SELL UP, PACK UP, TAKE OFF
Information on cost of buying, renting, etc. in overseas locations. Soft cover, published 2014, 237 pages, illustrated. In excellent condition.
SELL UP, PACK UP, TAKE OFF
Information on cost of buying, renting, etc. in overseas locations. Soft cover, published 2014, 237 pages, illustrated. In excellent condition.
26/02/2024
ANDREW MORTONS THE QUEEN
A truly great and very readable biography of the late Queen, by Andrew Morton. London, Michael O'Mara Books, 2022. 432 pages, illustrated with b/w and colour photographs. Paperback in as new condition. Make a wonderful gift.
29/01/2024
MILITARY JETS OF THE WORLD
"The World's Major Military Jets", by Doug Richardson, is a full colour directory of the most important jets in military service. Published in 1991w have some historical value. 45 pages and index. The random photos give you an idea of the content. In as new condition, suitable for gifting.
26/01/2024
VICTORIAN SECRETARYS HANDBOOK
This is a great little paperback that every secretary should read and digest. It has 231 pages of advice and information on office practice, business English, facts and figures, terminology and much more. Published in 1979 and obviously a bit dated (judging by the hand-held phone she is using), but essentially still quite useful. In excellent condition.
25/01/2024
HOW TO RUN A MEETING
This book was written for the use of voluntary organisations to help with meetings procedure. It includes advice on agenda, motions, amendments, voting, etc. No organisation should be without a copy of it. Published in 1962, but still highly relevant today. Paperback, 131 pages, vgc.
25/01/2024
THE DEBATERS HANDBOOK
This is a little volume of 76 pages, published in 1962. It is useful for those who want to take part in formal debating, whether in school or out in the wider world. Provides advice and examples to follow for both sides in a debate - affirmative and negative.
25/01/2024
PUBLIC SPEAKING BY DALE CARNEGIE
"Public speaking and influencing men in business", by Dale Carnegie, the 1949 edition. 326 pages. Full of helpful hints and advice on the topic, still very relevant to this day. Hard cover, dust jacket pasted onto the cover. VGC.
25/01/2024
HOW TO MAKE SPEECHES AND TOASTS
This is a paperback of 192 pages, absolutely crammed with hints, advice and examples on speech making and proposing toasts for all occasions. It includes preparation, delivery, pronunciation, phraseology, after-dinner speaking, chairperson's role, etc. etc. It's a modest looking book, but simply indispensable! This edition reprinted in 1973.
25/01/2024
EFFECTIVE PUBLIC SPEAKING
By the well known Dale Carnegie, this is a revision of "Public speaking and influencing men in business" by Dorothy Carnegie. Published in 1962. Hard cover, 275 pages. In excellent condition, but has a name inscribed on the front fly leaf.
25/01/2024
HOW TO PREPARE A SPEECH
How to prepare a speech for any occasion. Written by James C. Humes, this 1st edition published by Harper and Row, 1976 has 246 pages of excellent advice. Hard cover, all in excellent condition.
25/01/2024
GARDENING ABC
This is a complete little gardening book filled with practical advice on all aspects. It has 260 pages, illustrated with drawings and a few coloured plates. Has a good glossary and index. It's a hard cover book, in excellent condition, except for the dust jacket.
23/01/2024
YOU AND THE REFUGEE
Norman Angell and Dorothy Frances Buxton, "You and the Refugee", a Penguin Special, first published 1939. 279 p. Worth a read if you are dealing with the subject in any way - journalist, researcher, personal interest ...
30/11/2023
THREE WAR BOOKS $5 EACH
"Combat: Pacific Theater World War II", edited by Don Congdon. New York, Dell, 1958. 382 p. "The Black Hole of Calcutta: a reconstruction", by Noel Barber. 230p. "The Desert Generals", by Correlli Barnett. London, Pan Books, 1960. 335 p. $5.00 each.
19/09/2023
THE RELUCTANT LEGIONNAIRE
"The Reluctant Legionnaire: an escapade", by Michael Alexander, London, Rupert Hart-Davis, 1956. 195 p. The story of a quest to rescue a legionnaire imprisoned in North Africa. Contains a map of the area involved. Hard cover, dust jacket, in very good condition.
19/09/2023
THE ALEXANDER MEMOIRS******1945
Memoirs of the greatest British fighting soldier of them all, Field-Marshall Earl Alexander of Tunis. London, Cassell, 1962. 209 p., illustrated with photographs from Alexander's own albums and maps. Hard cover with dust jacket in excellent condition.
19/09/2023
A HISTORY OF PERTH'S URBAN TRANSPORT
This is an interesting little publication about urban transport in Pert from its beginnings. 52 pages, b/w photos. Written by Geoff Stewart for Charles Amery & Associates. This is a 2nd revision published July 1983. 21 x 15 cm.
22/02/2023
READER'S DIGEST BOOK OF THE ROAD
The complete driver's atlas and touring guide to Australia. Edited and designed by Reader's Digest Australia, this being a 2000 reprint of the the 1st edition (1999). Contents include route planning, road maps and guides, town and city guides and maps, motoring problems and emergencies, distances and heaps of other useful information about every little corner of the continent. 429 pages. Hard cover, much loved, but in very good condition.
18/02/2023
COMPLETE HOME DECORATING BOOK
The Complete Home Decorating Book by Nicholas Barnard, a Readers Digest publication of 1995, as you can see from some sample pages depicted, gives very clear directions for achieving almost any home decorating project yourself. There are 288 pages, all illustrations are colour photographs. In perfect condition. Gift it to your your young homemaker.
02/02/2023
TREASURY OF AUSTRALIAN WILDLIFE
"A Treasury of Australian Wildlife", edited by D.F. McMichael was "selected from the magazine of The Australian Museum with 235 illustrations, 35 in colour." Sydney, Ure Smith, 1972. 354 pages. Contains articles by experts with loads of information about the wildlife we need to appreciate and protect. In excellent condition.
30/01/2023
DIY and HOME IMPROVEMENT MANUAL
This "Optimum All Colour Reference DIY and Home Improvement" manual is a thoroughly practical and comprehensive book which will help you do all kinds of repairs yourself. Everything is clearly explained and illustrated with photos and diagrams. It's just amazing and everyone needs to have a copy. Published 1984. 512 pages. Excellent condition. 28 x 21 x 4.5 cm.
30/01/2023
READERS DIGEST HOUSEHOLD HINTS
Reader's Digest Household Hints and Handy Tips contains 3,600 how-to facts and shortcuts. Readers Digest Sydney, 2010. 480pages, colour illustrations. Learn how to do everything yourself!. It contains much more than you would expect. A must have for any individual or home. It's in new condition, so you can give it as a gift. 25 x 17 x 4 cm.
30/01/2023
WHAT WILDFLOWER IS THAT?
Alec M. Blombery, "What Wildflower is That?", Sydney, Lansdowne Press, latest printing 1985. 304 pages, includes index of common names, index of botanical namesover 750 photographs in full colour, notes on cultivation, glossary and bibliography. Hard cover, in excellent (perfect) condition. 29 x 21 x 3 cm. Make a great gift for a native flower enthusiast.
30/01/2023
CLIFTON PUGH Australian painter
"Clifton Pugh" by Noel Macainish, Melbourne, Georgian House, 1962. A slim red cloth hard cover volume in the Australian Art Monographs series. With biography, bibliography, exhibitions, 38 illustrations in colour and b/w.
20/12/2022
THIRD WORLD WAR
"The Third World War: August 1985," by General Sir John Hackett and others. A Sphere Books paperback, 1979. 494 pages. Not exactly fact, but not really fiction. Illustrated with WWII photos and maps. Index of names and places. Described as a "future history". Worn condition.
05/12/2022