Search Results: Authors starting with V from Bong Bong Books

Mitchell & Casey, Melbourne, 1930. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition. A practical and Complete Guide for Amateur Growers in this and Similar Climatic Countries. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 319 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Gardening; Australia; Inventory No: 51451. .

Folio Society, United Kingdom, 1999. Edition as stated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Europe in 1618 was riven between Protestants and Catholics, Bourbon and Hapsburg--as well as empires, kingdoms, and countless principalities. After angry Protestants tossed three representatives of the Holy Roman Empire out the window of the royal castle in Prague, world war spread from Bohemia with relentless abandon, drawing powers from Spain to Sweden into a nightmarish world of famine, disease, and seemingly unstoppable destruction." No DJ as issued Size: 180mm - 250mm. 508 pages. Slip case has some bumping to corners and extremities the book itself has some minor wear. Book comes in its original slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Religion & Theology; Military & Warfare. Inventory No: 19594. .

Oxford Publishing Co, United Kingdom, 1985. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. This volume contains drawings & photographs of a variety of British railway under - over - & footbridges of types which would be the most common to appear on layouts, from the pregrouping era to present day practice, era to present day practice, suitable for modellers in any scale..." All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Size: 180mm - 250mm. 144 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Crafts & Hobbies; Railways. ISBN: 0860932265. ISBN/EAN: 9780860932260. Inventory No: 20473. . 9780860932260

Vaccari's Language Institue, Tokyo, 1959. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. 1959 Edition (Revised and Enlarged). Size: 180mm - 250mm. Remnants of old price label on front cover. Scattered foxing, but text mostly clean. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, some chips and tears, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Language & Linguistics; Inventory No: 51715. .

Sadhana, Sydney, 2014. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. Contents : Introduction, Cold-Pressed Juices, Superfood Smoothies, Dressing Dips & Sauces, Snacks, Mains & Meals, Sweets & Treats. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Card Covers. Size: 250mm - 320mm. 112 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Medicine & Health. Inventory No: 19835. .

Paragon, London, 2017. Edition Unstated. Softcover. New Book. The Fairest of All : For anyone who's seen Walt Disney's Snow White, you'll know that the Wicked Queen is one evil woman! After all, it's not everyone who wants to cut out their teenage step-daughter's heart and have it delivered back in a locked keepsake box. (And even if this sort of thing is a common urge, we don't know many people who have acted upon it.) Now, for the first time, we'll examine the life of the Wicked Queen and find out just what it is that makes her so nasty. Here's a hint: the creepy-looking man in the magic mirror is not just some random spooky visage-and he just might have something to do with the Queen's wicked ways!....Poor Unfortunate Soul : Enter your emailThe tale of the sea king's daughter Ariel is a beloved one of losing-and then finding-one's own voice.The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the mergirl wants more than her… Read More

Greenhouse, Melbourne, 1986. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition. Includes three complete patterns, as well as a booklet of 33 pages which gives a background and puts in context the fashions of the day. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Material Bound. Size: 250mm - 320mm. 31 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fashion, Fabrics & Style; Australia; History. ISBN: 0864360282. ISBN/EAN: 9780864360281. Inventory No: 21152. . 9780864360281

Grafton, London, 1990. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Wicked King Casmir cannot control Madouc, the wild and willful changeling secretly switched at birth with Prince Dhrun, rightful heir to the throne. So Casmir ordains a quest: whosoever brings him the Holy Grail will have Madouc for his bride. But the fairy-born princess chooses to decide her own fate, and sets out with a stable boy to find the Grail herself. Meanwhile, a spiteful wizard seeks to undo the spell that prevents the war-torn Elder Isles from sinking into the sea. All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Size: 180mm - 250mm. 358 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Edges slightly foxed. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0246133961. ISBN/EAN: 9780246133960. Inventory No:… Read More

Bloomsbury, London, 2024. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. 'This novel annihilated me. I gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it' KHALED HOSSEINI 'Tender and raw and funny, it's a rattling good read' COLUM MCCANN 'A wildly charming debut - propulsive, funny, and profound' ELIF BATUMAN Tbilisi's littered with memories that await me like landmines. The dearly departed voices I silenced long ago have come back without my permission. The situation calls for someone with a plan. I didn't even bring toothpaste. Saba is just a child when he flees his home in Georgia with his older brother, Sandro, and father, Irakli, for asylum in the UK after Russia's occupation of South Ossetia. Two decades later, all three men are struggling to make peace with the past, haunted by the places and people they left behind. When Irakli decides to return to Georgia, pulled back by memories of a lost wife and a decaying but still beautiful homeland, Saba and Sandro… Read More

Drawing & Design, London. As Stated In The Title. Hardcover. Fair Condition. Magazine Issues : June 1925, JUly 1925, August 1925, September 1925, October 1925, November 1925, December 1925, January 1926, Februrary 1926, March 1926, April 1926, May 1926, June 1926, The issues have been bound into a hardcover by, Y A Brown, Tonnbridge, England. Leather Spine & Corners.There is a piece missing from the top of page 255 & there is a tear to pages 394 & 395 Size: 250mm - 350mm. Item Type: Magazine. Covers have some shelf-wear as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Inventory No: 51844. .

Australia. As Stated In The Title. Softcover. Fair Condition. The famous Zig Zag railway at Lithgow Stapled Card Covers. Size: 180mm - 250mm. Covers have some shelf-wear, marking, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Railways; Australia; History. Inventory No: 50173. .

Tevia, Australia, 2002. Edition Unstated. Softcover (with flaps). Good Condition. This book tells the story of a plastic surgeon who began life in idyllic pre-1939 Romania & then endured the nightmares of Hitler's war, ethnic cleansing & Stalinist oppression. After many gruelling setbacks, he came to pioneer plastic surgery in North Queensland." All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm-240mm. 299 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear, as well as some bumping to corners & extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Romania/Australia; Medicine & Health. ISBN: 0646418866. ISBN/EAN: 9780646418865. Picture 3: 8.50. Inventory No: 14933. . 9780646418865

Whurr, London, 2006. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. The book aims to explore the exciting opportunities offered by a systemic approach for mental health professionals and psychotherapists when working with families and other systems where domestic violence in intimate relationships is of concern. The main purpose of the book lies in the application of systemic thinking to safety and to understanding the complexity of domestic violence on family relationships over time.The authors outline their approach to these complex issues based on their eight years of joint experience in the Reading Safer Families project. They draw from a broad field of family psychology and systemic psychotherapy to distil the theories, methods and techniques most helpful to practitioners working in modern public and voluntary agencies. Their systemic approach to issues of risk, responsibility and collaboration provides a coherent framework within which to integrate practice. The book also provides a… Read More

Gould League of Victoria, Victoria, 1984. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Being an island continent, Australia has an extensive coastline, approx. 20,000 km. in all. Rather than being uniform, the coast is made up of an almost endless array of long sandy beaches, coral reefs, rocky cliffs & headlands". Size: 180mm - 250mm. 56 pages. Covers have some shelf wear. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Environment & Ecology; Australia; ISBN: 0909858446. ISBN/EAN: 9780909858445. Inventory No: 14315. . 9780909858445

View Productions, Sydney. Facsimile Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. The colonial travelled beside water, up & down valleys ; & where he could not do that, travelled from water point. In following the logic of roads we need to understand what he saw as safety margins. For a loaded bullock dray, there was an almost standardised answer. The teamster needed water for himself & his bullocks at every camp site, &, depending on terrain, this meant water every ten or twelve miles..." All pictures shown are of the actual product offered for sale. No date given but circa 1980s. Stapled Card Covers. Size: 250mm - 320mm. Covers have some shelf-wear, a couple of creases, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Unpaginated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Automobiles & Vehicles; Australia; Photography. Inventory No: 20079. .

Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Never before has a book been published which provides such a comprehensive study of Australian corporate leadership over the past 100 years. This book is the first proper national business history of 20th century Australia." Size: 180mm - 250mm. 310 pages. Dust Jacket has some shelf wear & some bumping to corners. Dust Jacket un-clipped. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Australia; 20th Century; ISBN: 0521689902. ISBN/EAN: 9780521689908. Inventory No: 14613. . 9780521689908

Self published, New South Wales, 2014. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Doctors were few & far between in the Cowpatures in the 19th century. There was no guarantee of their skills or qualifications so for the sick & injured, life was risky. The Racing Doctor himself, William Kenny was one who had a dubious background in medicine but was renowned for his prowess on the race track. His tale is one of many that provides a fascinating insight into the past. Early chemists sold patent medicines that often contained lethal poisons. Cough solutions with chloroform & opium, infant feeding formulas with laudanum. Arsenic was sold freely over the counter at local grocery shops..." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 158 pages. Covers have some shelf-wear and some rubbing to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; ISBN/EAN: 9780646911953. Inventory No: 50080. . 9780646911953

The Oaks Historical Society, New South Wales, 2016. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. Signed by Author. Over the last century countless millions of words have been written, in prose & poetry, in an attempt to understand this war. Why the horrors, the suffering, that appear to have no answer. And nearly all these words focus on the men who fought in this terrible war. Red Poppies and the White Waratah is a tribute to women, many of whom are unknown, of the Wollondilly Shire & nearby districts. There were the nurses who joined the Australian Army Nursing Service & endured often horrific conditions as they cared for sick & wounded men. Many became ill themselves. At home, civilian women devoted their time to fund raising & providing items that were essential to the well-being of servicemen abroad. They also undertook the care of families, businesses & farms. Wounded & sick men returned, broken by their experiences. It was their womenfolk who nursed &… Read More

Rosenberg Publishing, Australia, 2011. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. History brought alive through people & their lives, from the early bullockies to latter day truckies, settlers, convicts, travellers & politicians. A book of interest & detail, both a local history & a microcosm of events in Australia that were seminal to the development of this country. The Great South Road was built to allow the distribution of wool, tallow, hides & other products to Sydney docks from Campbelltown & Picton & beyond." Trade Paperback. Size: 180mm - 250mm. 280 pages. Previous owner's inscription in ink, neat. Covers have some shelf wear and bumping to corners. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; Travel & Places. ISBN: 1921719060. ISBN/EAN: 9781921719066. Inventory No: 52074. . 9781921719066

Rigby, Australia, 1977. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Good Condition. 95% of the orld's opals come from a handful of remote Australian settlements, & their names are familiar today - Lightning Ridge, Andamooka, Coober Pedy. Vin Wake tells the fascinating story of the opal men, starting with Professor Johann Menge, the eccentric & gifted father of Australian mineralogy, & carries through to the mechanised age.... Mass Market Paperback. Size: 140mm - 180mm. 165 pages. Edges have some marking. Covers have some shelf-wear, a few creases, as well as some bumping to corners and extremities. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Reference; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0727003623. ISBN/EAN: 9780727003621. Inventory No: 50718. . 9780727003621