Australiana from Diversity Books, IOBA

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 1995. xxi, 330pp. Colour and b/white art plates throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Bright gilt titles to front panel of mildly edge and corner bumped blue boards. Author signature to title page, several tiny pen spots to facing page, small corner crease to two leaves, else leaves… Ler mais sobre este item

Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Viking O'Neil (Penguin Books), 1990. ix, 238pp. B/white photographic plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, negligibly canted, white title there-on. Plain blue boards have a very light bump to lower edge of front panel. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated (Corio Villa, Geelong) French-fold dustjacket minimally edge-creased. Contents include: Foreword. Australia's Heritage of Cast Iron. Sydney. Tasmania.… Ler mais sobre este item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Hill of Content, 1977. 94pp. Recto page colour-art plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Ditto title to front panel of undamaged black boards. Leaves clean, crisp and unmarked. Colour art-illustrated dustjacket sunned on spine (title clearly legible), very minor edgewear and surface indentations. "The first published book on naive art in Australia .… Ler mais sobre este item

Adelaide, South Australia: Art Gallery of South Australia, 1996. 224pp., beautiful colour-plate, recto page art illustrations by Tom Roberts, plus small, captioned, b/white halftone plates in a rear section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated ('A Break Away!', detail, 1891, Tom Roberts) matt boards nominally bumped and minimally surface scuffed. (Rear board illustration: 'A Summer Morning Tiff', 1886).… Ler mais sobre este item

Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Kelvin Glare, 2015. 502pp. Colour and b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Gilt title to front panel of dark blue boards, minor edge rubbing. Several surface scratches to colour illustrated dustjacket, minimal edgewear. Author's personal inscription, "To xxx with best wishes Kel" and signature to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Autobiography of… Ler mais sobre este item

Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia: Wild Dingo Press, 2014. 242pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. " . . . an intriguing and confronting story about injustice, the heartache of migration and the trials of integration, cultural taboos, prejudice and gender politics." 25 chapters. Book weight approx. 340g. (This book will… Ler mais sobre este item

Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Queensberry Hill Press, 1984. 232pp. B/white frontis plus unpaginated b/white plates. Book clean. Spine firm. Previous owner's name and a date to head of title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Gilt illustration to front panel of cloth boards, bump/crease to lower foredge corner of same. Edition limited to 1000 copies. Contents include: Foreword. Acks. Illustrations.… Ler mais sobre este item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Wilkinson Books, 1995. 166pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Faint tanning to textblock edges, else leaves clean and unmarked. Subject-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. A selection of newspaper articles by columnist David Hampson who sadly passed away in 1995. Introduction by Alan Howe, Editor, Sunday Herald Sun. Book weight approx. 335g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good.… Ler mais sobre este item

Victoria, Australia: Poowong Historical Group Inc., 1999. 148pp. B/white photographic illustrations and diagrams/plans. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally surface indented, tiny corner creases. Numerous contents include: About the Author. Foreword-1974. Foreword-1999. Preface (Joseph White). Introductory. McDonald's Track. The First Settlement. The Township History. Some Selectors of the District and Recollections.… Ler mais sobre este item

Sandy Bay, Tasmania, Australia: Bern and Jan Cuthbertson, 2001. xi, 321pp. B/white illustrations, fold out general chart of Terra Australis at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature, plus another signature and date to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a small area of laminate lift to lower foredge corner, else minor edgewear and… Ler mais sobre este item

Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: William Heinemann Australia , 1991. 256pp., plus (xxiii). Unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, minor tanning to inner surface edges. Textblock minimally edge-tanned, tiny spot to foot. In his own words, assisted by Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan, 'Codename IAGO' is the story of Munich, Germany-born John… Ler mais sobre este item

John Swire & Sons, 2005. 128pp. Colour and b/white illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, gold title there-on. Illustrated matt boards very good. Faint stains to head and foot of front pastedown, head of ffep. and rear pastedown. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated, laminated dustjacket has similar faint stains to reverse (inner) surface plus minor edgewear and laminate… Ler mais sobre este item

Mt. Waverley, VIC, Australia: Brian Hansen Publications, 1995. 208pp., illustrated throughout: colour and b/white halftone plates - images to gladden the heart of any Tiger fan . . . Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, faint yellowing to reverse (inner) surfaces, plus tiny spot to inner front cover. Leaves clean and unmarked. This is the… Ler mais sobre este item

Montrose, Victoria, Australia: Algona Publications, 1981. 48pp. B/white illustrations and maps throughout. Book clean. Saddle-stitch, staple-bound format. Staples firm, mild rust. Several tiny faint spots to half-title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn, mild tanning to rear text panel - "This book is a guide for visitors to the Kooyoora country which is… Ler mais sobre este item

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Currey O'Neil, 1984. xi, 148pp. B/white illustrations throughout, plus 2 x 4 page colour sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain green cloth boards bumped on upper foredge corner of front panel. Leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially-iIllustrated dustjacket softly edge-creased, minor edgewear and surface scratches. Contents include: Foreword (Harry Hopman). List of… Ler mais sobre este item

Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Author (Ian Hyndman), 1986. iii, 82pp. B/white photographic illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm, bump to foot. Leaves clean and unmarked, small soft corner crease to a section of opening pages, and in-production (?) crinkling to spine area of a small section of pages at rear. Illustrated card wrapper softly corner creased, oblique marks and a small surface… Ler mais sobre este item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: William Heinemann, 1980. ix, 324pp., plus 16 unpaginated pages of b/white plates. Map printed endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean and unmarked. Small areas of surface rubbing/discoloration to front and back panels (and backstrip) of plain boards. No dustjacket. Contents include: Foreword (Stephen Murray-Smith, University of Melbourne). Acks. 30 chapters over five… Ler mais sobre este item

South Yarra, Victoria, Australia: Hyland House, 1979. xiii, 130pp., plus 4 x 4 page b/white illustrated sections. Illustrated endpapers. Book clean. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards have a light bump to upper front foredge corner. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, edge-creased and indented, plus areas of surface abrasion/damage and tanning to upper edge… Ler mais sobre este item

Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Thomas C. Lothian, 1993. vii, 168pp., plus 4 x 4 page colour illustrated sections. B/white photographic and line-drawn illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated card wrapper has a couple of tiny corner creases. "Information on: Selecting and using grassy plants in the garden; Cultivation from the tropics to… Ler mais sobre este item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: HarperCollins, 2011. x, 374pp., plus 3 x 8 page colour illustrated sections. Book clean, square. Spine firm. A personal penned inscription ('To Jim'), signed by author Ian McPhedran on first (author biog.) page, corner crease to several leaves, else pages clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated card wrapper has a soft crease, minor surface indentations.… Ler mais sobre este item