Search Results: Titles starting with W from Diversity Books, IOBA

London: Faber and Faber, 2000. xix, + 305pp., plus 2 x 8 page, b/white, photographic and art-illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Dark blue boards minimally scuffed, and lightly bumped on upper foredge corners. Art-illustrated ('Titiana's Awakening', Henry Fuseli) dustjacket moderately edgeworn only. "Andrew Motion brings all his lyricism and inventiveness to bear in this fictional autobiography of the great swindler, Thomas Griffiths Wainewright. A painter, writer, and friend of Blake, Byron, and Keats, Wainewright was almost certainly a murderer. When he died in a penal colony in Tasmania, he left behind fragments of documents and a beguiling legend which Motion uses to create an imagined confession laced with facts, telling the story as no straightforward history could . . . " Contents include: Prelims., 21 chapters, Afterword, Select Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 610g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition..… Read More

London: Piatkus, 1989. 292pp. Book clean. Bright gilt title over slightly cocked spine. Plain cerise boards undamaged. Text-block unmarked. Art-illustrated (Daniel Monteil) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and has a repaired, closed tear on lower foredge front fold. The author's second novel, 'Waiting To Vanish', is a grim story of a family disintegrating following the death of Alexander Porter in a freak accident. His son refuses to talk and his sister, mother and estranged wife Daisy all react in various ways, each on a journey to free themselves from Alexander's 'ghost'. 22 chapters. Book weight approx. 490g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U.K... Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/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.

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).

London: Doubleday, 2002. 543pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight tanning to edges. Illustrated dustjacket very good+. "From the jacket flap: "A chance to savour two of Bill Bryson's timeless bestsellers . . . 'A Walk in the Woods' sees Bill Bryson on his home turf, hiking the Appalachian Trail. The world's longest continuous footpath, it covers fourteen states and over 2,000 miles . . . In 'Down Under', Bryson takes a trip to the world's largest island, Australia, and promptly falls in love with the country. And who could blame him? . . . " Book weight approx. 830g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.. Omnibus Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Cardiff, Wales, U.K.: John Jones Cardiff Ltd., 1975. 56pp., b/white halftone plate frontispiece, and like, illustrated centre section. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format booklet. Staples tight, but slightly rusted. Illustrated limp card wrapper mildly creased and edgeworn. Textblock bumped on foredge corners, else leaves unmarked. Consisting of 24 'routes', this guide book to exploring the varied scenery of Snowdonia is intended for the motoring tourist - especially the family motorist - who wants to park the car and go for a short walk. Some of the shorter walks are suitable for small children, but common sense, awareness and sensible clothing should always be considered . . . Contents include: Prelims., Using the Guidebook. 24 Walks. Booklet weight approx. 85g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Edition. Softcover (Staplebound). Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Seaford, VIC, Australia: BAS Publishing , 2010. 205pp., colour maps and photographic plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, a slight reading crease there-on. Photographic, colour-illustrated card wrapper trivially bumped on foredge corners only. Textblock unmarked. This guidebook is an invaluable aid to 60 walks of various lengths and degrees of difficulty (15 minutes to more than 4 hours) in the south-west region of Victoria, and the south-east region of South Australia. Each of the 60 walks has a dedicated chapter, with all relevant information to enjoy the walk . . . Contents include: Prelims., Introduction, Why Walk?, Hiking Gear and Other Essentials, 60 'Walks', Author Biog., Index. Book weight approx. 535g. . Second Edition, Revised. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Perth, Western Australia: Westralian Farmers co-Operative Limited Printing Works, 1955. xxiii, + 322pp., monochrome sketch-art endpapers. Sepia subject-portrait frontispiece, and unpaginated, like halftone plates and line-drawn maps (one fold-out), and intext graphs. All called-for plates extant and attached. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped head and heel. Bright gilt titles over very good light blue original cloth boards. Text-block has minor margin damage to one leaf, else text-block clean. Printed heavy textured paper dustjacket soiled and sunned, with mild edgewear. "This book is an account of a man, Walter Harper, and a co-operative movement in Western Australia . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Author's Note, Introduction, 11 chapters, Bibliography, Index. Book weight approx. 735g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good.

London: Mitre Press 48pp., book square, light edgewear, spine firm, leaves mildly tanned. Dirt marks on paste-downs along with original seller's sticker affixed lower front same. Sketch/sketches in which the central characters are Wanda [a Cocker spaniel], Wanda's mother, Master, Mistress, A vet, Two maids. Contents: Wanda dreams-and wakes, Roses in Autumn, Reticence, Thanksgiving, The Lock-keeper. Book weight approx. 150g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Not Stated.. Cloth Covered Hardback. Good.

Nashville, Tennessee: Bill Coats Ltd. No publication date [1990]. iv, + 221pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. An important errata stamp on lower margin of Page 1. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and dented. The subject: Civil War.America. In this volume, the author discusses events from well before that lead, eventually, to the war between the states. Beginning with the activities of the Spanish and Paortugese, through to slavery, tobacco and 'The First Shot' are some of the situations leading finally to war. Contents include: 30 chapters, Refs., Population Charts, Index, Biblio., Addenda. Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Softcover, 8vo. Very Good +.

Washington: Smithsonian Books, 2004. xxv, + 341pp., b/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Small, fine, shallow score to front panel, otherwise boards undamaged. Short, thin black felt-pen mark to lower-text-block edge, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has corresponding small, fine score. " . . . takes an in-depth look at the odd, and sometimes, offensive world of twentieth-century war reenactors. Telling the stories of the men and women who are passionate about meticulously reproducing the details of World War II Eastern Front combat in the Maryland woods, D-Day in Virginia, and World War I trench warfare in Pennsylvania, author Jenny Thompson analyzes how this particular group of Americans celebrates, remembers, and recreates the violence of war." Contents include: Introduction, 12 chapters, Epilogue, Glossary, Notes, Index. Book weight approx. 640g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.… Read More

Lanham, Maryland, U.S.A., et al : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers , 2009. xi, + 279pp., plus (ii). Illustrated throughout: several line-drawn area maps, plus numerous b/white photographic half-tone plates (many of a poignant and confronting nature). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, and has a soft crease on front wrap. Textblock unmarked. Possibly the best concise history of the Holocaust available, an ideal introduction to the enormously complex and challenging subject . . . no other Holocaust survey so effectively examines the persecution and murder of Jews, along with homosexuals, the disabled, Sinti/Roma gypsies, Slavs and other groups . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface. 8 chapters. Conclusion. Sources. Photo Credits. Index. Author Bio. Book weight approx. 445g. . Second Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22.5cm x 15.25cm).

Kilmore, Victoria, Australia: National Biographic Australia, 2009. ix, + 265pp. B/white illustrations, facsimiles and maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A short personal inscription, signed and dated by author Mackenzie Gregory, else leaves clean and unmarked. Slight wave to several pages. Illustrated card wrapper (front panel photo: Crew HMAS Shropshire, Lingayen Gulf, The Phillipines, January 1945) very mildly surface indented, else very good. Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie (Mac) Jessie Gregory RAN (Ret) was born on 9-02-1922 at Geelong, Victoria, and passed away on 27-08-2014 in Melbourne. Contents include: Foreword (Mackenzie Gregory), 22 chapters, commencing with 'Pearl Harbour' and closing with 'Operation Downfall'. Afterword. Book weight approx. 355g. This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 20cm x 14.5cm).

Auckland, New Zealand: Heinemann Reed, 1989. 304pp., plus 1 x 24 page b/white photographically-illustrated section, b/white maps intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Minimal foxing to textblock edges, else leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly indented. From the rear panel: "9.30pm, Sunday, 3 September, 1939: New Zealand declares war on Germany, within three minutes of receiving news of Britain's declaration. Published to mark the fiftieth anniversary of this event, 'War Memorial' is a detailed chronology of New Zealand's involvement in World War II. Illustrated with numerous maps and contemporary photographs, it is the definitive reference work on New Zealand and World War II." Book weight approx. 490g. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: William Heinemann, 1917. 87pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, but faded cloth, with patinated but legible gilt title. Plain red cloth boards mildly soiled and bumped. Textblock lightly tanned, else unmarked. No dustjacket. Robert Ernest Vernede was born in London in 1875. He was a novelist, short story writer and poet who was wounded twice in France, the second occasion leading to his death from machine gun fire on 9 April, 1917 at Havrincourt. The contents of 'War Poems and Other Verses', published posthumously in 1917, include: Prelims., Introduction (Edmund Gosse). War Poems. Other Verses. Book weight approx. 260g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel.. Second Impression. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good+. 12mo - (approx. 18.5cm x 13cm).

[swanbourne, Western australia]: [J. Burridge Military Antiques] No publication date (1988). 247pp. Illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plate frontispiece, one other like plate, plus four undamaged fold-outs. Book clean and square. Bright gilt titles over undamaged spine and front green board. Rear green board unmarked. Textblock near fine. No dustjacket (as issued). This book is a facsimile edition of the title first published c. 192-?, printed by W.K. Thomas & Co., Adelaide. Extremely scarce in any edition, contents include: Prelims., Preface (E.T. Dean). Brigade Movements Aug. 1914 to Jan. 1919. Roll of Honour. Honours and Awards. Personnel - Officers, N.C.O's and Men. 'LEST WE FORGET'. Book weight approx. 525g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Reprint.. Hardcover. Near Fine.

London: Weidenfeld And Nicolson, 1989. x, 230pp., & 8 page b/w illustrated section.Ordinary cloth. Book slightly warped. Leaves yellowing. Illustrated dustjacket nominal wear only. At 5am., 1st. September 1939, in Warsaw, the 'Warcos', [War Correspondents], story began. It ended at 4.38pm., 11th September, 1945 in Tokyo. From first hand experience, the author takes the reader into the world of courageous War Correspondents. Weight approx. 580g.. First Edition. Hard Cover + D/J. Fair+/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Book Club Associates 255pp., colour frontis plate, plus colour and b/white illustrations throughout. Art-illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Plain maroon boards trivially bumped on foot. Illustrated (Front: Helmet of the Third or Prince of Wales Dragoon Guards c. 1812; Rear: 'The Battle of Borodino', Bulloz) dustjacket nominally edgeworn at foot, and along foredge folds, plus sunning to spine. Leaves clean and crisp. The second volume in the Cassell History of Warfare series. " . . . deals with the way in which the armies and navies of the time fought, how they were commanded, how they were (or were not) supplied with food and ammunition, and how they communicated with each other . . . With the aid of specially commissioned maps and artwork and over 130 colour and b/white illustrations, Mr Glover takes a fresh look at one of the most crucial and long-lasting struggles in modern history." Includes Appendix; Chronology of the Wars,… Read More

London: Allen Lane (Penguin), 2009. xix, + 935pp., plus 2 x 8 page, b/white photographically-illustrated sections. Ten b/white maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain black boards bumped on one lower foredge corner. Previous owner's gift inscription to ffep., remainder stripe to textblock head, else leaves clean. Dustjacket mildly edge-creased, two tiny closed tears. From the jacket flap: "Carlo D'Este's startlingly fresh biography examines the life of Winston Churchill through the prism of his military service as both a soldier and a warlord: the descendent of the first Duke of Marlborough who, despite never having risen above the rank of lieutenant colonel, eventually came at the age of sixty-five to direct Britain's military campaigns in the greatest conflict of the twentieth century . . . " Contents include: List of Illustrations, List of Maps, Introduction: Born for War, Prologue, 60 chapters, Postscript, Epilogue, Notes, Sources and Selected… Read More

New York: Pocket Books, 1995. 345pp. Book clean, square. Red cloth spine firm. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-tanned on reverse. "The first 'Deep Space Nine' hardcover and the eleventh in an unprecedented series of epic Star Trek hardcovers . . . a gripping tale that pits Commander Sisko against the most dangerous foe he has ever faced." Book weight approx. 550g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Printing.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +.