Search Results: Authors starting with T from E. Manning Books

Collins, 1987. Assumed First. Hardcover (16 x 24 cm), 700 pages. ISBN: 0002230720. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Good condition. Green boards with gold lettering on spine. Cracked spine. Bumped - rolled at head and foot of spine. Pages/edges are tanning/foxing. Tape residue on endpapers. Star stamped on top page edge. The dj is bumped/scuffed. Rolled/creased along edges. Some chipping with small closed tears. Foxing (evident on inside). "The first novel of a huge, enthralling saga about the founding and rise of Australia". Weight: 1.5kg.

Japan Publication Trading Company, San Francisco : New York : Tokyo. First published 1964. This is a Fourth Printing: September 1968. Uncommon Box Set. Includes original box, softcover 'how-to' booklet (15 x 21cm) 64 pages, and abacus (measures approx 19cm (length) x 6cm (height). The box is worn, soiled, chipped/torn, with an inscription (name & date) on front top corner. The booklet is in Good condition. Bumped, rubbed, with creasing. Pages yellowing and soiled, with some moisture stains visible along bottom edge/corner of pages. The abacus is in Very Good condition. Translated by Saki Mochizuki and LeRoy Weed. Additional photos available upon request. Weight: 215g.

Yale University Press, 2003. Softcover (13 x 20 cm), x, 498 pages, with b&w photographs, map, notes to pages, bibliography and index. ISBN: 0300092814. Very Good condition. Pages tanning, foxing. Weight (before packaging): 425g

Cameron House, 2003. Softcover (21 x 26 cm), 320 pages. Stiff card covers. Very Good condition. Bumped, lightly soiled. "Learn to Draw' is an all-in-one manual that introduces you to start-up skills in a broad range of basic techniques, from pencil to charcoal sketching to acrylics, pastels, water colours and oils, and taking subjects from still life and landscapes to portraits - a complete course between covers. A one-step guide for the beginning artist. Simply presented techniques, demonstrated with appealing projects."

Walk Guides Australia, 2008. Softcover (15 x 21 cm), 232 pages, colour and b&w photographs. ISBN: 9780980563733. Very Good condition. Covers bumped, scuffed/scratched. Rolled, creased at edges and corners. Soiled page fore edge. Weight (before packaging): 500g

Allen & Unwin Pty. Ltd., NSW. 1994. Hardcover (18.5 x 23.5 cm), 242 pages. ISBN: 1863737510. First Edition/printing. Stated "First published in 1994" with complete number sequence (1-10). The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Very Good condition. Green boards with gold lettering along spine. Slight slant. The boards and dj are bumped and rubbed, most notably at head & foot of spine and corners. Some creasing noted along edges of dj. Illustrated historical account of the origin and development of forestry in Queensland from the founding of the Queensland Forestry Department in 1900. During World War I the department recognised that future needs for timber would not be met by native forests and experimental work was accordingly started on growing plantations. Most timber now produced in Queensland comes from these plantations. Techniques had to be developed by trial and error. They are now very sophisticated and spread across many disciplines. Despite their early concerns… Read More

Pyramid Books-Giant (G72). Paperback (approx 4.25 x 6.5 inches (11 x 17 cm)), 254 pages. FIRST Edition, 1953. Very Good+ condition. Straight and tight binding. Lightly bumped/rubbed. Pages browning/foxing. Two scratches across page foredge. A clean copy. Page edges stained yellow (as published).

Text Publishing. Uncorrected Proof, 2012. Softcover (14 x 21 cm), 211 pages. ISBN: 9781921922015. Very Good condition. Bumped, scuffed/scratched. Rolled, creased at corners. Page tanning.

Finch Publishing Pty. Ltd., Australia. 2000. Softcover (16 x 23 cm), 176 pages. ISBN: 1876451076. Very Good condition. Bumped, scuffed. Some creases, mainly at edges & corners. Rubbed area, tear (approx 2cm) along fore edge of rear cover. "The Body Snatchers', written in an engaging and witty style, looks at the rampant conditioning of women and girls by those pushing starvation imagery. Cyndi Tebbel encourages women of all ages to stop obsessing about the shape they're in and to challenge society's preocccupation with an 'ideal' body that is unnatural and, for the vast majority of women, unattainable."

The Paper House, December, 1993. Limited Edition 947 / 1500 from Ex Libris of Matthew Wood. Decorative hardcover in slipcase (18 x 27 cm), 224 pages. Near Fine condition. Gilt page edges with cloth book mark. Weight (before packaging): 845g

Kozy Books (K120). Paperback (approx 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm)), 160 pages. FIRST Printing 1961. Very Good condition. Square and tight. The covers (wraps) are bumped/rubbed. The top corner on the rear cover is creased. Chipped along edge of rear cover. The bottom corner of the pages (textblock) are bumped/creased, with some dog-eared. Pages browning/foxing.

Allen & Unwin, 2008. Softcover (15 x 23 cm), 290 pages. ISBN: 9781741754568. Very Good condition. Bumped. Lightly creased at edges/corners. Weight (before packaging): 405g.

Boolarong Publications, Brisbane, Australia. First Edition 1987. Hardcover (19 x 27 cm), vi, 208 pages. The book is in Very Good condition. Grey cloth boards with white lettering on front and along spine. Bumped & rubbed. Rolled/creased at head & foot of spine. Pages soiled/foxing, most notably along top edge. The dust jacket (dj) is in Good+ condition. Bumped, rubbed, scuffed/scratched. Rolled, creased along edges. The dj is covered in an archival book cover (removable). Additional photographs provided upon request. Weight (before packaging): 775g

Beacon (B129). Paperback (approx 4.25 x 7 inches (11 x 18 cm)), 189 pages. FIRST Printing, 1952. Fair to Good condition. Creases along spine and on top corner (front & rear). Cracked hinge along page gutter between front page and title page. The front page is nearly detached. Page edges stained red (as published).

Smith Gryphon, 1993. Hardcover (16 x 24 cm), 214 pages (with index). ISBN: 1856850498. The book and dust jacket (dj) are in Very Good condition. Bumped, lightly rubbed. Rolled/creased at head & foot of spine and corners. Tight binding, clean text. The dj scuffed/scratched, soiled. Creased, chipped (most notably along edges & corners) with some small closed tears. Weight (before packaging): 605g

Time Warner Books UK, 2004. Hardcover (17 x 21 cm), 223 pages. ISBN: 0316728071. Very Good condition. Bumped, scuffed. Lightly creased. Weight (before packaging): 595g

Allen & Unwin, 2011. Softcover (14 x 21 cm), viii, 242 pages, maps and b&w photographs. ISBN: 9781742374895. Fair condition. The covers are heavily rubbed, chipped, creased. Rolled/creased at edges and corners. Skewed, slanted spine. Some pages creased, 'wavy'. Weight (before packaging): 315g

Sandy Thorne, 2003. Softcover (15 x 21 cm), 248 pages. ISBN: 0975162705. Good condition. Bumped, scuffed. Rolled, creased at corners/edges. "The true story of a detention officer's experiences at Woomera and Curtin Illegal Immigrant Camps and at a Queensland Maximum Security Prison."

Macmillan Education Australia Pty. Ltd. Reprint 1995. Softcover (14 x 21.5 cm), 229 pages. ISBN: 0732919355. Very Good condition. Bumped, scuffed, with creases at corners. This book is an introductory textbook for tertiary courses in cultural studies, communication skills, and social semiotics.

Anova Books Company Ltd., 2005. Softcover (14 x 21.5 cm), 273 pages. ISBN: 9781861058270. Good+ condition. Bumped, skewed. Creased cover. Pages tanning. Here are 2,000 years of crazy kings and potty potentates, including such infamous characters as Caligula and Vlad the Impaler. The author introduces us to such wacky monarchs as Charles VI of France, who was convinced he was mad of glass. Peter the Great of Russia, who was mad about dwarfs. Frederick William I of Prussia, who recruited the tallest men in Europe to form his own freakish private army. Weight: 300g.