Search Results: Titles starting with D from Spencer and Murphy Booksellers

Australia : Self Published, 2004. First Edition . Softcover. Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). Possibly signed by the author. Binding is tight, cover 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 Card covers have very slightly bumped corners DEAL for Happier, Healthier, Smarter Kids, The DEAL for Happier, Healthier, Smarter Kids. The biggest health issue facing Australia is the health of our kids. Unless we take action right now this generation of kids will be the first to die at a younger age than their parents. Kids today suffer from the highest rates of obesity, asthma, ADHD, depression and suicide ever seen in human history. DEAL stands for Diet, Environment, Attitude and Lifestyle B & W illustrations

London : Dorling Kindersley Limited, 2008. Reprint. Softcover (with flaps). Near Fine Condition. Small 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 No foxing in this copy All edges clean, neat and free of foxing Whether you find Venice completely charming or utterly bewildering may depend on whether you bring this guide with you. No other European city can match Venice for sheer beauty, but finding your way on foot or by vaporetto is not easy. This is where the Eyewitness style, with its countless photographs, maps, cutawayas, floor plans and illustrations, really comes into its own; the visuals are invaluable for finding your way and identifying what you see. This revised and expanded edition features thematic tours and walks as well as information on local produce and classical dishes to ensure the flavours of Venice are impossible to miss. Outside of Venice, the towns of… Read More

London : Orion Books Ltd, 2002. First Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. 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 Boards a slightly bumped at corners and on bottom of spine Dad's Army is quite simply the most successful British TV sitcom of all time. A companion to the bestselling Dad's Army: Walmington Goes to War (Series 1-4), Dad's Army: The Home Front covers series 5-8 of the much-loved TV sitcom. Published for the first time, the complete illustrated scripts also contains introductions to each episode by the actors, writers, and producers of the series. B & W photos

Not Stated : Braun Publishing AG, 2009. First edition . Softcover . Good Condition. Octavo. 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 mostly neat and clean, with a couple of marks on top edge A couple of marks on title page where the red endpaper has left a few spots plus a small rubbed mark on back endpaper In New York, Berlin and Tokyo, night is the new day, and life is celebrated in some of the most unusual clubs around. With unique style and creative design, a culture of its own is staged. The wide field of international design is presented using projects by up-and-coming artists and established interior decorators. On its 400 pages Dance! Best of Club Design presents one-of-a-kind locations from around the world. Bright lights and dimmed corners, organic forms, metal, glass, plastic and wood all reveal aspects of modern day club design in contrasting… Read More

London : Readers Union/Methuen , 1955. Readers Union Edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair to Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Octavo. Binding is tight, but spine is slightly cocked and is very rubbed with the cloth so worn it is revealing the paper binding beneath Faint foxing on endpapers, text is free from foxing Edges faintly browned with a small spot on side edge The boards are very worn, especially the spine, however the interior is in good condition Karl Ritter von Frisch (20 November 1886 – 12 June 1982) was an Austrian ethologist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1973, along with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Konrad Lorenz.His work centered on investigations of the sensory perceptions of the honey bee and he was one of the first to translate the meaning of the waggle dance. His theory was disputed by other scientists and greeted with skepticism at the time. Only recently was it definitively proved to be an accurate theoretical analysis. B & W photos and line… Read More

Sydney, NSW : Macmillan, 2017. First Edition . Softcover. Good Condition. Slightly larger than 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 Card cover have been covered with plastic laminate which is a little rubbed and crinkled The extraordinary memoir of a man who has spent his working life looking into the eyes of modern evil.As Australia's most distinguished criminal psychologist, 'Doc' Tim Watson-Munro has assessed over 30,000 'persons of interest' in some of the nation's most notorious court cases, including Hoddle Street gunman Julian Knight, corporate fraudster Alan Bond, Melbourne gangster Alphonse Gangitano and, in recent years, Australia's first terrorist convicts.But the frontline of psychology is no place for the faint-hearted. Tim's pioneering methods and proximity to evil… Read More

Sydney, NSW : Museum of Contemporary Art, 2003. First edition . Softcover. Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). 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, some faint marls on top of the rear of front free endpaper All edges neat and clean Card cover corners slightly bumped The art of Dorothy Napangardi presents a selection of paintings focusing on Dorothy Napangardi s career from 1991 to 2002. These paintings were based around the Women s Dreaming, sometimes known as Digging Sticks Dreaming, passed down to Napangardi through her paternal line. It followed the long journeys of female ancestors walking and dancing with their digging sticks from Mina Mina in the Northern Territory. The late Dorothy Napangardi was born in the early 1950s and belonged to the Warlpiri language group from the area around Mina Mina, a significant site located near Lake Mackay in the Tanami Desert… Read More

Australia : ABC , 1960. First Edition. Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition. Quarto. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Endpapers slightly browned, no foxing All edges clean, neat and free of foxing Surface split along spine fold on front and back cover, board corners bumped and some shelf wear Contributions from thousands of Australian children resulted in this book - all were members of the Argonaut's Club of the ABC Children's Hour. They not only wrote the book they illustrated it as well. Colour illustrations

Carlton North, Victoria : The Vulgar Press, 2004. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). 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 An inevitably controversial look at the history of the struggles of the Builders' Labourers' Federation and the twenty year campaign to smash Australia's most militant union. B & W and Colour photos

Ashland, Kentucky, USA : The Jesse Stuart Foundation , 1994. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good condition. Octavo. 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 but with a very faint mark on side edge. A fictionalized account of Jenny Wiley's captivity and escape based on her own narrative. Thomas and Jenny Wiley had pioneered land on Walker's Creek in Bland County, Virginia. On October 1, 1789, while Thomas was away, a small band of Indians, seeking revenge for a recent defeat at the hands of white settlers, attacked the Wiley cabin and killed and scalped Jenny's three older children and her brother. Jenny, seven months pregnant, was taken captive along with her baby son, Adam. Then began a nightmare flight through the wilderness into the dark Kentucky hills to westward. Jenny's only hope for survival was to keep pace with her… Read More

Darwin Australia: Honeygum Pty Ltd, 2002. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Quarto. Numerous colour photos and colour and black and white illustrations. The book is divided into Sections on Flora and Fauna and two other sections on both the common names and scientific names of the flora and fauna. Size: Quarto. 76 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 bumps and creases at corners, some rubbing and some wear on spine.. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Gardening; Tropical and Sub-Tropical Gardening; Australia; ISBN: 0958184003. ISBN/EAN: 9780958184007. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50099. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous… Read More

Australia: Rudder Press, 2001. Edition Unstated. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good. Octavo (standard book size). End papers illustrated with map. numerous black and white photos and map illustrations. This is a follow up to the author’s previous book ’The Army and the Defence of Darwin Fortress’ and continues to tell of the Northern Territory Forces and 12 Australian Division. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 712 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact, but spine is slightly cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket is in good condition with some wear on the edges and has some foxing on the interior. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Previous owner’s name blacked out with marker pen. . Edges foxed. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Military & Warfare; WWII - War with Japan; Australia; 1940s; ISBN:… Read More

Papua New Guinea : Treid Pacific (PNG) Ltd, 1999. 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 edge wear, some rubbing on covers and bumped corners A look at the traditional heritage of the Huli and modern Christianity Colour photos and B& W photos and map illustrations

Minneapolis : Fortress Press, 1995. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Octavo (standard book size). A fascinating account of the Brazilian hierarchy’s efforts to address the plight and claims of prostitutes in the largest Roman Catholic country in the world. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 235 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. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Religion & Theology; Theology; ISBN: 0800670930. ISBN/EAN: 9780800670931. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50713. 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

London : Aurum Press, 2009. First UK Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Quarto. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Very faint foxing on front endpapers Edges all neat and clean Boards a little bumped on bottom front corners A paradigm-smashing instruction book on recovering from trouble and avoiding disaster shots, the three or four errant shots in each round that lead to blow up holes and ruin golfer's scoresOver his three decades of working with pro and amateur golfers, Dave Pelz noticed some definite differences between the two, particularly in how pros and amateurs handle trouble shots. Seeking quantitative evidence for his hunch, he used his analytical tools to look at thousands of scorecards from a wide range of amateur players. The data showed that the majority of golfers play at or below their handicap most of the time but are done in by a few disaster holes, double… Read More

New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Octavo (standard book size). 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 All edges neat and clean Bottom of spine slightly bumped Explore the power of the underdog in Malcolm Gladwell's dazzling examination of success, motivation, and the role of adversity in shaping our lives, from the bestselling author of The Bomber Mafia. Three thousand years ago on a battlefield in ancient Palestine, a shepherd boy felled a mighty warrior with nothing more than a stone and a sling, and ever since then the names of David and Goliath have stood for battles between underdogs and giants. David's victory was improbable and miraculous. He shouldn't have won. Or should he have? In David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell challenges how we think about obstacles and disadvantages, offering a new… Read More

Australia Australia: Goodway Printing, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Small Octavo. Some rubbing on back endpaper, The account of the bushfire in 2006 in the Brisbane Ranges which are situated 80km west of Melbourne, Victoria. Some rubbing on back endpaper, The account of the bushfire in 2006 in the Brisbane Ranges which are situated 80km west of Melbourne, Victoria. Size: Small Octavo. 112 pages. Item Type: CD with book. Small number of underlinings in pencil. 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: Environment & Ecology; Bushfires; Australian History ; Victorian History ; Australia; Modern; History. Main Picture: Front cover. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50251. Binding is tight, covers and… Read More

London : T. Werner Laurie Ltd, 1943. First Edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Good Condition/Fair. 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 Endpapers both a little foxed and browned, text clean Edges foxed Boards have wear on the edges, bumped at corners and top and bottom of spine In this volume the author the (then) last surviving member of the staff of the famous old 'Sporting Times', otherwise known as the 'Pink 'Un' deals with the London of the pre-war period: its restaurants, its clubs, its theatres and music halls and the personalities who filled them. the book features notes and quotes from many famous people including Kipling, Marie Lloyd and Pavlova. B & W illustrations and B & W photos

Black Rock, Victoria : Peleus Press, 2009. First edition . Hardcover (Printed Boards). Very Good Condition/Good. Octavo. 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 Days of My Youth is the personal memoirs of the artist and Royal Academian Charles Napier Hem, as a ten year old boy travelling to and from Australia and of his adventures in the Victorian gold fields in 1851 recorded in later life on his yacht, Van der Meer, in Plymouth Harbour commencing on 28 June, 1904/The writings are one of the few first hand accounts of life in early Melbourne and on he Victorian goldfields by a child. B & W photos and colour and B & W illustrations

Labour Press Books, 1996. First Edition. Good Condition. A4 (300 x 210mm approx.). Stapled booklet and 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 Ex-library with sticker on back cover, sticker and stamps and library numbers on title page. Card covers have some wear and a crease on top front corner On August 7, 1994, 11 miners were killed when an explosion ripped through the BHP-owned No 2 mine in Moura, central Queensland. The miners' bodies were never recovered, they remain entombed in the mine. This book is a compilation of articles, interviews and comments from the fortnightly socialist newspaper, Workers News and the premise of the book is that the deaths were not as a result of an unexpected accident, but as a direct result of BHP's drive to boost productivity and cut costs. B & W photos