Search Results: Titles starting with Q from Pegasus Book Orphanage

The Watermark Press, Sydney, Australia - 2000 softcover, 7¼" x 9¼", with card covers Book in AS NEW condition George Roberts saw his first aeroplane in 1917 (when he was 8), and took his first flight - in a flying boat - when he was ten. When this book was published he was the oldest living former employee of Qantas (and aged over 90). With his brother, he built a plane using plans in a magazine … and flew it, too. George Roberts, engineer, loved planes, speed, and Qantas, and his highly illustrated biography is wildly funny, uniquely Australian and a loving record of his service to aviation.

SCM Press Ltd, publisher, London - first edition 1965 hardcover, 5¼" x 7½", with dust jacket Original bookseller's label inside front cover. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket What does it mean to be a Quaker? Because of the Society of Friends' lack of formal worship and theology, will they always be outside the Christain mainstream? These and other questions are answered by a distinguished combination of historical learning with a practical sense, wittily espressed here.

Facts On File, Park Avenue South, New York - 1994 Hardcover, 7½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, & barcode. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Geologic disasters constantly remind us of the fickle relationship we share with nature. This book exposes the varied processes behind all the major geologic hazards, from earthquakes and volcanoes to floods and landslides; from dust storms and glaciation to meteor showers and mass extinctions. It explains the dynamic forces at work in plain language. Includes many maps, diagrams and photographs.

Longman Professional, Melbourne 1992 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This book shows how to change our manufacturing systems so we are consistently capable of achieving world class levels of customer satisfaction. Qualivity is not only about techniques. It is about being aware of the gathering forces of change. It provides a universal and easily read expose which will be a valuable tool for training at all levels in manufacturing. The need for increased employee participation will require a new role for managers: not as commanders and controllers, but as leaders and coaches.

George Allen & Unwin, Museum Street, London - 1983 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Jacket has short repaired tear. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This biography of James Cantlie, doctor, surgeon, founder of civilian first aid and specialist in tropical diseases, to whom the first President of China, Sun Yat Sen, owed his life. It is set in the second half of the 19th and first quarter of the 20th century. The growth of new hospitals; the start of first aid in the mines and streets of Britain; the rise of the Voluntary Aid Societies and the raising by Cantlie of the Volunteer Medical Staff Corps - all these are portrayed in lively and human style. Includes over 20 b&w photographs, epilogue, notes, bibliography and index.

Sir Isaac Pitman, publishers, London - fourth edition, revised n.d. (1901?) hardcover, 5" x 7¼" (no jacket issued) All cover edges have wear. Small white-out to front endpaper (prev owner's name?). Original bookseller's label to inside front cover ('Coles Book Arcade, Sydney'). Book in FAIR condition This is a basic text for students of quantity surveying at the outset of their studies; the examples provided, while intentionally simple, will avoid confusing the student by a mass of detail. It sets out the Modes of Measurement for: Excavator, Concrete, & Drains; Bricklayer's Work; Mason's Work; Carpenter's Work; Joiner's Work; Founder and Smith's Work; Plumber's Work; Zinc & Copper, Hot Water Work; Plasterer's Work; Glazier's, Painter's, Paperhanger's Work - with examples of 'taking off', abstracting, and billing.

The Free Press, NY 1993 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Ex-ibrary with usual stamps, stickers, barcode, otherwise very good book in very good protected dustjacket. A major figure in modern paleoanthropology, Boaz paints a vivid insider's picture of the "new" anthropology combining tales of his fieldwork in the Sahara with the story of revolution in his discipline.

Birch Lane-Carol Communications, Madison Avenue, New York- 1994 Hardcover, 16cms x 23½cms (6¼" x 9¼"), with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Royal expert Nicholas Davies reveals for the first time the intimate secrets of Queen Elizabeth's forty-odd-year reign. Filled with never-before-published revelations, it is a story of adultery, passion, jealousy, and mental cruelty, as lived by the Royal Family in Buckingham Palace. The lifestyle Elizabeth enjoys as the greatest living monarch is also examined - and in the midst of all this untold wealth, she behaves like a miser. Book includes family tree, and over 50 b&w photographs.

Harrap, London Hardcover, 8½" x 5½" (lacks jacket) the words 'The Property of the Port Phillip Sea Pilots' in 10 places (chapter heads or ends - not affecting text). Book in GOOD condition Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, photographic frontis (QEII at Sea), 29 b&w photographs, Appendix ('How the Cunarders compare), and Index. A fascinating account of the concept, building, fitting out, launching, and sea-board life of the Cunard liner, Queen Elizabeth II. NOTE: Title-page has been removed.

Viking, London 1986 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library one in transparent protective covering, and usual stamps, stickers and barcode cut from endpaper. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Penelope Mortimer shows us that Queen Elizabeth is by no means the constantly smiling, constantly equable fairy godmother figure beloved by all. Is it , then, a portrait that may shock the Queen Mother's innumerable adsmirers? On the contrary. By searching more deeply than ever before behind the familiar façade, reinterpreting what is known, the author present us with a more real and vigorous figure. Includes 32 b&w photographs.

Jonathan Cape, London 1995 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Marl Shand is no match for the daughter of India's greatest expert on the Asian elephant, the late Prince of Gauripur, who taught her everything. When Shand seeks Parbati Barua (known as the queen of the elephants) out to take part in a film abour the plight of the wild herds today in north-east India, she insists that he should start at the bottom and learn elephant skills the hard way. Includes map and 38 colour photographs.

Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York 1962 Hardcover with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Her Majesty Kristina of Sweden defied comparison with any other queen in history or myth. She was so beautiful that men fell in love with her at first sight, but her behaviour shocked even such notorious libertines as Louis XIV of France and Charles II of England.

Hodder & Stoughton, London - first edition © 1961 hardcover, 8" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Red cloth-bound boards with gold type (& motif) to spine, map Cyprus (1359), family tree of 'Royal House of Cyprus and Jerusalem', author's note at end. An historical novel set in fourteenth-century Cyprus when Eleanora of Aragon sails over the sea as bride to Peter I of Cyprus, last of the great kings of chivalry, chance brings Meriel de Gilles, the despised young daughter of a petty noble, into the queen's service, and there she meets and loves Hugh of Mantua, the king's physician and adviser. Eleanora becomes a hated adulteress, and with the king's brother, brings ruin to Cyprus.

Sidgwick & Jackson, London - first edition 1973 hardcover, 10" x 7.5", with dust jacket Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. Ffep inscription is signed 'R.L' possibly by author. Slightly tired copy. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, photographic endpapers, over 75 photographs (some duotone). Traces with words, photos, and drawings the stories of 'Queen Mary' & 'Queen Elizabeth' & their competitors on the North Atlantic run.

Harper Collins, London 1996 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Quentin Crisp, long famous as 'one of the great stately homos of England', exiled himself to Manhattan in 1982 when he had satisfied himself that 'happiness rains down from the sky' there. This book is his often-hilarious account of the progress of his love affair with the Big Apple. His New York diaries capture the spirit of the city as well as the flavour of his own life in it.

Robert Hale, London 1965 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5", & dust jacket greater than Livingstone, Burton & Baker). Ours is an ex-library copy in poorly-fitted transparent covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode etc. Original bookseller's sticker to front paste-down. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, 15 b/w illustrations, map, index. Amazing little-known explorations of early nineteenth century Englishmen (with valet) across Sahara to Lake Chad & Northern Cameroon Mountains to Sokoto (discoveries

William Morrow & Co, Madison Avenue, New York - first US edition 1983 hardcover, 6" x 8½", with dust jacket Jacket edges have minor wear. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Ali Hassan Salameh became a legendary figure who for more than two decades conducted a reign of terror against Israel in both Europe and the Middle East. The Israeli intelligence organization Mossad tried five times to kill Salameh. Using original research and never-before-published information, the authors piece together Ali Hassan Salameh's violent background. [Mossad assassinated Salameh in 1979]. Over twenty photographs.

Playboy Paperbacks 1982 Paperback Good condition, small hole in top right of front cover, a few minor creases to cover

The C. V. Mosby Company 1968 hard cover Very good condition A compilation of practical information in contact lens fitting and an outgrowth of material gathered in preparation for lectures and seminars given at McMillan Hospital. It aims to provide the beginning contact lens practitioner with a detailed step by step procedure in the work-up and care of contact lens patient, and to provide essential information in a concise and readily available manner. Includes many b&w photos and diagrams, and loosely inserted 2 booklets "Instructions for the correct use of corneal contact lenses" and "The development and fitting of CON-O-COID Micro Corneal Lenses".

Hollis & Carter, London 1960 Hardcover, 22cms x 14½cms, with dust jacket Top dust jacket edge has short tears. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Just over two centuries ago Great Britain and France were engaged in a desperate struggle for maritime, commercial and colonial supremacy (the Seven Years' War). It culminated in a naval battle off the French mainland (Quiberon Bay), during which extraordinary naval tactics by the British resulted in a demoralising, overwhelming loss by the French naval forces, and severe repercussions on their colonial aspirations. Coloured frontispiece illustration, maps and portraits