Search Results: Titles starting with Q from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

London, Hodder & Stoughton first edition - hard cover in dust jacket The author looks at the adventurous expeditioning impulses which have driven men and women to accomplish remarkable feats in all the earth's elements - crossing its oceans, deserts, poles, canoeing its rivers, climbimg its mountains and much more. He also examines the motivation of Thesiger compared to Chicester among others. 285 x 225mm., pp. 448, b/w & col. plates, maps, biblio., index. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j. rubbed/wear/closed tears top spine & edges - very clean copy. VG+/nearVG ISBN: 0340255994

Sydney, William Collins first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Australians have always venerated old things. Terry Ingram explains the reasons for this anomalous situation in a witty and informative manner. He takes a hard, sometimes irreverent look at the wheelers and dealers in old wares in Australia and discusses some of the 'finds' which have not lived up to their promise. 262 x 198mm., pp. 192, b/w and colour plates throughout, notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, light rubbing - no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0002164124

London, Hamish Hamilton 6th impression - h/cover in dust jacket Stephenson, a fighter pilot in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, shot down twenty-six enemy planes before being captured by the Germans. After he had carried out a dangerous intelligence mission in the early months of the war, Churchill asked him in 1940 to take charge of all British secret intelligence. 220 x 150mm., pp. xii, 255, sources, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket ""shadow"" ffep and price clipped - light edge rubbing - a very clean copy. VG+/VG+

New York/ Checkmark/Facts On File revised & updated edition - h/c without D.J. Complete revised and expanded, this new edition is the definitive collection of notable quotations by women. It includes more than 18,000 quotations from more than 3,600 women throughout history, on subjects from friendship and love to politics, religion, art, letters and other media. 287 x 220mm., pp. xviii, 974, Biographical, Career & Occupational, Ethinicity & Nationality Subject Indexes. Contents - first 30 pages slightly creased top r.h. corner, laminated boads. NEAR FINE ISBN: 0816040125