Search Results: Titles starting with S from Lems Bookshop

In five parts; Roman Social Life; The External History of Rome to AD 117 from City-State to Empire; The Internal History of Rome to AD 96 from Monarchy to Principate; Latin Literature; Mythology. 278 pages with 12 illustrations and 5 maps/plans. Book in good+ condition with ?water damage to bottom corner (not text) last 35 pages and cover, otherwise very good except cover (see photo).

The secret mission to storm a forbidden Nazi fortress - in the winter 1944 the Allies were stalled on the mountain defences of the Gothic Line.400 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition.

A gripping story of Australian soldiers at war, in Borneo and Vietnam vividly told and based on thorough research. 527 pages including around 70 black and white photographs, 5 maps and some diagrams. Book in very good condition ex library with a stamp on title page, remnants of borrowing sleave back endpaper, biding can be seen on title page but all sound and light reader wear. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper, sticker on spine and on back.

The SAS, surrounded by secrecy and controversy, has flouted military conventions overcoming disapproval of the military authorities to win fame and glory. 268 pages with 8 pages of illustrations and 4 maps. Book in very good condition with some cover wear.

The author presents an outline history of the SOE 1940-1946whose members lived in great and constant danger supporting and stimulating resistance behind enemy lines. 401 pages with 59 black and white photographs. Book in good condition with tanning, reader wear, three small edge marks and some wear to cover.

Heinrich Himmler was the architect of the holocaust and committed suicide in May 1945 but did he? 276 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning.

The story moves from the origins of the SS before 1923 to its supremacy in 1943 as the most appalling instrument of political and military terror known to history. 502 pages with 16 pages of illustrations and 5 pages of maps. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with some minor wear.

The true story of New Zealand engineer, Tom Barnes, who volunteered to be parachuted behind enemy lines in Greece in 1942 with a small team to work with the Greek resistance in sabotage operations against German and Italian occupation forces. Their first operation was successful bit it was only the beginning of a lengthy and perilous clandestine mission. 417 pages with 14 pages of black and white photographs and 2 maps. Book in very good condition with light tanning.

Guided and informed by Aboriginal custodians, James Cowan and Colin Beard were able to gather sacred stories and hear songs which explore in depth the profound spirituality of the Aboriginal people - and their remarkable sacred places. 232 pages including colour photographs on 180 pages and a map. Book in very good+ condition ex library with sticker on publishing page and back inside cover and back end paper, small cross out on first page and remnants of borrowing sleaves on back end papers. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with two stickers on back.

An intriguing insight into the religious and burial practices of the ancient Egyptians and the lives they led, in two parts; Burial Places; Religious Centres - an illustrated guide to the temples and tombs of the Pharaohs. 256 pages with colour illustrations on most pages. Book in as new condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition, price clipped, This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The Icelandic sagas are the stories of the Viking families who settled there a thousand years ago and there are four different types of sagas recorded: family sagas, the individual saga of one man. some scattered tales, and the present day story of one of the author's family. 447 pages with 32 plates, some illustrations in the text and a map. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

After a decade of planning, setbacks and frustration the First Fleet Re-Enactment sailing set out from London and arrived in Sydney Harbour two hundred years after the first fleet. A stunning pictorial record of the re-enactment and celebration of one of man's greatest adventures. 120 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. This is a large book postage $14 in Australia.

Book is undated with a birthday inscription dated 1895. A historical romance in three parts; The Seven Stars, Ashtaroth, Queen of Heaven, and Nisroch the Avenger. 387 pages. Book in good condition with binding showing front and back inside cover but no danger of becoming lose and light tanning. Cover shows some wear to edges (see photo) and some marks on back.

Lorne Campbell's life as a hard core biker with Satan's Choice and Hells Angles - an unique insight into a secret world. 340 pages with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition.

The 27th annual publication - a selection of articles in this year in four broad headings; The Oriental Dream (how the East has contributed to the ideas and culture of the West); Western Nights Entertainment; Collectors' Items; A + condition with Cabinet of Curiosities. 256 pages with illustrations throughout 12 in colour. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with some minor wear.

Looking for the adventure of a lifetime to fight the Turks the Anzacs were still in the trenches they dug months after landing. Gallipoli had become a graveyard where bodies lay above the ground and the living slept below it. 186 pages with 12 black and white photographs and 3 maps. Book in very good+ condition.

A pictorial history of the author's life and her career in theatre, television and film. 224 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in as new condition.

W S Gilbert began to contribute verses under the name Bab when he was twenty five and ten years later started his wonderful collaboration with Sullivan which produced twelve operas which were revived at the Savoy Theatre. Selected by Compton, extracts from the Operas and some Bab ballads. 214 pages with 10 illustrations and some drawings in the text. Book in very good+ condition with cross out on front endpaper and small mark on first page. Cover has some wear.

The authors attempt to share the emotions stirred by the beauty of a scene in Nature and recollections of many pleasant excursions in all weathers with three friends. Presumed first edition no date but 1930 possible given first page inscription Xmas 1930. 64 pages with 5 illustrations. Book in very good condition with inscription on first page, minor foxing and tanning. Cover has some marks (see photo).

Vol 837 of Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics. Ten Sonatas by Franz Schubert. 279 pages. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on front, some wear to cover around top and bottom spine, some reader wear to cover, and booksellers stamp/price on front (see photo).