Search Results: Titles starting with I from Pegasus Book Orphanage

Viking Penguin, London 1990 Hardcpver, 16 x 24cms, with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Signed by author

Viking 1990 hard cover + dust jacket Very good condition, in very good unclipped dust jacket. Gift suitable De Bono challenges head on the crude and primitive logic of Western thinking which has proved so excellent in technical matters and so feeble in human affairs.

by author - ISBN:0646214020 1995 Bound softcover booklet, 6" x 8¼" Booklet in VERY GOOD condition Fifty-four b&w photographs. Chapter headings indicate Horrie's path - England, Bundoora, Colac, Rutherglen, Richmond, Kerang, Kyneton, Avalon, 'The Tip', 'Our Pleasures', Allansford, Moorooduc, Mornington (note: mostly in Victoria, Australia). He was a farmer / mechanic. Period of biography 1906 - 1985.

Time Warner Books, publishers, London 2002 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket By the age of 12, Lulu was playing with her band at professional gigs. Suddenly she was a singer, touring with the Beach Boys, partying with the Beatles, flirting with the Monkees, marrying a Bee Gee. She recalls the highs of her illustrious career; hitting number one in the US, winning Eurovision, relighting the fire for a whole generation with 'Take That': but also the pain in her private life - and how she transformed this heartbreak into song-writing success. 47 colour and b&w pixs.

Scibner 1997 Hard cover in unclipped dust jacket Very good book in very good dustjacket Overcoming the secret legacy of male depression

Bloomsbury, London 1996 Hardcover with dust jacket The first 24 pages have minor water stain to foredge (not affecting legibility). Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers etc. FAIR book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket This lusty, high-spirited book came out of conversations, conducted over the course of fourteen years, between Federico Fellini, the great master director of such landmark films as '81/2', 'La Dolce Vita', and 'La Strada', and author Charlotte Chandler. The result is a work of astonishing candour, subtle wit, and insight both into the self and into the mysteries of motion pictures.

Angus & Robertson Publishers, Sydney 1985 Hardcover, rebound for library use Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, with usual stamps, stickers & barcode, etc. Book in GOOD condition In 1946 Gil Duthie was elected as federal Labor MP for the Tasmanian seat of Wilmot. This book contains astonishing extracts from his parliamentary diary covering the major political events of almost three decades - the 1947 Bank Nationalisation Bill, the explosive Petrov Affair, the agony of the Vietnam War and Labor's emergence under Gough Whitlam.

George G Harrap & Co, High Holburn, London 1937 Hardcover, lacking jacket Book in FAIR condition With eight half-tone illustrations. Published before the commencement of the Second World War (and reprinted within the month), this book focuses on Hitler and Mussolini, who are featured together in the mounted frontispiece photograph, and concentrates on the character and methods of both leaders.

Faber & Faber, London mcmliii Hardcover, 8¼" x 5¼", with dust jacket Jacket has short tears at top of spine. Previous owner's name (1974) to ffep, and original bookseller's label (Perth, WA) to inside cover. GOOD book in GOOD clipped dust jacket Light-blue cloth-bound boards with red type to spine. "I have been in twenty-four countries, four continents and about a dozen islands," the author writes in her first chapter. Here are 33 stories about some of them - packed with joys, woes, lessons, and humour. All the minor harassments and embarrassments - straying luggage, bumptious officials, leaky mosquito nets, linguistic blunders, and cockeyed strangers - proclaim the drolleries of living in a suitcase. Over thirty years of haphazard globetrotting.

Horn & Wallace, Albuquerque - first edition, this published (first pub'd 1893) 1964 hardcover, 6¼" x 9½", front jacket panel mounted on cover Ours is an ex-library copy with usual stickers, bar code, pocket, stamps etc. Book in FAIR condition Provides an account of daily life in New Mexico in the 1860s as seen through the eyes of an educated woman. Intimately described are the joys and sorrows of the wife of an Army officer stationed at various posts in New Mexico. James Magoffin, Kit Carson, and General H H Sibley are among the famous figures encountered; and Fort Bliss, Santa Fe, Taos and Fort Union among the locations.

Hodder & Stoughton 1989 Hard Cover Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, barcode etc. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD price-clipped dust jacket A English actor looks back on his first sixty years.

Simon and Schuster, New York - 1987 hardcover, 6½" x 9½", with dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket This is the fast-paced account of the Walker spy family - the fascinating tale of John Walker, Navy communications expert, who recruited his son, his brother, and his best friend into what was called "the most damaging spy ring in American history." This book is far more suspenseful than the movie of the same story.

Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne 1939 hardcover, 8 3/4" x 5 1/2", with dust jacket Foxing spots to edges; jacket has edge-wear, tears and small gaps - now protected. GOOD book in GOOD unclipped dust jacket Green cloth-bound boards with black type to spine, illustrated endpapers [book plates], photographic portrait as frontis, 16 b&w photographs, 2 caricatures, index. 'Bob' Croll (1869-1947), educationalist, was very active in Melbourne's literary & arts scene, and a frequent contributor to newspapers & journals. He was a friend of C J Dennis, Hugh McCrae, Henry Lawson, Web Gilbert, John Shaw Neilson, David Low, and Blamire Young - an amazing cross-genre mix of creative talent, mostly Melbourne-based. His memoirs have an open-air freshness, and show a lively intelligence.

Claude Morris, London © 1947 hardcover, 8 1/2" x 5 1/2" (lacks jacket) Book in GOOD condition Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with (fading) gold type to spine and front cover. Easy-to-read recollections from experiences around the globe (Paris, Venezuela, China, Hollywood) by one who attracts eccentrics and is full-of-life. Queer pets and unforgettable characters!

Carousel books, Transworld, Ealing, London - 1975 softcover, 5" x 7¾", with card covers Book in GOOD condition Why should you enter a field as demanding as medicine? Dr Regester explains his training, background and many experience to help you decide if his is a career for you to consider. He has ran a country practise, been a medical officer in Borneo, conducted surgery and sometimes 'off the cuff' obstetrics … "in this profession you may well find yourself dying of overwork, never of boredom".

Tyndale House 1972 soft cover Very good condition A minister of religion who was deeply involved with spiritualism exposes the dangers and sounds a word of warning.

Pocket Books, publishers, New York - first printing 1998 hardcover, 6½" x 9½, with dust jacket Black felt-pen mark to bottom edges. VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD unclipped dust jacket Thirteen b&w photographs. Most people will remember him as 'Archie Bunker', but now Carroll O'Connor emerges from behind the actor's mask for the first time and tells about his greatest triumphs and terrible tragedies - a career that has been imortalised in television history.

Collins Dove, Australia 1989 Soft cover Very good condition An account of IVF in straightforward language, and its attendant procedures. Covers costs, side-effects, philosophical and ethical questions, related technologies, legal and political questions and theological questions.

J M Dent & Sons, London - first edition 1945 Hardcover, 5½" x 8¾" (lacks jacket) Covers have slight wear. Book in GOOD condition. Black cloth covers, gold type to spine, red tinted top edge, photographic portrait of author as frontispiece. Journalist, war-time gunner and Member of the House of Commons.

Thames and Hudson, London n.d.(1970?) hardcover, 8.25" x 6", and dust jacket VERY GOOD book in VERY GOOD dust jacket Dark-blue cloth-bound boards with gold type to spine & front symbol, blue tinted top-edge, 90 b/w photos (at rear), 53 drawings, 8 maps, 5 tables, index..The most striking product of Iberian civilisation was its art (sculpture, metalwork, coins, weapons). Ours is an ex-library copy in transparent protective covering, and has usual stamps, stickers, and barcode.