Search Results: Authors starting with D from Sad Paradise Books

London: Chatto & Windus, 2000. Paperback. Near Fine,. A very neat uncreased copy. In publisher's illustrated wrapper, 426 pages. Paper stock lightly toned. A fictional portrait of the life of Murasaki Shikibu, author of 'The Tale of Genji', an erotic narrative set in the eleventh century imperial court of Japan.

Richmond, Vistoria: Heinemann Australia, 1986. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A lovely tight, bright and fresh example SIGNED BY BLANCHE D'ALPUGET on the title page.

London: HarperCollins, 1993. First. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy. First impression. Quarto in original red boards with gilt title and credits to spine, map endpapers. 352 pages including black & white line illustrations / decorations throughout by Olivia Fraser, glossary, select bibliography and index. Top edge a little dusty, previous owner's name on flyleaf and half-title pages, a small closed tear and *very slight* creasing to top edge of dustjacket. William Dalrymple is a talented researcher and a superb and important writer on India past and present. He spends much of his life in Delhi and this book is a loving portrait of a city. A nice copy.

London: Hutchinson, 1992. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original navy cloth with gilt title to spine, 305 pages. Lower rear corner bumped, previous owner's name on flyleaf, page edges starting to brown. A clean, very sound bright copy of the scarcer fourth novel with the Roman sleuth protagonist Marcus Didius Falco.

London: Hamish Hamilton Penguin Books, 2014. Paperback. Fine. A very clean neat copy. Illustrated wrappers, 314 pages. 'We all worry about what others will think of us. We all long to succeed and fear failure. We all suffer - to a greater or lesser degree, usually privately and with embarrassment - from status anxiety. move to man

New York: Alfred A Knopf Inc, 1990. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. A neat, bright copy - near fine. Tall octavo in red boards quarter bound in cloth with gilt title and credits to spine and facsimile author's signature embossed on front panel, 324 pages. Top edge *very* lightly speckled, rear dustjacket fold-in a little creased. Set on the on the Italian Riveriera in 1920, the protagonist Dora rules in her lonely widowed splendour in an immense white villa high above the threadbare fishing village, locked in combat with her sensitive, vulnerable daughter.

Crows Nest NSW: Allen & Unwin, 2014. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good,. A neat, very sound copy of the first impression in publisher's cream boards, gilt lettering to spine, colour photographic plates by Torkil Gudnason, 85 pages. Gift inscription to free front endpaper, two small closed tears to top of dustjacket spine. A rare, beguiling and brilliant ghost story from the two-time Miles Franklin Award-winning author.

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 Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day with tracking notification.

London: Muller, 1974. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Original orange cloth, gilt titles to spine. 523 pages, supplementary notes, bibliography, index, black & white photographic plates. Previous owner's name crossed out on flyleaf. Some light creasing to top edge of dustjacket. Deakin created a mini intelligence service of his own to pry into the operations of Chinese intelligence agencies - the exclusive nature of much of the information uncovered and indeed the intricacies of the Chinese mind make this a fascinating and unique read. A very sound, clean and tight copy.

Toronto: Vauve Press, 2002. Paperback. Near Fine,. A bright attractive copy. Firsy printing in illustrated wrappers, black and white photographic illustrations, map, historical timeline, table, bibliography, 295 pages. Signed by author on title page. Devine recounts Irma's life in wartime Estonia and her courageous battle with multiple sclerosis. A triumph of the human spirit.

Sydney: Hachette Australia, 2017. Paperback. Near Fine,. A tight, bright copy of the first impression. Colour illustrated wrapper with white titles to spine, 209 pages. Light corner crease to rear panel. A dark and unsettling tale by a master of Australian literature.

Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1979. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. A very neat, bright copy. 82 pages including 24 colour plates plus black & white illustrations, decorated endpapers. Witty, playful children's book, text and illustrations by Australian artist Donald Friend. Signed by Friend on subtitle page. Listing with Biblio since 2005, we guarantee our book descriptions, & post the next business day.

Melbourne: Gryphon Books, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine. A collection of loose elephant folio proof sheets from 'Donald Friend's erotic masterpiece 'Bumbooziana' wrapped in a green card portfolio within a captioned cloth slipcase. This out-of-series copy contains six single page proof sheets and two double page sheets all initialled & hand numbered 1/100 by Donald Friend. In addition, 14 proof pages, mostly double-sided and a half-page photo-lithographic proof. All in fine, unmarked condition.

Adelaide: Gryphon Books, 1979. Hard Cover. Fine. A flawless copy from a limited edition of 150 copies, signed by Donald Friend and the publisher Richard Griffin. Elephant folio bound in quarter green leather and orange cloth, gilt embossed decorations housed in matching slipcase 'This most infamously wicked work is an erotic (even by Donald Friend's uninhibited standards) dreamlike odyssey of lust and bestiality.' A remarkable tour de force in art publishing in Australia.

Perth: Carrolls, 1976. First Edition. Original Wraps. Very Good. A bright, crisp copy. Square quarto in illustrated wrappers. 110 pages including numerous colour plates, line illustrations & photographs and illustrated endpapers. A marvellous collection of tales, Balinese legends, and everyday life within the seaside retreat of noted Australian artist Donald Friend. Ravishing illustrations and line drawings accompany perhaps his best descriptive writing. Spine faded (as usual). Signed and dated by Friend on title page.

Cammeray NSW: Richard Griffin, 1985. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. A sound, neat copy. Octavo in stiff illustrated wrapper, numerous and lavish colour plates. Friend exercises his savage wit on the Australian art scene. Wrapper slightly soiled, small ding to rear panel extends into last four pages. Donald Friend's last book - a withering satire on the 'arts mafia' of Australia.

London: The Boy's Own Paper, No date (1927?). Hardcover. Very Good,. A quite neat copy. Duodecimo ( 7 - 8 inches tall ) in original red cloth binding with attractive embossed decoration to front panel and spine, gilt title to spine. 252 pages including black and white frontispiece illustration by Stanley L. Wood. Previous owner's neat gift inscription to front free endpaper. Quite spotty edges and preliminary pages. No dustjacket. Binding firm, text clean.

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.

London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, 1983. Hardcover. Fine,/Fine,. A very neat, bright copy. Octavo in original blue boards with gilt title and credit to spine, 472 pages. Historical romantic novel based on the letters and diaries of men and women who took part in the fearsome campaign on India's northern frontier with Afghanistan in 1838. Flawless.

London: Faber and Faber, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good,/Very Good,. A very neat, bright copy. First impression. Octavo in bottle green cloth with gilt title and credits to spine 283 pages. Dustjacket price-clipped, three small very spots to front board, top edge a little spotty, small bookseller's sticker to front pastedown. Companion to 'Tunc', the second part of Durrell's 'Revolt of Aphrodite'.