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

Essendon, VIC, Australia: Author (Wallace E. Jackel) (Printed by City Service Press, Melbourne) No publication date (c. 1960). 176pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper slightly bumped and edgeworn only. Textblock like bumped, and uniformly age toned. A book of religious futurism by Australian Pastor Wallace E. (Edgar) Jackel (b.1904-d.1983). Contents include: Prelims. Foreword. Appreciation. Part 1/ Chapters I-IV. Part 2/ Questions and Answers (27 chapters). Part 3/ Chapters I-III. Book weight approx. 180g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 20.5cm x 14cm).

London: New Holland Publishers, 1999. 168pp., colour-plate endpapers. Exquisite colour plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Vivid silver titles over blue boards. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, French-fold dustjacket lightly U.V. affected (sunned) on rear foredge fold, otherwise undamaged. " . . .offers a visually stunning and informative guide to the best dive sites of the third-largest body of water in the world . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Intro., Western Indian Ocean, Southwest Indian Ocean Islands, Red Sea, Central Indian Ocean, Eastern Indian Ocean, Appendices, Index, more. Book weight approx. 1.3 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote.. First Edition, Ist Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2005. 144pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout, by Harry Cory Wright. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. " . . . combines the award-winning writing of Michael Jackson with a collection of superb images by leading landscape photographer Harry Cory Wright to evoke the magic and diversity of Scotland's terrain, its distilleries, its whisky lore, its people and its most famous export - the great malts . . . Includes a comprehensive directory of Scotland's distilleries, with historical background and expert tasting notes." Book weight approx. 670g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Revised Edition.. Softcover with Fold-in Flaps. Very Good +. Illus. by Harry Cory Wright (Photographer).

London, England: HarperCollins, 1994. ix, + 383pp., plus 2 x 8 page, b/white, photographically-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain black boards lightly bumped on upper foredge corner. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a tiny closed tear to top edge, negligible edge-creasing. "Based on interviews with Branson himself, his key advisers, his partners, friends and enemies - and drawing on secret documents, letters, court papers, and accounts filed at Companies House - this book reveals the compelling history of both a private business empire and the man at its centre . . ." Contents include: List of Illustrations, Prologue, 25 chapters, Epilogue, Acks., Chronology, Index. Book weight approx. 922g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, Second Impression.. Hardcover and… Read More

London: HarperCollins, 2002. 128pp., colour illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally surface indented. A complete guide to the selection, use and maintenance of routers, including comprehensive advice on choosing cutters and accessories, step-by-step guide to holding and guiding routers safely and accurately, and tips and techniques for using inverted-router tables and fixed overhead routers. Includes Index. Book weight approx. 425g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good +.

Altona, Victoria, Australia: Altona RSL Sub Branch , 2006. viii, + 102pp. Colour illustrated section, b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated boards negligibly surface scuffed, minor surface abrasions. From the rear panel: "It was once a big, tumble-down tin shed with an abundance of beer piled in the attic, but is now one of the jewels in the League's crown and a valuable part of the close, tight-knit community of Altona. The story of the Altona RSL sub-branch is one of transformation. It takes the reader on a nostalgic journey, which begins with the club's first meeting in the old ABC Cafe in 1921 . . . " Foreword by Ray Duckett, President. Includes: The Honour Board. Membership List. Book weight approx. 395g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - (approx. 20.75cm x 15.25cm).

London and New York: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004. 256pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates, plus a line-drawing, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and edgeworn only. Textblock minimally bumped only. Jacqui Jackson is a single parent of seven lively children (at time of publication in 2004), three adolescent daughters, and four boys, all of whom are on the autistic spectrum. Luke has Asperger Syndrome, Joe has AD/HD, Ben has autism, and Matthew has dyspraxia and dyslexia. Life is anything but straightforward for them. This is Jacqui's story . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. 13 chapters. Appendix. more. Refs., Index. Book weight approx. 410g. . Second Impression. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23cm x 15.5cm).

London: Souvenir Press, 1989. 205pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Leaves clean, but tanned. Art illustrated [Kim Palmer/JMA] dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. Further adventures of Dr Andrew Jackson and family, faced with the challenges of rural life in an old Suffolk manor house. This episode opens with the good doctor sitting trembling in his car, afraid to go home; he has just bought the fruit farm next door and committed himself to more money than he has ever possessed.Book weight approx. 420g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Hodder Australia, 2006. viii, + 275pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally and softly creased. From the rear panel: "When Arlene Fleet heads up north for college, she makes three promises to God: she will stop fornicating with every boy who crosses her path; never tell another 'lie'; and never, ever go back to the 'fourth rack of hell', her hometown of Possett, Alabama. All she wants from Him is one little miracle: make sure the body is never found . . . " Book weight approx. 320g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover. Very Good +.

Ashwood, Victoria, Australia: Clipper Press, 1997. xi, 305pp. B/white photographic frontis, b/white photographic illustrations throughout, b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on, light bump to head. Tan boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated ('Front: C' Troop 25 Pdr at full recoil in action Waitavalo - New Britain; Rear: Crew of 18 Pdr MkII training for open sight shooting over Darwin beaches in defence of expected Japanese landings) dustjacket mildly edge-creased, tiny spot to top edge of rear panel. Contents include: The Broken Eighth, The Regimental Colour Patch. Foreword (S. Trigellis Smith OAM). Acks. Dedication. Introduction. 6 chapters. Epilogue. Appendices 1-3: Honour Roll, Decorations and Awards, Nominal Roll. Index of Maps. LEST WE FORGET. Book weight approx. 847g. (Customers outside Australia only - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote).. First Edition.… Read More

London: T.C. and E.C. Jack, 1912. xi, + 116pp. Eight unpaginated colour-plates (all called-for plates extant and attached: photography by T. Ernest Waltham). Several intext, b/white line-drawings. Spine lightly bumped, hinges good. Laid-on, colour-plate illustration, foredge corners mildly bumped, worn and marked, else green boards undamaged. With an untrimmed foredge and foot, textblock randomly splotched and specked throughout. No dustjacket. Claimed by the Editor, R. Hooper Pearson, this title 'Tulips' is the 'first book on the tulip to be published in English', with the author 'having to contend with the usual difficulties of the pioneer'. Volume 14 in the 'Present -Day Gardening' series, contents include: Prelims., Preface. Introduction. 22 chapters. Index. Book weight approx. 355g. . First Edition. Hardcover. Good+. 8vo - (approx. 21cm x 16cm).

Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: Perusahan Rahim, 1992. 54pp., b/white sketch-art throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper nominally bumped only. Farida Jamal was born in Lucknow, India. She arrived in Malaysia in 1970, and is a professor of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti (y) Kebangsaan Malaysia. This volume is her first book of poetry. It opens with 'Mount Fuji', and closes with 'Alien Shores'. Book weight approx. 120g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +.

Croydon South, Victoria, Australia: Australian Fishing Network, 2001. 40pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates (mostly instructional), plus several line-drawings. Saddle-stitched, staple-bound format softcover. Staples clean and tight. Colour, photographically-illustrated gloss card wrapper nominally bumped on foredge corners only. Textblock unmarked. This title is fully instructional in the freshwater anglers discipline of baitdrifting for trout . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction. 10 chapters. Book weight approx. 195g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition. Softcover (Staplebound). Very Good+. 4to (approx. 29.5cm x 21cm).

London: Picador, 2009. xxii, 178pp. Book clean. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Leaves clean and unmarked albeit mildly tanned. Illustrated dustjacket corner clipped on front flap, minimal edge-creases. "Gathers together fifty years of Clive James's poetry, and will undoubtedly enhance his reputation as one of the most versatile and accomplished of contemporary writers . . . " Contents include: A Note on the Text. Acks. Introduction. numerous selected poems. Book weight approx. 335g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Thus. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14cm).

London: Picador, 2001. xviii, + 381pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. " . . . illuminating and hilarious essays from Clive James. As ever, he brings his celebrated wit to bear on a wide variety of subjects, from the Sydney Olympics to television today, from Mark Twain to Peter Cook, from Australian culture to front-page British monarchy . . . " Book weight approx. 470g.. Fourth Impression. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Picador [Pan Macmillan], 2005. xv, + 367pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, soft reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper mildly edgeworn. Social satire and commentary presented in a string of essays [some previously published as articles] by this superb literary critic, cultural commentator, TV documentary filmmaker, poet, novelist, journalist, political analyst, satirist, Formula One fan.Book weight approx. 440g.. Australian Edition, Second Impression. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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 James, is a story of bravery, courage and persistance, exploring the deeper emotions of human kind, and featuring Katherine Aniam as a high school student in a small town named 'Guerriero' . . . Book weight approx. 305g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . Inscribed and Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine. 8vo - (approx. 21cm x 14.5cm).

Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Graham Publications - Walhalla , 2004. 144pp. B/white halftone plates and line-drawn maps throughout (various sources). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Sepia illustrated card wrapper undamaged. Textblock unmarked. This popular pictorial history tells the story of the remote Gippsland town of Walhalla in its heyday before the gold petered out, most of the citizens moved away, and bushfires all but destroyed the buildings . . . Contents include: Prelims., numerous chapters. Plans and Surveys. Index. Book weight approx. 575g. . 9th Impression. Softcover. Near Fine. 4to - (approx. 27.5cm x 21cm).

Cheshire, England: At Heart Limited (In Conjunction with Manchester City Football Club), 2006. 144pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated gloss boards lightly bumped at head of spine. Like-illustrated dustjacket has a small nick to lower rear flap fold. From the rear panel: "From its very first season in 1880, Manchester City Football Club has captured the hearts and minds of the local people of Manchester. 125 years on and the passion and grittiness of the club and its players continue to attract thousands of loyal fans week in, week out. Starting with the birth of Manchester City, the book includes lively stories and information surrounding the club's milestone seasons . . . " Contents include: Introduction, the Birth of City, The FA Cup, Supporters, Promoting City, League Champions, The League Cup, European City, The Manchester Derby, Milestones, Modern City. Book weight approx. 670g. Size: 8vo - over… Read More

London: Geoffrey Chapman, 1971. 94pp., intext, b/w art illustrations throughout [Joanna Troughton]. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Several foxing flecks on text-block edges, otherwise leaves clean. Colour-art illustrated dustjacket slightly edgeworn, and mildly U.V. affected on spine. "This is a story of the Buddha, retold with skill, realism and delicacy." Contents of this stand-alone volume in the 'Young Library' series include: About this book, Chaptered 'parts'-1. The King's Son. 2. The time has come. Book weight approx. 320g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good. Illus. by Joanna Troughton. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.