Search Results: Authors starting with D from Pegasus Book Orphanage

Sring Valley Golf Club, Clayton South, Melbourne 1994 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Follow the growth and development of the Spring Valley Golf Club from the initial vision in 1947 when a small group of men and women sought to establish a private, high-standard, sand belt course with facilities. Then followed the inevitable challenges of finance, course design and clubhouse construction. Today, Spring Valley members have a beautiful and challenging championship course of which they are justifiably proud. Read the full story, colour photos and champions!

British Publishing Company Bound soft cover, 21 x 15cms Booklet in Very Good condition Designed to introduce the visitor to the Cotswolds and to provide valuable information for newcomer and local resident alike. Twenty-seven photographs including four in colour; many charming small advertisements.

The Bodley Head, London - first UK edition 1966 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.25", with dust jacket GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine, double-page b/w Alcazar drawing, 10 b/w photographic illustrations, reading notes, sources. The extraordinary seige of Spain's chief military academy at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War; for ten weeks 1800 nationalists resisted the Republicans, cut off from outside help & supplies, until rescued by Franco's forces. One of modern history's most extraordinary demonstrations of stubborn courage. Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with stamps, stickers, pocket etc.

Pergamon, Rushcutters Bay, Sydney - 1987 softcover, 7¼" x 9½" Book in VERY GOOD condition This book was initially commissioned to mark Professor Harry Messel's retirement, both as Head of the School of Physics in the University of Sydney and as Chairman of the Science Foundation for Physics within that university. For thirty-five years Messel was Head of the School of Physics - he retired in 1987. Hanbury Brown's contribution traces Messel's career and is packed with fascinating anecdotes revealing a complex, talented man.

W W Norton & Co, New York - first edition 1998 hardcover, 9½" x 6½", with dust jacket Small white-out to endpaper (previous owner's name?). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket We have long known about IQ, and we are beginning to appreciate emotional intelligence, yet there is another fundamental dimension of intelligence that shapes our experience, engages roughly half the brain's cortex, and largely goes unnoticed: our visual intelligence. In an informal style replete with illustrations. Cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman presents the compelling scientific evidence for vision's constructive powers, and in doing so he unveils a grammar of vision - a set of rules that govern our perception of line, color, depth, and motion. An exploration of the creative genius of the mind's eye!

Thames and Hudson, London 1965 Hardcover with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering and usual stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD price-clipped dust jacket The story of nomadism is here traced from its probable origins late in the fourth millennium BC to the end of the first age of the mounted nomads marked by the advance of the Huns in the fifth century AD. The northern Steppes, extending from Hungary to Manchuria, are well suited to agriculture (like the prairies in North America), but other parts in Central Asia are now desert (similar to the Sahara); both areas favour the nomad mode of life, and have left their mark on history.

arrangement with Victorian Year Book, # 79 1965 stapled booklet with card covers Mounted Corrigenda. Booklet in VERY GOOD condition This booklet describes the succession of life through time as shown by fossils found in Victorian rocks - as a series of representative occurrences of fossils in the state of Victoria. It begins with the recent past and proceeds back to distant geological periods whose forms of life are not so well understood. Eight b&w photographic plates range through Cainozoic Vertebrates to Ordovician Graptolite (with explanations and locations).

Franklin Watts, Fifth Avenue, New York - 1977 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers and barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket In this study, Elwood Baumann, a determined investigator of the unknown, tells the story of Dracula, and details cases of people who have claimed to possess the vampire's thirst for bloos - and who have killed to satisfy their craving. Includes photographs, diagrams, drawings, bibliography and index.

Random House, New York - first edition © 1959 Hardcover with dust jacket Covers period 1903 to Proust's death in 1922. Jacket is in slightly-overtight transparent protective covering. AS NEW book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Black cloth-bound hardcover, 8.5" x 5.5", with gold type to spine, map, 24 b/w photographs, extensive bibliography, source references, index of persons, places & characters - covering both volumes. Includes 'Corrections & Additions to Vol. 1'.

Frederick Muller Ltd, London - first edition 1944 hardcover, 8.75" x 5.5" Uncut fore and tail edges. Sun-fading to spine cloth. Stamped 1/6 on ffep. An unusual number. Small bump to top boards. Book in GOOD condition Blue cloth-bound boards with dark-blue type to spine & front cover design, 6 watercolour plates, bios of 13 contributors. Anthology of verse, prose, and paintings by Prisoners-of-War (all officers) whilst held in captivity in a Hessian village during WW2.

G P Putnam's Sons, New York 1969 hardcover, 7¾" x 10", with dust jacket Jacket top has short repaired tears (near spine). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket In Baroque Europe the Prince was virtually a god. Court life was centred on the cult of the ruler, whether he held the reins of power over all Europe, or was a petty princeling of some minor duchy. Yet these gods had to live out the lives of ordinary men, with their pleasures and pastimes, all of which had to be performed with due ritual and with the court as witness. The arts of the period are here used with a wealth of colour to help bring into focus the lives of the European princes at their courts. Thirty-two colour illustrations, and 160 in black & white. As packed book weighs 1¼kgs (3lbs), slightly-higher-than-usual shipping costs may apply (email us your location, we'll quote first).

Jonathan David Publishers, Middle Village, New York - 1980 hardcover, 6½" x 9½" (16½cms x 24cms), with dust jacket Jacket edges have chips and tears, and sunning to spine. GOOD book in FAIR unclipped dust jacket This entertaining collection of anecdotes, short stories, play excerpts, jokes, quips, and proverbs is the first book to seriously study the 2,500 years of Italian wit and humor. What the reader will find here is the humorous and folkloristic literature of Italy that stems from Italian sources and is part and parcel of the inimitable Italian personality. Literally hundred of characters come alive in these pages- from the jesters of the Renaissance to the political big shots of today.

Prints of Australia, Darlington, Western Australia - 1986 landscape softcover, 10¾" x 8½", with stapled card covers Book in VERY GOOD condition Outstanding works by self-taught Desmond John Brennan - native-born West Australian and collected abroad. Thirteen full-colour reprocuctions (glorious) and ten in b&w … all points of great interest to visitors to this historic and charming island (including the lighthouse and Rottnest's famous Quokkas).

Sarpedon, Fifth Avenue, New York - 1996 hardcover, 6½" x 9¼", with dust jacket & ribbon page marker Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, & barcode. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket While Rebel armies, and their commanders, demonstrated brilliance in the field, the Yankees invented an entire fleet of recolutionary warships that would rip the Confederacy in two along the rivers that connected North and South. In this book the inland naval battles that helped decide the Civil War are brought sharply into focus as vessels from both sides blast their way into the modern age. By the time the smoke had cleared, the fate of the nation was sealed. 53 photographs, plus maps.

Simon & Schuster, New York 1996 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy with transparent protective covering, usual stickers, bar code, stamps etc. Lean to spine - slightly battleworn. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket We all know of his defeat at Little Big Horn, but Jeffry Wert reminds us that Custer was a victor of many cavalry engagements in the Civil War. He played an important role in several battles in the Virginia theater of the war, including the Shenandoah campaign. He always lead his men from the front, and was very highly regarded by them. His remarkable love of his devoted wife is also told here. Custer's performance at Little Big Horn is examined in detail and placed in its proper perspective.

Bison Books, London - first edition 1988 Hardcover with dj Covers all Remington hand guns, rifles and shotguns. Small 5-letter pen mark on Index page. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD jacket Brown cloth bound hardcover, 12" x 9", with gold type to spine, purple endpapers, and dust jacket. With the aid of beautiful color photographs, this volume tells the fascinating story of Remington - a treasure to delight any gun enthusiast or sportsman.

John Murray, publishers, London 1971 hardcover, 5¼" x 8¾", with dust jacket & tinted top edge Two-colour Title Page. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Fold-out map of British Counties; ninety-three b&w photographs, 18 drawings in text, appendices & index. Church decoration mirrors every aspect of social history, and the wealth of illustrations to history found in them would be hard to rival elsewhere. Even subjects deriving from the remote pre-Christian past figure in some churches and Romans, Saxons and Norsemen have each in turn left there some record of their customs and beliefs. Pilgrims, crusaders, explorers also left their mark.

George Allen & Unwin, North Sydney 1984 Hardcover, 7½" x 9¾" (19cms x 24½cms), with dust jacket Short inscription to half-title page. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This book tells the story of sixteen of Australia's most eminent military men, as they performed under the stress of strategy-making and in the heat of battle. This roll-call of some of Australia's greatest warriors presents a fascinating picture of the realities of war at the top: Bridges, Reid, Maxwell, White, Creswell, Chauvel, Monash, Lavarack, Sturdee, Blamey, Bennett, Morshead, Rowell, Herring, Vasey, Scherger and Wilton.

Yale University Press, New Haven 1999 Hardcover with protected dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy with minimal markings. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket In this book a pioneer forest canopy scientist describes the mysteries of the treetops - their inhabitants, flowers and fruits, growth and mortality, patterns of diversity, and plant and animal interactions. The author portrays the life of a field biologist from a woman's perspective, drawing on her experiences in Australia, Africa, Belize and Panama.

Prentice-Ha;;, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey - ISBN:0132220598 1972 Soft cover Previous owner's name small to title-page. Book in Good condition. Margaret Robb presents an exciting approach to physical education that examines skill learning in terms of cybernetics, in which she discusses the terms 'skill learning' and 'motor performance' with the distinction made between the terms learning and performance. She also examines task analysis as it relates to structuring the learning environment