Search Results: Authors starting with B from Elizabeth's Bookshops

Birkhauser Detail, 2002. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Fine. ARCHTECTURE The Construction Manuals  are among the most important reference works in the specialist literature. The latest volume shows the potential of the material concrete and documents comprehensively the technical principles of using concrete in construction. Chapters cover the history of the material, the properties of concrete, reinforced concrete, and prestressed concrete, the treatment of its surface. Also covered are the basic principles of statics for large and small structures, and the building requirements with respect to heat, damp, sound-proofing and fire protection according to the most recent norms and standards. Finally a large number of built examples are presented from illustrations of the complete structure down to detailed plans, showing the broad spectrum of applications for concrete in contemporary building. All plans have been specially produced by the editorial department for this book and for ease of… Read More

J. & S.P. Austin, Australia, 1993. Softcover. Very Good +.    AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORYxii, 272 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 268) and index.#141022/140823/130424For the first time to full story of the operations of Z Special Unit, behind Japanese lines is revealed. 'Silent Feet' highlights the foolish mistakes made by SRD headquarters in Melbourne, in asserting that their parties in Timor were operational, when in fact, they had been prisoners of the Japanese for many months. The inter-Allied distrust and bickering over the value of 'cloak and dagger' operations of Z Special Unit confirms the adage that nation states have no friends but only interests. The Privations of the Australian and British members of Z Special Unit, bring home the true nature of war in the jungle--constantly tracked by Japanese patrols, often beheaded when captured. By 1945, Z Special operatives demonstrated that a few well trained, audacious troops could exact a heavy toll of the… Read More

Western Australian Naturalists' Club,, 1987. Softcover. FINE!. AUSTRALIAN FLORA West Australian""If you have time to spare, are interested in natural history and a visitor to, or resident of Western Australia, this book will assist you to discover some of its wonderful flora and fauna. It contains brief descriptions of twenty-four locations, within or close to the City of Perth, that are of interest to the naturalist. These places have been selected to cover all the landforms in the area from the Darling Range, across the coastal plain and extending to the nearby islands. They include examples of all the major vegetation associations. Most are accessible by car and many are served by public transport.""Issue 13 of Handbook, Western Australian Naturalists' Club  Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within… Read More

His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1948. Hardcover in Dustjacket (in protective sleeve). VG+ (Very Good plus). Second Edition. (revised with WWII data). pp. 191 illusts. Science Museum, South Kensington. #0221 (Name on prelim.) Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Collins, 1967. Hardcover. Original cloth. Very Good. 384 p., [26] p. of plates : ill., col. map, ports. ; 23 cm. #0721 (No dustjacket) First Edition. Johnson, Amy, 1903-1941. | Women air pilots -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Women air pilots -- Australia -- Biography. | Women air pilots -- Northern Territory -- Biography. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover. Original cloth Very Good

National Gallery of Australia, 2010. Hardcover in Dustjacket. As new.. AS NEW. Off the street and into the gallery. This exciting book looks at work from the past five years by some 35 contemporary artists from around Australia. Playful, edgy, clever, satirical and political, street art has significantly altered Australian visual culture over the past decade and has announced the arrival of a new generation of contemporary artists. Space invaders engages with these developments and the radically differing aesthetic offshoots of street art, from stencils to paste-ups, stickers and zines. It also explores the legal and commercial issues particular to street art in Australia, and reveals the strategies artists have used to divide their practice between the street and the gallery. pp. 129 illusts #0221 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW).… Read More

Thomas Nelson, Melbourne, 1976 . Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. BOATS MARITIME First Edition. Merchant shipping. Australia, 1788-1975 | Merchant marine -- Australia -- History. | Shipping -- Australia. #130322/190823 Merchant marine (Some foxing to sides) xiv,481p. : ill. ; 24cm. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover in Dustjacket Very Good +

Guidebook Company, 1994 reprint. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Near Fine. Local Colour: Travels in the Other Australia is a book containing photography and text by Bill Bachman with additional text by Tim Winton. It was published in the US as Australian Colors: Images of the Outback in 1998 and reprinted in 2000.256 p. : col. ill., ports ; 28 x 29 cm. Photography (Gift inscription.) Very heavy large book with resultant extra postage costs outside Australia. #0821 Australia -- Description and travel.  |  Australia -- Pictorial works. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. (Please note: Over standard weight or size. Orders via ABE Books or… Read More

Niton Publishing, 1992 reprint. Hardcover in Dustjacket. AS NEW COPY!. MOTORCYCLES VINTAGEpp. 192. illusts. #050822Royal Enfield was a brand name under which The Enfield Cycle Company Limited of Redditch, Worcestershire[1] sold motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines which they had manufactured. Enfield Cycle Company also used the brand name ""Enfield"" without the ""Royal"".The first Royal Enfield motorcycle was built in 1901. The Enfield Cycle Company is responsible for the design and original production of the Royal Enfield Bullet, the longest-lived motorcycle design in history.Royal Enfield's spare parts operation was sold to Velocette in 1967, which benefitted from the arrangement for three years until their closure in early 1971. Enfield's remaining motorcycle business became part of Norton Villiers in 1967 with the business eventually closing in 1978.Postwar Model G and Model J and ex-military C and CO (1946–1954)Postwar, Royal Enfield resumed production of the single… Read More

Time-Life / John Ferguson, 1988. Hardcover. Fine. 168 pages : illustrations (some col.), maps, portraits ; 28 cm. #0821/230122World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Africa, North. | World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Middle East. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover Fine

Child and Henry, 1980. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. AUSTRALIANA 158 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm. #071023 Revised Edition Previous ed.: French's Forest, N.S.W.: Murray Child, 1977. Hotels. Architectural features. Australia. Illustrations Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Australia -- Pictorial works Very Good + in jacket with light edgewear Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. Hardcover in Dustjacket Very Good +

Pan Macmillan, Sydney, 2001 . Softcover. Very Good (Used copy).  WEST AUSTRALIANAIn 1912 Broome was as much Asian as Australian. The town thrived on the hugely profitable, but extremely dangerous, pearl shell industry. It was a frontier town where racial tensions simmered. This is a gripping narrative that echoes with many of the same fears and hopes as society today.Pearl industry and trade -- Western Australia -- Broome. | Pearl divers -- Western Australia -- Broome. | Government policy - Initial period and protectionism - 1901-1925. | Economic sectors - Pearling. | Government policy - State and territory - Western Australia. | Race relations. | Western Australia -- History -- 1901-1914. | Wupipi / Broomexv, 301 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. : 23 cm. #250322/021222/251023 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders… Read More

Pan Macmillan Australia, 2006. Softcover. Near Fine. AUSTRALIANA Exploration Biography'A fascinating study of a loner who battled alcoholism and ill-health to push himself to the limits of endurance in crossing straight through the red centre to the northern seas. With meticulous research and narrative skill, John Bailey has brilliantly recreated the life of Australia's greatest - and least understood - explorer.' Stuart, John McDouall, 1815-1866. | Explorers -- Australia -- Biography. | Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- 1788-1851. xi, 335 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. #1019/301123/080324 First Edition Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Alice Springs, N.T. : IAD Press, 1996. Softcover. Fine. AUST FAUNA & FLORA ABORIGINALVisitors to Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park often think that few animals live in such an arid landscape. In Mingkiri, Anangu (Aboriginal people) guide the reader through the park, describing the surprisingly diverse wildlife and complex natural history found there. This is a fascinating insight into a little known side of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park: the habits of animals and plants, the seasons, and how the country is burned and looked after according to the Tjukurpa, or Anangu Law, that governs all. Based on a recent fauna survey of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park conducted by the Mutitjulu Community and CSIRO scientists, Mingkiri also includes a comprehensive list of Anangu names and a pronunciation guide.A guide to the habits of the animals and plants based on a recent fauna survey of Uluru-Kata National Park including a list of Anagu names and pronunciation guide.Includes bibliographical references (p.… Read More

Melbourne University Press, 2001. Softcover. FINE. Emigration is often perceived as a one-way journey -- leaving one's homeland and arriving in, and adjusting to, a new country. In fact, it can be a much more complex and long-drawn-out process than this. The small village of San Fior lies in northeastern Italy. Between 1900 and 1997, more than 200 of its residents emigrated to Perth, forming a closely linked Italian-Australian community. Many of them, and their Australian-born children and grandchildren, have since made visits home."" This book explores the effect of these visits Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Allen & Unwin, Australia, 1998. Softcover. Near Fine. AUSTRALIAN MILITARY HISTORY In December 1944 General Blamey, the commander-in-chief of the Australian Military Forces, was handed a file. It contained decrypted radio intercepts which proved that the Imperial Japanese Army was receiving top secret information - US and Australian war plans. Material that could lead to the death of Allied servicemen in the Pacific.The most likely source: Canberra.So began a hunt that took five years, involved the world's most secret intelligence organisations and resulted in the exposure and neutralisation of a Soviet espionage network in Australia.Breaking the Codes is a story of international counter-espionage and signals intelligence. It tells of a secret war which sowed the seeds of suspicion in Moscow, Washington and London, seeds which flowered in the Cold War and led to the creation of ASIO. xix, 468 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. #120224 Includes bibliographical references (p. 430-444) and index. Soviet Union.… Read More

Reston Pub Co, 1985. Hardcover in Dustjacket. 50th Anniversary Edition. The indispensable handbook covering everything you need to know to successfully grow and sell today's popular ornamental crops. Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA. (Please note: Over standard weight or size. Orders via ABE Books or Biblio or from Overseas may incur additional postage charges. We will contact you prior to processing order to request your approval or contact us to confirm postage cost.)

Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, 2008. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Fine. AUSTRALIAN ART “The book is an exhibition catalogue of a survey exhibition of the acclaimed Australian artist Sydney Ball and his abstract colour paintings curated by Anne Loxley. The exhibition and book focuses on works from Sydney Ball’s celebrated colour periods 1964 – 1977; 2002 – present. The book features an interview with Sydney Ball by Anne Loxley and an art historical essay contextualising Sydney Ball’s work by Wendy Walker.”84 p. : chiefly col. ill., ports. ; 29 cm. Exhibition catalogue. Bibliography: p. 82-83. #270123 SIGNED by Author ArtistBall, Sydney, 1933-2017 -- Exhibitions. | Painting, Abstract -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.Loxley, Anne | Walker, Wendy, 1946- | Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in… Read More

Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, M?â??nchen, 1972. VG+ (Very Good plus). Science-Fiction-Roman. (The Drowned World) H130428 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.

Penguin Viking, Vic, 2010. Hardcover in Dustjacket. Very Good +. In November 1940, Arthur Bancroft kissed his sweetheart, Mirla, goodbye and joined the Royal Australian Navy to go to war. He was nineteen years old. Arthur's War is the extraordinary story of his ordeal, and his survival.Arthur made a habit of cheating death – on the ill-fated HMAS Perth, which was sunk during the Battle of the Sunda Strait; as a prisoner of war on the notorious Burma–Thailand Railway, where it is said a man died for every sleeper laid; and miraculously surviving a second shipwreck that left him lost at sea, clinging to debris, for six days. While a POW he risked his life to keep a secret diary written on paper scraps with stolen pencils recording the agony and comradeship of life on the railway, which has never before been published.Against all odds Arthur made it back to Australia and to Mirla, who never lost hope for his eventual return all those years he was lost at war. His story is a story for all… Read More