Search Results: Hobbies from Lems Bookshop

A unique collection of expert advice from thirty seven of the games greats created during the World Bowls 1980 Championship. Nearly 300 photographs illustrate 100 vital tips demonstrating that you can develop your own style and that there is more than one way to play the game of Bowls. 111 pages. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

The five essential concepts to make powerful, unique paintings - design dynamic composition, simplify values, work with colour, use texture, and bring it all together with a focal point. 128 pages with colour illustrations on almost all pages. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.

The look and pace of life in the 1920s is brilliantly captured - everything was influenced by the new and distinctive designs of those years. 72 pages with numerous colour photographs throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Translated by Daniela Coxon. An invaluable guide for the beginner and the confirmed aquarist - arranging an aquarium, heating and lighting, nourishment, species selection and care. 132 pages with 56 full page colour paintings. Book in good+ condition ex library with borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpaper and writing inside back cover, binding showing front and back but all intact, all plates fine. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine, some texta marks, and some knocks and dents to edges (see photo).

The essential guide for the serious modeller and for anyone new to the hobby of modelling miniature military vehicles - complete guide to building and finishing, step by step instructions, ideas for more creative modelling, techniques for the experts and more. 192 pages with hundreds of colour photos. Book in near fine condition ex library with stamps inside front and back covers. Cover has a sticker on spine and back.

A fresh approach to drawing and painting - a comprehensive programme for beginners to take them from inspiration and basic drawing right through to portraits. 154 pages with colour and black and white illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on first page. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

An introduction to astronomy for the southern hemisphere in five parts; The Nature of Stars; Observing Naked-Eye Stars; Telescopes and Their Use; The Solar System; The Universe on the Grand Scale. 159 pages with 67 black and white Plates, 65 Figures and endpaper illustrations. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on title page, page 49 and last page, tear, reference and sticker on back endpaper, and small booksellers sticker inside front cover. Dust jacket in good condition with knocks. chips, small tears and some wear (see photo). This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

A step-by-step guide to painting in oils with detailed descriptions of methods used and advice on equipment, colours, framing and exhibiting. 88 pages with 66 colour plates. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp on last page and stickers front and back cover.

An introduction to the living plants and animals found in the Australian seashore zone. 87 pages with more than 50 illustrations in colour, 29 diagrams of animal structure and many monochromes. Book in very good condition with slight marking on leading edge.

The Australian seas marine fish south of 30 degrees south are identified, shown in their natural habitat with a distribution map. 302 pages with almost 300 colour photographs. Book in very good condition and would have been higher if not for wear and marks to cover (see photos). No dust jacket.

Over 150 years of decorative crafts, furniture, jewellery, pottery, coins and bottles. Shows have been the decorative trends and designs of a developing nation with a passion for all things Australian. A reference book for collectors but also an unusual and vivid pictorial guide to the furniture and objects that in their way are all part of Australia's cultural heritage. 144 pages with over 200 photographs many in colour. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

The first colour guide to the sea fishes of southern Australia describing one third of Australia's marine fish families which are shown in their natural habitat with identification as accurate as possible. 302 pages with almost 300 colour photographs. Book in very good condition ex library stamp and sticker on back endpaper together with remnants of lending sleave. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on back..

Almost whatever point you are at in your writing career the author has been there, done it, and knows just what help you need - whatever you are doing you can quickly check that you are on the right track. 170 pages. Book in near fine condition.

No publishing date. A collection of practical recipes arranged in alphabetical order and fully illustrated. 371 pages. Book in good- condion readable copy. Cover just holding to spine. First four pages loose. Front paper has previous owners details, some tanning.

Cockatoos are amongst the most spectacular and colourful members of the Parrots and long been popular as pets and kept and bred in aviaries throughout the world. Chapters on accommodation, feeding, breeding, pets, health and classification including distribution maps and descriptions. 44 pages including colour photographs on 16 pages and drawings on 6 pages. Book in very good+ condition. This is a small book so postage reduced in Australia.

The nature lover's companion to familiar British birds, trees and flowers, fully illustrated with photographs, drawings and colour plates. 384 pages with 65 colour plates and numerous black and white photographs throughout. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover, cover has fading to spine, knocks to corners and some wear.

An accurate and beautiful bird identification guide of every bird species in Australia. Nicolas Day's paintings are models of precision and detail and these are combined with Ken Simpson's edited field information and drawings and distribution maps. Also includes a 70 page Handbook on bird behaviour, feeding and breeding habits. 352 pages with over 2,000 painted colour images on 128 plates. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition. Birthday greeting to previous owner on first page. Small tear on bottom left front and bottom left back cover.This is a large book but no additional postage in Australia.

Chapters on birds of coastal rainforests, honeyeaters, robins, dry inland, parrots, fairy wrens, prey, water, grasslands and forests with photographs with accompanying text. Further sections on Australian Bird families, techniques for bird photography and distribution of birds. 80 pages including colour photographs on 54 pages and drawings on 14 pages. Book in very good+ condition.

The story of the horse that could not be beaten with a record breaking 22 wins from 22 starts - the career of the racehorse who has transcended the track to become an Australian icon and who transformed the lives of those closest to her. 390 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs and black and white illustrations in the text. Book in near fine condition with inscription to previous owner on first page. Dust jacket in near fine condition.

The hunt for the World'd most valuable stamps. An entertaining and meticulously researched history of Mauritius and its stamps and an absorbing look at the early development of one of the world's most widespread hobbies. 320 pages with illustrations on 23 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on spine and back cover and stamp on first page and two on back page and partial clear cover.