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

South Africa: Jonathan Ball and AD. Donker Publishers, 1990. 347pp., plus unpaginated (48 page) photographic colour-plate section. Intext, b/white line-drawings (C.A.Maberley) and distribution maps throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Pictorially-illustrated gloss boards nominally bumped only. Leaves unmarked. This important work on the mammals of South Africa by Charles Astley Maberley (1905-1972) has been revised and updated by Richard Goss. The reader will undoubtedly enjoy the expanded colour section. Charles Astley Maberley, who moved to South Africa when he was 18, was murdered by an intruder in 1972. Book weight approx. 870g. * Customers 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 Thus.. Hardcover. Very Good +.

Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia: Desert Sailor Publications, 2008. 207pp., plus 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper 'as new'. "The Desert Sailor's Journey of Endurance is also one man's journey of discovery. At the age of thirty Rob ran the first of his 22 marathons to date. Some years later, as a middle-aged suburban lawyer, he started to question his world and the world around him, looking for answers sailing in the howling winds of Bass Strait, running ultra marathons in the tortured sands of Morocco's Sahara Desert, in the majestic mountains of the Himalayas and on the windswept steppes of Northern Mongolia . . ." Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this book will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +.

London: Sidgwick & Jackson, 1996. xx, + 348pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards lightly bumped on lower foredge corners. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has minor edgewear and indentations. An interesting insight into the great band: Pink Floyd, with contributions from a variety of sources. Includes Index. Book weight approx. 670g.. Second Impression. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Terrey Hills, N.S.W., Australia: A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1980. 173pp., unpaginated colour plates, plus intext b/white halftone plates and line-drawings. Book clean. Spine firm: trivially bumped, faded and canted. Colour-illustrated gloss boards minimally bumped on upper foredge corners, else unmarked. Minor flecks on head of textblock, else leaves clean. The author's aim with this book is to satisfy a desire in many people who wish to know more about Australian birds than their names, and he explains in simple terms how they live and behave . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface, 12 chapters, Appendix, Refs., Index. Book weight approx. 420g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good.

Mt Eliza, Victoria, Australia: Author (Elizabeth Macdonald-Friel), 1999. vii, + 209pp., intext, b/white sketch-art throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves pristine. Printed card wrapper nominally faded on spine only. "As its title implies, this book is an inner journey of self awareness leading to expansion of understanding and self-fulfillment. It is about the dignity of claiming the right to the joy of being human and humane-right now, right where you are . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Credo, Road Map of Concepts, Outline of Structure of this Book, How to Work with this Book, more. The Stanzas: 1-33. Epilogue, more. Book weight approx. 310g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Softcover. Near Fine.

Millers Point, NSW, Australia: Murdoch Books, 2010. 288pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Flapped card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. Foreword by Mick Rock. " . . . brings you the fascinating histories, behind-the-scenes secrets, and encapsulated biographies of the biggest names in music from the last fifty years . . . You'll also find a grab-bag of fascinating extras, including features on key record labels, producers, clubs, and festivals, along with the lowdown on the bands who made them great. All this, plus enough entertaining trivia to satisfy even the most hardcore fan . . . " Includes Index. Book weight approx. 1.05 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Impression.. Softcover with Fold-in Flaps. Very Good +.

London: Robert Hale, 1980. 221pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves pristine. Printed dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Series hero Travis McGee is suddenly snapped out of his world of sun and sand, boats and boodles, sharks and shakedowns, when (despite his old friend Meyer trying to tell him the 'real' world is in a process of deadly change) a woman who means everything to Travis is murdered. A stunned McGee, on the path of the killer, must impersonate a man who has lost his daughter to a fanatical religious cult, infiltrating the Church of the Apocrypha, risking life and limb with what he learns of the cult's activities . . . Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First British. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Near Fine/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Chatswood, NSW, Australia: The Currawong Press, 1994. 288pp., frontispiece, intext b/white halftone plates (mostly archival) throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, nominally cocked. Leaves clean. Illustrated (montage-style) gloss boards mildly faded on spine, abraded on upper rear foredge corner, otherwise very good. No dustjacket. The story of the ANZAC soldier and the arenas in which they have gallantly fought . . . Contents include: Prelims., The Long March Begins, First World War 1914-1918. Second World War 1939-1945. Uncertain Peace: Korea, Malaya, Vietnam, Gulf War. The VCs, Refs., Index, more. Book weight approx. 900g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Thus.. Hardcover. Very Good.

London: T.C. and E.C. Jack No publication date [c.1930]. xiv, + 356pp., 19 colour plates, including frontis by Walter Crane. B/w locality map. Decorated blue cloth covers clean [gilt decoration and titles lightly patinated]. Spine firm [mild crease to cloth]. Nominally frayed on corners and heel of backstrip. Award presentation label affixed to ffep. [dated 1931], deckle-edge [untrimmed] foredge and foot slightly discoloured, minimal random foxing throughout. In a very rare art-illustrated [Graham Simmons] edgeworn, nipped, torn and repaired dustjacket. 103 chapters plus Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Original Decorated Cloth HB/DJ. Very Good/Fair +. Illus. by Walter Crane.

Toronto, Canada: Key Porter Books, 1992. 180pp., stunning colour illustrations throughout, covering each ocean level, from the shore the the abyss.Book clean and square. Spine firm. Blind-stamped boards nominally bumped. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket trivially edgeworn only. The combined talents and skills of scientists and environmentals have come together to indicate how fragile and susceptible to human damage is earth's vital finely-balanced marine eco-system.With contributions from marine experts of various disciplines, contents covering the four ocean zones, include: Prelims., Origins, Diversity of life in the oceans, Planets lifebelt, Twilight zone, Dynamic abyss, Animals and birds, Sensory world of the deep, Protecting the oceans, Epilogue, Appendices, Contributors, Index. Book weight approx. 1.72KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it weighs over 1KG. Please email for quote. . First Edition, First Impression.. Hardcover and… Read More

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia: Lerk and McClure, 2000. 213pp., plus unpaginated sepia plates, two fold-outs (View of Pall Mall, Bendigo 1891, and Bendigo from the School of Mines). Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Bright gilt title to front panel of undamaged, decorative blind-embossed dark green boards. Leaves clean and unmarked, tiny corner crease to first fold-out. Facsimile of the original 1891 edition published by Fergusson & Mitchell. Contents include: B/white author portrait frontis. Foreword (L & M, 2000). Preface (GM, 1891). Note. Contents. List of Illustrations. History of Bendigo: chapters I to XXII. Addendum. Appendix. Conversion Tables. Index. Book weight approx. 554g. . Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 13.75cm).

United Kingdom: Sage Publications, 1999. xi, + 425pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, one page mildly creased. Illustrated card wrapper has soft vertical crease to front panel, plus two corner creases, minor edgewear. " . . . an essential sourcebook of key statements about transformations in media culture. The Reader explores the technological, economic, social and cultural processes implicated in the production, regulation, circulation and consumption of media forms. It applies theoretical approaches, supported by a range of case studies, to past and present media transformations." Contents include: Introduction, 21 chapters over 4 'parts', Index. Book weight approx. 990g. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage charges as it will weigh over 1KG. with packing. Please email for quote.. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Little, Brown & Company, 1998. xv, + 416pp. Illustrated (Trans-Pacific Flight route map) endpapers, plus an unpaginated, b/white halftone plate photographic section, and intext line-drawn maps. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain red boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn, with two creased, closed tears on head of rear panel. This illuminating and authoritative biography tells the story of one of the world's great pioneering aviators, Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, born Brisbane, Australia in 1897. In primitive aircraft, with basic navigation aids, he crossed the Pacific in both directions, traversed the Tasman Sea, and completed a west-bound crossing of the Atlantic. His exploits came to a sudden end when, in November 1935, his aircraft 'Lady Southern Cross' disappeared off the coast of Burma . . . He was just thirty-eight years old . . . Contents include: Prelims., Preface. Author's Note. 29 chapters.… Read More

United Kingdom: Jonathan Cape, 2001. 354pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Illustrated dustjacket has slightly U.V. affected spine, minimal edgewear only. A novel of growing up, by the award-winning Irish-born, Scottish resident, author, Bernard MacLaverty. "Martin Brennan: a troubled boy in troubled times, a boy who knows all the questions but none of the answers. This is Belfast in the late sixties . . . " Book weight approx. 700g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Spectrum Publications, 1983. 187pp., book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Limited edition 300/24, signed by author on ffep., else leaves clean. Art illustrated [Margaret Power] dustjacket, negligibly edgeworn only. a work of fiction about a man coming to terms with himself. The author of many books, in his professional field Francis Macnab has helped many people untangle difficulties and conflicts in their lives . . . Book weight approx. 500g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good +,/Very Good. Limited Number Edition.

North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Pluto Press Australia, 2006. xvi, + 206pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves pristine. Printed card wrapper nominally scuffed. Dr Francis Macnab, founder of the Cairnmillar Institute, reflects on his own life and talks with an interesting cross-section of older men and women who share their wisdom . . . Men are living longer - Macnab tells us how they can live productive and worthwhile lives in these later years . . . for all men entering their fifties and for all men on the way to ninety-seven . . . Contents include: Prelims., 19 chapters, Epilogue, A Postscript, Endnotes. Book weight approx. 375g. 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 +.

West Perth, Western Australia: Jackson Hunt & Co., 1979. iv, + 124pp., colour-plate frontispiece, and stunning colour plate photography by Michael Morcombe, Richard Woldendorp and Oskar Opitz, throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title on black backstrip. Plain yellow boards. Leaves pristine. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket nominally bumped only. Housed in a like-illustrated, minimally bumped slipcase. Published in celebration of Western Australia's sesquicentennial anniversary, the 150 year gala occasion being held during 1979. From the Pilbara to the Southern Ocean and the vibrant capital of Perth, the photographs and text are interwoven to display all that Western Australia has to celebrate . . . Contents include: Prelims., Great State, Perth's First 150 Years, Perth and its People, Perth's Water Playgrounds, Daydreams and Nightlife, Park for all Seasons, Perth Unlimited. Item weight approx. 1.75 KG. * Buyers outside Australia - This item will incur extra postage… Read More

New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998. 211pp., book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean, unmarked. Backstrip nominally bumped head and heel. Art-illustrated [Marc Burckhardt] dustjacket trivially edgeworn only. The author's second book, again with key character, small-town Missouri genealogist, history buff, and amateur detective, Victory 'Torie' O'Shea. "The open door of Marie Dijon's house is like an invitation to Torie. Her curiosity simply gets the best of her . . . " Book weight approx. 400g.. First Edition, 1st Impression. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good +/Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Melbourne and London : William Heinemann, 1955. xi, + 193pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate section, plus a like, photographic subject portrait frontispiece (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over minimally bumped and flecked cloth spine. Plain red, original cloth boards (blind-stamp publisher's device on rear board) very good. Textblock mildly tanned, else lightly flecked. Colour, photographically-illustrated dustjacket edgeworn and nipped, with repaired tears and creases, plus two repaired holes, and dampstaining on verso. Much-travelled writer and public official Hector MacQuarrie (1889-1973) tells the story of Queen Salote Tupou III (1900-1965) of Tonga. Unpopular in her early years because her mother was of 'low caste', she won hearts and minds in Britain and Tonga with her ever-smiling personality whilst in London for the Coronation celebrations for Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 . . . Contents include: Prelims., Foreword, 20… Read More

Lilydale, Victoria, Australia: Pioneer Design Studio, 1986. Unpaginated (92 pages). B/white art illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has a tiny surface nick and soft corner crease to front panel, else very good. Australian artist Mary Macqueen was born in Melbourn in 1912 and passed away in 1994. Contents include: Foreword by Mary Holyoake. Introduction (Mary Macqueen). Acks. The Drawings. Exhibitions and Collections. Select Bibliography. Book weight approx. 425g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 4to - (approx. 28cm x 21cm).