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

Henry Holt and Company, New York, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover (1/4 Cloth 3/4 Boards). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Acknowledgements. 1/4 black coloured black strip with metallic red coloured titles. 3/4 black coloured boards. Photographic dustwrapper with metallic red coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Colour photograph of author to the rear dustwrapper panel. The 11th in the Kinsey Millhone alphabetical mystery series. In which Kinsey investigates the death of Lorna Keppler, a loner who could not resist flirting with danger .... Rubbing of the backstrip edges and of the book corners. A very slight cock of the spine. Age toning of the text block edges and pages. Minor rubbing of the dustwrapper edges and panels. Full Number Line. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [15], 2 - 284, [6] pages,. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Crime… Read More

no indication, Melbourne, 2002. no indication. Softcover (with flaps). Near Fine Condition. Inscribed by Author. Rimona Kedem is an artist born in Israel and has taught and exhibited in galleries in Mexico, Israel and in Australia, where she has lived for the last thirty years. Her work is featured in many private collections here and overseas as well as institutions such as the National Gallery in Melbourne and La Trobe University. Her major commission has been the design of over 60 lead glass windows in the New Melbourne Synagogue in Toorak Road. KEDEM conversations with self is a testament to her artistic talents. Rimona is currently artist in residence at Bialik College. a secondhand copy with no damage apart from an inscription signed with lots of love Rimona, and dated 7/2/03 on the first page Size: Folio ( 12"- 15" tall ). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Art & Design; Inscribed by Author. Inventory No:… Read More

Sceptre, London, 1991. Reprint. Softcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: maps. 848 pages, includes chapter notes, bibliography, index, list of abbreviations, and appendices. Starting with a history of the Czarist origins in the 15th and 16th centuries, through to 1989, this book offers both the comedic and the tragic. A secondhand copy with reading creases to the spine and signs of handling. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: maps. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Russia; Espionage; Russia; History. ISBN: 0340553464. ISBN/EAN: 9780340553466. Inventory No: 0267708. . 9780340553466

Weiser Books, York Beach, Maine, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. List of figures, preface and introduction by author, glossary of Kabbalistic terms and index. The text is illustrated with the occasional black-and-white illustrations. Colour illustrated paperback binding with black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... Kabbalah and Exodus shows us how the book of Exodus may be red, not just as little history, but as an allegory of the human condition." Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the text block edges and pages and the front text edge shows some staining. Remnants of a sticker can be seen to the lower edge of the rear panel. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [5], 6 - 250, [6] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Philosophy; Religion & Theology.… Read More

Japan Travel Bureau, Tokyo, 1953. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs & schedules. Second-hand copy, slight chipping at the top and bottom of the spine section of the jacket and rubbing at the corners of the fold overs. The colour frontispiece has offset printed itself onto the verso of the front free end page, and onto the title page. No other damage to describe. Please refer to attached image. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 157 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographs & schedules. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Japan; Theatre & Plays. Inventory No: 0280961. .

City Lights Publishers, San Francisco, 1971. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. second hand copy, right-hand side of the rear panel and the spine have tanned from exposure to light, offset tanning from a newspaper clipping on the inside of the front cover, no other damage. No annotations. Size: 12mo (standard paperback). 100 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Poetry; USA; Inventory No: 0285292. .

University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland, 1983. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrated paperback binding with green and gray coloured titles to the front panel and gray coloured titles to the back strip. A series of poems from this poet, dealing with an Anglo-Saxon-Jewish background. Creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Uniform tanning of the text block edges and lighter age toning of the pages. Previous owners name to the top right-hand corner of the half title page. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 52, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Australia; ISBN: 0702216909. ISBN/EAN: 9780702216909. Inventory No: 0124022. . 9780702216909

University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Queensland, 1983. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrated paperback binding with green and gray coloured titles to the front panel and gray coloured titles to the back strip. A series of poems from this poet, dealing with an Anglo-Saxon-Jewish background. nice clean copy, slight ageing of the pages, pale mark on page 27, nothing else to report. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 52, [4] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Poetry; Australia; ISBN: 0702216909. ISBN/EAN: 9780702216909. Inventory No: 0282852. . 9780702216909

Eurasia Publishing Corporation, Hong Kong, 1979. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic and Illustrations. foreword by Lieutenant General Sir John Archer, KCB, OBE. Bronze coloured end pages. The text is illustrated with colour maps, illustrations and colour photographs. Brown coloured boards with the symbol of the experimental farm to the front panel with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper gold coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Horace Kadoorie his brother,Lawrence Kadoorie, formed the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Association, to help the poorest members of the rural population of Hong Kong through interest-free loans,gifts of roads,bridges and dams,wells,orchards,fish ponds etc. This organisation has now extended its work throughout south-east Asia. inserted loosely is a map of the garden and farm. Rubbing of the back strip edges and of the book corners. Some age toning of the text block edges. Some… Read More

Left Book Club ( Gollancz ), London, 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 240 pages, map, introduction, index. Aside from the usual browning of the page edges, the book is in good order. Size: 12mo (Small Hardcover). Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; Africa; Inventory No: 0211985. .

Beth Hatefutsoth, The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, Tel Aviv, Israel, 1980. First Edition. Hardcover (Laminated Illustrated Boards). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. This exhibition was prepared and compiled for the museum by the photographer Jan Parik. It comprises documentary material on the life of Franz Kafka, collected from various sources by the photographer, as well is exceptional photographs of Prague which he took himself. Text printed on grey paper Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Text is in Hebrew & English. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; catalogue; Hebrew & English Language; Inventory No: 0265432. .

Citadel Press, New York, 1968. reprint. Softcover. Very Good Condition. this book places's works in the context of his life, and by examining the people, the ideas, and the events which influenced the artistry his lifetime, paves the way to a full understanding and appreciation of the Kafka masterpieces. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. XIV,1105, [7] pages, includes bibliography. 2nd copy showing no damage and without annotations in ink.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Biography & Autobiography; philosophy. Inventory No: 0263958. .

St. Martin's Press, New York, 1981. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. the subtitle is "what is the opposite sex likes and dislikes – and why". "What surprised me when I was 1st beginning to look into specific research on how women felt about sexual responses, and activities was the imbalance between the number of studies have focused on how men felt and thought about sex and the relative absence of studies focused on how women felt and thought about it. I came to feel so frustrated that I began to imagine all the research that had been done on the topic of sexuality in males and put it in a pile on the floor, the pile would reach to the ceiling. If you took all the research done on the top of of sexuality in females, you could fit it quite nicely into an 8 1/2 X 11 manila envelope" page 10 clean copy slight loss of colour of the spine area of the dustjacket. Internally clean and bright. This book is a result of a two-year study/survey of… Read More

Jonathan Cape / The Travellers' Library, London, 1930. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Blue coloured boards with gilt decoration and titles to the backstrip. Part of the Kai Lung series written in the 1920s and 30s, with sly humour and subtle digs. Age toning of the textblock edges. Offset tanning to the endpapers. Size: Small Hardcover. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Humour. Inventory No: 0273104. .

The Richards Press Ltd, London, 1946. Third Printing. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Poor. Yellow coloured boards with black decoration on the right hand corner of the front panel with black writing on the spine. Blue coloured tint to the top text edge. Illustrated dust wrapper, showing an elderly Oriental gentlemen against an Oriental background, with white and blue coloured titles to the front panel and blue coloured titles to the backstrip. Part of the Kai Lung series written in the 1920s and 30s, with sly humour and subtle digs. Corners of the book are bumped and frayed as are the head and the heel of the spine. Foxing has occurred to the cloth of the board, particularly noticeable in the spine. There are other marks also to the front and that panels. Browning to the paper edges as well as foxing. Original bookseller's sticker to the bottom right-hand corner of the front paste-down with foxing to the endpapers and to the pages. The dust wrapper is heavily… Read More

Jonathan Cape / The Travellers' Library, London, 1935. Jonathan Cape / The Travellers' Library. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. preface by Hilaire Belloc. Blue coloured boards with gilt decoration and titles to the backstrip. Illustrated dustwrapper with black coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Part of the Kai Lung series written in the 1920s and 30s, with sly humour and subtle digs. Softening of the backstrip images with bumping of the book corners and rubbing of the lower book edges. A little flecking to the lower book edges. Light browning of the text block edges with faint foxing to the top text block edge. Age toning of the textbook edges. Gift inscription to the free front end paper. Offset tanning and quite heavy foxing to the endpapers. Chipping to the dustwrapper edges and backstrip edges. Small tears to the dustwrapper edges and splits to the fold over creases. Sunning of the backstrip with the results of insect activity also… Read More

W. H. Allen, London, 1984. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: John Dolby (dustwrapper). 446 pp, illustrated dustwrapper. Traces of spotting to edges of text block. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John Dolby (dustwrapper). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: science Fiction & Fantasy; Science Fiction & Fantasy; Erotica. ISBN: 049103122X. ISBN/EAN: 9780491031226. Inventory No: 000250. . 9780491031226

W. H. Allen, London, 1984. Reprint. Hardcover. Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: John Dolby – Cover Art. Blue coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the back strip. Colour illustrated dustwrapper, by John Dolby, white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Number 19 in the "Gor" [Counter-Earth] sequence. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Tanning of the textblock edges and lighter age toning of the pages. Offset tanning and faint foxing of the end pages. Dust marks to the top text edge. A little creasing of the top dustwrapper edge with rubbing of the panels. Sunning of the back strip. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [8], 9 - 446, [2] pages.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: John Dolby – Cover Art. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Science Fiction & Fantasy; ISBN:… Read More

Weldon, Sydney, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Meier, Leo. 256 pages, illustrated end pages, and the text is illustrated with full-page, and double page colour photographs of Kakadu, its inhabitants, its wildlife, its plant life, and its history. Includes map and index. Colour illustrated dustjacket matches the colour illustrated laminated boards beneath. The dust jacket has a slight ripple on the front panel. Otherwise there is no damage to describe. A fitting celebration of one of Australia's most significant wilderness areas. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Meier, Leo. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Natural History & Resources; Local History -- Northern Territory; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0947116494. ISBN/EAN: 9780947116491. Inventory No: 0239630. . 9780947116491

Kevin Weldon and Associates, Sydney, 1987. First Edition. Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Very Good Condition. Illustrator: photographs & map. secondhand copy with trivial signs of handling. The book is illustrated cover to cover with full page, and part Page photography both of the natural beauty and of damage done by mining and erosion. The present generation of traditional owners have leased the land to the National Parks and wildlife service for the common heritage of all Australians, despite a past that has been marred by conflict. – Page 7 Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: photographs & map. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Natural History & Resources; Australia; Environment & Ecology. ISBN: 0947116478. ISBN/EAN: 9780947116477. Inventory No: 0259359. . 9780947116477