Search Results: Authors starting with K from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Llewellyn Publications, St Paul, Minnesota, 1995. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. the author, an experienced practitioner here presents a delightful how to look on the subject of magick. her easy-going style makes it a pleasure to read, yet she covers all the necessary aspects. She deals mainly with a Wiccan style of magick, yet draws many parallels with other forms around the world. the only damage to note is the crossing out of the price at the top of the front panel. Internally clean, free of annotation. Illustrated with numerous black-and-white line drawings. Includes appendices, glossary. There is a suggested reading list. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 272 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: New Age & Alternative; Wicca; Myths, Legends & Folklore. ISBN: 0875420036. ISBN/EAN: 9780875420035. Inventory No: 0251739. . 9780875420035

J. K. Loney, Dimboola, No date. First Edition. Stapled Card Illustrated. Good/No Dust Jacket. Pp 19, [8] pp plates. An account of this long-serving Australian coastal vessel, and of her wreck in the Bass Strait in July of 1932. The National Library suggesrts 1975 as year of publication. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Ships & the Sea; Australia; Genealogy & Local History. ISBN: 0909244146. ISBN/EAN: 9780909244149. Inventory No: 0203558. . 9780909244149

John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. About the author, acknowledgements, introduction by author, appendix and index. White coloured boards with black coloured titles to the back strip. Plaintext dustwrapper with black, red, grey and Olive coloured titles to the front panel and black and red coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. Minor rubbing of the book corners and softening of the back strip edges. Very light age toning of the text block edges and pages. Minor creasing to the top back strip edge and rubbing of the panels. Full number line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [6], VII - XXII, 327, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Coaching – Business; Modern; ISBN: 0470142510. ISBN/EAN: 9780470142516. Inventory No: 0290680. . 9780470142516

Major Books, Chatsworth, California, 1975. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. index. Photographic card cover with orange and yellow coloured titles to the front panel and orange and black coloured titles to the back strip colour photograph of author to the rear book panel. Over 250 ways to cook a chicken. Part of the Thrifty Gourmet series of books. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Browning to the text block edges and pages. Some stains to the book panels. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 221, [1] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; ISBN: 0890410305. ISBN/EAN: 9780890410301. Inventory No: 0120214. . 9780890410301

Aboriginal Studies Press, Canberra, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographs. this is the autobiography of a Russian ethnographer whose lifetime passion has been the study of Australia's Aboriginal people. Continually deny permission to travel abroad, "for over 30 years, I dreamt of seeing Australia with my own eyes", he was at last given the opportunity to come to Australia and a passport with the event of perestroika. The book has an afterword by archaeologist Rhys Jones which provides an appreciation of Vladimir's scholarly work within the context of Soviet anthropological theory and Australian Aboriginal ethnography. Vladimir has written his name and Canberra 1998 on the title page. slight rubbing of the right-hand side of the illustrated front cover; no other damage to detail. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 328 pages, includes a bibliography & notes & list of main works… Read More

Pelican Books (Penguin), Harmondsworth, Middlesex, 1971. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: diagrams. age toning of the page edges, free of annotation. In order to bring this important book before a wider public, this abridged edition has been prepared by removing more difficult mathematics, so that means little more than a knowledge, or even a reminiscence of school mathematics to follow the arguments. – From the preface Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 208 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: diagrams. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: mathematics; ISBN: 0140212531. ISBN/EAN: 9780140212532. Inventory No: 0258212. . 9780140212532

Bayda Books, Doncaster, Victoria, 1979. First Edition. Softcover (Stiff Boards). Very Good Condition. Softcover binding slightly rubbed at the top and bottom of the spine, binding has been reinforced with staples. Translated from the Ukrainian by Yuri Tkach. There is a preface by the translator. This is the story of a young man caught in the whirlwind of World War II. Not wishing to fight for anyone side, he tries only to survive the nightmare and return home. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 141 pages. please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: fiction; texts.; ISBN: 0908480008. ISBN/EAN: 9780908480005. Dewey Code: 891.79/3/44. Inventory No: 0270535. . 9780908480005

Parker Publishing Company, Inc, New York, 1977. Reprint. Softcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. this book has had a mis-binding -- in as much as the pages 4 through to 11 have been completely missed out. The actual text is complete. Illustrated front cover with orange and white background and bring in back titles to the front panel and green and orange titles to the backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book panels. Photograph of author to the rear book panel. Age toning and some handling marks to the text block edges and age toning of the internal text. A listing of the healthful and beneficial components of fruits, vegetables and nuts and seeds for health. Size: Standard Paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Inventory No: 0109256. .

Arena, London, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Slight creasing at the corners of the front panel, and ink splotches on the rear panel top left, no other damage. Reading creases to the spine. This is the author's 8th collection covering everything from Flashdance through to Rambo, more than 100 films. Some wonderful, some terrible, all are reviewed in the manner or method that is uniquely the author's. Size: Trade Paperback. XII, 404 pages with index.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0099496003. ISBN/EAN: 9780099496007. Inventory No: 0285224. . 9780099496007

Arena, London, 1987. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This is the author's 8th collection covering everything from Flashdance through to Rambo, more than 100 films. Some are wonderful, some terrible, all are reviewed in the manner or method that is uniquely the author's. Size: Trade Paperback. XII, 404 pages with index.. a clean secondhand copy, no damage to detail apart from age toning of the page edges. Marking pen stripe on bottom edge.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Film, Radio & Television; Essays & Literary Criticism. ISBN: 0099481707. ISBN/EAN: 9780099481706. Inventory No: 0271597. . 9780099481706

William Morrow and Company, Company, Inc, New York, 1995. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements and index. Blue/gray coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with a section 16 pages of colour photography between pages 119 and 120, and occasional black-and-white photographs throughout. 1/4 buckram cloth backstrip with metallic copper titles. 3/4 white coloured boards. Rubbing to the book edges and faint discolouration is also present. Colour photographic dustwrapper with gold, blue and dark red titles to the front panel and backstrip. Some discolouration to the dustwrapper panels and rubbing to the dustwrapper edges. The art of roasting -- from the entree through to the desert. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. (6), 452 pages, (4) pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Cooking, Wine & Dining; Oeneology; United States;… Read More

Twisted Spoon Press, Prague, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover (Illustrated Board). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Fedele Spadafora. Black coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with black and white illustrations by Fedele Spadafora. Blue coloured boards with silver coloured illustration to the front panel and silver coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the back strip. Title says it all. Minor rubbing of the book corners and back strip corners. Some rubbing of the edges and of the dustwrapper panels. First Edition Thus. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Not paginated.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Fedele Spadafora. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; Short Stories; ISBN: 809021715X. ISBN/EAN: 9788090217157. Inventory No: 0290284. . 9788090217157

St Martin's Griffin, New York, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. A clean copy with no damage, no annotations. Illustrated with at least 2 maps. Includes bibliography & index. Using comparisons with Great Britain between the world wars, and analysis of United States policies over the last 10 years, the Kagan's pinpoint the shortcomings of our military and foreign policies and create a superbly researched history. – Rear panel blurb Full number line. Size: Trade Paperback. X, 486 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; USA; 20th century; ISBN: 0312283741. ISBN/EAN: 9780312283742. Inventory No: 0267730. . 9780312283742

Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A second-hand copy with no damage to the dust jacket, no damage to the book. Only 104 pages long, the book argues that this is time to stop pretending that the Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world. Europe is turning away from pallor, or to put it a little differently, it is moving beyond power into a self-contained world of laws and rules and transnational negotiation and cooperation. Meanwhile the United States remains mired in history, exercising power in anarchic Hobbesian world of international laws and rules are unreliable and where true security and defence and promotion of liberal order still depend on the possession and use of military might. – Page 3 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category:… Read More

Steimatzky, Israel, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Foreword by Donn A. Starry, preface by Major General Israel Tal, A Letter to the Author by Shimon Peres, acknowledgements, about the author, introduction by author and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photograph, predominantly at the beginning of the text all, along with some maps of the actual fighting and movements of the Israeli and Egyptian forces. Photographic paperback binding with gilt and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The Yom Kippur War was unique in modern military history as it was fought primarily with tank units. Quoting the rear panel blurb " ... the war became a story not only of battle strategy and tactics, but also one of human discipline, endurance and sacrifice. <snip> (the author, a tank battalion commander) describes this experience in The Heights of Courage. He recounts the personal endeavours of his men, their years and their… Read More

Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. foreword by the Reverend Professor Emeritus Robert Anderson AM, preface by author, acknowledgements, list of abbreviations, glossary, appendix, endnotes, bibliography and index. Photographic card cover with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and white and gray coloured titles to the backstrip. The author survived the Holocaust through the protection rendered by an ordinary German family. In an era where there was state sponsored anti-Jewish terror, persecution on the streets and mass deportation to the death camps; there were anomalies, for example: – Berlin Jewish Hospital remained untouched. As the rear panel blurb says, the author's "... riveting personal story, as well as her extensive research, eliminates the paradox of the continuance of humanitarian feeling in the midst of utter inhumanity." gentle handling marks to the front edge of the text… Read More

Pardes Publishing House, New York, 1935. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. small split at the bottom right hand corner of the rear panel, fading of the spine and right-hand side of rear panel, "Jewish bookshop" Carlton rubberstamp on the 1st page, previous owner's rubberstamp on the preface page, and on page 88. (The Rev J Z Jacobs, JP of East Coburg) no other damage to describe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 88 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Essays & Literary Criticism; Judaica; Religion & Theology. Inventory No: 0241116. .

Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 1999. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Signed by Author. foreword by the Reverend Professor Emeritus Robert Anderson AM, preface by author, acknowledgements, list of abbreviations, glossary, appendix, endnotes, bibliography and index. Photographic card cover with red and white coloured titles to the front panel and white and gray coloured titles to the backstrip. The author survived the Holocaust through the protection rendered by an ordinary German family. In an era where there was state sponsored anti-Jewish terror, persecution on the streets and mass deportation to the death camps; there were anomalies, for example: – Berlin Jewish Hospital remained untouched. As the rear panel blurb says, the author's "... riveting personal story, as well as her extensive research, eliminates the paradox of the continuance of humanitarian feeling in the midst of utter inhumanity." A little creasing to the book corners was rubbing of the… Read More

Lyle Stuart Inc, Secaucus, New Jersey, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. A Sadly Necessary Prelude. 1/4 red coloured cloth covered back strip with silver coloured titles. 3/4 white coloured boards. In this book Rabbi Kahane asks challenging questions in regards to Israeli-Arab relations, Israeli politics and outside influences. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges and rubbing of the lower book edges. The white coloured boards have become grubby and show marks, as does the front fold over edge. Age toning of the text block edges with spotting to the top text edge; with a a few marks to the other edges. Previous owners name to the top left hand corner of the front paste-down and the top right hand corner of the rear paced-down. Original bookseller's rubber stamp to the lower left hand corner of the free front end page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 324 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture… Read More

Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd, London, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: David Levine. unpaginated ( 44 pp), spine faded from sunning, thin clear laminate has started to lift at the front spine gutter. Only the names have been changed to protect the author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: David Levine. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Humour; Poetry; Inventory No: 0204672. .