Search Results: Titles starting with I from Lems Bookshop

The author worked as a roving correspondent, undertook field work for a museum and a geographic society taking him into some seventy lands. 313 pages with black and white illustrations on 15 pages. Book in very good condition with piece missing top corner of first endpaper and some tanning. Cover has some wear and fading to spine (see photos).

In June 1913 the Karluk embarked on what was to be the most elaborate Artic expedition in history with the largest scientific staff ever taken on such a journey. Six weeks later the ship was frozen in the sea ice and those on board abandoned by their leader. In January 1914 the captain gave orders to abandon ship. Nine months later the survivors were rescued. 397 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations, 3 plans and front endpaper maps.. Book in very good+ condition with a small black mark on bottom.

The bitter journey to the South Pole by Peter Hillary, Jon Muir and Eric Philips. In 1998 the group had a goal, to set out unaided to the South Pole and back- a dream crumbling to disappointment. 256 pages with 32 pages of colour photographs. Book in very good condition with some tanning.

A collection of readings to act as a stimulus to ideas and serve as models or patterns of writing. Each reading is discussed and questions raised. 448 pages. Book in good+ condition despite bottom corner of cover missing (see photo).

A compact study guide and identifier for the dinosaur enthusiast. Dinosaur origins, different groups, characteristics, how they lived and what they ate and concise information about 39 specific dinosaurs including colour illustrations. 80 pages. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.

Amid the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815) France and Britain dispatched rival voyages to complete the mapping of Australia and advance the limits of science - they were led by naval captains Baudin and Flinders and each carried safe-conducts protecting them from seizure by opposing navies. Between 1801 and 1803 the captains filled in the gaps of the then named New Holland and carried significant collections of flora and fauna home. 512 pages with 26 pages of illustrations many in colour and 8 maps. Book in very good condition signed by the author in greeting to previous owner and light tanning. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper..

Life growing up and as a sheep farmer in the English Lake District. 174 pages with colour photographs on most pages. Book in as new condition with booksellers sticker on back

The turbulent life and times of Elvis Presley, rock n roll legend. 96 pages with 31 colour and 60 black and white photographs. Book in very good condition with marks on first and last endpapers. Dust jacket in good condition with some minor tears, chips, dents and wear.

A to Z of mythological figures from around the world. 224 pages with 14 pages of colour illustrations and numerous black and white illustrations in the text. Book in good+ condition ex library with stamps on front and back endpapers, reference and borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpaer and sticker inside back cover, and some reader wear. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back, small fold to flaps, and minor knocks. .

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.

Entries on all significant sites, cultures, and civilizations, as well as key individuals in the history of archaeology, and terms, tools, and techniques used. 224 pages with more than 1.000 illustrations and over 1,000 entries. Book in very good+ condition with light tanning. Dust jacket in good+ condition price clipped with some light tanning on flaps. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Over 1,500 entries with approximately half concentrating on sites and their findings, the other half on techniques and disciplines of the science which has grown up over the past two hundred years. 271 pages with time-charts, regional indexes, maps, line drawings of artefacts, and numerous photographs in colour and black and white throughout. Book in near fine condition. No dust jacket.

Many Europeans greeted the outbreak of the Great War with enthusiasm - the first modern, industrial war was expected to be a quick victory - the world did not realise the horrors that lay ahead. 256 pages with over 250 black and white photographs, 20 colour illustrations and 14 colour maps. Book in near fine condition with knocks to corners. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

From the earliest fossil skulls and most primitive stone tools, through the cave paintings of Lascaux and the megalithic monuments of France and Ireland, to the sophisticated settlements of the Near East. 160 pages with illustrations on 156 pages, most in colour. Book in very good+ condition with minor mark leading edge last three pages and minor damage top inside front cover. Dust jacket in very good+ condition with small booksellers sticker remnants on front and minor wear (see photo). This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

Selected and introduced by Hughes-Hallett - letters mainly written to her sister between 1796 and 1817 show Jane Austen's attitudes, character, relationships, external circumstances, extended family, houses she lived in, and the manner of her life. 160 pages with illustrations throughout, many in colour. Book in as new condition.

Contains about 850 entries over 160 pages with at least one illustration on each page. Part of Illustrated Science Dictionaries series for children. Book in good+ condition with light tanning and small tear top spine and some wear to cover (see photo).

Balancing the beauty and drama of scientific discovery with dark questions about who owns the stuff our bodies are made of - an extraordinary story in search of the soul and story of a real woman whose cells live on today throughout the world. 431 pages with 8 pages of photographs. Book in near fine condition.

Sorge was an effortless seducer, combing charm with ruthless manipulation and his work helped determine the outcome of the Second World War - a fanatical communist and the Soviet Union's most formidable spy. 435 pages with 16 pages of black and white illustrations. Book in very good condition with some minor wear.

1918 was probably the most dramatic and decisive year in British military history. In the Spring there was the fear of defeat, in the Summer came the great turnaround and by Autumn the German armies began to retreat. In November the First World War was over. 392 pages with 35 black and white photographs and 2 maps. Book in very good condition with light tanning.

A brilliant modern study of the sudden rise of a barren and isolated country to be the greatest power on earth, and of its equally sudden decline. 423 pages. Book in good+ condition with tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).