Fiction-First Editions from Diversity Books, IOBA

Hartwell, VIC, Australia: Sid Harta Publishers, 2002. 639pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, corner crease to rear endpaper. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn, soft corner crease. Foreword by the author's husband, Wayne Gardner. " . . . a story of deceit, lust and revenge, set in the glamorous high-octane world of Grand Prix motorcycle racing. The beautiful Amanda… Read more about this item

Inverloch, Victoria, Australia: Jellie N. Wyckelsma, 2013. 47pp. Book clean, square. Saddle-stitched, splaebound format. Staples firm and clean, no rust. Leaves clean and unmarked. Card wrapper has a soft crease to upper foredge corner of front panel. From the rear panel: "Years after an incident, when a circus came to town, Celina tries to solve the problem of who… Read more about this item

United Kingdom: Hamish Hamilton, 2019. 199pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, light bump to head, white title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated dustjacket negligibly edge-creased only. "Slipping slyly between time zones and leaving a spiralling trail, Deborah Levy's electrifying 'The Man Who Saw Everything' examines what we see and what we fail to… Read more about this item

London: Chatto & Windus, 1982. 215pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain blue boards very good. Tiny foxing flecks to textblock head, mild tanning to edges, previous owner's name to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Minor edge-creasing to text-printed dustjacket. From the jacket flap: "In an apartment block in a certain town there is… Read more about this item

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… Read more about this item

United States: Golden Gryphon Press, 2006. xi, + 319pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain maroon boards very good+. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colourr-art illustrated (John Picacio) dustjacket has a small surface indentation to front panel, else negligible edgewear. Jeffrey Ford's second short fiction collection, edited by Marty Halpern, and introduced by Jonathan Carroll. Contents… Read more about this item

Calumet City, IL, USA: Moonstone, 2007. 258pp. B/white illustrations by Ruben Procopio. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Plain purple boards very mildly shelf rubbed at foot. Leaves clean and unmarked, negligibly tanned, tiny closed tear to top edge of one leaf. Art-illustrated (Doug Klauba) dustjacket has minor laminate lift to head of spine, minimal edgewear.… Read more about this item

London: Digit Books (Brown, Watson Ltd.), 1961. 159pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art ("Osborne") illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and shelfworn, with sticker removal abrading, plus a dampstain on foredge of front wrap. Textblock bumped on upper foredge corner, leaves age-toned. A rare title in the "Digit War Titles" Series, 'The Sun and The Sand' by AH.… Read more about this item

London: Macmillan London Ltd., 1976. 223pp. Book clean and square. Minimally bumped spine firm. Plain blue boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated (colour front, and b/white author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket mildly bumped and edgeworn only. In this adventure story again featuring Giles Yeoman, irritable cynic, one-time scientist, former spy, and now a successful millionaire,we find him trying to… Read more about this item

Athens, Ohio, U.S.A.: Lucky Press LLC, 2011. 279pp., plus (viii). Book clean. Spine firm, slightly canted, with a soft reading crease. Art-illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock very good. From the rear panel: Greek cuisine, smog and domestic drudgery was not the life Australian musician, Melody, was expecting when she married a Greek music promoter and settled in… Read more about this item

Richmond, Vic, Australia: Heinemann Publishers Australia , 1984. vii + 157pp. Area map endpapers. Line-drawn chapter header and footer illustrations (Bill Farr) throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over nominally bumped spine. Plain burgundy boards minimally bumped on upper foredge corner, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (Bill Farr) dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. This Australian Aboriginal… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: The Australian Broadcasting Commission, 1981. 172pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated (Noel Stapleton) card wrapper mildly edgeworn, with blind pressure marks on rear wrap. Textblock unmarked, uniformly age-toned. Anthony Scott Veitch (1914-1983) was an Australian multi-media script writer and novelist. This title, 'Roses & Boronia' is a romance drama based on an… Read more about this item

Beaconsfield, Victoria, Australia : Author (Esme James) No publication date (c. 2012). 220pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper near fine. Signed "Hope you enjoy, Esme James xxxx" on plain verso of front wrap. Textblock unmarked. Written and self-published when she was a Year Nine student at an outer-Melbourne college, 'Awakening', by young debut author Esme… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: The Text Publishing Company , 2011. 307pp., pattern-print endpapers. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over firm spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally edgeworn only. This book features Sarah Thornhill, youngest child of the family who were at the heart of Kate Grenville's multi-award winning novel, 'The Secret River'. Sarah Thornhill… Read more about this item

London: MacDonald and Jane's Publisher's Ltd. , 1976. 334pp. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over black quarter-cloth spine. Plain black boards undamaged. Red tint endpapers. Textblock lightly age-toned, else leaves unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally bumped and edgeworn, with just a hint of colour-fade to spine title. In this Peter Driscoll (b.1942-d.2005) thriller set in southern Africa, we… Read more about this item

New York: Richard Marek Publishers , 1979. 601pp., (last v. blank). Tinted endpapers. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over mildly bumped cloth spine. Undamaged original blue cloth boards blind-stamped with author's initials on front board. Textblock minimally flecked on edges, else unmarked. Illustrated (plus photographic author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket price-clipped, minimally edgeworn and chipped. An… Read more about this item

Hobart, Tasmania, Australia: Knocklofty Press , 2008. 268pp. Book clean. A soft reading crease on a mildly canted spine. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners. Textblock bumped on upper foredge corner, else textblock unmarked. Set in Tasmania, Australia amid an eccentric mix of employees at the Truggamora Museum. Same-sex couples, Cindy Lee with a biological urge for… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 2016. ix, + 170pp. (last viii blank). Book clean and square. Spine firm. French-fold card wrapper mildly bumped on foot. Textblock bumped as wrapper. Multi-award winning novelist Lucy Caldwell, who was born in Belfast in 1981, has earnt a formidable reputation as a playwright and novelist. In this volume of short stories she explores the… Read more about this item

London: Alvin Redman, 1951. 252pp. Book clean and square. Bright white title over mildly bumped spine. Original plain black cloth boards lightly bumped on foredge corners, else good. Textblock flecked, else unmarked. Clyde B. (Byron) Ragsdale (b.1915-d.1963) was an editor for a Texas newspaper who took a dislike to the gambling dens, prostitution and drugs that had spread up… Read more about this item

New York: St Martin's Press , 1990. viii, + 338pp. Book clean and square. Spine (with red metallic title) lightly bumped head and heel. Blind-stamped faux author signature on front board. Textblock unmarked. Art-Illustrated (Ron Walotsky) dustjacket dampstained on lower front foredge fold, else mildly edgeworn only. In this spellbinding thriller we find ex-Navy Seal Michael Stone, specially trained… Read more about this item