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

London: Boxtree Limited, 1999. 309pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft crease to front panel. "It is the 22nd century and two comedians, Alex, a manic who is occasionally depressed, and Lewis, a depressive who is occasionally manic, set off on the Road to Mars - the circuit of young hopefuls and old has-beens bringing entertainment to colonies around the solar system. Their companion is Carlton, a robot who is desperately trying to understand why humans laugh . . . " Book weight approx. 405g. . Uncorrected Proof Copy.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy.

Australia: [author], 1986. 129pp., several colour plates, and b/white halftone plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, but slightly cocked. Leaves clean, typo emendment sticker affixed on p. 75. Art-illustrated card wrapper lightly stained and soiled. Privately published, but with the church censor's approval ['Imprimatur not required'], this work, in two 'parts': 'The Sacred Heart of Love' and 'The Immaculate Heart Of Love', is 'primarily to stimulate devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and The Immaculate Heart of Mary'. Book weight approx. 260g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Good+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

South Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Lothian Books, 2001. ix, + 354pp., b/white illustrations throughout (including frontis), b/white map, plus 1 x 4 page, colour, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease and trivial bump to foot of same. Leaves clean, very slight tanning to text-block edges. Illustrated card wrapper mildly scuffed, plus a tiny corner crease. "What is the meaning of life? Where better than India to search for the answer? India - the home of spirituality, the land of mystery, the country of paradoxes ! . . . a guide to India for those who are on a journey to find themselves, for those who intend to travel to India in the hope that they will discover who they are and why they are on this earth . . . Includes an exhaustive list of: ashrams, pilgrimages, volunteer work, safaris, cycling/motorbiking/river rafting routes, mountaineering/skiing, courses of study (Indian dance, music, painting, language, ayurvedic medicine, yoga, Buddhist studies,… Read More

Munich, et al: Prestel Verlag (Publishing), 2004. 159pp., printed endpapers. A 32 page illustrated frontis section (monochrome and full colour). Monotone, duotone and full colour plates (including a double page fold-out) throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Original black cloth boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Housed in a minimally bumped, illustrated slipcase. English edition, translated from the German by Ishbel Flett. Any publication of the master's work creates admiration and wonder; this book is no exception . . . Contents include: Intro., I, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Sculpture, Painting & Graphic Works, Architecture, Biography and List of Works, Location of Key Works, Biblio., Index. Item weight approx. 1.65 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall.

Deception Bay, Queensland: Self Published By Author, 1999. 152pp., intext illustrations by author. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscribed by author on flyleaf, to 'Denise Drysdale', noted Australian media personality, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated [author] card wrapper mildly splayed, else very good. First edition in paperback, a limited, hardcover edition, numbered and signed was also available on order. Author, poet and illustrator, Gueri Images takes the reader on a personal journey of the human mind, from the blasted beaches of Dunkirk, through the blazing seas, to smouldering ruins of a country at war, where a frightened child peers out from beneath a sturdy table . . . Humour and tragedy interspersed with words of wisdom . . . Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. 1st. P/B.. Softcover. Very Good +.

United States: Getty Images, 2006. Still sealed in shrink-wrap, so estimated number of pages [150], and unknown imagery; presumed predominantly colour plates of topical subject matter occuring in the year of 2006. Award-winning editorial photographers' images of key global events. There is a very minor bump on foredge of front, illustrated board, otherwise fine condition. Book weight approx. 1.1 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. New Edition.. Hardcover. Near Fine.

London: Pelham Books, 1983. 163pp., unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Plain green boards undamaged. Textblock nominally flecked on head, else leaves unmarked. Colour, photographically-illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. At the time of writing the stellar sporting career of Pakistan's - and one of the world's - greatest cricketers was still unfolding . . . The contents of this fascinating biography by Imran Khan Niazi, PP. HI (born 5 October, 1952) include: Prelims., Acks., 14 chapters, Postscript, Index. Book weight approx. 375g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Basic Books, 2010. xv, + 175pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. "In the summer of 1962, Andy Warhol unveiled '32 Soup Cans' in his first solo exhibition at the Ferus Gallery in Los Angeles - and sent the art world reeling . . . the dazzlingly versatile critic Gary Indiana tells the story of the genesis and impact of this iconic work of art. With energy, wit and tremendous perspicacity, he recovers the exhilaration and controversy of the Pop Art Revolution - and the brilliant, tormented and profoundly narcissistic figure at its vanguard." Includes Index. Book weight approx. 315g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.

Smithfield, NSW: Saga Publishing [Gary Allen], 1997. 321pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Minor foxing specks on half-title page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated [design by David and Tracy Harding] card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. A romantic mystery that begins with Sally Cooper, in transit to see the ruins at St Helena-once an island prison for men, and situated off the Queensland and Australia coast. Browsing through a booklet on the island's dark past, she is enthralled by a story about one of the prison's most famous inmates, William O'Meally, serving life imprisonment for manslaughter . . . Sally sets out, with a freakish connection to the past, to clear his name . . . Book weight approx. 500g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.

Melbourne & Sydney, Australia: Georgian House, 1945. 124pp., beige cloth boards, first published 1944, text only. Slight uniform tanning to leaves, foxing to top of pages, owner inscription top of ffep. Brown paper dustwrapper has a few minor marks [no tears], else good. This book is the first of a series of Georgian House Poets which the publishers hope[d] to make representative of modern Australian poetry. Rex Ingamells was born, educated and worked in South Australia. Numerous poems throughout, glossary and notes, acknowledgements. Weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good/Very Good.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Georgian House, 1945. 124pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Khaki-coloured, original cloth boards undamaged. Personal library bookplate affixed to half-title page, otherwise leaves lightly browned. Printed dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a closed tear on rear foredge fold. This stand-alone, first volume in the 'Georgian House Poets' series is dedicated to selected poetic work of Jindyworobak Club founder, Reginald Charles (Rex) Ingamells, born Ororoo, South Australia, in 1913. An affinity with Australian Aborigines and the landscape is foremost in this collection which opens with 'Memory of Hills' and closes with 'Dark Cry'. Notes and Glossary. Rex Ingamells died tragically in 1955. Book weight approx. 360g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Second Impression.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good.

Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 1989. xi, + 572pp. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, soft corner crease to small section. Printed card wrapper (covered in adhesive film by previous owner) mildly edgeworn and scuffed. "Written from a linguistic perspective, it provides detailed accounts of the development of children's receptive and productive abilities in all the core areas of language - phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics . . . provides advanced undergraduate and graduate students alike with a cogent and closely analysed exposition of how children acquire language in real time . . . " Contents include: Preface, 10 chapters over two 'parts', Bibliography, Author Index, General Index. Book weight approx. 850g.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mason, Ohio, U.S.A.: Thomson South-Western, 2004. xxiii, + 325pp., intext diagrams. All printing in steel blue. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves pristine. Illustrated limp wrapper nominally bumped only. This revised second edition provides comprehensive coverage of contemporary professional selling by integrating recent sales research with leading personal selling practices . . . highly experienced author team draws on their industry and academic experience . . . " Contents include: Prelims., 10 'modules' within 4 'parts', Glossary, Notes, Web Index, Index. Book weight approx. 750g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus, 1st Impression.. Softcover. Near Fine.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: RMIT Professional Writing and Editing/department of Creative Media, 2000. 130pp., b/white illustrations by Peter Christmas Savieri and Dee Rimbaud. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. A stand-alone title in the Visible Ink Anthology series. "Playful, contemplative and macabre, this year's Visible Ink anthology is a powerful text on the nature of relationships:between humans, and between humans and insects, birds and things less benign. Reading, one is transported to new and memorable terrain." Contents include: Foreword, Introduction, 21 contributions, Notes on the Contributors. Book weight approx. 250g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.A.: Abingdon Press, 1968. 192pp., several colour, else b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Boards lightly bumped on one upper foredge corner, previous bookseller's sticker to lower front pastedown. Previous owner's name to ffep., else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has corner clips to two flaps, small open and closed edge tears, soft crease to rear panel at head, and minor rubbing. From the jacket flap: "Every local church - large or small - can add dramatically to the beauty and impact of floral arrangements with a little foresight and some basic information in the symbolic use of floral material. This comprehensive guidebook does just that for the reader. It offers eighty-four illustrations of arrangements, most with full description, numerous alternatives, and symbolic meaning . . . " Book weight approx. 720g. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition. Hardcover and… Read More

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 marks to white rear panel. A stand-alone title in 'The Hammond Innes Collected Edition' series. "This is the story of three men and an enterprise begun in a hangar on a deserted aerodrome in Wiltshire. Air Bridge is the West Berliner's term for the Airlift. The time is 1948 . . . " 10 chapters. Book weight approx. 400g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Reprint. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good+. 8vo - (approx. 20.25cm x 13.75cm).

London: Conran Octopus, 1991. Unpaginated [32] pages, consisting of instructional colour illustrations, pull-out pattern sheet and carbon-paper marker sheet. Book clean, spine firm. Leaves clean, mild crinkling on several. Illustrated card wrapper has bumped foredge corners, else good. Instructional detail in bright, vivid colour art of Scandinavian folk-art painting. Book weight approx. 170gms. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Large Format Softcover. Very Good.. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Newbury, Berkshire, U.K.: Countryside Books/Notts, FWI, 1995. 256pp., candid, historic b/w illustrations, sketches., locality map, throughout. Pages clean, binding tight and square. Illustrated stiff card wrapper has minor corner bumps, creases, deletion fluid applied inside front cover. Contents include: Town and Country Life, House and Home, Childhood and Schooldays, World of Work, War and Peace, Highdays and Holidays. An interesting Local History, with numerous contributors. Book weight approx. 470grams.. First Edition.. Stiff Card Paperback. Very Good +.

La Habana, Cuba: Editora Politica, 1985. 46pp. Booklet clean. Staples firm, no rust. Leaves clean. Printed selfcover mildly scuffed. English language edition. Translation, revision and proofreading by the Cuban Center for Translation and Interpretation (ESTI). This volume contains "a speech given by Commander In Chief Fidel Castro Ruz, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and President of the Council of Ministers, at the closing session of the meeting on the status of Latin-American and Caribbean Women, June 7, 1985, at the International Conference Center, Havana." Booklet weight approx. 60g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Staplebound Booklet. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Malvern, South Australia: Omnibus Books (Scholastic Australia), 2008. 79pp., b/white art illustrations by D.M. Cornish. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to rear panel. "The orphan Tamly and his best friend Kym are as different as fire and snow. Kym has magic coming out of her fingers, and Tamly has none at all. When their village is threatened by bad magic, this unlikely pair will need to use their combined talents to steal the Book of Spells from the evil sorcerer Lord Harshax. Book One in the fast-paced magic adventure series by world famous fantasy author Ian Irvine." Book weight approx. 100g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +. Illus. by D.M. Cornish.