Dibble Brian (26 results)

Condition: New.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Soft covers, price sticker to rear cover. Clean, unmarked book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Softcover book in Near Fine condition. Item is unread and its pages are completely clean bearing no additional markings whatsoever. NOT an ex-library copy. Slight tanning to the page edges. We ship promptly from the United States.

Secondhand, Paperback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Brian Dibble Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 350 Although she started writing early in life it was not until her fifties that Elizabeth Jolley received the recognition her talent deserved. She won The Age Book of the Year Award on three occasions as well as the Miles Franklin Award. She has won the Western Australian Premier's Prize for both fiction and non-fiction. Elizabeth Jolley is one of Australia's most acclaimed authors and has been awarded an honorary doctorate (Hon. D. Tech.) from the Western Australia Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) and an Order of Australia Medal. The array of wild characters in her fiction-misfits and those on the edge of society-can also be found in her remarkable life. Brian Dibble was given complete access to the writer's private papers and has spent more than a decade travelling the world to write this lyrical and readable biography. Secondhand, Paperback.…

Softcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Fine-looking, structurally sound hardcover, little discernible wear to the dark green leatherette covers, sharp and distinct gilt lettering to spine, bright interior, unmarked. Bright and shiny dust jacket, illustrated, a bit rubbed, sunned and worn but fully intact and not price-clipped. The many poems and prose pieces are organized into four sections: Horizons, Countryscapes, Cityscapes and Mindscapes. The three editors have included all the major Western Australian writers of the 20th Century. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. xix [2], 3-266 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.…

Pictorial Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. "Analogues, Brian Dibble's first collection, is a strikingly inventive intercalation of stories and poems." Brian Dibble was born in Rhode Island in the USA, & now resides in Western Australia. Cover images by Miriam Stannage. Printed in Australia. Bound in original blue printed wraps, in publisher's unclipped pictorial dustjacket. Slight shelfwear, mild ripple to book block, otherwise a nice clean tight solid softcover copy. 103pp. Scarce. SB-46.…

Hardcover (original cloth). Condition: Very Good. Trust everyone, but brand your calves.-It always rains and spoils a good drought.-Most of the time, crow low and roost high.-Never say die till a dead horse….

Paperback. 1987, First edition. A very good copy only marked by a strip of sunfading on the top edge of the front wrap and a small ink number on the top corner of the first page. The d/w is also very good with a short, repaired tear on the top edge of the front panel. {"length"=>["21"], "width"=>["15"], "units"=>["Centimeters"]}. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. pp.xx+266. 23.5cm. Soft covers. A very good clean copy Contributions from both established and 'new' Western Australian authors.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. pp.xx+266. 23.5cm. Hard cover in dust jacket. Slight bruising of corners of boards but a good clean copy Contributions from . well everyone really.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. pp.3-13. 28cm. Contained in 'Antipodes' A North American Journal of Australian Literature'. Soft covers. Good clean copy. ('Aristophanic Love-Dyads: Community, Communion, and Cherishing in Elizabeth Jolley's Fiction' And: 'Narrative Strategies in Elizabeth Jolley's 'The Well and African Folktales''.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. 1st Edition. Very Good With Light Handling Wear Pp 334 Index Illustrations.

xvii+334pp. 8vo. Original wrappers. Black and white plates. A near fine copy. First edition.

Soft Cover. Condition: F-. First Edition. 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed); pp. xviii (last blank), 334, with illustrations. A near fine copy.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 334 pages. A clean straight book.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Trust everyone, but brand your calves.-It always rains and spoils a good drought.-Most of the time, crow low and roost high.-Never say die till a dead horse kicks you. - There is much wisdom and many a laugh to be found in this delightful collection of Australian sayings. The play of humor, practical good sense and irony locates them unmistakably in this country and in the particular habits of people in the bush. Brian Dibble and Jim Evans, both teachers and farmers, have collected bush sayings over many years-from newspapers, advertisements, songs, books, colleagues and friends, and just talking with people. The beautifully captured photographs by award-winning Richard Woldendorp, perfectly enrich and complement the text.…

Paperback. Although she started writing early in life it was not until her fifties that Elizabeth Jolley received the recognition her talent deserved. She won The Age Book of the Year Award on three occasions as well as the Miles Franklin Award. She has won the Western Australian Premiers Prize for both fiction and non-fiction. Elizabeth Jolley is one of Australias most acclaimed authors and has been awarded an honorary doctorate (Hon. D. Tech.) from the Western Australia Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) and an Order of Australia Medal. The array of wild characters in her fictionmisfits and those on the edge of societycan also be found in her remarkable life. Brian Dibble was given complete access to the writers private papers and has spent more than a decade travelling the world to write this lyrical and readable biography. 2008, First edition. A near fine copy with only very superficial signs of age. This copy has been inscribed, dated and SIGNED by the author.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. Good condition. Ex Library with stamps and stickers. Please see images for more details. Clean with tight binding. Has a protective plastic cover that has some scuffing. Poems and prose organised into four sections: Horizons, Countryscapes, Cityscapes and Mindscapes. Includes all the major Western Australian writers of the 20th Century.…

Trade Paperback (21cm X 15cm). Condition: Very Good. 334pp incl index. Plus 16 pages of colour and b&w photographs. Light crease to lower corner of back cover panel.

Condition: Near Fine. Square 8vo. hardcover. 98pp. colour illus. Near Fine, owner's inscription on fep. / Near Fine d/w.

Softcover. Condition: VG+ (Very Good plus). First Edition. xix, 266 p. ; 25 cm. (Some pencil scoring.) #0520 Elizabeth's Bookshops have been one of Australia's premier independent book dealers since 1973. Elizabeth's family-owned business operates four branches in Perth CBD, Fremantle (WA), and Newtown (NSW). All orders are dispatched within 24 hours from our Fremantle Warehouse. All items can be viewed at Elizabeth's Bookshop Warehouse, 23 Queen Victoria Street\, Fremantle WA.…

HARDCOVER. UWAP, 1988. First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by a bookseller sticker to the front pastedown. The d/w is also near fine.

Wraps. Wraps, b&w plates, pp xvii, 334. Signed by the author. Very good condition.

Condition: New.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 296 pages. The book is a little worn. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

First Edition. Pp. xviii+334, 16 plates (coloured or tinted in part or whole), notes, works cited, index; small med. 8vo; black & white pictorial stiff paper wrappers, lettered in blue, black & white, a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed; text block faintly browned; University of Western Australia Press, Perth, 2008. First edition.…