Search Results: Authors starting with E from Antique Bookshop

Roseville. Beagle Press., n.d. (2001).. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 191pp. col & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Peter Purves Smith was considered one of Australia's three most promising young artist in the early 1940s, along with Russell Drysdale & William Dobell, but died suddenly in 1949 leaving unfinished work

N.Y., 1973.. Ill.wrapps. 56pp. One colour and many b/w ills. Very good copy. Scarce.

Burwood. NSW Rail Transport Museum., 1976.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 52pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. The purpose of this publication is to provide rudimentarly knowledge & identification of the locomotive engines under the care of the NSW Rail Transport Museum at Thirlmere.

Kogarah Historical Society., 2001.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 181pp. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author.

Crows Nest. Allen & Unwin., 2003.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 236pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. From modest beginnings as an early school leaver and army cadet, Ken Eather attracted attention as a keen and able soldier. He went on to form the 2/1st Battalion of the AIF serving in Italy and Tobruk

Syd. Allen & Unwin., 1988.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 258pp. Fine. 1st ed. Explores the first assertions of a sense of nationalism by Australians, New Zealanders, Canadians and white South Africans.

Lond. Collins., 1972 & 1975.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 315pp. 349pp. (some foxing) to top edges. b/w ills. on title page. Very good set. 1st editions thus. The fictional recreation of the life of Benjamin Disraeli follows his life as a fashionable young novelist to Member of Parliament & follows his ascent to respectability of Victorian London. The pair

Stamford. Key Publishing Ltd., 2017.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 98pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight was inaugurated on the 11th of July 1957 at RAF Biggin Hill. Published to celebrate its 60th year, a number of WWII vintage aircraft were flown in commemoration.

Syd. Pacific Maps., 1983.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 156pp. Col.plates & b/w ills. Binding a little loose else a very good copy.

Thornleigh. J. M. Edgecombe., 1991.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 179pp. Col plates & b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. Norfolk Island is a very small & beautiful island which is closer to Noumea & Fiji & New Zealand than to Sydney, but is nevertheless a territory under the authority of Australia. A guide book.

Poeschel & Trepte. Leipzig., 1932.. Or.quarter vellum over brown paper-covered boards in original matching slip-case. Title plate on slip-case. 237pp. uncut. Decorated initials. Pristine copy. Edition of 1500 numbered copies initialled by Emil Rudolf Weiss, the designer and decorator.

N.Y. Ecco Publishing., 2001.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 340pp. b/w ills. Fine. 1st ed. In September 1946 in a crowded room in Cambridge, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein & Karl Popper conducted a ten minute philosophical confrontation that verged on the loud & aggresive side of debating.

Hong Kong. Corporate Communications, 1990.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 264pp. + appendix. Dj sl.torn & with a light stain to top corner near spine. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. British soldier Jack Edwards was taken prisoner by the Japanese & interned in a POW camp in Taiwan. US Navy & Marine Corps rescued & freed Jack's camp & carried many POWs to safety.

Margaret River. Rocket Frog Books., 2003.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 99pp. Two small spots to foredge. Inscription on half-title page. b/w ills & a map. Very good copy. In March of 1990, amateur pilot Brian Edwards set off in his 1943 Tiger Moth Matilda to fulfill a long held dream to fly solo around the world in memory of his father, a WWII pilot who went missing.

Syd. Art Gallery of NSW., 2002.. 4to. Col.Ill.wrapps. 267pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Very good copy. Exhibition Catalogue. 1st paperback ed. Scarce. A monograph to accompany the major retrospective exhibition at AGNSW of the work of Australia's most important sculptor, Robert Klippel. Encompasses Klippel's development from figurative to abstract works.

Lond. V&A Publishing., 2011.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 208pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Bound-in marker ribbon. Very good copy. 1st ed. From an exhibition showcasing 300 years of wedding dress history, the wedding dress is seen as a symbol of love & commitment, it also reflects cultures & societies, & how these have changed over time.

N.Y. Paddington Press Ltd., 1978.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 272pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st US ed. A history of Israel's secret Intelligence Service, Mossad. From the kidnapping of Adolf Eichmann out of Argentina, to the beautiful female spy who talked an Iraq pilot to defect to Israel in his MIG 21

Lond. Little, Brown., 2021.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 341pp. b/w ills. 1st ed. The humble pair of glasses might just be one of the world's greatest inventions, allowing millions to see a world that might otherwise appear a blur. Cultural historian, Travis Elborough investigates.

Lond. Michale O'Mara Books Ltd., 2017.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 463pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. What better way to understand the epic 20th century in Britain than thought the eyes of those who experienced it first hand. Travis Elborough's compilation offers intimate insights into history.

Lond. National Portrait Gallery., 2017.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 256pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Pristine copy. 1st ed. Published in conjunction with an exhibition of Cezanne portraits in Paris, London and Washington. Cezanne painted some 160 portraits in his lifetime and this exhibition was the first to explore this aspect of his art.