. Size: Quarto. 1181 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. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Card covers have some rubbing, some slight edge wear and cover corners slightly bumped. . Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Modern Literature; ISBN/EAN: 9780631204497. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52975. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing… Read More

Sydney : Hachette Australia, 2017. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Quarto. The title comes from the author’s tenacity to be accepted for a cancer trial in the USA where 70 people were to be allowed on the trial and she would be number 71. Size: Quarto. 309 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. 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: Medicine & Health; Cancer; ISBN/EAN: 9780733637872. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51401. 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 All edges clean, neat and free of foxing… Read More

London : Barrie & Jenkins, 1976. First English Edition . 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 Endpapers are faintly foxed, text clean Edges slightly browned Boards have some bumped corners The book provides the connoisseur of marine lore and antique objects with the very best guide to this vast area of collecting. The instructive text and captions is a veritable primer of marine history. B & W photos, colour photos and B & W illustrations

Cairns, Queensland : The Historical Society, Cairns, North Queensland, Inc, 1997. First Edition . Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Good Condition. Quarto. Stapled book, pages tight 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 slight wear on spine and a mark from a sticker on front cover The complete title is 'A Remarkable Achievement, The Story of the Cairns- Mulgrave Tramway Built and Operated by the Cairns Divional Board 1897-1911'. Lots of fascinating photos and information on Cairns, Mulgrave and Aloomba. B & W photos and a map illustration

New York : HarperCollins Publishers, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover (Half Cloth). Near Fine Condition/Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). Some black and white photos. The story of the construction workers and ironworkers who built the New York skyscrapers. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 376 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 is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; Architecture of USA; ISBN: 0060004347. ISBN/EAN: 9780060004347. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52810. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous… Read More

Melbourne : Footprint, The Press of the Footscray Institute of Technology, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). Sections of black and white photos. This ios not a dull history of a technical college - it is story of working class aspiration and the continuing struggle waged by people of the western suburbs f Melbourne to stop politicians and bureaucrats tharwting their educational ambitions. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 296 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 is in good condition with some slight rubbing. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Education; Australian Schools, Universities & Teachers; ISBN: 1862970009. ISBN/EAN: 9781862970007. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available… Read More

San Rafael, California, USA : Chronicle Books, 2006. First edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good condition. Quarto (large) . Binding is tight and spine intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers have some faint foxing, text is free of foxing All edges neat and clean Boards slightly bumped on bottom edge at spine and on corners The first in a new series that breathes freshness into interior and lifestyle books, The New Country Style England presents a wide array of rural retreats, seaside cottages, forest huts, and nature getaways. While the city home has undergone countless well-documented stylistic changes, there has been a quiet revolution going on in the countryside. The picture of pastoral perfection (think chintz) is being reinvigorated and modernized by the creativity of a new generation of owners, reflected in the stylish (and sometimes utterly unexpected) interiors of their homes. A converted neo-Gothic… Read More

Sydney Australia: Book House, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Numerous black and white photos throughout. A comprehensive history of the Sans Souci Peninsula from prior to white settlement through to 2001. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 165 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Card covers have slightly bumped corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: History; Australian History - New South Wales; Australia; ISBN: 1740182499. ISBN/EAN: 9781740182492. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50041. 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 Card… Read More

Chennai. India : TTK Healthcare Limited, Printing Division , 2003. First edition . 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 A comprehensive zonal map of India based upon the Survey of India map Colour map illustrations

Sydney : HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Numerous colour photos throughout. Over twenty projects using fresh, dried, waxed and pressed flowers with step-by-step photos. This is the first Australian edition. Size: A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 128 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Very faint foxing in end papers, text unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in as new condition, apart from normal shop shelf wear - contains no tears or chips or other damage. Dust Jacket un-clipped. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Gardening; Flower Arranging & Flower Craft; ISBN: 0207186448. ISBN/EAN: 9780207186448. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50447. Binding is tight, covers and spine… Read More

United Kingdom : Spellmount, 2012. First Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Fine Condition. Small Octavo. 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 Operation Detachment, the invasion of Iwo Jima, on February 19, 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil, and it resulted in some of the fiercest fighting of the Pacific campaign. United States Marines supported by the U.S. Navy and Air Force fought the Japanese both over and underground on the island of volcanic ash, in a battle which was immortalized by the raising of the Stars and Stripes above Mount Suribachi. It was a battle that the Japanese could not win, but they were determined to die trying; of the 18,000-strong garrison, only 200 were taken prisoner. The Americans lost more in the 35-day battle, but at the end they had possession of three airfields in range of the Japanese mainland.This… Read More