Juvenile Non-Fiction from Diversity Books, IOBA

WIgston, Leicestershire, U.K.: Hermes House, 2011. 256pp. Colour-plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper minimally edgeworn only. Textblock unmarked. This book, complete with more than 700 fabulous wildlife photographs and illustrations in colour, is an ideal reference book for juveniles interested in the world of reptiles . . . Contents include: Prelims. Snakes.… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1996. 48pp. CD undamaged. Colour, b/white and duotone halftone plates throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Front board with CD window unmarked, rear board has small pressure indentations, a result of stacking with like books. Textblock unmarked. Art-illustrated dustjacket features a forme-cut display window, else slight edgewear, and pressure indentations as per boards. Primarily… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Childerset, 1977. 27pp., art-illustrated throughout (including endpapers) in colour and b/white. Book clean, Spine firm, but slightly canted. Mild dings and edgewear on art-illustrated gloss boards. Minimal flecking on endpapers, else leaves clean. Highly respected in the fields of astrology and astrological symbolism, Liz Greene (1946- ) also holds a doctorate in psychology and works as a… Read more about this item

West Lakes, South Australia: Seaview Press, 2007. vii, + 110pp., b/white cartoon-style illustrations by Carson Ellis. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Author signature to dedication page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front panel. Bonus point: included with book, a 'Seriously Weird History of Australia' bookmark. From the rear panel: "This book… Read more about this item

Lindfield, NSW, Australia: Scholastic Press, 2007. 175pp., b/white cartoons and illustrations throughout by Peter Sheehan. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper has two tiny corner creases. A stand-alone title in the 'Fair Dinkum Histories' series, for upper primary and lower secondary students. "Cannibal convicts, murdering squatters, sea captains who kidnapped their crew, poor farmers forced off… Read more about this item

Milsons Point, N.S.W., Australia: Red Fox, 1998. 94pp., b/white illustrations throughout by Bettina Guthridge. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Personal inscription, signed and dated (25-12-98) by the author, else leaves clean and unmarked, albeit with a hint of tanning. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly indented only. " . . . a survival guide with cool jokes and lots of tips to… Read more about this item

New South Wales, Australia: Puffin Books, 2007. 173pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed only. "In 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay Sherpa became the first men to climb Mount Everest. Ed's dream had come true . . . Sir Ed's exciting, action-packed story, encompassing both the top and the… Read more about this item

New York: Franklin Watts Inc., 1992. 144pp., illustrated throughout: b/white halftone plates (several are confronting; all are poignant), plus art facsimiles. Book clean and square. Boards very good. Durable, faux-leather, library binding (un-issued). Leaves unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated (as poignant as text illustrations) dustjacket lightly edgeworn, else very good. Written for the advanced juvenile reader, this confronting survey of the history of… Read more about this item

Sydney, NSW, Australia: Hodder, 2003. ix, + 182pp., b/white cartoon-style illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated (Vaughan Duck) card wrapper nominally scuffed only. " . . . gives children and teenagers accurate and up-to-date information about themselves, their bodies, and growing up. In simple straightforward language the authors discuss the changes that happen at puberty, sex… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Lothian Publishing, 1982. (vi) + 66pp., unpaginated colour plates, intext b/white halftone plates, plus sketches, and line-drawings, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated gloss boards nominally bumped only. " . . . is a first book about molluscs of Australia for children . . . easy reference . . . alphabetical order .… Read more about this item

London: Murrays Sales and Service, 1960. Unpaginated [80 pages]. B/white, illustrated games example on each page, throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, but tanned. Corners bumped. Art-illustrated limp paper wrapper mildly bumped and creased. How to make and play a selection of indoor and outdoor party games for some good, old-fashioned, inexpensive fun! Book weight approx. 180g.… Read more about this item

London: Hutchinson, 1963. 224pp., b/white, art-illustrated endpapers, and intext, wildlife illustrations throughout, artwork by the author/illustrator. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Random colour flecking on cloth. Original seller's sticker on front pastedown, otherwise leaves clean. Colour-art [Eileen A. Soper] dustjacket price-clipped and slightly edgeworn only. "In this book the author has written of many first-hand… Read more about this item

New York: Sterling Publishing, 1998. 126pp., b/w, instructive illustrations throughout. Book clean, square, tight. Gloss illustrated boards. Name on ffep., else leaves clean. Primarily for the younger chess player with easy to read bold text and clear board diagrams, contents, sub-chaptered, include: A game called Chess, the Rook, Knight vs. Bishop, The King, The Queen, The Grandmasters, The End .… Read more about this item

New York: Franklin Watts, 1989. 158pp., b/w illustrations and line drawings throughout. Library quality binding.Book, [unissued], is square, tight, clean, unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket has nominal corner marks, a small closed tear and a crease on rear panel. Produced for the juvenile market, nonetheless an interesting book. Divided into four parts, chaptered contents include: Background, Tree of Life, Human Legacy, Missing… Read more about this item