Search Results: Surfing from Lawrence Jones

London: Salamander, 1999. 128pp, 100 diagrams, 50 col photos, index, glossary, map. Or card covers. New copy. Everything you need to know from basic techniques to expert skills fully explained by an acknowledged expert. Includes beach safety, basic equipment, beginning to surf, unbroken waves, advanced surfing, competitions, surfing worldwide and a glossary.. Second Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Viking, 1998. xxiv, 310pp, index, bibliography, num bw ills. Or yelow cloth with green spine in pictorial jacket. An as new copy. The full story of the seashore - its history (natural and human) , customs, spectacles, and scandals.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo.

Melbourne: Ivy and Judy Johnston, 1987. HEAVY. v, 336pp, bibliography, maps, num bw ills, pictorial endpapers. Or pictorial laminated boards. Slight rubbing to edges. An excellent and comprehensive history of the Point Lonsdale Surf Life Saving Club covering its first 50 years. Includes some surfing material.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine. Folio.

Sydney: Pan Macmillan, 2005. xiii, 160pp, glossary, hundreds col photographs. Or pictorial card with 'French flaps'. As new. Great photos. The author speaks with surfing greats like Occhilupo, Ozzie Wright, Jack Johnson, Joel Tudor and many others on his odyssey up the east coast of Australia and to Waimea. Intermeshed is his personal quest to rediscover what surfing means to him.. First Paperback. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, 1982. 103pp, index, glossary, bw photographs and diagrams. Or pictorial card covers. Front cover creases, some rubbing at edges, stain on rear cover, prev owners name stamp on first (blank) page. Covers materials, equipment, plugs and moulds, trouble shooting and repairs. Craft covered include slalom and Canadian canoes; surf-ski; surf yak; small boats; SURFBOARDS; sailboards.. Second Printing. Soft Cover. Very Good. Oblong 8vo.

Cowaramup, WA: Capes West Publishing., 1995. 108pp, index, bw drawings, col photographs. Or card covers. Slightest of edge wear to covers. Describes a precious place - the land and sea between Cape Naturaliste and Cape Leeuwin in the South-west of Western Australia. Here in words and pictures , are its people, surf, wine, beauty, beaches, forests, wildlife, caves, food, farming, history and art. 7pp surfing content.. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. Illus. by Jenkins, Tom (drawings) & Jenkins, Richard (photog). 8vo.

New York: North Point Press, 1996. xiv, 230pp. Or cream papered boards with blue wave design, in pictorial jacket. Corners slightly bumped, small marginal stain on last several pages. Jacket very slightly edge worn. An account of a year spent surfing in Santa Cruz, California.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good Plus. 8vo.

New York: Bantam Books, 2002. 310pp. Slight corner folds on a couple of pages. Expert surfer Josie Griffin has a rare wipeout and finds that a real life treasure chest is to blame. When she puts the necklace inside around her neck a mysterious little kilted man appears and tells her she is betrothed to an 18th century Scottish laird. Funny and sexy time travel romance with a bit for the surfers out there too.. First Paperback. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press, 2005. xii, 269pp, num bw ills, num maps. Or card covers. As new. Write-ups of 100 featured surf spots in California and key info on another 100 from the Oregon border to the Mexican border.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Prahran, Vic: Hardie Grant Books, 2005. 112pp, num bw & col ills. As new. This volume tours the world looking at how the unique lifestyle sport of surfing has evolved over its thousand year history and showcases surfing hotspots and boardriders. Includes interviews with Gerry Lopez, Gave Davies, Mark Occhilupo, Kelly Slater, Layne Beachley, Flavio Padaratz and mroe.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

Fort Bragg, Ca: Cypress House, 1994. 150pp. Or pictorial card cover. As new. Paperback original not issued in hard cover. Author's first book. An Hawaiian surf novel. The story of a 23 year old surfer who shoots through the squalor of Hawaii's roughest school to tackle unusual personal and social problems. Based on the author's own experiences in Hawaii's classrooms. Hungry sharks and heavy surf pose no threat to the champion surfer turned substitute teacher, but he is out of his element when it comes to cat fights, school politics and knife wielding, jive talking hoodlums.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Charleston, SC.: Arcadia Publications, 2007. 128pp, hundreds bw photographs. Pictorial card covers. As new. Research indicates that surfing came to Califorinia in 1907-it may have reached San Diego as early as 1910. This book produces hundreds of photographs of San Diego's little known surfing past.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

Noosa Heads: Peter Neely, 1997. 90pp, num col ills, maps. Or pictorial card. Moderate edge wear to covers. "Hardcore surf explorer's guide to Indonesian surf spots and Indonesian language". The first half of the book is devoted to surfing and surf spots in Indonesia; the second half is a basic course in teaching yourself Indonesian with surfing terms prominent. Scarce JAPANESE LANGUAGE edition. Still has coupon sheet loosely inserted (expired).. First Japanese Language Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Sml 4to.

Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1959. xi, 205pp, index, 36 bw ills. Or blue cloth in jacket. Endpapers have tape stains and damage from removed pocket at front. Library stamp and cancellation stamp on title page. Jacket has tape stains on flaps, otherwise very nice. Written by former Australian surf champion. Includes sections on surf safety, shooting the breakers; and the use of surfoplanes, surf boards, skis and other apparatus. A comprehensive chapter deals in detail with the main items of the surf carnival and will prove invaluable to those who wish to excel in the competitive side of surfing.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good Plus/Near Very Good. 8vo. Ex-Library.

Sydney: Ebury Press, 2008. 347pp, col ills. Or card covers. As new. Biography of Layne Beachley, 7 times women's world champion surfer.. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Lyons Press, 1997. vii, 131pp, index, glossary, bw ills. Or pictorial card covers. Moderate edge wear. Guide to the fundamentals of surfing with step-by-step instructions for the complete beginner. Covers traditional surfing, bodyboarding and body surfing.. Third Printing. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

Sydney: Aussie Sport Books, 1992. 63pp, drawigns throughout, few bw photos, glossary. Or card covers. As new. A simple instructional book for the beginning surfer with numerous explanatory drawings.. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine. Illus. by Louise Webeck.. Oblong 4to.

Auckland: Penguin Books, 2002. iv, 107pp, num bw & col ills. Or pictorial card. Slight edge wear to covers, tiny tear to bottom of spine. New Zealand Surfers profiles 25 Kiwi surfers and shows the diversity of people who love to surf- artists, business leaders, rugby players and doctors. Some have changed jobs, houses, partners and countries just to indulge their passion. Thier lives are enhanced and inspired by the roll of the waves. Surfing is the unbroken thread that connects the different stages of their lives and still identifies these remarkable people. . First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. Sml 4to.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 2001. HEAVY. 167pp, index, hundreds of colour photos. Or pictorial card. Slightest of edge wear to covers. Highlights from 40 years of the premier surfing magazine in the world, Surfer. . Third Paperback Printing. Soft Cover. Fine. 4to.

New York: ReganBooks, 2004. xiii, 338pp, appendices, num bw ills. Slight edge wear to covers. Biography of 6-time world champion surfer, Kelly Slater.. First Paperback. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 8vo.