Social History from Diversity Books, IOBA

Richmond and Ringwood, Victoria, Australia : Aurora Books, in Association with David Lavell Publishing , 1994. (xii), + 131pp. Intext, b/white halftone plates, line-drawings, and facsimiles throughout (various sources, including contemporary photography by Richard O'Farrell). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped on foredge corners on front wrap, an additional crease and short repaired tear… Read more about this item

Victoria, Australia: City of Stonnington, 2010. 152pp. Illustrated endpapers, plus colour plates, monochrome, and b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Backstrip firm, minimally bumped on rear gutter. Illustrated boards minimally shelfworn only. An inscription from one contributor to another (both named in the acknowledgements) on front pastedown, else textblock unmarked. 'The Pride of Prahran' is… Read more about this item

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Ivan R. Dee, 2001. xi, + 321pp. Book clean and sqaure. Bright gilt title over black quarter-cloth spine. Blind-stamped author initials on front board. Textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated ('Milkmaids in the Field', Juien Dupre) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, with a short, closed tear and crease on lower front foredge fold. This interesting book tells the story of… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press (under the Auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs), 1957. vi, + 107pp., several line-drawn maps and tables. Book clean and square. Gilt title on firm spine. A gilt emblem over undamaged, black front board - a blind-stamped number on rear board. A school prize label affixed to ffep., else textblock unmarked. Printed dustjacket mildly… Read more about this item

London: Hamish Hamilton, 1975. viii, + 209pp., unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections (all called-for plates extant and attached). Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over lightly bumped spine. Minor biopredation on foot, else red boards undamaged. Textblock top edge tinted red, else textblock unmarked. Colour-art illustrated (Detail- 'The Last Judgement', by Hieronymus Bosch) dustjacket lightly edgeworn, with slight biopredation… Read more about this item

Oxford, England: Blackwell Publishers, 1996. ix, + 302pp. B/white illustrations and figures. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean and unmarked. Montage-illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "Containing a broad range of authoritative articles, some specially commissioned, this book covers several key facets of family and community history . . . With contributions from historians, anthropologists, sociologists… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Methuen Australia, 1981. 192pp. Book clean and square. Spine firm, lightly bumped. Plain ochre boards mildly bumped on upper foredge corner. Minimal flecks on textblock edges, else leaves clean. Art-illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. From the jacket flap: "The heritage of man has been shaped far less by wars, by geography, or by culture than… Read more about this item

London: Quartet Books, 1983. 254pp., colour and b/white art and photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm, gilt title there-on, Plain blue cloth boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated (Turkish Bath, 1892, by Jean- Auguste- Dominique Ingres) dustjacket mildly edge-creased and surface scuffed. From the jacket flap: "Bordellos have existed and often flourished in most societies over the last three… Read more about this item

Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1994. xii, + 384pp., intext b/white halftone plates and tables throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper trivially edgeworn only. Text-block unmarked. This pioneering study confronts three main questions about the era 1790-1857 in Mexico City. Were women's roles as narrow and unimportant as has been assumed? To what extent were women… Read more about this item

Oxford, England: Oxfam, 1988. xiii, + 172pp., b/white illustrations, maps. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper mildly and softly creased. From the rear cover: " . . . traces the Kampuchean people's struggle to overcome the consequences of two decades of war, and the ravages of the Khmer Rouge regime. It focuses on their remarkable achievements… Read more about this item

London: Picador (Pan Macmillian), 2006. 293pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain blue boards undamaged. Leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket edge-creased on lower rear panel, short closed tear to upper front. From the jacket flap: "To grow up in England in the 1970s was to grow up with James Bond, and 'The Man Who Saved Britain' is first… Read more about this item

New Jersey, U.S.A.: Prentice Hall, 2000. vi, + 362pp., b/white illustrations intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, soft corner crease to a section at rear. Illustrated card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front and rear panel. From the rear panel: "Written by a highly acclaimed historian, this book presents an interpretive account of the interactions between… Read more about this item

London: Julia MacRae Books, 1981. 128pp., b/white line-drawn illustrations throughout by Gill Tomblin. Book clean, square. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Plain black boards undamaged. Original bookseller's label affixed to lower ffep., previous owner's name to front pastedown, else leaves clean. Illustrated dustjacket has a soft crease to rear panel, faint foxing to reverse. From the jacket flap: "The authors… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2005. x, + 324pp., plus 8 page, colour and b/white, photographically-illustrated section. Book clean, square. Spine firm, reading crease there-on. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly edgeworn only. "With a curiosity inspired by her own circumstances as an adopted child, Kate Adie uncovers the extraordinary, moving and inspiring stories of just such children - without mother… Read more about this item

Cornwall, England: Bossiney Books, 1987. 112pp., b/white photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square, Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good. " . . . Douglas Williams explores some of the great Cornish occasions in the calendar: Hurling and Gorsedd, Crying the Neck and Marhamchurch Revel, Flora Day at Helston and Obby Oss at Padstow are only some of… Read more about this item

Taipei: SMC Publishing, 1998. xxv, + 320pp., b/white photographic and line-drawn illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated (Early-Qing dynasty portrait of Yang Maolin), flapped card wrapper has a soft corner crease to front panel, minimal edgewear. "The central theme of this beautifully told social and cultural history is commercialization . .… Read more about this item

London: Capella, 2006. 208pp., b/white photographic and art illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very mildly edgeworn, and indented, small, soft crease to rear panel. "Desperation, duty and desire - the three primary motives for breaking what is the oldest taboo in the Western world, cannibalism. This book investigates all three and presents startling… Read more about this item

London: Duncan Baird Publishers, 2004. 160pp., colour frontis, plus colour photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Matt-illustrated boards negligibly scuffed only. Like-illustrated dustjacket nominally edgeworn, small, soft crease to head. " . . . offers a worldwide survey of some of the most intriguing enigmas posed to us across many centuries by death and the afterlife… Read more about this item

London: George Harrap & Co., 1965. 324pp., frontispiece, and unpaginated, b/white plates, throughout. Book clean and square. Bright gilt title over black panel on nominally bumped spine. Boards undamaged. Leaves unmarked. Illustrated (author portrait on rear panel) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and faded on spine. A study of the British system of capital punishment for murder highlights the sometimes flawed system… Read more about this item

North Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Spinifex Press, 1995. xv, + 357pp., b/white halftone photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Small, light stain to corner of half-title page, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed only. Developed from 'China der Frauen' 1989, Frauenoffensive Verlag, Germany. "Perfect for the tourist or the armchair traveller . . . brings to life the… Read more about this item