Search Results: Titles starting with H from Lems Bookshop

In 1908 the author, a Swiss governess in England, became the Governess of two small boys, the sons of H G Wells and for nearly five years lived with the family - this is her personal experiences and memorable moments of that time. 143 pages with 17 black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with first endpaper top corner cut off, otherwise fine. cover has some wear (see photos).

The story of a German U-Boat captured by the British and used by them against German submarines. The author had access to both German and British records and tracked down survivors to get first hand accounts of an astonishing story. 228 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good condition with light tanning, minor foxing and a split on part of back cover showing binding. Cover has some spots (see photos).

A vivid picture of the almost insurmountable difficulties which faced the British armed forces in France in 1917 and 1918 and which were overcome only by the courage, firmness, commonsense and faith of their Commander in chief - Field-Marshall Haig. 158 pages with 1 photograph and endpaper maps. Book in very good condition with some tanning. Dust jacket in good- condition with piece missing bottom front, chips, dents and three cm tear bottom back and some marks (see photo).

A selection of the documents collected by Richard Hakluyt first published around 1600. This selection contains some of the most perilous and extraordinary adventures undertaken. 640 pages with 16 black and white illustrations and 8 maps. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

Livy translated and edited by John Jackson. In 221 BC Hannibal succeeds to the Carthaginian command in Spain and in 218 BC marches on Italy with the intent to destroy the Roman Empire. 180 pages with illustrations in the text and endpaper map. Book in very good condition with previous owners details on first page, some minor marks, light tanning, and pencil margin notes on three pages, Cover has some wear (see photo).

A selection of the life-work of the artist in mostly date produced order with the background and a description of the works. 204 pages and 80 colour illustrations accompanied by protector page. Book in good+ condition with last four pages and two illustrations loose but in one section, binding showing inside front and back cover but intact, tanning front and back endpapers, otherwise very good. Cover is faded on front and has some knocks and wear.

An account of the institution of the Harem as it existed in the Palace of the Turkish Sultans with a history of the Grand Seraglio, the Turkish Imperial Palace from its foundation to modern times, a period of 450 years. 277 pages with 30 black and white plates and 13 other illustrations. Book in very good condition with tanning but plates fine. Dust jacket in good condition with some small tears, chips, dents and wear.

Subjects range from immediate practical concerns - using maps, coping with changing weather, understanding cities - to broader issues such as the functions of political boundaries, and the scramble for control of the oceans. 336 pages. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamps om endpapers and title page and sticker on back endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

In around 750AD Polynesians, probably from the Marquesas islands, arrived in Hawaii from the far South Seas and the islands were big enough to cater for new arrivals over the next few hundred years until about 1,000 AD when chiefs from Tahiti and other islands in the Society group arrived and brought the original settlers under their control. New arrivals from these islands continued to about 1,275 AD then stopped and the islands were left in isolation until January 1778 when the ships of Captain James Cook were sighted. The coming of the white man changed their lives for ever. 353 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker and stamps on front and back endpaper, stamp on publishing page, borrowing sleave remnants inside back cover, sticky tape marks front and back endpapers, stamp bottom edge, and light reader wear. Dust jacket in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and some creasing.

The author travels to Hawaii to find out what traces of Polynesian culture, brought by the Tahitians many centuries before, had survived. 190 pages with illustrations on 13 pages and endpaper map. Book in very good condition with some tanning and minor foxing to top edges. Dust jacket in good condition with one 5cm tear front top right and two smaller tears front bottom (see photo), knocks and tears to spine, two small tear on back and knocks to corners.

Undated edition. Text by Walter Jerrold and pictures by E W Haslehust. 64 pages with 12 colour plates. Book in very good condition with tanning to endpapers. Dust jacket in good condition price clipped with knocks to corners and edges, two small pieces missing on spine and three small tears on back.

The book looks at the interior landscapes of Australia in a revealing and perceptive way, the images capturing the essence and feeling of harsh yet beautiful country. Book in very good+ condition ex library with small stamp on first page, small sticker on title page, remnants of borrowing pages back end papers with small alpha/number writing and 3cm tear bottom page 5. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and three stickers on back.

The greatest pop singles ever pressed into vinyl - classics of their own kind and milestones in the progress of popular music. 717 pages. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker on first page, stamps and reference inside back cover and some tanning. Cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Climate, sea level and ice sheets have always changed. Climate changes are cyclical and today is not outside the normal range of natural variability. The author strongly challenges the prevailing theory of human induced global warming. 503 pages with 54 figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover.

Everything you always wanted to know about nothing - winds provide the circulatory and nervous systems of the planet, sharing out energy and information, distributing both warmth and awareness, making something out of nothing. 384 pages. Book in good condition with previous owners name on first page and tanning and part booksellers sticker on back cover. . .

Highlighting the vibrant interplay between word and image, the author traces the development of Sephardi and Ashkenazi scripts as well as the increased use of images and how scribes emphasized sacred words and phrases enhancing and adorning the script. 160 pages with over 145 colour illustrations. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition.

An illustrated cultural history of the Greek and Roman worlds showing the varied phases of life, customs and habits, political and private life, the spiritual and the artistic phenomena. 62 pages of text accompanying 302 pages of black and white plates (575 reproductions). Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and light tanning. Cover has two small tears bottom spine and some minor marks on back. No dust jacket.

The regimental home of the Lancashire Fusiliers, the town of Bury, lost over 1,800 dead at Gallipoli in 1915. 256 pages with 16 pages of illustrations and 2 maps. Book in very good condition with tanning.

Poems of Henry Lawson selected by Margaret Olds. Illustrated with Australian Landscape paintings. 52 pages with 14 colour and 8 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition. This is a small book and postage reduced in Australia if tracking not needed.

As a child Henry was tossed from pillar to post, an exile in a foreign land and became a mourned sovereign who had transformed England into a thriving, peaceful, solid and enduring nation. 322 pages with illustrations on 5 pages. Book in good condition with minor foxing on edges and tear cover top spine (see photo). No dust jacket.