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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 editor presents a personal selection of rulers he believes to have been significant and exerted considerable influence for good or bad. 671 pages with 57 black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with date on first page, and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition with small tear on top front, some dents and minor wear (see photo).

Events and lives across the world in the year 1688. 330 pages with 6 illustrations and a map. Book in as new condition.

Examines both the German tactics and the Allies preferred solution to fighting the war - overwhelming force of artillery barrage and storm trooper infantry attack verses the advance in technology of weapons in the combination of artillery, tanks, infantry and aircraft. 240 pages and some maps. Book in very good condition with light tanning and minor wear back cover.

A simultaneous documented view of every theatre of World War 2. 754 pages with 620 photos and 84 maps. Book and dust jacket in very good condition with some foxing to top of pages and minor bumping to dust jacket and slight wear. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

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 1950s was a time when it was pleasant to be young enough to feel concerned, mildly rebellious and naively optimistic that solutions could be found, and there was Marilyn Munroe, Billy Graham and James Dean - and the hydrogen bomb. 256 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in near fine condition,\. Dust jacket in very good condition with tear on front and minor knocks (see photo).

The book is a profusely illustrated history of the careers of 29 of the most remarkable of the fighting pilots of World War 1 with full details of their aircraft. Also includes detail of the air forces and uniforms, badges and medals. 144 pages including illustrations on all but 8 pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

20,000 BC was the peak of the last Ice Age and then global warming changed history ushering in a changed life style from hunter-gatherer to farmers and permanent villages and towns - civilization. 622 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs, 4 maps, 8 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good+ condition despite number of small ticks in margin of many pages. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

The late nineteenth-century invention of fashion as we understand it today inspired avant-garde artists to create an art form to counter commercial fashion. They appropriated clothing as an art form that could break through the traditional boundaries of art to act directly on life. The development of clothing and contributions to it from various artistic movements and key figures. 205 pages with over 100 illustrations, many in colour. Book in very good+ condition ex library with small stamp on first, last and inside back cover. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

The events that brought us from the Russian Revolution to the brink of the millennium - the breakdown of the Old World, the lack of international accord, the failure of the arts, and the influence of the Third World. 627 pages with 68 illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with minor foxing. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear.

Translated from the Italian original by Lorna Andrade. The first half of the 18th century is perhaps the most exquisitely stylish period in European art - the Rococo was an aristocratic style and one after the other the courts of Europe followed the lead of Versailles. Delicate, swirling, feminine and frivolous it was to be felt in all the arts. 157 pages with 69 colour plates. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Part of Time-Life History of the World series. Four parts - Breakthrough at Sumer; The Way of the Pharaohs; The Empire on the Aegean; Stirrings in Asia. 176 pages - a lavish production with colour illustrations throughout and 8 maps. Book in as new condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Alexander was the first world leader to come from Europe and his success was breathtaking - how did he manage it, conduct himself, what did he achieve. 153 pages with numerous illustrations throughout, many in colour. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on front and back endpaper and a number. Cover has some wear (see photo).

The secrets of ancient Egypt and its culture lay hidden until 1799 when a French soldier found the Rosetta Stone, the key which unlocked those secrets. Slowly through years of excavation archaeologists have pieced together a picture of life, society and the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. 141 pages with over 40 illustrations and 2 maps. Book in good condition ex library with stamp on publishing and contents pages, borrowing sleeve remnant on front endpaper, and light tanning. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with reference number on spine and some wear.

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.

About 8,000 years ago it became possible through agricultural development for men to change from a nomadic way of life and settle in more permanent communities. The first great civilizations emerged some 2,500 years later centered around great river systems in north China, north India, Mesopotamia, and Egypt. 140 pages with colour illustrations on most pages. Book in very good+ condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Who were the Greeks - the life and thought and achievements of the ancient Greeks. 204 pages with 24 Plates and 2 maps. Book in good condition with tanning to margins.

All periods of Ancient Egyptian history from Predynastic to Roman, and all areas from the Delta to Nubia - a gloriously illustrated history of discovery from 1799 to present, and a showcase for the greatest finds, and also a superb reference to an extraordinary civilization. 256 pages with 598 illustrations, 234 in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new condition. This is a large book (29x25x2.5 cm) but no increase in postage in Australia.

Translated by Alan Rowe. A brief description of the History and Literature of Ancient Egypt, and of the more important objects in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, and in the necropoli of Giza and Saqqara. 287 pages with 170 Figures. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name on first page, small stain to leading edge last thirty pages, knock to top and bottom corners back forty pages, and light tanning. Cover has binding showing top and bottom spine and bottom cover over spine missing and cover wear.