Search Results: Titles starting with B from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Fawcett Gold Medal Books, New York, 1973. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Johnny Hart. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons by Johnny Hart, who also drew the illustration for the front panel. Red and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Yellow coloured tend to the text block edges. A another outing of B. C. and his compatriots. A little creasing of the book corners and there is are crease halfway down the front panel. Sunning of the front panel. Tanning of the pages. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). Not paginated.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Johnny Hart. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; ISBN: 0449136469. ISBN/EAN: 9780449136461. Inventory No: 0286300. . 9780449136461

Osprey Publishing, London, 1988. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. a look at the B-52 affectionately known as the big ugly fat fellow in polite society, and the big ugly flying something or other when we are not being quite so polite. Close-up photographs of the livery, and chatty text make the book quite interesting. There is a tiny piercing hole in the rear panel. Please see attached photograph. (It is in the centre of the tarmac just underneath the parachute strings Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 128 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: aviation; Aviation - Military; United States of America; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0850458633. ISBN/EAN: 9780850458633. Inventory No: 0260111. . 9780850458633

Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1975. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. XII, + 267 pp., notes, bibliography, index, 3 black and white plates. Original illustrated dustwrapper. The many and varied lives of Australia's greatest balladeer. – "The Banjo of the Bush, still the major study of Paterson, captures the "tender lies in Australian" who had a profound influence on the trend of literature to translate Australian dialogue to the printed word" – front fold over blurb a second-hand copy with no damage to the dustjacket, and no annotations. this is the 1st edition by this publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Poetry; ISBN: 0701801115. ISBN/EAN: 9780701801113. Inventory No: 0276934. . 9780701801113

Lansdowne Press, Melbourne, 1975. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. XII, + 267 pp., notes, bibliography, index, 3 black and white plates. Original illustrated dustwrapper. The many and varied lives of Australia's greatest balladeer. – "The Banjo of the Bush, still the major study of Paterson, captures the "tender lies in Australian" who had a profound influence on the trend of literature to translate Australian dialogue to the printed word" – front fold over blurb the top edge of the dust wrapper is slightly rubbed, the book itself is clean, and without annotations. this is the 1st edition by this publisher. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Poetry; ISBN: 0701801115. ISBN/EAN: 9780701801113. Inventory No: 0277550. . 9780701801113

Collier books, New York, 1977. Reissued, 1st thus. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Sendak, Maurice. A bat who can't sleep days makes up poems about the woodland creatures he now perceives for the first time. Maurice Sendak decorates more than illustrates the book with delicate, endearing pen-and-ink sketches of woodland scenes. Insect damage to the right hand edge of the front cover; traces of foxing to the bottom of the front panel; sticker stain at the top right of front panel. Size: Trade Paperback. 44 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Sendak, Maurice. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Literature & Literary; children. ISBN: 0020439105. ISBN/EAN: 9780020439103. Inventory No: 0248652. . 9780020439103

Murdoch Books, Millers Point, 2008. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: photographic. large format colour illustrated softcover binding with an attached fold over flaps. The book and binding show no damage. Illustrated with full-page colour photography, and step-by-step instructions for the preparation and cooking. Size: Trade Paperback. 192 pages, including glossary, cooking time guide and index.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 1740451376. ISBN/EAN: 9781740451376. Inventory No: 0243140. . 9781740451376

Murdoch Books, Sydney, 2009. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs. the softcover binding with attached French flaps shows no damage, the book itself is clean and free of allocation, and does not appear to have been heavily used. To my mind the most interesting section of the book was not the burgers and mains, but rather of the entree skewers, and side dishes, and I do like the fact that many of the dishes involved heavy use of vegetables. In other words the book is not just for the carnivore or omnivore, even the gentle vegetarians can eat. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 400 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 1741965314. ISBN/EAN: 9781741965315. Inventory No: 0255769. . 9781741965315

The Bodley Head and British Broadcasting Corporation, London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword by author, time chart, booklist, acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with colour and black-and-white photography, maps and the occasional black-and-white line drawings. Tan coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with red, white and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The title says it all. Minor rubbing of the book corners and back strip edges. Previous owner's ex libris plate affixed to the free front end page. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels and there is a little creasing to the top dustwrapper edge. Sunning of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], 6 - 239, [1] pages,pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1.… Read More

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. 600 g; vii, 220 pp., map, appendixes, index. Minor chipping at the head and foot of the spine region. Slight yellowing of the top edge and the top half of the front edge of the book. Trotman joined the Lands and Surveys department in 1894 and was involved in five major expeditions into the interior, including the search for lost members of the Calvert expedition, the survey of the Rabbit-proof fence, and the survey for the Canning Stock Route. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Queensland; Exploration; Australia; Inventory No: 0203926. .

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1966. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 600 g; vii, 220 pp., map, appendixes, index. Very slight rubbing to the base edge of the dustjacket, and offset tanning on the top of the front paste down opposite the news agency sale sticker. Trotman joined the Lands and Surveys department in 1894 and was involved in five major expeditions into the interior, including the search for lost members of the Calvert expedition, the survey of the Rabbit-proof fence, and the survey for the Canning Stock Route. A picture can be provided to help with assessing condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Queensland; Exploration; Australia; Inventory No: 0230038. .

Virago, London, 1985. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. In this sequel to her much praised autobiography Forgetting's No Exuse, Mary Stott, whose life spans almost the century, reflects on growing older and the dramatic changes she has witnessed. As a lifelong feminist, she has a fascinating perspective on the modern women's movement, and the contribution which women of her generation have made to it. As a mother and grandmother, she writes movingly of the changes she has seen in family life, in relationships between men and women, and women and women, and in attitudes to the elderly. And as a journalist of nearly sixty years she offers a courageous critique of the media - as it was, as it is, and as it might become. A wonderful blend of reminiscence and controversy, this is the story of a women of determination and compassion, one of the most influential journalists and campaigners of our time. – rear panel blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Elsevier/Nelson Books, New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 256 pp; illustrated dustjacket. Science fiction tales by Brian W. Aldiss, Ray Bradbury, John Updike and others. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0525667040. ISBN/EAN: 9780525667049. Inventory No: 0205883. . 9780525667049

Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1986. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 700 g.; xx, 260 pp., illustrated., discography, notes, bibliography, index. Ormond Professor of music at the University of Melbourne, Director of the NSW State Conservatorium. The book is clean, and has no damage, apart from very slight shelf rubbing . the author had unique access to his papers for her research, and she was also able to draw upon personal acquaintance with him. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Biography; Local History -- Victoria; ISBN: 0333414497. ISBN/EAN: 9780333414491. Inventory No: 0203798. . 9780333414491

Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 2012. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs. In Berry Hill - Stories and Recipes from Beerenberg Farm, our Dad, Grant Paech tells the story of the company he started 40 years ago, and provides advice on how to grow and choose the perfect strawberry. Adelaide Hills chefs share recipes as mouth-watering as their names: Chicken Roulade with Red Pepper Aioli; Thai Chicken and Potato Triangles; Fig and Cinnamon Jam Tarts with fresh Strawberries; Layered Meringue and Rose Cups… Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. X, 182 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Cooking, Wine & Dining. ISBN: 1743050933. ISBN/EAN: 9781743050934. Inventory No: 0284509. . 9781743050934

Tor Books, New York, 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Jim Burns -- Dustwrapper. in original hardcover binding, with a colour illustrated wraparound dustjacket, and showing no damage to either. The book is free of annotation. A hard science-fiction novel about interstellar exploration, human transformation, and love and loss in a vast, echoing universe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 208 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jim Burns -- Dustwrapper. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 031286857x. ISBN/EAN: 9780312868574. Inventory No: 0238790. . 9780312868574

Horizon Press, New York, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 500 g; endpage maps, 286 pages, top edge of the text block has been tinted a blue, slight darkening of the other edges of the text block, and minor rubbing of the edges of the dust jacket otherwise in very good condition. The absorbing adventures of an American judge of his wife uniquely involved in the domestic, legal and social life of the natives of the South Sea Islands. A personal account, Federal Judge Toomin describes the cases that come before him in the U.S. Trust Territory Islands of Micronesia and his adventures in the islands, his wife wrote separate chapters that give a woman's perspective.The contrast between Western concepts of civilization and the beauty and trials of life in primitive lands. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Anthropology; Sociology;… Read More

G. Bell & Sons, Ltd, London, 1912. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition (ex-library)/No Dust Jacket. the book has a label pasted to the spine with the author surname and title, foxing to the edges of the text block, foxing scattered throughout the book, mainly at the end pages, some colour transfer to the last 10 or so pages where the rear panel was dampened. There is a rubber name stamp "The Linguists' Library" on the title page, and "E158" written on several pages in the ink a volume in Bell's Indian and Colonial Library with the Intended Circulation Only in India and the British Colonies. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 382, (2), 16 pages, in original rent cloth covered hardcover binding.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; Inventory No: 0240736. .

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. xv, 383 pp., with reference notes, and index. With 16 pages of (16) colour and (54) black and white illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Page edges show slight signs of handling, top corner of front fold-over dogeared. No price on dustwrapper. Antonia Fraser has produced a remarkable and original work which casts a new light on the familiar heroines of history, and the whole subject of female leadership in time of war. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; ISBN: 0297794868. ISBN/EAN: 9780297794868. Inventory No: 0205932. . 9780297794868

Little, Brown & Co, London, 1993. reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. a very clean copy with no damage to describe, the book is illustrated with many black-and-white line drawings, showing step-by-step the various procedures involved in bonsai, and with colour photographs of drawing plants. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 64 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; ISBN: 0316907227. ISBN/EAN: 9780316907224. Inventory No: 0247628. . 9780316907224

Ataruka Publishing, Sydney, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 24, 183 pp., with 5 maps in text plus 40 pages with 14 colour and 45 black and white photographs. Hard cover, pictorial dustwrapper. An account of the research for a shark repellent carried out in Rangiroa, in the Tuamotus, New Guinea, Fiji, French Polynesia, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Rubbing of the edges of the dustwrapper, the colour of the top and bottom edges of the boards has been leached, the pale blue going to white. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; ISBN: 0959943668. ISBN/EAN: 9780959943665. Inventory No: 0206362. . 9780959943665