Australian Rules Football from Diversity Books, IOBA

Mt. Waverley, VIC, Australia: Brian Hansen Publications, 1995. 208pp., illustrated throughout: colour and b/white halftone plates - images to gladden the heart of any Tiger fan . . . Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper lightly edgeworn, faint yellowing to reverse (inner) surfaces, plus tiny spot to inner front cover. Leaves clean and unmarked. This is the… Read more about this item

Noble Park, Victoria, Australia: The Five Mile Press, 1998. 224pp. B/white illustrations, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with just a hint of edge tanning. Illustrated card wrapper (Chris Grant and Nick Holland clash in round 7 of 1997) has a soft corner crease to front panel, very minor edgewear. "From the infamous grand final 'bloodbath' of… Read more about this item

Richmond, Victoria, Australia: William Heinemann Australia, 1988. ix + 333pp. B/white frontis plus b/white photographic chapter header illustrations. Book clean. Spine firm, white title there-on. Red boards have a small bump to lower rear foredge corner, else very good. Leaves clean and unmarked. Colour-art illustrated ('Aussie Rules - A High Mark', by Noel Counihan) dustjacket softly edge-creased, small mark… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Wilkinson Books, 1995. 263pp. B/white halftone photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, slight tanning to edges. Illustrated card wrapper very mildly edgeworn only, one tiny corner crease. Biography of the late Footscray Football Club great. Edward James (Ted) Whitten, (1934-1995). Contents include: Preface. EJ and Me! Mr Football. EJ's fight for life.… Read more about this item

Mt Eliza, Victoria, Australia: Football & Cricket Books, 2010. xv, + 252p. 16 page b/white plate section, plus 16 page colour plate section. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Short inscription, "Best wishes", signed by author Ken Piesse on title page, else leaves clean and unmarked. Illustrated, flapped card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "From struggling park club… Read more about this item

Australia: Modern Publishing Group, 1996. xx, + 154pp., plus 2 x 8 page, colour, photographically-illustrated sections. B/white halftone illustrations and cartoons intext. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Signed by author (Robert DiPierdomenico) on half-title page, leaves slightly edge-tanned, otherwise unmarked. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. " . . . a celebration of Dipper's life - and his most… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: The Slattery Media Group, 2017. 183pp., plus (ii). Unpaginated colour-plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and edgeworn. Textblock has several slightly warped leaves, else unmarked. A proud and successful Essendon Football Club had their reputation, and the club's supporters' faith in them, sullied, possibly for all time when, in… Read more about this item

Leongatha, Victoria, Australia: Centenary Committee, Leongatha Football Club, 1994. 124pp. Intext b/white halftone plates (mostly images of various premiership teams and years) throughout. Saddle-stitched, staplebound format. Triple-stapled, all clean and tight. Illustrated card wrapper shelfworn, and slightly bumped, with minimal colour fade adjacent to spine. Textblock unmarked. Exceedingly scarce, this book by Leongatha Football Club life member and local… Read more about this item

Mount Waverley, Victoria, Australia: Brian Hansen Nominees, 1997. xvi, + 160pp. Unpaginated colour plates. Intext b/white halftone plates - images that will gladden the heart of any Tiger fan (photographs by Sporting Pix). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Colour-illustrated card wrapper mildly bumped and creased on foredge corners. Textblock nominally bumped on upper foredge corner only. This book… Read more about this item

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Crown Content, 2002. x, + 357pp., plus (i). Illustrated endpapers. Intext, b/white halftone plate illustrations throughout (including player portraits). Book clean and square. Bright gilt titles. Spine firm. Black boards undamaged. A security strip affixed to rear pastedown, else textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket minimally bumped and edgeworn only. Tens of thousands of brave Australians have given… Read more about this item

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia: Macmillan, 2019. xii, + 368pp. Tinted endpapers. Unpaginated colour-plate section. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Text-printed boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and creased on foot. In his own words, with an unflinching honesty, AFL legend Neale Daniher shares his life experiences, his MND diagnosis in 2013, and his ongoing battle… Read more about this item

Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Weston Media and Communications , 2011. 226pp. Unpaginated, colour-plate sections (photography courtesy of Geelong Football Club). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper lightly bumped and indented on front panel, else undamaged. Textblock unmarked. For all Australian Rules Football fans, but particularly Geelong 'tragics', Scott Gullan takes the reader inside 'The Cattery', revealing the… Read more about this item

Richmond, Vic, Australia: Slattery Media Group, 2012. 368pp. B/white halftone plate featured player portrait beginning each biography. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Vivid white titles over undamaged black boards. Text-patterned endpapers. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket lightly edgeworn only. This book for Australian Rules Football fans features twenty-four 'legends' of the game who have been inducted into the Australian… Read more about this item

South Yarra, VIC, Australia: Hardie Grant in Association with Seven Network, 2001. v., + 138pp, pattern-print endpapers. Intext illustrations throughout: colour plates, b/white halftone plates and facsimiles. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Plain green boards undamaged. Textblock unmarked. Illustrated dustjacket mildly edgeworn only. From the jacket flap: " 'Heart of the Game' celebrates the first 45 years of football… Read more about this item

Footscray, Victoria, Australia: Western Bulldogs (Footscray Football Club), 2015. 66pp., colour-plate illustrations throughout (player profiles and advertisements). Book clean and square. Spine firm. Photographic, colour-portrait (Robert Murphy, team captain) card wrapper minimally splayed only. Textblock unmarked. A club production, primarily featuring contemporary player profiles, but also containing additional club highlights . . . Book weight approx. 190g. *Postage charge will… Read more about this item

Australia: Brian Hansen Nominees, 1997. xii, + 340pp., b/white photographic illustrations. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. From the rear panel: "This publication tells the story of the great goal achievers of Australian Rules - from Essendon's Charlie 'Commotion' Pearson who gave us the first high mark - the first screamer, through the hundred… Read more about this item

Docklands, VIC, Australia: Geoff Slattery Publishing, 2004. 208pp., colour and b/white illustrations throughout. Black and white montage illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm, white title there-on. White title to front panel of undamaged black boards. Leaves clean. Montage illustrated dustjacket negligibly surface indented only. Featuring the champions of the Collingwood Hall of Fame and the Team of The Century,… Read more about this item

London: B.T. Batsford Limited, 1987. 136pp., four colour illustrations, plus b/white illustrations and diagrams. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper very good+. A stand-alone volume in the Batsford Embroidery Paperbacks series. From the rear panel: "Drawn fabric embroidery, sometimes called pulled work, involves pulling the threads of the background fabric to displace them and produce… Read more about this item

Australian Football League, 2012. 1088pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly surface scuffed only. "The AFL Record Season Guide 2012 is the 17th edition of what has become the statistical bible of the AFL. The 2012 Season Guide contains more than 1000 pages crammed with statistics, history and information as well as a thorough review… Read more about this item

Scoresby, VIC, Australia: The Five Mile Press, 2011. xv, + 335pp., plus 1 x 16 page, colour illustrated section, b/white illustrations throughout. Colour illustrated endpapers. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated boards undamaged. From the back cover: "In 'Great Australian Football Stories', his 65th book, Ken introduces the best of his stories from the golden greats, such as… Read more about this item