Search Results: Authors starting with A from Lems Bookshop

An overall picture of the Aborigines, their physical characteristics, life, beliefs and customs. 271 pages with illustrations on over 30 pages. Book in near fine condition.

The account of the author's first voyage as an apprentice in the sailing ship Denbigh Castle is unique in the annuals of sail. The voyage to South America took thirteen months. 192 pages with 15 black and white illustrations. Book in good+ condition with presentation sticker om front endpaper, some foxing to leading edges and front endpaper, and light tanning. Dust jacket in fair condition with knocks and small chips and wear (see photo).

Another book of verses about Christopher Robin who is a little older now and of course Pooh who couldn't possible be forgotten. 102 pages with illustrations throughout the text. Book in near fine condition with birthday greeting on first blank page. Dust jacket in near fine condition.

Contains the collected Thoughts of that celebrated Bear with No Brain at All, Winnie-the-Pooh and his Friends - wit and wisdom, usefully useless information awaits. 128 pages with drawings throughout. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition.

More adventures of Christopher Robin and his friends. 177 pages with numerous illustrations throughout the text and endpaper map. Book in very good+ condition with minor wear to cover (see photos). No dust jacket.

A book of poems for Christopher Robin with illustrations coloured for the first time. 100 pages with illustrations throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

The author was a War Correspondent who trained with the landing assault infantry leading up to and carrying out the Dieppe Raid. A tense narrative of one of the war's bravest and most spectacular episodes. 153 pages with 15 black and white photographs. Book in good- condition ex library with stamp on inside front cover, some foxing, small stain on about ten pages but can still read the text, tanning and back cover coming away from binding but still attached top and bottom. Dust jacket in fair condition with wear and tears (see photo) and pieces missing top and bottom spine and a number written on spine .

The exraordinary life of an ordinary man who battled and won against impossible odds. 342 pages with numerous black and white illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name inside front cover and birthday inscription prior to title page. Dust jacket in good+ condition with small tear bottom spine and ?water "damage". This is a big book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The basic astronomical information deemed necessary to understand Stonehenge including the significance of post holes found in the car park. 48 pages including 10 pages of illustrations and 9 drawings. Book in as new condition. Being a small book postage will be reduced in Australia.

The author travels along the North Queensland coast and islands and the Great Barrier Reef into Torres Strait. 227 pages with over 80 black and white illustrations. Book in good condition ex library with sticker on first page and stamp on title page and inside back cover, small ?water stain to right corner of most pages, some minor foxing on a few pages and top right small piece missing page 35 and tanning. Dust jacket has been cut up with front portion stuck to front cover (see Photo) and write up portion stuck to last two pages. Cover has dents and wear and some whiteout on spine.

The adventures of the men who discovered the great Northwest- Radisson, La Verendrye, Lewis and Clark. 380 pages with illustrations on 61 pages. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name and address inside front cover and a presentation sticker on first page, minor foxing and minor tanning. Cover shows some wear (see photo).

The book relates the naval operations in and about the Java Sea from the outbreak of the war in the Pacific on 7 December 1941 to 1 March 1942. These operations resulted in the destruction and dispersal of the entire Allied fleet assembled to oppose the Imperial Japanese Navy. 260 pages with 21 black and white photographs, and 7 maps. Boom in very good condition with ?previous owners details cut out first page and signature on title page otherwise near fine. No dust jacket.

In the book series Legends of Arnhem Land the author gives us authentic tribal folk-lore as told to her by the Aborigines living in this area - stories of the adventures of the Aboriginal heroes and heroines who lived in untamed country, of human emotions of love, jealousy, and revenge, and of ancient ceremonies taught to them by the spirit-men and spirit-women who roamed the earth long, long ago. 60 pages with 6 main illustration drawings. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in very good condition.

An excellent account of the great Spanish explorers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries describing the explorers, their voyages and their discoveries in one all-encompassing volume. 367 pages with 6 maps. Book in good+ condition with some tanning, some folding to top right last 50 pages and back cover.

The author takes us back to Australia's convict past to vividly describe what life was really like on a convict transport in the 1830's and the shipwrecks that plunged the trade into crisis. 192 pages with 19 illustrations. Book in very good- condition ex library with sticker inside front cover, stamps on first, title and last two pages, minor water damage to last 10 pages and back cover. Cover in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Revised by Dorothy Stuart. - thirty years since the first edition as many theories concerning myths origin and meaning were discredited in the interim. Greek names in preference to Roman names are given as a reminder that the Greek gods were the forerunners and progenitors of the Roman. 316 pages and 49 illustrations. Book in very good condition with foxing to top edge and light tanning.

The background, survey and fall of the Roman Empire. 414 pages including 3 maps. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on title page . Dust jacket in very good+ condition, price clipped and minor edge wear.

The story of Southern Africa and of the men who adventured far and suffered much to make it great, along with the great natural beauty and resources of the land. The seven wonders include - The Victoria Falls, the Rand Goldfields, diamonds, The Bushman and the wild life roaming the national parks. 386 pages and Index with 18 colour plates, 70 pages of black and white illustrations, several maps and endpaper maps. Book in very good condition with binding showing inside cover but all intact, and minor foxing on a few pages. Cover has some wear and spine faded. No dust jacket.

Every culture throughout history has tried to find answers to the mysteries of life: how the world began, how humans were created and where they go when they die, how the world will end and what happens after that. The Viking Age Scandinavians answered these questions in their myths and legends. 448 pages with 64 illustrations and endpaper illustration. Book in near fine condition,

The dramatic stroke that marked Japan's entry into World War 2. 160 pages with around 60 black and white photographs throughout the text with some maps and diagrams. Book in good condition with cover and first three pages coming away (bottom third) from binding, ?tanning or page colour as last 30 pages fine.