Search Results: Authors starting with W from Pegasus Book Orphanage

The Textile Institute, Manchester 1963 Hardcover with dust jacket Book in GOOD condition This volume in the series deals with the theory and practice of the first process in a cotton spinning mill, that which blends and cleans the cotton and produces a lap for the carding machine. The latter part of the book deals with the principles of opening and cleaning, the efficiency of the machines used, and the causes and measurement of lap-weight variation.

George Allen & Unwin, London - first edition 1984 Hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ex lib. copy with usual stamps, stickers, etc, and barcode excised from ffep. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold title to spine, light-blue endpapers, illustrated title page, printed on cream stock throughout, with charming b&w scraper-board illustrations at chapter-heads and through text. Catching wild fish in wild places is the theme of this book, and the lonely moors and mountains of Scotland provide the setting. Quite apart from the information and practical advice which enrich these angling experiences, the author conveys that sense of excitement every fisherman knows.

Book Club Associates, London 1974 Hardcover with dust jacket Previous owner's name to front endpaper. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Raw ability to paint and draw can be learned just as reading and writing can. Those with the courage to try will find that this book gives them just the right stimulus and practical guide they need - practical because it is fully illustrated in a very striking and helpful way with 450 illustrations, 300 of which are in full colour.

Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London - first edition 1973 Hardcover, 8.5" x 5.25" with unclipped dust jacket Ex-libray copy with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. GOOD book in GOOD dust jacket Dark-green cloth-bound boards, gold type to spine, transparent protective covering to jacket, fifteen b/w photograhs, critical bibliography, index. First comprehensive history of science fiction to be published. Eleven distinguished chapters by a master.

Frederick Fell Publishers, New York - ISBN 0811902285 1974 Hardcover, 8½" x 5½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, pocket etc. Reinforced hinges. Some pages have minor stains. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards with white type to spine, 117 b&w photographs, and bibliography. This book contains detailed accounts of the numerous robberies and killings in which the James' participated. It deals with the ACTION side of these men, taking the reader beyond the pages and hurling them into the tempestuous times in which the two outlaws and their cohorts lived and died. Illustrated with scores of rare photographs, and containing much new material that previous authorities have overlooked, and providing a true sense of "being there" in a way that only an historian who has devoted his life to the study of the men and their times can do.

The Studio Ltd, London 1937 hardcover, 8¼" x 11½" - lacks jacket NOTE: stained covers, library stamps, PAGE 53 TORN OUT, reinforced hinges, etc. This is a READING COPY ONLY Eight tipped-in colour plates, 90 b&w photographs, indexes by designers, ballets, & ballet companies. This collection of designs for settings and costumes for ballet affords a pictorial survey of the work accomplished 1922 - 1936 (designers include Corot, Beaton, Goncharova, Picasso and Olah). This material formed the Winter Number of the 'Studio', London, edited by C G Holme. Packed book weighs 1½kgs (3¼lbs).

Basic Books, publishers, New York 1993 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, and barcode. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is the first major biography of America's preeminent psychologist, a rivetting portrait of a controversial "social inventor" and entrepreneur whose ideas transformed education, child rearing, and even community life. This biography places his contribution firmly within the American tradition of utopian and social-political debate. The text is based on examination of the Skinner archives at Harvard, and access to thousands of personal notes Skinner wrote to himself between 1950 and 1990.

un-named publisher* - probably self-published undated hardcover, 7" x 10", without jacket Smudges to title page; small stain on rear cover. [Noting possible shortcoming mentioned above] book in GOOD condition *publishing detail not available, early page may have been removed by previous owner - balance of book complete. David Bingham looks back over his lifetime: childhood in country Victoria, move to Melbourne, overseas travel, his food processing inventions, frozen food equipment, and his association with Australian and overseas packagers of foodstuffs. Many photographs, some in colour.

Jonathon Cape, London 1995 Hardcover with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket The poet W H Davies' search for the perfect wife, his trial runs with three women and his meeting and subsequent relationship with young Emma who is pregnant at the time.

Leo Cooper / Secker & Warburg, London - first edition 1985 hardcover, 5¾" x 8¾", with price-clipped dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Eighteen b&w photographs, map of India, and index. 'Bunny' Robinson-Horley was a regular Indian Army officer with a distinguished war record who was appointed Comptroller to Field-Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck (The Auk), Commander-in-Chief, India. The author clearly loved India, even in the twilight of the Raj. This is a valuable historical book, and old India hands will relish it.

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization / Academic Press 1984 Hardcover, 7¼" x 10" (18.5cms x 25.5cms), with gold-printed green covers Book is in AS NEW condition Ours is the updated edition, reprinted in 1984. The world's demand for forest products is increasing because of increases in population and in standards of living. Consequently, larger and larger proportions of the forested areas must be devoted to intensively managed, fast-growing species to meet the need for wood for a widening range of purposes. Many eucalypt species suit this purpose.The regeneration of old forests following clear felling is well understood, but the problems of harvesting and utilizing the resulting young, dense stands in a high-labour-cost country are being examined. This book summarizes the information now available on growing eucalypt wood under intensive management in Australia, and the characteristics and uses of the resulting product. Thirty-three highly qualified contributors.

T.H.F. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey 1966 bound booklet, 5½" x 8" Booklet in VERY GOOD condition Nine specialist chapters: History and Description; General Management; Grooming and Trimming; The New Puppy; Training; Breeding; Care for Mother and Family; Health; and Showing. Twenty-eight black & white photographs, plus bibliography.

Health Science Press, England 1970 Paperback Some foxing to edges, previous owner's stamp to title page, binding tight and pages clean. Includes the Kneipp Water Cure.

McGraw-Hill Co, Roseville, Sydney 1996 hardcover, 7" x 9¾", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket This book demonstrates how the engineering paradigm can be expanded to handle the added complexity of taking the users' true requirements into account, and a methodology based on systems engineering is developed and illustrated. Practicing engineers and engineering managers should be willing to take on the role of business partners and this book will become invaluable for them in a business context, in industry or in government.

Hurst and Blackett, London 1916 Hardcover - without jacket Bookseller's (Dymock's, Sydney) on front paste down; pencilled inscription to ffep. Endpapers are browned. Minor spotting to foredge. Cover wear at corners and spine. Book in FAIR condition Fold out colour map as frontis, plus three other maps. Red cloth-bound hardcover, 7.5" x 5", with black type to spine and front.

The Australian Society of Authors, Sydney 1981 Stapled magazine, 8¼" x 5½", with card covers Slight dis-colouration to cover (sun-fading). Magazine in VERY GOOD condition Every Australian writer with books in Public Libraries continues to owe an enormous debt to the single-mindedness and dedication of one man, COLIN SIMPSON, who, on behalf of the ASA, fought and cajoled for Government recognition of authors' missing income through books borrowed in libraries (as opposed to readers buying the books to read). In this issue of The Australian Author, Simpson presents an 11,000 word account.(19 spirited pages) of the tortuous campaign which began in 1956 and was successfully concluded in 1974. Based on 50 cents for authors and their heirs, and 12½ cents for publishers, indexed to Cost-of-Living (payments have doubled by new millenium) for books held in libraries, determined by survey. Simpson provides international background, opposition by libraries, threats to… Read More

Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, London 1914 Hardcover, 8½" x 5½" (no jacket issued?) Slight foxing to edges. Top of front board bumped. Book in VERY GOOD condition Red blind embossed front, and (fading) gold type to spine, appendices (sample forms & regulations), and index. Drawing on his experiences as a Committee member of one of London's leading clubs, the author expounds the duties and processes of those entrusted with the management of clubs. Many club appointment rise, through merit, "from the lowest rung of the ladder of Club service" to management of different departments without adequate comprehension of these duties and processes. This book should prove useful to those on governing bodies of their clubs, to recently-appointed principal officers, middle managemenr personnel, and club members who take an iterest in club management.

Chapman & Hall Ltd, London 1929 Hardcover, 6" x 8½" (no jacket issued?) Corners bumped, top edge dusty. Book in VERY GOOD condition Gold type to spine; title and author blind stamped to front cover. This hard-to-find volume provides an account of the theory and pactice of the distribution of electricty by underground cables, and is intended for the use of engineers engaged in the distribution sections of electricity supply undertakings (and for students). Over 100 diagrams; tables, appendix, and index.

(data removed - see later) hardcover, 5¼" x 8¼", with dust jacket Clipped corner to front endpaper; title-page removed (previous owner's name?). GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here, for the first time, the fascinating history surrounding the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor is covered from beginning to end from both the US and the Japanese points of view. The scholarship and credibility of Professor Prange in this masterpiece of war reporting is unimpeachable. After thirty-seven years of unparalleled research, he has written the authentic record of how Japan planned and executed the infamous attack. Several b&w photographs, maps, extensive appendices.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK n.d. (1948) Hardcover, 8¾" x 5½" (lacks jacket) Our copy has previous owner's stamp to ffep, and a library stamp on inside back cover. It is tired, bumped & worn, with tear-drop stains to front boards, and shelf-wear to boards. Book in GOOD condition Blue cloth-bound boards with (fading) gold title to spine, photographic frontispiece ('Looking west from Camp on South-west Spur'), 82 b&w photos, 6 maps (including double-spread of Hindu Kush region on rice-paper & sketch maps), and Index. A classic mid-twentieth century text for mountaineers and adventurers, in which the author treks and climbs in Kashgar, Tashkurghan, Rakaposhi, the Kukuay Glacier, Gilgit, and Ishkashim (where the author was arrested!).