Recent Arrivals from Diversity Books, IOBA

Distributed in Australia by Craftsman House, NSW: G&B Arts International by Arrangement with A & C Black, 1997. 128pp. colour and b/white photographic illustrations, b/white diagrams. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Gloss illustrated boards lightly edge bumped. From the rear panel: "In the past, slipcasting was primarily considered an industrial method. Today, however, ceramic artists… Read more about this item

Printed in Madrid, Spain : International Basketball Federation (FIBA) In collaboration with European Association of Basketball Coaches (EABC), 2000. xxi, 363pp. Colour photographic illustrations, and diagrams. Book clean. Spine firm, lightly bumped at foot. Previous owner's details covered with black permanent pen on front pastedown, soft corner crease to first four, else leaves clean and unmarked. B/white gloss illustrated… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: General Publishing Group, 1994. 314pp. Sepia, b/white and colour illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, several small, soft corner craeses. Colour, gloss illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn and surface indented, tiny soft corner creases. From the rear panel: " . . . the definitive book on the world's leading maker of… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: National Gallery of Victoria, 1995. xxi, 330pp. Colour and b/white art plates throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Bright gilt titles to front panel of mildly edge and corner bumped blue boards. Author signature to title page, several tiny pen spots to facing page, small corner crease to two leaves, else leaves… Read more about this item

London: The National Trust, 1996. 320pp.Colour and b/white plates throughout. Special photography by Andreas von Einsiedel. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright silver title there-on. Plain beige boards very mildly edge-bumped. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket (Front cover: Cotton polonaise of the 1770s; Back cover: Lady's fitted dressing case, c. 1900) minimally edge-creased and surface indented, thin strip… Read more about this item

Ringwood, Victoria, Australia: Viking O'Neil (Penguin Books), 1990. ix, 238pp. B/white photographic plates throughout. Book clean. Spine firm, negligibly canted, white title there-on. Plain blue boards have a very light bump to lower edge of front panel. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated (Corio Villa, Geelong) French-fold dustjacket minimally edge-creased. Contents include: Foreword. Australia's Heritage of Cast Iron. Sydney. Tasmania.… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Hill of Content, 1977. 94pp. Recto page colour-art plates. Book clean, square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Ditto title to front panel of undamaged black boards. Leaves clean, crisp and unmarked. Colour art-illustrated dustjacket sunned on spine (title clearly legible), very minor edgewear and surface indentations. "The first published book on naive art in Australia .… Read more about this item

South Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States : Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 2007. 208pp. Colour plates and b/white photographic illustrations. Colour illustrated endpapers. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-illustrated boards (Front cover: 'At torba ilgich', Lakai 19th century; Rear cover: Detail of front cover) negligibly surface scuffed only. Like-illustrated dustjacket softly edge-creased, minor surface scuffs. From the rear… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2007. 295pp. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour, art-illustrated, flapped card wrapper mildly edgeworn. Published to coincide with 'The Arts of Islam' exhibition held at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. 22 June - 23 September, 2007. Contents include:… Read more about this item

North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 1997. 278pp. B/white illustrations intext. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, small corner crease, minor surface scratches. Contents include: Prologue: The Growth of Conspiracy. 15 chapters. Appendix A: Names. Appendix B: Documents. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Book weight approx. 540g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 4to - (approx.… Read more about this item

Adelaide, South Australia: Art Gallery of South Australia, 1996. 224pp., beautiful colour-plate, recto page art illustrations by Tom Roberts, plus small, captioned, b/white halftone plates in a rear section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-art illustrated ('A Break Away!', detail, 1891, Tom Roberts) matt boards nominally bumped and minimally surface scuffed. (Rear board illustration: 'A Summer Morning Tiff', 1886).… Read more about this item

New Brunswick, NJ, USA: Abelard Productions, Inc, 1992. 144pp. Several b/white illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has a slight curl to front panel, minor edgewear and soft creasing, faint foxing to inside covers. "Among Tesla's many inventions was a method to counteract gravity. Before his passing from this dimension, he agreed to share… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.: Howland / Tilley Press, 2018. 270pp. Book clean. Spine firm, mildly canted, gilt title there-on. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated dustjacket negligibly edgeworn only. "For the first time in print comes the revolutionary technique from the premiere acting coach of our era. Not a copy of the old masters, The Warner Loughlin Technique empowers the… Read more about this item

Brunswick, Victoria, Australia: Scribe Publications, 2011. xxiii, 387pp., plus 1 x 8 page colour-art illustrated section. B/white frontis, illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Matt, colour art illustrated boards undamaged. Subject-illustrated dustjacket mildly sunned on spine (title clearly legible), soft creasing, several surface indentations. "A fully realised portrait of one of the 20th century's master… Read more about this item

Eltham, Victoria, Australia: Kelvin Glare, 2015. 502pp. Colour and b/white illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on. Gilt title to front panel of dark blue boards, minor edge rubbing. Several surface scratches to colour illustrated dustjacket, minimal edgewear. Author's personal inscription, "To xxx with best wishes Kel" and signature to ffep., else leaves clean and unmarked. Autobiography of… Read more about this item

Italy: Grafiche Milan Cards 160pp. Colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour illustrated, flapped card wrapper minimally edgeworn. 120 recipes including starters, first courses, meat and fish based second courses and exquisite desserts. All the recipes come with photographs, a description of the ingredients and the simplest preparation methods, and the cooking time.… Read more about this item

Hartwell, VIC, Australia: Temple House, 2005. xx, + 291pp., b/white photographic illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper has minimal edgewear and surface indentations. After nearly thirty years, Joy Beaudette Cripps has written her travel memoirs, including visits to the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia . . . Book weight approx. 385g. (This book will… Read more about this item

Kent Town, SA, Australia: Wakefield Press, 2006. xi, 370pp., intext b/white illustrations throughout: candid halftones, plus sketch-art and poster facsimiles. Book clean. Bright gilt title over mildly canted spine. Plain black boards negligibly edge-bumped. Leaves clean and unmarked. Pictorially-illustrated dustjacket mimimally scuffed and edgeworn. An interesting biography of George Tallis, who arrived in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia as a 17-year-old… Read more about this item

Chatswood, N.S.W., Australia: New Holland Publishers, 2010. 256pp., plus 8 page colour and b/white photographically illustrated section. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Montage illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn and indented, tiny corner creases. Diana Fingleton found a career in the law and became the first female Chief Magistrate of Queensland . . . When a workplace dispute… Read more about this item

Cheltenham, Victoria, Australia: Wild Dingo Press, 2014. 242pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked, albeit slightly tanned. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn. " . . . an intriguing and confronting story about injustice, the heartache of migration and the trials of integration, cultural taboos, prejudice and gender politics." 25 chapters. Book weight approx. 340g. (This book will… Read more about this item