Search Results: Travel from Lems Bookshop

Produced in collaboration with UNESCO with general editor Richard Cavendish and his team of experts. Must see historical sites spanning the whole of recorded history from the cradle of the human race to modern times. 960 pages with more than 800 colour photographs. Book in as new condition.

The author describes some Northern Australian Aboriginal customs, rituals, and art and discusses their future and the policy of assimilation. 222 pages with 22 black and white photographs, a map and some figures in the text. Book in good+ condition with some tanning and some wear to cover.

The author buys a boat in Norway, recruits a crew and sails in the path of Columbus to the New World. 273 pages with 31 black and white photographs, drawings by the author and endpapers map. Book in good+ condition with binding showing front and back but all intact, inscription on first page and some tanning. Cover has some wear and knocks to edges.

The author was encouraged to travel to Europe to study the Displaced Persons camps in Europe in 1950 to see how the hundreds of thousands of New Australians were being recruited and transported to Australia - the itinerary led him through many war-torn countries, beginning and ending in Rome. 310 pages with 15 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with previous owners name on first page, minor stain top edge and cover has some wear (see photos). No dust jacket.

Few people have ventured into the wild places or met the colourful people the author describes in this book - stories by the author of many years spent wandering Australia. 151 pages with 56 colour and 67 black and white photographs, and endpaper map. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

The author's stories of his great rivers: Nile, Zambezi, Yangtze Kiang, Ganges, Murray, Volga, Danube, Mississippi, St Lawrence, Amazon. 159 pages with 22 black and white photographs. Book in near fine condition, Dust jacket in very good condition with yellow dot on front and minor knocks and wear (see photo).

As an officer in the Colonial Administrative Service the author influences the peoples of the British Protectorate of Aden in particular the Eastern Aden Protectorate: The Hadhramaut. He describes his work, the country traversed and the customs and behaviour of the people. 367 pages with 40 black and white photographs and 2 maps. Book in good condition ex library with many stamps throughout none of which interfere with the text, some reference numbers on first page and tanning but text clear. Dust jacket in good condition with wear, some tears and chips and number on spine (see photo).

A culmination of the many books on Australia and Australians written by the author. 324 pages with 50 black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name and some numbers on contents page and tanning. Dust jacket in good condition with wear to edges, some chips and dents (see photo).

The author travels along the route of Alexander the Great, to see what remained of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and to make a pilgrimage to the places where Australian soldiers fought and died in two world wars. 315 pages including black and white illustrations on 13 pages and 3 maps. Book in very good+ condition with some minor marks and tanning.

In March 1992 the authors sold their Sydney business to travel and photograph the remote and rugged regions of Australia. The photographs depict the landscape while the text explores some of the legends which shaped today's Australia - a journey of discovery. 180 pages with colour photographs on nearly all pages. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear.

2 volume set ; World Heritage Areas. Flora and Fauna. Both 400 pages with numerous colour illustrations throughout. Both in near fine if not as new condition. These are heavy large books over 5kg therefore 2 post bags at $12,50 each = $25 postage, I will pay $10, you $15. If you are in Adelaide I will deliver. Contact me.

Published by Jacaranda Wiley. Over three quarters of Australia is regarded as the Outback. The author made many trips into this country and gives a photographic and written insight to Australia's outback. 134 pages with colour photographs on most pages and endpaper map. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition with previous owners name on title page

Life on the medical frontline in Angola, Mozambique and South Sudan - a young Australian doctor thinks he is ready for his first posting in Africa to be confronted by reality. 344 pages with 16 pages of colour photographs. Book in very good condition with minor wear.

Part of China travel kit series. Explores many places of interest and gives rich tourist information. 291 pages highly illustrated with many mainly colour photos, maps and charts. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on first and last page, reference on last page and neat repair inside front cover. Cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and cover (see photo).

In 2000 the author was sent to Africa by a newspaper but he quickly came obsessed with the idea of recreating Stanley's famous expedition and despite warnings that any such attempt would be suicidal he set out. 363 pages with 16 illustrations and chapter maps. Book in very good+ condition

The author travels through South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Tanzania, and four Indian Ocean islands. 264 pages with 85 colour photographs, 4 drawings, 9 maps and endpaper photograph. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on front endpaper, stamp on bottom leading edge, borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpapers and light tanning. Dust jacket in very good condition in plastic sleeve and sticker on spine.

Events on the Blue Nile and on the main stream that descends from Ethiopia through the Sudan and Egypt to the sea from 1798 - 1868. 308 pages with 33 black and white illustrations, 18 illustrations in the text, 2 maps and endpaper illustration. Book in very good+ condition. No dust jacket.

The author visits thirty sites from Greece to Japan - marvels of the East. 253 pages with 80 pages of black and white illustrations and endpaper photographs. Book in very good condition with previous owners details crossed out and small booksellers sticker inside front cover, small biro marks on first page and some wear to cover (see photo). No dust jacket.

A complete revision and rewrite of most of the popular walks in the Budawangs, NSW. Over 40 bushwalks are described with sketch maps and precise map references. Full colour illustrations show the mountains and their unique formations. this book will unlock many of the hidden places that we would all love to visit. 152 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp on first and last page and back inside cover. Cover in clear wrapper with two stickers on back.

The purpose of the book is to interpret the immense scientific and aesthetic value of the Koala, to indicate the benefits which the scientific study has conferred on the world, and to demonstrate the measures that are necessary to ensure the Koala's survival as a national Australian asset and a blessing to mankind. The Teddy-Bear was modelled on the Koala and indeed has world-wide appeal. 120pages with 22 black and white photographs. Book in good+ condition with some colour pencil marks on pages 32 and 80, some reader marks on title page and leading edges, tear at bottom of first endpaper which also has some marks, some minor foxing, and light tanning. Cover has some wear (see photo). No dust jacket.