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

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. introduction by Winston Churchill, , list of illustrations, foreword by Air Vice-Marshall H. N. Wrigley, C. B. E., D. F. C., A. F. C., Air Officer Commanding R. A. A. F. Overseas Headquarters, 1942 -- 46. Black and white illustrated frontispiece, by Colin Colahan, called " Stand By ". Navy blue coloured cloth with gilt illustration on the front panel, being the coat of arms for the Royal Australian Air Force Overseas squadron, and gilt titles to the backstrip. This book was the first to relate the Royal Australian Airforces' contribution to the war effort in Europe during the years 1939 through to 1946. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Aviation; Military History -- World War II; Australia; Inventory No: 0100539. .

Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1946. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good/No Dust Jacket. X, 189 pp., plus at the back of the book there is a section of black and white photographs which are not paginated, introduction by Winston Churchill, list of illustrations, foreword by Air Vice-Marshall H. N. Wrigley, C. B. E., D. F. C., A. F. C., Air Officer Commanding R. A. A. F. Overseas Headquarters, 1942 -- 46. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Dark blue cloth with gilt illustration on front panel and gilt writing on spine. This book was the first to relate the Royal Australian Airforces' contribution to the war effort in Europe during the years 1939 through to 1946. Rubbing with loss of colour to the base edge of the boards, and to the top of the spine. Bumping of the corners of the boards. Age toning of the page edges. Pale blue pencil notation "21" on top of the text block. No markings within the book. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1920. First Edition. Red Buckram. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 300 g; XXVI, 184 pages, printed in French with footnotes in English. The half title page remains unopened, the other edges are slightly rough from the opening of the pages, in original bookseller's sticker and lower right-hand corner of front paste down, and the ownership inscriptions of Reg Ellery, Australian psychiatrist and author is on the front free end page. An attractive copy. 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: Literature & Literary; Language -- French; Inventory No: 0225881. .

Virgin Books, London, 1991. First Paperback Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author, acknowledgements, appendices and index. Between pages 96 and 97 there are a pages of black and white photographs. Colour photographic card cover with white and blue coloured titles to the front panel and blue and black coloured titles to the backstrip. A look at what it takes to be a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Browning of the textblock edges and pages. Reading crease to the backstrip. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 206, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Aviation; Britain/UK; Military & Warfare. ISBN: 0863696961. ISBN/EAN: 9780863696961. Inventory No: 0119715. . 9780863696961

Cartoon Books, Columbus, Ohio, 2010. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Jeff Smith. a brief bibliography and about the author. The internal comment and front cover have all been drawn by Jeff Smith. Pink, orange and green coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The second volume of the RASL graphic novels. A hint of creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and pages. Size: Folio (over 12" tall ). [8], 9-116, [4] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jeff Smith. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 1888963220. ISBN/EAN: 9781888963229. Inventory No: 0118617. . 9781888963229

Cartoon Books, Columbus, Ohio, 2008. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Jeff Smith. The internal comment and front cover have all been drawn by Jeff Smith. Pink, orange and green coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The first volume of the RASL graphic novels. A hint of creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and pages. Size: Folio (over 12" tall ). [8], 9-111, [1] pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Jeff Smith. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Comics & Graphic Novels; Science Fiction & Fantasy. ISBN: 1888963204. ISBN/EAN: 9781888963205. Inventory No: 0118618. . 9781888963205

Radio Corporation of America, United States, 1970. Reprint. Softcover (Illustrated). Good. Illustrator: Photographic / Illustrations. List of circuits and index of component manufacturers. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs, schematics and illustrations. Illustrated paperback binding with gold and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the first page " ... This new edition of the Hobby Circuits Manual presents more than 60 practical and useful solid-state circuits which can be built by electronic hobbyists ranging from beginners to experts. The operation of each circuit is described in detail, and photographs, schematic diagrams, parts lists and construction layouts are given. A guide to circuits by area of interest (e.g. amateur radio, photography, audio, etc.) is is included to permit easy selection of the most useful circuits for specific applications." The front book cover is a tad shaky – there is a 2.5''… Read More

Ken Fin, Collingwood, 1998. Reissued, 1st thus. Softcover. Good Condition. the protective laminates applied by the publisher at the time of printing has started to peel and lift from both the front and rear panels. I'm slightly, but nevertheless the contents are in very good order, and the book will give many years of service. The author offers generic dishes, as well as Burmese, Indonesian, Siamese, Indian and Mogul dishes. The use of noodles in its variety and of rice, make this a very interesting book. The recipes are extremely easy with the descriptions being more than adequate. Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 1864581824. ISBN/EAN: 9781864581829. Inventory No: 0251986. . 9781864581829

Octopus Books, London, 1985. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 320 pages, index of film titles, index of personnel, colour illustrated dustjacket, facsimile signature illustrated end pages, text illustrated with numerous monotone photographs arranged chronologically. This film studio existed in an atmosphere of almost continual chaos from its optimistic beginnings in 1928 until it collapsed into ruins at the hands of the megalomaniac Howard Hughes nearly 30 years later. In its comparatively short, and always turbulent history, it made some of the greatest films and noted some of the finest talents ever to emerge from Hollywood -- it was the studio that immortalised Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, unveiled the genius of Orson Wells and established King Kong and Tarzan in popular mythology. there is a gifting annotation on the half title page taking up a good 1/3rd of the page, and no other damage to describe. Third impression of the First Edition.… Read More

The Royal Empire Society, London, 1946. Periodical, 1st thusly. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Top of the spine has slightly peeled for about a quarter of an inch, no other damage to detail. The book is divided into sections, both for Australia and New Zealand, and authors born in Australia are marked separately, as are orphans born in New Zealand. The previous owner, a bookseller, has placed neat pencil ticks against New Zealand – Aboriginal races pages 47 & 48. No other damage that I can see. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Books on Books; New Zealand; Inventory No: 0256772. .

Angus & Robertson, London, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. 246 pp., indexed, 8 pp black and white photographs, illustrated endpages; original illustrated dustwrapper. the dustjacket has a 0.5 inch tear at the bottom left of the rear panel. No other damage to describe. This book covers Rupert Murdoch's biography from the start up until he left Australia and went to America. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Biography; ISBN: 0207955093. ISBN/EAN: 9780207955099. Inventory No: 0239104. . 9780207955099

Gollancz SF, London, 2012. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Clean copy, no damage, no annotations this is the 1st edition in this format. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 349 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0575099453. ISBN/EAN: 9780575099456. Inventory No: 0283879. . 9780575099456

Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Victoria, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 700 g; XII, 352 pages, includes a chapter notes, bibliography, glossary, index. 24 pages of black-and-white photography, author's inscription on the title page. The book shows no other damage. The subject of this book served Melbourne's Saint Kilda Hebrew Congregation for more than 50 years. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author has signed the book on the title page.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Judaica; Local History -- Victoria; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. Signed by Author. ISBN: 0522846459. ISBN/EAN: 9780522846454. Inventory No: 0266463. . 9780522846454

Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, Victoria, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Signed by Author. 700 g; XII, 352 pages, includes a chapter notes, bibliography, glossary, index. 24 pages of black-and-white photography, author's inscription on the title page. The book shows no damage. The subject of this book served Melbourne's Saint Kilda Hebrew Congregation for more than 50 years. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The author has signed the book on the title page.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; judaica; Local History -- Victoria; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0522846459. ISBN/EAN: 9780522846454. Inventory No: 0232115. . 9780522846454

Hodder & Stoughton Ltd, London, 2008. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. X, 326 pages. Bound in photographic illustrated softcover binding. The autobiography of the author, the daughter of the head Rabbi of England and granddaughter of the Chief Rabbi of Israel, and the path she has woven between secular and ultra-orthodoxy in her life. previous owners name at the top of the first page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 336 pages. 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: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica; ISBN: 034094367X. ISBN/EAN: 9780340943670. Inventory No: 0282221. . 9780340943670

The Viking Press, New York, 1944. First Edition. Hardcover (illustrated Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Robert Lawson. Illustrated end pages, drawings within the text and illustration on the covers have all been drawn by Robert Lawson. Blue coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper with yellow coloured titles to the front panel and orange coloured titles to the back strip. A new family is moving into the big house on the hill, and the animals that live around the big house a hoping that these people are planters so that their larders for the winter would be full. A book about living harmoniously with your neighbours, be they animals, birds, or human. Rubbing of the book edges with some fraying of the book corners. Some sunning of the back strip. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Gift inscription along the left hand edge to the verso of the free front end page, dated 1945. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges.… Read More

Penguin, Johannesburg and London, 1993. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. clean copy, no annotations, no damage. the author has published the first collection of South African urban legends, modern version of folk or fairytales, and does offer some of the stories have versions in other countries. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [4], 216 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; South Africa; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 0140148078. ISBN/EAN: 9780140148077. Inventory No: 0285769. . 9780140148077

Victor Gollancz, London, 1929. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Edy Leonard. 1.0 kg.; 285, (3) pages in original beige cloth with leather titling block and gilt writing at the top of the spine. The spine section and the edges of the cloth for approximately 1 inch are slightly darkened. Darkening off the top edge of the text block. Traces of foxing to the rear panel, offset tanning of front and rear free end pages. Internally clean, bright and without marking. Translated by Ernest Boyd, the present volume constitutes the 1st English edition of the lectures delivered by Anatole France at Buenos Ayres in 1909. These lectures were published for the 1st time in French in December 1928, and formed the 17th volume of the complete illustrated edition of the works of Anatole France issued by Calmann-Levy." Page 11. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Edy Leonard. Quantity… Read More

Little, Brown, Boston, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. dust jacket has no damage, the book has no damage, and is free of annotations. It could be given as a present, frontispiece map of Israel and the administered territories, central section with black-and-white photographs. Indexed. Here is the personal record of the outstanding military and political career of Yithak Rabin, the Jerusalem born is rarely leader who became a major world figure in the 30 years he served the state of Israel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. VIII, 344 pages photographs. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Judaica - History; Israel; Politics & Government. ISBN: 0316730025. ISBN/EAN: 9780316730020. Inventory No: 0275163. . 9780316730020

Robson Books, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Foreword and preface by author, notes and index. Between pages 160 and 161 there are eight pages of black and white photographs. Grey coloured boards with metallic light blue coloured titles to the back strip. Photographic dustwrapper with pink and white coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear fold over panel. The biography of Israel's first native born Prime Minister - Yitzhak Rabin. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the text block edges and pages with some spots to the top text edge. Creasing of the dustwrapper edges and panels with fading of the back strip, top edge and left hand edge of the front panel and a little to the top edge of the rear panel. Some rubs and marks to the dustwrapper are also present.… Read More