Search Results: Titles starting with W from Adelaide Booksellers

London: Brockhampton Press. 1999. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with colour plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 119 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: The Hambleton Press. 1980. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. DJ spine a little faded. Previous owner's details to front free end paper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 422pages. First published in 1899. . Reprint. Hardback.

London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1981. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owner's details to front free end paper and his bookplate to the front pastedown. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 495 pages. W.H. Auden, the most influential English poet of his generation, left a request at his death that his friends should burn his letters. Few of them did and hundreds of letters have survived. The author has largely based this biography on those surviving letters along with further research. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Oxford University Press. 1974. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A bit of faint foxing to page edges. Black & white illustrations. 153 pages. William R. Guilfoyle was an English landscape gardener and botanist in Victoria [Australia], acknowledged as the architect of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. He was also responsible for the design of many parks and gardens in Melbourne and regional Victoria. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press. 1991. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Very minor abrasion to front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 422 pages. The author evokes in fascinating detail the resourcefulness and energy of a group of young Australian women called upon to undertake unusual responsibilities in extraordinary circumstances. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Thames & Hudson. 1977. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs and illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 128 pages. . 1st Edition (Presumed). Hardback.

Kent Town SA: Wakefield Press. 1986. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. Spine a touch faded. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 64 pages. . 1st Edition. Softcover.

Crows Nest, NSW: Allen & Unwin. 2008. Small Quarto Size [approx 17.5cm x 24cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Some mild tape marks to boards. Illustrated with colour and black & white plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 399 pages. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book spans most of recorded history and much of the globe in recounting the invasions, battles, and revolutions that have had the greatest impact on human affairs. Each account includes a quick reference summary, a timeline, an overview of the war and essays on its principal leaders. . Hardback.

New York: HarperCollins Publishers. 1993. Oblong Small Quarto Size [approx 24 x17.5cm]. Very Good copy in a Very Good dustjacket. DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. This is a lovely book. Colour illustrations by Maurice Sendak, hand-lettering by Jeanyee Wong. unpaginated. Two traditional Mother Goose nursery rhymes [ We are all in the dumps & Jack and Guy] ingeniously joined and interpreted by Maurice Sendak. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne Melbourne: William Heinemann Australia. 1997. Very Good condition. Top front corner creased and pages lightly age-toned. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 448 pages. . 1st Edition (Australia). Trade Paperback.

Sydney: Random House Australia. 1992. Octavo Size. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Photographic pastedowns and free endpapers. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Previous owner's blindstamp to half-title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 494 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

Melbourne University Press. 2001. Octavo Size. Near Fine copy in Near Fine dustjacket. DJ now protected in a purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy. Black & white illustrations by Christine Turnbull. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 239pp. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

London: Chatto & Windus. 1952. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Good condition in Good dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A clean and tidy copy but with wear. DJ is chipped at edges. Some tanning to endpapers and mild scattered foxing to edges. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 591 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.

Glen Waverley: Garry Sparkes & Associates. 1983. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black & White Photographs and Drawings. Inscribed & signed by the Max Walker on title page. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 159 pages. . Hardback.

London: New Burlington Books. 1993. Quarto Size [approx 24cm x 30.5cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Illustrated with Colour photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 80 pages. The collector's guide to selecting and enjoying military and home front items. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Brisbane: Council of the Shire of Waggamba. 1973. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. Minor stain to base of dustjacket spine wehere previous owner taped his personal cataloging. Previous owner's details and cataloguing information to to underside of front free endpaper. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. 216 pages. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne: Penguin Books. 2013. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition. No dustjacket. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 497 pages. . 1st thus. Softcover.

London: Faber & Faber. 2007. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Near Fine copy in Very Good dustjacket. Dustjacket is now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 409 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Bloomington & Indianapolis: Indiana University Press. 2010. Very Good condition. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Includes an Appendix ‘Interview with Bill Viola’ and a comprehensive Filmography and an Index. xiii, 487 pages. An essay collection which examines Wagner's influence on cinema from the silent era to the present. Discusses films ranging from the 1913 biopic to 'Gladiator' with essays on silent cinema, film scoring, Wagner in Hollywood, German cinema and Wagner beyond the soundtrack. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . 1st Edition, 2nd printing. Staple Bound.

Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Fine condition in a Near Fine Dustjacket - DJ now protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. An excellent copy in 'as new' condition. Illustrated with Black and White plates. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xviii, 124 pages. Franz liszt Studies Series #7. Richard Fricke was the balletmaster and general problem solver during the rehearsals for the first performance of the Ring Cycle. his memoirs represent a invaluable and unique source of information about the composer's preparations. Includes 24 p[hotographs of performers in costume and 24 prints of the set designs by Josef Hoffman. . 1st Edition. Hardback.