Search Results: Authors starting with E from Pegasus Book Orphanage

John Wiley & Sons, Chichester & New York 1985 hardcover, 9 1/4" x 6" (no jacket issued) Previous owner's name to ffep. Book in VERY GOOD condition Illustrated board covers, dozens of figures and tables, appendices, bibliography, index of compounds, and subject index. The relative ease with which even complex organic compounds can be labelled with tritium, at very high molar specific activity, has made tritium the most versatile beta emitting radionuclide for use in chemical and biological research. In fact for research in the life sciences, tritium is more often used as a tracer for carbon structures than in other ways. A knowledge of the precise distribution of tritium in labelled molecules is very necessary. This book provides a full theoretical background as well as practical guidance.

The Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital 1977 soft cover Previous owners name in ink on title page, otherwise very good condition. Study notes from the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia.

The Garden Book Club, London 1965 hardcover, 8 3/4" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Light-green cloth-bound boards with black type to spine, 42 b&w photographs, 6 b&w line drawings, index. An experienced plantsman provides the opportunity to make the most of chalk and limestone soils as a growing medium; giving advice on the correct plants, soil testing & soil improvement. Chapters on trees & shrubs, roses, lilies, climbers, herbacious plants, rock plants, bulbs and plants for shade - invaluable expert counsel.

Charles Scribner's Sons, New York 1956 softcover, 6¼" x 9¼" Covers creased; some stains - not affecting legibility. Book in FAIR condition This eleven-play anthology of contemporary drama is ideal as a single study text for colleges that combine the study of current drama with that of different forms of literature. Featuring popular work by Bernard Shaw, Marc Connelly, Thornton Wilder, Noel Coward, William Saroyan, Jean Anouilh, Tennessee Williams, Jean Giraudoux, Lillian Hellman, Arthur Miller, and Christipher Fry. Brief prefaces precede each play, placing each dramatist in the conrext of his time.

Renwick Pride, printers, Melbourne undated (1956) softcover, 6" x 8¾", with dust jacket Repaired tear to cover. Book in VERY GOOD condition The Royal Women's Hospital, Melbourne, is among the largest hospitals for women in the world - it was responsible for the birth of nearly 8,000 babies in 1955, and fulfilled the additional important function of training every medical student passing through the University of Melbourne. Starting as the 'Lying-In Hospital' in 1856, this book commemorates the hospital's centenary with an intesting detailed history of events. Three illustrations.

Spellmount, Staplehurst, Kent, UK - first edition 1997 hardcover, 9" x 11¼", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Over 150 b&w photographs, twelve maps, bibliography & index. Since the bloody war between Britain and Nepal in 1814-5, the Gurkhas have fought in every war for Great Britain including the Falkands campaign of 1982. Nearly a quarter of a million Nepalese volunteers fought in World Watr Two; they have won countless gallantry decorations including 13 Victoria Crosses. This is their regimental history.

W W Norton & Co, Fifth Avenue, New York - 1997 softcover, 14cms x 21cms (5½" x 8¼") Book in VERY GOOD condition In a compelling book full of twists and intrigue, Dan Moldea turns the case inside out, tracking down witnesses and police officers, scrutinizing testimony and official files, questioning Sirhan Sirhan in jail, and polygraphing a security guard whom many suspected was the real gunman. "A persuasive re-examination of the assassination … Moldea's conclusion is amply supported by prodigious research, including many first-time inerviews"- New York Times Book Review.

Winchester Press, East 42nd Street, New York - 1976 Hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼" (16cms x 23½cms), with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket SECOND PRINTING. The .22-calibre rimfire rifle is the closest we have ever come to a universal firearm - the one gun that almost everyone has fired at one time or another. Despite this enormous popularity of the .22, there has been a conspicuous shortage of information on the intelligent selection, use, and care of rimfire rifles. This book contains what you need to know, in clear and simple language - about safety, about the different types of actions and ammunition, about rifle sights, about target shooting, and even about the high-powered .22 centrefires that are for advanced shooters. Book is highly illustrated with photos and diagrams.

Routledge & Kegan Paul, London - first edition 1960 hardcover, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2", with red cloth boards Ours is an ex-library copy in FAIR condition, with usual stamps, stickers, pocket, and barcode. (lacks jacket). After 1942, T S Eliot directed his artistic energies towards drama - this book, the first in Engish to be devoted entirely to his plays, traces his attempts to re-establish poetry in the theatre of the English-speaking world. It is intended less as an evaluation of Eliot's work in this field than as an aid to understanding it. This book contains the first full bibliography for this area of Eliot criticism.

Oxford at the Clarendon Press, Ely House, London 1973 hardcover, 14.5cms x 23cms, with dust jacket Extensive pencil underlining and marginal notes. Previous owner's details to endpaper. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Professor Evans-Pritchard relates how members of Nuer local and political communities are all connected with one another by kinship ties. He then discusses the rules regulating marriage, courtship, the making of marriage unions by performance of ceremonies and payments of cattle, and the diverse forms of marriage found among the Nuer. Book includes 8 b&w photographs, sketch maps, geneaology trees (including one fold-out).

Phillimore & Co, publishers, Chichester, UK - reprint edition 1980 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Eleven b&w illustrations.This new printing, in a more attractive format, will be warmly welcomed by those transcribing old records and documents. Starting with basic facts and methodology for the beginner, it works systematically through the variants and styles of handwriting, and abbreviations and contractions used, period by period; from Saxon and Norman documents and charters and medieval deeds, to the hands and documents of the 17th and 16th centuries.

Routledge, London - 1988 softcover, 5½" x 8½" Book in AS NEW condition This new edition presents a completely updated view of race and ethnic relations. Cashmore Ellis has revised the text and added many new entries from scholars of international repute. Events and individuals significant to race relations are included, as are topics, theories and practices which have come to the fore in recent years … from 'Affirmative Action' to 'Zionism' (all with further reading references).

The English Universities Press, Warwick Lane, London - first edition 1968 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with dust jacket Dust jacket has worn corners, creases, foxing to top edges, and repaired tears. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket This book covers Process Planning, and Tool and Cam Layouts in addition to Jig and Fixture Design, Guage Design, Presswork, Organization, Management and Economics of Tooling. The text is copiously illustrated with line diagrams, and a large number of exercises are included.

Methuen Children's Books, London - first edition ISBN:416839002 1977 Rebound as hardcover, 7½" x 9¾" Ours is a rebound ex-library copy with remnants of library labels, barcode etc. Book in VERY GOOD condition Simple and concise instructions demonstrate how to turn an old bed-sheet, cloth or ribbon remnants, cardboard, coloured paper, foil, string, feathers and paint into believable dressing-up costumes. This book encourages play, dramatic acting-out and to awakening a curiosity about history and how people of the past actually looked and felt inside their clothes. 100s of drawings.

Harper & Row, New York - first edition 1988 hardcover, 9½" x 6", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, labels and barcode. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-brown cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, & light-brown endpapers. Distinguished American journalist, Harrison Salisbury, recreates here many of the most dramatic stories, significant events, and leading figures he encountered on the world stage since the 1950s. He reports from the places of power in Washington, Moscow, Hanoi & Peking, he also writes of human tragedy in the urban centres in the US. His credo is "A reporter is a disturber of the peace."

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1974 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is a comprehensive guide to the arts and trades which flourished in times past. It importantly records, in words and pictures, (among others): coopering, hedge laying, hand-made footwear, thatching, saddlery, oak-bark tanning, flint knapping, pottery and wrought-iron work.

Langate Publishing, Melbourne - first edition 1984 hardcover, 10 7/8" x 7 3/4", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold title to spine, 65 b&w photographs, 114-page facsimiles from author's Midshipman's Journal 1920-21, inc maps, index. This autobiography covers 1901 - 1939 during which the author joined the RAN, recorded the sinking & salvaging of the German Fleet at Scapa Flow, and operations against Ataturk in Asia Minor, and incursions into the Black Sea during civil war in Russia. Packed book weighs 1.25 kgs.

Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney - first edn. 1983 hardcover, 11½" x 8½", with dust jacket Small white-out to ffep (prev. owner's name?). Packed book weighs 1.5kgs (3¼lbs). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with white type to spine, illustrated endpapers, photographic frontispiece, illustrated title-page, 74 full-colour photographs. The one real literary champion of Australia's tropical north - that flamboyant, isolated, nature-land - was 'Ted' Banfield, a journalist who fled to a subsistence life on Dunk Island and wrote about the abundant nature of his beloved isle for twenty years. 'Beachcomer's Paradise' is a fresh selection of extracts from his works, complimented by superb photographs by some of Australia's leading nature & landscape photographers. A stunningly joyous experience.

Macmillan & Co, London - reprint edition 1956 stapled booklet in manilla covers Booklet in GOOD condition Includes thirty full-colour reproductions depicting scenes showing activities and costumes appropriate to this title - accompanying text is accurate and simply expressed. Chart of Norman and Plantagenet Kings of England, commencing with William I (1066-1087) to Richard II (1377-1399).

Random House, New York - 1988 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, and barcode cut from endpaper. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket "Long before the nuclear disaster of Chernobyl, the Soviet Union suffered a long series of technological catastrophes which have been carefully hidden from the outside world. Jim Oberg has done a remarkable job of detective work in ferreting out dozens of these incidents over the past fifty years. His research raises the most serious questions about quality control in Soviet technology, common sense in Soviet leadership and truthfulness in public disclosures," - Nicholas Daniloff. (eg Admiral Nakhimov, rail disasters, aviation catastrophies, anthrax, mutiny, explosions.)