Search Results: Titles starting with B from Antique Bookshop

Lond. Ian Allan Ltd., 1980.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp. Bumps to corners & dj sl.torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. The Martin B-57 is an American tactical bomber & reconnaissance aircraft & was deployed during the Vietnam war flying missions against insergent Viet Cong forces in Central Vietnam.

Springwood. Star Printery Pty Ltd., 1997.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 314pp. b/w ills & maps. Corners sl.rubbed else a very good copy. 1st paperback ed. Signed by the author. Andy Macqeen is a descendant of one of Major Mitchell's surveyors, who discovered the Blue Gum Forest and Grose Wilderness in 1835. He examines the history of this region and its ongoing conservation.

Carlton. Melbourne University Press, 1965.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 244pp. B/w maps. Dj faded at spine & sl.torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. A study of the sequence of pastoral land settlements in the interior of eastern Australia from the time of early exploration to the mid 20th century indicates a pattern towards natural resource need.

Lond. Arms an Armour Press., 1994.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 322pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st paperback ed. The war-time career and tactical legacy of the legendary Douglas Bader. Bader transformed RAF fighter tactics to great benefit in th e Battle of Britain.

Melb. Five Mile Press., 2002.. Folio. Col.ill.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Many col & b/w ills. Bookplate pasted to ffe. Fine. A pictorial history of Australia's most notorious bushrangers.

Melb. The Author., 2004.. (3rd reprint) Col.Ill.wrapps. b/w ills. Fine. Inscribed by the author. A great-grandmother's experiences driving aaround Australia by herself in a Honda motor car.

Milan. Mazzotta., 1987.. 4to. Col.ill.bds. 151pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. 1st ed. A book prepared for an exhibition of the Giacomo Ball's works in Edinburgh, London and Oxford.

Lond. Faber & Faber., 1960.. (4th imp.) Or.cl. Dustjacket. (sl.torn) 250pp. Sl.foxing, else a Very Good copy. The second volume of the splendid Alexandria Quartet.

Hong Kong. Corporate Communications, 1990.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 264pp. + appendix. Dj sl.torn & with a light stain to top corner near spine. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. British soldier Jack Edwards was taken prisoner by the Japanese & interned in a POW camp in Taiwan. US Navy & Marine Corps rescued & freed Jack's camp & carried many POWs to safety.

N.Y. Rinehart & Co. Inc., 1951.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 312pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Very good copy. 1st ed. With inserted bookplate signed by Norman Mailer. Wounded during WWII, Mike Lovett is an amnesiac, & much of his past is a secret to himself. But when Lovett rents a room in Brooklyn, he finds his housemates have secrets of their own.

Lond. Granta Books., 1998.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 489pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. John Barrow was the 2nd Secretary to the Admiralty during the Napoleonic Wars & after the war spent the next 30 years scouring the world with a handpicked team of elite naval officers seeking new land.

Syd. Allen & Unwin., 1980.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 330pp. Bookplate of ffe. Sl. foxing else Fine. 1st ed. Signed by the author David Marr. Barwick stood at the centre ofpower in Australia for forty years. As Chief Justice he gave the constitutional imprimatur to dismiss Gough Whitlam. Winner of the 1980 NSW Premier's Award for non-fiction.

Kenthurst. Kangaroo Press., 1993.. Col.ill.bds. 104pp. b/w ills. (sl foxing) spine a little faded. Good copy. 1st ed. This comprehensive guide to fly-fishing by one of Australia's leading teachers and practitioners of the sport provides a wealth of helpful information for novice and experienced fishermen alike.

Houten (Netherlands) Fibula., 1989.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 160pp. Profusely illustrated with black & white photographs of historic Batavia, which was then the capital of the Dutch east Indies in earlier days. It is now present-day Jakarta. Very good copy. 1st ed. Dutch text.

North Sydney. William Heinemann., 2011.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 490pp. Col & b/w plates. Very good copy. Inscribed by the author. The Dutch East India Company's ship Batavia, set sail from Amsterdam in 1628 before being wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. A mutiny ensued & some 300 survivors were subject to many atrocities

Lond. Portrait Books., 2005.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 470pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. The fall of Singapore on the 15th of February 1942 to a numerically inferior Japanese army was one of the darkest days in the history of WWII. Peter Thompson investigates how it all unfolded.

Wagga Wagga. Dennis O'Leary., 2009.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 55pp. Slight wear to corners. Inscription on title page. Col maps & b/w ills. Very good copy. Signed by the author. Published by the author as an educational resource for students, this research study covers the involvement of military forces from Australia, New Zealand & the US in the Pacific theatres of war.

Lond. Headline Book Publishing., 2000.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 342pp. Some tanning to pages. b/w plates. Dj sl.torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. In the summer of 1940, Britain seemed doomed as German forces had driven the army from Dunkirk in France & the Luftwaffe mounted day raids across the Channel. The RAF mounted a brave counter offensive.

Syd. ABC Books., 2000.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 242pp. Light tanning to pages. Very good copy. 1st ed. For two days in November of 1942, Brisbane became a war zone as Australian servicemen attacked American troops in the city centre. A fight over money, cigarettes, beer & girls.

Moorebank. Doubleday., 1989.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 168pp. (sl foxing) b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Inscribed by the author. With a cry of 'Death or Liberty', The Battle of Vinegar Hill began. A botched mini-rebellion by Irish patriots who refused to accept exile in a land under British rule was quashed with 24 dead.