Search Results: Authors starting with D from EUREKA AUSTRALIANA BOOKS

Fort Lee, Barricade Books First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Terri Delessio was born in Staten Island to its ruling underworld family. She was expelled from school , by thirteen wrecked her mothers car, and ran away from home. By sixteen had an affair and became pregnant. Her life was a roller coaster ride through marriages, a foray into crime and prison. 223 x 150mm., pp. 256, b/w plates, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED (half title page), no other inscriptions;, dust jacket, light 'markings', no tears. NEAR FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 1569802440

New York, Atide first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book explores, in pictures and text, the forces that have shaped Dali's life and work. Through a striking juxtaposition of superb photographs and reproductions of Dali's paintings, Descharnes reveals the sources of the painter's inspiration. 310 x 265mm., pp. 238, b/w & col. plates t/out, Catalogue, Chronological index, Explanatory notes. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions, dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE

New York, Harry H. Abrams abridged edition - large p/back, stiff card covers In a period where artistic schools and styles jostled each other in their efforts to prevail, Dali remained faithful to his own standards. He prefered style to automatism, hierarchy to collectivism, tradition to experimentation. He knew that his work must face the battles of centuries to come. pp. frontis, 142, b/w & col. plates t/out, biography, List of Illustrations. Large booklet, illustrated card covers. Contents, no inscriptions, card covers, sl. rubbed with light surface creases on back. NEAR FINE

Norwich, Michael Russell first edition - h/c in d.j. Walter Oakeshott is best known as the scholar who identified the only extant manuscript of Malory's 'Morte d' Arthur' - said to be the most important discovery of the twentieth century in English literature. This is an extraordinary story of a unique scholar and person. 240 x 160mm., pp. xiii + 370, b.w plates, notes, Publishes Writings of Walter Oakeshott, index. Contents fine, d.j., slight marks on front cover - no tears or chips. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0859552195

New York, Dodd, Mead first edition - hard cover in dust jacket In a career that spanned seventy years, superb musician and dramitic showman, Leopold Stokowski was know to a public larger than that of any of his colleagues, ranging from audiences for his brillliant Philadelphia Orchestra to the adulating fans of his broadcasts, recordings and movies. 235 x 160mm., pp. xxviii, 1090, b/w plates, notes, biblio., Recorded Repertoire, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, Previous owner's one line 'name stamp' on title page, d.j., med. rubbing on edges. VG+/VG ISBN: 0396079369

Sydney, ABC Books First edition - hard cover in dust jacket This book charts Serge Dansereau's journey from picking beans, his apprenticeship in the kitchens of Canada to Executive Chef of The Regent Sydney, his leading restaurant Kables to his present day ownership of The Bathers' Pavilion. It is also a history of how Australia's food culture has evolved. 240 x 160mm., pp.viii, 280, b/w & colour plates, index. H/cover in dust jacket. Contents, AUTHOR SIGNED (opposite title page), no other inscriptions; dust jacket, front top corner medium rubbed. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0733313760

London, Harper Collins first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Vivid encounters with the designer yuppies and 'gilitterati' of New York and California are followed by a photographic commission which brings him face to face with a horrific massacre of Kurdish refugees in Turkey. He finally returns to Afghanistan - and to the abandoned children in Marastoon mental asylum, Kabul, whom he helps to find a new home. 240 x 160mm., photo, end/p., pp. xiv, 290, b/w & col. plates, index. Contents, no inscriptions, d.j., no tears or chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 0246137657

Quebec, Editions Anne Sigier Inc first edition - h/c in d.j. 'This book offers the reader a time of rest or an hour of wisdom. (By way of) the words and faces, the itinerary of a journey to the country of childhood is outlined page after page carrying the reader to this world without disguises where the child is king. If you are looking for a sense in your life, I invite you to discover tenderness�' (edit) 255 x 245mm., pp. 73, col. plates t/out., contents & d.j. are in near fine condition. ISBN: 2891290402

Northcliffe, Northcliffe Pioneer Museum second edition, stapled booklet Northcliffe emerged in 1924 as the centre of 25 Groups ogf the Group Settlement Scheme. The hardships and sufferings which the original settlers endured in endeavouring to create diary farms in heavily forested country with only hand tools is difficult to comprehend. 210 x 150mm., pp. 92, b/w plates, Lists recording Original Settlers who settled the Groups in Northcliffe from 1924 to 1930. VG

London, William Collins/HarperCollins First edition - hard cover in dust jacket Altruist, Boy Prodigy, Official, Public Man, Lover, Connoisseur and Envoy - Keynes is revealed as the supreme example of the scholar as a man of action. We discover the passions that drove somebody who moved with equal ease and confidence in the corridors of power in Whitehall and Washington, among bankers of Threadneedle street, or at high table in Cambridge. 243 x 160mm., pp. xi, 418, notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, no tears or chips. FINE. ISBN: 9780007519804

Melbourne, Oxford first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Entries range from Gumleaf playing, from country halls to graffiti to archival preservation of audio tapes, from the bunyip, chain letters, patchwork quilts and Wagga rugs, and short entries on myths and heroes like Ned Kelly, Henry Lawson, 'The Wild Colonial Boy' and 'The Dog on the Tucker Box' - they're all here! 238 x 160mm., pp. xvii, 381, b/w plates, append. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. - no tears or chips - slight rubbing. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 01955308578

London, Jonathan Cape first edition - hard cover in dust jacket A young Australian girl is raised by an eccentric Aunt in the Australian rainforest,. We follow her as she survives city life and finds fame as a circus performer to returning home where she begins to understand the history she has tried to deny. 224 x 143mcm., pp. 314. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, price clipped with ""Jonathan Cape price sticker of Pound 11.95"", sligh creasing top edge - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 022402583x

Canberra, National Library of Australia large paperback, stiff card covers Postcards were a major form of communication for a century and an extraordinary range has been printed in Australia, particulary between 1900 and the First World War, covering everthing from war and peace, disasters and celebrations, holidays and home life, sports and theatre, rural and living, and love for the dear old country. 245 x 205mm., pp. 207, b/w & colour plates t/out, List of Illustrations, Further Reading. Large paperback, stiff pictorial card covers with French folds (flaps). NEW. ISBN: 9780642278777

Crows Nest, Allen & Unwin first edition - hard cover in dust jacket 'Vietnam' takes the reader to the front line, describing the experiences of soldier, poitician, villager, enemy; and into the war room to unpick the military and political strategies. We see challenges the Australians faced against a dogged enemy, and those that faced their allies. (edit.) 240 x 160mm., pp. xiv, 690, b/w plates throughout, glossary, notes, index. Hard cover in dust jacketContents, NO INSCRIPTIONS; dust jacket, slight creasing top spine - no tears of chips. FINE/NEAR FINE ISBN: 9781741750287

Sydney, Desert Pea Press first edition - paperback, stiff card covers In 1933 Sheila McClemans and Molly Kingston, refused employment elsewhere, and set up West Australia's first all-female law firm. She was wartime Director of the Women's Royal Australian Naval Service, awarded an OBE, a CMG and the Silver Jubilee Medal - but denied the traditional rewards of the legal world. Not QC, not Judge, not Dame. Feisty, entertaining and outspoken, this book does full justice to a remarkable woman. 210 x 140mm., pp. xv, 208, b/w plates, general & Cases indexes. AUTHOR SIGNED. FINE ISBN: 1876861010

The Author large format paperbach, stiff covers The author's reminiscences of early Sydney and its people. 212 x 140mm., pp. vii, 138, b/w plates, large format paperback, stiff wraparound covers, contents & covers VG. ISBN: 0959205500

Melbourne, Thomas Nelson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket This selection of popular verse speaks with the voice of Australia, from the convict era to the present day. It is a book to give pleasure to all lovers of verse; to recall the old favourites nostalgically remembered; and to open new doors by introducing the modern poets who speak of our world today. 255 x 193mm., pp. 329, b/w & col. plates t/out., index of Authors. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, medium rubbed front & back, no tears or chips. FINE/VG+ ISBN: 0170064077

Melbourne, Lansdown Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket Steele Rudd, the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis, was the creator of one of Australia's most loved fictional households, 'On Our Selection'. In this warm and intimate biography, told in its authentic simplicity, Eric Drayton Davis, son of Steele Rudd writes of his 'Dad' 22 x 15cm., pp. 223, b/w plates t/out, biblio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, ""personal inscription"" (one line, neat) ffep, top edge slightly 'dusty', AUTHOR SIGNED on half title page; d.j., small tear top spine. VG+/VG+ ISBN: 0701803290

Sydney, New South Wales University Press first edition - hard cover in dust jacket By world standards the Murray is a puny river. Yet it is Australia's greatest river, and in the world's driest continent has sustained human life for tens of thousands of years. This, our greatest river is now under threat of an ecological disaster. Is it to late to turn this disaster around? , 267 x 192mm., pp. 128, col. & b/w plates t/out, biblio. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, dust jacket, minor rubbing/wear top edge. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0909465762

Blakehurst, Marque first edition - hard cover in dust jacket An informative book including chapters on: The One-Lungers; The Twin Cylinder Cars; Popular Makers; Uniquely Downunder; Trendsetters; Great Marques; Oddball designs; Sporty Ones; Home-Grown Cars; Rallies; Restoration and the Club Scene. 298 x 222mm., pp. 224, b/w & col. plates t/out, Club List, Portfolio of Veteran and Vintage Cars. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents, no inscriptions; dust jacket, medium creasing top & bottom - no tears or chips. NEAR FINE/VG ISBN: 0947079165