Search Results: Titles starting with N from Antique Bookshop

Loftus. Australian Mil. Hist. Pubs., 2010.. Facsimile of the origianl 1993 edition. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 323pp. b/w ills. Fine. Inscribed by the author who was Green's wife, and with some annotations by her in the text. Green was killed by a shell whilsy leading the 3RAR in the Korean War.

Boston. Little, Brown., 1980.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 192pp. Many b/w photographic ills. Very Good copy. 1st US ed. Captures the pioneering spirit of Nancy Astor, early campaigner for women's rights & the first woman to sit in Britain's House of Commons.

N.Y. W.W. Norton & Company., 2002.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 381pp. With col & b/w plates. Good copy. 1st ed. As a soldier and an Emperor, Napoleon was ruthless and determined; as a lover, he showed the same single-minded ferocity. An introduction to the many intriguing women behind Napoleon.

Lond. Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 1995.. Thick 8vo. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 555pp. b/w plates. Fine. 1st ed. One of the most fascinating love stories in history.

Adel. W.N.Thomas & Co., Printer., 1918.. Or.wrapps. 295pp. b/w plates. Sl. foxing & small piece torn from back wrapper else a very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Together with the large folding map issued separately in the printed paper slip-case.

Lond. John Snow., 1847.. Forty-Second thousand. Bound in half leather. viii,154pp. Portrait & wood-engraved illustrations. Folding map of Polynesia. Bound with MISSIONARY LABOURS AND SCENES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA By Robery Moffatt. Lond. 1846. viii,164pp. Folding map. With MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF JOHN WILLIAMS. By Ebenezer Prout. Lond. 1846. iv,171pp. The binding externally worn and internally a little loose else a fair copy. Scarce

Adel. W.N.Thomas & Co., Printer., 1918.. Or.wrapps. 295pp. b/w plates. Sl. foxing & small piece torn from back wrapper else a very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce. Together with the large folding map issued separately in the printed paper slip-case.

Lond. T & W. Boone., 1847.. Beautifully bound in half morocco with raised bands. xii,423,8;v,361,10pp. t.e.g. 19 engraved plates, 18 text figures & 2 fold-out charts, laid down on linen. The charts are of the Great Barrier Reef and the eastern end of the Island of Java. The edges of the plates, though not the pages, with sl.water-marking. The first British expedition to be despatched to Australia on a surveying mission. 1st ed.

Bundaberg. Corkwood Press., 1996.. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 125pp. Ex-library stamps on title page & foredge. col & b/w plates. Fold-out map. Very good copy. Facsimile Edition. This facsimile edition is from Les Hiddens' 'Stories of Survival' series. First published in 1848, William Carron recounts Edmund Kennedy's ill fated 1848 expedition to Cape York on a survey mission.

North Sydney. Random House Aust Ltd, 2013.. (rep) Col.Ill.wrapps. 467pp. (sl foxing) to foredge. Good copy. August 1943, & Dorrigo Evans is a POW on the Thai-Burma railway. He is haunted by the memory of his love affair with his uncle's young wife while trying to save the men under his command from starvation.

Pompton Plains,NJ. New Page Books., 2011.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 239pp. Ex-library copy. Stamp to top edges. Some rubbing to corners. Liquid paper mark to ffe. b/w ills. Very good copy. The National Aeronautics & Spece Administration (NASA) has been collecting data on unidetified flying objects since its inception in 1958. Have these UFO sightings been covered up, or just a conspiracy

Syd. Australian Geographic., 2012.. (rep) 4to. Col.ill.bds. 210pp. Light wear to corners. Small mark to front board. Light moisture warping to top edge of last 43 pages. Profusely illustrated in black & white. Good copy. A fascinating glimpse of urban Sydney & rural NSW during the years leading up to Federation & beyond. These historic images are drawn from the Tyrrell Collection.

Leichhardt. The Federation Press., 2006.. Or.vinyl. Dustjacket. 530pp. b/w plates. Very good copy. 1st ed. Signed by the author. An insider's account of the NSW National Party, from its foundation in 1919, as a Progressive Party, to the contemporary era under the leadership of Andrew Stoner.

N.Y. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1996.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 278pp. (sl foxing) to top edge. b/w ills. Very good copy. The Art Deco design revolution of the 1920s & 1930s symbolised the optimism & rapid change of the industrial age. With its clean lines, dramatic shapes, colourful & ornate surfaces it brought drama.

Syd. Museum of Contemporary Art., 2000.. Folio. Or.bds. Dustjacket. 242pp. Profusely illustrated in colour and black & white. Fine. 1st ed. Scarce. Inspired by a collection of Aboriginal art in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney.

Honolulu. Uni of Hawaii Press., 1989.. (2nd imp) Ill.wrapps. 172pp. b/w ills. Sl.foxing on foredge else a very good copy.

Lond. Macmillan., 1904.. Binder's cloth with the gilt design from the original board pasted on. xiv,819pp. uncut. b/w plates, ills & many folding maps. Sl. foxing else Fine. 1st ed. An important anthropological study of the tribal hierarchy & social customs of the Australian Aborigines, the first study of its kind. Includes an appendix containing a valuable collection of Australian legends.

Lond. Macmillan & Co., 1914.. Or.cl. with gilt ornament on front board. xx,516pp. uncut. t.e.g. 36 plates (some in colour), a map & 92 b/w. ills. Sl. foxing & name on ffe else a very good copy. 1st ed. Scarce.

N.Y. Weatherhill., 1998.. Col.Ill.wrapps. 130pp. Very good copy. 1st ed. This concise & informative work presents natural food remedies & herbal treatments for common illnesses, derived from both traditional Chinese and Western practices.

Lond. Soc. for Christian Knowledge., 1908.. (rep) Or.gilt.decorated cloth. 345pp.b/w ills. Cloth with sl.flecking to covers else a good copy. Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne was first published in 1789 & reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years, White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals.