Search Results: Titles starting with F from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Shakespeare Head, Sydney, 1957. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. VI, 364 pages, last page blank, preface by author, foreword by J. Edgar Hoover, notes and index. 1/4 black coloured backstrip with gilt titles. 3/4 red coloured boards. Red coloured tint to the top text block edge. Softening to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and to the top book corners. Bumping and shelf wear to the top and bottom of book edges. Flecking of the cloth to the lower backstrip edge. Foxing to the top text block edge and fading of the red colouring of the top edge. Browning to the other text block edges. Browning and offset tanning to the endpapers and light age toning to the internal pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower left-hand corner of the front paste-down. Plain text dustwrapper with red, white and blue background with white, grey, black and red titles to the front panel and white, blue and black titles to the backstrip. Rubbing and… Read More

Profile Books Ltd,, London, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. acknowledgements, preface by author. Photographic paperback binding with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and pack strip. The author was a stockbroker on Wall Street from 1993 to 1995. He was part of a group in the Morgan Stanley group selling derivatives stock. This is his expose of that time. Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and page 101 / 102 has become a little dogeared, top right-hand corner. First softcover edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 305, [5] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; ISBN: 1861970773. ISBN/EAN: 9781861970770. Inventory No: 0124398. . 9781861970770

Profile Books Ltd, London, 1998. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. the author describes the derivatives markets in the late 1990s, working for Morgan Stanley, and how the order was given by John Mack "there's blood in the water. Let's go kill someone" Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; ISBN: 1861970773. ISBN/EAN: 9781861970770. Inventory No: 0245915. . 9781861970770

Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1953. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 550 g; xii, 244 pp.; 23 plates, 31 text illustrations (maps & sections), index; (some browning of page edges and text, as usual); a very good copy, in a slightly faded, and chipped dustwrapper with short tears on the bottom and top edge of the front panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; Inventory No: 0225848. .

BBC, London, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographs. and boxes of practical information, the book makes compelling reading for armchair and committed climbers alike, accompanying them on their journey to each summit. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 208 pages. A very clean secondhand copy, with no damage to report.. There is no damage to describe for the dust jacket.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sports & Pastimes; Mountaineering & Caving; ISBN: 0563383194. ISBN/EAN: 9780563383192. Inventory No: 0251013. . 9780563383192

Chatto & Windus, London, 1914. New Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 33 pp., Original gilt decorated boards, a little worn and staines around the edges & spine, light foxing. Letter to Joseph De Veuster, better known as Father Damien of Molokai, the leper island. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Inventory No: 0206092. .

Aurum Press, London, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographic. Traces of faint spotting to the top and front edges of the text block, otherwise there is no damage to describe. The author traces how Peggy, as soulful as Billie Holiday, more lyrical and emotional than girl singers like Doris Day and Rosemary Clooney – rose, right along with jazz itself, to become a star, an unstoppable hit maker and a lyricist whose soul-searching imagery paved the way for women who want to write their own songs. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV, 450 pages, including an extensive index, and 16 pages of black-and-white photography, along with a photographic dustjacket.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Music. ISBN: 1845131754. ISBN/EAN: 9781845131753. Inventory No: 0278012. . 9781845131753

Doubleday, New York, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. Illustrator: Robert Hines. pp. xiv, 178; 15 text figures, 3 appendices, bibliography, index; Foreword by Dean Amadon. Page edges dusty/age toned, original bookseller's sticker at lower right of front paste down; top edge of dustwrapper ischipped and rubbed, otherwise in good order. "Flashing Wings, based upo the personal observations of a field naturalist, and the research of an ornithologist, is an exciting and detailed account of birds in flight, pointing out their beauty and natural grace as well as the technical and engineering aspects." Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Robert Hines. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Natural History & Resources; Natural History -- Australia; Natural History -- Birds; Natural History -- Ornithology; Inventory No: 0206514. .

Cassell, Sydney, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 650 g; pp., x,236; black and white photographs ( 8 pp.) index. Illustrated dustwrapper. Biography ofone of Australia's leading wine growers, by his son. The book reveals glimpses of Cafe Society, the wine trade, the social life of Australia between the two World Wars and of the Zionist Movement where he played an important role leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. Slight rubbing of the top and bottom edges of the dust jacket. faint tape marking on the front and rear free end pages from the tape used to hold down the protective plastic previous owner had covered the book with. Now removed. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica – Australia; Oenology; Australia; Inventory No: 0285387. .

Cassell, Sydney, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. 650 g; pp., x,236; black and white photographs ( 8 pp.) index. Illustrated dustwrapper. Biography of one of Australia's leading wine growers, by his son. The book reveals glimpses of Cafe Society, the wine trade, the social life of Australia between the two World Wars and of the Zionist Movement where he played an important role leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. Previous owner's details on the front paste down, traces of foxing to the top edge of the text block,, and rubbing at each of the 8 corners, and insect damage to a small part of the rear fold over crease of the dust jacket. Now protected. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Biography; Australiana; Inventory No: 0235448. .

Cassell, Sydney, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/Good. 650 g; pp., x,236; black and white photographs ( 8 pp.) index. Illustrated dustwrapper. Biography of one of Australia's leading wine growers, by his son. The book reveals glimpses of Cafe Society, the wine trade, the social life of Australia between the two World Wars and of the Zionist Movement where he played an important role leading to the establishment of the State of Israel. Rubbing of the top and bottom edges of the dust jacket, with chips and tears. Presentation bookplate on front paste down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Biography; Australiana; Inventory No: 0233807. .

Australasian Publishing Co, Sydney, No date. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. II, 120 pages; notes, vocabulary; original cloth. The cloth is slightly rubbed at the edges, previous owner's name on front end page. A nice copy. Historical introduction in English, text in French with notes and vocabulary. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Tasmania; Exploration; Australia; Inventory No: 0207201. .

Lansdowne Press, Dee Why West, New South Wales, 1986. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: John Owens -- Photographer. pp.220 Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs; pictorial glazed boards, matching the dustwrapper illustration. Originally published 1985 as The Four Seasons Cookbook, this features delectable dishes of the modern Australian school, lusciously photographed by John Owens. It is interesting to consider that these recipes, presented 20 years ago, and now quite often considered "ordinary, or every day". Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John Owens -- Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 0701819103. ISBN/EAN: 9780701819101. Inventory No: 0206428. . 9780701819101

Faber & Faber, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Very Good. Introduction by editor, index of authors and works and acknowledgements. Blue coloured boards with orange coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The author, had been a nun, and a teacher and, has made a fascinating selection of seduction scene spanning centuries from Thomas Malory to Angela Carter. Rubbing of the book edges with tanning of the text block edges and pages. Gift inscription, dated 1989, to the lower left-hand corner of the free front end page. Rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Original price has been covered over by a sticker – sticker still in situ. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XXX, 366 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0571151108.… Read More

Faber & Faber, London, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. introduction, a note on the text, sources, index of letter-writers, index of recipients, index of selected subjects, acknowledgements. Blue coloured boards with white coloured titles to the spine. Photographic dustwrapper, showing stamps and letters, with blue and black coloured background with white coloured titles on the front panel and spine. A book of letters written in English -- a fascinating collection of insights into the lives of the famous and gifted, from Austen to Woolf, from Burns to Yeats, from Lowry to Van Gogh, from Queen Victoria to Churchill. Over 200 letters. Rubbing of the book edges with heavy tanning of the textblock edges and lighter tanning of the pages. Previous owners name to the top edge of the free front end page. Creasing of the dust wrapper with rubbing of the panels. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XVI, [2], 3 - 319,… Read More

Faber & Faber, London, 1991. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. apart from age darkening of the page edges, and what is possibly insect attack of the inch and 1/2 nearest the spine of the boards top and bottom on the inside of the cover there is no damage to describe. Candidly sexual verse has always thrived in world literature, so it is is really written about acid is avidly practised and read. This definitive and scholarly and entertaining anthology contains work by men and women which demonstrates humankind's touching, tender, rivalled, coarse and technically adept explorations of that perennially fascinating subject candidly sexual verse has always thrived in world literature though it really is written about although avidly practised and read. The author/editor's definitive scholarly and entertaining anthology contains works by men and women which demonstrates humankind's touching, tender, ribald, coarse and technically adept explorations of that perennially… Read More

Faber & Faber, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. The dustjacket is rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine section, with a 2 mm split at the bottom left of the front panel. The book itself shows no damage. Paragraph the book includes a bibliography and is indexed. The author, a historian specialising in security issues, investigates the subject of treachery in an anthology of the writings that caused regimes to shutter, Democratic administrations to tremble and governments to contemplate assassination. All the authors gathered in this anthology were either guilty of treason or have been the subject of an act is Asian of treachery. – Front folder the blurb Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VI, 442 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Espionage; ISBN: 0571173322. ISBN/EAN: 9780571173327. Inventory No:… Read More

Harry N. Abrams, New York, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic. In this 4 page fold out jigsaw puzzle, puzzles are complete and not used, show details of treasures made by the house of Faberge for the Russian royal family. There is some rubbing to the book corners and to the book panels. On the back of each of the jigsaw is there is an explanation of how the treasures worked, and a full-size view of the egg. There is also a Black and white photograph of the Faberge showroom at St. Petersburg, circa 1910. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. not paginated -- four page fold out.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Art & Design; Jewellery; ISBN: 0810911868. ISBN/EAN: 9780810911864. Inventory No: 0111769. . 9780810911864

Longmans, London and Harlow, 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. foreword by R. C. J. Van Hoostraten, acknowledgements and foreword by author, bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with yellow and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of expedition members and friends to the rear dustwrapper panel. An expedition set out from Witwatersrand University to look for the legendary tribe of river Bushmen who lived in the vast swamps of the Okavango Basin (a land locked area between the Kalahari Desert in Botswana and southern Africa). The author, the only journalist on the team, recounts the exciting journey and of the discovery of 14 surviving members of the Tannekwe people. Softening to the head and to the heel of the backstrip and rubbing to the lower book edges. Dust marks… Read More

Editions Garnier Freres, Paris, 1962. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Illustrated. introduction, notes and relevant variations have all been composed by Georges Cruton, list, alphabetically of the fables and index. The text is illustrated with 32 black-and-white reproductions of contemporary illustrations. Plain yellow card cover with black and red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with red and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A rendering of the French storyteller, La Fontaine, fables, with explanation and notes to each fable. The text is in French. A little creasing and browning to the head end to the heel of the backstrip and creasing to the book corners. Light browning to the top textblock edge in light age toning of the other edges and of the internal pages. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower right-hand corner of the verso of the front panel. Creasing and… Read More