Fiction General from Diversity Books, IOBA

Hartwell, VIC, Australia: Sid Harta Publishers, 2002. 639pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, corner crease to rear endpaper. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn, soft corner crease. Foreword by the author's husband, Wayne Gardner. " . . . a story of deceit, lust and revenge, set in the glamorous high-octane world of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The beautiful Amanda… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Morgan Ramsay Press, 2003. 393pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has negligible edgewear, soft corner crease to front panel. 31 chapters. Book weight approx. 475g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+.… Read more about this item

Inverloch, Victoria, Australia: Jellie N. Wyckelsma, 2013. 47pp. Book clean, square. Saddle-stitched, splaebound format. Staples firm and clean, no rust. Leaves clean and unmarked. Card wrapper has a soft crease to upper foredge corner of front panel. From the rear panel: "Years after an incident, when a circus came to town, Celina tries to solve the problem of who… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1969. 288pp. Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted, bright gilt title there-on. Bright gilt author name to front panel of grey cloth boards, which have a couple of very small in-production (under cloth) 'bumps' to same. Leaves clean and unmarked. Grey, text printed dustjacket mildly edge rubbed, corner clip and small sticker ghost to front flap, minor… Read more about this item

London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2007. 221pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Plain boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edge-creased. "Stephen Crane is writing a new story, and it may be his last . . . The story grows as Crane's strength deteriorates, and the outcome of the story becomes as critical as the… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 2019. 199pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, light bump to head, white title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. "Slipping slyly between time zones and leaving a spiralling trail, Deborah Levy's electrifying 'The Man Who Saw Everything' examines what we see and what we fail to… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. 215pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Tiny foxing flecks to textblock head, mild tanning to edges, previous owner's name to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Minor edge-creasing to text-printed dustjacket. From the jacket flap: "In an apartment block in a certain town there is… Read more about this item

Fremantle, Western Australia: Vivid Publishing, 2009. vi, + 409pp. Book clean. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards have a short pressure mark to rear panel. Author's penned signature and date (2009) to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked, with just a hint of tanning to textblock edges. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn, minor soft edge creasing… Read more about this item

Concord, NH, U.S.A.: RAven's Wing Books, 2013. 210pp. B/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket negligibly surface indented only. From the rear panel: "Darci Shelton is compelled to help a woman reclaim her rightful name and possible inheritance, which means uncovering dark family secrets someone may have killed to keep hidden. She… Read more about this item

Concord, NH, U.S.A.: RAven's Wing Books, 2013. 215pp. B/white line-drawn illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a tiny corner crease to lower foredge corner, and a small soft crease to upper front panel. From the rear panel: "Darci Shelton has just one year to make her new flower shop a success, but… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan London Ltd., 1976. 223pp. Book clean and square. Minimally bumped spine firm. Plain blue boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated (colour front, and b/white author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket mildly bumped and edgeworn only. In this adventure story again featuring Giles Yeoman, irritable cynic, one-time scientist, former spy, and now a successful millionaire,we find him trying to… Read more about this item

Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.: CreateSpace (Amazon Imprint), 2012. vii, + 149pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Printed card wrapper nominally bumped only. A brief inscription, "To xxx - remember 3rd Feb. 2013, love Marjorie xx" on title page, else textblock unmarked. "Three Chords and The Truth" is a story of three musicians travelling the Australian landscape in search… Read more about this item

U.S.A.: Fairfield Publishing , 2017. 237pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Textblock unmarked. When a killer goes after someone close to the gun-toting grannies, Nikki and the gang show they are willing to do whatever it takes to bring a killer to justice . . . Contents include: Prelims., 19… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan, 1968. 218pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over mildly bumped spine. Plain blue boards bumped on foredge corners. Textblock minimally flecked on edges, else nominally bumped. Illustrated dustjacket price-clipped and edgeworn. This collection of short stories by British writer (Margaret) Rumer Godden (1907-1998) consists of a mix of new and previously published short stories . . .… Read more about this item

Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.: Lucky Press LLC, 2011. 279pp., plus (viii). Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted, with a soft reading crease. Art-illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock very good. From the rear panel: Greek cuisine, smog and domestic drudgery was not the life Australian musician, Melody, was expecting when she married a Greek music promoter and settled in… Read more about this item

London: Harvill Secker, 2008. 829pp. (last six left blank). Book clean and square. Spine firm, very slightly concaved. Illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped on foredge corners. Textblock slightly bumped on upper foredge corner of several leaves, else textblock unmarked. Fifteen years in the writing, this monumental story by Kenneth J. Harvey covers more than a century of Newfoundland history.… Read more about this item

San Francisco, CA., U.S.A.: Counter Currents Publishing , 2015. 139pp. Several intext b/white line-drawn illustrations thoughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper skilfully covered with clear adhesive film, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. "What would have happened if the notoriously obscure German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) had visited America? Jef Costello's uproarious comedy of errors, 'Heidegger in… Read more about this item

Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia : Author (Esme James) No publication date (c. 2012). 220pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper near fine. Signed "Hope you enjoy, Esme James xxxx" on plain verso of front wrap. Textblock unmarked. Written and self-published when she was a Year Nine student at an outer-Melbourne college, 'Awakening', by young debut author Esme… Read more about this item

New York: Richard Marek Publishers , 1979. 601pp., (last v. blank). Tinted endpapers. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over mildly bumped cloth spine. Undamaged original blue cloth boards blind-stamped with author's initials on front board. Textblock minimally flecked on edges, else unmarked. Illustrated (plus photographic author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket price-clipped, minimally edgeworn and chipped. An… Read more about this item

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: Knocklofty Press , 2008. 268pp. Book clean. A soft reading crease on a mildly canted spine. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners. Textblock bumped on upper foredge corner, else textblock unmarked. Set in Tasmania, Australia amid an eccentric mix of employees at the Truggamora Museum. Same-sex couples, Cindy Lee with a biological urge for… Read more about this item