Search Results: Titles starting with H from Syber's Books ABN 40533682787

Doubleday, London, 1995. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Cartoons. acknowledgements, inscription, preface I, preface II, chronology and index. The text is illustrated with two inserts, 16 pages each, of black-and-white photography and cartoons. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A biography of H. G. Wells, that attempts to reassess him as a writer (and to restore his reputation as a literary figure), and of the women in his life, as the front fold over panel blurb states "... among them four of the most independent minded women of the century, his wife Jane Wells, Amber Reeves, Rebecca West and Moura Budberg – showing their influential wall in guiding him towards some of his greatest heights of literary and intellectual achievement." Clean copy, no damage to the scribe. Matching dust jacket.… Read More

International Publishing Co , Edinburgh, 1955. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 300 g; No publication date, but a preface by Wells' son is dated 1955, and an advertisement for a book that was a best seller over the pond, so circa 1955. 143 pp., Biography of H.G. Wells illustrated with drawings and black-and-white photographic frontispiece. the brown cloth cover is flecked, page edges clean, book itself is clean and free of annotation. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Biography; Inventory No: 0276874. .

Random House, New York, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. X, 406 pages, acknowledgements, notes and references and index. The text is illustrated with numerous black-and-white photographs throughout the text. Black coloured cloth boards with gilt author's embossed initials to the front panel and gilt titles to the backstrip. A little bumping to the corners of the backstrip and rubbing to the book corners. A few handling marks to the endpapers. Black-and-white photographic dustwrapper, of H.G. Wells, with white and pale peach coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black-and-white photograph of the author to the rear fold over panel. A little rubbing and creasing to the dustwrapper corners and dustwrapper edges. Rubbing to the panels of the dustwrapper and there is a small closed tear to the lower edge of the rear dustwrapper edge. There is a triangular crease to the top right-hand corner of the front fold over panel. The… Read More

Penguin Books, London, 1985. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photography between pages 192 and 193. Black-and-white photographic card cover with blue and white colour titles to the front panel and black-and-white coloured titles to backstrip. "H. G. Wells was such a giant of literature, so wholly charming (when he wanted to be) and so improbably gifted in his love affairs, that no biography of him could be dull. But as the son of Wells and Rebecca West, Anthony West is uniquely well-equipped to write it. This portrait is not only intimate, acerbic and hotly prejudiced but written with a brilliance that suggested been storing it up all his life." -- from the rear panel blurb. second-hand copy, age toning of the page edges, internally clean and without annotations. Size: Mid Sized Paperback. 384 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator:… Read More

Longmans, Green & Co, London . New York . Toronto, 1951. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. preface by author, appendix, bibliography, books and pamphlets by H. /G. Wells, sources of main quotations and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, of H. G. Wells. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photographs. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The first biography of H. G. Wells after his death in 1946. Softening of the head and of the hill of the backstrip and rubbing to the lower book edges. The spine is quite severely cold. Browning and foxing to the endpapers. Offset tanning, browning and foxing to the endpapers and the foxing is to the first few pages and last few pages of the book. Original bookseller's sticker to the lower left-hand corner of the free front end paper, and… Read More

The Macmillan Press, London, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: photographs & map. second-hand copy, no damage to the dust jacket, the top and bottom edges of the hardcover binding are slightly flecked, slight offset tanning of the front end papers. No other damage. The reference section consists of 2 dictionaries: and alphabetically arranged key to the characters and locations in the fiction, and a dictionary of the titles of novels, romances, stories and essays. A select bibliography indicates recommended sources for further reading. Illustrated with a number of black-and-white plates & stills and a map Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 288, [4] pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & map. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Books on Books; Literature & Literary. ISBN: 0333246985. ISBN/EAN: 9780333246986. Inventory No: 0276938. .… Read More

Penguin Books, London, 1985. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements and index. The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photography between pages 192 and 193. Black-and-white photographic card cover with blue and white colour titles to the front panel and black-and-white coloured titles to backstrip. "H. G. Wells was such a giant of literature, so wholly charming (when he wanted to be) and so improbably gifted in his love affairs, that no biography of him could be dull. But as the son of Wells and Rebecca West, Anthony West is uniquely well-equipped to write it. This portrait is not only intimate, acerbic and hotly prejudiced but written with a brilliance that suggested been storing it up all his life." -- from the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 384 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Reading creases to the… Read More

Jonathan Cape, London, 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Bill Botten -- Cover Art. bibliography. Pale yellow coloured endpapers. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. Blue coloured tint to the top textblock edge. Colour illustrated dustwrapper (wraparound) by Brian Botten, with black, red and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. A retelling of the mutiny on the ship H. M. S. Bounty, in 1879, when Fletcher Christian mutinied against Captain William Bligh. Based on surviving records both in England and in Pitcairn Island, it retells the mutiny, the personalities, society of the time, but, unlike most retellings, the author looks into the why of the mutiny, and,suggests that there was a hidden secret that caused Christian to mutiny, then set adrift Bligh and 14 other members of the crew on a journey that was almost inevitably to be their death. Also released as: Hell's Paradise under the authorship of Brian… Read More

Four Square Books, London, 1960. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. author's note, foreword by Admiral Sir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith, V. C., K. C. B., and appendix. Between pages 96 and 97 there are four pages of black and white photography. Colour illustrated card cover with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The story of the Royal Navy submarine core during World War II. Part of Four Square War Book series. Creasing to the book corners and chipping to the backstrip corners. There is a 0.25 " tear to the lower right-hand corner of the backstrip which also has a reading crease. Browning and foxing to the text blockages and browning of the pages. Foxing to the first few and last few pages of the book. The book has been stored incorrectly and is slightly buckled and bent. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 192 pages,. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Please refer to accompanying… Read More

E.P. Dutton, New York, 1932. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Photographic and Maps. publishers' foreword, list of illustrations, list of maps and index. Black-and-white photographic frontispiece, showing "130 lbs of ivory". The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography, gleaned from His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales own camera and by others. There are three foldout maps within the text, the first is a three-page foldout map showing East Africa and the Sudan, the second map, again three pages, showing Congo and the Sudan, and the last is five pages, showing Kenya, Tanganyika and Uganda and the routes taken on the expeditions. All maps are in colour. Brown coloured cloth covered boards with self embossed decoration to the front panels and gilt titles to the backstrip. The reminiscences of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales (later the Duke of Windsor) on two expeditions into East Africa to hunt game. Softening… Read More

Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1991. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Boards 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Acknowledgements. 1/4 black coloured cloth covered black strip with metallic light green coloured titles. 3/4 dark gray coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with green and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Black and white photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The 8th in the Kinsey Millhone alphabetical mystery series. In which Kinsey investigates the death of Parnell Perkins, claims adjuster for California Fidelity, and a colleague and part-time drinking partner of Kinsey. Softening and rubbing of the backstrip edges with some rubbing of the book corners. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. Previous bookseller's sticker to the top right-hand corner of the free front end page. Some spotting to the top text edge. There is a hollow in the backstrip. A little rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Full Number… Read More

Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1934. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 262pp. Two-tone frontispiece and seven two-tone plates. Illustrated dustwrapper, 1/2" split at top of front panel/spine crease, minor chipping. Bookseller sticker pasted to lower portion of wrapper spine, and also to front paste down. A brief history of the south-eastern Australian state published at the time of the centenary of its foundation in 1834. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Australiana; Local History -- Victoria; Inventory No: 0203362. .

Pan Books, London, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. there is some rubbing and creasing at the bottom corner of the front panel and bookseller sticker over blacked out price on the rear panel. No other damage to detail. First softcover edition. Size: Mid Sized Paperback ( 7¾" - 9¾" tall ). 278 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN: 0330303198. ISBN/EAN: 9780330303194. Inventory No: 0249442. . 9780330303194

Hamersley Iron, Mt Tom Price, Dampier, 1986. Periodical, 1st thusly. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: PHOTOGRAPHIC & MAP. the book is handled, has some creasing of the cover and the 1st few pages, and accidental (careless) dog earring of the bottom external corners of some of the pages. Illustrated with many sepia photographs and drawings, and with numerous colour photographs and with a double page map of the region showing water supplies. The calendar section of the diary has not been used. The book reinforces the need for water in the driest continent. Size: Trade Paperback. 80 pages. The book is a secondhand book with reading creases to the spine, and darkening of the page edges, but is otherwise clean, and free of annotation.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: PHOTOGRAPHIC & MAP. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Australia; Inventory No: 0241849. .

Allen & Unwin, Sydney, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition. The inside of the softcover binding has browned quite severely, and the previous owner had a fixed a small colour decal to the top right hand corner of the first page. There is no other damage. Each of the stories starts with a photograph of the writer with a short biography. The book evidently features the best of American crime writing. Fifth Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XII, 212 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime Fiction; ISBN: 1863732217. ISBN/EAN: 9781863732215. Inventory No: 0268952. . 9781863732215

Self Published, West Essendon, 2012. Edition Unstated. Softcover. Very Good Condition. I have chosen to launch my books on 12-12-2012. This important date signifies the end of times as we know it, and the beginning of a new cycle of evolution for planet earth, humanity and the cosmos. Our ancient spiritual ancestors were informing the modern world to be ready for a giant transformation for the human race. Interestingly, traditions across the world including Buddhism, Tao, Hopi and Vedic knowledge predict a ‘Golden AgeÂ’ or ‘SatyugÂ’ in their calendars around the same period. December 2012 is being looked upon as a significant spiritual event and a momentous shift in the collective consciousness of the planet. 12-12-12 is a beautiful opportunity for transformation and healing on a personal and global level. We are invited to allow the supportive energies of Mother Earth to open our hearts and be ready for expansion to the BIG you in this BIG universe.… Read More

Self Published, West Essendon, 2012. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. I have chosen to launch my books on 12-12-2012. This important date signifies the end of times as we know it, and the beginning of a new cycle of evolution for planet earth, humanity and the cosmos. Our ancient spiritual ancestors were informing the modern world to be ready for a giant transformation for the human race. Interestingly, traditions across the world including Buddhism, Tao, Hopi and Vedic knowledge predict a ‘Golden AgeÂ’ or ‘SatyugÂ’ in their calendars around the same period. December 2012 is being looked upon as a significant spiritual event and a momentous shift in the collective consciousness of the planet. 12-12-12 is a beautiful opportunity for transformation and healing on a personal and global level. We are invited to allow the supportive energies of Mother Earth to open our hearts and be ready for expansion to the BIG you in this BIG universe. Start… Read More

Self Published, West Essendon, 2012. Edition Unstated. Hardcover. Very Good Condition. I have chosen to launch my books on 12-12-2012. This important date signifies the end of times as we know it, and the beginning of a new cycle of evolution for planet earth, humanity and the cosmos. Our ancient spiritual ancestors were informing the modern world to be ready for a giant transformation for the human race. Interestingly, traditions across the world including Buddhism, Tao, Hopi and Vedic knowledge predict a ‘Golden AgeÂ’ or ‘SatyugÂ’ in their calendars around the same period. December 2012 is being looked upon as a significant spiritual event and a momentous shift in the collective consciousness of the planet. 12-12-12 is a beautiful opportunity for transformation and healing on a personal and global level. We are invited to allow the supportive energies of Mother Earth to open our hearts and be ready for expansion to the BIG you in this BIG universe.… Read More

Macmillan, South Melbourne & London, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 317 pp., Top edge is lightly foxed, slight rubbing of the spine ends, dustwrapper shows a price of £6.95. A group of strangers travelling around Europe, Africa, South America, Russia AND New York ( evidently America is a separate place,) find everything is not as they expect. The author's first novel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0333298969. ISBN/EAN: 9780333298961. Inventory No: 0204982. . 9780333298961

Macmillan, South Melbourne, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 317 pp., A group of strangers travelling around Europe, Africa, South America, Russia AND New York ( evidently America is a separate place,) find everything is not as they expect. The author's first novel. very slight rubbing of the bottom of the spine contact with the shelf stopped no other damage, no annotations. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 0333298969. ISBN/EAN: 9780333298961. Inventory No: 0282388. . 9780333298961