Recent Arrivals from Sad Paradise Books

London: Folio Society, 2008. Hardcover. Fine. A lovely bright Folio production, printed on Abbey Wove paper at Grafos S.A, in Barcelona, Spain and bound by them in cloth blocked with a design by the illustrator Philip Bannister, also providing seven atmospheric colour illustrations appearing at appropriate intervals in the narrative. 221 pages including an introduction by Julian Barnes.… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1969. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Very Good,. A neat bright copy of this hard-to-find first UK edition, first printing in publisher's royal blue boards with metallic turquoise lettering to spine, 309 pages, map endpapers and black & white photographic illustrations throughout. Very light spotting to top edge, small chips to dust jacket corners, neat previous owner's… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 2010. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. Appears unread. A very neat copy of the first UK edition, first printing in the publisher's black boards with silver lettering to spine,194 pages. Slight tanning to paper stock. A collection of five tales based on Styron's real life experiences as a US Marine brings to life the drama, inhumanity, absurdity… Read more about this item

London: Book Club Associates, 1985. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A very bright neat copy in publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine, 291 pages. Light spotting to edges, very faint offsetting to free endpapers, all else fine. A young boy has to fend for himself when the Japanese invade Shanghai. A lovely copy. Listing with Biblio since 2005,… Read more about this item

London: Victor Gollancz, 1983. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Near Fine,. A neat bright copy of the first edition, first printing in publisher's fawn boards with gilt lettering to spine,192 pages. Dustjacket designed by Pat Doyle. Price-clipped dustjacket, a little spotting to top edge. A Scottish academic searches for his long-lost brother in Australia. An attractive copy. Listing with Biblio since… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. Unread. A very neat copy of the first edition, first printing in publisher's black boards with gilt lettering to spine,166 pages. Very light tanning to paper stock. This short novel is set in 1962 and two newlyweds arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. Over dinner they struggle to suppress… Read more about this item

Camberwell: Hamish Hamilton, 2008. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Unread. A very neat copy in publisher's illustrated boards, 219 pages. Thirteen stories set on an Australian shore, Drewe explores the fragility of relationships. Signed by Robert Drewe on the title page. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

Melbourne: Text, 2007. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A bright neat copy of the first edition, first printing in publisher's tangerine and white boards with black lettering to spine,178 pages. Edges very slightly grubby otherwise fine. Coetze explores loneliness, friendship and love, and contrasting Australian democracy to Guantanamo Bay,and dishonour to the truth of dreams. Listing with Biblio since 2005,… Read more about this item

London: Picador, 2021. First edition. Paperback. Fine. A bright unread copy. First printing in illustrated stiff wrapper, 220 pages, Translator into English by Louise Heal Kawai. A heart-warming story about a boy and a talking cat who go on magical adventures to save maltreated books. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine,. Bright, neat - unread. Illustrated stiff wrapper, 616 pages including bibliography. Small unobtrusive mark to front edge. The story is told by the wife and four daughters of a fierce evangelical Baptist who takes his family and mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959

New York: Viking , 1989. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Fine. A neat bright copy of the first printing in grey boards quarter bound in black cloth with orange lettering and design to spine, illustrated endpapers,194 pages. Introduced by the editor James Grauerholtz, jacket art by Burroughs. Small remainder mark to lower edge. Interzone the dreamlike imagined world where the… Read more about this item

St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1994. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good,. A neat bright copy of the first edition in publisher's maroon cloth with gilt lettering to spine and front panel, 422 pages. Small closed tear to top of dustjacket and slight edge creases, top edge lightly spotted. Signed by Peter Carey in ball-point on title… Read more about this item

New York: Alfred Knopf, 2012. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A bright unread copy in publisher's original red boards with gilt lettering to spine, 147 pages including introduction by the translator Thomas Karshan, & three pages under the heading Further Reading. Tiny remainder spot to lower edge. Nabokov's earliest major work, his only full length play. Never published in… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Press, 1961. Paperback. Very Good,. A neat bright copy of the First Black Cat Edition, fourth printing - "the complete unexpurgated Grove Press edition originally published at $7.50". Plain blue illustrated wrapper, 287 pages. Light creasing, tiny edge wear, light creasing. "The literary bomb that has been contraband in the U.S. since 1937' (Minneapolis Sunday… Read more about this item

London: Jonathan Cape, 1993. Hardcover. Near Fine,/Near Fine. A bright, attractive copy. Octavo in publisher's original green cloth with silver lettering to spine, 188 pages. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Twelve stories recounting the peculiar experiences that befall Latin Americans visiting abroad by the Nobel Prize-winning author.

New York: Picador, 2008. Paperback. Near Fine,. A very neat bright copy with no creasing, in illustrated stiff wrappers, 352 pages. Paper stock very slightly age-toned. A magnificent adventure story exploring the true heroism and courage of the first Americans to conquer space. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business… Read more about this item

London: Everyman's Library / Random Century, 1991. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy in navy publisher's boards with gilt lettering to spine, 347 pages, ribbon place marker. Small, neat remainder mark to lower edge, all else fine. Lily Bart defies New York convention and the hostesses of the Social Register at her peril. Listing with Biblio since… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine,. A very neat, bright copy. First printing in publisher's red boards quarter bound in black, gilt lettering to spine, 150 pages. Slight soiling to dustjacket. The story of musical conductor Gabriel Atlan-Ferrara and his great passion, Inez Prada, a diva is paired with the first encounter in… Read more about this item

New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2010. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. A very neat bright copy. First impression in publisher's white boards with grey lettering to spine, 354 pages. De Waal traces the history of his family's fate through a collection of tiny Japanese carvings saved from the Nazis by a loyal maid. A lovely copy, appears unread. Listing with… Read more about this item

London: Vintage, 2003. Tight, bright copy appears to be unread in colour illustrated wrappers, 250 pages. In an ever divided Britain, this wryly observed novel is a timely and thought-provoking read from the Booker-winning author of The Finkler Question. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.