Search Results: Signed Books from Diversity Books, IOBA

U.S.A.: Animagic Entertainment Group, 2000. ix+113pp. Based on characters created by Tony Diloia. Intext, b/white halftone illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Inscription, signed by author on title-page, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn and bumped, a 'Collector's Edition' label affixed there-on. Story based on an 'upcoming' television series about 'Balloonatiks', a collection of five 'rubbery' characters; Flator, Airbrain, Bouncer, Sparky and Squeeker, whose catch-cry seems to be- "Hubba hubba, we're made of rubber". Book weight approx. 170gms. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Card Softcover. Very Good..

Fremantle, Western Australia: Vivid Publishing, 2009. vi, + 409pp. Book clean. Spine firm, white title there-on. Plain black boards have a short pressure mark to rear panel. Author's penned signature and date (2009) to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked, with just a hint of tanning to textblock edges. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn, minor soft edge creasing at head. "A well-researched, entertaining and suspenseful novel about the link between four people over a period of one hundred and fifty years . . . " Contents include: Acks. Prologue, 21 chapters. Historical Fiction. Book weight approx. 685g. . First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 15.5cm).

Bittern, Victoria, Australia : Clan Destine Press, 2014. 185pp., plus (iii). Intext, b/white illustrations throughout by Ashlea Bechaz. Book clean and square. Spine firm, slightly colour-faded. Colour-art illustrated (Ashlea Bechaz) card wrapper lightly bumped and splayed only. A personal inscription, signed 'Cheers Fin', on dedication page, else textblock unmarked. Juvenile fiction set in a cattery, with the key character (cat) Megsy . . . Book weight approx. 220g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post as a small parcel. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 19.75cm x 13cm).

Sydney: Delphi Connection, 1999. 159pp., intext illustrations throughout [mostly b/w halftones]. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper has areas of gloss laminate lifting [mainly corners, edges and hinges], else bumped foredge corners. Dated inscription, signed by author on plain inside front wrap. The intention of ALIGHT [an acronym for Arts-Learning-Inspiring-Growth-Healing-Tolerance] is to motivate people of all ages, cultures and beliefs to pursue activities which promote emotional healing and peace on Earth.Contents, in a workbook-like format, include: Prelims., Pathway 1: Discover who you are. 2: Define your purpose. 3: Honour your inheritance. Book weight approx. 740g. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Author. 1st. [Stated].. Large Format Softcover. Good+.

South Australia: Pete Dobre's Oz Scapes, 2006. 64pp., colour photographic illustrations throughout by Pete Dobre. Text by Cil Dobre. Colour map. Book clean. Spine firm. Photographer Pete Dobre's signature to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated gloss boards undamaged. Stunning photography of Adelaide and surrounds. Book weight approx. 260g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 16mo (Oblong/Landscape Format). Signed By Photographer. First Edition.. Very Good +.

Hartwell, Victoriq: Sid Harta Publishers, 2003. vi, + 393pp., illustrated publisher's promotional section at rear. Book clean and square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Inscription 'With best wishes,' signed 'Bruce Pippett' on title-page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. The Melbourne-based author's debut novel is a relationship-based story which explores the machinations of the family unit. Gordy Piper, hoping for a career as a noted and financially successful lawyer, becomes depressed and disillusioned with a belief the world has treated him unfairly. His wife Tess examines her own discontent with her situation. Confrontation surely follows . . . 24 chapters before Resolution. Book weight approx. 500g.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hartwell, Victoriq: Sid Harta Publishers, 2003. vi, + 393pp., illustrated publisher's promotional section at rear. Book clean and square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Inscription, signed 'Bruce' [content would indicate author] on title-page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper creased as previously noted, together with minimal edgewear. The Melbourne-based author's debut novel is a relationship-based novel that explores the machinations of the family unit. Gordy Piper, hoping for a career as a noted and financially successful lawyer, becomes depressed and disillusioned with a belief the world has treated him unfairly. His wife Tess examines her own discontent with her situation. Confrontation surely follows . . . 24 chapters before Resolution. Book weight approx. 500g.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Templestowe, Victoria , Australia: Burgewood Books, 1996. 174pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, Signed on title page by author Don Charlwood. Previous owner's name to half-title page, three small marks to last page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper minimally surface scratched and softly corner creased. From the rear panel: "In these ten lively wrought stories a corner of the Victorian countryside becomes a small timeless world rich with human experience. Partly autobiographical, they are held in unity by the land and people they describe, and by the character of their narrator, a young man who is at once part of the life around him and a detached observer of it . . . " Contents include: Author's Note. 10 short stories. Australian author Donald Ernest Cameron Charlwood AM was born in 1915 and passed away in 2012. Book weight approx. 200g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Signed by Author. First Thus.… Read More

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. " . . . tells the exclusive, inside story of the modern Royal Australian Air Force in the action-packed period from East Timor and the Bali bombings to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . . . The compelling narrative, in the RAAF's 90th year, of its aircraft, leadership, traditions and personalities at a time of rapid change, as technology propels it into the next generation of air power and the futuristic era of stealth." Book weight approx. 575g. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23.25cm x 15.25cm).

Mornington, Victoria, Australia: Author (L.M. Stacey) Printed By Morningside Printers, 1998. v, + 139pp. Book clean and square. A soft reading crease on lightly bumped spine. Colour-illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, with a short, oblique crease on rear upper foredge corner. A short personal inscription, signed and dated by the author on title page, else textblock unmarked. This book is a collection of short stories from the pen of Mornington Peninsula (Victoria)-based author L. (Lili) M. Stacey. The first story is "Alien Rescue", and the last story is "Do-Gooder". Book weight approx. 205g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Mornington, Victoria, Australia: Self Published (S.G. Raggett), 1991. xiii, 196pp., b/white author portrait frontispiece, plus intext halftone plates, sketch-drawings and a map. Book clean. Nominally bumped spine firm, slightly canted, gilt title there-on. White titles to front panel of very good blue boards. Signed and dated (1991) by author on half-title page, else text-block unmarked. Printed dustjacket trivially shelfworn only. "This is not a unit history but the story of one (Australian) soldier prior to, during, and after World War II . . . " Sidney George Raggett (1918-1994), served in the 2/2nd Field Regiment and other units . . . Contents include: Prelims, 13 chapters, Postscript. Book weight approx. 485g. (This book will post as a small parcel within Australia only, and postage charge will be reduced accordingly). Signed by Author. First Edition.. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 22.25cm x 14.25cm).

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Currency Press, 1996. xi, + 163pp., several intext b/white sketch-art illustrations (Peter Meldrum) throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. An inscription, signed/dated by author on his bio. page, else leaves clean. Montage-style, illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped only. " . . . informative, entertaining, provocative, very brave . . . an intensely personal guidebook to what makes one actor (a very good actor indeed) tick . . . " (Leo McKern). Contents include: Prelims., Foreword (Leo McKern), Preface, 14 insightful, informative chapters, Appendix: List of Actions, Index. Value Point: To accompany title is a programme from 'I Am Not A Dentist', written and performed by Henri Szeps during 1999 (in very good condition). Item weight approx. 352g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Signed and Inscribed By Author. First Edition, First Impression.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" -… Read More

Brisbane, QLD, Australia: W.C. & S.M. Wilkie, 1987. vii, + 171pp., candid halftone plates, and facsimile illustrations, throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, but mildly cocked. Inscription, signed by compiler/introducer 'Bill' Wilkie (the author's nephew) on title page, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn only. Lead in with entries of QX2984 Private L.E.G. Wilkie 2/10 Fd. Workshops 2nd AIF. Tragically, Edgar Wilkie died as a prisoner-of-war in Japan, in July 1945 . . . Contents, in three 'parts': 1/ Family Tree. 2/ Diary and Letters. 3/ What Became of Them? Refs. "LEST WE FORGET". Book weight approx. 300g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Signed by Editor. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Bribie Island, Queensland, Australia: W.F. Handley, 1989. 60pp. Book clean and square. Staples firm. Leaves clean. Short inscription, presumably signed [in a scrawly hand] by the author, on plain inside front wrap, which is illustrated on front, and has mild edgewear. Original, humorous material in a short, anecdotal format, appearing to be the memoirs of a period in the life of the author, when he was a young impressionable butcher's assistant in a small Australian town, around the 1920s and 1930s. Tales tall aplenty, and highly amusing, including: The Christmas Pig, The Snake, Fred, The Watch, The Boot-Maker, The Goat, The Goose, Mother-In-Law, The Girl, The Flood. Lots more. Book weight approx. 120g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Staplebound Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: Macmillan, 2006. 272pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author's signature to title page, else leaves clean and unmarked, with a soft corner crease to several. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "Direct from The Chaser, Charles Firth's explosive expose has enraged critics by smashing the American dream into a Million Little Pieces . . . part expose, part war on reality, mildly delusional and completely strange, 'American Hoax' is an utterly true account of America in the 21st century . . . " Book weight approx. 445g.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Milsons Point, N.S.W., Australia: Random House Australia, 2002. xii, + 397pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain black boards undamaged. A concise inscription ("To P.e, who championed this book") signed and dated (2002) by the author, with an accompanying abstract 'smiley face' drawing on the title page. Text-block mildly tanned. Illustrated (portrait of Daniel E. Sickles & Mrs Sickles) dustjacket nominally edgworn only. Tom Keneally recreates a dramatic episode in American public life that escalated "on the last, cold Sunday of February, 1859, when Daniel Sickles shot his wife's lover in Washington's Lafayette Square, just across from the White House . . . Charming and ambitious, Dan Sickles literally got away with murder. His protector was none other than the President himself, the ageing James Buchanan . . . " Contents include: Prelims., Acks., Author's Note, 8 chapters, Finale, Last Work, Notes, Bibliography,… Read More

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Anchor Books, 2017. viii, 172pp., plus 16 page illustrated section (protrudes slightly from foredge). Book clean, square. Spine firm. A short inscription on half-title page, 'Best wishes', signed by authors Kathy Gibson and E. Rushen, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: This is the story of one remarkable Irish immigrant to nineteenth-century Australia and her never-failing support of Irish causes. Her legacy resonates today in both Callen and Foster (formerly Stockyard Creek). In 1855 Anastasia Burke, a 27 year old woman from Callen, County Kilkenny, Ireland, migrated to Adelaide, South Australia. For many post-Famine Irish emigrants there was no guarantee of a welcome in the host country and the following year, the South Australian government launched an enquiry into the influx of single Irishwomen to its shores. Anastasia stayed in South Australia for ten years before joining the exodus to the new… Read More

Dublin: Beaver Row Press, 1991. 42pp. Book clean and square. Minor bumps and flecks on spine. Art-illustrated (John Shinnors) card wrapper slightly bumped and edgeworn. An inspiring personal inscription, signed by the author John Liddy on title-page, textblock bumped on upper foredge corner, else leaves unmarked. Some of the poetry in this book, by Irish-born (Cork, 1954) poet John Liddy, has been published in other forums. Now a long-term resident in Madrid, Spain, the contents of his collection of poems include: Prelims., Acks., Poems ('Beginning with 'Rainbow Road', and finishing with 'The Angling Cot'). Book weight approx. 115g. *Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . Inscribed and Signed By Author. First Thus. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾".

England: Sceptre, 1998. xii, + 434pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature, plus 'Melbourne 1998' to half-title page, previous owner's name to same, else leaves clean, albeit slightly tanned. Light crease to last few pages. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly indented only. " . . . written in the style of stark, merciless tension, it tells the story of being raised in Dublin by an alcoholic mother and a charming, feckless father, and then deals with her own desperate search for truth, love and knowledge in Ireland and England over the past few decades . . . " Book weight approx. 310g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Inscribed and Signed By Author. Extended Edition.. Softcover. Very Good.

Lafayette, CA, United States: C & T Publishing, 1998. 143pp., patterned endpapers. Illustrated throughout; mostly in full-colour, plus duo-tone happy snaps, and b/white line-drawings. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Bright gilt titles. Boards undamaged. A 'Special Limited Edition' of 5000. This copy is signed and numbered (4536) by the author in a dedicated panel on ffep., else leaves pristine. Colourfully-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn only. This stand-alone title (Volume Four) in the C & T 'Art & Inspiration' series presents a retrospective of Yvonne's career, highlighting her use of colour and imagery in weaving, wearables, and quilts. Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 11 chapters, Final Notes, Biblio., Index. Book weight approx. 870g.. Signed by Author. First Edition, 1st Impression. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good +. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Limited Edition.