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

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. xiv, + 269pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper undamaged. Translated into English by Giles Watson. "Join Beppe Severgnini on this hilarious tour of modern Italy that takes you behind the seductive face it puts on for visitors - la bella figura - and uncovers the far more complex true self . . . Ten days, thirty places. From north to south, from food to politics, from saintliness to sexuality . . . " Book weight approx. 370g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Vintage Espanol, 2010. 1016pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, corner crease to several at rear. Illustrated card wrapper undamaged. From the back cover: " . . . Ken Follett presenta esta gran novela epica que narra la historia de cinco familias durante los anos turbulentos de la Primera Guerra Mundial, la Revolucion Rusa y la lucha de hombres y mujeres por sus derechos. La historia empieza 1911 . . . " (Fall of Giants. The first novel in the Century trilogy). Book weight approx. 795g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Primera Edicion Vintage Espanol.. Softcover. Very Good +.

Victoria, Australia: State Library of Victoria Foundation, 2007. 144pp., colour and b/white illustrations, throughout, plus one fold-out. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly scuffed only. Art-illustrated (S.T.Gill) fold-out has vertical crease to outer margin (does not affect illustration). The 'La Trobe Journal' is a highly-regarded scholarly journal, published twice-yearly, in Autumn and Spring. In this issue: " . . . Fortieth Anniversary, The Library and The Journal . . . an 1840 letter, from Charles Joseph La Trobe, 'Jolimont en Murs', to his sister Charlotte . . . Woolner's portrait medallion of La Trobe . . . the La Trobe family in Van Diemen's Land . . .La Trobe and the Melbourne Public Library . . . how Melbourne has commemorated Batman . . . two S.T. Gill drawings of Melbourne in 1867 . . . the Candler-Standish 'double diary' and more . . . Item weight approx. 365g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will… Read More

Victoria, Australia: State Library of Victoria Foundation, 2008. 120pp., colour and b/white illustrations, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated ('Aurora' in McMurdo Sound nearing C. Evans, c. 1914-17) card wrapper nominally scuffed only. The 'La Trobe Journal' is a highly-regarded scholarly journal, published twice-yearly, in Autumn and Spring. "This issue of the 'Journal' has three mini-themes: one on Antarctica, the second and third on two formidable Melbourne figures, Stephen Murray-Smith and Redmond Barry, plus Alex Gurney: The creator of 'Bluey and Curley'; Leaving their Mark: Graffiti in the Dome, and more . . . Item weight approx. 365g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Victoria, Australia: State Library of Victoria Foundation, 2013. 200pp., colour and b/white illustrations, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated (elevated view of the Public Library of Victoria, including the domed reading room, c. 1915) card wrapper nominally edgeworn, tiny spot to front panel. The 'La Trobe Journal' is a highly-regarded scholarly journal . . . "The first two articles in this issue commemorate the centenary of the domed reading room. followed by articles on Melbourne memorials to Sir Redmond Barry; the founding of the Melbourne Mechanics institution; an important discovery on who actually kept a meteorological journal previously attributed to William John Wills; the subdivision of the old Cremorne Gardens area in Richmond; the Chinese on the Ballarat Goldfields; the wonderful Victorian diaries of Joseph Jenkins, the Welsh swagman; artists' images of Melbourne and Sydney over the period 1891-1934; and edited extracts from the diary… Read More

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Council of The State Library of Victoria, 1989. 60pp. Colour and b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a tiny corner crease to lower front panel, negligible edgewear. Contents include: Acks. His Excellency, Dr Davis McCaughey AC, Governor of Victoria. C.J. La Trobe, Victoria's First Lieutenant-Governor, by A.G.L. Shaw. The Transplanting of an Irish-Classical Inheritance: Redmond Barry's Early Years in Melbourne 1839-1853, by Ann Galbally. Discovering Port Phillip, by Paul Fox. Catalogue by Jennifer Phipps. Item weight approx. 280g. (This item will post as a small parcel and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Softcover. Very Good+. 4to - (approx. 29.5cm x 21cm).

Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia: Warrnambool Institute Press, 1983. vii, + 133pp., b/white halftone plate frontispiece. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Monochrome, photographic subject-portrait card wrapper lightly edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. Edited by Wendy and Allan Scarfe, this interesting book written by Gilbert Giles Roper (1905-1974) is the biography of Percy Brookfield, English-born (1878) Australian merchant seaman, prospector, Broken Hill union official, socialist political activist, New South Wales Labor politician and founder of the Independent Labor Party. While returning to Adelaide en route to Sydney from Broken Hill on the night of 21 March, 1921, Percy Brookfield's train stopped at Riverton Station for meals. While there a disturbed Russian journalist, Koorman Tomayiff, opened fire with a pistol hitting three people. Brookfield tackled the shooter, being mortally shot in the process. Percy Brookfield died hours later in Adelaide from his wounds . . . Contents include:… Read More

Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: The Freudian School of Melbourne, 1998. ii, + 287pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves pristine. Illustrated card wrapper nominally edgeworn only. A stand-alone volume (19) in a series. In two 'parts': 1/ The Lacanian Discourse, a series of seminars and essays delivered by Jacques Lacan and others in various cities around the world (the Lacan discourses were delivered in 1980, paris and Caracas). 2/ The Lacanian Clinic; essays by Jacques Lacan and others. Logos: 20 years of psychanalytical training in the Freudian School of Melbourne, by David Pereira. Book weight approx. 430g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Thus.. Softcover. Near Fine.

London: Christopher Johnson, 1955. 185pp. Book clean. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Original brown cloth boards lightly colour flecked. Endpapers mildly foxed, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Trevor Denning) dustjacket slightly edgeworn, with splotches on rear text panel. 'Alasdair Sinclair' is the pseudonym of a former 'Harley Street' specialist obstetrician, unable to continue practice due to a debilitating illness. This volume relates stories, both happy or tragic, from his professional life in London . . . Told over 10 chapters. Book weight approx. 340g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Sydney, Australia: Angus and Robertson, 1930. 94pp., plus (ii). Book clean. Spine firm, but slightly bumped and canted. Text-printed boards minimally bumped on foredge corners, else undamaged. Foxing strips and flecks on endpapers, a nondescript inscription on ffep., plus a former owner's name on verso of half-title page, else leaves clean. No dustjacket. Humorous advice to the 'woman in love' from the pen of Irene Bueno de Mesquita (1896-1968?). In this first Australian edition (1930), published by arrangement with Cecil Palmer, London, contents include: Prelims., Dedication. Foreword: So This Is Love. First Love. Lost Love: Hints to Unhappy Lovers. Last Love: Fifty-Fifty. What is Love? Extenuation. Book weight approx. 155g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . First Thus. Hardcover. Good. 12mo - (approx. 19cm x 12.5cm).

London: Folio Society, 2007. This item is in 'as new' condition, only removed from shrinkwrap for cataloguing purposes. B/white illustrations by Helen Smithson. Contents include: The Lady in the Van. The Laying on of Hands. The Clothes They Stood Up In. Father! Father! Burning Bright. Item weight approx. 600g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Second Printing. Hardcover in Slipcase. As New. Illus. by Helen Smithson. 8vo - (approx. 22.5cm x 14.25cm).

London: Simon & Schuster, 2011. 502pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. From the jacket flap: "Descended from Melusina, the river goddess, Jacquetta has always had the gift of second sight . . . Married to the Duke of Bedford, English Regent of France, Jacquetta is introduced by him to a mysterious world of learning and alchemy . . . Jacquetta fights for her king, her queen, and for her daughter Elizabeth Woodville, a young woman for whom Jacquetta can sense an extraordinary and unexpected future: a change of fortune, the throne of England, and the white rose of York." Book 3 in the Cousins' War series. Book weight approx. 720g. *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 Edition.. Hardcover and… Read More

Bradford, West Yorkshire, England: Laisterdyke Local History Group , 1992. 196pp. B/white halftone illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a tiny corner crease. " . . . combines a wealth of memories - and photographs! - with painstaking historical research to build up detailed pictures of Bowling Back Lane, Broad Lane, Tyersal and the Sutton Estate as they used to be. There are vivid portraits of some outstanding personalities, and several contributors give a child's-eye view of the area." Book weight approx. 300g. (This item will post as a small parcel and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 20.5cm x 14.5cm).

London: Souvenir Press, 1984. 251pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Staple puncture marks on several leaves, otherwise textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. Written in collaboration with leading Dutch novelist Dirk Ayelt Kooiman, translated to English by Adrienne Dixon, this is the story of Jan Montyn, told as he lived it . . . Contents include: Prelims., 6 'parts', Postscript. Book weight approx. 500g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st Thus.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +.

New York: Gallery Books, 1988. 61pp., colour and b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Green textured boards lightly edge-bumped only. Several small, faint foxing spots to title page, else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a short. closed tear, minor tanning to reverse (inner) surface. Of the three greatest names in European sports/GT cars, Lamborghini has produced the fewest in number and created the most exciting. This book covers the entire history of Lamborghini from the very first production cars to the current (1980's) Portofino show car. Book weight approx. 570g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good.

London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1965. ix, + 308pp. Book clean and square. bright gilt title on lightly bumped spine. Leaves clean, trivially flecked on head of textblock. Green boards undamaged. Printed dustjacket mildly edgeworn. The Irish famine of the mid 19th century saw many desperately poor Irish people head for America, and work in the coal fields of Pennsylvania. Unfortunately, for many they again found hunger, poverty-and bitter prejudice against them. The response of the resistance gangs, known as 'Molly Maguires', that arose, is detailed in this tragic story . . . Book weight approx. 560g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 1st U.K... Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Good.

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Evergreen Media, 2003. 240pp., b/white map, plus b/white photographic and art illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Bob Marchant) card wrapper has a soft crease to front panel. Preface by Rolf Harris."Few people know Australia like Ted Egan. This gifted songwriter and historian tells true stories of convicts, settlers, Aboriginals, drovers, soldiers, migrants - the men and women who create the ethos of The Land Downunder." Contents include lyrics (only) to 28 songs by Ted Egan. Book weight approx. 350g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Australian.. Softcover. Very Good +.

South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Macmillan, 1980. v, 388pp., plus 6 x 2 page b/white plate illustrated sections. Book clean. Spine firm, very slightly canted, bright gilt title there-on. Plain green boards very good+. A concise personal inscription, signed by author, on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (View upon the Nepean River at the Cow-Pastures, New South Wales') dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. From the jacket flap: " . . . covers the second phase of Australia's history from the coming of the first fleet to the long drought and depression which ushered in the new Commonwealth in 1901. It offers new explanations of many events in Australian history." Contents include: 22 chapters over three 'parts'. Acks. and Sources. Index. Book weight approx. 658g. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22cm x 14.5cm).

Johannesburg, South Africa: Macmillan South Africa (Publishers), 1986. xxiv, + 229pp, art-illustrated endpapers. Colour-art, b/white paw identification and line-drawings, plus two-colour range maps throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped. Art-illustrated boards nominally bumped only. Leaves clean. From the rear cover: "The aim of this field guide is to assist anyone interested in the mammals of southern Africa to identify those species that occur on land, and at the same time to provide facts about them that may make their observation more interesting." Book weight approx. 475g. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition, First Impression.. Hardcover. Very Good +.

Nelson, New Zealand: Waimea County Council, 1976. 143pp., locality map on front endpaper. Historic, candid b/w illustrations throughout. Book clean, square and tight. Leaves clean, unmarked. Duo-tone illustrated, pictorial dustjacket has previously applied clear tape reinforcing on reverse, a small closed tear and edgewear on head, else good. This book is an account of the life of people living in the Waimea County from its inception in 1876 to the present day [1976]. Given the task of completing this book when the original compiler [Mrs. Jill Wall] died, the author has produced a good local history. Contents include: Introduction, County management, Livelihood, Communications, County home life, Young people, Society, Memorable occasions, Which way next, Appendices, more. Book weight approx. 320g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First Edition.. Hard Cover + D/J [Oblong]. Very Good +/Good.