Search Results: Titles starting with K from Antique Bookshop

N.Y. Castle Books., 1963.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 127pp. Very good copy. The Kama Sutra, or 'Principles of Love' is an ancient Indian text attributed to Vatsyayana that was written as a guide to living well with a life partner & maintaining one's love life.

Canb. Insitutie of PNG Studies, ANU, 1982.. Decc.wrapps. 143pp. b/w ills. Sl. foxing else a good copy. Karo Araua was a wild man and was hanged in Port Moresby in 1938 for a murder he committed. Nevertheless his name live on among his own people.

Milton. John Wiley., 2004.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 224pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. A personal account of the Korean War conflict.

Brighton. Don Chipp Enterprises., 2004.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 204pp. b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by Don Chipp on the title page. Don Chipp's autobiography charts his humble start in a working class family in 1925, to his 26 years in Parliament. Resigning from the Liberal party in 1977, he formed the Australian Democrats.

Lond. Pelham Books Ltd., 1965.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 128pp. Inscription on ffe. Many b/w ills. dj sl.torn else a very good copy. 1st ed. Keith Miller was a superlative cricketer & wrote this book as an instructional work for players who seet ot improve their skills, it is also a book full of colourful reminiscences as well.

South Melb. Oxford University Press, 2012.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 258pp. Col & b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. This controversial book re-examines the story of the Kelly Gang revealing an organised crime network of stock theft of which the Kelly Gang was a major part with Ned's extended family being violent men

Syd. Craftsman House., 1988. Folio. Col.Ill.wrapps. 134pp. col ills. 1st ed. Fine. Inscribed by Ken Done on the ffe.

San Diego. Progressive PRess., 2014.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 306pp. Very good copy. Reprint of the 1999 edition. Over the course of half a century, polls have repeatedly shown that most Americans refuse to accept the official story of the Kennedy Assassination. Donald Gibson suggests a treasonous conspiracy.

Ontario. Hanover Square Press., 2021.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 400pp. Dustjacket covered in plastic. Very good copy. 1st Canadian ed. No crime in history had more eyewitnesses than the assassination of President Kennedy on November the 24th 1963. ABC News journalist, Dan Abrams examines the bizarre trial of Jack Ruby & its aftermath.

Randwick. Randwick & Dist Hist Soc., 1986.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 32pp. b/w ills & a map. Very good copy. The suburb now known as Kensington in NSW, was known as the Lachlan Mills Estate & was subdivided for residential land use & thought to be the equivalent of London's distinguished suburb, Kensington.

Melb. Viking., 2013.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 342pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. John Alford was adopted by Matthew & Irene Stokes in 1940, & raised as Kerry Matthew Stokes. Raised in the slums of post-Depression Melbourne, he began by selling rabbit meat he had caught & skinned.

Syd. Craftsman House., 1989.. 4to. Or.cl. Dustjacket (covered with adhesive plastic; name in felt pen at lower edge) 150pp. Many col & b/w plates & ills. Name in felt pen at top of ffe else a Good copy. 1st ed. "This book shows the long visual development and struggles of one of Australia's most individual artists."

Lond. The Harvill Press., 1995.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 466pp. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Very good copy. 1st ed. With an inserted card signed by Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, the Director of Kew from 1865 to 1885 & a good friend of Charles Darwin. This history of Kew Gardens is taken from the Garden's own archives & looks at how Kew played a pivotal role in the development of the natural resources of the British Empire.

O'Connor (ACT) Tabletop Press., 1987.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 303pp. Many b/w ills. Very good copy. 1st ed. Snowy Mountains adventures. Contains a treasure trove of historic images.

Syd. Pan Macmillan Australia Ltd., 1997.. 4to. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 120pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Good copy. Inscribed by Kieren Perkins. Australian freestyle swimmer, Kieren Perkins, was a 1500 metre Olympic & Commonwealth Games champion & arguably the greatest swimmer ever to come out of Australia winning a total of 4 Olympic medals.

Dublin. The Douglas Hyde Gallery., 1979.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 14pp. Profusely illustrated in colour. Very good copy. An exhibition catalogue of Turkish Kilims organised by The Iranian Arts Association of Ireland. Featuring kilims on loan from a number of collections from around the world.

Syd. Hodder Australia., 2005.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 282pp. Slight rubbing to corners. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Clive 'Killer' Caldwell was a natural pilot & a superb shot. After bluffing his way into the RAAF, he went on to see action against the Germans, Italians, & Japanese, becoming Australias greatest pilot

Syd. Harper Collins Publishers., 2021.. (updated edition) Col.Ill.wrapps. 340pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. On the 4th of July 1975, Juanita Nielsen disappeared from the Carousel nightclub in Kings Cross. A notable advocate against urban development, her remains have never been found nor suspects identified.

Canb. AWM & Sydney, Collins., 1985.. Or.cl. Dustjacket. 189pp. b/w photographis and other ills. Fine. 1st ed. The author's experience as a prisoner of war of the Germans during WWII.

Carlton South. Melbourne Uni Press., 1998.. (2nd imp) Or.bds. Dustjacket. 441pp. col & b/w plates. Very good copy. Phillip Parker King was assigned to survey those parts of the Australian coast not already examined by Matthew Flinders. He made 3 trips in the HMS Mermaid, & 1 in the HMS Bathurst between 1817 & 1822.