Search Results: Authors starting with E from Lems Bookshop

Britain is still seamed with Roman roads; those long, straight, marching routes which first carried soldiers and then the law. The history of the roads, why and where they were built, and where they are seen today. 158 pages with 67 illustrations. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp and sticky tape marks on front and back endpapers, sticker on first page, small stamp bottom edge, and light reader wear. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Before the war the author was a Protestant minister who became a fighter pilot serving in World War 2 and the Korean War. During the Korean War he rescued hundreds of orphans. The anguish and torment of war seen through the eyes of a man of God. 263 pages with 8 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good condition with four small marks to edges. Dust jacket in good condition with knocks to corners, some wear, four small pieces missing around spine and two small tears on back (see photo for general impression).

Volume eighty seven in the series Ancient Peoples and Places. The prehistory of the Eskaleut peoples from their population distribution and their prehistoric identity and in order to understand that history a comparable understanding of the Asian coasts of the Bering and Chukchi Seas and of far eastern Siberia. The book is divided into eight parts: Discovery: Search for New Worlds, People of the Early Tundra, People of the Spreading Forest, People of the Pacific Coast, People of the Later Tundra, People of the Bering and Chukchi Seas, People of the Northern Coasts. Rediscovery: Search for a People's Past. 180 pages with 119 illustrations. Book in very good+ condition ex library with stamp on front and back endpapers, on leading edges, and borrowing sleave inside back cover. Cover has sticker on front and minor wear (see photos).

The war within the war - the struggle against sickness and starvation as prisoners of war in Java and on the Burma- Thailand Railway as recorded by the senior medical officer Edward Dunlop who was credited as the inspiration and main instrument of the physical and spiritual survival of hundreds of Australian prisoners of war. 476 pages with 64 pages of illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with birthday greetings to previous owner on page v, light tanning and small stain to bottom edge of last 35 pages.

A unique record of the development of the war cartoon revealing that the cartoon is an accurate historical record. 192 pages with black and white illustrations throughout and on endpapers. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with small knock top spine.

Why do materials behave as they do - the answer depends on the make up of the material; at the atoms and molecules on which their mechanical properties depend and in particular how its atoms are arranged. 269 pages with 16 Plates and Figures throughout. Book in very good condition with light tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).

Over 2,000 entries with simple, complete explanations of classical myths, heroes, authors, works, place names and symbols. Also a bibliography of recommended translations of Greek and Latin prose and poetry. 300 pages. Book in good- condition with previous owners name on title page and tanning but text still very readable. Cover has some wear (see photo).

The beginning of enjoying art for art's sake. The vitality and width of its range, both in subject and in all that can be covered by the word technique. 391 pages with 8 colour and 32 black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with previous owners sticker inside front cover, some minor foxing and light tanning.

Eye-witness accounts of great historical moments from 2700BC to 2000AD. 630 pages. Book in good+ condition with some tanning and minor water mark to bottom corner last one hundred pages

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

A comprehensive and enthralling account of the search for fossil man. 207 pages with 34 pages of plates. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in near fine condition price clipped.

How did an ape-like creature which lived fourteen million years ago evolve into an upright-walking, highly intelligent, sensitive, skillful and inventive being - a being so much a master of its environment that it can transform it. A unique and fascinating record of the evolution of mankind. 256 pages with illustrations on most pages mainly in colour and 12 maps. Book in very good condition ex library with small stamp bottom edge, borrowing sleave remnants back endpaper and inside back cover, reference on back endpaper, and small mark page seven. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.

Book 4 of the Conan saga. 191 pages. Book in very good condition with booksellers stamp on first page and sticker on back cover. This is a small book postage can be reduced in Australia - contact me.Also have books 10, 11, 13 - contact me.

The complete Conan saga by his creator. 925 pages with a classic colour illustration and some drawings in the text and a map. Book in near fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The climatic battle of World War 2 - the day that shaped the twentieth century - the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of their existence. 655 pages with 32 pages of black and white photographs, and 5 maps. Book in very good+ condition with minor wear to cover (see photo).

The battles of Omaha and Utah beaches based on information from American, British, Canadian, French and German veterans, from government and private archives, the author explains the most important day of the twentieth century. 655 pages with 20 pages of black and white photographs and 5 maps. Book in good condition ex library with stamp on first page and sticker on back endpaper and three quarter split to binding at page 520 and general reader wear. Dust jacket in very good condition.

The author's life against a background of the real Australian bush and contact with the Aborigines. The coming of the white man disrupted the tribal plan but many of the whites blended into their way of living and ended up being content to lie in the sun. 208 pages with 22 black and white photographs and a map. Book in very good condition with previous owners name , date and address on first page and light tanning. Cover in clear wrapper with spill marks on front (see photos).

In 2013 the author fled Myanmar bound for Australia only to end up in the Manus Regional Processing Centre were he spent years, then taking matters into his own hands he escaped but was stateless without ID and while Manus was behind him his true escape was still ahead - it took six months. 347 pages with 16 pages of illustrations over half in colour. Book in very good condition.

A close up of Winston Churchill as a human being with his faults and likeable ways - a character sketch. 144 pages with 15 illustrations. Book in very good condition with previous owners name and suburb on first page, small booksellers sticker inside front cover and tanning. No dust jacket. This a small book and postage reduced in Australia if tracking not needed.

A playwright, Robertson reformed and elevated the English stage. 320 pages with 5 illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners sticker inside front cover, minor stains to first five and last two pages, otherwise pages clean. Cover has wear/damage (see photos).