Search Results: Authors starting with D from Diversity Books, IOBA

London: Puffin (Penguin Books), 2007. 191pp., colour illustrations throughout by numerous illustrators, including Quentin Blake. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft crease to lower edge of small section. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. "Packed into these pages are seven sections bursting with monsters, gruesome children, magical creatures, ghastly adults and a few unpleasant surprises. 'Songs and Verse' is beautifully illustrated in full colour by Quentin Blake, as well as other leading artists such as Babette Cole, Lauren Child, Chris Riddell and Tony Ross." Book weight approx. 525g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Softcover with Fold-in Flaps. Very Good +.

United States: HarperCollins Publishers, 2006. xi, + 208pp., plus 16 page, colour photographically illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Leaves clean and unmarked. Blind-stamp publisher's device to maroon boards, which are undamaged. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn. "Ever since his atsonishing victory in the 1991 PGA Championship, John Daly, known affectionately on the PGA Tour as 'Big 'Un', has enthralled fans with his big drives, bigger personality, and 'Grip It and Rip It' approach. Long John, usually seen with a Marlboro Light dangling from his lip, is the unchained, unpredictable, unapologetic bad boy of professional golf . . . a thrillingly - and sometime shockingly - candid memoir of a larger-than-life athlete battling assorted addictions (alcohol, gambling, chocolate, sex) his weight, and, perhaps worst of all, divorce lawyers . . . " Book weight approx. 515g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾"… Read More

Self Published, 1983. 215pp., a first, private edition limited to 1000 copies. This copy numbered 248, and signed by author on title page. Book square, tight, leaves clean. Sketch illustrated card wrapper has two diagonal corner creases, small surface chips [mainly rear panel], and light general scuffing. Contents, divided into three parts include: Apprenticeship Pieces, Ashes, Night Sequence, Affirmations, Resonances, Returns. Melbourne-born poet Adrian D'Ambra, [b.1957], became interested in poetry in his mid-teens, completing this journal by age twenty-five. Book weight approx. 280g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Stiff Card Paperback. Good.

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1993. xviii, + 398pp., intext diagrams throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed gloss boards undamaged. No dustjacket (as issued). "With each chapter written by an industry expert, this practical reference gives you a complete overview of the technical issues, state of the (1990s) industry, and financial implications of using and managing distributed systems in an open environment . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Trademarks, Contributors, Preface, 17 chapters with numerous sub-chapters, Glossary, Index. Book weight approx. 740g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, 1st Impression.. Hardcover. Very Good +.

The Hague, Netherlands : Mouton & Co., 1970. 95pp. Unpaginated b/white halftone plates (all called-for plates extant and attached), plus two intext diagrams and a line-drawn 'Spheres of Influence of the Mwari Cult' map. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly canted. Printed (illustration on rear) card wrapper mildly edgeworn, with a sticker ghost on plain verso of front wrap. Textblock minimally bumped, else unmarked. The author, M.L. Daneel, is a missiologist who spent two and a half years in field research (1965-1967) in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) studying and gaining the trust of the Mwari Cult in the Matopo Hills. This extremely rare essay is his report . . . Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Foreword (Prof. J.F. Holleman). Introduction. 1/ The Mwari Cult in the Past. 2/ The Mwari Cult in its Contemporary Setting (four 'parts'). Notes. References. Book weight approx. 170g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 8vo -… Read More

North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Crown Content, 2002. xx, + 278pp., b/white prison layout map front endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Flapped card wrapper minimally edgeworn, head and foot of spine. Only two days before Christmas, 2000, Kerry Danes was abducted from his office and taken, by Lao secret police, to an undisclosed location within the capital city of Vientiane. His wife Kay was also captured, while attempting to make her way, with their two youngest children, across the bridge to Thailand. So began their year long nightmare in Phonthong Prison, where human rights are practically non-existent . . . Book weight approx. 680g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Very Good +.

Eastleigh, Hampshire, U.K.: Self Published By Author, 1992. 156pp., intext, candid and historic b/w halftone illustrations throughout. Book very slightly cocked, otherwise clean, with spine firm. Leaves unmarked. Pictorial card wrapper undamaged. A tribute to the 'Cachalots', master-members of the Southampton Master Mariners' Club. They took their name from a species of whale that has "the thickest skin, blows the hardest and spouts the most . . . " 12 chapters, including: To glory we steer, John Moffat, Jack Holt, Norman Lucas, Watts Watts, Gordon Renshawe, Ron Freaker, Tribute to Commodore MacLean,Ocean Express, Richard Whistler, John Noble, Finished with engines. Book weight approx. 280g.. First Edition. Pictorial Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Macmillan, 2019. xii, + 368pp. Tinted endpapers. Unpaginated colour-plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Text-printed boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and creased on foot. In his own words, with an unflinching honesty, AFL legend Neale Daniher shares his life experiences, his MND diagnosis in 2013, and his ongoing battle with this insidious illness he calls "The Beast". Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. 25 chapters. Letter To My Grandchildren. Songs Of My Life. Reading List. Acks. Book weight approx. 720g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 24cm x 16cm).

London: Harper Collins Publishers, 1992. 290pp., plus 3 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has two short, closed tears (front flap fold), minor edge-creasing. " . . . more extraordinary episodes involving danger, pathos and comedy as the author swings from rags to riches and back again in some of the most outlandish places on earth. His assignments bring him into contact with both the unimaginably rich in Miami, Palm Beach and the QEII, and the wretchedly dispossessed in Afghanistan and on the borders between Iraq and Turkey and between Mexico and the USA . . . " Book weight approx. 860g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.. First Edition, First Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Australia: Viking (Penguin Imprint) , 2014. (vi), + 470pp., monochrome halftone plate illustrated endpapers (different images front and rear). Unpaginated b/white and colour halftone plate section, plus an intext map. Book clean and square. White title over nominally bumped spine. Plain khaki-coloured boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. On 10 March, 1965, the first Nasho's birthdate was drawn from a lottery barrel at the Department of Labour and National Service in Melbourne. Over the next seven years a total of 63,740 young Australian men from all walks of life would be drafted into the Army and face the prospect of being sent to war - some never to return alive . . . this is the story of the 'The Nashos'. Contents include: Prelims., Preface, Prologue, Parts 1 & 2 (combined 36 chapters), Afterword, Notes, Bibliography, Acks., Index. LEST WE FORGET. Book weight approx. 834g. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra… Read More

Lewes, East Sussex, U.K.: Guild of Master Craftsman Publications, Ltd. , 1992. vii, + 167pp. Intext illustrations throughout: colour plates, b/white halftone plates, line-drawn project plans, and sketch-drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped, with a small, blind indentation on front wrap and soft crease to rear. Textblock unmarked. "This book brings together for the first time 12 new furniture projects by leading designer-makers in wood. Tom Darby travelled though Australia for over a year, interviewing the makers in their workshops and homes . . . The result is a unique insight into the design processes and constructional techniques of a dozen talented professionals." Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. Introduction. Quintessentially Australian. The Designer-Makers and Their Projects. Epilogue. Index. Book weight approx. 700g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to - (approx. 25.5cm x 21.5cm).

London: New Burlington Books, 1993. 80pp., colour diagramatic illustrations throughout. Book clean, tight, no marks. Illustrated dustjacket: no tears, tiny bruises along top only. Contents include: Basic Three Ball, Advanced Three Ball, Two People Three Ball, Rings, Clubs, Club Passing, Other Objects, Compiling an Act, Glossary. Weight approx. 740g.. 1st. British. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good +/Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

London: Immel Publishing , 1992. 168pp. Colour-plates (photography: John Hayward) and b/white line-drawn maps throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain green boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Photographic, colour-illustrated (John Hayward) dustjacket lightly edgeworn and colour-faded on spine. Gordon D'Arcy (1947-) an environment scientist takes the reader on a wonderful flora, fauna and more tour of the beautiful Burren in Galway on the West Coast of Ireland . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword. Introduction. 6 chapters, viz: Beginnings, Habitats, Flora, Fauna, Seasons, Future. Postscript. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 770g. *Customers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - (approx. 25.75cm x 19.5cm).

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.: George F Stickley Company, 1984. 296pp., b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Silver title to front panel of very mildly edge-rubbed black boards. Leaves clean. No dustjacket. Contents include: Preface, 32 chapters over four 'parts': Part A: The Basics. Part B; Strength Training and Figure Shaping. Part C; Heart-Lung Endurance, Flexibility and Skill. Part D: Food, Nutrition and Health. Conclusion, Suggested Reading, Index. Book weight approx. 612g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Printing.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Mount Eliza, Victoria, Australia: Empowering Resources, 2016. 149pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "When eleven-year old Ebony meets enigmatic Teena, they instantly become much more than the 'default' friends Ebony has grown used to having. Only when the girls come to trust one another fully do they unlock each other's troubling secrets, enabling their friendship to deepen . . . " 29 chapters. Book weight approx. 195g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: J.M. Dent, 1961. 220pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title on nominally cocked and mildly bumped spine. Plain blue boards good. A retirement village stamp on each front endpaper, plus last text page, else leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Rus Anderson) dustjacket edgeworn and nipped, with creased, closed tears. A first British edition of a novel of the same title by M.L.Pascal Dasque (Paris: Spes, 1958). It features Sister Lucinie, the youngest member of a small community of French nursing sisters in Algeria, a profound religious experience, endowment of strange powers, and recognition as a worker of miracles . . . 26 chapters. Book weight approx. 360g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First British Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Collingwood, VIC, Australia: Sleepers Publishing, 2006. 275pp., several b/white art and line-drawn illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Merryn J. Trevethan) card wrapper as new. The 2006 (annual) collection of short stories from 'Sleepers', featuring new and emerging authors alongside those already established . . . Including Frank Moorhouse, Sean Condon, Paddy O'Reilly, Gideon Haigh, Stephanie Alexander and some others you may never have heard of . . . Book weight approx. 530g. . First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Warriewood, NSW, Australia: Business & Professional Publishing, 1999. xxx, + 217pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with a hint of tanning to edges. Printed card wrapper mildly scuffed, soft corner crease to front panel. "When we live without taking risks, our lives are diminished. This is the domain of the entrepreneur. Without process and systems, our risks are costly and may be wasted. This is the domain of the corporation. And for all of us, when we fight for a purpose bigger then self, our world is a better place. This is the domain of community. This unique book presents insights into all three worlds that move the reader inexorably to one conclusion . . . Here, Fabian Dattner is the voice of the entrepreneur; Jim Grant, the voice of the corporation; while Ken Luscombe is the voice of the community." Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First… Read More

London: J.M.Dent & Sons, 1969. xii, + 230pp., plus (8). Publisher's promotional section at rear. Pattern-print endpapers. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped brown cloth backstrip. Minimal marks on like brown cloth boards. Top edge of textblock tinted, otherwise leaves clean. Printed dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn and nipped, abraded. Two lines ruled through publisher's data on front flap. Contents include two stories featuring Daudet's fanciful, boastful, impulsive yet prudent, fat-bellied, large-eyed, 'double-muscled' goatee-beard clad character, Tartarin. Book weight approx. 340g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Thus, Reprint.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good.

New York: Portland House, 1989. 18pp. (text), plus 109 recto-page, colour and b/white plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. An in-production vertical line to one rear blank page, and one rear plate caption page, (does not affect plates), soft indentation to upper corner margin of a small section of rear leaves, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket has two repaired, closed tears, soft crease, minimal surface scuffs and indentations. A stand-alone title in the 'Library of Design' series. " . . . provides a comprehensive view of applied design through the paintings, murals, tiles, stained glass, woodwork, book bindings, carpets, fabrics, and ceramics which are among the highest achievements of Muslim civilization." Contents include: Foreword (Charles Newton), Preface (E. Viollet-le-Duc), Introduction (Jules Bourgoin), The Plates. Book weight approx. 1.72 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra… Read More