Search Results: Authors starting with V from Lems Bookshop

The first of the authors work of The Great Rebellion which is the four eventful years preceding the Civil War in England. How did the men and women of that time think and feel and why did they act as they did leading to civil war and the death of a king. 510 pages with 10 black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition ex library with previous owners name and date on first page as well as a tear and library references and a stamp on first and last page, light reader wear and some tanning. Dust jacket in good- condition with pieces missing and tears (see photo).

An introduction to the study of how and where animals and plants lived in the past. The first textbook on paleoecology in the English language. 371 pages with figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and small booksellers sticker inside front cover.

Translated from Homer by E V Rieu and Introduction by Jacquetta Hawkes. Homer's Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus and his return home from Troy to Ithaca - a simple journey that took ten years. The story is told accompanied by photographs showing the magical land and sea-scapes that Odysseus and his companions would have seen in their travels. 255 pages with 14 colour and 86 black and white illustrations and a map. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on title page, stamp on last blank page and back endpaper and borrower sleave remnants inside back cover. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on back.

A novel of human beings influencing each other and how they are linked. 282 pages, Book in good condition with previous owners signature on title page, some foxing and light tanning. Cover has some wear.

A Christian pilgrimage from the Euphrates to the Nile, and into the Sinai, and the story of the Christian life in the Near East - in the Moslem countries of today exist communities of native Christians who have held true to their faith through centuries of persecution. 400 pages with 25 illustrations and endpaper maps. Book in very good condition with small booksellers sticker inside front cover, light tanning and some fading to spine (see photo). No dust jacket.

The history of the handgun from the most primitive to the most futuristic as well as the tried and tested weapons in use for over half a century. 128 pages with colour and black and white illusttrations throughout. Book in near fine condition with cross out and small mark on front endpaper. Dust jacket in near fine condition price clipped.

Did Atlantis exist? The author suggests the real truth. 187 pages with 14 colour plates, 78 monochrome plates and 20 figures. Book in very good condition with fading and previous owners name on first page.

The hieroglyphic script of ancient Egypt is one of the oldest and most beautiful of the world's writing systems, an offshoot of pictorial art it was invented towards the end of the fourth millennium BC and employed for over three thousand years - underlying principles of the script, origin, development and uses, and an account of its gradual rediscovery. 64 pages with over 40 illustrations. Book in as new condition with small booksellers sticker on back.

By combining pictures with text, Beethoven's life, times and environment are allowed a further dimension. 148 pages with 150 contemporary pictures. Book in very good+ condition with small booksellers sticker inside front cover and light reader wear. Dust jacket in good condition price clipped with knocks, chips and wear (see photo) and a six cm tear top back.

Book has no publication date but first published in 1986 and edition not stated. The first settlers endured agonising hardships surviving in a forbidding, hostile and alien land. A new optimism came with Governor Macquarie as exploration found fertile land and small settlements became bustling towns and buildings became more than temporary shelters. Then the gold strike swelled the population and set Australia in a new direction. 279 pages with illustrations throughout the text mainly in colour. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with a minor knock back cover.

The author's ten year study of chimpanzees the closest relative to man. Initially undertaking the study alone she finished with a team of researchers. Her study, is of significant scientific importance and praised by the wider community. 256 pages with 12 colour and 63 black and white photographs and endpaper chart. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in Chinese backstreets sold as dragon bones to be ground down to be made into powerful medicines. When the sources of these fossils were tracked down sites rich with fossil remains were found including the ancestors of mankind - one of the most famous humanoid fossils of all time - Peking Man. 198 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and black and white illustrations in the text. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition with previous owners stamp on front endpaper.

Life on the Western Front was bleak and frequently boring, seeking comfort and entertainment many soldiers found both in the animal kingdom - a series of extraordinary stories about this little known aspect of the war. 336 pages with 32 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition.

The horrendous brutality and the great humanity of those who found themselves caught up in the conflict when British and German troops and civilians interacted on the Western and Home Fronts in World War 1. Extracts from unpublished diaries and letters and original photographs shows the human face of the Great War. 384 pages with 32 pages of black and white photographs. Book in very good+ condition.

29 sketches of historic buildings with accompanying text. 64 pages. Book in very good+ condition. Dust jacket in good condition with wear to corners, edges and spine. This is a small book so postage reduced in Australia - contact me.

Accompanied by a wealth of splendid photographs and other illustrations, the book gives a lucid and engrossing account of the making of Australia and its marvels. 292 pages with colour illustrations on most pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition with brief inscription to previous owner on front endpaper.

A collection of Australian Bush Verse bringing to life the characters of the bush through the words of Henry Lawson, Banjo Paterson, Adam Lindsay Gordon and others. 112 pages with colour photographs by Gary Lewis throughout. Book in near fine condition with previous owners name on front endpaper. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with minor wear.

The life story of 50 great painters and over 250 colour illustrations of their work with a special supplement of biographies of 64 other famous painters. Separate folder of 4 individual colour prints. 192 pages. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with some minor tears. dents and wear (see photo). This is a large book approx. 32x24 cm.

6 books - Black Beauty, Gulliver's Travels, Robinson Crusoe, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Great Fairy Stories (Andersen), Great Stories from Shakespeare. No publishing dates. Each has about 5 illustrations. All in very good condition and have previous owners name and date on front endpaper. Price is for all 6. No increase in postage in Australia.

A cavalcade of events with the Australian Services from 1788 to 1946. 202 pages with 39 colour plates and black and white photographs and drawings throughout. Book in very good+ condition. Cover has some wear especially to spine (see photo).