Search Results: Authors starting with K from Muir Books

London: Routledge. 2004. 1st ed. thus, octavo, wraps, b&w illus, map, pp xlii, 294. Near-fine condition. Phyllis Kaberry was the first Australian woman to be recognised as a fully trained and qualified anthropologist. and the first anthropologist to examine and understand the fullness of Aboriginal women's lives. Kaberry's Kimberley fieldwork and her doctoral studies formed the basis for her first book, Aboriginal Woman: Sacred and Profane. First published in 1939, this was the first major anthropological study of Aboriginal women and their roles in sacred ritual. 1st edition thus. Stiff Wraps.

Tapei, Taiwan: National Palace Museum, Taiwan. 1979. 1st ed., folio, 55 unnumbered pages of 24 col and b&w full page plates, titled on opposite page, orig gilt dec cloth, stab binding (Fukuro-Toji), front title label, one of two bone clasps present, the original fold over cover heavily worn and fished. The book in near fine condn. Scarce An album of paintings by Madame Chiang Kai-Shek (May-ling Soong, 1897-2003), the First Lady of the Republic of China. She took up painting in 1953 and first exhibited in January 2000 at the age of 102. This portfolio are from her original watercolours. 1st edition. Wraps.

Perth: Artlook Books. 1983. 8vo, pp. 150, b/w plates, signed by author and initialed by translator (Reg Durack), prev. owner's stamps, d.j pasted to front and rear eps., orig bds., good. Text in Greek and English. Boards.

New York: Theodor Herzl Foundation. 1958. 8vo, pp. xi, 303, original cloth boards, very good, in d.j. spine sunned with small stain centre, edges frayed, few small chips, sticker mark front. Account of the social, religious, and political issues facing Israel. Cloth Boards.

London: Thames and Hudson. 1984. Small quarto, pictorial boards, colour and b&w illus, endpaper maps, pp 167. Fine condition Boards.

Edinburgh: T. Nelson & Sons. 1872. Octavo, original pictorial cloth boards, decorated in gilt and black, all edges gilt, b&w plates, pp 510. The single volume edition. No map. Rubbed to corners, fraying to head and foor of spine. Gift inscription front endpaper. Fair condition. The author was an explorer and a medical officer in the US Navy. He was a member of two Arctic expeditions to rescue the explorer Sir John Franklin. Boards.

London: Piatkus. 1987. Royal 8vo, pp. (xxx) 128, colour illustrations, previous owner's signature, original boards, very good, in d.j. lightly sunned spine, good. Ilustrated diary of the Czech artist composed in 1945. Kantor spent time in a number of Nazi concentration camps during the war including Auschwitz. Boards.

Collingwood: CSIRO. 2007. Quarto, wraps, colour and b&w illus, pp ix, 155. Previous owner's signature, very good condn. Detailed account of unique nocturnal birds, native to Australia. 1st Edition.

London: Picador. 2001. 1st ed, 8vo, boards, decorated eps, d.j., as new 407 Jonathon Kaplan has been a surgeon in many situations in many countries. This book presents a vivid account of the varied faces of medicine he has encountered. 1st edition. Boards.

London: Biggs and Co. 1893. 8vo, leather boards with gilt decoration, b&w text illus, marbled endpapers, all edges marbled, pp xi, 483, x. N.d., preface dated 1893. School prize full leather binding. Gilt embossed border to boards, five raised bands and gilt decoration spine, gilt embossed school emblem. Edges gently rubbed, very small split to top edge of spine, o/w very good condn. Early work on electrical machinery, profusely illustrated. Leather.

Bombay: Thacker & Co.. 1944. Cr. 8vo., pp (vi) 116, prev. owner's inscr. & ink stamp "Malayan Overseas Traders", top edge foxed, or. bds., bumped cnrs., sunned, stained spine. Diary of a war correspondent. 1st Edition. Boards.

Bombay: Thacker & Co.. 1944. Octav., pp (vi) 116, original paper-covered cloth boards. Previous owner's signature. Oxford bookshop stamp. Rubbed to edges, spine has cracked internally. Fair condition. Dosabhai Framji Karaka was a war correspondent and a former President of the Oxford Union. 1st Edition. Boards.

New York: Pergamon Press. 1976. 4to, pp. x, 546, b/w ills., ex-lib with stamps and barcodes also remnants of borrowers slips to front eps., small mark t.p., few marks fore-edge, orig cl bds., edges rubbed, tape marks tail spine. Collection of papers covering plant site selection, ecology, radioactive waster, and environmental impact studies/plans. 1st edition. Cloth Boards.

Perth: Western Australian Museum. 2006. Quarto, wraps, b&w illus, pp 239. Fine condition. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement No. 70. Wraps.

London: Macmillan. 1973. 1st ed., octavo., pp xv 592 incl. index, maps to e.ps., or. cl. bds., nr fine in like d.j. The events that changed the face of China in the 1960's. 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..

Sydney: Allen and Unwin. 2009. 1st ed., quarto, pp.xiv, 678, incl Index, col and b&w plates, illus, maps, d.j. sl creased with closed tear to rear, orig bds., near fine condition in very good d.j. Profusely illustrated, detailed history of early Colonial Sydney. An account of the transformation of a campsite in a cove, the author skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original Aboriginal inhabitants and newcomers alike. She traces the ways in which relationships between the colonial authorities and ordinary men and women broke with old patterns, and the ways that settler and Aboriginal histories became entwined. She uncovers the ties between the burgeoning township and its rural hinterland expanding along the river systems of the Cumberland Plain. This is a landmark account of the birthplace of modern Australia, and a fascinating and richly textured narrative of people and place. [publisher] 1st edition. Boards in d.j..

Melbourne: Spinifex Press. 2000. Octavo, wraps, b&w illus, pp xx, 140. Near-fine condition. The life story of a member of the Stolen Generations.

Bombay: Bazm-i-Isha'at. (1761)1961. 1st ed thus., pp.xx, 39, (ii, errata), (xlii, Persian text), text in English and Persian, pages curled upper right, original cloth backed, damaged paper bds, stitching weak, poor condition, contents very good condition Third Battle of Panipat took place January 1761 at Panipat, north of Delhi, between Sadashivrao Bhau and Ahmadshah Durrani. Translated from the Rampur Manuscript (of Kashiraj's account) which was written at Lucknow in A.H. 1227 (A.D. 1812) 1st edition thus.

Sydney: Hale & Ironmonger. 1984. 8vo, original cloth boards, dustjacket, colour frontis, b&w illus and one colour plate, endpaper maps, pp 413. Near-fine in good d.j. "As one of the first Australian-trained musicologists, Dr Moyle has contributed fundamentally to the development of Aboriginal scholarship in this country, particularly as it relates to Aboriginal music" (Foreword). Essays on musicology, mainly Aboriginal music. Boards.

London: Hurst & Co.. 2020. 1st ed., large octavo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp xvi, 379. Near Fine condition. The history of chemical warfare in the twentieth century and the spread of the use of nerve agents across the world. 1st Edition. Boards in d.j..