Search Results: Authors starting with T from Lems Bookshop

The development of English clock-making from its beginnings to the present day and can be regarded in two ways; as pieces of domestic furniture showing the craftsmen's use of materials and constructional and decorative techniques or as precision instruments to achieve maximum accuracy of timekeeping thus showing the progress in science and technology. 96 pages with 90 photographs and 16 drawings. Book in very good+ condition with stamp on front endpaper. Dust jacket in good+ condition with two small tears, some minor knocks and chips and some rubbing. .

Biography of Charles Darwin who popularised the theory of evolution. 175 pages. Book in good+ condition with previous owners sticker and stamp inside front cover, references on first page, binding showing inside front cover but all intact, minor foxing and minor tanning. Cover has stain on front (see photos).

A summary of modern achievement in the laboratory and experimental science and in the world of engineering, mechanics and wherever power is used. 251 pages with illustrations on 16 pages. Book in very good condition with birthday greeting inside front cover, previous owners name on first page, light tanning, some foxing to edges and some wear to cover.

The author celebrates Paul's humanity arguing this is the best context for understanding him and ultimately for appreciating how he invented new paradigms for how Jesus is understood. 464 pages with 16 maps. Book in near fine condition with some minor reference marks on first few pages. Dust jacket in very good+ condition price clipped

The author lays claim to being the originator of standardising those links that form the combination in the chain of correct procedure in learning to play bowls - a complete course of modern instruction. 184 pages with 23 black and white photographs and diagrams in the text. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

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.

The history, land and people of Egypt. 87 pages with 12 colour illustrations and a sketch map. Book in good condition with previous owners sticker remnants on first page and some minor foxing mainly to edges.

Practical advice about the processes involved in making different kinds of mosaics and includes a brief review of the ancient art form through the centuries. 54 pages with 13 colour and many black and white illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with rubbing bottom cover edge. Dust jacket in very good condition with some rubbing on top section (see photo).

This edition concentrates on European art enabling a fuller account of individual works of art, of stylistic development and pf historical context. 801 pages with 96 colour plates and black and white illustrations on most other pages. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on first page and sticky tape marks on first and last pages. Cover has knocks and some wear to corners and in clear wrapper.

From the break up of the Ottoman and Habsburg Empires to 2000. 64 pages with mainly colour illustrations on most pages. Book in very good condition ex library with one stamp on first page and three on last page. Cover has three stickers on back.

The right way for the beginner to the playing of the ancient game of bowls - safeguarded against committing many technical errors when stepping on the mat for the first time, and armed with the various types of shot most helpful for the beginner. 112 pages with 10 black and white photographs and many diagrams throughout. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition. This is a small book, postage reduced in Australia if tracking not needed - contact me.

The author undertook intensive training in the Cooper Creek country, made a practice climb on a New Zealand peak and then travelled to Nepal to climb 21,592 foot LangTang 11. 239 pages with 39 illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with light reader wear and some tanning. Dust jacket in good+ condition price clipped, knocks to edges, one tear and some wear (see photo).

An extraordinary journey through hidden history, revealing a story of loss and discovery - powerful and passionate exploration of cross-cultural history. 389 pages with 63 black and white illustrations and 2 maps. Book in as new condition.

Chronological coverage of the Anatolian civilization from the Paleolithic age to the 6th century BC. 135 pages including 204 illustrations many in colour. Book in very good condition with minor wear to cover.

Part of New Oxford English Series. Poems chosen and edited by Michael Millgate. A biography of Tennyson followed by 35 of his poems. Book in very good condition with some minor references on first contents page otherwise clean.

The Poetical Works of Alfred Tennyson, the representative poet of a whole epoch, with an Introduction by Laurence Binyon. Undated publication but presented to sticker on first page dated 1929. 720 pages with frontispiece illustration. Book bound in red soft leather with gold letters for front and spine titles, and red marbled endpapers and gilt edges. Cover shows some wear top and bottom spine otherwise book near fine.

The extraordinary story of the Australian butcher who said he was a baronet - Tom Castro from Wagga Wagga claims he is Roger Tichborne, the rightful Baronet of Tichborne Park and head of one of England's oldest most noble Catholic families. A roller coaster ride of fame, glory, prison and penury, and strikes at the heart of the English class system. 292 pages with around 20 illustrations in the text. Book in very good+ condition.

An illustrated guide to the origins of life on Earth, including the evolution of animals, and classifying fossils. 95 pages with colour illustrations throughout and 64 Figures in the classification section. Book in near fine condition

Volume 1 traces the evolution of India from the establishment of the Aryan culture around 1,000BC to 1526AD the coming of the Mughuls. The author deals interestingly with the many manifestations of Indian culture as seen in religion, art, literature, ideas and institutions. 381 pages including 7 maps and 5 line drawings. Book in good condition very readable but with tanning, minor marks and wear.

Bonsai is the art of growing miniature trees which began in China and Japan many centuries ago - an absorbing hobby combining gardening with the challenge of creating and maintaining a living sculpture. 89 pages with 39 colour photographs and many diagrams. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.