Search Results: Authors starting with T from Pegasus Book Orphanage

Australasian Publishing Co 1950 hard cover Very good condition, head and tail bands, minor dumping on bottom of spine 19 coloured plates and 537 illustrations. A textbook intended primarily for the student, but also as a help to the doctor

Story Press, Cincinnati, Ohio 1998 hardcover, 6¼" x 9¼", with dust jacket AS NEW book in AS NEW unclipped dust jacket This book will help you transform a competent story into a great one, turn the ordinary into the remarkable. Christopher T Leland will give you a new understanding of the reader-writer relationship, enabling you to surprise and intrigue your readers, charm, frighten and transport them, and always stay one step ahead, leading them with a deft and sure touch. Leland brings an inspiring warmth, humour and erudition to his lessons.

The Folio Society, London 1997 Hardcover, 7¾" x 10¼" (19½cms x 26cms ), with illustrated board covers, lacking slipcase Book in AS NEW condition This book deals, almost exclusively, with the British contribution to the recording of ancient Egyptian civilisation over almost two centuries. It tells a story of determined labour, undertaken often in difficuly and dangerous circumstances. It emphasises the little-known amateur and professional workers who laboured on the recording of monuments and the copying of inscriptions from which a comprehensive picture has emerged. Book includes over 100 illustrations consisting of many colour illustrations, maps, and b&w photographs.

Forests Commission Victoria [Australia] softcover, 9" x 8 3/4" Covers a little scruffy. Booklet in VERY GOOD condition A selection of Works by William Ricketts from his sanctuary at Mt Dandenong, Australia. Ricketts was a sculptor, albeit eccentric, who created amazing, large 'bush sculptures' with Aboriginal themes in his mountain retreat outside Melbourne [today a public museum]. This booklet surveys his work, depicts it in full-colour and declares Ricketts love of the Australian bush. "I have dared to know what wholeness of life means," he claims.

Prentice-Hall 1983 hard cover/dust jacket Ex library copy with some pencil underlines, over-tight protective wrapper, otherwise good condition Explains what causes hair to grow naturally, what makes hair fall out, and discusses scientific discoveries regarding hair loss.

Thomas Yoseloff, New York 1958 hardcover, 6" x 8¾", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps and barcode. FAIR book in FAIR price-clipped dust jacket Mr McCarthy has based this essay on all of Henry James's available writings: fiction, reviews, critical articles, biographies, letters, notebooks, autobiographical books, and other works through a period of over fifty years. He attempts to indentify the evolution of James's ideas. The result is a lucid and thorough analysis shedding new light on a major creative force in American literature.

Heinemann, London - Revised Edition 1974 hardcover, 9.5" x 6.25", with dust jacket Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. Weighs 1.3 kgs (2.5lbs) when packed. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Grey cloth-bound boards with silver type to spine, 32 pages of b/w photos, drawings, maps & paintings, bibliography of Lawrence's works, index. In this revised form with important new material added, Moore's book is a balanced, indispensable DHL biography

Hodder and Stoughton, Paternoster Row, London 1886 Hardcover with gilt-blocked boards Board edges worn, endpaper discoloured. Book in FAIR condition - over a century and a quarter old. New edition, completing one hundred and twentieth thousand. The Jubilee Singers were a group of ex-slaves who traveled the world to raise money to maintain Fisk University, Tennessee. Also includes words and music to 127 of their songs, starting with 'Nobody knows the Trouble I See, Lord.' and an account of the lives of several of the Singers as slaves.

Chapman and Hall, London - second impression 1949 Hardcover with dust jacket Bleaching, dyeing, printing & finishing included. Jacket has tears, creases and minor stains, but is complete. Previous owner's name & nine foxing spots to ffep. VERY GOOD book in GOOD dust jacket Green cloth-bound hardcover, 8.5" x 5.5", with gold type to spine, six photographic plates, dozens of diagrams, drawings & charts, and jacket. Deals primarily with scientific aspects of textile production, & embodying a view of fibres & their behaviour.

Walter Scott, London - 1887 hardcover, 7.5" x 4.75" His sister wrote 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'. Wear to board corners and spine. Previous owners' name to ffep & title page. Book in VERY GOOD condition Brown cloth-bound boards with black impressed motifs & gold type to spine and front; eight pages of advertisements at rear. The first biography of Beecher, eloquent American preacher who denounced slavery & advocated temperance & women's suffrage.

David & Charles, Newton Abbot, Devon 1974 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket The eighteenth century witnessed the birth of the Industrial Revolution - the synthesis of applied science and capitalism that ushered in the modern world. This book describes over a hundred and thirty inventions with sections dealing separately with iron and steel, steam power, textiles, chemistry, scientific instruments, electrical machines, pottery, printing, agriculture, transport and other branches of technology.

Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK 1978 Softcover with card covers Ours is an ex-library copy, with usual library markings and pocket. Book in VERY GOOD condition The theme of love in all its aspects was central to this many-sided poetry, and Dr Topsfield examines the work of a number of the greatest troubadours from the viewpoint of their attitudes to love. He discusses the ideas of love which were current in the courtly society for which the induvidual poets sang, and their relationship to that society. Includes 9 b&w plates.

Writers Digest Books, Cincinnati, Ohio - 2000 softcover, 6" x 9" Book in VERY GOOD condition Zero in and super-charge your fiction with action, intrigue and suspense. This book shows you how, combining solid writing instruction with the insights of eleven truly best-selling thriller and suspence authors. "Stillman walks the reader through the steps required to produce a novel that will captivate the editor, grip the reader, and bring a twinkle to the eye of the author's financial advisor. It is a pleasure to recommend this book," Ralph McInerney (Father Dowling, Notre Dame series).

Crosby Lockwood & Son, London - first edition 1967 Hardcover with dust jacket Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Black cloth-bound boards, 8" x 5", with gold type to spine, with many drawings & photographs, & dust jacket. Covers causes of condensation, damp penetration in upper floors, chimneys, window frames, external claddings & coatings. Remedial treatments.

Academic Press, Fifth Avenue, New York - 1983 hardcover, 16cms x 23½cms, with dust jacket Jacket has creases and two repaired short tears; good tight binding. VERY GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Here is the seventh volume in this highly respected series on water relations of important woody crop plants in a community context. The first chapter deals with predicting the effects of vegetation changes on transpiration and evaporation. Subsequent chapters treat water relations of cotton, small fruits, grapevines, and peach trees and orchards. Also considered are the effects of water deficits on physiological processes, vegatitive and reproductive growth, and yields of harvested products.

Collins, Auckland, New Zealand 1973 Hardcover with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket White Island, linked to the chain of volcanoes which runs through New Zealand's North Island, has been widely credited as being the safety valve which protects that nation from major disasters. Since the coming of the Maori to the present day this, New Zealand's only marine volcano White Island hasbecome an irresistable magnet to fishermen, muttonbird hunters, sulphur miners, scientists. Many myths and legends about Whakaari, are here explained or disposed of.

Australian & New Zealand Schools Exploring Society, Melbourne - 1979 softcover, 7" x 10" Book in VERY GOOD condition This report evaluates the first expedition into rugged South-West Tasmania organized for youthful schoolchildren to expose them to nature's physical difficulties, and for them to garner valuable scientific information (anthropology, botany, geology, hydrology, zoology etc.) - and to develop self-reliance, comradeship, and shared experiences. 38 participants had an unforgettable learning experience.

Victor Gallancz, London 1972 Hardcover with dust jacket Ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stickers, stamps, barcode, etc. Front hinge revealed, but binding firm. Heavy book = higher shipping (we'll quote). VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket. Black cloth-bound hardcover, 9.25" x 6", with silver type to spine, fifty-one b/w photographs, notes, index, & jacket. The life of Russia's 'poet of the Revolution', mostly in his own words (& by those who knew him) from previously unpublished documents.

Graphic-sha Publishing - first edition 1989 hardcover, 12" x 8.75" Both free endpapers have been removed. A great book for creative inspiration. Previous owner's name under front flap. Heavy book, over 4lbs shipped. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Handsome black cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine & imprinted front, over 360 designs from 25 countries, 136 pages in colour, design shop list at rear. Letterhead designs plays an personal role in communication, as opposed to mass communications.

Hill of Content 1994 soft cover Very good condition Describes some of the most unusual and bizarre, gruesome yet fascinating behaviour from around the world and throughout history. Includes colour plates.