Search Results: Titles starting with C from Lems Bookshop

Lt Col Calthorpe provides the text of his observations of the Crimean War while Colonel George Cadogan recorded his observations in watercolours. An abridged and illustrated edition of the original published in 1856. Art and military history combined to extraordinary effect. 288 pages with numerous pictures, many in colour, throughout. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.

An account of the author's tour of duty in Vietnam where he was involved in some of the fiercest fighting, captured by the Viet Cong and escape to live in the jungle until rescued by a patrol. 299 pages with 16 pages of illustrations and a map. Book in very good+ condition with knock to bottom right last 60 pages which has bent 2cm of corner.

Commissioned by the Methodist Branch of the Laymen's Missionary Movement in Victoria the author, a Methodist minister, undertakes a comparative survey of what the Protestant missionaries had accomplished in the Islands of the Sea, for an estimate of the present position, and the work that lay before the Christian Church. Ten island native groups (including Australia and New Zealand) are surveyed. 286 pages with 48 black and white photographs and a colour fold out map. Book in very good condition with foxing to endpapers and leading edges, and some wear to cover.

The purpose of the book is to interpret the immense scientific and aesthetic value of the Koala, to indicate the benefits which the scientific study has conferred on the world, and to demonstrate the measures that are necessary to ensure the Koala's survival as a national Australian asset and a blessing to mankind. The Teddy-Bear was modelled on the Koala and indeed has world-wide appeal. 120pages with 22 black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition with some colour pencil marks on pages 32 and 80, some reader marks on title page and leading edges, tear at bottom of first endpaper which also has some marks, some minor foxing, and light tanning. Cover has some wear (see photo). No dust jacket.

The author, a veteran journalist, covers some of the more turbulent years of the recent history of Cambodia. 435 pages with 72 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with minor wear.

A wide ranging introduction to the human species that places modern humans in evolutionary perspective - from genetics, primatology, and fossil origins to human biology and ecology, brain function and behaviour, demography and disease. 506 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition and would have been near fine except for small knock to bottom corner last 120 pages. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The great discoveries, who made them, and the ideas leading to and ideas arising from discoveries, how archaeologists have tried to make sense of the past on the basis of an accumulating body of evidence, and offers informed reflections on current status and the future of archaeology. 386 pages with numerous illustrations throughout, many in colour. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition with some minor wear. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The object of the book is to provide a summary over the whole field of archaeological inquiry and in revealing the common history of mankind. 495 pages including numerous photos, drawings and maps. Book in very good condition ex library with stickers on first and last end papers and small stamp on bottom otherwise near fine. Dust jacket in clear wrapper with two library stickers and price clipped otherwise near fine.

244 pages. Book in very good+ condition with small booksellers sticker inside front cover and minor foxing to first page. Cover has some wear.

Cape horn is the closest land mass to Antarctica and is the only obstacle in the way of storm force winds and mountainous seas. It is the passage between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans - an essential trade route in the past it became and remains the ultimate test of seamanship. The author has rounded the Cape twice and brings special authority to the telling of the story. 240 pages with 2 maps. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp, sticker and number on back endpaper, and minor marks front endpaper. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

A novel of protest and of compassion for the Aborigines and half-bloods of Australia's last frontier - the Northern Territory. 510 pages. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

A study of the greatest Pacific explorer, Captain James Cook, who undertook three major voyages. 256 pages with 7 black and white plates and 9 maps. Book in very good condition with minor wear.

From his origins as the son of a farm labourer to his violent death in Hawaii, Captain James Cook , in three epic journeys, discovered more of the earth's surface than any other man. 470 pages with some illustrations throughout. Book in very good condition with minor foxing.

The Robert and Mary Anne Parks collection of Captain James Cook - as close as possible the best combination of material. or finest set of the official voyage accounts that the publisher ever handled. A catalogue of items for sale. 172 pages with colour illustrations on most pages. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.

Captain Samuel Sweet experienced much of what made up Australian colonial life in the 1870's and 80's and when he found a home in South Australia he turned to his real love of photography. His photographs shine with a freshness that immediately recalls an early Adelaide, a city less than 50 years old. 103 pages including black and white photographs on 75 pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Between 1768 and 1779 Captain Cook circumnavigated the globe three times in voyages of discovery that broke record after record of exploration, endurance and personal achievement. A graphic and lively account of this great explorer. 192 pages with 20 pages of colour illustrations and black and white illustrations on 77 pages, a map of Cook's voyages and endpaper map. Book in very good+ condition with minor marks pages 22-24, 78-80 and first colour plates. Dust jacket in very good condition with knocks to corners and top and bottom spine.

Every planet, moon, comet, asteroid and meteor within our solar system is a captive of our sun - and every living thing that we know is part of this same captivity. 326 pages with illustrations and figures throughout. Book in good+ condition with red dot on first page, light tanning and some reader wear to edges. Cover has sticker on front and some wear (see photo).

The story of the Middle East, from the remote past to the immediate present, and speculates on its future. 376 pages with 16 pages of illustrations and 7 maps and map on end papers. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name and address on first blank page. Dust jacket in good condition with some chips, dents, tears and wear (see photo).

A book for the bird lover and finch fancier - superb paintings and well organised detailed text will be an invaluable reference on each of the twenty species of grass finches and the two exotic old world finches introduced to Australia. 63 pages with 16 pages of colour plates. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with some sticky tape residue on flaps.

The author lived for extended periods on many of the islands but many of the islands had never been described before. The historic, social, and architectural essentials of each location are given. 244 pages with 41 black and white photographs and 8 maps including endpaper map. Book in very good condition with some minor foxing to leading edgaes. Dust jacket in good+ condition with small sticker on front, some knocks and chips and wear (see photo).