Search Results: Titles starting with A from Bookhome Sydney

London: George Allen & Unwin, 1958. Revised ed.. Hardback small, dustjacket, good condition (in good dustjacket), grey-coloured top edge, figures, sticker & old price marks front flyleaf, minor foxing endpapers, minimal foxing some pages, edges & pages lightly toned, minor edgewear jacket (small edge tears, faint toning reverse side, spine little faded, rear cover lightly toned, flap price-clipped), shop sticker front pastedown, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve. 139 pp. Revised edition (1958) of a book by Bertand Russell initially published in 1925. The basic principles of relativity (Albert Einstein) have not changed since then, but its applications have been extended, and some revision was necessary for this edition. Chapter 11 has been rewritten, and a number of other passages have been altered to agree with present knowledge.

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1923. Hardback very small, no jacket, good condition, orange cloth cover (little mottled), figures, tables, publisher catalogue at rear, spine little faded & mottled, edgewear, owner's written name & date. 108 pp. J. Henderson and C. W. Marshall provide a practical little guide to the methods and equipment used to protect high-tension alternating-current (AC) systems. Includes notes on various faults such as short circuits. One of Pitman's Technical Primers series. Plus 12 pages catalogue at rear. First edition (1923). Written dane dated 1928.

Canberra: Australian War Memorial, 1983. Hardback oblong quarto, dustjacket, very good condition (in good plus dustjacket), black & white & colour reproductions (most full-page), black & white frontispiece portrait, top edge front cover jacket near spine creased (repaired reverse side), otherwise excellent. 96 pp. Anne Gray, a staffer at the Australiuan War Memorial, Canberra, describes in detail the war paintings of Henry Fullwood (World War 1). They are assessed and re-evaluated in terms of the the artist's whole achievement. He was a friend of Arthur Streeton and Tom Roberts, and is nearly as well known. He was also a prolific and popular illustrator and printmaker. In 1918 the Australian Government choose him as one of its first official war artists.

London: Pan Books, 1980. Reprint ed.. Paperback mass market, good plus condition, tiny bump base spine, pages & inside covers lightly toned, minor edgewear. 191 pp. Hercule Poirot has another mystery on his hands. He has some very puzzling clues to unravel which centre around the ABC Railway Guide found at each crime scene. But if A is for Alice Asher, bludgeoned to death in Andover, and B is for Betty Bernard, strangled with her belt on the beach at Bexhill, who will then be Victim C? Agatha Christie at her best.

Melbourne: Australian Scholarly Publishing, 2004. Paperback trade, very good condition, corner front cover faintly creased, minor edgewear, non-author written dedication. 353 pp. Interdisciplinary essays that explore - sometimes in a witty manner - the diverse territory of lying (legal, literary, political, business, advertising, filmic and philosophical). Intentionally intergenerational and democratic - bringing together professionals and scholars, professors and students - including some contributors who should perhaps be treated with suspicion.

Sydney: Royal Botanic Gardens, 1965. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, good condition, thin card covers, black & white text-photos, colour fold-out map at rear, rear cover little marked, pages faintly toned, top edge lightly foxed, rear hinge slightly split (pages firm), minor edgewear corners & spine. 86 pp. This present guide is a series of sketches aimed at capturing atmosphere and describing items of special significance. The map is to be used for references in the text. The author has written this wonderful little book with the aim of giving pleasure and extra interest to people visiting the botanic gardens.

Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1990. 2nd ed.. Paperback small quarto, good condition, stapled, cover corners little scuffed, bottom corner front cover creased, minimal foxing edges, pages lightly toned, tiny tear fore-edge front cover, front cover lightly faded, minor edgewear. 45 pp. A bibliography that aims to help researches, land managers, professional bodies, government instrumentalities and anyone interested in Aboriginal rock art. It has been compiled from HERA, the Australian Heritage Commission's on-line bibliographic database, and relates to rock art sites, their meaning, preservation and management.

Chicago: Smallwaters Corporation / SPSS Inc., 1998. Reprint ed.. Paperback wide octavo, very good condition, figures. Heavy (1.0 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 600 pp. This statistical computer package performs structural equation modelling and path analysis.

Sydney: Currency Press, 2017. Paperback thin trade, very good condition, few black & white photos at front, bottom corner inside rear cover little rubbed, minor edgewear. 80 pp. This book is a collection of short stories playing out across the same town. Each year ATYP (a Sydney theatre company for young people) brings together 20 young writers from across the country, and challenges them to create stories that speak to the experience of being a young person in modern Australia. 'Intersection' has heartbreaking, funny and powerful interactions between characters coupled with complex and beautiful monologues to create a compelling snapshot of life at 17 years.

Sydney, Crows Nest: Allen & Unwin, 2012. 1st ed.. Paperback octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, covers little creased, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 231 pp. Lucy Frost describes a boatload of Scottish women convicts and their children who arrived in Hobart in 1838. They were initially housed in the Female Factory, nestling in the shadow of Mt Wellington. They were sent to work as unpaid servants in the houses of settlers. Many women survived the convict system and found a good place in the community once they were freed. Others continued to be plagued by errors and disasters until death.

Sydney: Picador / Pan Macmillan, 2001. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, faint foxing top edge, pages lightly toned, minor edgewear. 435 pp. First edition. Louis Nowra is an acclaimed playwright, novelist and screenwriter. A cardboard box mysteriously turns up in Australia. Inside it are hundreds of pieces of paper that contain entries for an encyclopedia of the modern Pacific nation, Abaza. This is a novel of dark humour and stunning originality.

London: Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line, 1952. Paperback trade, good condition, stapled pamphlet, pages & covers toned, minor edgewear, extensive annotation. 24 pp. Pamphlet for passengers sailing on this ocean liner from Britain to Australia. Includes a detailed listing of localities of interest to observe during the voyage. Extensively annotated by a passenger, dated 1954. (Estimated date, 1952, printer's mark.).

London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1968. Reprint ed.. Paperback large quarto, looseleaf as issued, good condition, small tear top spine, few tiny marks rear cover, light creasing, minor edgewear, small sticker mark, owner's written name front cover. 8 pp. Piano & vocal sheet music, words by Lyte, music by Liddle. Pianoforte accompaniment and lyrics. This sheet music was originally published in 1896. Printers mark rear cover: 6/68.

Sydney, Chatswood: Self Published: Valmai Phillips, 1987. Paperback thick trade, very good condition, black vinyl binding strips front & rear spine edges (spine open,) black & white photos, family trees, covers little marked, bottom corner tip rear cover bent, light foxing covers, spine & edges, minor edgewear. 136 pp. This story has been put together over a number of years. The first part deals with the Watsons and the Smalls, the second with the Rogers family. The author has also attempted to illustrate the life and events of the Sydney of those times. In 1837, the Reverend John Watson, a Presbyterian minister of a small parish outside Fintone in County Tyrone and the small parish outside of Ulster, Northern Ireland came to Australia with his large family of ten children. He became plain 'Mr' and a farmer. This book will interest anyone wanting to learn some early history about the imigrants who came to Australia and lived through hardship to become part of the early history.… Read More

Boston: Pearson Education, 2013. 15th ed.. Paperback large quarto, very good condition, colour figures & text-photos. Heavy (1.7 Kg), and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 625 pp. The 15th edition of the authoritative and comprehensive textbook about Abnormal Psychology. The respected authors offer students the most thoroughly researched, engaging, and up-to-date explanation of psychopathology, creating a learning experience that provokes thought and increases awareness. Adopts a comprehensive biopsychosocial perspective, and takes students to levels of understanding that other books do not offer. Hundreds of new references have been added to reflect the ever-changing field. This edition includes specialized sections that highlight some changes that are expected in the upcoming revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5).

Sydney: National Parks & Wildlife Service (NPAWS), 1976. 1st ed.. Paperback small quarto, good condition, stapled pamphlet, spine rubbed & ends chipped, staples slightly rusted, few tiny dents rear cover, pages lightly toned, covers & pages little creased, minor edgewear corner tips. 11 pp. This pamphlet is about Aboriginal relics in New South Wales. Describes the types of Aboriginal sites found within the State and outlines the major problems in their protection and the terms of the new legislation. The pamphlet covers: Types of site, occupation sites, occupation deposits, midden deposits, open campsites and "working" areas, tool sharpening grooves, canoe, shield and container trees, quarries, fish traps, burials, fossil remains, art and ceremonial sites, rock engravings, carved trees, ceremonial grounds, stone arrangements, natural sacred sites, recording, legal protection, vandalism, development, natural deterioration. There are written records detailing some 5000 known sites… Read More

Canberra: Centre for Archaeological Research, Australian National University, 2006. 1st ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, stapled pamphlet, minor edgewear. 25 pp. This pamphlet reviews recent research and aims to reconceptualise the debate about Aboriginal relationship to the landscape. Argues that we need to move beyond the polarisation that demands a false choice between ecological and social processes in explanation, towards a focus on the mechanisms of connection between human and nonhuman worlds.

Brewarrina, NSW: Brewarrina Historical Society, 1976. Paperback oblong quarto, very good condition, black & white photos & drawings (some full-page), spine ends little rubbed, corner tips covers little scuffed, minor edgewear. 74 pp. Peter Dargin describes in detail the onetime Aboriginal fisheries in Brewarrina, northern New South Wales, which was a major historic Aboriginal enterprise of the area. He describes the history of the local Aboriginal people and their customs which provides context to the remarkable extensive fishing traps and nets in the local rivers. For several reasons, the fisheries gradually declined with increasing white settlement. (Limited edition of 2000 copies.).

Brisbane: Jacaranda Press, 1963. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), maps, endpaper illustrations, black & white photos, few light foxed patches reverse side jacket (flap price-clipped, some edgewear), light foxing top edge, bottom edges covers little rubbed, corners on covers little bumped, two rubber stamps (inside front cover & title page), tiny biro letter front endpaper & rear pastedown, non-author written dedication free flyleaf, protected by removable semiarchival plastic sleeve (Brodart). 139 pp. An anthropologist (Norman Tindale) and an author (H. A. Lindsay) have collaborated in the compiling of a simplified summary of what is now known [in 1963] about the Australian Aborigines. Some of the data has come from unpublished material in the Tindale notebooks, which he has put together on 22 trips to many isolated parts of Australia.

Sydney: Sydney University Press (SUP), 1974. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), spine jacket little faded (as usual), dark burgundy boards (gilt title spine), black & white figures, tables, black & white plates at rear, minimal cancelled ex-library (rubber stamp title page & rear free flyleaf, small biro classification digits pastedowns), minor edgewear, internally excellent. Heavy, and extra postage may be requested to destinations outside Australia. 426 pp. Isabel McBryde (Senior Lecturer, Australian National University, Canberra) describes the Aboriginal prehistory in the New England region of New South Wales in the colonial contact period, and the latest phase of its prehistory. The author has an interest in the ethnohistory of New England through her own research into the prehistory of the region. Some of the chapters are: The archaeological survey - Ceremonial sites - Aboriginal art in northeastern New South Wales - Disposal of the dead - The… Read More